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and should be neailv the size of one of these. The whole 

 plough, with the share, is shaped thus: 



A The beam of the plough. 

 B The handles. 

 C The chip,. 

 I> The share. 



E A brace from the chip, to the beam. 

 F F The shafts^ to turn on a pivot at the end of the 

 beam. 



The depth of the furrow made by this kind of plough 

 is regulated by the Driver. By pressing down on the han- 

 dles the share runs deeper, and by raising them it runs 

 shallower. The share should scrape out a furrow about 

 ten inches wide. la hoeing this crop, the essential point 

 is to eradicate the weeds : No earth need be drawn round 

 the plants. 



Perhaps a very small harrow might answer, as well as 

 any other implement, for cleaning the ground between the 

 rows, for the first time. It should be about eighteen inches 

 wide, with the teeth set well slanting forward j arid it should 

 have a handle, rising up in a slanting direction behind, lor 

 the Driver to hold, for the purpose of keeping it at equal 

 distances from the rows of the growing plants on each side. 



This harrow may be made so light as to be drawn by 

 hand on the tops of the ridges, in place of the roller, for 

 smoothing their surfaces, so as to fit them for the operation 

 of drilling in the seed ; and when the harrow is to be used 

 between the rows it may have a weight put on it, to make 

 the teeth sink sufficiently deep. In such cases, the hand- 

 drill is to be used, in place of the one drawn behind the 

 roller. 



I|.uta-baga should be sown about three weeks earlier than 

 turnips of the common kind. About the twentieth of May 

 is probably a proper time for sowing the former, in the 

 more northerly parts of this Country ; but later, farther 

 south, where the Summers are longer. It turnips of any 

 kind are sown quite early, they are liable to run up to seed 

 in the Fall. Some should be sown early, however, for af* 

 lording a more early supply lor fating catile. 



