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mon Suffolk plough, and the turnips in the rows 
were hand-hoed. Thefe operations were performed 
twice, and the whole land thrown up to the turnips 
by the common plough, which finifhed the opera- 
tions. The field was partly fown the firft week in 
July, and the remainder in the fecond week. Be- 
fore Michaelmas, no appearance of intervals could be 
feen, and the whole field exhibited the fineft, and 
moft regular crop of turnips I ever beheld; many of 
them weighed 25Ibs. each, and meafured 3 feet 3 
inches in circumference. Agriculturifts and farmers 
from many parts of the country, vifited my little 
farm laft year, and all were aftonifhed at the regularity 
of the crop, and the fize of the plants. I believe the 
average weight of each turnip muft have been 12 or 
14lbs. The acreable weight I afcertained by weigh- 
ing a few rods, and found it amounted to 55 tons. 
The turnips were moft of them drawn, their tops and 
tails cut off, and {tacked before the frofts, and are 
now, this 5th day of March, perfeély found and 
good. Never, indeed, did my bullocks fat fafter, 
than on my turnips this year; they were lean work- 
ing beafts, put up the beginning of November, and 
will foon be very fat, as they already weigh about 
4 {core each, and I truft they will reach 50 fcore 
each by the middle of April. 
The other 4 acres were treated exaétly like thefe, 
except being fown without any dung, and ten days 
later than the other field; yet to fhew what extra 
tillage, 
