CULTIVATION OF THE BEET. 137 



and by its use are fattened for the market in one hun- 

 dred days. 



The method of feeding stock upon it, employed at 

 Masny, by the Messrs. Fievet, the model farmers of 

 France, was the following : 



Each ox was allowed daily 



80 pounds of pulp, 

 5 " " chopped straw, 

 5 " . " oil-cake. 

 Each cow was allowed daily 



70 pounds of pulp, 

 5 " " chopped straw, 



5 " " oil-cake. 

 Each sheep was allowed daily 



6 pounds of pulp, 



% " " chopped straw, 

 " " oil-cake, 

 i " " chaff. 



They fattened in this manner 800 head of cattle 

 and 3000 sheep every year. 



The Messrs. Fievet recommended the use of chopped 

 cornstalks and a small quantity of Indian meal for 

 the Western United States. 



Chaptal says of the pulp, " This food is almost 

 dry ; it has not the disadvantages of grasses or roots, 

 nor of dry forage. It does not ferment, and is not 

 laxative, like the former, nor does it heat and produce 

 constipation, like the latter. It contains almost all the 

 nutritive principles of the beet." 



In fact, water is the chief article taken from the 



