rtO" Review of l^ottinghamfnre Si/rv/'y. Jan, 



blade put perpendicularly into tiie fliaft ; a man will cut in one hour 

 as much as fix horfes can eat in twenty-four. The tops and bottoms 

 are previoufly cut off, and given to the pigs. Horfes, that are hard- 

 •\vorked, look full as well when fed with this turnip, and very little 

 bay, as they formerly did when very high fed with corn. The Swe- 

 dish turnip Ihould be fowed tzv'ty, from the 15th of May to the loth 

 of June. ' 



The following information on the culture of the roota baga, 

 is given by J. Daiken, Efq. of Nottingham:— 



* Mr Daiken, f about the tenth of May 1794, ^o^ed about four 

 acres with the feed of roota baga, about 2 lb. per acre, on good 

 fand land, worth twenty fhilhngg an acre, manured as for turnips, 

 and having been ploughed four or five times ; the reft of the field, 

 to the amount of nine acres in all, with comon turnip, and turnip- 

 rooted cabbage, all broad-caft. They were not tranfplanted, but 

 hoed out nine inches afunder, at three hoeings, at feveu Tnillings and 

 lixpcjice an acre ; no other culture. In November, began to ufe 

 them for horfes, giving at firft clover and rye-grafs — hay, oat-;, and 

 beans ; but finding that the horfes did well upon them, left off all 

 corn, and continued them on hay, and the roots only ; fiftern were 

 thus fed for about two months, were conftantly hard worked, and 

 preferved themielves in very good condition. Mr Daiken is fo well 

 convinced, that in this application they were wurth thirty pounds 

 an acre, that he would in future, if he could not get them other- 

 wife, rather give that fum per acre for one or two acres, than not 

 have them for this ufe. They loft their leaves entirely when the 

 froft fet in ; but the roots were not the leaft aflfeded, though the 

 common turnips in the fame field were totally detlroycd. Paffengers 

 pafiing through the field cut holes In them, which did not let the 

 froft injure them, nor were thofe hurt which were damaged by cattle 

 biting them. Some came to the weight of 16 lb., and Mr Daiken 

 thinks the average of the crop 8 lb., and much to exceed in tonnage 

 per acre commen turnips. 



* Mr Daiken gave them alfo to hogs, cattle and fhcep. Tiiey arc 

 excellent for hogs ; and Iheep being let into the field before the com- 

 mon turnips were deftroyed, gavefo decided a preference to the roota 

 baga, that tliey would not fettle on thecommon turnips, while the 

 others were to be liad. 



« The method of giving them to horfes-, Is to cut off the top-root, 

 to wafti them, and to cut them roughly with a perpendicular hoe, 

 and then given direftly, without keeping them to dry. The hor- 

 fes ate them with avidity, and feemed even to prefer them to 

 corn. Their qualities appear to be fingular, as they bind horfes 

 inftead of relaxing them, as other roots do. One mare was kept 

 entirely upon them and ftraw, worked every day, did well, and 



never 



■\ Mr Daiken thinks, that, in generiil, the roota baga flioiild be fown about a 

 xnonth fooner than other turnips. 



