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weather: it cannot be more precarious than that of 
turnips, in which it often happens, that the morn= 
ing or afternoon makes the difference of a good or 
a bad crop. The beginning or middle of May 
feems the moft defirable time, which is as early as 
convenient after barley fowing. | 
Such a preparation of the feed as may make it 
grow fafter than the feeds of weeds latent in the 
ground, feems neceflary to facilitate their firft hoe- 
ing, which at beft is troublefome, as the plants 
grow flow while young ; and there are two or three 
feeds in every little lump, which cannot be fepa- 
rated till the plants are {trong enough to fland 
againft the hoe, which they will be at the fecond 
hoeing. 
The moft rational means of forwarding the 
growth of the feed feems to be to bury it too deep 
to vegetate, which is the ftate the feeds of thofe 
weeds are in, which grow as foon as they are brought 
within the influence of the air. For if they are 
f{prouted before they are fown, and a few dry days 
fhould follow, they would probably perifh. In 
this cafe I think it would beadvifable to fow them 
deeper than I fhould otherwife with; for I have 
had many young plants appear the fecond year, 
which I have attributed to the feed having been 
MBburied too deep the firft. And I think the feed 
_ being near the furface, contributes to make the 
roots rife above ground, which now ftrikes me as 
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