310 FORAGE CROPS 
can be grown wherever rutabagas are grown, and 
will thrive if treated as described for the latter 
crop. In the middle West where rutabagas have a 
tendency to run to necks and form little root, 
this crop is a very good substitute. So far as now 
known, in New York the yields of the two crops 
are about the same, but both yielded less than 
mangels on the experiment station grounds. In 
addition to being quite a free-growing crop, it has 
the following advantages over rutabagas: 
“1. It is not so subject to clubroot or finger- 
and-toe (Plasmodiophora brassice) , and some other 
diseases. 
“2. It withstands drought better. 
"3. It can be grown on heavier soil, as clays, 
and does admirably on muck land. 
“4, It stands well out of the ground and can be 
readily pastured by sheep if desired. 
"5. It has not been known to cause taint of 
milk when fed to dairy cows. 
“6. Itis rather better than the rutabaga in with- 
standing frost. 
"7, It may be grown where the climate is too 
warm for the best development of the rutabaga. 
"8, The leaves are as valuable as the stem. 
“Among well-known varieties are the White 
Vienna (Fig. 59), Purple Vienna, Short-top White, 
Goliath, Carter Model.” 
