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saw ; so that 1 had no opportunity of trying the 

 use of them as cattle-food; but, as to the root, 

 cattle and hogs eat it greedily, and cattle as 

 well as hogs eat up the little bits that remain 

 attached to the fibres, when these are cut from 

 the bulbs. 



256. I am now selling these turnips at half a 

 dollar a bushel. 



257. With begging you to accept of my 

 thanks for the useful information, which, in 

 common with many others, 1 have received from 

 your Treatise on this valuable plant, 



I remain, 



Dear Sir, 

 Your most obedient servant, 



SINGLETON MITCHELL. 

 To Mr. William Cobbett, 

 Hyde Park. 



258. P. S. I am very anxious to see the 

 Second Part of your Year's Residence. When 

 will it be published ? 



ANSWER. 



Hyde Park, 9th Dec. 1818. 



BEAR SIR, 



259. Your letter has given me very great 

 pleasure. You have really tried the thing: 



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