Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm elementsofpracti00lowd Year: 1838 298 PLANTS CULTIVATED FOR THEIR ROOTS, &c. Fig. 155. Soon after the operation in question, weeds will again spring up in the intervals of the rows and amongst the plants. In the course, therefore, of 12 days or more, the horse-hoe again passes along the intervals of the drills, cutting up all the weeds that may have sprung up; and afterwards the hand-hoers, with the same
Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm elementsofpracti00lowd Year: 1838 298 PLANTS CULTIVATED FOR THEIR ROOTS, &c. Fig. 155. Soon after the operation in question, weeds will again spring up in the intervals of the rows and amongst the plants. In the course, therefore, of 12 days or more, the horse-hoe again passes along the intervals of the drills, cutting up all the weeds that may have sprung up; and afterwards the hand-hoers, with the same instrument as before, hoe round the plants, and carefully single any that may have been passed over in the first hoeing. Sometimes the horse-hoe passes again along the intervals, but more frequently the hand-hoeing concludes the process, the weeds being now kept down by the rapid growth of the plants, and the overshadowing of the intervals by the leaves. Very frequently, however, after an interval of 8 or 10 days from the last hand or horse hoeing, the earth is laid up to the stems of the plants by the double mould-board plough passing along the intervals of the rows, and ridging up the earth thus : Fig. 156. The design in this operation is, that any weeds remaining in the intervals after the former hoeings, may be destroyed, and that the turnips may be kept more dry during wet weather in the months of winter. This concludes the culture of the turnip, which now grows rapidly without further care ; and by the beginning of Sep- tember, the leaves of a good crop will have covered the entire surface of the field. Towards the end of October or beginning of November, when
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