The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-08-11

Ers1nc College. CONRAD
CULTURE AND USE OF TIE TURNlr.-
The common Hat English turnip was in
troduced into this country with our English
ancestry and has ever since bcon an OBJ
ject of cultivation. When boiled it is an
agreeable vegetable for the table Its
principle value, however, is food Tor cattle
and sheep, by which it is eaten uncookcd.
It's comparative nutritive properties arc
small, but the great bulk which can be raj
sed on given piece of ground and the f;,ci-
Nty and economy of cultivation, have al
ways rendered il a favourite with such far
mcrs as have soil and stock adapted to its
profitable production and use.
A good soil for it is fertile sand or wei,
drained loan. Any soil adapted TO Indian
corn will produce good turn ips. But is i,
only Oh new land or freshly turned sod tina,
they are most successful. An untitled vir-
gin earth. with the rich dressing of ashes
left after the recent burning of accumula-
ted vegetable matter, and free from weeds
and insects, is the surest and most product
i've for turnip crops. Such lands need no
manure. For a sward ground, or Glove
ley, there should be a heavy dressing OF
fresh, unc mented manure before blowing.
Cuuicatiom.-Turnirs may be sown
any time from the 10th Of June to the 1st
of August. The first will give greater
yield; the last generally sounder root
and capable of longer preservation. The
ground should be plowed and narrowed i'm
medlately before sowing. as the moisture in
sures rapid termination of the seed, which
IS OF great importance to get it beyond the
reach oflnscc:s us soon as possible. This
may be sown brodcast at the rate Of one or
two pounds per acre and lightly narrowed
and rolled or it is better to be sown in drills
when less quantity of seed will suffice.
A turnip drill will speedily accomplish the
turrowlng, sowing, covering and rolling at
single operation. The crop will be ma
I terially assisted by top dressing of lime,
ashes and plaster, at the rate of fifteen or
twenty bushels ofthe first, half quantity OF
the second, and three or four bushels of the
last, per acre. When the plants show
themselves and the leaves are partially ex.
panded, the cultyator or hoe mavnmay be
freely used, stirring the ground well and ex-
terminating all weeds.
DR. SMITH ON WHEAT.-Dr. Gideon B.
Y Smith, the forme. able editor ofthe Ameri-
& can Farmer, has made the following pre.
/. dlctlon with reference to the coming crop.
Mark it.
-5a'The wheat crop must be looked TO-
lam not dealer in wheat, nor interest
sSed in it other than as an eater of bread
Il But the scab will be found to affect the crop
sEof 847 to such and extent, that great
scarcity of good -four will prevail. The
-ssrab is also an epidemic at times. 1t will
spread over the whole of this country in
l847, '4s: will appear in Europe this year
and in l848, and oyer the whole
of that continent. It will take the usual
{, course OF vegetable epidemics from ives,
s9to east-that is, commence in Ameri.
ca and will reach the eastern world.
81 Nearly all, if not all, animal epidemics com.
\ mence in the east and progress westwardly
as IN the case Of the cholera. When the
gscab shall have run its course, then the
Wheat will be5relieved Of its baneful effect
~ 847 will be the time in America. In
i S48 there will be some of it, more or less
gin sl84 40 tWill disappear, one year later in
sssalI those dates will be the time Of its pro
sssgress I'M Europe. But let no one despair
EheS potato ana wheat and corn. and all
other Kinds Of ofhnman% and animal food, will
& be- preserved, and continue their abundan
supplies of human food. It has been said
we must & ! never despair of mercifu
and enefcient Providence
osPREPARE BoNEs FOR MANuRE.-As
mills for grinding bones are very costly, +
as a grea1a desideratum FOR the farmer tc