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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



to insert here a table of the produce yielded by the different 

 varieties grown this year on this farm, though, at the same 

 time, similar results are not to be expected in all climates or 

 classes of soils. The description of soil has been alluded to in 

 a note at a preceding part of this essay ; the manuring and all 

 things else connected with the cultivation were, in each case, 

 the same, and the following are the results : — 



Variety of Mangold Wurzel. 



Produce per Statute Acre. 



Orange Globe, 

 Deep Orange Globe, 

 Long Red, 

 Long Yellow, . 

 Red Globe, . 

 Sugar Beet, 



18 

 15 

 14 

 14 

 12 



It is surprising to observe the extraordinary produce of the 

 sugar beet, being superior to most of the varieties of mangold, 

 while in ordinary cases it averages about three-fourths the 

 produce of the mangold, or about eighteen tons per acre. 



After Culture. — Like the turnip, the after culture of the 

 mangold wurzel may be said to consist in timely and careful 

 thinning, attentive weeding, and keeping the soil in a loose and 

 friable state by means of the drill-grubber, drill-harrow, and 

 hand-hoe. But, to be more particular, the young seedling 

 plants will appear above ground in about ten days after sowing, 

 — sooner or later, as circumstances are favorable or otherwise ; 

 and when sufficiently advanced, the drill-grubber, or, where the 

 land is tolerably loose, the drill-harrow, should be run between 

 the drills to destroy whatever weeds may be growing, and at 

 the same time to assist in tilling the soil. When the plants 

 show a pretty strong leaf, and before there is any danger of 

 injury from allowing them to grow up too strongly, thinning 

 and weeding should commence. If the seed had been sown in 

 a continuous line by macliine or otherwise, this operation may 

 be performed by the hand-hoe, taking care to allow the strongest 



