Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . ils whenthe weather is dry. ^^p^« ^°p s*^^p ^^^ T^^^p- Superphosphate and salt stand high in favor among commercialfertilizers for applying to the turnip crop. These manures may be usedat the rate of two hundred pounds of each and upward per acre. Theymay be sown on the land just before it is harrowed for the last time pre-vious to sowing the conjunction with mod-erate dressings of farmyard manure they usuallyprove time for sowing theseed is somewhat depend-ent on the location andclimate. In the Northernstate
Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . ils whenthe weather is dry. ^^p^« ^°p s*^^p ^^^ T^^^p- Superphosphate and salt stand high in favor among commercialfertilizers for applying to the turnip crop. These manures may be usedat the rate of two hundred pounds of each and upward per acre. Theymay be sown on the land just before it is harrowed for the last time pre-vious to sowing the conjunction with mod-erate dressings of farmyard manure they usuallyprove time for sowing theseed is somewhat depend-ent on the location andclimate. In the Northernstates, from MichiganWMteFiat Dutch Turnip. eastward, and in Canada, from Lake Huron to the Atlantic, the favorite time for sowing Swed-ish turnips is from June 10th to June 25th, and for sowing Fallturnips from July 1st until well on in August, according to the usefor which they may be desired. In the Northern states west fromMichigan a somewhat later period would probably be safer than anearlier one, but the season of sowing would probably have to vary more. 120 Grasses, Clovers, Field Roots, Forage and Fodder Plants. in the west than in the east in order to obtain periods of sufficient mois-ture to secure germination of the seed. In states lying further to thesouth than those named, it would be well probably to still further post,pone the time of sowing, as turnips will not flourish in temperatureswhere the air is hot and lacking in moisture. As with other kinds of field roots turnips should be sown in rowsand on the level. The distance between the rows and between theplants in the row, as with mangels, will vary with soils, soil conditions,the time of sowing the seed and the variety of the turnip. The rows,as with mangels, may vary in distance from twenty to thirty-two inches,but from twenty-six to twenty-eight inches is the distance more commonly fixed upon. When there are indications of an abundant yield,the plants are frequently thinned to a distance of from twelve to fifte
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