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bridge river, into (hips that carry them to Lon- 

 don; and the refufe of the crops are what they 

 feed their horfes with; all wc therefore learn 

 is, that it will anfwer to fell them at fix-pence, 

 and that they are a nouri filing and proper food 

 for horfes, inftcad of oats. But the fale is what 

 we muft keep clear of, for that is confined to 

 certain fituations within the reach of very great 

 cities, as all the fmallcr towns arc fupplicd by 

 gardeners. 



Amongft thofe whofe experiments are pub- 

 lifhed Mr. Billing ranks foremoft. Here again, 

 the value of carrots is rather depreciated than 

 advanced ; for he raifed great crops, had repeated 

 experience upon a large fcale of their excellence 

 in fattening oxen and fheep; feeding cows, horfes, 

 and hogs ; and keeping ewes and lambs in a very 

 fuperior manner, late in the fpring, after turnips 

 were gone; but, notwithftanding thefe great ad- 

 vantages, he gave the culture up; fo that when 

 I viewed his farm there was not a carrot upon 

 it; from which we may conclude a deficiency 

 In value. 



In fevcral experiments I regiftered in my Expe- 

 rimental Agriculture \ but which were not made 

 with that prccifion which the importance of the 



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