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But this gentleman's culture of cabbages, 

 has had other effed:s, which prove ftrongly 

 the value of the plant. Mr. Hewit (one 

 of his tenants) in OBober 1768, fowed fome 

 cabbage feed. \r\May 1769, he planted a 

 field of two acres and an half with them. 

 On the {w'^^ of T)ecemher he began eating 

 them v/ith 30 beaits ; oxen; m.ilch cows; 

 two-year-olds ; and year olds ; And the 

 two acres and an half lafted them 12 weeks : 

 They had a little wheat flraw, but no hay. 

 This is a vaft produce, and infinitely be- 

 yond what any turnips I have ever feen, 

 would do. Product as follows : 



/. s. d„ 

 12 Milch cows, 12 weeks, at 



3.r. 6(/. - - 25 4 o 



30 Oxen, ditto, at ditto - 6 6 Q 



4 Three-year-olds, ditto, at 3 j. 7 40 

 6 Two-year-olds, ditto, at 2 j-. 6 </. 9 00 



5 One-year-olds, ditto, at 2 j. 6 o q 



53 14 o 



Or 111. gs. 6 d. per acre. An amount 

 which fhews how immenfely cabbages will 

 anfwer in the hands of a common farmer. 



The SECOND grand point of Mr. Turner'* ^ 

 hufbandry, has been the introducSlion of 

 clover. The farm.ers throughout Cleveland^ 

 have, to this day, rejeded theufe of that noble 



vege- 



