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great pleasure. The first was, that, from the 

 time he began taking up his turnips, he began 

 feeding his cows upon the greens; and, that 

 this doubled the quantity of their milk. That the 

 greens might last as long as possible, he put 

 them in small heaps, that they might not heat. 

 He took up his turnips, however, nearly a 

 month loo early. They grow till the hard 

 frosts come. The greens are not so good till 

 they have had some little frost; and, the bulb 

 should be ripe. I have been now (27 Nov.) 

 about ten days cutting off my greens. The 

 bulbs I shall take up in about ten days hence. 

 Those that are not consumed by that time, I 

 shall put in small heaps in the field, and bring 

 them away as they may be wanted, 



235. The other thing stated to me by Mr. 

 BYRD pleased me very much indeed; not only 

 an account of its being a complete confirmation 

 of a great principle of TULL applied to land in 

 this climate, but on account also of the candour 

 of Mr. BYRD, who, when he had seen the re 

 sult, said, " I was wrong, friend Cobbett, in 

 " not following thy advice." And then he went 

 on to tell me, that the turnips in the piece which 

 he had ploughed after the Zist of September 

 were a crop a fourth part greater than those 

 adjoining them, which remained unploughed. 

 Thus, then, let no one be afraid of breaking 



