CULTIVATION OF 



CHAP. 



The Cultivation of 'Turnips, dnd the Method 

 to keep them from Fro/I in Winter,, 



TH cultivation of turnips is fo well 

 known all over England, that it may 

 feem fuperfluous to give any further in* 

 ftruclions with regard to their culture t 

 yet, notwithftanding they are already 

 brought to great perfection, there are frill 

 fbme particulars that are not generally 

 known, which, if put in practice, would 

 render that ufeful vegetable of double the 

 value it is at prefent eftimated, for the 

 feeding of cattle* 



I SHALL endeavour to give fome ufeful 

 directions refpe&ing the fowing in drill 

 and broad caft, and the proper foils for 

 this kind of hufbandry. -Dry, light, 



gravelly 



