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large quantity of turnips to raife feed for the 

 whole crop, which practice is more expenfivc 

 and very injurious •, for, by pulling the turnip 

 and planting it again, you deflroy the tap-root* 

 and weaken the turnip's ftrength and vigour, 

 fo that the feed from it mull be of an inferior 

 quality. 



By drilling the turnips it is highly probable 

 every plant will grow to perfection, if the ma- 

 nure be properly depofited ; and, by making 

 the drills, a hollow place is left, which will both 

 attract and retain moifture ; and likewife made 

 the plants from the heat of the fun, and thus 

 deprive the fly, which is fo dangerous an ene- 

 my to the turnip, in fome meafure of her fa- 

 vourite fituation* Drilling likewife empowers 

 the farmer to fow the feed much thicker ; and 

 it is much lefs liable to be all devoured by the 

 fly when fo fown, than when fuperficially fcat- 

 tered by the broad-caft. By the latter method 

 the feed is fprinkled unequally -, and by adven- 

 titious circumftances (fuch as a puff of wind, 

 or part of the feed falling on a hard clod high- 

 er than the reft of the land, and rebounding 

 to a diftance from the fpot it was intended to 

 to be depofited upon) it is poflible a large fpace 



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