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But even if such land should not be available, the farmer 

 can at least provide for a superior lot of fall feed, just when 

 pastures are short, by scattering the seed of the flat turnips all 



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over his corn fields immediately after the last working. The 

 turnip crop will make its best growth after the corn is cut, and 

 entirely cover the ground with foliage and crisp roots — alike 

 acceptable to cattle, sheep, and hogs. Here the simple expense 

 for a few pounds of seed, without any other trouble besides the 

 little effort it takes to scatter it, will greatly add to the aggregate 

 income of the farm. 



Rutabagas. — The rutabagas or Swede turnips are quite an 

 important crop for the farm garden ; but while the flat varieties 



in the latitude of Philadelphia will give a crop even if sown as 

 late as the middle or end of August, the rutabagas must go into 

 the ground 4 or 6 weeks earlier. The drills should not be les§ 

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