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and fhecp ; or carried to ftalls, for fatting 

 cattle ; agreeably to the Norfolk pradice ! 



General Observation on the Tur^ 

 nep culture. 



It is not fitting, nor likely, that this part 

 of the Ifland, alone, Ihould remain much 

 longer a difgrace to Britifh Agriculture, in 

 refpecft to the culture of this valuable crop. 

 And yet, if I may judge from my own ex-» 

 perience, the hand hoing of Turneps can^ 

 not readily be introduced, For although, 

 by perfonal attention, I fucceeded equally to 

 my expectation ; yet, whenever that at- 

 tention was called off, a relaxation or neg- 

 ,le(!?l: of the operation took place ; fo rooted, 

 and difficult to eradicate, is the cuftom of 

 half a century. 



If I were to venture to recommend any 

 pradlice, to the Gentlemen who are now 

 evincing a defire of roufing their country- 

 men to a fenfe of their delinquency, it would 

 be to change, entirely, the prefent mode of 

 raifing Turneps ; arid to adopt that which 

 has been lately flruck out, in the South of 

 O 3 Scot-, 



