New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-24
AGRICUL TURAL

TrssIrs--A Massachusetts, farmer Who Ia s.p.,
rentsd FIVE yes, rpon the subject hu beco 10 I'M,
sstisfed that turnips of good quality canno, De IN.
pstusied 10 this country from SEED grown her. n
roots degene rste ard become ws;ery, in fact bs,.
composed Of se per cent. water, and the ba.a,s
principally woody dbre containing bat Et.le nar;.
men,
While in England, The EAT turnips grown there Ss
most valuable articles of food or fe<d He uink,
that fr,sh seed should be Imported from Ensls.d
every wear. because tina; is the home Of the turuip
where II grows TO perfection. while here is coo.
stsptly d.generatiN'
7, snn.srs from al 10. can be obtsoei from
history. that the tnrnip va. introduced into Nor.
folk. England. from flanders, a'ou' two ceu,arss
AGO The English and Scotch immigrants broasAt
the s.ed in early times. to this country, aud vey
few have ever though, Of is degenerstiog, BY co.,
tpuipg 10 propagate from the same seed ltmproes-
Div ewing 10 this fact Of degeners-y that turnps have
been 80 little cultivated in this country while tAsY
have proved the salvation Of the English tensnts-
enabling them, more tn any other crop e. pay 'tes
rents The great mutton and wool crop Of Englsd
|. nsds o: ,hese roots. snd many fat bullock VOID
not have cot above cslfiom but for English turnlps
Our correspondent asserts positively tina, freshly.
mporied seed will produ turnps here ~ good - ia
Their nsiive soil and OF double quantity, az pN~d
with seed OF roots grow in this country for fifteen 4
twenty years.
From freshly imported seed the roots groT Arm sad
rich. with small leaves From seed OF turnips long
grown in this country, the tops are very rank aad
lsfse snd the bottoms pithy. and often worthless
The difference equally percepiibe in the small roots
as in ~ tops
Tn. disposition TO deteriOra,e is visible in all kois
of root. grown ia any without change, and ever
cultivator is aware of the advantage OF change d
seed even from localities only few miles distant
If the Importation oil seed will enable tee farnea
of the United States 10 grow turuips of equal quality
10 III se gro sn IN such vast quantities M England
will produce ERA in farming
TIL. bulk of American farmers is extremely n
want of information upon just such little matters,
which taken toge her are Of vast importance 10 then.
We have always been in favor Of carrots, rather
than turuips for car owing to the eat WORTH
le.sre,s of tho huk of roots grown in this coanryi
bu, if the quaity can be Improved bys sinplss
uesrs ar f. esh importation OF seed. turnips viii b
grown IN ore erencs To- carrots for several roasoasi
one Of shch is the greater ease OF harvesting
T Our correspondent Is fully Satisfied thai whoeys
once tres the experiment ut Of crop from Imported
seed will ccptil ne the process long a. he lives.
UNDER DRAIXISG.-A tract of land which tho
writer determined 10 under drain situated 10 tho
center of several other lots walled into portions Of
various size and shape, i.tns q plow land per-
marent or wet meadow, and pasture By surve?t
WAS found that the tract contained wenyfonr acre,
and that two and ahaG tcres Of it covered aud
thus entirely lort by stone walls. Tpese were
all removed the small stones filled in the drains tho
rocks or large bouloers under mined and sunk oas d
sight
Thu he obtained SIN 9th lot, all dry enoughn
plow, with no wal in the way and nothing lost 10
cultivation by ueeess division fences, The water
from II drains was conducted eighty rods in ditch
TO dry field and then used for irrigation; thus dry.
ing wet spo, aud watering dry one
Ii was upon the drained land that he grew turnip,
from English seed. at the rate Of 800 bushels pc:
acre, while it was in tie rough process Of reforms
non.
From experience il is recommended that turnir
should not be sown before the Goth OF July, on &c
count Of our dry summers One pound Of seed pei
scre is sufficient for broadcast sowing; II done 10
August SOW one bu-bel o, red top and one bushe o.!
herds grass per acre, and the turnips will shade and
protect the young grass plants. To this our frisnd
adds few pounds of cloverseed after the turnps
harvested, and the next season he has fine crop Il
hay