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to give the land air, and to lay it as dry as possible, 

 for the space of a few days. Whenever the frost 

 has given a complete sheet of ice to a meadow, it 

 is advisable to discontinue floating, for the frost 

 will sometimes take such strong hold of the land, 

 as to draw it into heaps, and injure the evenness of 

 the surface. Attention is also to be paid to pre- 

 vent the equal distribution of the water being ob- 

 structed by the continual influx of weeds, leaves, 

 sticks, &c. . 



CARTING TURNIPS. 



If a farmer occupies land which is not suitable 

 to feeding sheep with turnips where they grow, it 

 is of very material consequence so to arrange the 

 lands, stitches, or ridges, as to be able to cart off 

 the crop with as little damage to the field, that is, 

 with as little treading and poaching, as possible. To 

 avoid this evil, is a point which should be particu- 

 larly attended to when turnips are drilled or sown. 

 In the Calendar for June and July, this subject will 

 be particularly treated. As the wheels of carts are 

 five feet four inches asunder from centre to centre 

 of the fellies, this demands drilled turnips to be in 

 double or treble rows on ridges of that breadth, 

 for two horses working double, or for one horse in 

 a quarter cart ; or single rows on ridges of 32 

 inches. In either case, the wheels and horse 

 move only in the furrows, and consequently do as 

 little damage as possible, and that only at the bot- 

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