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In locations where this plan can be carried out, the 

 crop of Turnips will often give as much profit as 

 ihe crop of Potatoes. We have frequently grown a 

 crop of Strap-leaf Red- Top Turnips on the same 

 ground with Corn, by sowing the seed broadcast in 

 July, just before the Corn was cultivated the last 

 time. We have often had, in this way, three or four 

 hundred bushels of good-sized Turnips in November, 

 from sowing only one pound of seed to the acre. 



Soil. — The Turnip will grow freely on any kind 

 of soil — from a light sandy loam, to a heavy clay — 

 provided the ground is mellow and fertile when the 

 seed is sown. This is the important point in grow- 

 ing Turnips. As a matter of course, those kinds 

 that have to be cultivated in rows can be grown with 

 much less expense on a free soil without stones, than 

 on a heavy clay soil with stones. Nor does the soil 

 need to be very rich to produce a full crop. Wlien 

 sown on rich soil, the growth of tops will be too 

 large, without a corresponding growth of the roots. 



On ground well manured in the Spring, for Early 

 Potatoes, and after these have been dug, in July, 

 ploughed and harrowed, a crop of Turnips can be 

 grown without any additional manure. But we 

 usually, before harrowing, spread broadcast two or 

 three hundred pounds of superphosphate to the acre. 

 In garden-culture, on ground where Potatoes, Peas, 

 Beans, &c., &c., have been taken off, some wood- 

 ■ ashes, bone-flour, or superphosphate, may be applied 

 in the same way with advantage, before sowmg the 

 Turnip-seed. 



Culture, — The ground should be well worked 



