, 1869-01-20
INDUSTRIAL. UNIVERSITY
Annual Course Of lectures.
Rost C1ops as Compared With Grain and
Grass Crops for Ratsnlns Mrpas,s
--.Pum Bookktepins-:Close
:. =, Of The Week's. ,CeHrM,
Special Agricultural Correspondence Of Tia CHI
eAGo Tribune.
u caAxPAlan. ILL.,, Jan. 1s, 1853.
.--., AFTERNOON 5E5AlpN,

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80 ~ AFTERNOON SESSION.
--,i' ROOT cRoF..
Mr.. Pe11an, Superintendent OF the uui,er-
eit7 Farm, delivered the following ieoture:
HAba51cA1lo7.
Root crops may be classtasd ~ tollov1: Ftsst.
fusiforua, - tho beet, caSzos. parsn,p :nszip, etf
Second. !ubeEout-tooled plllk, = ge p7taso,
eoufs, md 'he as..thofe. Ihnd. es;sostfoo:e4,
yeEetsblrs bold, IN tae se1nGnT CT er.knsened
Ea,lon3, i1oss lnpo1tsns pssoa, - Eu.tAine1s e(
seeosa,as III q IN esa,i, III q
Only within tie la.t century hsve they o:cu-
pied iher proper plaes u the esoaouJ uF aatmA
hare snaAled G1e11 B1uin especially q kee1
plxce tn her lE1itultarai development along yitI
her commercial ed manufacturing interests.
Tbe ruaest loEEo Of h1snxzdfy known IL that Of
! hsru.rasn, bang bnI oGs remove frnm taTaze
lfn tas.Enth Al snAsa7s2a nants wild a1inala
another step NJ have shs eatlration Of cereals,
the planting. OF 1treyAsds And orchards. and
lastJ romes The cuIus2uoa q root c7ops, hetns
AID toNerl
T. WHAT II AuRIcCtIE1x!
enn1fe-not1icnnmr BE- .1s oray nfaacn OF mo
err, a.puri nl,nse. aoriealtaxc being s9aIn sas-
cl7iE.ers Of horticulture. tpst tbs oscetsnz and
nd grasses ass subdivisions Of ae1iealtasal Ut
G fa z 81 ss y r.
solicitations. Yet 1hts sus1set OF agzteoltare has
been too oi,ea looked do*u upon a. Being saeox-
scterca Whcch rta]ll teods the wozid AID sR5ys
the destiny CT csuopo-
Il Is use eless Tor The sovenIy farmer to attempt
The cultivation Of root crops probably since ba-
ttg Of slow g1owth At trat. ana prod1ced fron
attention ihan CON, Wteat, Of othcr crsin no
auetug pl,n1s; INC to - r.: may b atr1 aassd
p1tehts Of uAry otnerH1ee good farmers, ars =
d. grace to the farmer AID pace Ior e7e,J NE
4aeExa11T Or Ip1cA11ox,
Thtre eetts.alJ Is need OF aIncal.a1A colleges
ea,tous supply Of vesssaos. The rat of rid yef-
IN reed ma ,aoor Eouid produce more hsa:,hial
and better suaienanec shan 0oah1e she anou1t
expended IN ps1t, hour and aoctor's bills; ~
enjoy ment II lie. produced 81 faole lsten Tish
plcEteoos suppl Of vegetables.
It's .oseiass1 sssen;isi R IL H. ss snsees.rul cut.
ttvAuon Of theee crops that the lana be liz 9 aish
ss4ts Of cultivation, usae 40 by desp plnw1ax,
or easy cullutr. Il the sotl l.. wet or tera1.ous t
must - rendered ofy ann fr.ahie By drainage,
,s a., Fean ,nx enassa on ,os culture ot vsrous
mc.hodg. He eonnnuedt
WHO tKoEL0 CHOW BOOT cKoI1-
20 the owner or but few l. tes, Who dettfce to
fatn II much stock ~ potsle1e, ana wku wishes
to keep Up Tho t&z.,n.y OF his had, these croes
proper rotation on ! farm Of quarter section
OF leasia u foio~a: Allowing cno htl{ to be a.
ways Il meadow or pAstufe. tWepsy ae.es NAV b
Of oests. nse Of tnta-bsgn and tusnips, .trep az
potatoes and Two Of patsIips and eat1o,s thA
!so i.ttst 70 be fed TO horses and rai!en cows;
twenty atfts to wheat or barley; twenty to corn
and .Wetty ,u oth4r ,ua4lI RratHs- In fhis tro:r.
| utu TIE Hat1u1s shnnld be appii d to the rorn
70 s a nS0s sltaS f. r.
| aerea Of mesdow for root crop, and plant wnest
wheze roots were sa,sed the previous y4sr, md
txentJ aer.s WIN Rra.s, 20 that re- uiaF, ease
se.-o1 T., o. .oos;, ,ss.as. sorn o.A Q. 3s
| wheat, hnlry md polztoes ara fed to stock, nd
Tho manure ta7:d and applied to The soll, MS
ten, 'o : h.1 ~ - M b Gen @
I, eco hastsl. of eeets. 5000 bushels os rass.
nsgs1 q t1snIps, 40 70 100 hr.hs Is Of pssatoes,
mo ooo .husssia each ol carrots and paxnejos.
| .hiea. At am esnta per pound, wouid Amouo: 10
u 20 Per annun a tho psodu:t Or thp 1wcatT
| acfss, heetde1 toh pot&toc c7pp.
! TO the oHEe5 oItSu1u oEe 70 dye a;rt4 tats auc-
feeding portion iersIn-or il. pseaillf properly,
1,.,a 9.naa ne n.s sssti,e ctzsus 1ao1s readily 70
Ine tnQ1s beet u doubtless destined before
lonE E TO wo1k great eha1ee n the huabandr1 of
,i,hed, WIN aad millions to ihe wesisa of ' snis
1T hauiliattnz saet tnst, with OH rich nrr1.
ma soil, Ee do nss saiss oue-haI 1he ean,o apsu-
tit1 OF gram pe- Acfn ~ Is I1Ged in Great Rrtau
1ns ps!rcttal vAlue Of 1oes crops u 10 Gu
able lhe Etiush farmer to irde1se tie hest,i.ty
a1d yield Of his soil AID, soooer q latcr, wr
shall bare 10 adopt the estoe Iotaupn. unle4 q
aonethlng else Il dl:covcstd . tlke ia plsec.
l. would nos have It 1neezstood nom Wait I
hsve said that think the time nAs cone for max.
in2 ne root crop az economic CT necessary p.st
od !i1osa a2E1culsusr' except On snail fazms and
The balance Of The lecture was teyottd 70 the
anaysls OF tho vaz1o7s root crops snd 1,1:tsties,
which are OF lltt1e value to the General adcs o
they naJ be found e: OR stacdsrd agricultural
EVENING SESSION,
BOOKKEEPING.
Captain Ed. Snyder, Professor CT German
and Bookkeeping, delivered q highly inter
esting lecture on the above subject. It was
wes one Of the most interesting Of the whole
course thus lar, but We cannot give even =
synoptis without black. beard drawings. The
points made arc these: The farmer
should have daily journal Of his
moueyed items and puts Them IN tha ledger
the same "a : mcrchaus or other business
| mxr. The cl2sA In bookkeeping 1, ehe
tarEett IN the university, and lis Professor
! ono Of the most industrious of the teachers.
The weeks lectures have p7stcd OF to the
cannot iau Of good results. Our people be-
E7n TO zee the value Of the science Of asr1cul-
ture, and Are disposed to put it ID actIJe
use- Science snd art Is their motto, md IN
der It's banner they will march forward to
success.
Next xeth's course will have more 70 do
VIII as11eutafe proper. RURAL
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