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furface perfectly found, late in the fpring, when- 
ever froft, or hares, &c. have taken off all that was 
above, which led me at firft to prefer thofe with 
crowns clofe to the ground; but this is no confi- 
deration, compared with the cleannefs of thofe 
which rife above the furface, efpecially if they are 
fed on the ground, which I expect they will be, 
when their culture is better underftood; at leaft, 
inftead of fuch turnips as are fed off in time to fow 
wheat. And as far as this tends to prevent the 
quick return of turnip crops to the foil, it will give 
the fucceeding ones a better chance; and their being 
earlier fown and hoed will contribute to employ pa- 
rifhioners, at a time that many want work, and pre- 
vent the great hurry and confequent high wages to 
ftrangers at the time of hoeing turnips, which often 
interferes with harveft. My partiality to thefe roots, 
which feem exempt from the evils of the fly, the 
mildew, the caterpillars, &c. may lead me to un- 
der-rate the expence of ploughing them in, and to 
overvalue the certainty of being able to preferve 
them good through the fummer, if they are not 
wanted fooner; but almoft every year’s experience 
fhews the inconvenience of being overftocked either 
with mouths or with turnips in the fpring: and I 
have not found it accidental, but conftant, that al- 
moft all the roots from which I have gathered the 
feed, remain good food for my fwine: this is no 
great confideration, farther than that it proves they 
may 
