FE-EDING QUALITIES OV THE BEET. 295 



Black 366k. 



Baron Crud ...... 225 



Pabst 275 



Meyer 250 



Flotoii 300 



Koyer 250 



Schwertz 330 



Thaer 460 



Boussingault 540 



>=100kil. ofhay. 



Average 333 



As for the quantity of roots to be -furnished to an 

 animal daily, it depends upon circumstances, such as 

 age, climate, etc. 



We do not advise the use of roots alone, for it is 

 better to iiiiite them with a given quantity of hay or 

 straw, or any other substance of the same sort. 



We give in fig, 85 an idea of a stable as it exists in 

 difierent portions of Belgium. As shown, the beets 

 are stored under the passage way, and are taken out 

 when required ; a small quantity of hay is thrown into 

 the manger when these are to be fed to the cow. The 

 resulting manures are thrown against the wall, a prac- 

 tice we cannot recommend. 



In 1836 Dr. Schwertzer, of Saxony, made, during a 

 long period of years, many efforts to utilize a small 

 quantity of straw of different sorts for feeding without 

 the assistance of hay, but was not successful. He 

 then tried uniting this with a small quantity of 

 sliced roots, leaving the mass to ferment. Perfect 

 satisfaction was thus obtained; the importance of 



