OCTOBER. 541 



FAT SHEEP TO TURNIPS, Sec. 

 This is Che proper time to begin to feed off the 

 forward-sown turnips. A general rule which ought 

 rarely to be departed from is, not to begin to fat 

 lean stock on this food; they rarely pay for it. 

 Sheep should be nearly half fat when they begin 

 turnips ; nor will they feed to profit if lean. I have 

 made the comparison repeatedly, with the same re- 

 sult. Upon every soil that will bear it, the turnips 

 ought to be eaten, by hurdling, where they grow, 

 for to draw them, unless absolutely necessary, is 

 most unprofitable management. A lean stock should 

 follow, to eat what the fat ones leave. 



MANURE GRASS. 



If this was omitted after mowing, it should not 

 be deferred later. In some counties, it is an article 

 in the generality of leases, that all, or much of the 

 dung of a farm, should be spread on the grass ; 

 but such covenants are contrary to the spirit of 

 good husbandry. 



DIG UP CARROTS. 



About the end of this month the carrot crop 

 should be dug up: some persons leave it till No- 

 vember ; but, in case of wet weather, they suffer. 

 They may be taken up either with three-pronged 

 forks or with spades, if the land is not hard, which 

 will not be, if the crop has been well cultivated : a 

 Jittle loosening of the earth with the tool, and at 

 the same time drawing up the carrot by the top, 



will 



