The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-21

With Fiat Dutch s,ea. ana til, residue
With Ruia Baga
When the plants attained proper sizt
they were seycral Tunes cultivated II.
short intervals. With a ltsht coulter pillow.
constructed With triangular hlate at
the bottom shout three iuches broad
The soil MAS thus loosync1 IS proper
depth without disturbing III, surface to
any great c&tcnt thgs avoiding covering
Gp The young plants The stem of said
plow, above thc blade. Is preferably con
structed With long gradual hcul. thus
setting the point considerably ia .d-
vance.
The plow was sufficiently light rs y.
operated by man power requiring TWO
hands. one 10 pun tho other to hold the
rlow. Occas ionully the plowman aua
horse exchange places The drap Ms
light ana two men did more ana much
better work than thcy could haNe donc
by digging. We thus avoided The tramp
ling OF horse among the young plants
The oats and guano appeared To tell
from the start The turnip seed came up
vel! and grew of rapidly. while there
much complaint in The neighborhood
that the seed dil not come up, III thcy
came up. We're destroyed by insects. The
season was very dry, hut the oats ci-
dontly furnished the necessary protection
against drought and the guano against in
sects. At all events. the plants Aourished
throughout the dry weather
| had turnips that weighed uino pounds
and Rnta Eaeas that weighed five pounds.
In the fall | was awarded a fire premium
on each kind. People who wish 10 grow
turnips successfully should begin IN time
to prepare their land When practical they
should be soWn on . clover OF COW pea
sod. If said crops were properly sup
piled at the time Of secdn" With phoe
phOric acid and potash no further f.rtiI-
i2ing Viii be required for the turnps
4 If impracticablo to SOW on clover or
pea sod. from 400 TO 600 pounds per acre
of a fertilizer containing tho following
ingredients may be cmployels nitrogen
, per cent. actual potash 5 per cent ana
available phosphorc acid : per cent In
lieu of the foregoing the following mate
i rails may be compounded ana used nj
i tratc OF soda 30 pounds. acid phosphate
! go pounds. ana muriate OF potash 40
! bounds.
The fertilizer IS preferably sovn in tn
drills and covered lightly with SOIL before
The turnip seed are sOwn. thla preventing
them from coming in contact witn -
fertilizer. Fertilizer properly applied ia
der about double the service that ii Will
/ when broadeasted.
The fiat rooted purple top varieties Of
turnip5 make the quickest growth but
the globe varieties root deeper and.
wnere thcy arr 10 remain in the ground
I'll winter, are generally preferred. But
for winter purposes ii is usually the best
TO properly store all varieties.
Ruta Bcgas are more nutritious and
consequently better for stock purposes
Turnips cooked, Dy boiling or steam
ing. With a proper quantity OF corn meal
and sal. added, make an excellent focl
for starting hogs in early fall. They are
+ also eEcellcnt for milch COWS. Ihc cook
ing appears to destroy tn" usual flavor
impaired to milk by raw turniTs taking
al advantages bearing on the subject into
+ consideration. a proper quantity OF ground
seeded to turnips VIII doubtless pay well.
BRYAN TYSON.
z Carthage, y G.