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but more especially iu the feeding of ^'oung and growing stock, 

 when a proper proportion of lime is absolutely necessary for the 

 fullest development of the bony structures. 



Jerusalem artichoke produces tubers which are more watery but 

 richer in albuminoids than potatoes, the relation being 1 : 8. 



With root crops we find that the quantity of nitrogenized manure 

 used in their cultivation has a great influence upon the quantity of 

 albuminoids they contain, the greater the quantit}' of nitrogenized 

 manure used, the greater the quantity of albuminoids formed. 

 Large and well-appearing roots are often less valuable than smaller 

 ones, on account of the large quantity pf water and small quantity 

 of nutritive dry matter they may contain. The nutritive relation of 

 fodder beets and carrots is about 1:7; for rutabagas about 1:8, 

 and 1:4 or 1:5 for turnips, heavily manured with nitrogenized 

 manures. 



Of all varieties of beets, sugar beets contain the largest total 

 amount of dry matter, but smallest of albuminoids. "When heavily 

 manured, and allowed to grow large and partlj^ out of ground, their 

 composition becomes more like that of the ordinary fodder beet. 

 Beets may be given to milch cows with good results. It is generally 

 best to slice the beets and mix them with other fodder. Large 

 quantities can be fed to cattle, providing they be mixed with supple- 

 mentary fodder rich iu albuminoids. 



Carrots are considered very healthful food, exerting a good in- 

 fluence upon the digestive apparatus, and diminishing plethora. 

 They can be fed with good results to milch cows and horses which 

 are being fed with other food rich in albuminoids. 



Rutabagas are probably more nutritive than common fodder beets. 

 It is well to bear in mind, that the feed of young cattle and of fat- 

 tening cattle should not be too watery. Of two varieties of equally 

 watery beets, the one containing the largest per cent, of albuminoids 

 will be the least injurious. 



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Sugar beet pulj) or pomace. The old method of expressing the 

 beet juice b}- the means of presses, gave a pulp containing 30 per 

 cent, of dry matter, of which the nutritive relation was 1 : 10 or 

 1:12. By the extraction of the juice by the use of centrifugal 

 machines, a residue is left containing about 18 per cent, of dry mat- 

 ter, having the same nutritive relation as the above. By the use of 

 the diffusion process for the extraction of sugar from beets, we 



