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which are dried on hurdles, undera shed exposed to the sun. In this state they are sold to the d and are valuable in proportion to their weight,and a purple cast in the inside. An acre will pro- duce a ton and a half, of course if the price be moderately high, the profit is considerable. Bu this plant is supposed to exhaust the land, and therefore more than two crops are seldom taken. In the culture of dying’articles, if the land bé manured, it must be in the autumn, before sow- ing, as fresh dung might affect the colour of the plants. Wheat nal beans succeed Woad. Mancet Wurze_,or PueRoor or Scarcity, a species of the beet, suppose ed an article of great promise, as food for cattle, on its first introduction into this country, since which, however, it has fal- Jen into neglect. As it cannot be conceived, that the high character given of this root, by persons of the first respectability, was without grounds, it would be improper to omit its culture, which may yet be revived. Both the leaves and roots are good food for man and beast; nor are they liable to be destroyed by insects, which will not touch them; they are also proof against the summer’s drought and the change of season. The weight of the roots, from five to ten pounds, according to" the quality of the soil; the leaves, which grow to the length of thirty or forty inches, by tw enty broad, are produced four or five times a year, in a middling, but nine or ten, inarich, soil; cs grow two inches by one and a half, in twenty- four hours; and may be gathered every twelve or fourteen days, without injuring the root in the least. The root is relished by all cattle and pigs, and