Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-06-05

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with us, where Indian corn, though
tropical plant, can be grown from
Maine to Texas inclusive, the turnip
is of secondary Importance" Now |
cannot, for the life of me, see that In
dian corn stands in the stead of roots
in any way whatever. 1t can be said
to be crop to which grain is said to
be of secondary Importance, and 1t is
certainly more valuable than the hay
crop, because when we'll managed,
there will be corn gilmore than double
the value of the grain, for it will grow
three times the weight and then, the
fodder is of more value when properly
cured. But carrots, mangels, swedeS
and turnips are totally different, and
have altogether quite distinct effect
on the stock, being promotive OF III
creased growth to a very great ex-
tent, of robust health, and also pro-
ducing that talisman to all success,
"quick returns, for early maturity
is a result from feeding roots which
cannot be attained to the same degree
by feeding Indian corn. Steers or
heiferS fed freely on roots from OctO-
Der till May for two winters, viz:
when rising one year old, and coming
two years of age, will be as large and
as forward as they would be at three
years old if raised without roots
They also help sheep the same in COM
parison, as they are as heavy at one
year old in England as any at two IN
America, which is owing entirely to
the influence of the judicious feeding
of roots-turnips till about Christmas,
and swedes afterwards. See the &C
count of weights gained by twenty
odd pounds of roots per day In exper-
mental feeding of tegs in England,
as recorded in the appendix to Gran
dallS Practical Shepherd" | have
seen three hundred wether tegs, OWN
ed by one man, sold for SIT per head,
bare shorne, which had been penned
, all winter on turnips d swede8 with
out shelter, and these tegS had feeces
t averaging twelve pounds of wool each
These were the property Of Mr.. Rob
ert Beeman. well known large ten
, ant farmer in Gloucester.) They
were sold at Stow-on-the-W Void on the
18th Of May But about 1910 there
O were about 40 teg5 sold in March a
Chipping Norton, which weighed l4(
pounds each, dressed weight, anC
+ these had been penned on the land
b eating turnips and swedes. These
e latter mentioned belonged to Mr.. Bar
g ton Of Tryfeld, son of one of the
g ram breeders on the COtSwold Hills
} Thus roots have been proved t.
K force the growth of young stock be
; You'd aught that can be done by Indi
e an corn. Consequently | cannot com
prehend how any one can say 9Th
turnip is OF secondary Importance;
: for the swede, as it is generally call
! ed, is in reality the swedish turuip,
: and is the chief OF all roots for gener
: al purposes, especially for laying OIL
. flesh and growing young stock.
:. How can root crops be said to b.
Of secondary value to the Americans
= They enable a farmer to BRING GU
more fat cattle and sheep III the sprins
than at any other period Of the vea
ana they also give him the power t
)" force the young stock of all ages
D. double the value they would othel
% wise have. 1t is a real miscOnceptio
IS to make any such assertion that the
n are of secondary importance or valu
to Nh Johnston did wonders by Wi
i'd ter feeding Of stock, any one by fo
ne lowing his example and feeding roo
If of his own growth, cultivated in I'll
tn cheap Scotch system" of horse cul
walton, &C., may surpass Mr.. job
ston's results.
VI The fact is, Americans try to d
w ceive themselves into the belief tl
:. roots are not Of so much importan
NC to the farmers on this continent as
'el those of England; and this is caus
~ ~ chiefly in consequence OF the gre
y W aversion to preparatory cultivate
WV and being put out in the old rOuti
'ur e of making corn planting and work.
u - between the rows last from the beg
on ming of May till the end of June.
'0o How does the English farmer fl
VI time to grow roots, when, as is W
II known, he cuts his grass a MOI
younger than Americans do? W
he employs help enough to attend
of the hay as it should be, and as
wn- dew hangs on later there, he d
Ter, much of his root culture and manuri
of planting, &c, i'll the morning of et
ar's day. Here, if the grass were
Did. sooner, and sufficient hands were
Ond ployed to cure it properly in its gre
and er state, the root culture would be
age exceedingly convenient operation
wn- fill up time when the weather '
ppy hindering for hay-making.
ock As in the opinion of Scotchmen
Far Englishmen every crop is of secor
ry Importance to the root crop, on
count of its being the foundation
te a good farming, and complete prev
SET i've to the running down" ofland,
oe- in the course of another general
mall it will be the salvation of all the
alter hausted farms here, and then it
arm be the crop "par excellence. DO
ouio CutttUGtOr.
e to
in a WASHING SHEEP.-Mr. Amos
peri nam of Big Bend, Wisconsin, ST
much the Rutland Herald the following
ct in alive to washing sheep: My mode
it in washing sheep, for the past 40 yt
nil bavinU baen heartily adOntpd hy