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cessfnlly, for years, store hogs and breeding sows, from Novem- 

 ber until March, with nothing at all but raw mangold wurzels. 

 On one occasion I had an old breeding sow, of the Chester 

 County breed, that was fed with these mangold wurzels immedi- 

 ately after taking away the litter of pigs, and in March she was 

 really too fat for breeding purposes. I don't approve of feeding 

 raw roots to small pigs ; I don't believe they would thrive ; but 

 store hogs, weighing from 125 pounds upwards, will thrive well 

 on raw mangold wurzel, and nothing else, from November until 

 March, and even later, if the pigs don't come so early. I think 

 that fact proves that raw roots are good for stock of all kinds 

 and hogs. In my own opinion it would be more desirable to 

 steam roots for hogs than for horned cattle. After my hogs 

 have been accustomed to feeding upon raw roots, I have cooked 

 them, without making any addition, and they would prefer the 

 raw roots to cooked ones. 



Another reason for my preference for carrots, is that I can 

 get, I think, larger results, with the same labor and cost, than 

 from any other root. It is not uncommon with us to raise more 

 than thirty tons to the acre ; I myself have raised between 

 thirty-five and thirty-six tons of carrots to the acre; and less 

 than twenty-five tons would be considered a small crop with us, 

 which, I think, is larger than you would get from perhaps any 

 other root. Mangold wurzels, no doubt, would exceed that ; 

 but Avith turnips of any kind I think it would be very difficult 

 to get anything like that amount. I raise mangold wurzels with 

 carrots, from the fact that I have found them so valuable for 

 store hogs ; but the large proportion of roots that I raise is 

 carrots. 



A Member. Do you raise two crops ? 



Mr. Ware. No, sir. As to the time of sowing carrots, I 

 think that very important. If they are sowed too early, they, 

 too, will become lousy and diseased, and there will be more or 

 less rot among them. My rule for sowing carrots is the 25th of 

 May, or as near that as possible. If for any reason it is post- 

 poned until the first of June, I care but very little about it. 

 But the 25th of May is the time. The difficulty about sowing 

 the first of June is, that I have noticed, and have sometimes 

 been caught, that the first ten days of June arc apt to be very 

 dry, warm weather. If they are, the carrots, when they come 



