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dence to be placed on any of them {/), the only- 

 precaution confifts, in ploughing the land till it is 

 very fine, and filling it full of muck. The turnip 

 has alfo another powerful enemy, which is the 

 black canker. Some people draw a rope over the 

 ridges, two perfons holding the oppofite ends; this 

 will brufh them off", and fometimes fave a few 

 acres ; but thofe who can breed ducks enow, 

 may fave a greater proportion, as they devour them 

 very fall. There is alfo another remedy, which, I 

 am informed from the belt authority, is praftifed 

 in fome parts of Yorkfhire ; viz. gathering the in- 

 feci by hand; which is done from 5s. to 8s. an 

 acre. Women and children being employed in 

 this ufeful bufinefs at 6d. a day, the women ; and 

 the children, at 3d. and 4d. each, according to 

 their ages. 



Having thus defcribed the culture of turnips, it 

 may not be amifs to add a word reflecting their 

 confumption. In general, they are drawn, and 

 given to neat cattle, either in cribs or flails, which 

 is productive of a vafl quantity of muck; or elfe 

 they are fcattered before them, as well as the fat- 

 tening fheep, upon a dry piece of pafture or flub- 

 ble ; and of late years, it is become common, to 

 flrew them before cattle upon the young wheat, 

 and, upon light land, I believe there can be no 

 better hufbandry; by which means, they go much 

 farther than they would, if trodden into the dirt, 



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