160 BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. Huntington. I generally get rid of the dirt in this way. 

 I pull np my turnips in the field and let them lie for a number 

 of days. I think they keep a little better in the cellar if they 

 are a little dry on the outside. In handling them over the dirt 

 will mostly come off, unless they are very dirty. I never have 

 found it necessary to take off the dirt in any other way. 



Mr. Stedman. I want to inquire of the gentleman in regard 

 to the seed of his rutabagas — whether it was seed of his own 

 raising, or whether it was imported each year ? 



Mr. Huntington. I think the seed I used was some I bought. 

 I should not think it was imported seed. 



A Member. Carrots, according to analysis, are not worth 

 quite so much as ruta-bagas. I think carrots have about eight 

 per cent, of nutritive qualities, ruta-bagas ten, and the common 

 turnip about six. The carrot is not worth so much for feeding 

 purposes as we generally give it credit for. 



A Member. I would inquire if that is the general opinion 

 among those who have fed the carrot and ruta-baga ? "Whether 

 they do not consider the carrot worth more, taking all classes of 

 stock into consideration, than the ruta-baga ? 



Mr. Huntington. I never have made any experiments to 

 ascertain that fact. I only know what chemists tell us. It may 

 be that it is worth more for feeding than the ruta-baga, though 

 analysis does not show it. 



Mr. Stockbridge. I wish to inquire what effect it has upon 

 the subsequent crop to raise root-crops upon the land ? If you 

 raise English turnips or ruta-bagas upon a sandy loam, what 

 effect does it have upon that soil for the subsequent crops ? 

 That is the first question we ought to settle. It may bo that it 

 would injure a sandy loam very materially to grow turnips upon 

 it, while it might not injure a clayey loam. I wish gentlemen 

 would answer this question according to their experience. 



Then, again, after having secured the crop, I desire to know 

 how that crop shall be stored : whether you are to pile those 

 roots in the cellar, one, two or three thousand bushels in a 

 pile. 



Then the next question is, in relation to feeding. "What is 

 the best method of feeding turnips ? Shall they be cooked, or 

 fed in their raw state ? 



