TRAXSACTIONS. 34T 



These estimates will assist our readers to form a tolerably 

 accurate idea of the comparative worth of roots and hay. 

 We do not pretend to literal accuracy. It is enough for 

 our purpose to call the attention of farmers to the subject. 



In England it is understood that root crops increase the 

 quantity of manure by means of the animals they support, 

 and thus recruit the land exhausted by grass. If many 

 roots are grown, many animals must be kept to consume 

 them; and many animals make much manure. The more 

 liberal the supply of manure, the greater the profit. No 

 farmer can afford to half cultivate his land. Even if obliged 

 to purchase manure, he may, by good management, be able 

 to repay the outlay. 



There is another thing about which I express no opinion, 

 having no means of personal knowledge. It is said that 

 roots mixed with dry food and fed out to animals, contribute 

 to their symmetry and evenness, which is considered an 

 essential qualification for a prize. More concentrated food, 

 as corn or oil cake, lays on the fat in lumps or large por- 

 tions, instead of thorough mixture and evenness. Ex- 

 perience can settle this question. If it be as alleged, it is 

 an important matter for those who raise beef for market. 

 One fact is undoubted^ namely, he who succeeds in 

 raising roots, will bring his land into the very best condi- 

 tion. Good cultivation, tillage, pulverization, careful sow- 

 ing are essential; and they leave the land in the best 

 order for any crops that may follow. A few experiments 

 thoroughly conducted, will teach farmers what few arc 

 aware of, that is, the amount of produce a given quantity 

 of land is capable of yielding. 



