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ROOTS, ETC. 



Mangolds, sugar beets, carrots, pumpkins, and squashes are all 

 approved forage, though it is said that the seeds of the two latter 

 sometimes produce bad effects on cattle and poultry. They are 

 among the few crops that can safely be counted upon to pay the 

 rental now asked for land in this neighborhood. 



And now, the short time given me in which to write on forage 

 crops is exhausted; such is far from being the case with the subject 

 in hand. That cannot be worn out while grass grows and water runs, 

 or while there is need of "milk for babes and strong meat for men." 

 Perhaps I may pursue the subject further in the future. I hope 

 that others may give it the study which it deserves. 



Berkeley, California, July 30th, 1878. 



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