The Tragical Kitchen Gardiner, 2 1 9 



They are rais'd, as is well known, by How raif- 

 their ofF-fets, which are generally very ^^'^^^^^^ 

 numerous. They love a fandy rich io\\/them[ 

 or indeed any foil that is rich ; though 

 they will grow in poor, worn-out land, 

 but not fo large. The ofF-fets are plant- 

 ed at about one foot afunder, in rows 

 or furrows made with a hoe, or a dib- 

 ber or fetting-ftick. The great produce 

 and profit that arifes from thefe roots, 

 caufe many fields in and about London-, 

 and the Weft-, to be planted with them, 

 as well as in Ireland:, where they are 

 the fole food of many of the natives. 

 But I am alfo told that they are excel- 

 lent food for fox-hounds, and others 5 

 which if true may fave a great quantity 

 of oatmeal, that is very expcnfive ; but 

 doubtlefs, when they are boil'd and 

 bruised to pieces in the liquor where the 

 meat of great families is, it would be 

 of much greater importance and nou- 

 rifliment to the poor, which too often 

 want (to the fhame of great perfonages 

 be it fpoken) that which dogs eat. 



After they are drilFd in, which fhould 

 be fome time in March., or beginning 

 of Afnl:, they fhould be howed and kept 



clean 



