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oats were used along with the turnips, the profit was 

 diminished to eight and a half per cent. ; but wheii 

 still more expensive food was tried, that is, grain 

 and linseed-cake, along with turnips and potatoes, a 

 loss was sustained of no less than 12.316 per cent." 

 Lot 1 were the largest oxen. They were fed each 

 with 132 Ibs. per day of Swedish turnips ; lot 2 wen- 

 fed each with 120 Ibs. of the same per day ; and lot 

 3, being the smallest, received but 115 Ibs. per day, 

 and for twenty-four days but ninety-two pounds. 



Lot 1 cost 8.968 cents for every pound of increased live weight. 



Lot 2 " 794 " " " 



Lot3 " 6.78 " " " " 



The turnips were estimated at eight cents per cwt. ; 

 the potatoes at 36 cents per cwt. ; oats and beans 

 at 84 cents per bushel, and linseed-cake at one ;.nd 

 a half cent per pound. 



" In conclusion," says Mr. Stevenson, on this part 

 of the subject, " we give it as our opinion, that who- 

 ever feeds cattle on turnips alone, will have no reason, 

 on the score of profit, to regret their not having em- 

 ployed more expensive auxiliaries to hasten the fat- 

 tening process." 



It would seem pretty evident, from the foregoing 

 experiments, that ruta-baga and mangold-wurzel are 

 the best root-crops for feeding cattle. The profit of 

 cultivating and feeding these roots will be more man- 

 ifest, if we compare their product to the acre with 

 that of hay, potatoes, and the coarse grains whir^h 

 we feed to fattening animals. To enable the com- 

 mittee to make this comparison, they assume the 

 following as the average products of crops, and at- 

 tach to each of these an estimate of their marketable 

 value. Both the product and the prices will greatly 

 vary ; but those assumed are deemed sufficiently 

 correct for comparison. 



