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It is well known that turnips are liable to many 

 accidents. In their infant date, xhtfly^oVy perhaps 

 more properly fpeaking, the Jlugy demolifhes them. 

 If they efcape this enemy, and get into rough leaf, 

 the black canker attacks them, and leaves, in a few 

 days, a whole field anatomized. 



Should they furvive all maladies, and come to 

 ever fo gre^t perfe6tion, a fevere froft, or deep 

 fnow, debars you from making the moft of them, 

 and after all, it frequently happens, that in the 

 months of February and March, a fevere froft fol- 

 lowing a wet day, deftroys your whole crop, ancj 

 deprives you of every refource, fave the hay-mow. 



Not fo potatoes : — when pitted and well fecured, 

 they are fafe from all rifque, (the pilfering hand 

 excepted) and are as good in the months of March 

 and April as in Odlober or November. 



To recommend the culture of potatoes on a large 

 fcale as a food for man would be abfurd ; and few 

 farmers would attend to any recommendation of 

 them as a food for cattle, unlefs their value be fairly 

 afcertained. 



To determine this point, I began eight years 

 fince a courfe of experiments, the refylt of which I 



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