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nutritious and the poorest keeper, the swede is 

 the most nutritious and the best keeper, the 

 yellow being intermediate in both respects. 

 The white grows quickest, the yellow next, and 

 the swede last, so that if some of each variety 

 be sown a supply is ensured through the winter, 

 as yellows are ready for folding after the 

 whites are done, and after the yellows the swedes 

 are ready. Turnips prefer lighter soils than 

 mangels, the whites flourishing on poorer soils 

 than will carry either yellows or swedes, the 

 swedes requiring better soils than either of the 

 others. Turnips are suitable for all stock, but 

 notably for sheep and cattle. They are not 

 sown till the end of May or beginning of June, 

 and so there is ample time to get the land in 

 first-rate condition. About 3-4 lbs. per acre are 

 sown, and the usual thinning and hoeing follows. 

 The average yield is about 20 tons per acre. 

 The manuring should consist of about 10 tons 

 per acre of farmyard manure with some 5 cwt. 

 of super, or partly basic slag. 



Potatoes are divided into three main 

 groups, namely early varieties, main-crop 

 varieties and late varieties. Deep loams are 

 necessary to a good crop, and the land must 



