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     give over-doses of manure—on such soils, light and 
     
     frequent dressings will yield much more profitable 
     
     returns during the rotation than over—doses at more 
     
     distant intervals of time. Turnip land must be in 
     
     fair condition, and of course must receive a moderate 
     
     dressing; but the great secret, I believe, in raising 
     
     good crops of Swedes at moderate expense, is in ‘ 
     
     having some stimulating manure close to the seed. 
     
     From my hen-house alone last winter, I collected 
     
     sufficient For 10 drills—being one~third of an acre,— 
     
     and the contents of the privy during the winter mix- ‘ 
     
     ed up with saw dust and oat-shelling, furnished sufli- - 
     
     cient for an acre. I mention this to shew how, with 
     
     a little attention, every one can make up suflicient 
     
     “home-made guano” for a good patch of turnips, 
     
     hoping that our farmers will turn their attention to 
     
     saving and testing these valuable stimulants. 
     
    
   
   
    
     “ As to the best time for sowing Swedes, there is 
     
     much difference of opinion; they may be sown from 
     
     the 20th of May to the end of June; they continue to 
     
     increase in weight until the frost compels us to pull 
     
     them, and, therefore, the earlier they are sown the 
     
     heavier will be the crop. When sown in May, I 
     
     have always found them escape the fly; but the best 
     
     protection against this insect, isthick sowing—never 
     
     sow less than three lbs. of seed to the acre, and you 
     
     will seldom be without sufficient plants after the fly 
     
     has done its work. Aberdeen Yollows may be sown 
     
     from the first to the end of July.”