Mangels.

The best method of growing mangels was exemplified is a field of fifteen acres. The crop was looking grand and very healthy at the date of my visit, towards the end of December. The great superiority of the ridge system of root-growing and singling was here apparent, especially in the cleanness of the crop as regards weed growth. The amount of fertilisers used on different plots varied from half a ton to the acre down to no manure at all, and the several results in yield will be measured and recorded. Mr M'Connell considers the maximum dressing pays best as a general rule. He points out that an extra l cwt or 2cwt of manure often makes a difference of as much as 10 tons to the acre in yield, and therefore the added cost of the liberal treatment need not be regretted. There was some disease in mangels last season, but where not thus affected, 40 tons of roots per acre were grown at Ruakura.