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extremely succulent, they require being left a good 

 while in the field ; and for the same reason, they 

 should be tied in small sheaves. In binding, there 

 are variations : the bands are made in some places 

 of wheat straw ; in others of yarn twine, which 

 will last two years, if the thrashers are careful to 

 save them. Beans do well in a stack. 



TURNIP AND RAPE SED. 

 Crops of turnip-seed, and rape or cole-seed, are 

 extremely various, uncertain, and subject to many 

 misfortunes ; thefy must be conducted with great 

 spirit, or the loss will probably not be small. The 

 principal point is to make good use of fine weather ; 

 for, as they must be thrashed as fast as reaped,, or 

 at least without being housed or stacked, like other 

 crops, they require a greater number of hands, in 

 proportion to the land, than any other part of hus- 

 bandry. The reaping is very delicate work : for, 

 if the men are not careful, they will shed much 

 of the seed. Moving it to the thrashing-floor ia 

 another work that requires attention : the best way 

 is to make little waggons on four wheels, with 

 poles, and cloths strained over them : the diameter 

 of the wheels about two feet ; the cloth-body five 

 feet wide, six long, and two deep, and drawn by 

 one horse ; the whole expence not more than 

 30s. or 4Os. I have, in large farms, seen several 

 of these at work in a field. The turnip or rape is 

 lifted from the ground gently, and dropt at once 

 into these machines, without any loss ; they carry 



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