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In 17 6 8 four acres were planted, after 

 oats; the foil, a rich loamy day: The Hub- 

 ble was plowed in, and then the field dung- 

 ed ; after which it was plowed twice more, 

 and planted, as in the other experiments. 

 Part of the feed was fown before winter, 

 and part in the fpring : The cabbages from 

 the former proved much the largeft. Many 

 weighed thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, and 

 thirty-three pounds and half, the average 

 about fifteen pounds a cabbage. 



Mr. Dixon, upon the whole, commends 

 greatly the culture of this moft ufeful vege- 

 table, for the feeding of milch cows ; He is 

 determined to continue the cultivation of 

 them for that purpofe, having found them fo 

 peculiarly convenient, that a lofs of cabbages 

 would, in a great meafbre, be a lofs of the 

 winter's milk. 



Since my firft edition, he writes me thus : 

 " My this year's crop, on the ground which 

 you examined laft year, in quantity about 

 two acres, has turned out very beneficial ; 

 for, by the afiiftance of about two ltone of 

 hay daily, I have kept three cows in milk, 

 equal to a fummer's pafture, one fat heifer 

 for a month, and a fat ox who feeds with 

 the cows; about forty fTieep eat up the re- 

 fufe of the cattle, and it being now a hard 

 froft, with fnow on the ground, I feed {even. 

 ewes and their lambs on them, in my back-- 

 yard, which thrive extremely well ; and I ex- 

 pect 



