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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