THE PRCATICE OF THE 



* ceeded my expectations, being by far the 

 ' beft I ever had in the broad-caft way ; but 

 (f I attribute their fuccefs wholly to the thin- 

 " ning them by hand ; for two, three, four, 

 " and often five more turnips will be fo united 

 4t and interwoven, that it would be impoffible 

 ** for the moft dextrous hoer to feparate 

 " them; whereas the fingers and thumb will 

 " preferve the mafter plant, whilft the others 

 ' are moft conveniently drawn from it by the 

 " other hand of the perfon employed. Add 

 * to this, that there is no labour in which we 

 " are more liable to be deceived than in tur- 

 * 6 nip-hoeing. 



" December the 1 7th I meafured out three 

 " fquare perches of the beft of the broad-caft 

 turnips, and alfo ihree fquare perches of the 

 " drilled ; and the produce was as follows : 



C. q. Ib. T. c. q. II). 



" Three perches of the drilled weighed 17 a 21, which 7 



" \sptr Acre - J 47 



" Three ditto of the broad-call 16 i o, which/ * 



is per Acre 5 43 s 3 



" In favour of the drilled 3 16 3 14 



" Thus we fee, that, notvvithftanding the 

 < extraordinary proportion of manure, and the 

 " extraordinary ploughing, which was af- 

 *' forded to the broad-caft turnips, the drilled 

 * ' crop, with intervals of five feet, produced 

 " the greateft quantity upon an a re. 



" It now remains to defcribe the nature 

 < and quality of the land. The land lies 



** upon 



