HAP*. VESTING EARS. 



128. And here let me speak of head-lands. 

 In all cases v/here the drill husbandry and wide 

 spaces are followed, there must be head-lands to 

 turn upon; these need not be very wide; ten 

 feet are sufficient ; and^ they need not be idle 

 during the summer; for, after you have done 

 the last ploughing of your corn, which will take 

 place, perhaps, as late as the middle of August, 

 or later, you may sow the head-lands with the 

 early white turnip, which will come off and be 

 of a very good size, before the latter end of 

 October, especially if the land be nicely ploughed, 

 and the turnips nicely hoed; and this late sowing 

 of turnips is a complete protection against the 



fiy orfiea^ which is the mortal enemy of this plant, 

 and the ravages of v/hich it seldom escapes, if 

 sowed at an earlier season ; so that these head- 

 lands are, by no means, so much of lost ground. 



129. Look now at plate it. You will per- 

 ceive that each ear has a tail to it. You are 

 not to attempt to twist off the ear from the tail ; 

 but are to strip downwards, tail and all; and 

 fling the whole into the cart together. When 

 you bring in the ears, tip them down in a shed 

 or barn's floor, as a convenient place for husking, 

 and as a protection against thev/et. Then comes 

 tlie husking; that is to say, by stripping the 

 husk from the ears. This work is done by 

 children even : it is a considerable job if you 



