Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-05-20
From the Genesee Farmer.
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! "Our wool growers are beginning to esti.
mate the importance Of culivating a supply
of roots, especially OF the ruta baga, for feed.
ing their fiocks in the winter season and
early part of the spring Many of them
having run their fiocks high into the Saxon
blood, they find a greater difficulty in raising
the lambs, than formerly with the old Meri,
no breed. This difficulty arises partly from
the more tender constitution OF the Saxon
sheep but principally from lack of milk
in the ewes at the period of Landing, unless
this period be quite late, and if late, the
lambs do not get sufficient growth to be
strong before the setting in OF winter If a
plentiful supply of this nutritious food, in adj
diton TO their dry fodder, be furnished thro'
the winter, or at least through the latter part
Of ii, and the early spring months, before the
grass starts, II is reasonable TO suppose that
lthe-sheep will be in better heart, the ewes
will be stronger, land consequently will bring
forth stronger lambs: but what is of para
mount importance, they will have a supply
of milk for their offspring.
The lambs may come much earlier, will
thus have better growth, will be more har-
dy at the approach Of winter, and will shear
a greater weight of1leece the ensuing spring.
These are the great advantages confidently
expected to result from the feeding of roots
10 sheep Several OF our wool growers in
this vicinity the past season have raised
from one-tourih TO half an acre of ruta baga
as an experiment, and are highly pleased
with the result thus far Mr. John Magee
OF Bath, Cashier of the Steuben County
Bank raised the last season, on less than
half an acre of ground, on the river flats,
100 bushels, the creates, yield of which we
have ever heard. Some of them weighed
II l,2 lbs. with the tops So well pleased
are they with their experiment, and so SEN
sible of their advantages of root culture ia
sheep husbandry that they intend raising at
least an acre the ensuing summer. Others,
stimulated by this example, are procuring
seed TO sow the coming season."
| KIND OF CRoP.-Farmers should not be
guided much in the choice of crops for cul.
ture from the high prices they now bear in
market. They may very probably, by the
time they are able to get the crops into mar.
ket, become reversed in prices. Potatoes
Tor instance, command poor price; and for
this reason farmer who has to buv his
seed, should plant more potatoes than ifthey
were dear.
Roof CULTURE,-Turnips are consider.
ed the best The seed cost but little. are
sown with trifing trouble, require but itle
culture, remain on the ground but short
time, are eaten by man and beast, and easily
preserved over the winter The seed of the
mangel wurtzel is sown early in May and
costs rom 70 cents to Sl,25 per pound
-Four or five pounds are required to The
acre. Those raised for seed would we
should suppose, make good returns.
Saith Germany portable sheds are
put up in the fields for shelter, with salt con.
stanily kept in a suitable vessel. A few
quarts of bran wet and sailed and given to
cows, two or three times week when thew
are Turned to grass, will yield greater per
centagc Of gain in milk.