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cited to attempt fome poffible improvement, 

 where improvement is fo much to be wifhed. 



The two next following papers, from the 

 ingenious Mr. Wimpey, refpe&ing the cul- 

 ture of Turnips, the management of the Dairy, 

 &c. are inferted as practical treatifes, on fub- 

 je£ts of eftablifhed importance j and it ispre- 

 fumed they will not be found to diminifh the 

 reputation of their intelligent author. On 

 the former fubject much has been written in 

 detached publications 3 and from the import- 

 ance of the Turnip hufoandry, both as a fyf- 

 tem of cultivating the foil, and as an abund- 

 ant fource of food for cattle, too much praife 

 cannot be eafily bellowed. 



It were much to be wifhed, that the ex- 

 ample of Mr. Wimpey may excite other 

 Gentlemen, equally capable of reflection and 

 experiment, to bend their attention to the 

 properties and management of this delicate 

 plant j till, if poffible, fuch a knowledge of 

 jt may be obtained, as to enable the farmer 



to 



