The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-08-29
Trsa lhe Delaware s.sra.l.
koeT CULTURE.

A paper On the enliare Of Roots. read
before The :. Practical F.arsasrs' CIub,"I
By QUE 4 10 members - shrir March
meeling-
No erop 10 more important n the Far.
mer Ihaa the Root Crop. and yea how
VERY seldom in this section Of country
see il sufficiently appreciated Al The
head Of this valuable family stands the
RnIa Baga or Swedish Turnip, being firsl
in my npiRi"n. for The following reasons;
the seed i put in Tie mosl readily, less
liable 70 injury from Tho insect when
Young. requiring lrss expense in The eul-
iare. moi Injured By the early frasls. keeps
better through the winter. and last. though
nj important, yields The most eerlsiR
crop. .s
have bren cullivaling them &c The
last 10 years. IRON one IA 5 acres annual
~. and like al other crops with difTersnl
success. bun never until ,his last year an
entire failure iwhen from come cause a.
most all other roo, crops were ls.l:l nor
do ! think have ever raised much over
600 bushrls per acre taking The schOfe
crop together; no doubt By selerling a Few
square yards of the best las 10 too often
done il reports Of erops) and making the
eAlcnlsiioa Al that rate per are. a.ighl
have doubled tina, amount. Prrhap. IL
may have been from want Of proper cul-
ture, manure. or some other cause. that q
have not Obtained a larger yi,ld, Tor we
frequently see statements Of crops reach
ing from 1000 20 1900 bushels per acre.
Al page 81, Vol. Isl Of The Farmers
Cabinet. you viii find the statement Of a
crop Of one acre grown 10 this county.
from which two tons Of Hay were cut be.
fore planting; thea s56 worth of manure
spread on il, which with the preparation
aud labor with the crop. DC, brought The
expenses OF ], o. $50 IS. still ihs yield
handsomely remuneisled il, beng $50
bushels. which al 10 cents per busllel (,he
price obtained for psrt Of them, the ba.
lance being consumed on The fsrm) makes
sl36 00--,wo. tons OF hay sud foi s34 90
and 4 tons OF tops esums,ed Al % 90.
makes total of si7s 90. from which de-
duct the expenses shove, and we have n
clear prufit Of s9i as from one acre; be.
sides which The land is left in fine eondi.
ton Cor any other crop 90 follow. Also
at page Ill, Vol. II, same work, is an
article from Me-. John Sanford. Of New
York, who says "his business Is 10 work
not 70 write" bu, he gives Us his expert
ence with The Ruia Baga in very salts
factory manner; he plated three acres in
drills on The 26,h and Q. III Of June, hoed
but twice. and the yield was 5000 bushels,
being 1900 bushels per acre--he adds
tha. he thinks they draw more nourish-
mens from the atmosphere and less from
the ground than any other vegetable; leave
the ground in finer condition aud can
no, be too highly va'ued. lie also adds
"lei all raise according 10 his wants and
mean. Of feeding, depending on his own
market and omi, raising portion Of 9th
er pr ,duce which costs him five times as
much both in labor and land" The Rcvd.
III. Collnan obtained premium in 1890
Tor his crop Of 903 bushels per acre. he
"thinks the lsbonr not as much by one.
thir! as required for the Potato crop" and
tha, " three year, experience has increas.
ed their value very much as loud for eth
er fauening or store cattle. in his estima.
ton"
Mr.. E. Tilden OF New Lebanon, who
has flock Of 1000 Of the finest Saxony
sheep says " wethink Ruta Baga are de.
cidedlv preferable to any other roots, and
we raised about 5000 bushels last sea-
son."
SO we nigh, 60 on tn multiply without
number accounts of The grea, value Of this
exccllen, vegetable; but let every enc give
it trial for themselves, and think car
s,fely predict. that having once made use
Of them, they will never omit have good
supply ON hand. My method OF raising
the crop has been To have the ground IL
as mellow state as possible by free use
Of the plough aud harrow. then To throw
itint" ridges abou, 80 inches apart; sprea,
the manure in the burrows, and cover
ing the manure. Iprefer this plan Of ma
nnriug to putting it on broadcast. for with
the latter mode WITHOUT it should be yer.
shorty II interieres more or less with III,
drill. for as matter of course in ridgin.
The ground after ploughing in the manur'
you cannot avoid throwing it M again
which brings the manure on the top O
the ridge. A less quaniity@ill also ans
wer, as the roots strike Immediately int
and have the whole benefit of il. hav
very light roller for one horse, TO whic
Iantachrd the drill. which flashes the ope
ration, as The roller going beio,e the dri
s@e II eas#I .n ~ W.