CHAPTER XV 



BOOT-CROPS 



English agriculture is noted for its root-crops. 

 These crops become a regular part of rotation 

 systems. They thrive in the cool moist seasons 

 of that country. In America they have not re- 

 ceived the attention that they deserve, particu- 

 larly in the northern states and Canada, although 

 in the latter country they are better appreciated 

 than in the United States. They afford good 

 nutrient materials in most wholesome and diges- 

 tible forms, and because of their succulence they 

 become a good adjunct to dry and concentrated 



"The reason why the production of roots is of 

 special interest in the north Atlantic states," as 

 expressed in a recent Cornell bulletin (Root- crops 

 for Stock-feeding, Bulletin 243), is "that these 

 states raise a comparatively large amount of 

 roughage and a small amount of concentrates, 

 while the north central states raise a large 

 amount of cereals or concentrates in proportion to 

 hay and forage, as shown in the following table of 

 the ratio of concentrates to roughage in the north 



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