proper 
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keep from 
lated 
— — will feed to 
And as it is et se tha 
or “op auxiliar yo 
enabl e the same 2 of Turnips to 
b = is found, by a gentleman who has ample 
opportunitie 
consum tion ore rnip: 
*. Turnips s and str 
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oduces one ung. fence an acre 
of Turnips produces 13 tons of aang at 5s. = 3“. 5s. The 
of the Turnip is estimated 2 any 
on the aa that the straw — be qu 
unless the Turnip. was employ — 
it to manure, or, in other wore, * ould be the 
manurial yalue of the Turnip they pine 2 
— on the — — by sl a farmis 
to remove them f a 
e pie in the afte: 
g| giv before describe d. 
t — furrows, 
te valueless, 
— 2 
a. PUG the lease. If the field is not as ue ety 
n the just menti ioned, Be.) labour will be sa 
If the — 
by a 55 — a different process of cleaning. 
4- opti 
wo | is infected with aa patcha s of O: Grass in different 
n aft ter the 
e erop i 
parts of the 
s of A "roots, which w 
and be ene 
every 
The 
n of the 1 
dale 
of additional labour, as 
. ot = plan 
separation 
th 
la nd i is thoroustily dried, the harrows are used to level 
and the grubbe er is oo, ght trans- 
ersely to the winter . and a 
kolle asi done their part, seie weeds rema 
gathered and carted off. If the land i is Saas enough, 
again, in the 
rolled, and The g 3 
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6 straw, uying m ae Having now | wetnos 
seen the great value of — 1 — op, we will proceed | a 
at once to the more immediate co 
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discussion. For the 
— ation of the nip 
ined ,puiverisod 
clea and manured. These thas fou ial 
it tho one — — ‘of. the Turni 
necessity of drainage will be ae admitted, — need 
not be further alluded to here. these days of 
high farming the or worki ng g ot the soil is far too 
= overlooked s fat hides m — . blemishes 
premium bull, a is — me that a — eavy 
— will — up for —— the . of — 
land. ut there cannot be a greater mis ; 
false step taken, one negleet in the proper tidding ‘of 
the soil, in 8 it ss the Turnip crop, will tell 2 
only on that crop, but on 
mbined, form a . agent, 
which — — exerted, — us the bea 
farmer. In pro 
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be wider than 
It is better, however, that 
ty poling an 9 inches; $ which 
three 
Pose or ora stronger 
mingling a little of my subsoil with the soil, wa . 
an inch at a time, when the so: 
but on the 
— 
by a se ries of harrowings — 
Hi 
e one day’s or a 
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the furr d need not 
go d alwa 
his drilis from -24 to 
from | made fi 
0 Ma — Your 
“Sarah H.,“ has quite eclipsed a ce 
eard o 
by Mr. M‘Lagan, jun., of Pu 
a late meeting of the Hi jghland ‘Society. 
ance 
Should be 
oc be found to be well sepa 
Teed 
be er 
— rolling, and abe 
elean. Iw refer 
and gathered, by which 
u 
z Presen n it be or 
e of the 
there trust is 
vious winter. 
or n- eroppe 
and were consequently not dirty. 
rt thers were a good many butter-eups which 
i ` ave 
drilling 
d 
tageous to elay so 
generally it is when sue 
furrows, that they a are injured by wet w 
of the ve 
soon as possible after the ey a 
winter furrow. Hence also the rey 
wrought but in small divisions at a time, only as much 
being grubbed up from the winter furrows as will be 
e most two days’ sowing. The less 
roller is used on them the better ; and we will require its 
use the less, the ane we ploug 
autumn, and work in 
advantage derived frome this plan of management ome hs —— 
he | Winter epee re of Ponds.—In a Lead 
is that the moisture in the so il, so 8 
e of the seed, is not allowed t 
readily as when the land mee been 3 ploughed. 
to be clean and ready for 
the sowing of the Turnip, the first operation is to form | cove 
y some farmers with a double | circums! 
erts mmon plough for the 
dauh mogl: ‘board plough. If a 
than 27 ine “wi but if a large 
be ae — od dose is applied, it is better to make them — 27 = 30 
3 abreast into the ordinary rs A ills 
a 0 
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mah 5 a 5 deal 
n 
e | and cream is eonsidered abundance for 
ter the harrow pe askin 
and yo 
-lines sly after — occasional 
od 
drills, t they. i 
siderably diminished by its 80 lidity.” 
north never buy butter; 
| nothing about bulk, except at the val of. harvest; and 
i idity ” as soon Lr The 
F * in the 
banden ers oblige a north dag 
ers to he following que What breed 
1 co. on what ri “they fed? Is 
a ge ekg 20 quar per day full milk, or how mi 
do they give eee 
r 
query, which I 
fa tition rl — to you. We 
menced sealding, 
should take the blue milk for my supper, inste 
tar tte which I have long — Sbe — it 
at is eh carmen for asking the —.— 
une made I quietly —— —— teen a 
ures to en in my proba 
startling announee- 
at “the plain — farmer is not generally 
fond of figures,” u propose, with a view to draw 
to discard faets 
t and soar — 3 inom 
delightfal. —— of i — to jostle and elbow your 
way among the “ hair-brained sentimental — Well, 
all I have to say is, good luek attend you; only, a 
taking your occasional holi 
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aad eai ised the temperature 
prevents a tedious 2 in churning, 
ordinary cleanliness in the 
never taste of . This is ine = mys of 
— a flavour of Turnips in butter; an experi- 
we in a large dairy may) be relied dn. 
made will 
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quote a little pa and then give my reason 
singular effect. You say that“ in . fine but still 
t water is cooled less rapidly than the earth. Under 
inadmissible, for 
current, which, as eee 
d be an im upward 
is such an excellent conductor . heat. 
all the — 
ys 3 or 4 tons per acre in 
26 inches than w 
rom 27 to 30 soe grea 
ag . closer see a in 2 a that horse labour 
annot be peat aera . It is at least 
r light manures 
are to be em 
recommen: a would not -be mo re 
ee, to rodes ia drills Ghose — the Plants. ie 
distant from one another in the rows. From an Address 
ikini , Mid-Lothian, at 
The 
of Mr. M‘Lagan’s address will be given next. st week] 
Home Corresponden ce 
Dai airy anagement 
2 h 
2. E. 
n 
re· side, that they might mak mie 
and lest, unluckily 
the; 
milk-bowls to o verflowing ; ; 
forthe grabber to 
cee Te will be th be thou —— 
mt iri ie 
and the first expense | 
land is properly says 
w 
ey were 409, and ‘stratified Gf I may use the 
eee to the west water of 
b 
remainder | sow 
expression), — 
there would be another 
er of water of equal bu 
perature until it reached — 32⁰. e 
I would offer is this : It is eee. known that if water is 
down 
bat ~ — it is — 
erted ee a spongy pma ice, and the t 
What may be the casei 
as this 
precipitation. (it. I may 
spongy ice lays _ of pert a 2 ting 
way as 
ith eee beter! time. 5 
