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obfervc that futh parings^ in every foil and fituation 

 adapted for the ufual feed, will prove an cfFedlual 

 fubftitute for the whole potatoe, and the farinaceous 

 fubilance of this mod edible root may be applied to 

 all its culinary purpofes. 



I have extended this river-weed compoft, the 

 laft feafon, over a piece of land fown with turnips, 

 which appear with a fuperiority to others bordering 

 upon them. Another trad: of land fpread folely 

 with this compofl: was fown with turnip-rooted 

 cabbage, in the manner begun (I prefume) and 

 fuccefsfully purfued by Sir Thomas Beevor, as 

 publifhed in your third volume; thefe are in a 

 profperous ftate, and furpafTing in fize fome I had 

 on better land the preceding year, which were well 

 manured, but not with the river compoft. 



In fine, upon a review of the paft and prefent 

 profperous appearance of every grain and foddering 

 root, that it hath unfailingly and efFedually fup- 

 ported, I cannot help being decided in my opinion, 

 that on all arable lands, fuch only excepted as are 

 fpringy, or liable to inundation, it may be more 

 fuccefsfully applied than the very common and 

 frequently repeated manure, by which foils are re- 

 newed in their ftrength. 



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