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Show ' FEED MORE ROOT8V 8tpck Will Keep. In Better Appetite When Supplied with This Ration. . H In tho United States .cnttlo feeders-. havo gotten out of tho habit of feed- ing roots to cattle, be'eauso of tho Lbundanco of cofiV and corn fodder. Tho chemist lms also -assisted, in this movement by showing thnt Uio nutri- tlvo valuo of roots Is not great, as 'H compared with tho nutritive -valuo of tho grains. Hut. roots havo n valuo greater than that, shown by tho nu- trlcnts as determined 'by analysis. H Thcro Is a digestive-valuo In. the acids and in tho bulk -that no. chemcal an- alysls will determine. Roots havo a stimulating effect 'fn' that thoy pleaso tho appotite. B .Somo roots are.,.stlll fed tp cattle In tho eastern states, whero tho cus- H torn began 'far back In tho' early set LaamS tloihent'of ' tho country nnd has per- H slsted. Twp t reasons aro .found for this.. .. One, . the early settlors wero H from England, whefo root feeding was common; two;.'tho growing-of, .corn is H -n-mpro. dimcult; matter than in tho west, whoro' tho. levol flolds mako tho uso of machinery,, posslblo. In Now H .England -rpots aro' .still raised qulto extensively' for stock 'fce'dlngV Somo object to tho' feeding'-ot tur- H nips to dairy 'cows'; -but this--Objection 'is not to'boMiiot witlwln tho-fcedlng H of beef cattle' and of. dry. dairy cows. H Doubtless tho.com and. corn fodder H will bo-moro oftectlvo'.w.hcn fed with H roots than fed without ,rbo(s. Now .that .the .price of corn" has .risen to such a height,' it Is necessary that Its H feeding should bo mado ns effcctlvo aa H possible. "'.' s. H With tho Increasing prlco of laud it H becomes necessary to mako every J aero produce as much feed as posslblo. H A vorygreat tonnagq ot boots or tur- H nips cn !! btf-grown on nn ncro of land It tho soil bo proporly enriched nnd Lvamai -properly tilled, says Fanners' Rovtow. Bmaal .Tho tops as Woll ns tho roots can bo BBBtV fed to beet cattle. Tho succulent BBilSI character of, tho roots Insures their HarMJ comploto digestion by tho cattlo. IIKS Mangol wurzols aro particularly uWV'j adapted to feeding, becauso thoy aro 5h$i5 relished by tho cattlo and enn be Wvffilfik grown In Inrgo quantities. InrlW |