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It is wrong to plant parihips by means of dib- 

 bling, as the ground thereby becomes fo bound as 

 feldom to admit the fmall lateral fibres (with which 

 thefe plants abound) to fix or work in the earth, on 

 which account they are prevented from expanding 

 thernfelves, and never attain their proper fize. 



If people would in general be attentive to the 

 foil, the feafon for fowing, the cleaning and earth- 

 ing the plants, and raifing their feed from the largeft 

 and. beft parfnips, (which fhould be felecled and 

 tranfplanted for this purpofe) there is no doubt but 

 fuch a crop would anfwer much better than a crop 

 pf carrots i they are equal if not iliperior for fatting 

 pigs, as they make their flefh whiter, and they eat 

 them with more fatisfaction. When they are clean 

 warned and diced among bran, horfes eat them 

 greedily and thrive therewith • nor do they heat 

 them, or like corn fill them with diforders. 



It is reported, that cows and oxen are fond of 

 parihips ; if fo, they are certainly well worth a far- 

 mer's attention, efpecially in countries where there 

 is a fcarcity of fodder. The writer therefore flat- 

 - s himfelf, the foregoing directions may prove 

 ferviceable to gentlemen or farmers, who are fo cir- 

 cumfianced; and begs to affure :hc Society he fhall 



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