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large crops of it produced by the ordinary turnip or 

 cabbage cultivation. As in cabbage culture, it is best 

 to sow the seed in March or April, in a warm and well- 

 enriched seed-bed ; from which it is transplanted in 

 May, and set out after the manner of cabbages in gar- 

 den culture. It bears transplanting better than most 

 other roots. Insects injure it less than the turnip, dry 

 weather favors it, and it keeps well through the winter. 

 For these reasons, it must be regarded as a valuable 

 addition to our list of forage plants adapted to dairy 

 farming. It grows well on stronger soils than the 

 turnip. 



Linseed Meal is the ground cake of flax-seed, after 

 the oil is pressed out. It is very rich in fat-forming 

 principles, and given to milch cows it increases the 

 quality of butter, and keeps them in condition. Four 

 or five pounds a day are sufficient for cows in milk, and 

 this amount will effect a great saving in the cost of 

 other food, and at the same time make a very rich 

 milk. It is extensively manufactured in this country, 

 and largely exported, but is worthy of more general use 

 here. It must not be fed in too large quantities to 

 milch cows, for it would be liable to give too great a 

 tendency to fat, and thus affect the quantity of milk. 



Rape-Cake possesses much the same qualities. It is 

 the residuum after pressing the oil from rape-seed. 



Cotton-seed Meal is an article of comparatively 

 recent introduction. It is obtained by pressing the 

 seed of the cotton-plant, which extracts the oil, when 

 the cake is crushed or ground into meal, which has been 

 found to be a very valuable article for feeding stock. 

 An analysis has been given on a preceding page, which 

 shows it to be equal or superior to linseed meal. Prac- 

 tical experiments are needed to establish it. It is pre- 

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