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fingled out by the Hand-hoe ; which is another Ad- 

 vantage ; becaufe the foonef they are fo fet out, the 

 better they will thrive (h). 



Three or Four Ounces of Seed is the ufual Quan- 

 tity to drill ; but, at random, Three or Four Pounds 

 are commonly fown, which, coming thick all over the 

 Ground, mull exhauft the Land more than the other, 

 efpecially fince the fown muft ftand longer^ before 

 the Hoers can fee to fet them out. 



The Six-feet Ridges, whereon Turneps are drill'd 

 in fingle Rows, may be left higher than for double- 

 row'd Crops •, becaufe there will be more Earth in the 

 Intervals, as the fingle Row takes up lefs. 



There is no preflx'd Time for planting Turneps, 

 becaufe that muft be according to the Richnefs of the 

 Land \ for fome Land will bring them as forward, 

 and make them as good, when planted the beginning 

 of Augufti as other Land will* when planted in May ; 

 but the mod general Time is, a little before, and a 

 little after Midfummer. 



Between thefe Rows of Turneps (z), I have planted 

 Wheat in this Manner -, viz. About Michaelmas, the 



Turneps 



(h) Becaufe fuch young Turneps will enjoy the more of the 

 failure made by the Plowing, and by that little Pulveration of the 

 Hand-hoe, without being robb'd of any Paflure by their own 

 Supernumerary Plants. 



(i) As I have formerly drilled Wheat between Rows of Tur- 

 neps, fo I have fince had the Experience of drilling Tnrneps be- 

 tween Rows of Barley and Rows of Oats : I have had them in the 

 Intervals between Six- feet Ridges, and between Four-feet Ridges, 

 and between thofe of feveral intermediate Diftances ; but which 

 Of them all is the beft, I leave at prefent undetermined. I mall 

 only add, that the poorer the Land is, the wider the Intervals 

 ought to be; and that, in the narrow, 'tis convenient at the Hoe- 

 ing, to leave more Earth on that Side of each Interval whereon 

 the Turneps are to be drill'd ; and this is done by going round 

 feveral Intervals with the Hoe Plough, without going forwards 

 and backwards in each immediately : But in the wide Intervals 

 the Earth may be equal on both Sides of them, 



O 2 I will 



