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Jthefe cabbages, ' with this difference only* 

 *' that I deepened the furrows of but a few 

 f ridges of the turnips in another field iy a 

 " fecond ploughing in the fame furrow, 

 " which I did not find to benefit the turnips 

 " much ; for, if the ground is well prepared 

 " before the {owing, the depth of one furrow 

 " will 'be enough for the turnips, provided 

 V that be deep and bold. 



" Thinning the turnips in drills by hand 

 .'* coft me eight-pence an acre ; weeding 

 " them coft me four-pence; and the repeated 

 " horfe-hoeings about fourteen pence an acre 

 " for workmen's wages, exclufive of the 

 " horfes ; of which I generally ufed two, 

 " except in very hot days, and then I found 

 *' three were necefiary. The broad-caft tur- 

 .** nips were carefully thinned by hand, when 

 " they were about two inches high, which 

 " the women did with more courage than 

 " they did the drills ; and fome time after- 

 " wards I hoed them once, and weeded them 

 44 twice. Thinning them by hand colt me 

 four (hillings. Hoeing them afterwards 

 coft eight (hillings, and weeding them coft 

 me two millings and four pence. They 

 were fcarcely half an acre ; this expcnce 

 " being therefore doubled, they coft me a.t 

 ,' the rate of twenty-eight millings and eigbt- 

 " pence an acre, over and above the extraor- 

 " dinary ploughing and double proportion of 

 ,',' manure. In truth, this crop greatly e.v- 

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