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During the time the plants were growing, I often 

 gave a few of the roots and greens together, but 

 neither cows or pig's were at all fond of the roots, in 

 that ilage of their growth; they always left the 

 greateft part of thena. This circumftance alarmed 

 mc; but was entirely done away in the winter, for 

 then both cows and pigs ate them as kindly as they 

 would have done any food whatever. The roots in 

 general w^re fo hard and firm, that I found it ne- 

 ceflary to have them cut in dices, which a labourer 

 did with a fmall bill-hook on a treflel, and could 

 cut feveral bufhels in an hqur. 



The greateft inconvenience that attends them is 

 the great quantity of mould that fo firmly adheres 

 to them. The roots are covered with innirmerable 

 fibres, which embrace the mould too firmly to be 

 cafily feparated from it. This is a matter of no 

 great fignification in feeding hogs, who are con- 

 ftandy delving in the dirt; but perhaps it is not 

 quite fo clear that in time it might not prove inju- 

 rious to cow cattle. 



As my cows and pigs were fed with them pro-» 

 mifcuoufly together with other food, I am unable 

 to afcertain what would be the amount of the pro- 

 duce on any given quantity of land valued in 



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