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aiid houfe fudi crops before winter, near the fold 

 yards for cattPe, &c. will enable the farmer to keep- 

 more (lock in winter to tread his draw, and greatl/ 

 increafb thac valuable thingonafarm called dung or 

 muck. Having land of various forts, I pradife a little 

 of each, and find no difficulty in farming advan- 

 tageoufly, but to get my workmen to be honcft 

 and diligent; as I can feldom fpare time to look 

 after them fufficiently, the very beft bailiff cannot 

 or will not get as much done as the mailer can. 



I fee for the firft time a Ihort account of the roota 

 baga, and mowing cabbage, in Sir Tho. Beevor's 

 letter, of which I wifli for further information, and 

 CO obtain the feed next fpring. 



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Sir Thomas feems to think Mangel- Wurzel of 

 little or no fuperior value, as it will not ftand the 

 froftj which fo very large a root, growing moftly 

 above the ground, cannot be expeded to do; for 

 roots are generally tender in proportion to their 

 bulk, and the quicknefs of their growth: and it is fo 

 with trees, the flowed growers are mod hard and 

 durable. I think that turnip-rooted cabbage dands 

 the winter better than any other root in ufc, but it 

 grows flowly, and never produces fo large a crop 

 as the other roots I have mentioned; and there 



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