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value for keeping stock in the most healthy and growing condition is shown In 

 the total column. Milk being of the nature of fat, it can also he seen which 

 will be the best food for milch cows, that which produces most fat. I will sim- 

 ply mention here that there is quite a doubt amongst dairymen as to whether 

 sugar beets do, or do not, lessen the flow of milk, and it is perhaps from this 

 fact that they were not considered in the table. Although the sugar beet may 

 not be equal to some of the other roots for milk, yet, for other stock they are 

 good; and as they can be raised in such large quantities to the acre, many, no 

 doubt, will raise them for general use. The maugel-wurzels and rutaba- 

 gas can, with a rich and properly cultivated soil, be made to yield from 1,000 

 to 1,500, and, in a few cases, even 2,000 bushels to the acre; and with any of 

 these roots, if the ground is properly worked, it will be left in excellent condi- 

 tion for succeeding crops. It would not be advisable, however, to feed roots too 

 exclusively. It is better to feed part roots and part grain. Nor is it advisable 

 to feed one kind of roots only. It is better to have a variety, both on account 

 of the health and condition of the stock, and for the better results in milk which 

 will be produced by a variety over any single kind. 



Boots, Culture of, for Stock.— As above remarked, the culture of 

 roots needs a rich soil; and if it is not rich naturally, it must be made so with 

 manures, fertilizers, etc., and also by deep plowing and thorough harrowing. 

 Plow deeply, and harrow ; then re-plow and harrow, until as fine as possible, 

 leaving no stones or turf to obstruct cultivation. The mangel-wurzel, it is 

 claimed, is a great lover of salt; and as high as 30 bushels to the acre, 

 Dr. Loring says, has been used with profit. Fifteen two-horse wagon loads of 

 good, solid manure to the acre, is not too much, if you expect 1,500 to 2,000 

 bushels of mangels (which has been raised) to the acre. The fertilizer when 

 used, must, as well as the manure, be well worked into the surface of the soil. 

 Sow in drills, beets, mangels, rutabagas, 'and parsnips, 30 inches apart; car- 

 rots, 24. If possible, have a drill which completes the work of covering evenly 

 as it goes. Begin to cultivate them as soon as the rows can be seen; keep clear 

 of weeds, and thin carrots and parsnips to 4 inches; beets, rutabagas or 

 mangels, 6 to 10 inches, as you think the lichness of the soil will demand. Of 

 course, let all be done with horse-hoes, or such conveniences as you have, so 

 that the rows simply need to be done by hand, remembering this, if the weeds 

 get the start of you, you will pay dearly for it. Some claim that 5 lbs. of 

 mangel seed is not too much for an acre; but if sowed with a drill, get it to 

 scatter them properly as you go ; then have enough to go over the piece is all 

 you want for any kind. Absolute amounts can hardly be given, as no two men 

 would think exactly alike about it; better pull out a good many, however, 

 rather than not to get in seed enough. 



Field Turnips, How to Peed to Cows Without Flavoring the 

 Milk. — A writer in the Maine Fa/i'mer, says he raised 800 bushels, and fed all 

 to his 16 to 20 cows — 1 pk. twice a day — by trimming oflf the rootlets and feed- 

 ing only the solid turnip, after milking, no bad flavor was imparted to the 

 milk. 



