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"be dug in July, and a crop of turnips raised from the same land ; 

 even ruta bagas can follow potatoes in this way. 



Dr. Trimble. — In England the turnip crop can stand out all 

 winter, and the stock can be fed in the field. Besides, it requires 

 more labor than corn, and labor is cheaper there. In consequence 

 of their climate, it is there a certain crop ; while here it cannot 

 be relied upon. About once in ten years we get a good crop. 

 It is not yet too late to plant corn for next winter, because it is 

 a backward season. 



Mr. Carpenter never failed in growing ruta bagas, planting 

 them from the 20tli of May to the 5th of June. If put in later 

 he had not found the crop so satisfactory. He paid no regard 

 to the quality of the soil, unless sandy or weedy, but took pains 

 to have it in good tilth. About 200 lbs. of Peruvian guano, with 

 an equal quantity of plaster, should be scattered along the top of 

 the ground to mark the rows and keep the insects away. At the 

 second hoeing he would thin them out to ten or twelve inches. 

 Barn-yard manure is not so good for them, as it is filled with the 

 seeds cf weeds. White turnips he had raised, without any ex- 

 pense, among his corn, sowing it at the last hoeing. When the 

 corn is cut they are still small ; but they then receive plenty of 

 light and grow rapidly. He was satisfied that the strap-leaf 

 turnip was worth more than 7 cents per bushel for feeding to 

 cattle, while their cost did not exceed 3 cents per bushel. 



The crop of carrots is very valuable, and is unfailing. They 

 may be planted until the 10th of June. They are more trouble 

 to cultivate, but are considered worth nearly as much as 

 oats. 



Prof. Nash. — There is nothing more unsettled than the ques- 

 tion how much turnips are worth. Many men of sound judgment 

 will say they are not worth a fig ; that they find that their cattle 

 eat as much if not more hay, when fed with turnips, and come 

 out no better in the spring. Others place an extravagant esti- 

 mate upon it. The corn crop is almost sure. Even in 1816, the 

 poorest year for corn for many years, there was a two-thirds 

 crop. The turnip crop must in this country inevitably be uncer- 

 tain. 



DRIED CURRANTS KIRKLAND APPLE. 



Mr. Robinson exhibited specimens of currants, dried in the 



