. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 424 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. tions noticed above. When ^ is drawn, it can be done in vanous ways, but each not alike beneficial to the land ; for example, it can be done bj l(!aving 2 drills a and taking away 2 drills b; or by taking away 3 drills e find leaving 3 drillsy'; or l)y taking away 6 drills i and leaving 6 drills A; Fig. THE METHODS OF STRIPPING THE OF TURNIPS IN ANY GIVEN PROPORTIONS. or by taking away 1 drill I and
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 424 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. tions noticed above. When ^ is drawn, it can be done in vanous ways, but each not alike beneficial to the land ; for example, it can be done bj l(!aving 2 drills a and taking away 2 drills b; or by taking away 3 drills e find leaving 3 drillsy'; or l)y taking away 6 drills i and leaving 6 drills A; Fig. THE METHODS OF STRIPPING THE OF TURNIPS IN ANY GIVEN PROPORTIONS. or by taking away 1 drill I and leaving 1 drill k ; and so on in every other proportion. Though the same result is attained in all these different , in so far as the turnips are concerned, there are cogent reasons against them all except the one which leaves 2 drills a and takes away 2 drills b; because, when 1 drill only is left, as at /, the sheep have not room to stand and lie down with ease between k and m, without interfering with the tur- nips, and, beside, sufficient room is not left for horses and cart to pass along I, without injuring the turnips on cither side of the horses' feet or the cart-wheels ; whereas, when 2 or more drills are pulled, as at b, and only 2 left, as at a, the sheep have room to stand and eat on either side of the turnips, and the cart can pass easily along b without injuring the tur- nips ; that is, the horse walks up the center hollow of the drills, and a wheel occupies a hollow on each side. Again, when 3 drills are left, as at f, and 3 taken away, as at e, the sheep injure the turnips of the two out- side rows to reach the middle one at jf; and much more will tlioy injure those at h, when 6 drills are left ; and there is, besides, this si-rious objec- tion to this latter mode, that when practiced on light soils it is observed that the succeeding grain crop is never so good on the ground that has been cleared as where the turnips are left. When other proportions are det
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