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this crop, it is asserted by Mr Allan, that a crop of 

 wheat after tares, without dung, will be as good as after 

 drilled beans with dung. 



It may be proper here to observe, that tares delight 

 in a new, and even tilly soil. It is possible, therefore, 

 that they might answer on fallowed grounds sown as late 

 as May, and might be cut in time enough for sowing 

 wheat. The soil might be protected by them from the 

 exhaling influence of the sun, and kept in a moist and 

 mellow state for the reception of the seed wheat. This 

 plan, however, will not answer, where the land is not 

 clean, as it would interfere with the fallow process, 



8. turnips. 



Drilled turnips is one of the great boasts of Scottish 

 agriculture, and though the idea of drilling them was 

 originally taken from the celebrated Tull, yet the pre- 

 cise mode of conducting this operation, now universal in 

 this country, certainly originated in North Britain. 



It is unnecessary to detail a process so well known, 

 and which has been so frequently described. It may 

 not be improper, however, briefly to consider the fol- 

 lowing particulars : i. The different sorts of turnips cul- 

 tivated in Scotland; 2. The produce of each sort; 3. 

 The manner of consuming them ; 4. The modes of 

 preserving them ; and, lastly, Any miscellaneous parti- 

 culars, which may be entitled to notice. 



I. The sorts commonly cultivated in Scotland, are 

 known under the name of the Common Globe Turnip, 

 the Yellow Turnip, and the Swedes, together with the 

 White Norfolk, for early eatage by sheep. 



An interesting experiment has been tried by Mr 

 Blaikie, a native of Roxburghshire, but bailiff to the 

 Earl of Chesterfield, with the three first sorts. The globe 



