The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-07-27

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With an, abundance of9 roots, even II When
eating, plenty Of ensilaisiss; a ID 10 kind
Of roots IL better ri them than ttirs
nfps while In good eating condltion.
Last year was the first Ii long time
we have not had MI the turnips We
could get out Of the sround while I'M
frozen. and still leave thousands Of
bushels unharvested. Some open win.
tors we have had our men pulling tur-
nips every open spell, going over and
over the same ground, pulling the
stable turnips each time, they contin-
!uing to grow. INT lsxt year we llad so
many grassh0pper4 that they were too
much for the turnips, and we failed en-!
ttrely, although we s0wcd fifteen acres,
and when feeding time came we real
lied more than ever the worth of the
turnip crop. y
While we think % highly of turnips
as stock food we have a way Of rails
Ing them that costs next to nothing.
and fits the land In splendid order for
succeeding spring crop Of barley or
oats. Now is the time to be thinking
OF growing them, and / will detail my
way. select field that Ii Id good
condition, and well seeded-if to clover
80 much the better. though any sod
will answer. ! NOV this early, getting
the ground clear not later than July I,
and at once pl0w 1t well, being sure
that 1t IL all turned over. roll Il
down nat and 20 over It the same way
that 1t is plowed, with the Getaway
harrow, After this go over 1t every
three or four days with harrow or cul.
tlvator, until July 20, by which time It
should be In fine filth. then SOW two
hundred pounds Of some high.grade
fertilizer per acre, 80 over 1t with a
smoothing harrow and then sow with
two pounds Of Purple-tOp Strap-leaf
turnip seed per mere. After sowing 1
roll the ground, and when the trlrnips
nave rough leaves two inches in din.
meter. II too thick, which, IL the wealth.
er has been favorable and the seed
good, will most likely be the case, I
put on the smoothing harrow and run
over them. This will take out many Of
the turnips, but none too many, possl-
bly, not enough, In which case q week
Inter so over the field cr0sswise with
the same tool. have sometimes taken
ct q piatese oal S2 a9aa lpgS n
inches wide, spreading 1t to the full
width and gone over the turnip field
with great advantage to the yield.
arown In this way. aside from the pull
Ing they don't cost half cent per
blshel, and the small ones and leaves
which will be left ON the ground I
regard Us worth more as fertilizer than
the cost Of the seed.
The best barley we ever grew was ON
field where a large crop Of turnips
was frozen In and rotted on the ground.
Although the men found lots Of fault
while blowing 1t the barley grew to my
shoulders, and although common six.
rowed barley the yield was over sixty
bushels Of cleaned Hxnin peS pere.. Sow.
ID n, this way tkstarl m row fhiekly,
Ind their broad Ian = n STIR d& All l
binds Of foui-stuff; 81 III tS66Ifsk nm q !
poor show. and this alone viii nay for
The labor. To the man who likes. to ]
nave his stool kel nnd .lDoltt
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