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the table. A bullock will thrive fast upon two bushels a 

 day, and will consume hardly any hay, and requires no 

 drink. 



' Product and Cost. My average crop has been six hun- 

 dred bushels per acre, though others have raised much heavi- 

 er products. The cost in manure and labor, when they are 

 secured for winter, has been from two to three cents per 

 bushel. 



' N. B. Cattle or sheep fattened upon this root should 

 be kept from eating them for eight or ten days before they 

 are slaughtered, otherwise the meat will have an unpleasant 

 savor. J. B.' 



ENGLISH TURNIPS. Every farmer will find it profit- 

 able to raise a quantity of these roots. The mangel-wurtzel 

 and the ruta baga, useful as they undoubtedly are, will not 

 completely supersede, nor altogether supply the place of the 

 old-fashioned English turnip. In the Memoirs of the Board 

 of Agriculture of the State of New York, vol. i. page 26, we 

 find the following remarks on the best mode of cultivating 

 this valuable root. 



' There is no difficulty in raising turnips on new land ; but 

 it is very desirable to know the best mode of raising them, 

 at least a small patch every year, on old farms. Mr. Henry 

 De Bois, of this county, [Renssellaer] and major E. Cady, of 

 Columbia county, say that they have succeeded in obtaining 

 good crops several years in succession by the following pro- 

 cess. Turn over a turf of old sward the first week in June. 

 Yard your cattle at night on this, in the proportion of six 

 head at least to a quarter of an acre, until the 20th of July. 

 Then harrow lengthwise the furrows, so as not to disturb or 

 overturn them, and sow in the proportion of about half a 

 pound of seed per acre. 



' If it is not convenient to yard cattle upon it sufficiently, 

 about two inches of well rotted manure harrowed in as 

 above will do as a substitute. Mr, C. R. Colden applies the 

 manure by strewing it in shallow furrows two feet apart, 

 then buries the manure by two side furrows, and harrows the 

 ground level, lengthwise of the furrows. This method re- 

 quires less manure, and he has the advantage of hoeing the 

 turnips in drills.' 



We recollect, likewise, that we have read in several of our 

 New England newspapers, that fine turnips have been raised 



