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to this new idea, and especially when it cannot be tried without the 

 sinking of a few hundred dollars in making a silo, and gathering 

 stone to pile on top of it. What are those farmers to do, who, 

 unfortunately, have no stone for this purpose, and find the market 

 for it strong at $4 a load ? They need not fret, however, if they can- 

 not have their silo, because they can grow mangels and sugar beets 

 the large variety of Lane's Improved, and not the sugar beet which 

 is small and do as well, perhaps, with these, as they could with 

 ensilage. Doubtless the new improvement is of great value in its 

 place; but its place is by no means universal, and when the present 

 excitement is cooled down, it will probably be found of very rare 

 application; but root growing ..and feeding roots are of universal 

 application. H. STEWART. 



Bergen County, N. J. 



