330 TURNIPS. [JUNE. 



the middle of these fattened ridges, the seed is 

 deposited by one or two drill -machines tied to the 

 roller by a rope six or seven feet long, at which 

 distance they follow the roller, and each machine 

 guided by a man : when finished, the work appears 

 in this form : 



d d d d d d <i d> 



where s represents the seed, and d the dung di- 

 reclly under it. The roller is drawn by one horse, 

 driven by a boy. Setting up the one-bout ridges, 

 and covering in the dung, are performed by a 

 common swing-plough. The drill-machines are of 

 various constructions : we generally sow about lib, 

 of seed to an acre, as it is better to have an abund- 

 ance of plants for fear of accidents. 



" When the plants have got four leaves we begin 

 to hoe, and leave the plants at only eight or nine 

 inches distance in the rows : as they have so much 

 room sideways, or from row to row, the hoers go 

 sideways and pull the surplus plants, weeds, &c. into 

 the hollow or space between drill and drill, and the 

 turnip- plants are left as regular as if they had been 

 planted with the greatest care and exactness : the 

 hoeing is performed by women and children, and 

 costs about -is. per acre for two hoein 



" If the drills be made in the same direction the 



ridges lie, at the next ploughing for corn, the sur- 



will be irregular, and the dung unequally dis- 



tributed. To avoid this inconvenience, if the land 



be 



