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the lall hoeing : in the firft, {hy reafon of the 

 tnany accidents young turnep-flants are liable to) 

 it is a work of hazard and uncertainty ; in the 

 fecond, not only proper diflanccs, but proper 

 plants, may be chofcn, with a degree of cer- 

 tainty and fafety. 



With refpedt to timing the fecond hoeing, 

 it ought to be given before the leaves become 

 too large, to prevent the plants from being pro- 

 perly fjngled and fet out, or the weeds from 

 being effedually cleared away ; but the longer 

 they {land before the laft hoeing, the more effec- 

 tually will the weeds be overcome. 



r. The length of the hoe fliould be in pro- 

 portion to the medium diftance between the 

 plants, and this to their expelled fize. 



The Norfolk hoes are, at prefent, out of all 

 proportion to the prefent fize of plants ; and, 

 confequently, out of proportion to the proper 

 medium diftance. I have meafured them nine 

 inches and a half; there are many, 1 believe, 

 of ten inches long : too long, in my opinion, 

 for any turneps I have feen in Norfolk, by at 

 lead two inches. 



It is the hoer*s intereft to work with a long 

 hoc ; for in a foil free from obftrudions, the 



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