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I with I could clofe this fhort hiftory of turnips, 

 -without lamenting, that the ground does not re- 

 ]ifh them fo well as formerly, lb that great care is 

 necelTary in raifing them, and more feed is requir- 

 ed ; and after all, it is a teafing and precarious 

 crop, and admits of no certain rules to enfure abfo- 

 lure fuccefs ; though fome cautions may be worth 

 itating in this place. The firft ploughing fhould 

 not be later than Chriftmas, and fhould be to its 

 full depth, unlefs the land is foul, in which cafe it 

 fhould be ploughed very lhallow the firft time, in 

 two furrow ridges, and the fecond time to the full 

 depth ; but it mould never be ploughed in wet 

 weather. After the firft fallow has received the be- 

 nefit of the froft and fnow, it fhould be harrowed 

 down in March. The next ploughing fhould be 

 as foon as the barley fowing is over, and it fhould 

 have five earths in all ; the laft ploughing but one, 

 the dung is ploughed in very mallow, and rolled 

 down ; and the laft mould be about a fortnight 

 after, not later, as the muck will about that time 

 begin to ferment. About twelve loads to an acre 

 is a proper dieifing. There is, perhaps, no part 

 of huibandry more deferving of imitation by the 

 reft of England than this (e). Some perfons ufe 

 rape-cake for turnip manure j and Mr. Styleman, 

 of Snettifham, a gentleman of confiderable fortune, 

 who farms part of his eftatc upon a large fcale, and 

 is trying many ingenious experiments, ufes it in a 

 pulverized ftale, to which he reduces it by means 



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