Show LET TURNIPS FOLLOW SOME EARLIER CROP Good Stand Depends on Weather and Soil Conditions Customary Method Is to Sow the Seed Broadcast and Trust to Luck for Good Yield Yield Store Yield Store Store In Pits or a Cool Cellar Prepared by tho United States Staten Department of Agriculture Throughout the greater part of tit th the North the old settlers say Plant turnips the of July whether wet wel or dr dry While this is not absolutely true it is customary to plant the latter part of Jul July on land froth frou which an early crop of potatoes beets or some other early vegetable hat has been removed removed The securing of a good stand of turnips depends first upon having the soil solI in excellent condition and second on weather conditions at atthe atthe atthe the time of sowing the seed Either a I I CYr r- r rw w I I y iY caa i f I IM f. f i M Turnips Can Be Planted After an Early Crop of Potatoes Beets or orSome orSome orSome Some Other Vegetable extremely wet or prolonged 1 dry weather will greatly Interfere with getting a good stand of turnips The usual custom Is to harrow the ground to to a smooth even en surface then sow ow the seed broadcast trusting to natural agencies to slightly cover it I If a light shower f falls shortly after the the- these the se seed d Is is sown this will not Qt only cover cover the seed but give the plants a good start Sometimes turnips are planted in rows with a seed drill and cultivated cultIvate This method Is desirable especially where the crop is grown Ina In La Laa ina a small way but the customary method Is Isto to to SOW sow the seed bron broadcast cast and trust to luck to bring a good crop Turnips may remain In in the ground almost until it is cold c enough ough to freeze the soil soU about them I If left too long however they become pith pithy The usual method of saving turnips Is Isto Isto isto to first pull them and throw them In In piles plies then with a sharp knife cut off of the tops about one fourth Inch above the turnip The turnips can then be stored in pits being ered co first with st straw aw then with earth tor or placed In Ina Ina ina a cool cellar the sam same as as for Irish potatoes Turnips In the pits will not be Injured by uy moderate freezing provided provided pro pro- vided they are arc not disturbed while frozen It It Is best however to place enough straw and soil soU over them to prevent pre them from freezing to any ex ex- tent |