Chapter I: Front Matter

ON THE

IMPROVED BEET ROOT,

OR

_MANGEL WURZEL_.

ON THE
IMPROVED BEET ROOT,
AS
WINTER FOOD
FOR CATTLE.

_BY PINDER SIMPSON._

THE FOURTH EDITION.

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LONDON:

Printed by J. Swan, Fleet Street,

AND SOLD BY TAYLOR AND HESSEY,
NO. 93, FLEET STREET.
1815.

TO

_JOHN HEATON_, ESQ.

OF

BEDFORDS,

IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.

AS A TESTIMONY OF GRATITUDE

TO HIM,

FOR THE LONG AND FAITHFUL FRIENDSHIP

WITH WHICH

THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN HONOURED,

THIS TRACT IS INSCRIBED,

BY HIS AFFECTIONATE

AND OBEDIENT SERVANT,

PINDER SIMPSON.

ADVERTISEMENT.

The following observations, experiments, and calculations have been made upon the crops of Improved Beet Root, grown upon a farm at Bedfords, in the county of Essex, containing 600 acres, belonging to John Heaton, Esq. and in his own occupation. The best mode of cultivating this valuable root, with the greatest prospect of success, is a subject well worth the attention of farmers in general, and to those in particular who have _strong soils_ to cultivate, and feel the want of green food for their cattle and sheep in the winter and spring months of the year.

Since the first edition of this little work was published, the Author has obtained many new lights upon the subject, which he has either embodied in the present edition, or published in an Appendix. The contents show sufficiently to whom his principal obligation is due, and he is restrained only by motives of delicacy from saying more. The circulation of the work was intended to have been chiefly confined to a few of the inland counties, but the encouragement the Author has received, and which he respectfully acknowledges, has induced him to publish a fourth edition, for more general circulation.

_Cheese Cross, Romford._
_Jan. 1, 1815._

THE FOLLOWING

NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN,

AND

FARMERS,

HAVE ENCOURAGED THIS PUBLICATION.

The Most Hon. the Marquis of Bath, Longleat, Wilts.

The Right Hon. Lord William Bentinck, North Lynn, Norfolk.

The Right Hon. Lord Bradford, Weston Hall, Staffordshire.

George Bainbridge, Esq. Gobions, Essex.

Henry Bowman, Esq. Knockin Hall, Shropshire.

Mr. John Bailey, Chillingham, Northumberland.

Mr. William Blake, Rilston, Yorkshire.

The Right Hon. Lord G. H. Cavendish, Holker Hall, Lancashire.

The Right Hon. R. P. Carew, M.P. Antony, Cornwall.

Charles Cavendish, Esq. Savile Row, London.

John Cotes, Esq. M.P. Woodcote, Shropshire.

The Rev. William Carr, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire.

The Rev. Wm. Crofts, North Grimston, Yorkshire.

John Carr, Esq. Skipton, Yorkshire.

Charles Cole, Esq. Paston, Northamptonshire.

James Campbell, Esq. Whitton Dean, Middlesex.

Charles Campbell, Esq. Edmonton, Middlesex.

Mr. T. Clarke, Kirkby Hardwick, Nottinghamshire.

Mr. John Charlton, Bolton, Lancashire.

His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, Derbyshire.

John Denison, Esq. Ossington, Nottinghamshire.

A. P. Driver, Esq. Kent Road, Surrey.

Edward Driver, Esq. ditto.

John Elsee, Esq. Chigwell Row, Essex.

The Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam, Wentworth, Yorkshire.

Ralph Fletcher, Esq. Hollins, Lancashire.

The Right Honourable Lord Grantham, Newby Hall, Yorkshire.

E. S. Godfrey, Esq. Newark, Nottinghamshire.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire.

Sir Windsor Hunloke, Bart. Wingerworth, Derbys.

John Heaton, Esq. Bedfords, Essex.

Charles Heaton, Esq. Burlington Street, London.

William Hewson, Esq. Havering Grange, Essex.