282 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. Slade. I sowed one year the twenty-third day of 

 August ; but that is too late, unless it is an unusual fall. I 

 raised a few this year. I put them in about the 20tli of 

 July ; and I think, as an average thing, that is about the right 

 time of year to do it. But you will have no difficulty in 

 raising them, provided you get your ground in good order, 

 and put on fertilizers or manure, or something to make them 

 go ahead, so that they shall not stop growing from the time 

 they start until they mature. The quality of the turnip is 

 much better when grown rapidly than when it grows slowly. 

 If you want to get a hard, brittle turnip, force it from begin- 

 ning to end. 



Question. What fertilizer would you use, with the ex- 

 ception of bone ? 



Mr. Slade. There are a good many kinds that it will do 

 to use. Standard Peruvian guano is first-rate. 



Question. Would that not make them strong ? 



Mr. Slade. No, sir. A great many use Darling's ani- 

 mal fertilizer, for instance. I do not wish to recommend 

 any particular fertilizer, but I speak of that because I know 

 a great many raise them with that. Some of the higher- 

 grade phosphates are excellent. 



Question. Did 3^011 ever use the Stockbridge fertilizer 

 on turnips with success? 



Mr. Slade. No, srr, I never did. 



Question. That has been a question in our farmers' club. 

 We cannot find a member who can raise good turnips with 

 the Stockbridge fertilizer. There will be a black spot on 

 them, or a good many black spots. 



Mr. Slade. I do not know whether that is owing to the 

 fertilizer or otherwise. 



Question. How would you apply the fertilizers ? 



Mr. Slade. I would apply them in the drill where I was 

 going to plant the turnip, and cover them with a little earth. 



Mr. . I find it much the cheapest to prepare the 



ground, and then sow them with a hand-sower. 



Mr. Slade. Yes, sir : sow them with a seed-sower. 



Question. I would like to inquire of Mr. Moore what 

 kind of fertilizer he considers best for onions, and how much 

 he would put on an acre. 



Capt. Moore. You can put on ten or twelve cords of 



