130 Cultivation of Arable Land. Turnips Preparation forManures. 



take place in the foil, the crop may receive the greatcft benefit from it. Where 

 the feed is to be fown in the broadcaft method, it may, therefore, be fpread 

 equally over the land, and turned in with the feed furrow; though fome advife 

 it to be lightly turned in by the ploughing that precedes the feed earth, and to 

 be well incorporated with the foil by harrowing juft before that earth is given.* 

 The former appears however to be the better practice when the dung is in a fuf- 

 ficiently reduced date, as the plants will have the more full advantage of it. The 

 quantity that is neceflary muft depend upon the different circumftances of the 

 ibil and the richnefs of the dung; but lefs than ten or twelve good threc-horfe- 

 cart loads to the acre can feldorn be employed with advantage. If a compoft ma 

 nure be made ufe of, the proportion mould probably be much larger. In Norfolk, 

 according to Mr. Kent, they employ ten cart-loads ; but in other diftri&s twelve 

 are made ufe of, and in others again it varies from fix to ten ; each containing 

 about thirty bumels.f 



Where the crop is fown in the drill manner, as it is confined to the middle of 

 the ridges, and does not occupy the whole furface of the land, a fome what lefs 

 quantity may be fufficient. A liberal allowance mould, however, always be 







made, as the fafety and advantage of the crop depends much upon the rapidity 

 and vigour with which the young plants are pufhed forward by fueh means. 

 When the lands have, however, been well manured for the preceding crop, the- 

 turnip crop may frequently be put in without the ufe of any manure. 



In whatever method the dung is made ufe of, it fhould conftantly be fpread 

 out evenly, and turned into the foitwith as much expedition as poflible ; as 

 where this is neglected much lofs muft be fuftained by evaporation, efpecially 

 when the feafon proves hot and droughty. 



When mal t-duft or combs is had recourfeto, the quantity that is commonly 

 applied is about twenty facks, of three heaped bufhels each, to the acre.J 



The dung of birds in its dry and reduced ftate, and other fubftances that have 

 a powdery form, when ufed for this fort of crop, are moftly laid on in the pro 

 portion of from about twenty to thirty bufliels to the acre. 



In applying fuch manures, as they require only to be put into the foil to 

 a flight depth, harrowing in many cafes may be fufficient for the purpofe; 

 which mould be done juft before the feed is fown, care being taken to have 

 them firit difperfed in an equal manner over the land. 



* Kent s Hints, p. 11&amp;lt;2. 



i Corrected Agricultural Reports of the Counties of Suffolk and York, 



+ Kent s Hints. $ Synopfis of Hufbandry. 



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