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ludiiig unquestionably to the quotation before liiade. "That which 

 is planted early, for this use, will be ready for cutting just when, in 

 our common summers, the pastures begin to fail." ''To have this 

 fodder, through the season, in its green and most juicy state, it 

 should be planted at different times ; so that the latest planted, 

 should attain its proper growth by the middle of September, and 

 continue till the frosts appear, usually about the first of October." 

 The observations of Mr. Ware and others, who have cultivated and 

 used this vegetable to such an extent, for several years, is the basis 

 on which our queries as to its superior value are founded. We con- 

 sider this one of the most interesting subjects for further experiments 

 now open to cultivators ; and hope by the remarks we have made to 

 awaken attention to the same. Nothing can be lost by such experi- 

 ments ; they bring with them their own reward. The products are 

 sure to yield a liberal indemnity, for all investments, cither of labor 

 or of dressing with manure. 



Carrots and Beets are cultivated to some extent to help out the 

 feed of our animals. Is there any one of our farmers who can an- 

 swer with confidence, which of these is most worthy of cultivation ? 

 Satisfactory experiments to determine this would be of great value. 

 We have used them both, to some extent, and will state such im- 

 pressions as have arisen from this use. We have found the sugar 

 ■beet one of the very best vegetables for the production of milk ; far 

 superior to the carrot — which is thought by some to be the very best 

 of feed for milch cows. We have found the carrot better for fatten- 

 ing than for increasing the milk of animals. We speak of the sugar 

 beet, in preference to the blood beet, because it grows more abun* 

 dantly. There are other considerations to be taken into view, in de- 

 termining which of these vegetables is most worthy of cultivation, as 

 well as the effect on the animals fed by them. We have found the 

 carrot to yield the most, and to leave the land in the best condition, 

 especially for the succeeding crop. Almost all other crops will grow 

 well after the carrot ; few will grow well after the beet. The car- 

 rot will grow well successively, year after year ; the beet will not. 

 The carrot requires less manure than the beet. What kind of crop, 

 therefore, it will be most judicious to plant, will depend upon the 

 combined consideration of the quality of the article groAvn ; the labor 

 and expense of growing ; and the contemplated future use of the 

 land. In our remarks upon the comparative cultivation of the beet 



