DRESSING TURNIP SLED.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3040, 9 January 1892, Page 2

DRESSING TURNIP SLED.

Now that the season ia on for sowing tu»nips, the following letter recently published in the Now Zealand Faiuner will be of interest) :—Sir, —In answer to Mr H. U. Bothain re dressing tu»nip seed with fcurpentiue before sowing to prevent blight, I suppese he must mean the fly, as I have never heard of turpentine bei&g used for any kind of blight I may eay I have used turpentine on several occasions with, I believe, good results. The first time I used it was on about IS acres on which a crop of turnips, the year before was very much affected, in fact, there were large patches completely bare. The seed dressed and sown on this ground the following year came away quite strung and wan not affected. Since then I have always dressed my seed, and have had no trouble from this cause, The mode of using is simply to put about, pay, 81b of seed into a milk dish, on which sprinkle about one small teaspoonsful of turpentine, and then with the hand thoroughly mix the seed until each seed has become coated with it. One would think that such a little turpentine would not go round, but it will be found enough.—Rodkbt Anderson, Charters Bay, Canterbury.