Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-04
MANae..Wuazels.


VI Adhugn, . the philadel.
journal, " y. "a n fair
wa some % tig ,s.'t
! ~, 20 40. v4,.sa. ..ttr,s 10
DR., Jp = m, =. /. attenti'r he given 10
come root crops. such as the ., 1ir ben.
carrot, ruta.baga and mangil-wurzel."
In connection with this question he pre-
sents 20 his readers the following letter
from William Crozicr, Of Long Island,
who Is good authority on tho subject;
prepare the land for root crops In the
following manner pillow the land deep.
say from ten TO twelve inches when II
Ia plowsd put on from 100 20 100 loads
Of good manure, spread broadcast, then
harrow thoroughly. When | say thor
oughly. mean until the manure Is per.
fectly mixed with the soil By this har-
rowing the land isiirmu1 then meas.
uro the Land, putting on pole at head
and foot o. lot In tho very center
then take my plow and make a fnrrow
from pole to pole. which must be
straight run back In same furrow 70
a. to throw the dir, to each side. Then
/ tum my horses around 10 tho left and
run my pillow thirty inches from my first
furrow. Thisthrows up drill or ridge.
When get to the end Of my furrow
again turn to the loft and take another
furrow thirty inches from ccnter.
follow this until flushed. BY this moth.
"a your manure Is all mixed In those
drills or ridges Then put from 1000
10 800 pounds Of Mapcs' manure on the
top or contcr Of those drills, thon rake
Oh top Of dnll with n wooden rake or
dung fork, 40 "a 10 lovol Il for the seed
drill plant on top Of those drills at
the rate u six pounds seed per acre. I
use tho Planet. jr., made in philadel.
pha THIS finishes the work unless tho
ground h dry and will stand rolling
which arms tho ground.
When the plants are three or four
inches high. thin ont with a hoe to ten
inches apart Use tho horse cultivator
freely until tops get too large. DO not
earth mp This finishes tho work until
/, IA time 10 take up. which h before
frost | take up four rows aud put In
the confer row, 20 tho carts can pass be-
tween the rows aud load up. A man
takes two rows, takes hold Of the mangul
Top. pulls /, up. holding tho top In HE
hand and with sharp kick he breaks
the roo, from the top and lots IL drop
In tho center row. aud throws the top on
the other side o. the row. Two men
take up one aero per day. Of from sixty
10 eighty tons Tho carts or teams fol.
low, putting them Ia pits. To make tho
pits pillow out four or five furrows az
long ~ you dcdto 10 mako tho plts, and
shovel out ono foot deep. throwing tho
dirt on each side Now IL IL ready for
tho tnangel roots. which aru dumped
into this pit about hvo feet wide, they
are raised TO about four fcot, and GOV.
ofing 81 straw or talt grass ia put on,
Eve or ak inches deep, then covered
with eight or uino inches Of tho loan on
top, 10 as the ri, win stand about "a
dcga On tho top Of tho pic In every
eight or ten feet, put Ia a tile Tor vcntll.
aior. They will keep aalo Ia this way
up TO tho following June.
pulp all my mangcls for my cattle,
hhcep and aw!no, and know by expert.
oncc they are tho cheapest food can
raise, and you are aware that man aud
beast must have vegetables 10 bo In
healthy state
The above leaves tho land clean from
weeds, seeds and In iine condition for
seeding down, which no other crop will
do, and thoy do not cost moro than n
Hold Of corn viii do. II tho above diroc.
lions aro followed up