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Root Varieties.—Lower Northeast Field. 
animal to turn its other feed to better account. They may 
be substituted for other feeds if necessary, in which case 
much larger quantities must be fed, as there is about 90 per 
cent water in roots as against 13 per cent in hay. 
The root crops on the farm have not been uniformly suc- 
cessful, as they have twice suffered from water on fields oth- 
erwise well suited to roots but too low to be safe through a 
wet spell. It has been shown too, that sandy land cropped 
for some time without sod, will not raise a large crop of 
roots. But root crops may be grown under wetter soil con- 
ditions than potatoes. 
Rutabagas have uniformly given the largest yields and 
are adapted to the widest range of soil conditions. They 
are often sown and produce well on breaking and new land 
is especially favorable for their development. Mangels re- 
quire not only better soil for large yields, but it must be in 
better tilth. The results obtained will for these reasons, not 
average as well as for rutabagas. Sugar beets never yield 
