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the greateft fuccefs, that the preference is 

 given to it over every other kind of fodder, 

 and in which it is employed for fattening the 

 greater part of thofe herds of cattle, which 

 are every year brought for fale into this 

 kingdom. 



I fhall efteem myfelf happy, if the truths 

 which I have ftated fhould encourage the 

 cultivation of a root, which may increafe the 

 riches of the ftate, and contribute to the eafe, 

 and to the happinefs of the people. 



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§ XXIV. 



Opthe Manner of bringing tip Calves, by wean- 

 ing them at twelve Days old. 



The fcarcity of fodder having obliged far- 

 mers to kill many cows, and having hindered 

 them, for two or three years, from bringing 

 up the number of calves that-they have ge- 

 nerally been ufed to do, the price of pro- 

 vifions, of butter, and of milk, has been in- 

 creafed in fuch a manner as was. never before 



known. 



