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of November, and has always found them 



to laft till the end of April: He generally 



ufes them for the fatting of oxen ; both 



for finiihing the large ones of 70, 80, and 



90 ftone (14 lb.) that have been fatting 



through the fummer, and alfo for the total 



fatting of others of 36 or 40 ftone, taken 



lean from work in November, put directly 



to cabbages, and made fit for the butcher 



by the middle of April: And he finds them 



to carry the hearts forward in an excellent 



manner : They are flailed in a houfe, and 



have a little hay given them every day. As 



I did not apprehend cabbages to be a food 



fufficient to finiih the fatting of a large ox, 



I repeated my inquiries on that head ; and 



he allured me, that he had fold oxen from 



cabbages at 23 /. each. An acre of good 



plants has with him completely fatted two 



beafts of 36 ftone each. His fentiments 



upon the crop in general, are highly in its 



favour ; he thinks it pays much better than 



turnips, and affords not only a furprizing 



quantity of food, but is a very profitable 



crop. 



Mr. Ayer has limed more than any of 

 his neighbours. He lays 1 2 quarters on 

 an acre when alone ; but fometimes mixes 

 it with other manure, then only eight, ger- 

 nerally on to turnip land, and finds great 

 benefit from it ; the efted of it being 

 plainly viliblc feven years after: Plate II, 



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