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the crop ; and turning too soon into the general 

 pastures. But, at the same time that it effects 

 this advantage, it is open to some objections, which 

 make further improvement necessary. Keeping 

 the turnips long in the spring is very bad hus- 

 bandry. It damnges greatly the barley crop, both 

 in robbing the land, and preventing it from being 

 sown in proper time ; nor is the food of great 

 consequence ; for many a c:\is of turnip- tops are 

 requisite, the number of which must be in propor- 

 tion to the stock of sheep ; and, as to the roots, 

 they grow so sticky and hard after the tops are at 

 all advanced, that their value is trifling. With 

 respect to ray-grass, the clover mixed with it is 

 seldom above thive inches high at tins season ; 

 and a great breadth of ground to a given stock, 

 must be assigned to keep the sheep through April. 

 The number of acres of that young growth ne- 

 cessary to keep an hundred sheep and lambs is 

 surprizing : so that these farmers, although they 

 manage to spring feed more sheep than the worst 

 of their brethren, yet efteet it at a great ex pence, 

 and at last not in any degree comparable to what 

 might be done. 



A turnip should never be seen on the ground 

 after "March. For the month of April, the farmer 

 should have a field of cabbages ready, \\hich, yield- 

 ing a great produce on a oniall breadth of ground, 

 reduces the evil of a late spring sowing ; and, if he 

 manages as he ought, totally excludes it. The 

 turnip-cabbage,, and .ruta baga, will last as long as 



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