8o O/Turneps. Chap. VIIL 



Moifture of the Dews, which are admitted as deep 

 as the Pulveration reacheth •, and if that be to Five 

 or fix Inches, the hottefl Sun cannot exhale the Dews 

 thence in the Climate of England: I have known 

 Turneps thrive well in a very dry Summer by repeat- 

 ed Horfe-hoeings, both in Sand and in Land which 

 is neither fandy nor gravelly. 



When I fow'd Turneps by Hand, and ho'd them 

 with a Hand-hoe, the Expence was great, and the 

 Operation not half perform'd, by the Deceitfulnefs 

 of the Hoers, who left half the Land unho'd, and 

 cover'd it with the Earth from the Part they did hoe, 

 and then the Grafs and Weeds grew the fafter : Be- 

 fides, in this Manner a great Quantity of Land could 

 not be managed in the proper Seafon. 



When I drill'd upon the Level (a)^ at Three Feet 

 Intervals, a Trial was made between thofe Turneps 

 and a Field of the next Neighbour's, fown at the fame 

 Time, whereof the Hand-hoeing cod Ten Shillings 

 per Acre, and had not quite haif the Crop of the 

 drill'd, both being meafur'd by the Bufhel, on Pur- 

 pofe to find the Difference (b). 



In the new Method they are more certain to come 

 up quickly •, becaufe in every Row, half the Seed is 

 planted about Four Inches deep (c) ; and the other 

 Half is planted exactly over that, at the Depth of 

 half an Inch, falling in after the Earth has cover'd 



(a) 'Tis impoflible to hoe-plow them fo well when planted 

 upon the Level, as when they are planted upon Ridges * for if 

 we plow deep near the Row, the Earth will come over on the 

 Left-Side of the Plough, and bury the younger Turneps; but 

 when they (land on Ridges, the Earth will almoft all fall down 

 on the Right Side into the Furrow in the Middle of the Interval. 



(b) And I have fince found, that Turneps on the fame Land, 

 planted on Ridges, with Six-feet Intervals, make a Crop double 

 to thofe that are planted on the Level, or even on Ridges with 

 Three-feet Intervals. 



(c) Turnep feed will come up from a greater Depth than mod 

 other Sorts of Seeds. 



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