MINUTES 



Nov. 



2. Fie has repeatedly experienced this method 



DRAINING. of draining, and has found it anfvver his ex- 

 pectations. He is a cautious judicious hufband- 

 man, and would not lay out /. los. without 

 a moral certainty of gain. 



TURNEPS. 



NOVEMBER 8. An experienced farmer in 

 this neighbourhood fays he has frequently 

 found that fleeping old turnep-feed in water, 

 and letting it lie a few hours in the fun before 

 fowing, has brought it up much fooner than 

 fowing it dry. 



He adds, that this year, having neglected 

 to deep it, he had turnep-feed lay three weeks 

 in the ground before it came up. He was 

 advifed to plow in the few ftraggling plants 

 which appeared foon after fowing, under an idea 

 that the fly had eaten off the remainder : but 

 he judged from experience that the principal 

 part of the feed was flill in the ground ; he 

 accordingly waited until rain fell, and has now, 

 I fee, a very fine crop of turneps. 



This is a valuable incident ; for it is highly 

 probable, that in the beginning of the feafon, 

 when old feed is obliged to be fown, many 

 crops of turneps have been prevented by 



plowing the ground prematurely. 



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