2Q2 SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO. 



long varieties of carrots and without great labor 

 when they can be sown on clean land. Such carrots 

 are easily lifted. 



The same amounts of seed may be sown 

 whether the roots are used for soiling food or for 

 winter feeding. These amounts will vary with the 

 variety, the soil, the condition of the same and with 

 the climate and weather at the time of sowing. But 

 the following may be named as approximately rep- 

 resenting the maximum and minimum quantities of 

 seed to be grown per acre of the different species of 

 field roots that are being considered when grown as 

 food for domestic animals : Rutabagas and turnips, 

 two to four pounds ; mangels and sugar beets, four 

 to six pounds ; carrots, two to four pounds. 



The time for sowing the seed will vary accord- 

 ing to the varieties and other conditions. Carrots 

 should be sown as a rule early in the season, mangels 

 and sugar beets a little later. Rutabagas are usually 

 sown two or three weeks later than the normal 

 season of corn planting, and turnips still later than 

 rutabagas. The last named crop will frequently 

 attain a maximum of growth in ninety days. Car- 

 rots, on the other hand, require much of the growing 

 season to complete their growth, and in many cli- 

 mates all of it. 



Cultivation. — As soon as the plants have 

 become far enough advanced to distinctly mark the 

 line of the row, the cultivation should begin. Horse 

 cultivation is usually given first. It should, of 

 course, be shallow and should come as close to the 

 line of the row as possible without giving disturb- 

 ance to the plants. The remaining weeds should 



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