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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



the seed with my fingers, another man followed me, raking in 

 the seed, going about as fast as a man usually walks, sowing the 

 wliole in one-half day. The drills were about two and one- 

 half feet apart. Three-fourths of a pound of seed were sown 

 on the 2Ttli of June. 



$51 75 



334 bushels, at 30 cents per bushel, which is one-half 



cent per pound, ..... $100 20 



Leaving the profits, 



$48 45 



We finished gathering the crop, Nov. 12, and found it to be 

 three hundred and thirty-four bushels — sixty pounds to the 



bU!^lK'l. 



I have about come to the conclusion that we do not value the 

 ruta baga, or Swedish turnip, high enough, and that we estimate 

 carrots too high. I am testing the relative value of ruta bagas 

 and carrots for milch cows. I have always supposed that it 

 would not do to feed milch cows with ruta bagas, that they would 

 affect the taste of the milk, but I now think it is not so. I have 

 now been feeding my cows the last week on ruta bagas, com- 

 mencing with about four quarts per day, and increasing to a 

 peck per day. I have not yet detected any thing in the milk 

 which is offensive. I intend to continue to feed with ruta bagas 

 two or three weeks longer, and then feed with the same quan- 

 tity of carrots, measuring the milk, so that I can ascertain the 

 difference, if any. 



Newbvkyport, Nov. 14, 1855. 



