84 Of Turnef s. Chap. VIII. 



Turneps being full grown, I plow'd a Ridge in the 

 Middle of each of their Intervals, taking mod of the 



Earth 



I will prcpofe another Method of Drilling, which may be very 

 advantageous to thofe whofow their Barley upon the Level, and 

 f©w Turnep feed amongft it. at Random, as they do Clover; 

 which is, of late, a common Practice in fome Places. The Barley 

 keeps the Turneps under it, and flints them fo much, that they 

 are ufeful in the Winter or Spring, chiefly by the Pood their 

 Leaves afford to Sheep, their Roots being exceeding fmall ; and 

 for this fmall Profit they lofe the Time of tilling the Ground, 

 until after the Turneps are eaten oiF; which is a Damage we 

 think greater than the Profit of fuch Turneps : To prevent 

 which Damage, they may drill them in Rows at competent 

 Diftances, and Korfe-hoe them, and fet them out as foon as the 

 Barley is off : This will both keep the Ground in Tilth, fit for 

 another Crop of Spring Corn, and caufe the Turneps to grow 

 great enough (efpecially if Harveft be early, and the Winter prove 

 favourable) for feeding of Sheep in a moveable Fold to dung the 

 Ground into the Bargain. 



What induces me to propofe this Improvement is, that a Gen- 

 tleman plows up his Barley-Stubble, and tranfplants Turneps 

 therein, and Hand-hoes them with Succefs. By the propofed 

 Way all the Expence of tranfpl anting (which muit be confiderable) 

 will be iaved ; and the fetting out cannot be more than an Eighth 

 of the Labour of Hand boeings ; and I conjecture the Horfe-hoed 

 Turneps may be as good ; for they (though Minted) having their 

 Tap-roots remaining unmoved below the Staple of the Land, 

 their horizontal Roots, being fupply'd with Moiiture from the 

 Tap-roots, immediately take hold of the frefh-plowed Earth, as 

 foon as 'tis turned back to them ; whereas the tranfplanted, having 

 their Tap-roots broken off, and their Horizontal Roots crumpled 

 in the Holes wherein they are fet, muft lofe Time, and be in 

 Danger of dying with Thirft, if the Weather proves dry. 



Aifo this Way feems better than the common Practice of fowing 

 Turneps upon once plowing after Wheat; becaufe the Wheat- 

 land commonly lies longer unplow'd by Six or Eight Months than 

 Barley-land; and therefore cannot be in fo good Tilth for Tur- 

 neps as Barley- land may, unlefs the former be of a more friable 

 Nature, or much more dunged, than the latter. Befides, thefe 

 Wheat-Turneps are uncertain, in Refpedl of the Fly that often 

 deftroys them at their firft coming up ; which Misfortune hap- 

 pened the Autumn 1734. to almoft all that were fown in that 

 Manner. 



I have obferv'd, that Barley fown on the Level, and not hoed, 

 overcomes the Turneps that come up amongft it ; but that Tur* 



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