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BREEDS, CROSSES, &C. 



Average increase of weight, in eighteen weeks two 

 days, about I St. 31b. 11 oz. each. 



Quantity ate in eighteen weeks two days : 



The ten Leicestershire ate 588 bushels of turnips. 



The ten South Down ate 589 bushels of turnips. 



The nine Norfolk ate 607 bushels of turnips. 



The ofFal turnips were, at different times, collected, 

 measured, anddedu(Sled from the account of the quantities 

 given to them. 



If nine Norfolk consumed 607 bushels, ten would, in the 

 same proportion, have consumed above 674 bushels, or 

 85 bushels more than the South Down, and 86 bushels 

 more than the Leicesters. 



The Norfolk and South Down are about the same age ; 

 Leicestershire about six weeks younger. 



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