FOOT CULTURE. 97 



Twenty-eight tons of mangold- wurzel and Swe- 

 dish turnips were withdrawn to feed other stock. 



On the 30th of January Mr. Howden took a pair 

 of cattle out of each lot, and fed No. 1 with potatoes 

 and water, No. 2 with Swedish turnips, and No. 3 

 with mangold-wurzel. The following shows their 

 relative increase in three months. 



1832, JHH. 30 10 feet 8 inches 

 April 30 11 " 6 " 



10 feet 5 inches 



11 " 3 " 



10 feet 4 inches. 



11 " 2 " 



When the cattle were sold, the purchasers agreed 

 that the lot fed on Swedish turnips were from 7s. to 

 10s. ($1 68 to $2 40) a head better than the other 

 lots. The average advance upon the original value 

 of each was 6 12s., and the cost of the grains being 

 deducted, there remained JE120 ($576) in return for 

 the eight acres of produce consumed, or $72 for each 

 acre. 



From the above statement it would seem there is 

 no great difference in the fattening properties of the 

 three kinds of roots ; and that, so far as measure or 

 weight is concerned, it matters little which are em- 

 ployed in feeding. We will note here, for future ref- 

 erence, the product per acre of each kind of*roots, 

 upon Mr. Howden's ground, adding the product in 

 bushels of 56 Ibs. 



The potatoes gave 12 tons 4 cwt., equal to 488 bushels. 

 The mangold-wurzel 25 tons " 1000 " 



The ruta-baga 28 tons " 1120 " 



2. The comparative economy of feeding raw or pre- 

 pared food. 



In 1833 the society offered a premium of 30 sover- 

 eigns for the best report, founded on actual experi- 

 ment made for that purpose, on a number of oxen or 

 heifers, not fewer than six, the animals to be of the 

 same breed, age, and sex, o.:id the term of feeding not 

 less than three months. Several reports were re- 



