which is per acre, 1 2 tons 1 8 cwt. I have 

 myfeif cultivated turnips on worfe land, 

 and vvithout dung, to 35 tons per acre, 

 through a v/hole field : The Vv-ant of hoe- 

 ing is fuffiCient to counterbalance every 

 poffible advantage. 



Here v\^as a trial not only of the bed 

 field, but of the beil: part of the field ; and 

 the produd: to be fo trinlng, fhews very 



plainly the infinite m^q of hoeing. It is 



true, fomething is to be allowed for grow-, 

 ing ; for turnips do not arrive at their iull 

 growth till Chrijlmas^ or the firft frofts ; 

 though I apprehended much fooner when 

 crowded fo thick as they are in the fields 

 not hoed : For this reafon, if we fiippofe 

 them only three fourths grown, I am con-i 

 lident the allowance will be an ample one. 

 In this cafe, the full weight v/IU be near 1 6 

 tons. But here let me remark, that from 

 this wciirhino: and walking through feveral 



