Chap. VIII. Of Turn eps. 9* 



Flock will defiroy as many Turneps in a Fortnight, 

 as fhould keep them well a whole Winter. 



The Firft Manner now in Ufe is, to divide the 

 Ground of Turneps by Hurdles, giving them leave 

 to come upon no mpre at a Time than they can eac 

 in one Day, and fo advance the Hurdles farther into 

 the Ground daily, until all be fpent -, but we mud 

 obferve, that they never eat them clean this Way, 

 but leave the Bottoms and Outfides of the Turneps 

 they have fcoop'd in the Ground. Thefe Bottoms 

 People pull up with Iron Crooks, made for that Pur- 

 pofe - 3 but their Cavities being tainted with Urine, 

 Dung, and Dirt from their Feet, tho' the Sheep do 

 eat fome of the Pieces, they wade more, and many 

 the Crooks leave behind in the Earth ; and even what 

 they do eat of this tainted Food, can't nourifh them 

 fo well as that which is frefh and cleanly. 



The fecond Manner is, to move the Hurdles every 

 Day, as in the Firft; but that the Sheep may not 

 tread upon the Turneps, they pull them up firft, and 

 then advance the Hurdles as far daily as the Turneps 

 are pull'd up, and no farther : By this Means there 

 is not that Wade made as in the other Way ; the 

 Food is eaten frefh and clean \ and the Turneps are 

 pull'd up with lefs Labour than their Pieces can 

 be (z). 



The Third Manner is, to pull them up, and to 

 carry them into fome other Ground in a Cart, or 

 Waggon, and there fpread them every Day on a new 



fz) I have feen Three Labourers work every Day with their 

 Crooks, to pull up thefe Pieces, which was done with much 

 Difficulty, the Ground being trodden very hard by the Sheep ; 

 when one Perfon, in Two Hours time, would have pull'd up all 

 the whole Turneps daily, and the Sheep would have eaten them 

 clean; but fo many ofthofe Pieces weredry'd and fpoiPd, that, 

 after the Land was fown with Barley, they appear'd very thick 

 ppon the Surface, and there could not be much lefs than half 

 the Crcp of Turneps wailed, notwithftanding the Contrivance of 

 thefe Crooks, 



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