WEBB'S KINVER YELLOW. 
that a more certain stand of plants is likely 
to result. Of course this method is im¬ 
practicable on a large scale, but however 
they are sown care should be taken to firm¬ 
ly tread or press the soil around the seeds. 
On land properly selected, planted and cul¬ 
tivated enormous crops have been frequent¬ 
ly grown. We have records of from 1200 
Selecting' Vegetable Seeds For 
Spring Planting. 
(Continued from February number .) 
Roots for Stock Feeding.— The culti¬ 
vation of Mangel Wurtzel Beets with a 
view to producing a crop for winter food 
for cattle sheep and swine, is greatly on 
the increase, as it should be, for it is found 
that in no other way can so great a value 
of winter and spring food be produced as 
in growing these roots. 
red globe mangel wurzel. 
To successfully grow Mangels a strong 
warm loam should be selected and heavily 
manured. Land set apart for this crop 
should be plowed as early in spring as pos¬ 
sible, and cross plowed just before seeding. 
At the first plowing it should receive about 
eight loads of barnyard manure to the 
acre. After the second plowing it should 
be harrowed and rolled and thrown into 
drills in which should be distributed about 
as much more fine manure. An applica¬ 
tion of salt, say 10 bushels per acre is said 
to greatly increase the yield. Phosphate, 
Bone Manure or any highly nitrogenous 
fertilizer can also be profitably used, as 
these roots are gross feeders and the ques¬ 
tion of a maximum or minimum crop will 
greatly depend upon the amount of plant 
food supplied. About 5 pounds of seed is 
usually sown per acre. Most cultivators 
sow with a Turnip Drill, but we find that 
if the seeds are sown by hand, dropping 
from 3 to 6 seeds in a place at intervals of 
about one foot in drills three feet apart, 
YELLOW GLOBE. 
