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ford an abundant and wholefome food. for cows, atany early feafon—before the com- mon kinds of graffes are fit for being cut, -—as I myfelf have often experienced x

It has been difcovered of late, that the roots of carrots are readily eaten by hortes, and yield them plentiful nourifhment.— Probably many other roots, that are now negleéted, might be employed as a rich food for horfes, and other domeftic animals.

Potatoes are well known to afford abun- dant nourifhment to cattle—and hortes; and probably they would be equally nou- rifhing to all the other domeftic animals.

It feems alfo probable, that the roots of the Myrrh plant,“if ever it fhould be ex- tenfively cultivated as a crop, would be

of very great value in this refpect;—as catcle, when they have once been made acquainted with the tafte of this root, be- come extremely fond of it. The weight

of roots of this fort upon an acre of

* The Chicorium intybus, lately introduced as a cul- tivated crop into Britain, poflefles qualities fome what akin to this.

eround

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