TURNIPS. 
land is stricken into two furrow ridges, about two feet 
from middle to middle ; the dung cart is then applied, 
and a row of rotten dung laid along every fifth hollow, 
at the rate of about ten tons per acre; this is imme¬ 
diately divided and distributed along the hollows, and 
another plough follows to cover the dung, by dividing 
the ridges upon it in single furrows; the drill machine 
follows, drawn by one horse, going along one of the 
hollows; a roller presses down two ridges, one on each 
side the horse’s path, in which the seeds are deposited 
over the manure, and covered in by short rollers fol¬ 
lowing the delivery, two rows only are thus drilled at a 
time, by one horse,upon four furrows. Mr. Partridge, the 
steward, observes, they get on thus at the rate of one 
acre and a half per day, with nine or ten horses, four in 
two teams to plough, one at the drill, and the rest at 
the dung carts; the whole is immediately done on the 
fresh soil, by which the vegetation of the seed is pro¬ 
moted, the dung covered up under the seed, and a good 
crop generally ensured. But Mr. P. thinks the distance 
in the rows being about two feet is too wide, as they 
are horSe and plough hoed; and that more weight per 
acre might be obtained by broadcast sowing, which is 
sometimes practised, particularly on uneven land, where 
the drill does not work so well. 
When dung is not used in addition to the lime, soot 
is substituted, 50 bushels per acre,, at 8d. per bushel, 
besides carriage, but the soot merchant sowing it upon 
the land well worked and harrowed down ; the land is 
then stricken into ridges as before, and the drill imme¬ 
diately follows without turning back the furrows; the 
cleaning is performed by a hoe-plough between the 
rows, which are afterwards further thinned by women 
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