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and we will answer for its evil results ; and if these be facts, it then 

 behoves the farmer to look well to pedigree in the matter of his seed. 

 But even here, his forethought must not end ; for however select 

 the parent may be, there is still something in ' bringing up j' for, 

 however good the sort of turnip, we shall not grow its seed in 

 perfection by selection merely, but we should transplant well-chosen 

 roots, and so put them in a new scene, away from subjects which 

 might contaminate them. This is indeed to bring them up in a 

 good school, for which their seed will amply repay the trouble and 

 expense. 



