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necessary to turn in your sheep upon it, under such 
restrictions as will limit their range, and prevent 
waste; and, indeed, that nothing should be lost, 
hogs should be made to follow the sheep. If, how 
ever, feeding in the stables be thought more 
advisable, (and it certainly better economises both 
food and manure) the turnips should be drawn, 
topped and stacked; interposing between each lay- 
er of them, one of coarse hay or other barn rub- 
bish, and capping the whole witha few bundles of 
clean long straw. Though less nutritive than either 
potatoes, carrots or cabbages, the turnip is found 
to be particularly useful to stall fed cattle, cor- 
recting, by its aqueous qualities, the heating effects 
of corn, oats or rye meal. 
Our acquaintance with the yellow turnip, (or ru- 
ta baga) is but beginning. Mr. Cobbett’s experi- 
ments have, however, been very successful, and 
tend much to recommend the plant, in preference 
io the white or common species. That, of the two, 
it is the more compact, the heavier, the more nu- 
tritious, the less apt to becomestringy and the more 
easily preserved, are facts not to be contested. In 
both France and England, it is rising in reputation, 
and perhaps wants only time to get into general use 
here. To this article we will but add an extract 
from the work of M. D'Edelcrants, (of Sweden) 
on the ruta baga. 
“Its rout is milder and more saccharine than that 
of the other species, particularly when boiled. Its 
flesh is harder and more consistent ; which better en« 
ables it to withstand frosts, and to keep from one 
