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feafons and fevered frofls. When the common tur- 

 nip and haiuieft cabbage have been entirely cut off 

 and deftroyed, this has continued its fine verdure, 

 and fupplied die kitchen with greens, and the cattle 

 with fweet and wholcfome roots, even till the middle 

 of May. 



Another new article which has been very lately 

 introduced is the Mangel Wurzely or Scarcity Plant. 

 From the fuccefs fome few gentlemen have had in 

 its cultivation, it feems to promife to be of the 

 greateft utility for the feed of cattle. However, it is 

 very little known as yet, it being fuppofed that not 

 one farmer of a thoufand has fo much as ever heard 

 of the name. It is generally agreed to be a fpecies 

 of the beet, of which there are many. The feeds of 

 both have exadly the fame appearance, and the 

 leaves and roots differ only in colour and fize, for 

 the manner of their growth is exactly the fame; but 

 the leafage of the new fort is faid to be much more 

 luxuriant and abundant, and the roots vaftly larger. 



In order to difcover the mod advantageous mode 

 of raifing this plant, I fowed, or rather fet, a quantity 

 of the feed in fevefal different ways in April laft. 

 The beginning of July the outfide leaves had ob- 

 tained their full growth, fome of which I broke ofF 

 and offered to the horfes and cows, who ate them 



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