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$15 per ton,) is $5 per ton; average crop, 25 tons pef 

 acre, or $125. Purple-top Strap-leaved or Yellow Aber- 

 deen Turnips he estimates at $3.50 per ton; average crop, 

 35 tons per acre, or $122.50. Estimating the expense of 

 culture at half the gross value, we have still a large mar- 

 gin in favor of the crop; besides, the strap-leaved Turnips 

 can be sown after Barley, Oats, or Rye. 



CARROTS. 



Carrots may properly come under the head of " Root 

 Crops for Stock," though mainly grown for horses; but, 

 even for horses, Mr. Crozier says that he considers them 

 far inferior to Ruta Baga Turnips. This is in opposition 

 to the received notion; but we know that public opinion 

 in matters of this sort is often wrong, and when we con- 

 sider the marked success of Mr. Crozier as a raiser of 

 both horses and cattle, his opinion in this matter is en- 

 titled to consideration. 



The land for Carrots should be prepared exactly as for 

 Mangels. It must be deeply plowed, harrowed, and 

 thoroughly pulverized, and whatever kind of fertilizing 

 material is used, should be thoroughly mixed with the 

 soil to a depth of at least ten inches. The same quantity 

 and kind of fertilizers should be used as recommended 

 for the flat culture of Mangels, though in new lands, or 

 lands on which Corn has been grown after sod, enough 

 of the fertilizing material will usually be left in the soil 

 to mature a good crop of Carrots without any manure, 

 provided the soil is deep and in good condition. I once 

 grew twenty tons of Carrots per acre on land in this con- 

 dition, without using a particle of manure. Carrots should 

 be sown from the ist to the 3oth of May, and when sown 

 by a seed drill, about four pounds of seed to the acre are 



