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returns of much of the Roothing land, both as to stock and croj)s ; 
and (what seems to be so much overlooked by most of the landed 
proprietors, but what I consider, in these times in particular, of 
infinite importance) it would enable the farmer to employ double 
the number of labourers to advantage, and eventually increase the 
value of the land full 25 ^;er cent. I believe I was the first who 
introduced the system on the clay lands; and although it cost 
me, for several years, 1000/. per annum for labour, on little more 
than 500 acres, I am perfectly satisfied with the result as to my- 
self, and I know the farm is let for irijore than 30 per cent, more 
to the present tenant. I state this, sir, to satisfy you of the per- 
vianency of the improvement. I give your bailiff, Eli Turvill, 
much credit for the business-like manner in which he has slated 
the particulars — resulting, as they must, from an observing and 
inquiring mind ; and I think what I have stated here, from jyrac- 
tical experience, fully bears him out. If you follow this system 
out, it will, from the number of labourers necessary, require the 
vigilant eye of the master to do justice to it. 
I could say much more in favour of burning were I to go 
more into detail as to the results from my burning for the last 
twenty years, but I fear I have already troubled you too long. 
I am, tScc. 
Litchfield Tabrum. 
Bois Hall, 21th March, 1843. 
IV. — On White Carrots. By George Turner. 
Thinking that the merits of the white or Belgian carrot are not suffi- 
ciently known and appreciated, and having been a grower of them on a 
Email scale for some years, I am induced to forward an account of my 
crop on one small piece this year. Tlie plot on which they grew was 
rather less than 37 poles; and Uie produce, exclusive of tops and tail?, 
quite free from dirt, 1 tons, or full 30 tons an acre. They were drilled 
the 9th of April in rows 15 inches apart, and of course well hoed ; the 
land a strong gravelly loam in good condition, but not exactly the sort of 
soil adapted for carrots; it was ploughed tolerably deep and well 
worked, manured with a very moderate quantity of well-rotten dung; a 
small quantity (I believe about 10 bushels) of wood-ashes, was sown 
over after drilling, and lightly raked in. I have them stored as usual 
in a shed, and intend ihem for horses, cattle, and sheep in the spring, 
all sorts of stock eating ihem with avidity, and fattening fast on them. 
Barton, rear Exeter, Jan. Ilh, 1S43. 
