The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-05-26


upon an acre and fourteen perches; and a
part Of the same field containing thirteen
contiguous rows. produced at the rate OF
FRO thousand and sirty fee bushels per acre,
weighing "A tons, 5 cwt. and 81 lbs.
Henry Thompson OF Baltimore, raised in
1888, on less than one eleventh OF an acre,
) tons, II cwt. and qrs., or al the rate Of
about slrty tons 10 the acre.
10 good land, slogle roots Of the mangel
wurze often weigh nine or ten pounds, and
sometimes even fourteen or ffteen pounds
each and j. A kenrlck OF Newton, Mass
raised IN s33, a single root weighing no
less than hirfy .StE pounds.
Uses.-Thls root is admirably adapted
for feeding nearly all domestic ANIMALS. Ii
is the best Of known food for store swine +;
and SWINE iatlen upon Il, yielding firm
pork OF good flavor, when fed TO them raw,
equally we'll as upon boiled potatoes, by
winch the fuel and labor Of boiling IS saved
Col. Powell says, Nv neat cattle prefer
mangel wurIzel 10 any other root which
have offered TO them. have found us ei
iecis N producing large secrellons Of good
milk, very great. lis appllca-
tlnn as food for sheep Is not the less, Itnpor.
tan, Of It's uses. Ewes yean usually at the
season when grass cannot be supplied. The
health Of themselves aud the thrift OF their
.ambs. essentially depend upon succulepl
food being bad. lam inclined TO thlnk that
no small portion u the success which In
giish breeders have met, Is 10 b. ascribed
10 the large stores Of roots, which they
have always at command
10 autumn, when tie quantity Of milk
from COWS often dimlnishcs greatly, It may
be restored by cutting the leaves Of this
plan, and feeding them. In some instances
the quantity has been doubled by this means
The leaves soon gros again, and may lie
cut every fortnight. Cows ted twIce u
day 10 winter, upon - lbs. Of the roots a, a
uur, together With l 90 ) pound, Of hay
OF chopped straw, sill, 4 is asserted, eve As
much milk as a. summer.
ia some instances hen fed 10 cattle aad
sheep, th.s root ~ SAID 10 have produced
securing. Tbs mas Ue owing either 10
the sol adbeung 10 the roots when eaten,
81 ~ The sudden commencement Ut feeding
on tbcm exclusively, INSTEAD OF there benz
mixed nth proper proportion OF Dry food
such as hay, meal, OF chopped straw.
lb.s crop has several important advanla.
yes IN ils cultivation. II IS little affected
br changes Of the weather. suffers hule
/ ifum drought lAtscs 10 mos, soils aud i
uci attacked b. any insect and prepares the
ground we'll for succeeding crops. The
roots NAV t. kept sound aud fresh Tor eishl
or ten months.
Farmers Who value their land, would
bud Z, greatly to thetr intefes, TO direct their
a'icnliun more 10 tire cultivation Of this crop.
IL has been lJund that two tons of maug,I
wuuzcl are equal 10 oue Ton oil has for feed
ng mich COWS; AID that three tons are equal
70 one Of bay ior feeding cattle ~ general
Any ono may readily calculate from this
how much greater d uumbcr Of cattle msy
se supported hy tins means, from gwen
quantity u land, thnn by the usual modc o.
feeling them exclusively on grass aud hay
SlRDsIng for instance that thirty tons d
mange "uhzsl are the average produot pet
acre, then we shall have an amount from
oue acre alone equal 10 from ten Ia fifteen
tets ot hay. Now Il a method shoUld bc
devised for ralslng thus amour, OF hay iron
an acre, Il would excite universal attention
aud inquiry; but TINS crop although pos
scsying Advantages not less Important, is al
most entirely neglected.