ROOT CROPS. 109 



Turnip seed, ..... 

 Six loads of soil, .... 

 Two loads of charcoal dirt, 

 Ploughing, applying manure, hoeing, &c., 



$27 20 



On the 24th of October, one rod, considered an average 

 one, was harvested, and weighed four hundred and nineteen 

 pounds. 



Statement of George W. Wood. 



Turnips. — The quarter of an acre of land which I entered 

 for premium for the greatest quantity of French turnips is a 

 clayey loam, and was cropped with Indian corn last year. It 

 was ploughed in April. The last of May I spread seven loads of 

 manure, forty cubic feet each, made from my stock last winter, 

 and ploughed it under, five inches deep. Ploughed and harrow- 

 ed twice more before planting. I harrowed and bushed until the 

 soil was well pulverized, which, I think, is of great service to 

 any crop, and more especially for small seeds. 



On the 26th of June I planted the turnips, first dropping 

 eight loads of compost manure, not very strong, mixed with 

 thirty bushels of leached ashes, and shoveling the whole over 

 until it was very fine, furrowed two feet apart, and put the ma- 

 nure in the furrow. I dropped the seed by hand from ten to 

 twelve inches apart, and covered with a hoe. It was hoed the 

 first time about the 20th of July, and hoed three times after- 

 wards, leaving but one plant in a hill. Tlie turnips grew very 

 fast until the dry weather came on, which caused them to come 

 to a stand. After the rains commenced they grew again rapidly. 

 The turnips are what is called the sugar turnip, the best for 

 table use. I raise them to sell, mostly, which is the reason I 

 plant them so late, i think i s' ould have had a larger crop to 

 have planted them the fore part of June, and a different kind 

 of turnip ; but I think the crop would not be worth so much. 

 On the 29th of October, one square rod, considered an average 

 one, was harvested and weighed, when well cleaned of tops and 

 dirt, three hundred and seventy-nine pounds. 



