Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-06-06
From the A@,r;eaa Asr'cOl'uI's,.
A" Commentary" on Roots.
NJ TIMOTHY urSKrx. rse.

.honIs lin. 4, know wha, upon airth
-, A. - Won, c,,,l, TO make en- look 80
:, .h..s, aid Jacob Trink q. he looked IN.
.,.,I a, . h,;,h, Ap,il morning.
A.. ~ % EN- Won fool /" exclaimed Tuck.
. =. .,na. ,sm Nth 4, meal. and corn.
;,., 70, xould n ..-.are."
.rm m;.h,v clad I don't have the bill.
,r,v" .e,I Jones. "ThA, animal has
COS, fi,, dollar. thi. winter. I'll be, = shad;
s,,,...l,D,t-,lf,r ,ha, neow." "pon',
,.n,. Of that" saii Seth Twis,.. as he
-, ~. .on,,nv n, the cate. and looked
.,ui,;,,,v n, CHERRY. who had dropped her
,s;,, c.Ii , few da,. before. "Ia am In
r,,, of , new mileh COW. and will take her
.,,,,,,,,,. ~i,hon, ,h. calf"
..y,a .ill have to add ten more to &C,
-, s,,nifI~an, 10 eel. 81 remarked 9ui.
,,,, .boved n nail hall TOLL Of milk AZ.
q, N. calf had taken all he wanted to suck.
=. Rn, ,o. ace never sell = new mileh COW.
Mi, h,,,sr and cheese i. nv business,
- -, !. -, .,o.l m trade A .hosma.
II, M. is,,h,- or n tan.
Li'L,a.. ,.,msr ..lI n nav miIeh
r,- -. go, who b,. hi. eve
80, -, al, .cl, COW. only when they are
-, s,,,.,.I q, a, ,hs elu.e Of the milking
-"
RI, .,po.e he IA. morn he wants"
.,,4 9Th inouirinrly. n, be loaded bis
Mn.
IN. Ia. no bo.ints. 10 be IN that fx,"I
,,,lieI lie raise. a given amour, Of hay.
.nt rou-h fodder. eorn.,als.. straw. pump
k,n,. roots. etc. and he oush, to know ju.,
how much /, will take TO bring them Ou, in
GOOD condition in the spring. n he ha. on
" fodder enough Tor twenty head OF cattle.
he make. a grea, mistake IL he attempts to
keep twenty one. aud !. foolish IL he at
tempt. 10 keep twenty-five. With food
enough. be will make prof, on each; with
too LITTLE. he will lose on every one" "Lose
erc-y ors. YOU ougb, to have aid" inter
ro.cd S.,b. with a knowing wink at Jake
Trink for hi. recent experience with the
horn-an.
Cherry" continued. 4" Is vha, ! call
living commentary on rOoi'. Mr. sPooner
has good deal TO say abou, the opinions OF
different eomm'niators on this and that
,eI, from which he breaches. | always
though, that the bc-, commentary on .
mans faith, was bis practice. His life
show. well enough what sort Of food his
mind lyes on, and i, 1. pretty much 20 with
fodder. There. good deal Of truth in the
old alare. Z" the proof Of the pudding 10 in
,bs eating" The kind Of pudding my
Casrry Ia. lived on all winter is turnips,
,urAr bee,., and good hay. No, an ounce
of meal uron the honor Of a gentleman, and
abe gave milk until within two months Of
bsr eAlying. You see. now. she i' sleek a,
a mole. with bag .. big as . milk pail and
n fne calf"
put the case 10 my neighbors in tha,
vay. Mr.. Editor. AMI made them zee IL. I
know n GOOD many farmers say root. don't
nav for raising, that they are all water
when no, iro,en: and II they are frozen, You
ni,h, n. well ieei YOUR cattle on snow
b,nI. know that the chemist. say ,ha,
they are more than three quarters water.
and m, worth hall 81 much as bay. which
nav he true enough. Bot what DO care
fr ,he.e orinion., % long as roots make
a-.h and milk cheaper than any thing else
I can raise. Lam after milk and a-sh by
~. eb.ape., method. IL giving water to the
,,,.k will bring them. shall give them va
,s,-T,L. F,;rk and Mr.. Re,or, 10 tho con.
,o,x,h.,,,di,,
wh,. .,,,r;,. stand ,,,tieul,rlv low in
The scale O, pouri.bmen,. and vet Cherry
had White ,u,nip. a hall bu.bela day, un.
iii they were Al GONE and gained ae,h upon
them. She did better upon sugar beets: and
for that reason think they are worth more.
and II they could be raised a. eheaply a.
,urn,r.. and should prelsr 20 raise them.
pn,i Al no, see how they eanhe. lean
,,i. ,p,r,rs amonr corn. a, . .,oloo cro,.
for four cent. per bu.hel. and I think all
,,,,. ,b,, reouire a whole .easop-bes,..
.,,,,,,. ,,d ,a,.,sr.-vill no, coz, far
from ten cent, a bushel.
NJ, rule !. 10 raise all the root. can. o,
the several v,,;s,ie, 40 that eysry animal
NAV haven d,ilx feed Of them from No,sm.
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