66 POTATOES. .8. 



CABBAGES for the fame purpofes, may be con- 

 fidercd thus : 



Potatoes are more nutritious ; and, in the 

 opinion of thofe who haveufed them, fat cattk 

 much quicker than either turneps or cabbages. 

 Potatoes, too, being fecured from the feveri- 

 ties of winter, are a more certain article of 

 fatting than turneps or cabbages ; both of 

 which are liable to perilh under an alternacy 

 .of froft and thaw ; and the turnep, more 

 particularly, is locked-up, or rendered diffi- 

 cult to be come at, during a continuance of 

 inow or froft. Turneps and cabbages, if 

 they out-weather the feverities of winter, oc- 

 cupy the foil in the fpring when it is wanted 

 to be prepared for the fucceeding crop; while 

 potatoes, if properly laid up, are a food which 

 may be continued without inconveniency un- 

 til the cattle be finimed, or the grafs has ac- 

 quired the requilite bite for finiihing them in 

 the field, 



On the other hand, potatoes are a difagree- 

 ablc crop to cultivate : the planting is a te- 

 dious dirty bufinefs ; and taking them up, 

 may be called the filth ieft work of huf- 

 bandry ; efpecially in a wet autum : and ftill 



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