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in which they took on fat, when fed on the sugar-beet ; 

 and, when carried to market, the saddles excited par- 

 ticular attention from their very superior appearance. 

 But it was not in appearance only ; the meat was of a 

 much better quality, more juicy, and exceedingly ten- 

 der. The inquiry was, 'Why, sir, on what do you 

 fatten your sheep ? ' and when I replied, on the sugar- 

 beet, hay, and a small quantity of corn, it would 

 generally call forth acclamations of surprise. My first 

 trial was four years ago ; and, since that time, I have 

 been a constant grower of the beet. The meat I bring 

 to market is always in demand, and brings several cents 

 more per pound than that fattened in the old way : and 

 yet, strange to say, some of my neighbors, though 1 

 have urged them, will not plant the beet for their 

 stock. I have been benefited to the extent of several 

 hundred dollars by the introduction of this r.oot : the 

 effects are visible ; my neighbors see it, and know it, 

 and yet they stand looking on, halting between two 

 opinions. But light is breaking in upon us, and of one 

 thing you may be assured ; that is, that the time is not 

 far distant when every extensive stock-feeder will also 

 be an extensive root-groAver." 



The opinion here last advanced is doubtless a cor- 

 rect one ; and we also think that, whether feeders or 

 not, every cattle-grower will, if he consults his own 

 interest, be a root-grower. We are convinced, that in 

 this country, as elsewhere, the root culture lies at the 

 b^sis of all profitable cattle husbandry. 



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We often find hogs, at this season of plenty, losing 

 their appetites. This complaint would not be so dis- 

 agreeable if it attacked them when we had but little 

 food for them ; but now, when full harvests are coming 



