, 1843-12-09

10 C~ouSutieu, ihe laDOr III IeeuinS Is
lost, risk of life of the bullocks, inte-
rest of money, and the depreciation
in value, altogether are of some mag,
nilude against timothy hay. know
that sheep fare no better on timothy
than cattle
Red-top or herds grass vegetables
late in the spring. look upon it as
a poor and very inferior grass, and
upon upIands TO be but little better
than nimble- will. 1t is said to be ap-
proprlate TO wet lands, of which ]
have no experience.
As TO IurnipS.-New ground well
prepared, of old land made rich by
manure, will bring turnips, without
good ground and good preparations, a
good yield may not be expected
New land. owing to the undecompos-
ed vegetable matter mixed with the
surface soil. prevents the formation OF
crus, or baking, Il much greater draw
back on a turnip crop than the fly.
Upon inferior lands, after turniP seed
are sownand narrowed or brushed in,
the first rain causes a crust, or bak-
ing. as it is generally termed. If the
seed sprout, and the tender plant gets
up through the crust and forms two
to four leaves. it is held then as if tied
around its little stem by a string, un-
til the fly eats it up. In new, or old
land made rich, this baking or crust
does not SO readily form, the young
and tender plants, not being SO impe-
ded. grow off at once, and as soon as
they get six leaves the fly can do them
no injury. ! have rarely known a
crop to fail if sowed in season on new
land, we'll ploughed. | seldom failed
raising a good crop on old land.
Procure carefully saved seed, OF
the common large fall lurnip, such as
| have seen growing since the first
settlement OF the country, and sow
in the usual way in the month of Ju-
lv-the middle Of the month | prefer.
Harrow with a light harrow, or brL .
them in. No after culture is necessa-
ry, unless weeds appear 10 %lnjure the
crop, and If 50 chop them down with
The hoe.
Just before winter sets in, (white
fosts DO no Injury. and they can bear
a moderate freezing Of the earlh,) the
crop should be gathered, and secured
for winter feeding. Haul the turnips
with the tops, TO the side of Il fence,
Of to the middle of 4 field, pasture
ground is best, to be enclosed by a
fence, where It is most convenient To
feed them out, by throwing them over
the fence. on scotland; any other
would become too muddy iE VAIN
wet weather. Cut off the tops, 10 be
fed at the time or soon after, as they
heat and spoil if let lay too long in
bulk. From heaps of the turnlps'
near the fence. fer the convenience
of throwing over, of forty bushels
larger or smaller will do just as well
if made on scotland So much the bet
Ter. Then cover the heaps OF turnlPs
with straw Of any sort; Il foot .hlck IS
sufficient. II straw is not 10 be had,
cut UP corn fodder will do; no earth
is necessary to be put on the heaps.
When the grass fails commence feed
rng turnips. Throw over the fence
as many as the stock will eat up
clean, morning and evening. no mat
ter what kind of weather, the straw
or covering may be parted and access
had to the turnips. know that tur'
nips may be thus kept through the
winter; such a winter as the last
would freeze some Of the outside
ones, but in the middle of the heap
they would be sound. Eight hun,
dred bushels per acre may be called
a good crop. With superior cuitiva
ton, and a favorable season, a much
larger quantity may be Produced
Turnips weigh 70 lbs. to the bushcl:
giving $1,000 lbs. OF good succuien'
food (besidesthe tops for winter feed
ing per acre.
Cabboge, unlike iurnips in n re
spect. do not head well on new land
:. but do best on very rich old land
To insure a good crop Of cabbage.
the ground must be heavily manured
. and well ~ploughed, by all means trench
ploughed, then lcvelIed and smoothed
by two or three borrowings. The
planting of winter cabbage should be
so regulated as to have the crop as
near maturity as you can by the mid
die Of November. If ripe earlier
: many will rot, and not keep through
the winter. Some sorts will mature
much earlier than others. The true
time for setting out the plants a be