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I carried a quantity of the roota baga seed 

 to America ; but I found it stood the winter 

 no better than the Norfolk turnip, or at least 

 so indifferently as to be of little value. I 

 raised seed from both kinds; but the pro- 

 duce was very small, as may be believed 

 from my being obliged to put them in 

 a cellar, or pye them, in the winter. 



Mr. Boadley's observations on his fod- 

 der-house, or hollow rick, are worthy of 

 remark, and ought to be regarded by culti- 

 vators in every part of the world, as they 

 -shew the beneficial effects which may arise, 

 in the extremes of cold and heat, by adopt- 

 ing that or similar improvements. Cover- 

 ing land, and keeping the winter's frost 

 from it, where it can be done, will render it 

 more fertile ; the same in summer : there- 

 fore it is certain that all such green crops as 

 smother the land in summer, and keep the 

 sun from it, and the turnip crop in the 

 winter, are of essential use. I have esta- 

 blished the same principle in my former 

 publication, the EXPERIENCED FARMER. 



Mr. Boadley recommends an infant ma- 



