34G 



AEEOWaOOT. 



EXPENSE. 



£. s. d. 



To the ploughman, harrowing and planting the 



arrowroot .... 100 



Arrowroot plants ... 160 

 Digging it up . . , . £10 0 



Deduct half, as the land was planted for the next 



year . . . . . 0 10 0 0 10 0 



Balance carried down, being nett profit . 5 14 0 



& 0 0 



PRODUCE. 



By 2,000 lbs. of root at 8s. per 100 lbs. . . .800 



By balance brought down as net profit . . . 5 14 0 



The above £5 14s. clear profit on the 20 rods, is at the rate of 

 £45 12s. profit for one acre. Now, if a small cultivator were to 

 plant three or four acres, and get only one-half of the above 

 profit, it Vv^ould give a 'good return, and would be well worth the 

 trial. 



Arrowroot requires a good rich red soil, of which there is still 

 much lying waste. The best time for planting it is in April, but 

 it can be planted in March, or indeed at any time after the first of 

 the year, till May : though if taken up and planted before 

 Christmas, you may depend it will not come to any perfection. 

 Arrowroot can be planted in many ways ; either in holes made 

 with a hoe, ploughed under, or in drills like Irish potatoes. JSTow 

 the way I prefer is to prepare the land, then strike the line at two 

 feet apart, and make holes with a pointed stick or dibble six inches 

 apart, putting in each hole one strong plant or two small ones, 

 then cover them up. This is more trouble than the old way, but 

 it gives an excellent crop. It can also be planted like Irish po- 

 tatoes in drills, two feet apart in the rows, and six inches between 

 the plants. It should be hand-weeded in the spring, because if it 

 is hoed, most likely you will cut some of it off" which may be 

 springing under ground, and it will never come up so strong again. 

 Arrowroot requires very strong ground and plenty of manure. 

 Farm yard manure is the best ; next to that green sea-weed drip- 

 ping with salt water — this is an excellent manure, and should be 

 dug in the ground as the arrowroot is taken up, I have no doubt 

 that it would be of great advantage to the planter, if he were to put 

 a cask in a cart, fill it with salt water, and put it on the land a few 

 weeks before it is planted. Some people say that arrowroot does 

 not pay so well, because it has to stay in the ground a whole year ; 

 but then if you have onions you can plant them over it, and so 

 obtain a crop which will pay much better than the arrowroot itself. 

 If you have a large piece of arrowroot ground, take up one half 

 early, and plant it out with Irish potatoes ; then take up the other 

 half later, and with ths plants set out your potato ground, that 

 is if you have taken up your potatoes ; if not, plant the arrowroot 

 between the rows, in holes; so that when you take up the potatoes, 

 you clean the arrowroot and loosen the ground, which will give a 

 good crop ; or you can plant Indian corn very thin over the arrow- 



