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perch of land ; and produced at the rate of one 

 fhoufand and eighty bufliels per acre. The Cham- 

 pain were fit for ufe fooner than the two other 

 kinds, by about fix weeks j but were neithep fo 

 large; nor numerous upon the roots. JUi thefe 

 kinds were dry, mealy, and well-flavoured, fcarcely 

 differing from each other in tafte. They were all 

 cultivated by the plough, in the fame field, in the 

 feme manner, and at the fame time; the difference 

 of the produce is prodigious, owing, I conceive, 

 in fome meafurc, to their having been longer, or 

 more lately raifed from the feed ; this obfervation 

 has, I know, been made by others: but be it as it 

 may, I will propagate the lafl^ fort upon as large a 

 fcale as my flock of them will permit; and if I 

 find them continue as productive as in the lafl: year, 

 I will be fure to communicate the flock to you, if 

 you wifh to have it. I have chiefly applied them 

 to the feeding of hogs. When boiled, and given 

 to fattening fwine, I have not found them anfwer 

 alone; but mixed with an equal part of barley, or 

 buck-meal, I have had them equally fat, and in as 

 Ihort a time, as thofe whicli were fed with either 

 of the meals alone. Given raw, they are admi- 

 rable for flore fwine, or cows, or bullocks. Our 

 poor people are now fo fond of them, and find 

 fuch fupport from them, that they are very generally 

 cultivated by them for foine miles round this place. 



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