S32 



FARxMERS' kEGJlSTER 



[No. 4 



The process of making cheese began the 25lh 

 April, and ended the 1st December. As soon ^s 

 the cows calved, tlie cows received three quarts 

 of meal per day each — |)rincipally rye, with some 

 Indian; and each iiad some wliey, though not 

 haWwhat was yielded was given to them. Three 

 or four of the cows received meal all ihe summer. 

 He commenced feeding again with meal on the 

 25th July, and continued to give them two quarts 

 of meal until the 25ih of August. On the 25\h 

 of August, lie began leeding the cows with corn- 

 stalks until lOlh September. Then the cows had 

 the alter feed of the fields; and Irom the 1st Oc- 

 tober, these cows had half a load of pumpkins per 

 day. In November, fed every cow fully with 

 meal ; two and three quarts per day until 1st De- 

 cember. After that, the cows had nothing but 

 hay until spring. From the same cows^ at the 

 same time, butter enougli was made, and milk 

 enough used, for a liimily of six persons. The 

 cheese sold in New York for $!lO per 100 lbs. 



These products are certainly remarkable, and 

 show what may be done by attention, skill, and 

 good treatment of the animals under our care. 

 The pasturage in Cheshire is of an excellent de- 

 scription. The soil is generally of a rich gravel- 

 ly loam resting upon lime-slone, and abounding in 

 vegetable mould. It is likewise sensitive to the 

 application of plaster, which is very commonly 

 used. 



From the Genesee Fanner. 

 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE NEW 

 VORK AGRICULTURAL SOSCIETV ON ROOT 

 CULTURE. 



The committee appointed at the last meeting of the 

 Society, to "report on the best vegetable or root 

 crops lor feeding cattle, and the best means of cul- 

 tivating the same," report as follows: — 



The culture of roots, as farm-crops, for feeding 

 and lattening domestic animals, is of such recent 

 introduction, and so limited, among us, and the 

 lew experiments that have been made, to ascertain 

 the relative value of these roots, have been so 

 loosely managed, that the committee do not pos- 

 sess the data that they could desire, to make a sa- 

 tisfactory report, adapted exactly to our practice. 

 But they are nevertheless satisfied, from the nu- 

 merous experiments vvhicli have been made in 

 Europe, in a climate very similar to our own, and 

 from the partial ones which have been made 

 among us, that the culture of roots is destined to 

 effect here, what it has ellected elsewhere, a great 

 and salutary change in husbandry, not only as 

 furnishing the easiest and cheapest means of feed- 

 ing and fattening domestic anima's, but as an im- 

 portant source of lertility to Ihe firm, and of se- 

 curing the main point — ultimate profir, to the own- 

 er or cultivator. 



Under these strong impressions of the advan- 

 tages of encouraging and extending root-culture, 

 your committee proceed, with the limited means 

 at their command, to fullil the duties assigned to 

 them by the society. 



The Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland, 

 have recently awarded liberal premiums Ibr ex- 

 periments ill fattening neat cattle ; JirsI, upon 

 different kinds of roots, as the potato, turnip, and 

 mangel wurizel; second, upon raw and cooked 



food ; and third, upon roots entirely, and a mix- 

 ture of roots, grain, pulse and oil-cake. These ex- 

 |)eriments have been made with a view of accu- 

 rately ascertaining the comparative value of each 

 kind of root and other food, and the economy of 

 each mode of leeding it. 'J'he experiments have 

 been numerous. They have been upon ten to 

 thirty head of cattle at a time ; and they have 

 been Continued i'tom three to six months. The 

 animals were weighed or measured at the time of 

 starting the experiment, at the close of i., and 

 generally at intermediate periods, particularly 

 when the food was varied; and the quantity of 

 roots and other food given was accurately noted — 

 so that the result has indicated the relative value 

 of each kind of food in the fattening process, and 

 the best mode of feeding it. The com'mitfefe pro- 

 ceed to state, in a summery way, the results of 

 some of these experiments. 



1. 77(e relative value of different roots. 

 Mr. Howden, with a view to ihe experiment^ 

 set apart the product of two acres of mangel 

 wurizel, amounting tofit^y tons; five acres of Swe- 

 dish turnips, being 140 tons ; and two acres of po- 

 tatoes, weighing 29 tons 4 cwt. Tiie experiment 

 was made with 21 head of cattle, which received, 

 in addition to the roots, a few distillers' grains and 

 a little straw. The following table shows the 

 roots appropriated to each lot, and the monthly in- 

 crease of the animals in girth. 'I'he abstract is 

 made from the prize essays of the society, which 

 cannot now be referred to; but the impression is, 

 that in all the experiments which we quote, the 

 roots led to each lot were precisely the same in 

 weight. Lot No. 1 was fed from the product of 

 one acre of potatoes, one acre of mangel wurt- 

 zel, and one acre of Swedish turnips ; No. 2 frnm 

 one acre of potatoes and two acres of Swedish 

 turnips ; and No. 3 from one acre of mangel 

 wurtzel and two acres of" Swedish turnips. 



Twenty-eight tons of mangel wurizel and 

 Swedish turnips were withdrawn to feed othef 

 stock. 



On the 30ih January I\Ir. Howden look a pair 

 of cattle out of each lot, and led No. 1 with po- 

 tatoes and water, No. 2 with Swedish turnips, and 

 No. 3 with mangel wurtzel. The following shows 

 their relative increase in three months. 



1832, Jail. 30, 

 April 30, 



Lot 1. 



Potatoes. 



10 ft. Siiichei 



11 '^ 6 " 



Lot a. 

 .Swed. turnips. 



10 It. 5 inclici 



11 " 3 " 



Lot 3. 

 Man. wurtzel. 



to It. 4 iiiclics 

 U " 2 " 



When the cattle were sold, the purchasers 

 agreed that the lot fed on Swedish turnips were 

 from 7.-!. to 10s. (_S 1.54 to ^2.22) a head better 

 than the other lots. The average advance upon 

 the original value of each, was £6.12, and the 

 cost of the grains being deducted, there remamed 

 £120 (!tr!532.80) in return Ibr the eight acres af 

 produce consumed, or .f 66.60 for each acre. 



From the above statement it would seem there 

 i.s no great difference in the fattening piopcriies 

 ol' the three kinds of roots ; and thai solar as 



