Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-08-11
The Cultivation of Turnips.

We insert the following very opportunc ar
ticlr which VIC find in'thc 'sSnuthcrn Cultiva.
tor" as being more acceptable to most of our
readers than the demoralizing accounts of
crimes which we regret to say, are now filing
the columns Of the Journals throughout the
country.
We wintcrcd last season two COWS. from the
time grass failed until tue 2Uth of February,
upon tnrnips. These turnips did not occupy
onchalf acre, and somc twenty five bushels
had been used for other purposes.
\ light sandy loan is best tor turnips, if
made rich, because the small seed in suoll
soils germlnatc better the young plants grow
Oft more rapidly, and are at maturity more
smooth, regular and uniform in size, and of
better quality for table use They succeed
admirably on such lands newly cleared, with
proper prcpnraton-the ashes and mould an
swcring in place of manure. Above all 9TH
| crs. genuine Super phosphate is likely to pro
ducc the best results. as it has more visible
effects upon the tarpip crop than any other
whatever.
The great causes Of failure are two. The
soil is not gcncu,lly made rich enough and is
| too generally LEFT lunpy and ili-prcpar.,l, and
full of the seed Of weeds In IA turnip patch,
not Il lump should be left unbrokcn and al
the seeds Of weeds shoul. have been gernina
ted before sowing.
When the ground is thoroughly made soft
and fine, apply your Sup.r phosphate and 9th
or manurcs at the surface. and harrow in
Three hundred pounds to the acre, of the lat
ter, will pay, but not IS well as five. We
prefer appiy yin" Snner,Y YLo>rhntc, and sowing
the seed in ,!ri.is, 10, ,,.,nd culture, two feet
apart; for the plow Ga coulter or other narrow
plow must be uscd,) twenty eight inches will
dc. If snwn on Il light bed, it vii! be more
convenient for cultivation. In short cultivate
exactly like cotton. The result will be three,
! four, six, eight hundrcd or even thousand
bushels to the acre, according to the season,
and to how we'll YOU have done your duty
We SOW Ruta Baga in July and August, and
other turnip ps up to the 1st Of October
A word about varieties. We tried last year,
and succeeded with some eighteen kinds,
which we will tell of in our next number;
but of all these, it is sufficient now to say Red
7op, Strap LcGt, Larye White Ghobe, Nor
folk, (Whitc or ]tcd,) yellow Aberdeen, Vel.
low Stone, Tclior Rma Boya, White Rntu
Baga, Cor Sweet Germany arc ull we shall
try again Of those eighteen kinds. Of these,
| those in italics are perhaps, for family use, as
good MS any. The first comes earlier thau any
other sort, and the last is tho sweetest and
best keeper for late spring use.
-a&
TIE last will and testament Of the late Gen.
Lewis Cass was admitted to probate at Detroit,
Michigan, ON Tuesday. The value of the cs-
tate is estimated at one million dollars. The
! internal revenue stamp upon the probate of
| the will is five hundred dollars
.
"TERRIBLE weather, this!' said Qulp,
wiping his brow. "Nevcr sny weather too
hot fer me-" was the derisive reply. "Good
for.you," said Qmlp =" congratulate you on
being prepared for your ultimate dcstinyv'
IF you wisl. to bring up n child in the way
it should go, it would probably be as we'll for
J you to travel that way yoursclf.