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EXPERIMENTS ON TURXIPS. 



presence or absence in a plot of drains and previous furrows, the 

 manures up to the end of August did not show very consistent 

 results. J'rom that time till late in the season the turnips grew 

 well. All the bulbs, which were lifted and weighed on the 20th 

 and 21st of December, were entirely free of disease. Table III. 

 shows the weight of turnips obtained from each plot, calculated 

 to cwts. and tenths of a cwt. per acre. Special reference may 

 be made to four plots. No. 28 got dung only, and gave a better 



Table II. 



