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Crop of Turneps, is that of their be- 

 ing dcftroyed by the Fly ; which 

 ufually happens ioon after the Plants 

 come above-ground, or while they 

 are in the Seed-leaf ; for after they 

 have put out their rough Leaves 

 pretty flrong, they will be pall this 

 Danger. This is always in dry 

 Weather ; fo that if there happens 

 Rain when theTurneps come up, 

 they will grow fo fall, as to be foon 

 out of Danger from the Fly. And 

 it has been found, that thofe which 

 have been fown inDrills have efcap'd 

 the Fly much better than thofe which 

 are fown in the broad Cad : but 

 if Soot is fown along the Surface of 

 each Drill, it will be of great Ser- 

 vice to keep off the Fly ; and a fmall 

 Quantity of it will be fuHicient for 

 a 1 trge Field, where the Drills only 

 are to be cover'd. 



Another Danger of the Crops be- 

 ing defiroyed, is from the Caterpil- 

 Jers, which very often attack them, 

 when they are grown fo large as to 

 have fix or eight Leaves on a Plant. 

 The fureit Method of dellroying 

 thefe Infects is, to turn a large Par- 

 cel of Poultry into theField ; which 

 ihould be kept hungry, and turn'd 

 early in the Morning into the Field. 

 Thefe Fowls will loon devour the 

 Infects, and clear the Tnrneps. To 

 this Evil theTurneps which are fown 

 in Drills are not io much expos'd ; 

 for as the Ground between the Rows 

 will be kept ftirred, the Plants will 

 be kept growing; fo will not be in 

 Danger of fuftering from thefe In- 

 fecls ; for the Parent -infects never 

 depofit their Eggs upon any Plants 

 which are in Health ; but as focn 

 as they are Hinted, they are immedi- 

 ately cover'd with the Eggs of thefe 

 Infects. And this holds in general 

 with Vegetables as with Animals, 

 which are feldpm attacked by 

 Vermine when they are in perfeft 



Health ; fo that it is the Di- 

 feafe which occafions the Vermin, 

 and not the Vermin the Difeafe, 

 whereas, when they become un- 

 healthy, they are foon overfpread 

 as is commonly imagined. Now as 

 the Plants will always be in greater 

 Health when the Ground is well 

 ftirr'd about them, fo there will be 

 lefs Danger of their fuffering from 

 thefe Enemies, when they are culti- 

 vated by the Horfe hoe, than in the 

 common way. 



When the Turneps are fown in 

 Drills, it will be the bell way to hoe 

 between every other Row at firft, 

 and, fome time after, to hoe the al- 

 ternate Intervals ; by which Method, 

 the Plants will receive more Benefit 

 from the often ftirring of theGround, 

 than they would do, if all the Inter- 

 vals were hoed at one time ; and the 

 Plants will be in lefs Danger of fuf- 

 fering from the Earth being thrown 

 up too high on fome Jlows, while 

 others may be left too bare of Earth: 

 but when the Earth has been thrown 

 up on one Side of the Drill, it may 

 be turned clown again before the 

 next Interval is hoed. And "this al- 

 ternate moving of the Earth will 

 prepare the Ground very well for 

 the fucceeding Crop, as well as 

 greatly improve the Turneps. But 

 as this Plough cannot well be drawn 

 nearer to the Drills than two or three 

 lnches,the remainingGround fnould 

 be forked to loofen the Parts, and 

 make way for the Fibres of the 

 Roots io llrike out into the Inter- 

 vals; otherwife, if the Land is ftrcng, 

 it will become fo hard in thofe 

 Places which are not ftirred, as to 

 ltint the Growth of the Turneps. 

 And this may be done at a fmall 

 Expense ; a good Hand will per- 

 form a great deal of this Work in a 

 Day ; and whoever will makeTrial, 

 will find their .Account in praclifing 



