Show SOWING TURNIPS TO FOLLOW vegetables no better crop to utilize vacant spaces in gardens they are useful for the table and to a limited extent will supply place of potatoes reamona Rea sona bly rich soll soil needed prepared by the united states department of 0 agriculture As a crop to utilize garden space after early vegetables ege tables have been harvested nothing Is better than turnips turnips should be planted in most m ost parts of 0 the country about july 25 but ut in the extreme south as late as the last of august and can be left in the ground until after several light frosts or all winter lit in the south they are useful as a table vegetable ege table and to a limited extent will supply tte place ot of potatoes it Is the general opinion of specialists of the united states department part ment of agriculture that the american public could consume many more turnips than it does a fact of parti particular cutar interest this year when there seems every ind indication of a curtailed potato crop lor for field soing so boning NIng Ing turnips pre ere usually the particular requirement la Is it a reasonably rich soll soil finely raked and leveled oft off to avoid water collecting in pools the seed should be sowed bowed sparingly one homely rule Is to take the quantity which seems sufficient sulli clent and divide it in half after the seeds have been scattered on the surface of the ground they should be raked in this may be doue done by dragging a piece of brush over the ground the surface should be well mell smoothed it is a good plan to sow turnips just after a rain giving them opportunity to sprout before a crust forms after sowing bowing they will need deed little attention until harvest |