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The sooner the crop is marketed, the better. At the 

 price usually obtained for them, these turnips are quite 

 profitable. It is not at all a difficult matter to grow 

 from four hundred to five hundred bushels per acre. 



SWEET HEKBS. 



Little need to be said in regard to the cultivation of 

 Sweet Herbs. With the exception of Sage and Thyme, 

 they are not very extensively grown for market. 



SAGE. 



Sage is grown more extensively for market than any 

 other sweet herb. It is called Sage because its use was 

 supposed to strengthen the memory and make people 

 sage, or wise. 



It is used extensively for seasoning or flavoring sausages, 

 the stuffing of ducks, geese, etc., and occasionally for 

 flavoring cheese. 



The plants can be propagated by cuttings, precisely as 

 we propagate currants, but the usual and better way is, 

 to grow it from seed. If you have good seed, it is an 

 easy matter to raise the plants. For some reason, how- 

 ever, Sage seed is often very poor and should be carefully 

 tested before sowing. There is no difficulty whatever in 

 growing good seed. 



If you wish only a few plants for your own use, sow a 

 paper of seed in a box in the house, the middle of March, 

 in rows two inches apart and two seeds to each inch of 

 row. Transplant out of doors as soon as the weather is 

 warm and settled. 



The seed, however, can be sown out of doors in the 

 spring, as soon as the soil is in good condition. It is best 

 to prepare the soil the fall previous. A light, warm, 

 sandy soil in a sheltered spot, with a sunny exposure is 



