supply his animals with frequent meals, of from one to three pecks 

 of cut roots each. And if such an allowance was given them every 

 day, their owner would be amply rewarded come spring. 



Though I fear the statement conflicts with some generally received 

 ideas, I am convinced that, if not carried to excess, roots are the 

 most profitable winter food for cattle, that among them the sugar beet 

 stands first ; next to it comes the mangel wurzel ; and for feeding 

 purposes the potato, even were it not visited by blight, rot or Colo- 

 rado beetle, could never be profitably grown. It is a fact beyond 

 controversion that the most successful agricultural districts are those 

 where the most attention is given to these products. Though our 

 farmers are giving the subject more thought every year, I believe 

 that a vastly increased acreage is essential to their greatest success, 

 and that the cultivation of this crop is a necessary accompaniment to 

 high and successful farming:. 



PREMIUMS AWARDED IN THE FOURTH DIVISION. 



S. D, Crocker, Potatoes, $5 00 



L. O. Chittenden, Sugar beets, 5 00 



John W. Clark, Report, 5 00 



Austin Eastman, " 4 00 



Levi P. Warner, '' 3 00 



John W. Clark, Peach trees, "Samuels' Birds 



of New England." 



S. D. Crocker, Corn, 5 00 



P. West & Son, " 3 00 



Agricultural College, Gratuity, 25 00 



