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in America. As to sheep, they are out of 

 the question. At present, if a man clips 

 wool, there is no market for it : and if he 

 has eighty pounds of wool, he may expect 

 forty customers for it. Turnips will not 

 stand the winter : and if they did, they 

 would be of no use : for the frost is so 

 intense that turnips are rendered extremely 

 hard, and the frozen ground appears like a 

 solid rpck. 



I met with one farmer from the south of 

 England, who bought an estate in Hertford 

 county, and began farming, as in Britain : 

 he raised a crop of turnips, and prepared 

 sheep-pens or trays for the folding of his 

 sheep upon them ; but, alas ! in November 

 he found the * ground so hard that it was 

 impossible to make any incision in it for his 

 trays ; and the turnips, in consequence of 

 their hardness, could not be eaten: he there- 

 fore lost his crop. After this, he sowed 

 barley and clover ; and finding that they 

 would not do, he supposed grazing was the 

 best. He thought to feed sheep and cattle 



