CULTIVATION OF 



with pulling out all the great weeds that 

 are above the turnips, and would prevent 

 their growth ; but pay no regard to the 

 fmall ones, even with the turnips, and fo : 

 full of feed that they flock the ground 

 with annual weeds for feveral years. 



THERE has been a great deal written' 

 about the cultivation of turnips, but little 

 faid concerning their prefervation, which 

 is an article that would be of immenfe 

 profit if properly attended to, that is, to 

 lave them from the frofL 



THE beginning of long and fevere frofls 

 in general are moderate at firft-;. fo 

 that the cattle feed on them with eafe for 

 fome days before the turnips are frozen 

 through ; in that time the tops of many 

 of them are bit, the froft continues, and 

 often a fall of fnow comes, which lays on 

 the ground perhaps fome weeks. As foon 

 as there is a thaw all thofe that were bit 

 rot direclly, and many of the largeft 

 turnips alto (although not bit) which are 



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