244 TURNIPS. 



From twenty-five to fifty plants will be enough 

 to stock the kitchen-garden, planted four feet apart 

 each way. 



TURNIP. 



Brassica rapa. 



The Turnip crop is an important one to the 

 farmer as well as to the market-gardener. But, as 

 yet, its cultui-e is nothing like as extensive as the 

 value of this root for feeding stock and for culinary 

 purposes would warrant. 



In the milk and beef-producing districts of the 

 Middle States, Turnips can be grown with profit for 

 Winter and Spring feeding of stock. Sheep will 

 thrive well when fed in part with Turnips through 

 the cold weather. 



We are inclined to believe that the time is not 

 far distant when the good husbandman will be forced 

 to accept this proposition, and devote more acres to 

 the production of this root for stock-feeding. 



Within the last dozen years the culture of Tur- 

 nips has very considerably increased in this country ; 

 it will, no doubt, go on steadily from year to year, 

 but more rapidly when farmers will make use of 

 some of the improved horse-tools. These, when 

 properly applied, will reduce the expense of culti- 

 vation at least one-half. 



The main crop of Turnips is grown in the Fall, 

 and very commonly as a second crop. Those who 

 grow Early Potatoes foi- market harvest them in 

 time to sow Turnip-seed, and, by this method, pro- 

 duce two crops from the same ground in one year. 



