214 AMERICAN HUSBANDRY. 



400 Ibs. sound wheat and rye straw, to 100 Ibs. do. 



100 Ibs. water-turnips, equal to 40 Ibs. of potatoes, 

 or 50 Ibs. of mangold-wurzel. 



Mr. John Philip Wagner says, in his work entitled 

 " Contributions to the Science and Treatment of 

 Wool and Sheep," that " 200 pounds of potatoes, 

 266 pounds of carrots, 350 pounds of ruta-baga, and 

 90 pounds of clover-hay, lucerne, and sainfoin, are 

 each of them equal to 100 pounds of good hay." 



Your commitee beg leave farther to cite the prac- 

 tice of a few of the most celebrated breeders of sheep 

 in Germany ; and, first, that of Mr. Albricht Thaer. 

 of Moeglin, in Prussia. Potatoes and straw consti- 

 tute the main feed for his large flock of 1500 during 

 winter. He cuts the potatoes into small slices, 

 feeding them alternately with straw. When his 

 pastures, in the fall of the year, begin to fail, he 

 commences feeding potatoes, by scattering them in 

 the field in such quantities as he deems sufficient, 

 with the best effect upon the health and condition 

 of the animals ; his flock fully attesting that sheep 

 may be kept principally on roots and straw. One 

 of the committee, who has been familiar with sheep- 

 husbandry both in this country and in Germany, 

 confidently believes, from his knowledge on the sub- 

 ject, that the same practice can be profitably applied 

 in our sheep-husbandry. 



Mr. Bloeck, of Schieraw, in Silesia, one of the 

 most intelligent and experienced breeders of sheep, 

 keeps a flock of 500 in the following manner. 

 He fodders six times a day. 



1st fodder 208 Ibs. rye straw, of which they eat . 52 Ibs. 

 2d fodder 130 Ibs. oat do. do. do. . 97 Ibs. 

 3d fodder the dry sheep receive 160 Ibs of pea- 

 vines, of which th*>y eat . . 120 lha. 



the ewes receive hay . 

 4th fodder potatoes mixed with cut straw 750 Ibs. 



rye bran 

 oil-cako meal, 

 barley meal, 



120 Ibs. 



31 Ibs. 

 8 Ibs. 

 33 Ibs. 



822 lb. 



