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consequence is, slow growth and small turnips, especially if 

 the weather be dry. 



To get early turnips free from worm, is the main object ; 

 and so seldom is it obtained, that three-quarters of the farmers 

 in the County of Essex abandon the idea of raising them for 

 their own consumption — much more for the market. 



When in market, I have been amused to hear remarks, and 

 questions propounded like the following : — "You must have 

 stiff land to produce such turnips. Did they not grow upon 

 that meadow of yours?" Says another, "Your land must 

 have been very poor, upon which you could raise nothing else." 

 Again, ** The Lord must have favored you more than others, 

 for we cannot raise them." " You must have salted your land 

 abundantly." Finally, " You must have some secret of which 

 you will not inform us." 



Having no secrets to reveal — and attributing nothing to the 

 immediate interposition of Divine Providence, unless it be a 

 frown in sending the maggot for the abuse of His past mercies 

 — I would state that my method of culture is as follows : — 



The land is a light, sandy loam. The sub-soil is a coarse, 

 gravelly loam, and leachy. This land is excellent for the corn 

 crop, or most other crops grown in this county. The amount 

 of land seeded to turnips, the present year, is 1 3-4 acres and 

 10 square rods. 



No. 1, new land, contains 103 rods. Ploughed April 9th, 

 using the Michigan plough. No. 85 ; depth, 7 to 9 inches. 

 Sowed April 13th. Two cords of manure, pure, from the 

 cellar last autumn, was spread evenly upon the furrows. Also 

 125 lbs. No. 1 Peruvian Guano, well mixed with five or six 

 bushels of damp soil, and spread very evenly with the hand, 

 and then harrowed thoroughly across the furrows with a lio-ht 

 iron tooth harrow. The brush-harrow was then used to smooth 

 the surface for sowing, which was done by a machine, in drills 



from sixteen to eighteen inches in width. Kind of seed 



Strap Leaved Red and White top ; quantity of seed to the 

 acre — about a pound. Weeding and thinning the plants to a 

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