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a month, and fome nine weeks : The fattinq; 

 all of them was finifhed by the cabbages, 

 which more than anfwered all cxpedations ; 

 the beafts taken out of fine grafs, fell to the 

 cabbages with great eagernefs, and were car- 

 ried on as well as any beafts could poffibly 

 be, on any other food. 



In 1767, Mr. 'Turner had eight acres of 

 the large Scotch fort ; and two acres of the 

 ^njou. 



For the firft, the land was both fummer 

 and winter fallowed ; and planted from the 

 feed-bed the i^ih. of June ^ m rows four feet 

 afunder, and two feet from plant to plant. 

 They were twice horfe-hoed, and hand-hoed 

 as often. They were begun to be ufed 

 about Martinmas with fat oxen, milk cows, 

 and fat fheep; but the leaves not cabbaged 

 were all broke off, and given to young cattle 

 with ftraw. Two oxen, in very low con- 

 dition, and a cow were put to them at that 

 time, and kept on them till the beginning 

 of March ; they were then quite fat, and 

 fold to the butcher, each 80 ftone 14/^ The 

 cow was about half fat when fhe began tlie 

 cabbages, llie was completed in a high de- 

 gree by the beginning of March. 



One of the oxen had his cabbages, &c,' 

 weighed to him ; he eat 15 ftone, or 2 10 /Z-. 

 and half a ftone of hay, every 24 hours. 



Before the milch cows were jrut to the 

 c-abbages, the milk of one of them was 



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