New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-25

Sow TURyIPS. Farmers, we cOnjure you to
SOW ,urnips. Now. to-day this week, certainly be-
fore the 18th Of August The od.time adage says:
On tie wenyffth day Of July SOW your turnips, wet
OF dry" The rule is very good one but we have often
got great yield nom seed three weeks later than
that time and In very favorable have been well
paid for all labor when the seed sown Sept The
right time however, is the last week in July The best
sort is called Purple Top Strap Leaf" 1t makes q
rapid growth very solid sweet nutritious roots Of
dunn size Ii is the Of any sort that have
ever tried or seen others try. The next best is the
Yellowstone" which keeps better than the Red-Top
and is esteemed better for the table, sort called
"Cow Horn or Long White is much liked by some
farmers. We do not like it. 1t grows high out Of
ground, and is more apt 10 be woody than the others
which are fat aud very handsomely shaped. IL the
season is very favorable rutabagas planted IN July WIN
grow large enough for the table, and WI be better
than those planted this year IN the fore part OF June
Whatever the sort If large enough to eat or feed they
will be very valuable this year as all other root crops
have meosurably failed in the great drouth This Is
why beg Of you turnips. Put IN the seed in
every spot who're other crops have failed or have
been gathered Put II In among the standing corn among
the cucumber vines and wLere TIE cabbages have dried
up Make the land rich ard mellow. Use bone dust
OF phos phates phosphate guano or any kind OF well
roticd manure. II would par well in many cases 10 use
liquid manure II you can get wood ashes, SOW them
Of seed you it thin as il should be If you
try. A pound for acre is more than enough. For
small potatoes drilling best and you drop the seeds
three inches apart in drills fifteen inches apart and al
grow you will have great crops that Is II your land
is good There Is crop grown In the Northern states
profitable than turnp crop and II IL great al
vantage that you can grow II this year after II mas peeh
demonstrated TO you that other crops must FAIL In
greet measure on account OF the greatest universal
drouh felt in this country may be the salvation
OF much valuable stock II may add such quantity
10 edible products that In great Reasure II VIII
relieve the pressure that al must otherwise feel II
will do much toward feeding our army. whish must
have supplies, though the people at home should
from suffering. II may the country from partial
famine. W. are now solely dependent upon great
corn crop. 4, this writing. July -, the prospect IN
the Eastern s ates is gloomy indeed. without 4 most
copious rain within week the corn crop VIII be an al
most total failure east Of Ohio In that and other est
ern States . Is Low promising IL was destroyed last
year by frost. 1t may be again Then famine would
stare flly In the face rs wer does. The wheat
and other grain crops below an average all over the
country. Potatoes looAed worse. Our great de-
pcndence Is upon turnps II is the only crop that We
can plant this year for Winter feed for cattle or
food for man. Do -; neglect 10 put In the seed, by
the foolish argument that turnips are no account
they are nearly all ater." No matter II they are al
water" IL il water that feeds and fattens We speak
whereof We know hen tell you that you can make
good beef almost exclusively OF turnie You can al
most Winter sheep end young cattle upon turnlps alone
We can Winter pics upon boiled turnps with very
little meal cheaper than upon any other food we ever
fed Ii IL idle foolish. wicked TO discourage any one
from growing turnip- by telling him that they are
no account We toll you tia; they are. Ihey are of
more value, according 10 the cost OF their produc.
ton than any other crop that We ever grew. And
above all else u turnip crop never impoverishes the
much need tor everybody to SOW turnips Let this be
remembered