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to peel ofTa piece of rind, about the fize of a 

 Ihilling, upon the top of the turnep •, in order 

 that Ihe may, with nicer judgment, make her 

 effay upon the pulp : in doing this, a recep- 

 tacle is formed for the rain, and a wound 

 of courfe made for the froft to operate upon : 

 the part prefently becomes putrid ; in a few 

 weeks a general mortification takes place ; and 

 the turnep, thus partially bitten, is, as a/W, 

 entirely loft to the farmer, and to the com- 

 munity. 



The wheat-crop fuffers principally from 

 -pheafants : they begin with it the moment it is 

 fown, and prey upon it fo long as it remains in 

 the field ; frequently follow it into the rick- 

 vard i and, in fevcre weather, into the barn- 

 yard : nay, I have known them, not fatisfied 

 with robbing the pigs and poultry, make their 

 entry into the barn itfelf ; where they have been 

 found, by the farmer or his labourers, feeding 

 in numbers upon the barn-iioor. Thcfe depre- 

 dations are not confined to wheat \ but are of 

 courfe extended to other crops. 



The bar ley-crop fuffers principally from 

 bares; but upon this their mlfchiefs are not 1^ 



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