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prevented much attention to this crop, which I hav^ 

 lately drawp ; a^d-,l>oufec], and I have fown yvheat 

 in the ground.-^Iany of ;I)e plants weighed frorn 

 fifteen to twenty pp,\v^ds j andif tJipy keep well ia 

 the houfe three or four months, and nourilh my 

 horfes, cattle^ flieej}^;and hogs. (W^any of. .than) 

 jvcll, I fhall efteem xhem very .highly, randtliiij^ 

 themu v^ry. valuable acq^jifition in»agricpUur<;,;; X 

 pbferved no material difference b^v^cm thofe traoIrT 

 planted afid not. 



My land is not deep, and light enough for carro.is 

 knd parfnips, which I think are not fp eafily culti- 

 vated as the mangel-wurzel, and will not produce 

 fuch heavy crops, 



I fatted oxen with raw fliced potatoes and fiay 

 laft fpring, and I think it is much better for a far- 

 mer to plant them in his fallows, though he fhould 

 make but ten or twelve fhilHngs per ton in feeding 

 his horfes, cattle and hogs, in winter^ than to keep 

 his ijaked fallows often turned and cleaned from 

 weeds, and to let the whole expence falj on thd 

 wheat crop, which it will not always repay. Be- 

 fides, the potatoes will yield three tirnes as much 

 near great cities and towns; but I draw no general 

 principles from local advantages. In many fitxy^ 

 ations it is very expenfive to carry corn to mill or 



market. 



