The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-12
Value OF Flat Turnips.

Many farmers viii not grow any OF
the best varieties of roots for cattle on
account Of the expense of wedding and
proper cultivation and it may not be
out of place TO remind them that after
any grain crop. some kind of manure
can be applied and a great many tur-
nips grown TO feed to sheep, to the
calves and 10 any cattle excepting cows
giving milk. Turnips will do well
sown broadcast, if the soil is well pre-
pared and the seed evenly and not too
thickly distributed; but a drill that will
not run the seed more than is required,
without thinning, will be better, be-
cause there are so few men who can
SOW al all regularly. Turnips must be
singled ont and the ground hoed thor
ou@hiv, bit the very mention OF dong
any lS5or to n root crop will deter hun
dreds from irving them. lean well re-
member the Old fashioned English farm
ers growing turnips about the year
1920 and some being had between the
rows of horse beans which crop grows
and ripens, like corn in the United
States, much later than grain; but labor
being cheaper in England, there were
men who would thin them out and cut
all the weeds from two up to three dol
lars per acre. Farmers should con-
slider the advantage of growing tur-
nips, because Of the difference it makes
TO young stock, if they have them every
day in sufficient quantity to distend the
stomach, not in a "pOt-bellied' way,
but by bowing out the ribs in a barrel
shape 1t is the absence of roots, and
the feeding Of too much meal and rich
food, that causes the degeneration o!
many pure-bred animals.
am not recommending the cultiya-
ton and growth Of the common turnip
in preference to other roots, but in con-
sequence of the difficulty of persGading
farmers to 90 to the trouble of prOduc-
ing the better sorts. l have myself
been hindered from growing carrots for
more than twenty years, except in very
small plats, but this year | have nearly
three acres of great promise. These
carrots are from four pounds Of seed,
and at least ten plants have been cut or
pulled out for every one left. 1t is of
essential consequence to obtain all va
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sources. Common turnips, although of
less value per ton, and not proper to
give to mich cows on account of the
unpleasant flavor to the butter, are yet
of great service; for as they can be
cheaply grown, a farmer can well afford
to give a little meal shaken over
the cut or pulped mess fed to the ami
mails which it is desired should most in
crease in flesh.
1t is admitted that Indian corn is to a
certain extent an equivalent, but for
young cattle, and sheep especially, there
is a decided advantage in feeding both,
on the score of health. If all the labor
of attendance on a crop is reckoned, it
will be found TO fall little short of the
cost of raising a good root crop, and
certainly an equal number of acres in
roots and corn would be quite an ad-
vantage on every stock farm, and the
manure is always much increased where
there is an abundance of roots. There
fore let common turnips be grown,
which will lead to the growth of other
roots and the increase of fertility gen
orally, which of course means prospect
ty to the proprietor. Cor. Country Gen,
Hemdp.