SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



Ill 



Swedish turnips and potatoes ; the product of two acres of man- 

 gold wurzel, fifty tons; five acres Swedish turnips, one hundred 

 and forty tons; two acres potatoes, twenty-nine tons, four hun- 

 dred weight. The experiment was made with twenty-one head 

 of cattle, which received, in addition to the roots, a few distil- 

 lers' grains, and a little straw. 



Forty-one tons Swedish turnips and mangold wurzel, with- 

 drawn and fed to other stock ; on the 30th January Mr. Howdoin 

 took a pair of cattle from each lot, and fed No. 1 with potatoes 

 and water, No. 2 with Swedish turnips, No. 3 with mangold 

 wurzel. The following shows the relative increase in girth in 

 three months : — 



1832, January 30, 

 " April 30, 



Lot No. 1, 



Potatoes. 



10 ft. 8 in. 



11 ft. 6 in. 



Lot No. 2, 

 Swedes. 



10 ft. Sin. 

 lift. 3 in. 



Lot No 3, 

 Mangolds. 



10 ft. 4 in. 



11 ft. 2 in. 



When the cattle were sold, purchasers agreed that the lot 

 fed on Swedish turnips were from seven to ten shillings sterling 

 a head better than the other lots. The average advance upon 

 the original value of each, was six pounds twelve shillings, and 

 the cost of grain deducted. There remained one hundred and 



