Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-04-17
ROOTS..ROOTS.

Inc importance OF raising roots to be
! used for cattle, horses and swine, DURING
our long winters, cannot be too often nor
TOO strongly impressed upon the farmers
| of Maine, at least until more of them en-
ter somewhat more largely into the bust.
ness than they do at present.
Potatoes are planted by every one as a
matter of course. Next to potatoes per-
haps the Ruta Baga crop commands the
most attention. The su gal beet is next
| in order, though of bat recent introduction.
Mangel Wurzels have not peneallv
found so much favor with the farmers Of
Maine as they ought to; nor has the car
rot-but the most neglected of all is the
parsnep. We do not recolect ofever hav.
ing seen field of parsneps GROWING in
Maine, and yet we verify believe that all
things considered, they are the most prof
liable OF either as an article of food for
stock and swine. We have heretofore
tried some experiments on limited scale
with them, and, Providence permitting,
we shall 50 more extensively into it anotb.
err season. They require little more
care when they first come up, and are
smaller than Ruta Baga, but are not 50
difficult as the carrot. They seem to be
more nourishing than any other root and
chemical analysis warrants this idea
They will keep in the ground during the
winter, but must be dug before they veget-
ate much in the spring. They will not
keep SO well In the summer as the Ruta
Baga. The farmers in the Island of Jer-
sey, near England, are said to make their
main dependence upon this root, and their
cattle and swine are thereby rendered yerv
profitable. The only objection that we
( know OF, to the carrot, is the trouble il
gives in wedding when it first come up
Its small leaves so much resemble some
ofthe weeds, that if the ground is verv
} foul, it requires careful management e
!, avoid hoeing it up with them. We have
seen the good effects fthese upon horse
, to which they were given during the
winter season. They certainly are pref
cradle to oats, or at any rate were for the
: horse. The animal was very fleet one
and belonging TO a neighboring Phvsi
!, clan who had great deal for him to do
; and yet ne kept in perfect condition witt
4 no other food than good hay, and from {
! peck to half busbel of carrots per dav
I The Mangel Wurtzel will weld. w6er
3 put IN favorable situation, as much ne,
acre, perhaps. as any other root. John
Hare Powell once raised sixteen hundred
and thlrty-four bushels to the acre and Id
rods; and Messrs. H. & T. Little. Of New.
bury, raised thirty-three tons, ten hundred
/. and fourteen pounds to the acre b.,
r English writers have told US to sixtv tons
: TO the acre. We believe that it REQUIRES
0 richer soil than Ruta Baga, and more
OF a clayey loan. Hogs are verv fond
: OF them. We saw Mr. Haines of Hallow.
7 ell feeding his swine with them last tall
and the manner in which they took hold
OF them, and the good condition which
they exhibited, convinced US that thew
were very profitable and nutritious f.
I them. See his communication in the Iast
t number of the Maine farmer The more
: we see and learn of the value of the sew
i eral root crops in Maine, the more CON.
4 vlnced are we that it is the true policy al
q our farmers to cultivate them extensively,
: and we hope that many who never have
e yet paid PARTICULAR attention to this bnsi.
$ ness, will begin this year Manure bioh
, and plant close, and we will insure Won
S good and a profitable crop.-Maiae Farm
i 'r.