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and the butter excellent; but the 

 precaution muft be obferved, of 

 picking off the decayed leaves. 

 Earl of Darlington's. Ufed constantly for 

 milch cows. The butter particularly 

 excellent, and none keeps better ; 

 but the decayed leaves are picked off. 

 Mr. Dixojis. The butter very plentiful 

 and excellent. A lofs of cabbages a 

 lofs of the winter's butter. 

 That cabbages will feed cows very fait, 

 and make them give an immenfe quantity 

 of milk, is a fact that has been difputed by 

 none ; the great point is the fweetneis of the 

 butter ; and this, I think, appears equally 

 clear from the preceding table. Mr. Tucker 

 found the butter tafted when the cows had 

 nothing to eat but cabbages : But this is no 

 objection j for there exifts not the fmallefl 

 neceffity of keeping them abfolutely upon 

 cabbages alone. It certainly muft be more 

 proper to give them portions of hay or good 

 ftraw every day : Beiides, it is not added, 

 whether the decayed leaves were picked off, 

 or not. This alfo is the cafe with the mi- 

 nute of Mr. Turners experiments, and Mr. 

 Hewetfs ; we muft certainly conclude, that 

 the decayed leaves were, not picked off, 

 which circumftance is regiftred of Mr. Da/- 

 tons ; from all which we may venture to 

 conclude, that the loofe decayed leaves will 

 give the butter a bad tafte. But it is indif- 



putable 



