2l6 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF chap. 711. 



that it does not produce such a quantity of food 

 as the common turnip. But the objection arising 

 from the additional trouble, if the plant be valua- 

 ble, is of little consequence. It requires no more 

 time and expence in raising and planting, than 

 cabbage or coleworts. As to quantity, I am of 

 opinion, that, if proper attention be paid, a crop, 

 not remarkably inferior, may be raised. As it 

 does not grow to a very large size, and as the 

 foliage is not so very luxuriant, the drills may 

 be brought nearer, and the plants closer in the 

 row. Suppose, then, the drills at 20 inches 

 distance, and the plants 8 inches from one ano- 

 ther in the row, and suppose the average-weight 

 of each plant to be 2 lib., which is a moderate 

 calculation, as we are told by a gentleman well 

 acquainted with the subject, that the weight 

 runs from 4 to 10 pounds each, we shall in 

 this way have about 16 pounds in the square 

 yard, which will amount fully to 40 tons in 

 the Scots acre This, I presume, will be found 

 equal to an acre of ordinary turnip. At any 

 rate, the culture of it seems to be of importance, 

 at least to fill up blanks in turnip-fields, or for 

 putting in, when the turnip shall be destroyed 

 by the fly, and the season too late for sowing 

 again with any prospect of a tolerable crop. 



2. CABBAGE & COLEWORTS, OR OPEN KAIL, 



ARE cultivated, but not commonly. Cab- 

 bage requiring a stronger soil, more manure and 

 more room, and being more susceptible of in- 

 jury from rainy and frosty weather, is not so 



