OPIUM POPPY. This plant might be profitably cultivated where 

 children are available for labor on the farm. The seed should be 

 sown in drills three feet apart and the ground must be kept well 

 cultivated. August and September are the best months for sowing. 



WHITE MUSTARD. In some countries mustard is a profitable 

 field crop ; and, when the value of rotation of crops is fully recog- 

 nised, will probably come into cultivation here also. The land 

 requires to be well worked, and the crop will pay for a considerable 

 application of manure. The seed may be sown broadcast, or in 

 drills eighteen or twenty inches apart, for the sake of cleaning the 

 land, in the end of September or the beginning of October. The 

 seed ripens in three months, or less, so that it maybe made available 

 as a fallow crop. The crop should be harvested before any of the 

 pods burst, as if seeds are scattered they foul the land to a serious 

 extent. It may be covered effectually by rolling, without the use of 

 the harrow. A yield of twenty to forty bushels of seed to the acre 

 may be expected. It is very useful for sheep food. Eight to ten 

 pounds required to sow an acre. 



PUMPKINS AND PIG MELONS. The pumpkin is afield crop not 

 to be despised. It likes rich and preferably new land ; seeds should 

 be sown in hills as soon as the ground begins to get warm. 

 Mulching in the late spring is a decided help. Pig, or "paddy," 

 melons are a valuable standby. Seeds may be sown in any waste 

 corner, new ground preferably, and no cultivation or attention is 

 needed. The melons, chopped up, with a little bran and chaff added, 

 make a diet much relished by cows. Pigs do well on the melons. 



SUNFLOWER. This plant should be grown freely where poultry 

 are kept, and the seeds are much relished by fowls. A valuable oil 

 is also extracted from the seeds. When grown in quantities it 

 would be profitable to express the oil and use the marc as 

 food for stock. The stalks, which contain a large percentage of 

 potash, are used in Russia for fuel. The large Russian variety 

 is the best, and seeds should be sown in spring, in drills, about three 

 feet apart. 



THE SUGAR BEET. The profitable cultivation of the sugar beet 

 on a large scale is chiefly governed by the cost of labor. The 

 following, prepared by Mr. A. Despeisses, of the Bureau of Agricul- 

 ture, gives the necessary information as to culture. Varieties. i. 

 White /////VP;V</ Vihnorin sn^ar bed. Originally obtained from 

 the white Silesiun beet, and of the result of methodic and 

 persevering selection, one of the richest and most regular varieties 

 in existence. The yield is about 12 tons per acre, with a pro- 

 portion of sugar in the roots amounting to 16 per cent.,* 

 representing i ton 10 cwt. of extracted Kigar per acre. 



XI'. About time i]iiai UTS only of tin- suvar in the roots can be extracted and crystallised, 

 and the same applies proportionately to the other kinds. 



