Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-17

some valuable Suggestions on the culture
Of turnips
To grow ttfuips eel, the soil should be
very rich 10 vegetable hbre hence. the
former eRstotn, Of ''coNpsning" "Dewf
lot during the spfing and summer previous
70 sowing 10 turnips. But, as il is not
always practicable TO clear fresh land each
year, / PROPOSE thefollowing system, which
viii Obyiate that necessity Commence
early in the spring, say in February Tor
this latitude, IS deg. N y and thoroughly
prepare your ground BY plowing and sob
selling This be the beginning Of system
Of green upanuiiHg, TO be continued until
the middle of July, when the last green
crop should be turned under. would SOW
the first crop ia oats and follow with corn,
mustard or Ieas In short, whatever |
found 10 yield the greatest quantity Of mat
ter al ds malIeR cost Of seed. The green
manure crop should never be allowed 10
get too rank 10 handle well with one
horse steel plOW, as il is considered unsd-
visable 20 pillow green crops under to q great
depth. IL The last crop grown isnoi too
heavy TO go under easiiy, il may be allowed
to stand uatil you are ready for sowing. d
The inst manure saved, after all is cleared
out Of the pits ia the spring, should be set
apart for the turniP crop. Begin short
time before YOU SOW (frst ten days in Au-
gust, for the JOHNNY RED, lst Of September,
for summer t,aaips) and haul out at least
sixty tons 10 the acre, spread from the carts
OF wagons az you 60. Never dump manure
in hesps. Provide proper long handled
shOvels and Pitsh-fOrks for the purpose Of
moving and managing
The manure being out and spread, watch
your opportunity for sowing. The ground
being first fhaded by a green crop aud the
manure, il is not unlikely that il will turn
" moist, no nlAtter bow DRY the season J.;
bat, u there ari any appearances of rain,
delay yonr operations until after the
shower. Never SOW small seeds before
rain, bat in the moist earth after. This is
important, bear IL ia mind. IL the shower
does not come and the earth is moist, 90
ahead without fear, being careful to observe
the direction to roll the ground hereinafter
given. aEFEa E8 EtE ~
Commence bteaking in the afternoon;
pillow Maroon lands and SOW al once, before
much moisture has time 10 evaporate.
Your rows shOUld not be more than two
hundred feet long and the Glands" not over
twenty feet wide, Continue the operations
of sowing az long as you can see, and delay
further work until the next afternoon
The sowing should be In drills By all
means. Stretch a strong line from one end
Of the row TO thu other; let hand start al
each end with a marker (erook an old bayo-
net and "fG' il on a light staff, or have an
iron hook made for the purpose) and make
shallow drills, say an inch deep; pass along
aud SOW the seeds al once, covering with
the foot rs you return. The land should
be 80 perfectly pulverized with the harrow,
IA TO make the covering with the foot an
easy matter. Follow after the covering with
a small home made roller--a log Of hard
wood, htteen inches long and twelve inches
in diameter, MADE round and arranged 70
revOlye, will pack the dirt sufficiently on
the seeds. II, alter a good shower, opera
tons may be continued through the entire
day, but the rows must be short the lands
narrow, and the immediate sowing and
rolling attended 10 as before described. I
omitted 20 say in the proper place that the
drills should be about fifteen (l5 inches
apart Within forty-eighi hours, il the
seeds are fresh, the young turnips will APP
pear. Before sunrise, 40 the morning, paas
along the row with bucket OF unleached /
ashes, and dust the drills lightly. This |
can be done very rapidly, and should not /
be neglected. IL will drive the fy at once,
and give your crop good start, being a
good manure. In short time, in your
highly enriched ground, weeds will begin /
30 appear-hos them ont clean. After all /
danger OF the fly IL over, thin 10 a stand,
leaving the plants fifteen inches apart.
Following these directions, from the be- /
ginning TO the end, as to spring subsoiling, 4
manuTing, etc, you will have An almost
solid pavement OF tnrnips-iour pound /
bulbs, average IL stable manure is not al /
hand this season, use instead, for an acre,
twelve hundred (l200) pounds Peruvian /
guano, with oOuple Of hundred pounds /
Of salI, and one hundred pounds OF plas- |
Ter, added; or Cne ton coco pounds( OF /
good super phosphate. Homeopathic doses
Of manure, FOR tllis crop, Tor any other, in /
my OPINION Eill not he satisfactory. Con
csntraie your efforts on = small area Tor /
several seasons---ihe blowing, sowing, weed /
ing and thinning are sooner done.
Invest the extra money, you would ex-
pend for labor, ia cultlVatIng four or i've
acres, ia an additional quantity Of manure,
and put IL on an acre-thal's the principle.
Make IL your beacon light and never lose
sight Off
have used cow manure btli sir weeks
dropped, for this crop and had a beautiful
yield. Last season, 1 Roticed any finest
turniPs, on two certain plots OF ground,
each OF which had borne q crop Of English
peas, In the spring. The pea vines, with
large quantity ol grass and weeds, we're
turned under and allowed TO thoroughly
rot before sowing time
With the maIlures | have mentioned,
even without previous green manuring, a
yield Of ODe th0iSand bushels 10 the acre
may be looked f,T. The farmer must de-
termine for him,'elf whether it will pay
whether turnips, 81 ten cents per bushel