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them is a sandy loam, rather light., but moist, of a 

 great depth ; in which there is little difficulty in 

 ploughing to the very beam of the plough, all the 

 soil brought up being of the same kind, and as fit 

 for vegetation as the surface. This sandy loam, 

 with these properties, should in general yield good 

 crops of all sorts. But, at the same time that I 

 mention this soil as most desirable, still the crop 

 will thrive to great profit on heavier loams, but 

 not on wet ones or clays. On good wheat loams, 

 of the gravelly kinds, that plough easily, they do 

 well. At first sight, such soils might perhaps be 

 thought too stiff; but they will yield large car- 

 rots ; but the expences will run higher in clean- 

 ing, &c, 



I cannot leave this article, without recommend- 

 ing to all the possessors of the lighter sort of lands 

 that have a pretty good depth, to cultivate this ex- 

 cellent root with spirit ; not to confine it to a little 

 close of an acre or two, but to introduce it, in the 

 course of the crops on a farm, regularly, like wheat, 

 barley, turnips, or any other plant. None will pay 

 better; and, if managed tolerably, few so well.' 



The almost uniform practice in Suffolk, where 

 this root is cultivated more largely than in any other 

 part of the kingdom, is to delay all tillage till the 

 time of sowing, the favourite period for that being 

 about the 25th of this month. The best of all 

 preparations for this root is a turnip-fallow, the 

 crop of which was fed on the land by sheep. The 



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