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When thefc circiimftances arc confidcrec!, if 

 will not be found that the excefs of the expence 

 of the carrot culture can be eftecmed any reaibfl 

 for their not having been more attended to in this 

 kingdom. That excefs in fad: vanifhes, for I am 

 clearly of opinion, that there is no intelligent 

 turnip fanner that would not give a considerable 

 portion of it, if not the whole, annually per acre, 

 on their turnips, to have them infured againft all 

 thofe failures and accidents to which carrots arc 

 not liable. 



Now, if it be not to be attributed to the ex- 

 pence, that this cultivation does not extend, it 

 will neceflarily be aiked, to zvbat is it owing? 

 My anfwer to this qucftion will be, without hefi- 

 tation, because the value is not ascertained. 

 All other objections to a crop become as nothing 

 when compared to this: For a man to attend 

 with fome degree of anxiety, much trouble, and 

 great expence, to procure a produce, which when 

 gained is of little or doubtful value, is to take 

 pains to place one's feif in an odious and grating 

 uion. It is what no man will voluntarily 

 do. The farmers put wheat, barley, or oats, in 

 the ground, becaufe they know thofe crops will 

 certainly repay them, if not a great, at lead: a 

 moderate profit; They fow turnips and ciover a 



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