fore, to consider how far the crops above enumerated, 

 ought to be sown broadcast, or drilled. 



Hints as to Drilling. 



It has long been a subject of dispute, whether it is 

 most advisable to sow the different crops usually culti- 

 vated on arable land, drilled or broadcast. Without en- 

 tering into so wide a controversy, I shall endeavour short- 

 ly to state the opinions entertained by the intelligent far- 

 mers, with whom I have lately corresponded, on the sub- 

 ject of Scottish Husbandry. 



It seems to be universally admitted, that it is the most 

 advantageous system, to drill turnips and potatoes, and 

 that drilling, in regard to these articles, is greatly prefe- 

 rable to the broadcast mode, for the following reasons : 

 x. As it carries off the extra moisture in wet soils : a. As 

 t exposes more surface to atmospheric influence, by 

 which the soil is meliorated ; and, 3. As it gives an ad- 

 ditional opportunity for the vegetation and the destruc- 

 tion of weeds *. 



It would appear likewise, from the experiments of 

 Mr Butterworth and others, that drilling carrots is an 

 advantageous system, as the plant can thus be cultivated 

 on soils, where otherwise it would hardly be practicable, 

 the drills furnishing an artificial depth of soil in which 

 they can be raised. 



* Remarks by Captain John Henderson of Aimster in Caith- 

 ness. Some prefer turnips broad cast, imagining that they 

 are better protected from the frost, by the earth, than when 

 raised in ridges ; iu which case the earth is apt to fall from 



them. 



