How We Kaised a Geop of Tuknips. 139 



furrow with the plow foot without any hoe on. We 

 sowed the seed covered with a small tooth harrow and 

 rolled with a piece of log fixed behind the harrow. Up 

 to this time there had been no rain. Our neighbors 

 laughed at us for sowing in so much dust; but we trusted 

 in Providence and did the best we could. The farmer 

 can always afford to do this. 



THE RESULT. 



The rain came, the turnips came up and grew off. We 

 worked them promptly. And such turnips we have never 

 seen gTown on poor land. We fed our mules and horses 

 on these turnips, for we found that all stock do well on ruta- 

 bagas. We sold those turnips to our neighbors who had 

 laughed at us; we fed our family from that turnip crop 

 and we shipped carloads of them to Atlanta. 



We instructed our commission merchant to sell them 

 and invest the net proceeds in corn and ship to us. The 

 turnips kept going and the corn kept coming. We had 

 more than corn enough to make the next crop. 



The full value of that turnip crop we have not counted 

 up exactly. The railroads at that time got a full share 

 for freight, about three times as much as they now charge. 

 That turnip crop saved our farming that year from being 

 a losing biisine&s and made it a profitable one. 



So now we advise you to prepare a turnip patch and 

 raise turnips. The yellow fleshed varieties are the best 

 for stock. Sow anywhere from July 20th to Septeml^r 

 1st. 



Making the dust was the main point in our experiment. 

 Turnips rejoice in a finely pulverized soil. Be sure to 



