J8o4. On the t) rilled Turnip Hti/iyandry of Berwlcljljire. ^6c^ 



fore the cyiinder there is fixed to the frame-work a kind of coul- 

 ter, which makes a fmall rut for the feed, and behind i$ fixed % 

 rnke with two or three teeth, which mixes the fee<l dropped 

 with the foil ; and as the hotfe returns by the next furrow, tq 

 right or left, the oppofite end of the roller rolls the ridge fown, 

 and comprf fles the top of the ridge on which the fowing n^.achine 

 follows. Wlien it is neceflary to do much work at a time, there 

 are two fowing machines which follow the f^ime roller, and fow 

 two ridges at once ; and a fecond roller follows to roll in the 

 feed. Sometimes the roller ufed for the iitd is a kind of broad 

 low wheel attached to the machine, and rolls only on the track 

 or rut where the feed is fown. On fine land, well prepared 

 with rotten dung, or on fuch land as will grow turnips without 

 dung, and when it is confidered as unneciflary to horf.-boe, 

 tliere is a drill ufed which is attached to the common fwing- 

 plough, and, one plough following another, the turnip feed is 

 fown in rows at a regulated dillance and depth. This drili ma- 

 chine is made by the patentee in YorkOiire. 



Choice and ^lantity of Seed, &c. — The feed for the moft part 

 is brought from England, and retailed to the farmers by fhop- 

 keepers. There are fome growers of feed in the country, who 

 pretend to take great care in felc61:ing the bell kinds from their 

 fields, which only are allowed to run to feed. It is reckojied 

 heft when the turnips intended for feed are tranfplanted early in 

 the fpring, before (liooting. The round white, the green topr, 

 the red topt, and the high round bottle topt, are all ufed, and 

 very often mixed in the fame field. When cattle or flic ep have 

 a choice, they generally prefer the other kinds to the red ; 

 lience it is concluded, that the red does not feed fo readily as 

 the other kinds ; but they are cultivated in confiderable quanti- 

 ties, becaufe they (land the winter befl. Two pounds weight 

 of feed is generally fown on an acre ; a lefs quantity is fuiTi- 

 cient; but the faving of feed is of very little irr.portance in this 

 cafe, as it feldom fells above 6d. per pound, and when thick 

 fown, the plants pufti beft at iiift, and are lefs liable to be all 

 deftroyed by the fly, Vv'iiich foirfetinies happens when very thin 

 fown. 



The Swedifh turnip has been tried, but is not in general ufe. 

 They anfwer well with tTanfplanting wlien young, and tlierc- 

 fore are fometimes fown in fmall quantities, for the purpofe of 

 being tranfplanted into blanks in the common turnip fields. 

 They are known to be very hardy, and can be preferved till late 

 in the fpring^ on vvliich account they were (when firlt introdu- 

 ced) thought to be of great ufe, as coming in for proper food 

 for youtig flock, between the failing of tlic common trop and 



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