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. Mr. DuRSGATE is sucli a steady friend to feeding tur- 

 nips on the land by sheep, that he would not have a bul» 

 lock on his farm, except tor the purpose of treading his 

 straw into muck. He would have no straw eaten. In 

 drawing a crop for beasts, he takes all, and manures with 

 rape -cake, to supply the loss to the barley. 



At Thornham, &c. some farmers pick out the large 

 turnips for caning to beasts; others draw alternate lands. 



About one-ijuarter, or one-fifch of the crop drawn a 

 Holm, ior bullocks. 



Mr. Styleman, at Snettisham, feeds all his turnips on 

 the land with sheep ; and therefore sells most of his bul- 

 locks in autumn. 



Much the greater part at Hillington, fed on the land by 

 sheep. 



12. Preservation. — The Rev. Dixon Hoste praflised 

 a method, with this intention, that answered well ; he 

 took the coulters out of his ploughs, and then ploughed in 

 the turnips ; and they held good through 3 very bad March. 



The Rev. Mr. Mlnning has publislied his method : 

 it is drilling at eighteen inches, and two feet, and plough- 

 ing furrows between, to bury them as well as may be ef- 

 fedled. This method has been pradtised with great suc- 

 cess, by Mr. Repton, at Oxnead, and other farmers. 



13. Seed. — Much attention is paid by farmers wi)o raise 

 Xheir own seed, to the choice of roots for that purpose, se- 

 ledting such as are clean in the crown and neck ; the foot- 

 stalks of the leaves rising from a thin clean neck, and not 

 from conglomerated protuberances, or .coarse rough necks j 

 and if, after some years attention, the turnips come too fine 

 And delicate, they let the roots run to seed, without any 

 transplantation, which correds that tendency. 



14. li the land tired of turnips? — Mr. Thurtzli. is 

 confident that he has no land tired of turnips j nor has he 



0^4 ever 



