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If We call the fupcriority of expence 20s. art 

 acre, I believe we mall be very near the truth ; 

 and it mud be at once apparent that the excels of 

 20s. in expence cannot be the caufe of the cul- 

 ture fp reading fo little; for, to anfwer this ex- 

 pence, there are favourable circumftances which 

 mud: not be forgotten. 



17?. They are much more impenetrable to* foft. 

 I never heard of any damage received by the crops 

 at Woodbridge, where they are always left in the- 

 ground to be taken up as wanted. Laft winter 

 our crops of turnips were univerfally deftroyed; 

 and they fuller exceedingly whenever a froft is 

 fevere. This renders carrots fo much more cer- 

 tain and to be depended on, that no man pof- 

 felTed of a good crop but muft feel himfelf on 

 velvet,, while the flock of other men are ftarving. 



2 (Uy. They are not fubjecl to any diftempers, 

 or accidents that approach to the evils of the 

 anbury and the fly in turnips. They are alfo 

 fown at a feafon when they cannot fuffer by 

 drought. Of late years turnips have fuffered fo 

 much by all thefe attacks, as to have fubjected 

 the farmers of this county and Norfolk to moft 

 heavy loF >. 



$dly. They 



