Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-12-12
rnshirront Roots

There b. probably a rrat'r cT"p oI r''"
such a, tumirs, run aEas, carrots Sc,
raised IN Main, during ,he present year,
than ur any one year previous, iur somr
time. The, ruats viii hg l.I o, cattle dur
ing the winter. and, and 10 may not b.
am.s O. think over tle le,, mode ol doing
,his.
Tb,r, arc two mode. generally adopted
i.r doing this. IN, easy man chops up a
pint or swo every day with hi, peIkniic or
harm shovel, AMI throws ta,m over To the
cattle q" ui, " mt,., 90 AMI l,t. them cat -.
ln ih, spring Do, Looks at hi. cliilo aud 'lys,
I lm't think roots are any " great shake, "
o. f.,l cattle with. IL, careful man Tur.
cba.ss a rot cutter, passes ,h,m though Il
tu ,ulEciyu, quau,itr, % give his bullock a
mll msal.-s,metimr., if hc be extra care
faI. o., cooks them and frgyl. them out that
way. In the .priuc ho looks at his cattle
and oys, roots az, excellent lor cattle in
thc winter. bat It requires a good many oG
them auI a god I-,lo, car, i1 fee!iug thrm
out =, dos any thiu. sl.r. Tbcqur,,,on
with him will next De-. how can I c'ooomi'r
this hasinss. s1as % make tlc roots d. th,
most r,pi'
On ,hts point many c'ol farmers have
often qg,ri,i, aul many experiment. have
t.,rn tr,ci. We have found some thought.
and experiment, urln th,. suhret IN a latr
English TaIsr Mr lavr.nc', of Circuc,s-
tar, has made some experiments iu f.lius
tluils q cattle u Winter Wcwi,l CONE
I,u,r Do, observation, Tor ,lc Jeugl, II oar
rralar,.
1, -,.ms. from hi, observations, tlat to
-i,,a bullock full t,eI of root, alone, o.,
not q, god a, u CIV, lr,, quantity with
cut bay. or straw lshlG, a, they call It in
Fn-lanI)
Whom c1mmsuc,l f,gl.n: hull'ss' .'ms
wear. s.o. az, he. W. in tho habit ol
noting down tls allowance, of lbc diaer,ut
Kind, oi fool recommended in the asricui-
ural Tarsr., and hy men % rgruirl expert
rag, iu such mlJtsr.. Tuequau,iiy OF root.
rrylmmruIrl vcr, from O. 1 IL cwt. Per
I,y. fr hr-, ha,IIrk., lth..UDuii p, ahpu,
o. bu,hgl aud a h,l.of rua har.. Isr dag,
Tp) and that without aluNturs.
II, then 60, ou 90 say .--" Now what
b. tn oni.y, wc rrora., 90 accomplish Il
mas hr a,,uuaI i,r uur rr-sut Turro,e vc
ar, daliu: with animal. az maturity n
point oi growth, that tie skeleton j. fully
I.,.la,.,l. and t'a,wa lave only TO acsu.
malatr N.,h and At ,mu.t ever .rh1Tuc
in mini that itl.uDt o.. quantity of fa'l
r.t On tb, stomach af ,'s animal which ac-
-.url,n,. thro'ye,tn view, hutilat which
D. thoroughly Its,,,rI aui a's.u.a,ri by
t.e healthy act. uf o., ,i.crrl. The srt.
,ia. uslJr, a luliagk halt o cw, of root.
t.g fr.; thing n ,Ac morning, some hours
al,.rward, Do, allowance of more ,,ilii aud
u4uti1u. food. aud repeating tac i>d oi
root. iu the evening. APPEARED % TOE ar n.
rational proceeding aud on the Other hand,
tlata due mixture Of lhe ,JlId u-l luid
foods would probably ail the proper dI;ss-
,ion OF each. resolved therefore 20 dimrn-
ia the quantity OF roots which had scner-
ally heard recommended, one bali va. from
~ lbs to 80 iJs pr day, according to the
size of the animal, and 10 give portion Of
tho,a with each feed, Is intimately incurpo-
rated as nigh, be- practicable with the more
solid food. With this view | obtained
M,Jly's cutter, which cuts the roots into
thin ribLaud,, ihe,o We turn over amongst
toe claF. - that the animals cannot avid
catiu: them together. lohscrvcd that the
animals under the change - which have
al,yrtgl, throye faster aud were Kept equal.
ly clean with Onc.thiri less litter, by weight
than We had found necessary On the former
mode yr feeding. Maine Farmer.