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very bad luck (as it is called) has fuch an influ- 

 ence in buying or felling, that extreme falfe con- 

 elulions are fomctimes drawn, when fo founded. 



5/6/y. When given to horfes, they fhould be 

 conlidercd as a fubftitute for oats, and the value fo 

 afecrtained, and not the faving of hay, which was 

 Mr. Billing's method, becaufe they ought not to 

 fave any hay. The expence of warning not to be 

 forgotten, f 



If a feries of experiments were made to afcer- 

 tain the value of carrots in thefe various ufes, and 

 the refult publifhed, it would do more to efrablifh 

 the practice than any other meafure whatever; a 

 practice which I am convinced wants only to be 



well known in order to be generally purfued. 



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That no gentleman need be apprehenfive of 

 fuffering, if he makes fome experiments in order 

 to afcertain this point, will appear from various 

 considerations; it may not be improper to men- 

 tion a few. I have fhewn that they are to be cul- 



•j" Whoever would Invent a cheap machine for wafhing carrots 

 and potatoes in ftagnant water would do a great public fervice; 

 the London Society offered at my recommendation, in 1776, pre- 

 miums for fuch a machine; and alfo in 1777, for afcertaining the 

 value of carrots, potatoes, andparfhips, but. without effect. 



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