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nefs of the finger, and from two to three feet 122. 

 long. Thefe are tied upon the cart-rope with JURNEP 

 rope-yarn, about four to fix inches apart, and 

 about eighteen or twenty feet long upon the 

 rope. It is drawn by two men, and takes 

 half a ten-pace warp (about a ftatute rod) at 

 once. The men lay hold near the twigs : 

 the two loofe ends of the rope being tied 

 together, and drag at a distance behind the 



elder. 



The circumftances attending the piece of 

 turneps faid to be favcd by this contrivance, 

 were thefe : part of the clofe had been fown 

 early, and the plants were in rough leaf when 

 the yellow flies firft made their appearance : 

 the other fide of it was not fown until after 

 that time. The forward part being entirely 

 cut off, the ground was plowed and fown a 

 fccond time 5 but the plowing and harrowings 

 did not kill all the caterpillars : thoufands 

 were feen on the furfacc of the ground tra- 

 velling towards the backward-fown part; the 

 plants of which had then got to a confiderable 



fize. 



The farmer perceiving this, drew a furrow 



and made a trench between the two parts; and 



}ie and his man three times a day (viz. in the 



U 3 morning 



