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 times : They were firft ufed at CandlemaSy 

 for fome fat oxen, and they eat them very 

 heartily. They were the Scotch cabbage. 

 The experiment, though not conclufivc, 

 gave great hope of fuccefs on a larger fcale. 

 In 1765, two acres, a good loamy foil, 

 were planted. An oat ftubble was fixed upon 

 in the preceding autumn, and fallowed for 

 the purpofe. The feed was fown in March^ 

 The 1 8th and 19th of Jui^e they were 

 planted diredly out of the feed-bed, in rows, 

 the fame diftance as before. They v/erc 

 horfe-hoed twice with a common plough, 

 and the rows hand-hoed as often. This 

 crop w^as ufed between Chrijhuas and 

 Candlemas^ and chiefly in a deep fnow : 

 Eighteen oxen were fatting on turnips, 

 which being buried by the fnow, the bealls 

 were put to cabbages ; they all eat them 

 much better than the turnips. A particular 

 trial was made, by burying fome cabbages 

 in their feeding-trough under a heap of tur- 

 nips ; they turned afide the turnips at once, 

 without biting one, and feized the cabbages 

 with the utmoft greedinefs. Thefe tvv^o 

 acres, were part of twelve ; the other ten 

 fown with turnips. In the fpring following 

 the whole field was fown with barley : The 

 part after the cabbages was much freer from 

 weeds than the reft of the field, and yielded 

 eight bufliels per acre more. This ex- 

 periment, upon the whole, vv'as very fatif- 

 I fadlory; 



