226 On the Culture of Turnips.[Oct.

Uvating in rows upon a flat Surface, with intervals of twelve to thirteen inches, is more advantageous than that of Sowing broadcast.

Objections have been advanced against the practice of this County(of Sowing the turnip Seed on the tops of one-bout ridges, with intervals of about tw enty-Six webes*) because it has been n Sunposced that the land cannot afterwards be reduced 10 aun even Suriace, and because the Sheep may get“ aukward? between the 5mall ridges. Tue former, 1 hope, I have al- ready obviated, in Some of your numbers for the past year; and as to tbe latter, we experience but little difilerence, 1x any, between our common, and he broad-cast husbandry.

ut those who prefer a flat Suriace, may easily obtain it, under the former mode. This, Lthink, i fully explained in answer to your judicious correspondent, Agricola Noriolcieun- Sis. As this explanation, however, has not, perbaps, been noticed by a/! your readers, I now beg leave to repeat it.

[ Stated that our hoers proceed vy ith their feet or each Side ol one drill, and hoe that adjoining it, by forcing their hoes across ils top at right angles, to the row of plants. By this Operation, 380 EED earth is brought i into the intervals, that the gurface of the land again becomes pretty fat. The first horse- hoeing increases the"earth in these intervals, and by using the“ scuffler," instead of the double plough with expandivg wings, in the Second horse-boeing; it is not laid back to the turnips, but remains pertect]y EN or„nearly SO.

For Some years I have“ earthed up" part of my turnips,(on very dry Soils) with the expanding plough, and continued other adjoining drills in the tate in which they were left by the“ Skuffler," an implement which destroys the weeds, and Pulverizes the Soil as effectually as the former. In the months of February and March, 1 have carefully examined the crops, without discerning any difference, either in quantity or con- dition; I must Genn however, that they were not weighed. Next spring, I intend to use the SO31es the rezult uf waich you Shall be intormed of.

Oar drilled turnips are hoed at a smaller expence than thoSe in the broad-cast wode; and bezides, we consider the horse- hoeing as more enriching, We can rarely, bowever, hoe our drilled crops, for less than from nine to eleven or 1welve Shillings per acre.;

In tbe correspondence between 4gricola Norfolrienss and Farmer Sandy,&c. I obzerve, the expence in Nortolk, of hoeing turnips, i8 Stated at only Six Shillings per acre«

* Not“ threeifcet,"" as ſtated in Mr. Bartley"s letter. On very fertile f2113, ſome farmers ſow with untervals of twenty-eight to thu'ty incheg«