Hi Pam, Can't claim this to be anything other than a bit of semi-guided guess work really but it looks as if turnips were some times grown in / on "hills" in the same way potatoes frequently are / were. By analogy to the practice of "logging" (corduroy) ing roads I wonder if this term "Logging" might be the process of forming these hills prior to planting. I did actually find one "bit" on the net which talked about using a log to dig / drag / plow the trench between the raised planting hills, offering a second possibility of the derivation of the term. Anyway, you'd need a long days march to find anyone less "agricultural" than me so - as I say just guesswork. :-) Malcolm Archive CD Books Canada Inc. President: Malcolm Moody PO Box 11 Manotick Ontario, K4M 1A2 Canada. (613) 692-2667 WEB SITE: http://www.ArchiveCDBooks.ca On 25 Jun, 2009, at 7:52 PM, [email protected] wrote: > 7: Commenced logging for turnips. {will someone please explain this?}