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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND cid eia GAZETTE. 
[FEBRUARY 14, 1863, 
fo or ihe attack of this insect— 
raird to its та ng the first 
э ut We should Я steep the seed in 
water before sowing, to e rapid braird, sow 
thick, and use those тиштен most suitable for the hire 
£ th 
и ааста the Salire dm contained in 
— trugen g for existence, may hay 
pia 
the seed, 
o айю ulty 
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zl has been use Uu gre ed 
to eme the plant through due С 
sg h een 
the leaves by ns 
Lori queni ptm М 
des днн a large extent, by burrowing along 
he d Е 
aves, Т 
quite incredible бо those ‘who bave not had an opportu- 
i ini of HIM Turnips that has 
results of an 
overing а тошгү! for t 
à Semi үсе ler pie MATE 
— , I improved a 
ws :—Two yoan Oats, » third : ar 
fifth ips, 
ER 
E 
ч 
m 
кеј 
e 
зй с on the land that was limed. 
еве have reached maturity, they a 
эы D be attacked by animals, peret deer, | 
s and wood-pig 
Реа g es even m 
allege that the Missi Mn are also 
holes; but such is not the case, An су are quite 
incapable of wc» d this from the formation of their 
bills. "They feed from the holes which the crows have 
made before them. 
ГЕТ down their numbers, which proprietors w 
d к е аз 
tenan 
will 
much their interest as that of their 
which failed | pe Dp 
"The only remedy for these pests is | be m 
they are lifted. This is consideration not they 
ortant; one РЫК» 
hi 
I e 
ЖСК annot be во well preserved as if they were stored accord - 
often attended to, but it is most i 
ot the nieth hods described above. I pue уе not 
en frost on Turnips topped and lying along the bottom alluded to storing in the houses, because I have found tha 
the drill EN Den unfit for keeping any length Талир ae a t keep in them so well as in the heaps. TaS 
in heaps or stores. A 3 оаа my acquaintance who | should always, however, be attached to a steading a ro, ot- 
sells Turnips to the ei feed. wn, 2 er ires always | house, adjoining the houses for cattle, sufficient to coni 
ly in store tr his eu: пи it а | Turnips for eight ог 10 days’ consumption, 
hink, described the principal meth 
e 
“I have now, І 
storing Turnips. 
some more than in others ; but i 
ith the least em. eque xs all winter in the open field, the loss in weight i 
7 soils i im i this ACH ibis impossible to take them off the SS n 
field the day on whi ulled, w. ly t 
poaching A OR ind, and 
аз materially to "detériorte the 
such cases the should be 
for tbis 
he Plowing КОРЕ 
e to 3 0 wt. of tha 
“ Weshall be better able to judge e best mode of storing 
Pasa n x 2 mention first what Li d канар, conditions 
for their keeping well in stores. pod sho n а kept S 
safe c? ко and they аа 
stored, be covered qns clos: 
ary. 
З | prongs 
firmly rooted Turni ips, 8 
Ө | labourers might go —— geh ode them NS 
requiri 
surface of the land tha P | follow, topping and tailing them, if r 
beca Memoranda, 
ABERDEE RE.—AÀ s kin of the North 
British “Agriculturist И thus details the circumstances of 
As act 
we 
ment of ^» receipts and e 
which I am well cte 
time that the roots aresto b 
may find its way into 
thatch. The same Pis iud ke. 
n. € 
to markets. s farmed рау 
n 2 ыр, e and partly on 
? Grass. The rent in 
26 zu. now be In 
e different 
7 eg i pr | give the 
and t Ns ney г s ; 
vith :— AE уэ PE 
Vall 
лап, dri m 5. шше du uring ti bap 
If mer е for spring use, they should 
side of wall, where they Wl c^ less abio {ов 
р!ап Ag followed for storing Mangel Wurzel i 
- хе ell ada ped for storing Tu 
заа, Ж ер, 
The унш ог ө E Qe 9761. for 
, to f the frost to To this ought to be added ket 
y years. To : 
лге Кү 10 cows fr will. for servant sy 80: ud i 
ke stock has 
proving and in 
“Тр some districts the wi pin pN of straw to give | ing to iex ОР 1007, 
his 
eroe of pu to the store heaps. 
In such case i 
On p» Storing, of the Crop, the essayist insists on the half the quantity may be used with a covering of вой, аге | years referred to. T would bri t 
following conditions :—* lst. That they are perfectly sho ye taken, however; to have the heaps properly venti- profit on live stock to 11 whi ri 
ripe. being pulled. That дезе e dry, both | vise, by ol pue ^ f them аата by solh and, i e- |p pretty nearly with xu the Grass and ps d 
x 2 сатану a es, about a square, along whole le 
vhe ней and stored. 3d. That they are neither | and at tho bottom of the heaps, about 6 or $ feet apart, cov gtg | yield if 1et— к. t—the former for pasture, and the latter 
ing. а е саге- y er ermeni which 
bruised in pulling. 4th. That they be only by straw and Per the fermentation, which | 0 —— deduct 2t ; 
fally qe of all yis and dung which "- кини аы cnin IS own together, called in | Вау 101 or Mani vers One DN - vh E 
with the SON cutting off the smaller fibr ied d eu s PS кесе 154 acres bed rass аб 30s. 
and леи Ње t е topa of the yellow varieties, по of roots may be to the farmers, they are never во | to| 102 acres Turnips, с а on the farm by 
bulbs than an-inch, and that of po Swedish poss the cattle when taken from the store heaps as y frora cattle and sheep, at б, 5 3t 
the middi hat they be the field. Some farmers, therefore, prefer preserving them in 
ge ааа y the field to carting them home. A plough is made to 
carefully co ы when 6th. Tha Fi ust be | between twa drills, to throw up the soil so as to coverthe Other receipts from the up: * hay, тош ТАЕ 
covered and ventilated, so as to prevent the m ts; hte eh ns аа 4 : sicui the Turnip: ге smell, | веб E Ge igs, | &c., & m 807. to 1507. 
х à: ес enoug. пт е Turnips can ве1йоп1 
— [ей рон » stagnant ute = аси of d t|? suficienty c covered gA this method. кыен т апа better plan | ANN I now give oa statement of f the Y 
th ев ou same branch о deep w between tw: 8, and lifti g four, =y expenses for the years 1860 and 1861 :— 
e subject by n. Hesays:— ive or six drills.. or as mny as ie Pee an hold, with the 60. 
E feld: of Türnips ps roots en place 1 with їз IPTS : EXPENSES _ 
n springy sd ee rt reek or two — sies te anos. p p with sold TR e Pola wr а 
to such a frost, the number of Turnips he will soo the soil, by means —— — e with the | Profit on live stock 996.| * 
wasted will be sufficient to convinge him of the M рй эы lien a шде шой ауел Бош, DAT 122 
where there is much rain, the storing of now con- | roots for Же р + RE чус 3 ЕР уен чы зори. Tagalabloi do = 
sidered nearly as necessary an operation as the of Pota- | those а Мы ei and covered соса Increased value stock 100 
toes. Whenever the roots have reached maturity, storing | unfortunately, it oi be ex fienda Straw; but Seed 
should commence. before they are Tipe, th ihe subsoil LS cce Эх а for unless 
are apt to sprout in і нагі WEM would rather rum risk Ls very dry and сату off the water 
of sprouting than opportunity of from Mho Türnips, s largo proportion Of them will be 
The s; нее кену" с pc A the and turnin а ps їп 
HA RUE ove роо off with (he p ане bmi Eri dul нарык ачлы тг бент бе баин 
ЗНАЎ ms: E E na roof, containing two or three cartloads e. a slight covering 
of straw is thrown over them, KE еко BEN ese are 
“ у or white variet; bue d the first used, ed home during t, and by the animals. 
is not e esr stored d any е ев oftime; but as I like | By à combination of these different methods of storing, a 
и to have а me supply of roots stored up ready fo er is made independent of th ther. wet weather 
emergency, the эма k г рз аге put into large e — а —€— — erp the ; 
2 feet , level at top, and covered with straw. | 1 , from the small heaps in ; and in spring, from | Profit 
=: ij А with Straw, | tüose that were earthed up. I confess, however, that  mucb | Potatoes, IN 
кыз afterwards | prefer, сеце ur adt өг this Бани done at the propet House rent, Фо. .. 
orse ur о! Де 
Aio eo D D ‚саш So -and- вавой. Ux Increased value oi sock m 
pen weather. In handling them, par- | of their being earthed . Sometimes Turni 
to wound the bulb in way.|are stored їо a limi rding to the plan 
closer to the bulbs than | called causewaying Ў, е raised entire with 
d if possible more than | tops and roots, ап close to one another in 
left adhering the | same position in which they grew; the СЕС from 
the risk of injuring | a certain degree of frost, but they "should be kept too long, 
the land admit of it, ө | for though certainly thoy wil] lits thei оба: of Lal 
the field tho same day 
considerable wages is, of. 
cows keep, TK ied, uc s 
med со 
better than if day * were exposed where 
