BREEDING, ^7 



tnis fad: I fpeak experimehtally, having been 

 a confumer among my own ftock of four- 

 fcore bujhels in one winter, purchafed at only 

 jixpence each bufhel, exclufive of a very con- 

 siderable quantity produced from a part of 

 my own land, then under fimilar cultivation 

 from a thorough convidion of their utility 

 and profit. 



The method to preferve them for the win- 

 ter confumption is as follows : let them be 

 taken up early in the autumn, fo foon as 

 their fuperlicial or vegetative parts begin to 

 decline, and laid upon a bed of new wheat 

 Jiraw, in a dry room or clofe granary^ with- 

 out cleaning, juft as they are taken out of 

 the ground ; they are then to be plentifully 

 covered w^ith the fame bedding, to proted: 

 them from long and fevere frofts that fre- 

 quently enfue, after being affeded by which, 

 they foon decay and become rotten ; no fear 

 of this need, neverthelefs, be entertained, 

 provided proper care and attention be paid to 

 the bed and covering, as they then continue 

 perfedly found to the expiration of a very 

 long winter. There is alfo another equally 



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