Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-12-15
I From the New England Farmer.

The following paragraphs are from
the Book Of the Farm" published in
monthly parts, at Edinburg, Scotland,
and edned by Henry Stephens, Esq,
editor Of the Quarterly Journal Of Az
riculture. The experience aud opin-
ions ofSco,ch farmers are always valua-
/ BILE.
CABBAGES FOR cows.
GAS cabbages are considered good
food for COWS giving milk, 1t may be
desirable 10 say few words in regard
TO their use. The varieties of cabbage
most suited for field culture, are the
Drumhead ( BrdSsica oitraco, cGpuaid,
depresSa. J and the great round Scotch
or white Strasburgh, from which the
German sour-krout is chiefly made. OF
|, these two, the Drum-head is the most
productive, and the Scotch stands the
winter best. 1t is alleged by Sinclair
that, for the purposes OF the dairy, one
\ acre of cabbagcs is worth three oi tur-
nips, but wherein this advantage con-
| ssts, is not stated as IL ought To have
been, as he mentions, that The nutritive
matter contained IN Swedish turnips Is
superior 10 that in the cabbage, in the
ratio Of llOto l07 l-2. There is no
doubt, however, that the taste Of milk
is less tainted by cabbages than tulnips,
and | believe more milk may be derived
4 al th Il |, Il,
difference Of opinion with respect to
|. the effects of cabbage on butter and
milk, and there is no doubt that a de-
/ caycd leaf or Two in head Of cabbage
will impart both 10 butter and milk a
strong disagreeable taste. 'This, say
Sinclair, j have long had an opportu-
nifty of proving The uses of rhcs,
two kinds of fcabbages are, to feed milk
cows, to latten oxen, and sheep are ion,
Of them. 1t is questionable how iar
their culture should be preferred to tur-
nps, excepting on soil too strong 70,
turnips, as they require n fine dccI
/ strong soil and large quantity of ma.
nure, means too valuable to be eXpen.
drd on cabbages, as an economical
/ crop, in Scotland. | have no expert,
cncc of the cabbage as food for milch
cows, or feeding cattle, but know they
are much rclished by ewes at the season
Of lambing."
4 "Although The pnrsnip (Pasiim'ceo
saiira cdulis, Of DE Candolle,) is too
tender "A root for general cultivation III
this country, it deserves notice on ac-
4 count OF its lattening properties when
/ given to all doDesticated animals -
Il The parsnip,' says Don, has been
| partially introduced of late years, as a
field plant, and is nearly equal TO Il car
Iili,ive matter. Its culture as a field
\ plant has chiefly been confined To th,
/ Island of Jersey, where it attains
4 large size and is much esteemed for fat
tening cattle and pigs. 1t is consider
ed rather more hardy than the carrot
and its produce is said to be greater
The variety best suited for the field L.
the large Jersey. In the iattening O
cattle, it is found equal if not superior
to the carrot, pertol ming the business
with as much expedition, and ailordmg
meat ofexquisiic flavor, and IA highI,
Juicy quality. The animals eat it wit
much grecdness. They are given, fol
Ialtcning, in the proportion of about 3C
ID. weight, morn,ng, noon and night,
the large ones being split in three OF
four pieces, and lille bay supplied in
the intervals of those periods. And
when given to milch cows with little
! hay in the winter season, the butter Is
found to be Of as fine color and as eX.
cellcnt n flavor as when feeding in the
best pastures. Indeed, the result o
experiment has shown, that not only il
neat cattle, but in the iattening Of hog,
and poultry, the animals become la
much sooner, and are more healthy
than when fed with any other root OF
vegetable ; and that besides, the meat
is more sweet and delicious"
\ CARROTS.
i "The carrot Dducus carrota salqra
Of Dc Candolle, is raised in the field,
in several parts of Scotland. The vari.
cites most suited for hcld-culturc are
the large orange, Altringham, long red
and green top white. Arthur Young
gives the average produce of an acr,
:, of carrots in Suffolk at $50 bushels
but Mr. Burrows crops averaged up.
wards of8OO bushels. ln the fields ia
Scotland, the AltrIngham carrot ha,
been grown to IL h., and in gardens
to , - ID and a crop of large ornag,
carrot, manurcd with night soil, has
been raised by Mr.. Spiers, of Calcrcucl
at the rate Of 9 tons the acre-proba-
|. bly, the Scotch scre-which is equal to
tons cwt the imperial"
Il TURNIpS-FATTENI SHEEP.
/ "Thc way that fat is laid on sheen
while on lurnips, and the mode of judg
/ lug Of fat sheep, are these Young
/ wcthers when put on turnlps in winter
/ are generally lean (; for although they
4 had been IN good condition as lambs
II when wcaned from their mothers in
summer, their growth in stature after
wards is so rapid, that their flesh is but
\ little intcrmiNcd with fat For the 6rS,
few weeks on turnips, even in the most