in March, a third ploughingand harrowing down in May; 
then manuring Avith dung, or lime, or both ; ploughing 
up and sowing the end of June or beginning of July, 
and two hoeings afterwards; this management gives 
a good chance for a crop, and tends to cleaning the 
land, and preparing for the succeeding crop of barley. 
The crops of turnips are in general very good on 
those lands that suit the cultivation; we have lately 
practised hoeing, and find it adds one-third at least to 
the value of the crop; we eat the greatest part off 
with sheep, though many are handed into the farm 
yards for cattle; in wet seasons our sheep tread the 
lands, owing to the deep loam and loose soil, to the 
prejudice of our barley crop ; notwithstanding which, 
we prefer the sheep for this business, as it firms the 
land, and backens the mathon poppies and other light 
weeds, and prevents them from getting too powerful 
in the succeeding crops.— Mr. Dcu'ke. 
Mr. Richard Miller, Brant Hall, being short of tur¬ 
nip land, sometimes grows turnips on the same land 
four or five years together, and with the best success. 
Swedes succeed best after the common turnip, and 
mucked from Birmingham at six miles distant; he 
grows about as many Swedish as common turnips, and 
often the two sorts in rotation ; the first turnips gene¬ 
rally succeed wheat. 
Mr. Knight grows annually fifty acres, or more, 
generally upon a turf fallow, but sometimes after 
wheat, vetches, or carrots; they are mostly drilled, but 
some sown broadcast; the turnip drilling is thus ma¬ 
naged, after well working the land and laying on lime 
four tons per acre, which costs J 4s. Cd. per ton, ready 
money, delivered upon a canal against one side of the 
farm, the lime being spread and well harrowed in, the 
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