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agriculture. I was allb flruck with many 

 pieces of turneps, which had as fine crops 

 as ever I faw -, and, upon enquiry, found 

 they were deftined for the winter food of 

 cattle. This is not common through the 

 country, and has not long been introduced. 

 But, if I may judge from the opinions of 

 the peafants I converfed with, the culture 

 \vill fpread very quickly. They affured me, 

 that an acre of good turneps in winter, 

 feeding cattle, faved them the hay of more 

 than four acres, which is very great, and 

 proves how well this root muil anfwer 

 here. Their method of culture is, to give 

 the land three ploughings, and to fow about 

 a pint of feed to an acre at Midfummer. 

 They do not think they require any dung, 

 or other manure, and the crops I faw had 

 none, wherein fome turneps, I fliould fup- 

 pofed, weighed at lead twenty pounds. 

 They give no hoeings, only weed them 

 twice by hand. Upon my telling them, in 

 England they hand-hoed them, they feemed 

 much to approve the method ; and one of 

 them aflurcd me he would try it, from rny 

 defcription. 



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