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The turnip crop of l855 was not generally so goo as that ofthe previous year, in consequence of re ceiving a severe check of cold bleak weather when about halfgrown, from which some of the plants in Prince County never recovered. In the neigh- bourhood of St Eleanor’s, the farmers must have- escaped this visitation, for nothing could be more satisfactory than the crops that season. The aver- 3 age often competitors was l,20‘2§ bushels of fifty- , six lbs —the highest being 1,417 bushels per acre. These are crops perfectly unknown in general culti- vation in Great Britain; and it would be well if some of the competitors published an account ofthe method adapted to such a large average.

The steady and progressive increase in the width grown of this most valuable root, and the demand for improved stock of all kinds, from the neighbour— ing Provinces, will still further extend the cultivation . ofthe turnip, without which very little can be done in the way of successful farming in Prince Edward-

Island.

WHEAT, according to MnMunro’s tabular estimate gives an average for the State of New York of 14 bushels per imperial acre; for the State of Ohio, 15% bushels; for Canada West, 12:}; and for New Bruns- wick, 19; the R. A. Society of Prince Edward Island have reported as high as 30 bushels, and we think that a wheat crop which ranges between 10 and that figure might generally be fairly averaged at 20; but wheat in Prince Edward Island is not a certain crop, and sometimes fails altogether, on some lands- not returning more than the amount of soedsown. There is a strong feeling in the Island of an experi- mental nature in regard to kinds of Wheat new to the Island, known as summer wheat, and the greatest pains are taken with novel samples: in testing their acclimative properties; and when succlessfulfabulous prices are paid for a share ofthe spon s,

BARLEY is a grain that is absolutely sure, and is- so thoroughly adapted to the soil and climate that