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A. The vacant spaces should be deeply stirred and 

 new seeds sown therein ; this can be done until 

 nearly the eLd of July. 



Q. When siiculd the turnips be gathered ? 



A. The turnips wliich in this country should be 

 sown between the 10th and the 20th of July, are 

 ready to be gathered at the end of October. 



Q. How are turnips uprooted ? 



A. The are generally uprooted by hand. 



Q. Iiow are turnips preserved ? 



A. They are preserved in different manners, some- 

 times in cool cellars, and sometimes in silos, that is 

 to say, by covering them with earth. 



Q. Of what use are turnips ? 



A. Turnips are sold, or more properly used as 

 food for the animals. 



Q, In what manner should the soil be prepared for 

 the cultivation of Swedish turnips ? 



A. Exactly in the same manner as for the cultiv- 

 ation of turnips. 



Q. Do they require any particular care ? 



A. The care which they require is exactly the 

 same as for turnips, with this exception, that they 

 can be sown from the lit to the 15th of June, or be 

 transplanted. 



Q. How is this transplanting done ? 



