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fheep were able to walk about among them, with- 
out the leaft detriment or wafte. It efcaped my 
memory to weigh a few of thefe fheep when firft 
taken in; but this was done afterwards. On the 
6th of -January, four {heep were weighed, and the 
fame four again at the expiration of the experi- 
ment—the refult was as follows: 
S. lbs. S. lbs. 
No. I. weighed 9 4 Jan. 6th, 9 14 Feb. 12th. 
No. Il.—— 8 §& 8 19 
No lil. ——  g_—s- 55 Q 9 
No. IV. —— 10 11 pee ee 
It is to be obferved, that through the carelefsnefs 
of my fervant, the fheep were weighed ona full 
ftomach in the firft inftance, and not half fo full in 
the fecond. Some of thefe fheep were killed im- 
mediately from the turnip-cabbages, and died very 
fat, and in the beftorder. I never faw one of them 
fcour through the whole experiment. I have rea- 
fon to conclude, that an acre of turnip-cabbages 
will keep 40 ftock fheep at leaft two months, with- 
out a morfel of hay. 
The remainder of the crop was referved for my 
own ufe—part of which was eaten on the ground 
by my own fheep, and part brought off at different 
times to ferve my cows, horfes, and fheep, at home. 
On bringing them home, I always cut off the leaves, 
with which I ferved my cows and fheep, and {towed 
away the bulbs in the barn and in any open fhed. 
As foon as the leaves of the firft load were con- 
fumed, 
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