404 TURNIPS. [JULY, 



they must break all the land again with their hoes, 

 cut up the remaining weeds, and wherever the tur- 

 nips were left double, thin them. The men will be 

 auk ward at this work the first year ; but, by de- 

 grees, they will be able to do it well, and by mixing 

 new ones among them every year, the art will not 

 be lost. 



In countries where turnip-hoeing is commonly 

 practised, the work is generally done by the piece : 

 four shillings an acre for the first hoeing, and two 

 shillings and sixpence, or two shillings, for the 

 second, were common prices : but now it is in 

 some districts five shillings or six shillings for the 

 first hoeing, and four shillings for the second. 

 When done by the piece, the farmer's principal 

 attention should be to see that the work is well 

 done ; for, in all these operations, the men are ex- 

 tremely apt to run over their work in a slovenly 

 manner, aiming only at making good earnings: the 

 farmer should see that they cut up all the weeds, 

 and leave the turnips every where single. The 

 crop must have two hoeings, which should leave 

 it perfetily clean, and the plants at regular dis- 

 tances. 



If the turnip-hoers are not to be procured in 

 number sufficient to execute the work soon enough, 

 the plants should be well harrowed, which will 

 thin and keep them from running thickly together 

 in bunches. It is common for the men to bargain 

 with the farmer to have a harrowing given before, 

 they hoe. 



DRILLEB 



