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did not give fo much milk when they began to eat 
turnips which were drawn into a clean fainfoin 
field. ‘The fuperior fweetnefs of the cream and 
butter, when ti cows are fed on Mangel-Wurzel, 
makes my family grudge every root which is ap- 
plied to any other purpofe; and the fame cows 
were affected in the fame way, after they had been 
at turnips fix weeks. Inthe year 1791, I fowed 
about two acres on the adjoining fhift in the open 
field, and about one acre in a home-ftall inclofure. 
The autumn proving dry, grafs was fcarce, and 
the fituation enabling me to get a cart within reach, 
without driving over the roots, I found great benefit 
from {tripping off the fading (not dead, nor grow- 
ing) leaves, which upon many of the roots was, I 
think, repeated three times. One feeble old wo- 
man gathered as many ina day, as nine cows could 
eatin the night. If it rained in the morning, fhe 
had a girl to help her in the afternoon ; and for Sun- 
days, and when weather or other avocations pre- 
vented her, a man prefently drew as many roots as 
an{wered the fame purpofe. Thefe roots were lar- 
ger, and of courfe cleaner, than the late fown ones 
of the preceding year; and being drawn into a 
clean grafs field, I heard nothing of giddinefs. I 
had about fix acres of potatoes in the open field 
adjoining, which were at leaft as well manured as 
thofe of the Mangel-Wurzel: when I had packed 
thern both in the fame way, I found more than 
double 
