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After the turnip has acquired fufficient 

 flrength to bear ploughing the earth from the 

 plants, it mud be done without delay. The 

 firft ploughing will add fufficient earth to the 

 plant according to the then fize. The turnips 

 may be made to grow to what fize the farmer 

 choofes (according to the rrature of his foil) by 

 only leaving them from fix to twelve inches 

 afunder in the rows : and he may at any time 

 add earth fufficient to prevent their rotting by 

 frofi: in winter. 



This often occafions great lofs : but the farm- 

 er may eafily guard againfl: it, by covering them 

 properly with mould ; for he may plough as 

 often as he choofes, and at his leifure, after 

 the turnips are up -, and in the rows he may 

 pluck up the weeds any time before they get 

 into feed. Turnips fown as above directed 

 fland moid in fummer and dry in winter. 



The fecuring a crop by laying from four to 

 fix loads per acre of manure, as heretofore de- 

 fcribed, inftead of twelve, is too great an ad- 

 vantage to beneglecled, 

 , In eating turnips off with fheep, great lofs 

 is frequently fuftained from want of proper ma- 

 nagement -, but more particularly in the broad- 



call,. 



