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GARDEN AND FARM TOPICS. 



evenly distributed. When the plants are up, they are to be 

 thinned to twelve or fourteen inches apart, and the land is 

 well cultivated, so that, before the crop covers the ground, 

 the ridges have been so leveled down that the rows of 



roots are nearly as 

 low as the spaces 

 between. The 

 ridge system of 

 culture, both for 

 Mangels and Tur- 

 nips, although it 

 requires more la- 

 bor, is a saving in 

 manure, and there 

 is no doubt that 

 these crops are 

 greatly benefited 

 by having the soil 

 gradually taken 

 from the ridge by 

 the cultivator, and 

 exposing their 

 roots, or "bulbs," 

 to the air. 



The best time for 

 sowing, in the lati- 

 tude of New York, 

 is from May ist to 

 thei$th. The time 

 must, of course, 

 be varied according to locality. Probably the best guide 

 in all sections is to sow from eight to ten days before the 

 time that Corn is usually planted. The varieties most 

 used are the " Long Red " and " Norbiton Giant," (red 



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