CHAPTER XV 
ROOT-CROPS 
ENGLISH agriculture is noted for its root-crops. 
These crops become a regular part of rotation 
systems. They thrive in the cool moist seasons 
of that country. In America they have not re- 
ceived the attention that they deserve, particu- 
larly in the northern states and Canada, although 
in the latter country they are better appreciated 
than in the United States. They afford good 
nutrient materials in most wholesome and diges- 
tible forms, and because of their succulence they 
become a good adjunct to dry and concentrated 
feeds. 
“The reason why the production of roots is of 
special interest in the north Atlantic states,” as 
expressed in a recent Cornell bulletin (Root-crops 
for Stock-feeding, Bulletin 243), is “that these 
states raise a comparatively large amount of 
roughage and a small amount of concentrates, 
while the north central states raise a large 
amount of cereals or concentrates in proportion to 
hay and forage, as shown in the following table of 
the ratio of concentrates to roughage in the north. 
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