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vegetables, neither touch nor injure it. It is 

 not attacked by blading or mildew, and the 

 greater!: drought does not affect its vegeta- 

 tion ; it does not injure the foil that nou- 

 rifhes it ; but prepares it to receive, be- 

 fore the winter, the corn and other feeds 

 which may be intended to be depofited 

 in it. 



In order to induce perfons to engage in 

 the cultivation of a root fo valuable, and to 

 caufe it to fucceed in all hands, I fhall point 

 out the time and the manner of fowing, 

 tranfplanting, and cultivating it, and of ga- 

 thering in the leaves ; which fucceed each 

 other, without ceafing, in the greater!: abun- 

 dance, and which are highly ufeful, efpecially 

 for horned cattle. 1 fhall treat of the crop of 

 roots, of the manner of preferving them, and 

 of the method and time of re-planting them 

 in order to obtain feed. I fhall afterwards (hew 

 in what manner the roots are to be prepared 

 for nourifhing and fattening large cattle, 

 and even for rearing young calves, that the 

 owners are defirous of weaning foon after 



their 



