Show REMARKS we strongly urge urse the more general cultivation of or tha the beet and carrot as a field crop crap for feeding 0 cattle and ton tor enalin making maling molasses 1 tiie tire lre XIE thrives well in alava any an L k nd pf af aqil and good culture ure yields abundant crops from to bushels to the acre may be be considered as an average yi ld and on ou rich land 1000 bushels m ty be produced setting asid its use for molasses lr ir la is oue one of th bb heb roots for feed feeding in cows and for feeding hogs either amed cooked or in a raw state the beet also merits the attention of those who have city lots to be cultivated for winter use in making a fair calculation if one sixth part of every city lot was planted with sugar beets 75 bushels of roots might be produced from one lot at this rate bushels of this excellent root might be introduced within the walls of the city for winter use for molasses f feeding bedin a cow or pigs THE CARROT Is also recommended for more general culture in the garden and field for the purpose of feeding cattle in the winter the root is excellent for feeding store pigs and sheep it is also unquestionably the best root for cows and feeding 0 horses to which it gives a fine glossy chai coat besides improving the condition of the animal the Land reths in their excellent ittie lttie little ittle pamphlet the rural register remark on root crops as follows no farmer should be so thriftless as not to provide green food for his big stock in wi winter titer liter not only does it fatten where to make fat is desirable but it increases the yield of milk and the quality of butter and in all cases pro kotesa healthy condition of stock if then for no other purpose than as an alterative a certain proportion of the winter food should be succulent cattle sheep and horses thus fed are found to keep in better condition and at less cost than when wholly fed on hay ha or hay and grain combined and with such convincing arguments as increase of health and arguments indrea increase se 0 of wealth it is incredible that an american farmer can be found neglectful of root culture E SAYERS SAVERS IV WAGSTAFF committee |