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3. "This root by far surpasses 

 the turnip when ted off by sh<^ep 

 with hurdles, or otherwise, or by 

 hogs upon the field. 



4. " The tops when cut before 

 the roots are gathered, are vahiaole 

 as green feed for all the stock men- 

 tioned above. An acre will yield 

 about four waggon loads." 



•Vir. Cobbett says, that the Ruta 

 Baga is not so good till it arrives at 

 a mature state, which will be in 

 February. 



Common salt is said to be an ex- 

 cellent manure for turnips, but it 

 would probably do best to be mixed 

 with dung or compost. 



The ruta baga, may be consider- 

 ed as an important acquisition to 

 our Agricultural productions, af- 

 fording an excellent fresh forage for 

 horses, cattle, sheep, and swine, 

 throughout the season. The requi- 

 sites for its cultivation are ; 1 st.deep 

 ploughing, and plentiful manuring ; 

 2nd, pulverising the earth in the 

 most effectual manner ; 3rd, plant- 

 ing the seed, and transplanting the 

 plants as speedily as possible, after 

 manuring and ploughing, th^t the 

 germs and r 'ots may receive all the 

 advantage of a fresh fermentation, 

 and rolling down and pressing 

 down the earth after sowing ; 4th, 

 deep ploughing between the roots, 

 by which the mould is exposed to 

 the influence of the air, and those 

 chemical changes facilitated, on 

 which the growth of vegetables es- 

 sentially depends. Ridging on 

 land naturally dry is injuriotis, 

 and intervals between the rows of 

 two and an half, or three feet, in- 

 stead of four foet as recommended 

 by Mr. Cobbett, are preferred by 



some. See remarks, by Mr. James 

 Thacher, Massachusetts Agricultu- 

 ral Rep. vol. vi. p. 39, 40. 



TURNIPCABBAGE. "A spe- 

 cies of cabbage, so called, because 

 the stolk, at some distance from 

 the ground, after rising of the usual 

 thickness, and in the manner of 

 those of other cabbages, enlarges 

 suddenly to such a degree, that it 

 forms a knob of a ver*y large tur- 

 nip, of which likewise it has some- 

 times the figure, though it is in ge- 

 neral more oblong. 



" By this peculiar formation of 

 the stalk, or production of the tur- 

 nip like knop, together with its be- 

 ing perennial, this species of cab- 

 bage is distinguished from all others. 

 From the lop of this turnip rise a 

 number of leaves, of a greenish red, 

 or sometimes greenish purple co- 

 lour; which answer to the radical 

 leaves in other plants. They do 

 not, though this plant is truly of the 

 cabbage kind, ever close together, 

 and form a compact globular, or 

 oblong mass, as in the common 

 species ; but keep their erect 

 growth, or turn outwards. 



" From among these leaves 

 spring a number of other stalks, of 

 which those that are nearer the ex- 

 tremity, branch, and send out flow- 

 er stalks, spreading horizontally ; 

 and those that are more in the cen- 

 tre grow erect, and without branch- 

 es. On these stocks are leaves, 

 springing out alternately, and of 

 the same colour with the others. 

 The flowers are small and yellow, 

 and succeeded by long cods, full 

 of seed, of the size of that of mus- 

 tard, and a lighter brown colour. — 

 Complete, Farmer, 



