Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-01-08
PARIS, ME-.
fron the New Epg.sud Farmer.
Culture OF Roots.

Culture OF Roots.
Mn. BEowS Agrccably to my promise,
| will now cndoayor to give a concise ac-
coant OF my method Of raising root crops,
aud the uses to which have applied them.
And perhaps it may be as well to give you
my manner Of sowing aud cultiyaiins tho
,umip crop, which | adopted the last sca-
son, although have for many year. raised
considerable amount Of that crop, for
farmer with moderate quantity OF arabic
land, which will ho the case, usually, In the
hilly regions Of New Hampshire. In the
spring Of 1855, manuEcd well one acre
and tyc-oshihs Of ground, aud planted the
same with eon; at my last hoeius, sovcd
my turnip seed broadcast, after having
plowcd lightly between my corn rows. The
time Of sowing was some time during the
first week in July. In the fall harvested
from that field one hundred and nine bush.
els Of the soundc.t corn which have seen
Tor many ycars and quito late, just before
thc ground lrotc, | gathered in my turuip
crop from the one aud G,c.cighths acres,
which measured. as .i,rci them away in
cellar, two hundred and ,wcniy..iI bushels.
| bad also, two carloads OF extra pumpkins
on the same land had another small spot
oI ground measuring scyeuiy.ouc square
rods, which | s'wcl 9, wheat; that har.
,c''cl some time in the ilrc part II August.
which when thrc,hei. measured ten bushels
Of good wheat Immediately after the
wheat va, cn, turned under the ,,ubblc,
ami after smoothing the ground, mixed
iuruip .,cl with nay srl's sod, aud s1wcl
broadcast. .lwcl thi, small Grld ON the
18th Of August. gave this pi,ce ot land
a .pr.uklins OF ash,, at ;hc time oC sowing
ms la,, sol, AMI harvested from il seventy
four bl,hels oc turn,p', OF the bc.i quality
that ever aw, anl they have bs,n s, con.
.ilcr,l by Others who have used them COR
the table. w kind OF tarnip !, the lat
English. IN, principal u'' which have
made Of my inrnip crop, has been fosi flr
my cattle, think much o, ,ho crop fJr
that purpose. consider I. groa; saving
OF lpll,r, anil I have had some very fine
stock which hay,exhib,,cI in various fairs
ani nearly al the extra keeping OF the same
hl, bcch mrnips, which oat ''i'h root
cutter To, srls' s'''l 'lwu with the tur-
nip, came uP Very yyru, and was, when
small. just shaded enough % preserve The
r'lt in q yis1rol. state, AMI whom | last
aw the srl,. bs.1re ths snow fsll, | thought
IL l1,k,l ia, beet, ava! bll the Cug,,t Tor
s,Il crop thc next season, ol any which |
cyrr have hll, think lanl seeded in thi,
way, TAR hs,ter than t. stock down in 'he
spring with oats, which dnl a very cz-
hau,iins crop.
In thc sn.5n of 1851, found, toward
th, h,, % JAM. that hal a small portion
%, moving land, which va, 5, bound out,
that ther, was no pr,mI.' %! - crop oG hay,
a., even 70 o, worth moving. pllw,I up
n,n,ty.,wo .luar, r5!, OF tai, land, anl
spread on ., twolyo lllI,ot comp,s, ma.
nur,, about the l2,h day Of July. On the
2j,h lay OF July, "w,; or dry | sowcd
my turuip .,el aud harvested from that
Geld three hundred Bushels Of turnips. |
mixed my gr4s, seed with the turniP seed rs
above stated Last hayins season, cut thc
finest crop OF herd. grass, on the same land
which have ever bad from any other
method Of stocking down, The quantity Ut
turuip s,ol .ovn By ms j. at thc rate OF one
pound 10 an aero. have now gone into
greater length than intended but it j. at
your election 20 us, as much OF the above
as You may think proper, aud in such a
manner as You may please.
T..t.tY nF..srv-