JULY. 415 



n. Whenever it has absorbed its due portion, 

 so that white soils, as chalk and clay marls, ar$ 

 become blackish, then is the time for removing 

 them with the dang, and they will be equally bene- 

 ficial. 





 TURNIPS. 



Now is the time for hand-hoeing turnips ; a 

 work perfectly understood in many parts of the 

 kingdom ; but so much neglected in some, that it 

 will be proper to enlarge a little on the method of 

 performing it. 



Supposing turnip-hoers to be scarce, or to de- 

 mand extravagant prices, or none to be had, order 

 some hoes to be made by yur blacksmith : the 

 iron part nine inches long, and three or four broad, 

 neatly done and sharp : put handles five feet long 

 in them. So provided, take your men into the 

 field, and yourself with a hoe should accompany 

 them : make them hoe the crop boldly, and not be 

 afraid of cutting too many up. Direct them to 

 strike their hoe round every plant they leave, and 

 fix upon the most vigorous and healthy growing 

 ones. By this means they will leave the plants 

 twelve inches asunder ; for, their hoes spreading 

 at every cut nine inches, they cannot spoil your 

 crop by not cutting freely. This work must be 

 done by the day, and you must attend the men well, 

 to see that they cut the land pretty deep, so as to 

 kill all the weeds, and also such turnips as they 

 strike at. In about a fortnight after, send them in 



again 



