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Dy'iiUJ Turmp Hu/hatidry of BeriuichjJjire, Nov; 



the courfe of them, uhlch Is generally parallel 

 t& one or othtfr of tliC HJes of the iield, but 

 nre angled a little, as on the margin, for the 

 I'uvpofe of haviiigr the dung better mixed with 

 the foil, when it comes to be ploui^hed up 

 into the ordinary fiz^^d ridges for grain, after 

 ihe turnips nre ate olT. 



When the field is drilled up or formed 

 into narrow riJges or grooves, a i"c£lion ^^^/*^h^^^^^^ 

 of them appears thus : 



Dungrrig a fid cover ii2^ the Dung. — Thefe operations go hand- 

 in hand, and follow one another as faft as can be done, always^ 

 t-hkin^ care to b& bufy in dry weatbi^r. 'I*he dung, at the rate 

 uf from ten to twenty double horfe carts to the acre, is carted* 

 rt> the drills, and l.*id in fmall heaps in every 3d, 4th, 5th, of 

 Cnh. one, at the diil.jnre of from eight to ten feet. It is imnie- 

 iliitelv fprcad by careful hands into the furrows •, and when a^ 

 few of the rlrills-or furrows are dunged from en<i to end, the 

 (ioublc boanlcd plough h again ufed to fplit the drills and cover 

 the dung, which in does at once going 

 ^bout, leaving the top of the drills or 

 ridges irtimediAtely above the dung thus: 



S'O'iving the Seed. — As it is of confequence to cover the dung^ 

 cfiickly, in order -o preferve the fap in it, {0 is it to fow the 

 feed immediately, while there is meillure in the ground from 

 its being newly turned up. 



The ridging plough jrenerally leaves the rops of the drills too 

 high and narrow for the reception of the feed. Where the dung, 

 is well rotted, and, the foil a little ftiff, the drills are foniewhac= 

 levelled before fowing, by a light har- 



rovvT pnfhng once or twice over them, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 leaving them thus : 



]}ut the nvofc comn^on way of flattening them is to ufe a light 

 wooden roller of about four and a half feet long, drawn by ens 

 horfc. He waltts in the furrow, and the roller preiTes down 

 :^nil fpreads or Hattens the tops of two of the ridges or drills at 

 once. To the frame of this roller is tied by a rope or light 

 chain, the drill or fowing plough, of which there are various' 

 kinds. The fimplell is generally the bell. It is a cylinder or 

 Imall barrel of white iron or copper, mounted on an axle \vith; 

 one or two wheels, cftener upon two than one. It is perforat-- 

 ed with holes at equal diftances, ami as it turns round with the 

 wheels, the feed falls equally out, and exactly in a ftraight line. 

 'Xhis cylinder and wheels are fixed to a light frame-work, which 

 has two (lilts, and is kept on the top of the drill or ridge by a 

 piaa or a boy, who walks behind as if managing a plough. Be- 

 fore 



