TURNIPS. 



The distance apart may be the same as for mangels, but botli varie- 

 ties may be sown a month later; that is, the Ruta Bagas may be sown 

 from June 25th to July 25th, and the strap-leaved kinds from the 

 middle of August to the middle of September. In this case the 

 plants should stand, both in the rows and between plants, one-third 

 closer. The best kinds are American Ruta Baga and Purple-top 

 Swede, of the strap-leaved kinds, Red-top and Yellow Aberdeen. 

 Perhaps the best of all turnips, after the Swedes, is the White Cow- 



IMPROVED AMERICAN EUTA BAGA. 



COWHOEN TUKNIP. 



horn, a long, thin root, but very sweet and tender, and unexcelled 

 for cows, as it grows very quickly and may be sown in September. 

 I value Ruta Bagas, as compared with hay at $15 per ton, at $5 per 

 ton; an average crop of twenty-five tons per acre is thus worth $125. 

 Strap-leaved and YeUow Aberdeen or Cowhorn turnips are worth 

 $3. 50 per ton, or, with a yield of thirty-five tons per acre, $122. 50. If 



