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cnces, I think it would anfwer extremely 

 well, to fink feme few beds in the 

 ground where the turnips grow, about 

 two feet deep, of a confiderable width, 

 and to lay five or fix layers of turnips 

 into them one upon another, with a lit- 

 tle frefli earth between each layer, and to 

 cover the top over with ftraw, to keep 

 out the froft ^ or elfe to carry them 

 home, or into fome clean field where 

 they are meant to be confumed, and to 

 pile them up in fmall ftacks with the 

 greens outward, a little clean ftraw be- 

 tween each layer, and at laft to cover, or 

 ikreen them with wattles or hurdles 

 lined with ftraw. If this were done in 

 fmall proportions, (I do not mean gene- 

 rally) it would certainly afford the cattle 

 great comfort in frofty weather 5 would 

 preferve many turnips from the rot, 

 ^ which 



