33. N Q R F O t. K. 2&^ 



It is a fadt well afcertained, that late-fovvn 

 turneps (land the winter better than fuch as arc 

 fown early ; which are fubjca: to the blight -, 

 liable to be rotted by much wet, as well as by 

 froft; and become tough and woolly in th| 

 ipring, when the later-fown pnes are in full per- 

 fedlion. 



If a Norfolk farnier could infure his iirll 

 fowing, he would fow later than he now does ; 

 but liable as the turnep-crop is to numerous 

 accidents and mifcarriagcs, it is prudent to 

 have a week or two in refcrve for a fecond 

 fowing, in cafe the firft fowing fhould fail. 



2. Old feed is fpmetimes prepared by keep- 

 ing it in water, in order to forward its vegeta- 

 tion ; but this is by no means a general prac- 

 tice. Experiments have been tried on coating 

 the feed with fqlphur, foot, &c. as a fecurity 

 agalnfl the " fly ;" but the refults have not 

 been fuch as to eftablifli any praiSlice of this 

 nature ; the feed, whether old or new, being 

 vfually fown dry, and unprepared. 



3. The method of sowing is univerfally 

 broad-caft. The feed-plowing having been 

 gpne over, once in a place, with the harrow, 

 the feed is fown with a wide high call, the 



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