So 8. Comparative Nourishment of Vegetables.— -Ag. Premiums. 201 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Comparative Nourishment of different 



kinds of Vegetables. 



If, as an article in the last Cabinet, signed 

 Vir., states, "the differences of opinion with 

 •egard to the value of root crops, as cattle 

 'eed, are indeed about as different as light 

 s from darkness," the following table, show- 

 ng the comparative nourishment of some 

 )f the principal kinds of vegetable food, 

 nay possess interest. The table was formed 

 jy Boussingault, an eminent French chem- 

 ist — and he tells us, that he compared the 

 result of his experiments with the practical 

 sxperience of farmers, in feeding cattle, and 

 found "a most remarkable coincidence be- 

 tween the theoretical and practical infer- 

 ence." It is found in a late number of the 

 Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, and is 

 is follows, viz: 



White French beans, ...*.. 100 



Yellow peas, 120 



Farina of cabbage, 148 



" of carrots, 170 



" of wheat, ....*.. 175 



Wheat, • . 191 



French wheat, 193 



Rye, 200 



Farina of barley, 212 



" of potatoes, 225 



Barley, . . . . • 232 



Indian corn, 246 



Potatoes, 1096 



Carrots, 1351 



White cabbage, 1446 



Turnips, .".....-... 2383 



" Thus we see, that 100 parts of white 

 French beans, are equivalent in nutritive 

 power, to 120 parts of yellow peas, — to 1096 

 of potatoes, and 2383 of turnips. A farmer, 

 for example, in feeding cattle, would find 

 that 120 parts of yellow peas, would go as 

 far in keeping up the strength and efficacy 

 of his cattle, as 2383 parts of turnips." Or 

 it would require more than 23 bushels of 

 turnips, or two bushels of rye, to be equal 

 in nutritive power to one bushel of white 

 French beans. 



These statements, it is believed, may be 

 'relied upon as approximating the truth; 

 though the fact, that it should require near 

 ly two bushels of wheat to equal in nutri- 

 tion one of beans, may be a little startling 

 to the political economist. When farina is 

 srjven, as of cabbage, potatoes, &c, the 

 meaning is, that the article was dried and 

 reduced to flour, by grinding, or otherwise. 

 If acceptible to the editors, occasional facts 

 ind suggestions, in connection with agricul- 

 ture, may be offered for the columns of the 

 ~abinet, (already so rich in original and 



practical matter,) by the writer of this, 

 whose birth-place was a farm, and whose 

 fondness for the pursuit, induces him to 

 hope, that in this way he may contribute 

 his mite towards the advancement of this 

 ennobling occupation. Index. 



Philadelphia, First mo. 30th, 1843. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



A Chester County Pig. — A hog was 



slaughtered in West Chester on the 22nd 

 ult., weighing 900^ lbs. He was bought by 

 me two years ago, when a shoat, of six or 

 eight months old, and I sold him in the tenth 

 month last, to Benjamin Walton, of West 

 Fallowfield, who fed him. When the cir- 

 cumstances are considered, that he was not 

 castrated until the fifth month last, and then 

 ran on grass with but very little extra feed, 

 until I sold him, it may well be asked, " Can 

 it be beat . ? " Judges are of the opinion, that 

 had he been kept another year on a mode- 

 rate allowance of food, and then fatted, he 

 would have reached 1200 lbs. J. Fulton, Jr. 

 East Fallowfield, Pa., Third mo. 1st, 1843. 



Agricultural Premiums. 



At a meeting of the Philadelphia Society 

 for promoting Agriculture, held at their room 

 in Washington Hall, South Third street, be- 

 low Walnut, March 1st, it was on motion 

 Resolved, that premiums be offered for the 

 following objects, for the year 1843, viz: 



For the best managed farm, over 100 

 acres, $20. 



For the second-best managed farm, over 

 100 acres, $15. 



For the third-best managed farm, over 

 100 acres, $10. 



For the best managed farm, from 50 to 

 100 acres, $15. 



For the second-best managed farm, from 

 50 to 100 acres, $10. 



For the third-best managed farm, from 50 

 to 100 acres, Column's Agricultural Tour. 



For the best managed farm, under 50 

 acres, $12. 



For the second-best managed farm, under 

 50 acres, $8. 



For the third-best managed farm, under 

 50 acres, Colman's Agricultural Tour. 



The above premiums will be paid in 

 money, or a medal of equal value, except 

 where Colman's Tour is offered. 



The decision of the Judges will depend 

 on the manure used and economy of man- 

 agement, as well as on the neat and good 

 condition of the farm generally, and the 

 amount of its products. 



Committee on Farms. — Aaron Clement, 

 Isaac W. Roberts, Lewis Willard. 



