24 FEED FOR SHEEP. 



Turnips sown, for turnips. Three pounds of seed were sown the last week 



in August, when the plants were just making their appear- 



Gypsumtopre- anee. " Two quarters of gypsum were sown by hand to pre- 

 vent the fly. vent the fly> which had the desired effect> 



This proved a very valuable crop; having two hundred 



ewes which gave suck, it was a great acquisition to their 



Comparative milk. This induced me to try three experiments last spring 



experiments. ^^ j^j ru ^\ f or p Urp i e turnip cabbage, drum-headed 



cabbage, and Swedish turnips. 

 Purple turnip With due respect I heg to recommend to the Society 

 cabbage. kohl rabi, as a prolific and nutritious plant for the feed of 



sheep and neat cattle; and green food may be produced by 

 this means from October until May. To ensure a succession 

 of keep, seed should be sown in March, April, and May. 

 The plant bulbs above the ground ; the leaf is much like 

 that of beet; it will stand in defiance to the severest frost; 

 and as a proof thereof, I have cut with my knife several of 

 the plants through the crown two inches deep, and they 

 have stood three months afterwards in a sound state ; some 

 of them are here produced. The plants may be trans- 

 planted like those of cabbage ; many of those transplanted 

 at eighteen inches apart, I have found to weigh ten and 

 eleven pounds a piece. — I must now beg leave to introduce 

 my method of cultivation, with the average weight of the 

 crop. 

 Method of cul- On the 14th of May, I sowed four ounces of seed broad- 

 cast, and transplanted about forty-six poles therefrom, on 

 the 18th of June, at twelve inches apart each way. The 

 weight of a square pole is seven hundred and thirty-two 

 pounds, on an acre fifty-eight tuns six hundred eighty-eight 

 pounds, taking each plant to average three pounds. Th« 

 beauty and regularity of this crop in my idea overbalanced 

 the trouble of transplanting. 

 • Drum headed 1 likewise sowed upon a bed in the garden, the second 

 cabbage. we ek in March, eight ounces of drum-headed cabbage. The 



fly and slug were very destructive to the plants. I trans- 

 planted them the second week in June, upon ridges thirty- 

 six iuches apart, the land being dunged at the rate of twelve 

 loads per acre. Some of the cabbages weighed thirty 

 pounds. I think the average about twelve pounds each, or 



twenty- 



