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Tliat you may see the probable produce of an acre 

 of turnij)S, and its great superiority over the potatoes, 

 for cattle feeding, I subjoin a table of weights, &-c. 

 from Mr. Curwen's agricultural hints : his experi- 

 ments were made on an English acre of rich sandy 

 loam, which is only 30 perches more than half an 

 Irish plantation acre : 



Weil 



S\redi.->h, drilled at .TO inches, 26 



Swedish, transplanted, 2S 



>\niit<' Niirfulk, trall.■^plaIlted, 32 



R.'d ditto, 27 



Y.-llow, .-U 10 fi 8 (J y 5 1 



Caljba^es of the KiO.head-kiud, 26 10 



The following were the weights of some turnips 

 pxhil)ited in Camolin last October, and grown, I be- 

 lieve, by Lord Courtown and John BroM nrigg, Esq. 



Red Norfolk — One turnip washed and free from 

 tops and fibres, weighed 131bs. \'2oz. and measiu'ed 

 32 inches in circumference and 16 inches in depth. 



White Noi-folk, weight 1 1 lbs. 



Sweihsh Ditto, weight 91bs. ; measured 27^ inches 

 in circumference. 



Now, since an average, on the poorest lands, of 

 20 tons of globe turnips per Irish acre might be exr 

 pected — which is three times the probable weight of 

 potatoes on the same ground — it would surely be 

 most desirable to cultivate them generally for your 

 cattle. There is an objection, however, and one not 

 readily got over, where joa/-/ja/ experiments are made, 

 and that is, the plunder to which turnip fields are ex- 

 posed in a country where men, women and children 

 gnaw them with avidity. Let every farmer sow them 

 and then robbing or begging them will cease. It is 

 the novelty and rareness of the crop which lead peo-r 

 pie to devoiu- them. A little experience in the way 

 of indigestion, or, in homelier language, a smart fit 

 of gripes once felt in consequence of eating raw tur-- 

 nips, will soon put a stop to the practice of steahng 

 tliym b\' children; for in this honest country few 



