of Arabk Land. S^Jjh Turnip sifter culture of: iro- 



fach circum fiances, are extremely apt to life. This is alfo of vaft advantage 

 in pufliing forward the plants to the Rate ot&quot; rough leaf. The operations of hoe- 

 ing arc to be. performed in afitnilar manner to thc-fe for the common turnip, and 

 repeated as frequently as iruy be neccffary, keeping the mould u cl i broken and 

 laid to the roots of the plants. Thefe plants, befides being fubject to injury from 

 the fame caufes as thofe of the common turnip, are liable to be greatly hurt by hares, 

 rabbits, and different kinds of birds, feeding upon both their tops and roots, which 

 fbmetirnes are almoft wholly con fumed by them. 



In rcfpedt to the quantit) of produce, there feems to be a confiderable difference 

 of opinion among cultivators ; but where the crop is put in fufficiently early, and 

 the ground prepared and managed in the manner that has been directed above, it will 

 probably nearly equal that of the common turnip. And when it is coniidercd that 

 the roots are more folid, and abound more with nutritious matter, the real quan 

 tity of food which they afford may probably be greater, in an experiment in the 

 tranfplanted method, upon ridges of the fame dimeniions as thofe ufecl for the com 

 mon turn : p, the produce was found, after they had fuftained the fro ft s, in the 

 month of March, without cither tops or tails, and when perfectly free from dirt, to 

 be thirty-two tons on the acre.* And as an advantage in the feeding of horfes for a 

 few acres, they have been, eilimated as high as thirty pounds the acre.t With 

 others the crops, on trial, have likewife been found in general to be heavier than 

 thofe of common turnips; though in appearance, from the clofenefs of their texture, 

 they did not fcem to equal them. i It is obvious, however, that in common the 

 quantity of produce on the acre muft fall confiderably below fuch eftimates, and the 

 value of the crop in any application be rated much lower. \-^ 



There can be little doubt but that this root may be of great utility and advan 

 tage in its application in the keeping of live flock in the late winter and early fpring 

 months, when the common turnip is liable to fpoil and run to feed ; as it is much 

 moreeafy to preferve in a found ftate, being found, when taken up, to iciift the 

 effects of the feafon without any difficulty or trouble, though when left in the 

 ground fomctimes liable to be injured. By being ftackcd, and having the tops 

 removed when they firft begin to (hoot, they may be kept till the latter end of 

 May,|| or even much later. In this way they fupply the farmer with a valuable 



* Clofc, in Bath Papers, vol. IX. 



i Daikiu, in Corrected Report of Nottinghamfhire. 



I Tuke s Corrected Report of the North Riding of Yorkshire. 



Anftruther, in Young s Annals, vol. XVI. 



j] Clofe, in Bath Papers, vol. IX. 



