TURNIP FLY. 



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The following particulars are from a farm on which, for the past 

 six or seven years, the contributor has regularly sown Mustard seed 

 with the Swede seed, and has never failed to get a good crop of plants, 

 and has had no occasion to sow a second time : 



BODENHAM (England's Gate). s. d. 



Ploughing twice 1 6 



Scuffling; rolling; bouting and drilling ... 16 



Loading, carting, and spreading dung, and 



sowing artificial manure ... ... ... Oil 3 



5f cwts. artificial manure, as per bill ... 2 6 6 



7 loads manure, at 5s. per load ... ... 1 15 



Scuffling Turnips three times ; hoeing, thin- 

 ning, topping, and butting ; loading and 



On other farms in the same locality near Leominster, of which 

 details of cultivation have been returned, the cost of the second sow- 

 ing has been respectively 15s. and 15s. 6d. per acre. 



It will be noticed that consuming price is set at 10s. ; selling price 

 is estimated at 15s. to 20s. per ton for the Swede Turnips. 



