Chap. VI. T U R N E P S. ^rj^^ 



** efcaped the fly much better than thofe fown in broad-caft: but if 

 " foot is Town along the furface of each drill, it will be of great fer- 

 *' vice to keep off the fly, and a fmall quantity of it will be fufticient 

 i*f .for a large field, where the drills only are to be covered. 



" Another danger of the crops being deftroyed, is from the cater- 

 *' pillars, which very often attack them when they are grown fo 

 " large as to have fix or eight leaves on a plant. The furelt method 

 " of dellroying thefe infedts is to turn a large parcel of hungry poultry 

 " early in the morning into the field: they will fooa devour the in- 

 *' fedls, and clear the turneps. To this evil, the turneps which are 

 *' fown in drills, are not fo much expofed : for as the ground be- 

 *' tween the rows will be kept fl:irred, the plants will be kept grow- 

 ** ing; fo will be lefs in danger of fuffering from thefe infedls. 



" When the ground is llirred in every part" (as in the new 

 hufbandry,) " one plowing will be fufficient after the turneps are 

 •' eaten, for the fowing of barley, or any other crop : fo that there 

 <' will be an advantage in this, when the turneps are kept late on the 

 ** ground, as will often be the cafe, efpecially when they are culti- 

 " vated for feeding of ewes; becaufe it is often the middle of April 

 *' before the ground wdl be cleared; for the late feed in the fpring, 

 " before the natural grafs comes up, is the mofl: wanted, where 

 *' numbers of Iheep or ewes are maintained; and one acre of turneps 

 ** will afford more feed than fifty acres of the befl paflure at that 

 ** feafon. 



*• In Norfolk, and fome other countries, they cultivate great quan- 

 *' tities of turneps for feeding of black cattle, which turn to great ad- 

 ** vantage to their farms ; for thereby they procure a good dreffing 

 *• for their land; fo that they have extraordinary good crops of 

 *' barley upon thofe lands, which would not have been worth the 

 ** plowing, if it had not been thus hufbanded. 



** "there have been many receipts for preventing the fly taking 

 " turneps, but few of them deferve notice : therefore I fhall only 

 " mention two or three which I have feen tried with fuccefs. The 

 *' firfl was fleeping the feeds in water with flower of brimflone 

 *♦ mixed, fo as to make it flrong of the brimftone : another was, 

 ♦' fleeping it in water with a quantity of the juice of horfe-aloes 

 " mixed : both of which have been found of ufe. The fowing of 

 " foot, or tobacco-duft over the young plants, as foon as tiiey appear 

 *' above ground, has alfo been found very ferviceable : in fhort, 

 ** whatever will add vigour to the young plants, will prevent their 



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