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tons ; which would be the amount of the total, if all 

 were equal. 



My cows are so fond of the leaves, that, with them 



and common pasturage, they have been kept (generally) 



flush, through the season. My dairy-maid informs me, 



that ,t makes an odds of one and an half, and frequently 



two pounds of butter to each cow, per week ; when 



theyare fed, or not, on scarcity leaves. I offered them the 



green /"iom; but they rejected it. The scarcity, leaves 



were immediately thereafter thrown to them ; which 



they ravenously devoured; though they had been 



through the day, in excellent pasture. My horses are 



not now inclined to eat the leaves; though, in the last 



wmter, they ate the roots with avidity. 



These quantities of green fodder are highly encou- 

 rag'ng; andean be obtained, easily, in our climate. 

 Dr. Brown's account of G;;in^ a Grass, for a more 

 southern latitude, exceeds all products our climate ad- 

 mits. We must be content with the best n-e can ob- 

 tam ; without regretfully comparing ours, with the ad- 

 vantages reaped, in other regions, from a grass which 

 may not succeed here ; though well worth the trial. 

 -W^^ Mangel-wurtzel has, however, the advantage of 

 aSordmg constant supplies of green forage ; when 

 other such are scarce. Add the roots, which exceed 

 the weight of the leaves ; and no plant seems more va- 

 luable. 



I have had a much greater weight of leaves, in for. 

 mer times : and European accounts far exceed any I 

 have experienced. Double my present product of both 

 leaves and roots, has been known. Mine, this season 

 were planted for cleansing a piece of ground, which 



