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corn being entirely discontinued; and on this food and hay, fifteen horses were kept at hard worktwo months, continuing all along in good and thriving condition, eating the roots with avidity, and even preferring them to corn. It is their singular qua- lity to bind, instead of relaxing horses as other roots do; and this effect appeared with one mare in particular, although fed on straw with the roots, and worked every day. One acre maintained fif- teen working-horses two months; and the owner (Mr. Daikin) judged them worth thirty pounds peracre, for this use; at which sum he would wil- jingly purchase them, had he not the opportunity of growing them. It seems some of the roots cut white, others yellow, and the yellow are the best; this, according to my observation, is also the case with potatoes. We have here a most flattering account of anew species of winter-food for cattle, which, if true, in the full extent, must work an im- mediate revolution in the stable and farm-yard, by superseding the use of all other kinds of keep; but

‘I must own, the following remark struck me very

forcibly, as it will many others, and I shall in its proper place, speak further on the subject.“They (the roots) have a very strong effect in making the

‘coats fine, and one or two(horses) affected by the

grease, were cured by them, as they act as a strong diuretic.” The prime roots reached the weight of sixteen pounds each, average eight, making the tonnage per acre, much to exceed.common tur- nips.,

A Middlesex correspondent(of this year 1799)»

upon a wet loamy clay, acknowledges the superi- ority