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nip, or Cabbage kind, to preserve the seed pure ami 
untnixed. Two or three roots, if they do well, will 
yield seed sufficient for an acre of land. Let the seed 
remain in the pods until the time of sowing.” 
Time of Sowing. 
“ The time of sowing may be from the 25th of June 
to the 16th of July, as circumstances may be: as the 
result of all my experiments will fully show.” 
Quality and preparation of the Land. 
“ As a fine, rich, loose garden mould, of great depth, 
and having a porous substratum, is best for every thing 
that vegetates, except plants that live best in water, 
so it is best with Ruta Baga. I know of no soil in 
the United States, upon which this root may not be 
cultivated with the greatest facility, excepting a pure 
sand, and a stiff clay, which are very rare in this 
country.” Mr. Cobbet here goes on to state his suc- 
cessful experiments in obtaining a good crop of Ruta 
Baga, with very little manure, (and that of an inferior 
quality,) upon an exhausted soil. 
.Manner of Sowing. 
“ My ploughman put the ground up in little ridges, 
having two furrows on each side of the ridge, so that 
each ridge consisted of four furrows, and the tops of 
the ridges were about 4 feet from each other; and as 
the ploughing was performed to a great depth, there 
was of course a very deep gutter between every two 
ridges. 
“ I took care to have the manure placed so as to be 
under the middle of each ridge, that is to say, just be- 
neath where my seed was to come, which was sown 
principally in this manner : a man went along by the 
side of each ridge, and put down 2 or 3 seeds in 
places of 10 or 12 inches distance from each other. 
