168 RUTA BAG A CULTURE. [PART I. 



be put to, in the feeding of animals. It is eaten 

 greedily by sheep, horn-cattle, and hogs, in its 

 raw state. Boiled, or steamed (which is better), 

 no dog that [ ever saw, will refuse it. Poultry 

 of all sorts will live upon it in its cooked state. 

 Some dogs will even eat it raw ; a fact that I 

 first became acquainted with by perceiving my 

 .Shepherd's dog eating in the field along with the 

 sheep. 1 have two Spaniels that come into the 

 barn and eat it now ; and yet they are both in 

 fine condition. Some horses will nearly live 

 upon it in the raw state ; others are not so fond 

 of it. 



128. Let me give an account of what I am 

 doing now (in the month of April) with my 

 crop. 



129. It is not pretended, that this root, mea 

 sure for measure, is equal to Indian corn in the 

 ear. Therefore, as I can get Indian corn in the 

 ear for half a dollar a bushel, and, as I sell my 

 Ruta Baga for half a dollar a bushel at New 

 York, I am very sparing of the use of the latter 

 for animals. Indeed, I use none at home, ex 

 cept such as have been injured, as above-men 

 tioned, by the delay in the harvesting. These 

 damaged roots 1 apply in the following manner. 



ISO. Twice a day I take about two bushels, 

 and scatter them about upon the grass for fifteen 

 ewes with their lambs, and a few wether sheep, 

 and for seven stout store pigs, which eat with 



