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proper proportion, in suitable condition, at proper times, 

 mixed with corn meal, shorts, oil cake, or other rich 

 food, they will produce valuable results. To feed roots 

 of any kind in imprudently cold stables, or, as may 

 sometimes be seen, in the open air in inclement weather, 

 the roots, perhaps, partially frozen, and expect favorable 

 result?, argues, to say the least, want of reflection ; and 

 where we find people say, as we sometimes do, they 

 "can see no good in roots," we are sure to find, on 

 .inquiry, that some of the obviously rational and neces- 

 sary rules of procedure in feeding have been disregarded. 

 *The experience of such people should never be taken as 

 safe guides ; but rather let us pin our faith on the sys- 

 tematic and successful, who use the right means to the 

 right end. One such practical, observing, methodic 

 man in a neighborhood, is worth a dozen who make no 

 progress. 



The writer should here refer to the value of turnips 

 in another view, as a vegetable manure ; most valuable 

 will they be found for plowing under after the first 

 killing frost of autumn. Sown thickly broadcast in 

 August or September and allowed to cover the ground, 

 they gather from earth and air a mass of fertilizing 

 agents which will, the succeeding spring, astonish the 

 experimenter. 



Nothing we know of is so efficient, considering the 

 small cost of time and money. Seventy to eighty days 

 will make the 'crop, and at a cost not exceeding three 

 dollars per acre. The preparation of the soil and cli- 

 matic adaptation of the locality is an important pre- 

 requisite to success, both as respects the productiveness 

 of the crop, and its cost, for it is manifest that, however 

 valuable and desirable may be any object we seek, the 

 cost of obtaining it may be disproportionate to its value ; 

 such is especially the case with all products of the soil. 



