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middle of the new formed ridges, right over 

 which the seed is sown with a drill-barrow, and 

 followed by a light roller. Sometimes the dung 

 is spread over the whole surface of the field ; 

 then the ridges are formed by throwing two 

 furrows together, and nearly meeting ; in the 

 opening between which the turnips are sown, 

 and then the ground rolled. The first method 

 seems to me to be the best ; as the dung placed 

 so far below the surface, is not in danger, as in 

 the other way, of being withered by the drought, 

 and is in the properest situation for meeting, 

 and supplying with nourishment, the strong 

 root which the turnip pushes downward in 

 quest of food. Some intelligent farmers spread 

 the dung upon the land, plough it down, and 

 mix it with the soil before the drills are made ; 

 and this method is found to answer very well. 

 Planting them in drills is preferable to broad- 

 cast, as they are more easily dressed, and the 

 land more completely cleaned, without any di- 

 minution of quantity. Besides dung, the tur- 

 nip often gets lime, especially if the land has 

 not been limed before. In this case the lime 

 is spread over the field, immediately before the 

 drills are made. 



2</, Sort and Quantity of Seed The red, 

 white, and green-toped, are the kinds most com- 

 monly soWn, sometimes mixed and sometimes 

 separately. The quantity, from two to three 

 pounds per acre. Much less seed might suf- 

 fice. I have known an acre sown broad-cast 

 with a single pound, and the crop sufficiently 

 thick and regular. But less seed is necessary in 

 drills than in broad-cast. Judicious fanners, 

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