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in, or leave them on the surface, or feed them to 

 animals, and save all the residue. 



The profit from keeping all kinds of stock in Eng- 

 land, is very little indeed. 



Mechi says : "What the turnips cost to grow is 

 another affair ; but the price singularly confirms Mr. 

 Lawes' experiments, that one ton of turnips (without 

 any other food) only produced 5 Ibs., nett dead 

 weight of mutton." 



This is a positive proof, that all the labor and 

 expense bestowed upon this plant, are directed to one 

 great and grand object the production of nitrogen. 

 Without it, they know that they cannot raise large 

 crops of wheat. 



ik Mr. Lawes' experiments furnish correct data on 

 thi^ subject, and show that after paying for purchased 

 food, nothing was left lor the turnips, although we 

 know they cost 10s. per ton, or more." (Mechi.) 



That is 2,50 for a ton of turnips that will make 

 pounds of mutton, which they sell at 181 cents 

 per pound ! 



A good English farmer once said to Joseph Harris : 



-are me a crop of turnips, and I will insure you 



oilier crop in the rotation." '' The rotation is, 



turnips; second, barley, seeded with clover; 



third, clover; fourth, wheat: and then turnips again 



and .-o on. A good crop of turnips, eaten on the land 



.eep. ih. >d barley and good clover. Good 



clover mean* good wheat. The turnips and the clover 



max i.ot yield much profit, but the extra yield of 



t more than compensates for the great 



r and expense bestowed on the turnip crop." 



