£. 



s. 



d. 







16 











8 



4. 







4 



1 



6 



1 











1 



8 







3 



6 



TURNIPS, 27i' 



pf each fpace between the contiguous drills, wilbout Injuring Prefervation of 

 the turnip, whether drawn or not. When the cart is about ^"'"'P.^ through 



r 1 • I I 1 ! - ^^ Winter. 



to turn, after benig loaded, the men move the turnips to 



make room for the horles, putting then} into the cart as part 

 •f the load, 



Expencesof drazving, carting, trimming, Jlacking, covering, 4'C. 

 a fiatute acre of good turnip,— at the dijlance of not more 

 tJian a quarter of a ndlefr-omihejiack. 



Two double-horfe carts, and one man 

 Two men loading, drawing, building, Src. 

 Seven women drawing and trimming 

 Two girls trimming - i - - - 

 Four ditto and boys ditto - - - - - 

 Twifting ropes, drawing thatch, thatching, wafte 

 of thatch, flakes, &c. fay - . - 



1 14. 7 



The above Is a fair average of the expence of fecurlng 

 fomewhat more than twelve and a quarter ftatute acres lafi: 

 feafon, which was all I drew ; and one field of two acres, 

 one rood, thirty-three perches, was fo far diftant as to re- 

 quire three carts, and two drivers. That field, however, 

 was firft drawn, and the weather being fine and moderate, 

 more work was done in proportion to the length of the day, 

 which was alfo longer. Women and children cannot, in- 

 deed, exert themfelves with fpirit, in raw cold weather. 

 06lober is perhaps the beft month to draw In. It Is a quef- 

 tion with me, whether the average of the acres that are 

 under turnip in the ifland, if the weight exceeds twenty- 

 four tons, does not cofi more, merely for drawing and carting 

 only. When it is confidered that this operation is performed 

 often In cold, frofiy, and ftormy weather, and that frequently 

 much fnow may be to be removed before the turnip can be 

 feen. If no fnow has fallen before the froft fets in, the 

 turnips muft be hoed up with infiruments for the purpofe. 

 Many are cut, and much left in the ground of the lower 

 part of the root. After all this labour, what is obtained is 

 frequently no better tlian a lump of ice, environed with earth, 

 frozen fo firmly to its furface, that nothing but thawing in 

 U 2 cold 



