Borecole,  or  Kale. 
75 
Fig.  4.— Runner  Beans  grown  without  sticks. 
(Stable  manure  and  mixed  chemical  manure.  Crop,  482  bushels  per  acre) 
averages  25  tons,  jiarsnips  19  tons,  and  carrots  15  tons  per 
acre.  (See  Fig.  5.) 
Yield  per  acre. 
Tons  cwt.  Tons  cwt. 
14  ()  29  0 
Tons  cwf. 
21  11 
.V  B C 
(Mixed  chemical  (.Stable  manure  and  (Stable  manure 
manure  only)  mixed  chemical  manure)  only) 
Fig.  5. — Beet-root  grown  in  1902. 
Borecole,  or  Kale. — This  is  a hardy  indigenous  biennial,  and 
a most  useful  vegetable  ; but  it  is  not  a very  profitable  crop  for 
