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hoed and earthed for 4s. 6d. per acre,* but where 

 rape is fown broadcaft, few will be found to hoe and 

 fet the plants out at equal diftances, and earth them 

 for 7s. per acre, nor will the plants ever flourifh 

 equal to thofe which are planted ; therefore it is 

 obvious which method is to be preferred. 



The practice of fowing rape and turnips (if they 

 are afterwards fuffered to fland together) is by no 

 means commendable, as it is not poflible to hoe or 

 fet out both forts to advantage. If the rape flou- 

 rifhes beft, the turnips fhould be deftroyed, and vice 

 verfa; otherwife the crops would injure each other, 

 as the lateral fibres of the rape would be prevented 

 from expanding, if furrounded with turnips; and 

 in frofty weather the water or dews would drop 

 from the leaves of the rape on to the turnips, and 

 totally rot and deflroy them. It is a common 

 practice with farmers to feed fuch crops with fheep, 

 and afterwards to plough up the land for wheat; on 

 which account it appears unneceflary to them to 

 hoe or fet out either crop ; but let them confider, 

 if it be right to fow turnips and rape, it is equally 

 to their advantage to hoe them ; as the hoed crop 

 will produce a burden at lead five times larger than 

 the crop that is not hoed, this will amply defray the 

 expence, and it fhould be a conflant rule always to 

 ddlroy the weakeft crop. TJ ,- 



