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N° IX. 



1'houghts on the UJe of the Sow-thifile — De- 

 fcription of a remarkably fat Sheep, 



I HAVE not written upon Clchory which 

 is ufed as green food for aninnals, and very- 

 profitable for the purpofe; but it will not 

 make hay to profit. I ann indeed of opinion, 

 that other weeds, if grown and ufed as green 

 food, would be as profitable as cichory, but 

 not having had an opportunity to try the expe- 

 riment, and having through the whole of this 

 Work laid it down as a rule to give nothing 

 to the public but what I have mylelf experi- 

 enced and ufed, I omitted to mention many 

 probable improvements. I cannot, however, 

 refrain from laying a few words refpedting the 

 fow-thiille, fo common in all worn-out lands, 

 and a very obnoxious weed in what is termed 

 run crops. It has often ftruck my mind, that, 

 on account of its milky nature, it would be- 

 come 



