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to our agriculture and manufactures, will merit the 
attention of the legislature. , 
In England where .more atteiltion is paid to the 
beauty of the form and the early fattenihg, than to 
the wool, and where in these points they have atw 
tained an astonishing degree of perfection, it is 
thought essential to provide such food as will fur¬ 
nish plenty of milk to the lambs, and so to manage, 
that they never fall off, but are kept in a growing 
state till they are fit for the knife.. 
Their winter food is turnips fed on the ground, 
potatoes, cabbage, &c.-—winter vetches, tares, rie 
sown early, are the spring provision. I see no rea¬ 
son why all these may not be obtained here on ea¬ 
sier terms than in England. The land and taxes 
are lower, tho’ labor is somewhat higher. Turnips 
may, I think, be raised without any other expense 
than the seed. When the last ploughing is given 
to the indiaii corn, harrow it smooth and sow tur¬ 
nips. The largest may be drawn, and the remain¬ 
der fed on the ground, when it is bare in the win¬ 
ter or spring. Pumpkins would I believe keep the 
fidck in fine heart till January, and if preserved 
&om the frost, to a much later period. I have 
seen them sold in Paris through, the whole winter. 
Vetches sown on fight land, and dressed with gyp¬ 
sum, would yield a certain crop, and give the ewesr 
a flush of milk, and thus save the pastures, that are 
Injured by early feeding, and preserve the grass for 
