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§ VI. 



Their Ufe for Cattle. _ 



Oxen, cows, and fheep, readily eat thefe 

 leaves, they nourifti them, and they are even 

 fattened by them. They are given to them 

 entire, as they come from the field. Poultry 

 will eat them, when cut fmall, and mixed 

 with bran. Even horfes will like thefe leaves 

 very well, and may be fed with them during 

 the winter. Nothing more is necelfary for 

 this purpofe, but to cut them fmall, with 

 fuch an inftrument as I fhall defcribe, when I 

 come to fpeak more particularly of the roots. 

 Hogs will eat thefe leaves very willingly. 



MATERIAL OBSERVATIONS. 



After repeated experiments, well eftablifh- 

 ed, and made under my own eyes, I may 

 venture to affert, that milch cows, and which 

 it is intended to continue as fuch, may, with- 

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