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ART. XXV. 
On the Value of the Rura Baca, compared with 
other Turnips;—and a proposition for in- 
structing Young Men in the New Husbandry. 
Addrefled to the SECRETARY. 
{By the Rey. H. J. Crose.] 
DEAR SIR, Hordie; May 2, 1799. 
Forgot to inform you, that my Swedifh turnips, 
in the month of March, after the frofts, without 
cither tops or tails, and perfeétly cleared from dirt, 
weighed thirty-two tons per acre. They were tranf- 
planted, and upon ridges of the fame fize as the 
Norfolk turnips. Tam forry I omitted to mention 
this, as but few experiments, I believe, have been 
made to afcertain the acreable weight of thefe vae 
_ luable roots. | 
I think every farmer, who keeps a large ftock, 
fhould have a fufficient quantity of thefe turnips to 
anfwer all his purpofes through February, March, 
and April. Indeed, in a few years I believe I fhall 
grow thefe chiefly. ‘This year I hope to have twelve 
or fifteen acres of them. I prefer them to the ture 
nip-reoted cabbage, as they are equally impervious 
to the froft, and if partly eaten by game or vermin, 
‘the remainder of the plants do not rot. In fhort, 
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