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the growth is much superior to what is in general 

 imported from Russia; but on the other hand, 

 from mismanagement after pulling, and from be- 

 ing steeped in bad water, its quality and colour 

 are greatly inferior to what they would have 

 been had it undergone a proper process. The 

 management of this plant contains nothing of 

 mystery, and is so plain that it may be carried 

 on by the least intelligent husbandman in the 

 colony, if he be but once put into the proper 

 routine. The choice of a soil fit for the purpose 

 is a leading point, and the kind which is con- 

 sidered the best is a rich deep loam, whereon 

 a very good crop may be raised without ma- 

 nure, but it may be grown on almost any 

 species not absolutely of a bad quality, if it be 

 well manured, except where there is a cold sub- 

 soil or a very shallow staple. To ensure a good 

 crop, the most careful attention must be paid 

 to ploughing and preparing the land ; the tilth 

 should be as fine and as deep as possible, a cir- 

 cumstance hitherto but little noticed by the 

 most part of our Canadian farmers, and in con- 

 sequence of this neglect their produce has been 

 most materially reduced in quantity. The seed, 

 of which about four bushels should be allowed 

 per acre, ought not to be put in the ground 

 until the weather is become warm; for the young 

 plants when they begin to shoot up are 



