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worft ; for the chick-weed came fo ftrongly, 

 that it threatened to deftroy all the graffes; 

 but a dairy of cows being turned in, they 

 eat it up, by which means the grades rofe 

 freely. As that part fown alone, in this ex- 

 periment, was no better than the other, it is 

 certainly fo far conclusive againft fowing a- 

 lone, as a crop of corn is thereby loft, with- 

 out gaining any thing in return. 



Cabbacres this Gentleman has alfo tried, 

 and with great fuccefs. In 1766 he had 

 an acre and half on a cold, wet, clay foil : 

 It was well dunged, and plowed twice : 

 Turneps the preceding crop. The cabbage 

 feed was fown the beginning of Augufi the 

 year before, and the plants fet out of the 

 bed directly into the field, which operation 

 was performed from the middle of March 

 to the beginning of April. The rows were 

 three feet afunder, and two feet from plant 

 to plant, horfe-hoed and hand-hoed as the 

 weeds arofe. This crop turned out . but 

 fmall in fize, but was of excellent ufe for 

 feeding the cows ; they were given, with 

 jome hay, to the milch ones, the leaves 

 itrippcdorT. The butter and milk both ex- 

 ceedingly good, and finely flavoured. 



In ljbj the fame field was again planted 

 with them ; the management, in all re- 

 flects, as before ; the crop little better ; but 

 applied to the fame ufe, and with equal fuc- 



cefs. 



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