1S04. On the Drilled Turnip Hujhandry of BeriuicJcJInre. 471 



Draiuingt or Eating cjf the Turnips, — By the end of Ocloher, 

 or I ft of November, the turnips are drawn for feeding black 

 cattle, tied up in the llieds or itables, or going at Idrge in ilraw 

 yards, or laid out to them in dry grafs fields ; or they arc 

 ate on the field by flieep, kept together on the fame fpot by 

 flakes or hurdles, which are lliifted once a week. More gene- 

 rally now, the one half, that is, five or fix rows about, is drawn 

 for black cattle, and the other half remains to be ate on the 

 ground by Iheep, either ewes or wedders, which go to market 

 from I ft March to the ift May, and fell for from 45s. to 705. 

 each. A great proportion of the crop, raifed by breeders, is 

 confumed by young ftock (flieep), which feed on them from ift 

 November to the ill May, and are thereby raifed co a great fize, 

 and kept in good order. They go oiT then, in the middle of 

 Mayor r ft of June, to the Yorkfliire dealers, at from 300. to 

 40s. a head. 



Faliie of the Crop of Turnips. — Many farmers, who are nei- 

 ther breeders nor feeders of ftock, cultivate and raife fields of 

 turnips. Thefe they let to feeders, or breeders of ftock, to be 

 ate off, as may be ftinulated, in a given time, either with black 

 cattle or ilieep. Formerly (about ten years ago) the price ran 

 from 2i. to 3I. per acre. Of late years, owing to the increafing 

 value of ftock, the price has run from 4I. to 7I. per acre. An 

 acre of good turnips will maintain and feed an ox of 60 or 70 

 ftones for five months, or ten flieep for the fame period. The 

 ox's price in ordinary years will advance by this feeding 5I. and 

 the flieep's los. There is more trouble in feeding with black 

 cattle than fheep, but the additional quantity of dung made com- 

 penfates this trouble. It is not uncommon to find turnips, in 

 drills, on frefti new land, that will weigh from 20 to 32 lib. Eng- 

 lilh ; but a fize under 10 lib. is the moit comm.on crop. 



Alanagement of the Land after the Turnip Crop. — On moft of 

 the dry lands along the Tweed and fea-coaft, where turnips are 

 raifed and ate olF by ftieep, it is common to fow wheat upon fuch 

 fields as are cleared, by the lit or middle of March. Thofe clear- 

 ed from the middle of March to the middle of April, are fown 

 with early or Dutch oats. After that, wh^re turnips remain, the 

 land is fown with barley. All thefe crops generally get only one 

 ploughing, and are fown with clover feeds, 12 lib. to the acre> 

 half red, half white, with a bufhel of ryegrafs, if the field is to 

 remain in grafs longer than one year *, but if intended to remain 

 only one year in grafs, the whole feed is broad or red clover. 



Rotation of Crops. — Upon the fine rich turnip lands the rota- 

 tion of crops generally is, 



i. Drilled turnips. 



2. "Wheat, with clover feeds, 



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