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have another deep ploughing across, 

 or contrawise to the former ; the 

 first week in June harrow it, and 

 towards the end of that month, 

 give the field a hght coat of well 

 rotted manure, and immediately 

 plough it in lightly; after which 

 the soil and manure are to be in- 

 corporated, by harrowing the 

 ground eflfectually with a weighty 

 harrow. 



" The time of sowing depends 

 much on the application ; when 

 turnips are intc nded for early con- 

 sumption, they may be sown soon 

 after the middle of July. '1 he 

 general mode in the middle states, 

 is to begin to sow about the twen- 

 tieth of July, and to continue sow- 

 ing as convenient, from this time 

 to the middle of August, or a few 

 days after. 



" If the farmer could insure his 

 first crop, 1 would not advise him 

 to sovp till the last four days in 

 July, or even to the third or fourth 

 day of August, but liable as the 

 turnip crop is to numerous ac- 

 cidents and miscarriages, it is pru- 

 dent to have a week or two in re- 

 serve for a second sowing, in case 

 the first should fail. 



The quantity of seed sovpn on 

 an acre, by the great turnip far- 

 mers, is never less than one pound ; 

 more frequently a pound and an 

 half, and by some two. If every 

 grain was to come to perfection, a 

 quarter of a pound would be more 

 than sufiicient; but having to en 

 counter so many accidents, a pound 

 is the least quantity that ought to 

 be sown on an acre. 



"The period in which you in- 

 tend to sow being arrived, plough 



your prepared turnip ground once 

 more, lightly; give it one or two 

 strokes with the harrow all over, 

 and sow the seeds immediately on 

 the fresh surface. The method of 

 sowing is generally by broadcast, 

 with a higti and even hand ; but 

 some sow it in rows by m(!ans of a 

 machine called a lurmp drill which 

 method is greatly approved of, par- 

 ticularly, as by it much labour is 

 saved in hoeing and thinning the 

 plants. 



" In the former method the seed 

 is covered by drawing a light har- 

 row backward, that is, wrong end 

 foremost, to prevent the lines, 

 which are generally set somewhat 

 pointed forward from tearing up 

 the sods, and burying the seed too 

 deep. 



" One of the most important 

 parts of the treatment due to the 

 cultivation of the turnip yet re* 

 mains to be done, that is, to roll 

 the field with a heavy roller imme- 

 diately after harrowing in the seed, 

 (irovided the ground is sufficiently 

 dry, or as soon after as it is in a fit 

 condition. B^ this means the clods 

 are broken, and much of the seed 

 that would otherwise be exposed to 

 birds, &c. will be covered and the 

 surface rendered smooth and com- 

 pact thereby, and consequently 

 more retentive of moisture, which 

 will greatly promote the vegetation 

 of the seed and growth of the 

 plants. 



" But the all important point is, 

 that the rolling of the ground, is 

 experimentally found to be the 

 most elfectual method, hitherto 

 discovered for the preservation of 

 the rising crop from the dcstruc 



