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fpring; and if fo, what thofe methods were?- — I 

 beg leave to obferve, that nothing of this kind is 

 yet come into general practice in this county. 

 With refpect to preferving turnips from fuch fe- 

 vere frofts as we had this laft winter, efpecially 

 when there has not been fnow enough to cover 

 them, I believe it would be utterly impracticable, 

 unlefs the turnips were drawn previous to fuch frofts. 



This would on the whole never anfwer the far- 

 mer's purpofe, as the certain trouble and expence 

 of houfing or flacking them would far exceed the 

 advantage, even in a hard feafon$ and, in mild 

 winters, would be entirely loft. 



To preferve them for late fpring-feed is not fb 

 difficult an undertaking. Divers methods have 

 been tried ; and among the reft, that of drawing 

 and burying them in fand ; but this has not an- 

 fwered, for the following, among other reafons: — 



Turnips arc a very juicy root; and although 

 fand be perfectly dry when thrown among them, 

 yet, when packed together in large heaps, they 

 naturally fvveat and communicate a moifture* 

 which, with the hot quality of the fand, raifes a 

 It ill greater heat; and as warmth and moifture 

 are two qualities which greatly promote vegetation, 



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