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mature of the South Hams ? Or is it pur- 

 fued, to counteraa: the fouhiefs of the 

 foil * ? Or is it merely a bad praftice, 

 that wants to be improved ? 



IX. TURNEPS. In the South Hams, 

 as in Weil Devonfhire, Turneps are ftill 

 univerfally grown, after temporary Ley; 

 except a few that are fown in autumn, on 

 Wheat flubble. I met with no inftance, 

 nor could I hear of any, in which they were 

 fown after Wheat or Oats, of the preceding 

 year, agreeably to the prevailing pradice of 

 England. 



Nor did I fee or hear of an inflance, in 

 which Turneps were cleaned, and fet out at 

 fuitable diflances, with the hoe, as in that 

 practice. 



X. GRASSLANDS. The species of 

 Grafsland, here, as ih the more Weilern 

 Diftrid, are 



Mowing grounds, or meadows ; which are 



partially 



* Wheat fl ubbles, in general, were then in full herbage. 



