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Europe, where the Swede is seldom seen, at least, never 

 raised for cattle, because of the hot sun and dry soils. 

 The beet, for feeding market cattle, is unsurjDassed, and, 

 by deep pitting, can be kept from season to season. By 

 the practice of deep pitting the writer was enabled, at 

 the International Centennial Exhibition, May loth to 

 June 1st, to exhibit twenty varieties of beets, one bushel 

 of each, preserved in perfect condition, as sweet and 

 crisp as when taken from the field in November, also 

 carrots in equally good condition. Southern readers are 

 advised to try the beet, believing that they will realize 

 a profit. 



Estimate of Cost. 



A crop of ten tons of beets can be produced at an 

 expenditure varying from thirty to forty dollars. The 

 following estimate may be taken as an approximation, 

 soil, situation, cost of labor and fertilizers, all having, 

 however, an important bearing upon tlie cost : 



Rent of land ^ 7.00 



Plowing, harrowing and rolling 3.50 



Ridging, application of manure and subsoiling 3.00 



Manure 18.00 



DriUing 50 



Thinning, weeding and hoeing 4.OO 



Three cultivations 3.OO 



Two hoeings 5.00 



Subsoiling between rows 2.00 



Lifting the crop 3.OO 



Total $49.00 



The ten tons, under this estimate, would cost less 

 than five dollars a ton, or about twelve cents a bushel, 

 and in the cultivation of large breadths the cost per acre 

 can be reduced, while the production may be increased 

 twenty-five to fifty per cent. 



The Carrot. 



To the dairyman whose object is gilt-edged butter 

 during winter^ commanding readily double the price of 



