112 P.UT A BACA CULTURE. Part J 



In November, if such a day should, b}^ any accident. 

 ])e found in England ; but, why not do the work in 

 October, and so'.v wheat, at once, in the land .' 

 More on this after cropping another time. 



113. In Long Island, and throughout the United 

 States, where the weather is so fme in the fall : 

 ■vvhere every day, from the middle of October to 

 the end of November, (except a rainy day about 

 once in 16 days) is as fair as the fairest May-day 

 in England, and where such a tiling as a zcater- 

 f arrow in a field was never heard of; in such a 

 -oil as this, and under such a climate as this, there 

 never can arise an}^ difficulty in the way of the 

 harvesting of turnips in the proper time. 1 should 

 certainly do it in JS^ovember ; for, as we have seen, 

 A\ little frost does not affect the bulbs at all. I 

 ivould put them in when perfectly dry ; make my 

 heaps of about fifty bushels ; and, when the frost 

 approached, I mean the hard frosts, I would cover 

 with corn-stalks, or straw, or cedar boughs, as 

 many of the heaps as I thought I should want in 

 January and February; for, these coverings would 

 so break the frost, as to enable me to open the 

 heaps in those severe months. It is useless and 

 inconvenient to take into barns, or out-houses, a 

 very large quantity at a time. Besides, if left un- 

 covered, the very hard frosts will do them harm. 

 To be sure, this is easily prevented, in the barn, 

 by throwing a little straw over the heap ; but, 

 being, by the means that I have pointed out, al- 

 ways kept ready in the field, to bring in a larger 

 quantity than is used in a week, or thereabouts, 

 would be wholly unnecessary, besides being trou- 

 blesome from the great space, which would thus 

 be occupied. 



* -114. It is a great advantage in the cultivation of 

 this crop, that the sowing, or transplanting time, 

 comes after all the spring grain and the Indian 

 Corn are safe in the ground, and before the harvest 



