144 SwKuisH Turnips. [Part II. 



the latter, the remonstrances of a workman, I should 

 have ridiculed, without a grain of mercy , only I recol- 

 lected, that my men had remonstrated me (partly Avith 

 sorrowful looks and shakes of the head) out of my de- 

 sign to transplant six acres of Indian Corn. 



234. Mr. Byrd's crop was about 350 bushels to an 

 acre. I was at his house on the 23rd of this month 

 (November) ; and there I heard two things from him 

 ■which I communicate with great pleasure. The fir.st 

 was, that, from the time he began taking up his turnips, 

 he began feeding his cows upon the yreens; and, that 

 this doubled the quantity of their milk. That the greens 

 might last as long as possible, he put them in small 

 heaps, that they might not heat. He took up his turnips, 

 however, nearly a month too early. They grow till 

 the hard frosts come. The greens are not so good till 

 they have had some little frost; and, the bulb should 

 be ripe. I have been now (27th Nov.) about ten days 

 cutting off ray greens. The bulbs I shall lake up in 

 about ten days hence. Those that are not consumed 

 by that time, I shall put in small heaps in the field, and 

 bring them away as they may be wanted. 



235. The other thing stated to me by Mr. Bvrd 

 pleased me very much indeed ; not only on account of 

 its being a complete confirmation of a great principle 

 of TuLL applied to land in this climate, but on account 

 also of the candour of Mr. Bvrd, who, when he had 

 seen the result, said, " 1 was wrong, friend Cobbelt, in 

 not following thy advice." And then he Avent on to tell 

 me, that the turnips in the piece ichich he had ploughed 

 after the 2.1st of September Avere a crop a fourth part 

 greater than those adjoining them, Avhich remained un- 

 ploughed. Thus, then, let no one be afraid of breaking 

 the pretty leaves that look so gay ; and, hoAV ialse, then 

 must be the notion, that to plough Indian Corn in dry 

 weather, or late, is injurious! Why should it not be as 

 beneficial to Corn as to Turnips and Cabbages ? 



23G. Mr. Byrd transplanted Avith his superabundant 

 plants, about two acres and a half. These he had not 

 taken up on the 23rd of November. They Avere not 

 so fine as the others, owing, in part, to the hearts of 

 many having been buried, and to the whole having been 



