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arid covered, as its name implies, with numerous cabbage- 

 like heads furnishes a sight that cannot be but pleasing to 

 either cattle, sheep or their owners. I have seen single 

 specimens of this plant growing in this country that was all 

 any ordinary mortal would wish to carry. One peculiarity 

 this plant has to recommend it is that cattle or sheep do not 

 appear to bloat on it, no matter under what condition it is 

 fed. Of course this applies to En-gland. We would not dare 

 to risk feeding it when frozen. It is grown very extensively 

 by the English flockmasters, many of whom would as soon 

 think of running their flocks without a shepherd as discard- 

 ing Kale from their list of forage crops. 



White Mustard. 



White mustard is largely grown in England for the use 

 of the flock. There is no doubt but that it contains tonic 

 properties of a very valuable nature. It is 'a plant of very 

 rapid growth and contains, or is possessed of, the peculiar 

 property of stimulating the genital organs, and by its use 

 breeding as applied to England may be brought about at 

 almost any season of the year desired. Sheep having been 

 pastured on mustard seem to fatten very rapidly when put on 

 ordinary pasture. Six weeks after sowing, mustard will be 

 in full bloom and ready for cutting or pasturing. Much has 

 teen said and written regarding the danger from raising this 

 plant on account of its liability of seeding itself and proving 

 an obnoxious weed, as wild mustard is known to be. That 

 these fears are groundless I have proved by experiment. I 

 have found that the seed will always germinate when frost 

 is absent, but that the least degree of frost is fatal to its 



