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How THE FARM PAYS. 



may be extended up to June 1st. The time to sow is from eight to 

 ten days before corn is usually planted. The varieties most used are 

 Long Red, and the Golden Tankard and Kinver Globe, which 

 are both yellow kinds. The average yield of mangels is thirty tons 

 or over per acre; this is equal to 1,000 bushels. I consider the 



GOLDEN TANKABD MANGEL. 



average value of mangels, for feeding stock, to be $4 per ton, or $120 

 per acre, at the least. Two tons per acre of hay would be only worth 

 $30. The seed, manure and cultivation of a crop of mangels, at the 

 utmost, need not exceed $80 per acre, even where the manure is pur- 

 chased at a high price. The crop for feeding purposes is therefore 

 a profitable one, even under these circumstances. 



TURNIPS. 



The culture of turnips differs in no respect from that of mangels, 

 except as to the time of sowing the Swedish turnip, or Kuta Baga, 

 sown, in this latitude, from May 25th to June 25th; the Yellow Aber- 

 deen, or strap-leaved kinds, from July 1st to the middle of August. 



