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much worfe ground. Except what was ufed for the 

 table, the whole was pulled up the 20th or 25 th of 

 March, and laid in heaps in the barn yard, entirely 

 uncovered fronn the weather, and were given to my 

 fatting oxen after all our common turnips were 

 gone. I think they lafted about three weeks, which 

 was of the greateft advantage to me, for the mild-, 

 nefs of the weather caufed all our turnips to feed, 

 and having no grafs, our cattle were ftarving. 



" On the whole, I am already of opinion that the 

 Ruta-Baga is a moft valuable root ; whether it be 

 ufed by taking up a quantity previous to a ftorm of 

 fnow, when the other turnips cannot be got at, or 

 by pulling up in fpring and laid by, to be ufed 

 after our common turnips are gone." 



Article XXXII. 



On Butt^r-rMakingi — and the Author's Pamphlet 



en Dairying. 



to the secretary. 

 Sir, 



ABOUT the time I publifhed the fecond edi- 

 tion of Dairying Exemplified^ being foon after 

 the death of my good friend Mr. Rack, who was 

 carneft for the fuccefs pf it, as he thought it had a 



tendency 



