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 of turnips. In addition to this, I fhould 

 obferve that the landlord of the Crown Inn 

 at Baivtry, who rents a large quantity of 

 land, has made the fame remark in fatting 

 oxen with them. 



Upon this culture of cabbages, it is in 

 general to be obferved, that turnips have 

 in many parts of England been found of 

 excellent ufe in fatting of beafts, and even 

 adequate to the purpole ; but the great 

 fault of a turnip crop is the rotting by frofts 

 early in the fpring, fo as to leave part of 

 March, all April, and in fome counties 

 part of May, quite without fpring provi- 

 sion : The vegetable therefore wanting as 

 a fuccedanum to fupply the place of turnips 

 at that feafon of the year, is one that will 

 abide the fevcrity of the winter frofts : 

 but from the preceding account, it is plain, 

 that the cabbages Mr. Lyjler has cultivated, 

 will by no means anfwer that purpofe as 

 they are gone by Chrylmas-, but we are 

 not therefore to conclude againft cabbages 

 in general, for other forts may be more 

 lading and hardy than the large Scotch, 

 paarticularly the turnip cabbage, and per- 

 haps others. For this reafon, I much wifh 

 that Mr. Lyjler had cultivated other forts as 

 well as the Scotch, as I doubt not but the 

 fpirit with which he conducts his inquiries 

 in agriculture, would have call new lights 



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