u 



[ 1 40 ] 



Do6tor Andcrfon, p. 150, fays, " The fibres that 

 fpring from the roots are fo numerous and ftrong 



' as to entangle a great deal of earth among them^^ 

 from which it is difficult to difengage itj in wet 



" weather in winter, I do not fee how it would be 



« poffible, &c." 



The root of the beet is entirely under ground, 

 with ftrong fibres like the turnip- rooted cabbage, but 

 the true Mangel- Wurzel grows moftly above the 

 ground and is very eafily drawnj and all thofe animal^ 

 will, when hungry, eat at firft both root and leaves, 

 but fome creatures are at firft averfe to new food, 

 and will refufe turnips, carrots, &c. which they af- 

 terwards become very fond of, fo that no one fhould 

 judge and determine precipitately, as it is known that 

 many ftieep will almoft ftarve before they will eat 

 turnips. All writers do not fufficiently diftinguifh 

 the crops that beft fuit clay-land, ftrong loam, and 

 a light fandy gravel; nor do they give diftindl ac- 

 counts of thofe crops that may be drawn off the land 

 at Michaelmas, in order to fow wheat, and thofe 

 that will beft ftand the winter to be eaten off the 

 land, which is the cheapeft and moft beneficial 

 method, where the foil and fituation is dry enough; 

 but even in that cafe to raife potatoes, . mangel- 

 wurzel, carrots, or parfnips, in the fummer fallows, 



and 



