GROWING ROOTS AND POTATOES 169 



and toe." Further, mangels lend themselves to 

 more intensive cultivation, giving a far greater yield 

 than turnips. 



The cultivation for mangels should be deep and 

 thorough. Plough the land well, then disc harrow, 

 and otherwise cultivate and work it down fine. As 

 a rule after winter greens, cross ploughing will not 

 be necessary. 



The portion of the break where the mangels are 

 to be sown will, generally, be the last to be cleared 

 of the winter green crop; hence quick cultivation is 

 very necessary, especially in a dry spring. In this 

 connection, a disc harrow along with a good cul- 

 tivator would help a tremendous lot. So much so, 

 that except on very heavy land, if the winter green 

 stubble is tackled in damp weather (and it is generally 

 easy enough to get damp weather in spring) ploughing 

 will not be necessary. 



DISCS AND CULTIVATORS 



Where these two implements are available, two 

 or three cuts, first with the cultivator, then with the 

 disc harrow, in opposite directions, along with a final 

 refining with a spring tooth harrow, are all that are 

 needed. 



Having got the land thoroughly fine, drills should 

 be opened about 28 inches wide, and manure carted 

 into them. Then the artificials should be spread on 

 top of the farmyard manure, and the drills split so 

 as to cover in the fertilisers. 



If this stage can be reached, that is, the mangels 

 got ready for sowing about the third week in April, 

 the crop can be grown from seed and sown an the 

 usual manner on the drills. In practice though, one is 



