55. NORFOLK. 269 



Turneps fown, early, in a vich produftivc 

 foil, require to be fet out wider than thofe fown 

 late, on a foil of a contrary nature. 



If the foil be at par, the time of fowing 

 ought to regulate the diftance : if this be at 

 par, the nature or flate of the foil Ihould be 

 the regulator. 



Thefe rules, however, felf^evident as they un- 

 doubtedly are, are not attended to by thegenera-^. 

 lity of farmers -, who, led away bylong-ellablilh- 

 ed cuftom, or by the interelled perfuafions of 

 their labourers ^farmers in all countries being 

 more or lefs warped by the opinion of their 

 workmen) fuffer their turneps to be hacked 

 out fourteen or fifteen^ or perhaps eighteen 

 inches afunder, without any regard to the ftate 

 of the foil, or thefeafon of fowing* 



This praftice was eftablilhed while the Nor- 

 folk foil was full of marl, and new to turneps ; 

 and when, it is probable, eleven or twelve 

 inches in diameter was no uncommon iize ; 

 with tops proportionally large and fpreading : 

 and fourteen or fifteen inches might, then, be 

 a proper diftance. 



But, no'.v, when the efficacy of marl is lef- 

 fenedj and the foil no longer the favorite of 



tornepsj 



