The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-29
EditorIaI Notes. Questions and So.

The turnip is homely vegetable and is
very promptly relegated to the rear when
other vegetables come upon the table Still,
off and on and at certain seasons the tur-
nip receives very respectful treatment.
There are turnips and turnips and among
a score or more of varieties there seems
TO be no perceptible difference. Every year
the turnip list is enlarged by the addition
of new names, but usually it is the result
of remaining some old sort. Removed in
terest is aroused, however, by flaming ad-
vertisements, and the new variety, soon
has the right-of-way. While all who have
ever grown the sweet German are likely
10 admit that it is about as good as turnips
need be, still there may be, and are, occa-
Sions when some other kind may seem 10
be and do better than 1t. II is much mat
ter of prejudice and taste, ana II you look
far enough you viii probably lind advo-
Gates some where of each kind. Some par
ticular variety had given satisfaction per-
maps several times and that was enough
10 settle the matter.
So much for turnips in general.
This season our exclusive reliance for
spring turnips consisted of a new variety
grown for the first time. The result is
such that we will be led to rely on it ex-
clusively again another year. The variety
ds the scarlet Kashmyr, decidedly a new
and distinct kind. 1t is an extra early
Strap-leaVed tufnip. The flesh is white, but
the skin is of rich crimson. 1t has the APP
pearance of a large radish. The flavor is
excellent. 1t is very productive, proving
so the season with only one shower in
April. From this one trial We are wiling
to commend it to others for February and
March sowing. As a fall turnip we cannot
say whether it is admirable to sow it or
not. We have no doubt it viii do well sown
IN september, and even as late as Oct. l-5
in latitude of Southern and Middle Geor-
gia. 1t is such a rapid grower, the Kash-
myr can be sown later than most varie-
ties.
For many years the Yellow Aberdeen
has been our standby for fall sowing but
we should never think of sowing only
one kind at that season. Where one has a
fair market for turnips in the fan and
winter it is always we'll to grow several
kinds to meet the preferences of various
consumers-some preferring a long kind
like the Cowhorn, others round kind like
the Globe, or Yellow Aberdeen; then 9TH
ePs are attracted by a fiat kind such as
the Flat Dutch or Kashmyr. The kind
that we commend here would present a
very attractive appearance on the green
grocers, or market stands. The Var.e-
ties that we have mentioned above cOnsti-
tute in our judgment the best four turnips
there are in a long list. The laboring
man (together a mighty hosD, with a
reasonably good diges ton, finds in tur-
nips a very strengthening food and if
he happens to like them, afford him a
cheap and readily procured dish that he
should not despise.
For stock food, turnips should be far
more extensively grown than they are
A good farmer with land fairly adapted
to the crop ought to make anywhere from
200 10 600 bushels per acre, and "watery
and nutritious" as they are usually char
acterized, still they are valuable thing
to have on hand in the winter and early
spring on any farm where there are cat
tie and hogs, and they are excellent for
poultry.
Turnips and cotton seed boiled together
constitute an excellent milk producing
food that has few superiors Add a little
bran-wheat bran-and you have almost,
if not quite, the best, and cheapest food
that can be supplied to the cows Hogs
with a ration of turnips in the winter
are not likely to be affected with disease.
This is one crop we can plant in the fall
and the cost is little or nothing. Sow them
literally this fall.
A correspondent at Calvary, Ga, writes:
81 have a colt months and IS days old
that is ruptured. Is there any remedy
for the trouble? We cannot advise you.
We doubt If anything can be done. If
you know of a reputable veterinary sur
geon anywhere near you, you might con-
suit him IN regard to IT.