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ing horfes, faddle horfes, and colts, of all ages, and 

 to my hogs; and they all ate them greedily, and 

 looked much better than ufualj fo that I think thefe 

 potatoes will yield me, in the faving of hay and other 

 food, and in the increafe of manure, about 20s. per 

 ton, and be always in future a good refource in ca(e 

 of a dry fummer, a fcarcity of hay, and failure of 

 my turnip crops. But near great cities, where 40s. 

 per ton may be made of them, and manure brought 

 home from thence, the advantage of my praftice 

 will be lefs J and I confefs- 1 am difappointed in not 

 being able to get my fheep to eat much of them 

 which I have endeavoured to force them to do in 

 this way : — I have folded fome fheep and lambs in an 

 old garden where there are fome laurels, lauruftini, 

 box, and yews, but very little poor moiTy grafs; and 

 tliere I have for fome weeks fed them on mangel- 

 wurzel, roota-baga, or Swedifli turnips, cabbages, 

 potatoes, carrots, parfnips, ivy leaves, and a little 

 hay. They prefer each of thofe things to potatoes, 

 and eat all the evergreen Jhrubs, except box, which 

 being bitter, they will not tafte it; they eat fome of 

 the potatoes, and would probably eat more, if they 

 were very hungry, and left a day without otlier food. 



Do<5lor Anderfon mufl have had wrong fcedy 01; 

 he would not have been prejudiced againft npangel- 



wurzelj 



