106 



distance of three to five inches, was done in the latter part of 

 May. Stirring the soil and cutting weeds with the hand hoe, 

 was performed about June 10th. 



Lot No. 2, containing 72 rods, second year seeded to turnips, 

 was spread over with about two cords of manure of similar 

 quality to lot No. 1, together with 120 lbs. of Mape's Nitro- 

 genized Superphosphate of Lime. 



Lot No. 3, contains 73 rods, and has been seeded to turnips 

 seven years in succession. Applied 11-2 cords of manure ; 

 also, 125 lbs. of Coe's Improved Superphosphate of Lime. 



Lot No. 4 contains 42 rods, and was spread with about one 

 cord of manure, together with forty pounds of Peruvian Guano 

 and two or three bushels of wood ashes. Sowed April 5th, 

 being the third season to turnips. 



From May 15th to June 15 th, the plants upon the new land 

 were forward, very fine, and promising. June 14th, thirty 

 bunches were pulled for the market, some of them measuring 

 three inches in diameter. At this period, and a few weeks fol- 

 lowing, the drought was very severe ; and two or three days 

 previous to the rain, the weather was exceedingly scorching — 

 almost ruining this piece of turnips ; and, consequently, but 

 little value, comparatively, was realized from it. 



Guano contains a large amount of ammonia, and tends 

 rather to large development of leaves and stems. I have 

 grown a good crop from Guano alone, spreading at the rate of 

 two hundred pounds to the acre. As a heliJ to other manure, 

 it may be used with good success. But, so far as my expe- 

 rience in fertilizers is concerned, I am of the opinion that 

 Mape's Superphosphate of Lime is the best for turnips. 



The idea that turnips will not do well, raised upon old land, 

 is Avrong ; or that the land must be poor, and the more sandy 

 the better, is also erroneous. The land should be good, and 

 in good heart ; and the turnip, to be of the finest quality, 

 should derive its support mainly from the soil and atmosphere. 

 More manure than is needed to give the turnip vigorous 

 growth, is injurious to the crop, both because it tends to invite. 



