Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-05

1t will be seen that by this analysis tina.
potatoes contain the largest per centage o,
nutrIment OF any of the roots but leave
them out OF the question as their value for
the table is equal to that of corn winch con-
talns over 10 per cent. Of nutriment. Hence
no farmer ought to iced potatoes to stock, but
take the beet, carrot, pafsnlp and turnlp.
Either oil the first three named contain as
much lood as does the grass In our pastures
1t Is thus shown that these ronts contain
about one-thIrd as much ftsh forming matter
as does our best hay; or IN other words, for
feeding purposes, three hundred pounds OF
bee's, carrots, or parsnlps are equal to one
hundr pounds of good hay. The Swede
turnIp, while not so rich in nutriment. but
being more easily raised, perhaps, has nearly
as much relative value. | am well aware
that roots contain a large per centage
water but IN feeding with dry nay or
straw, it Is just the kind of food the stock
need ior little spice seasoning, to ma k
other food well rellsh,d. These roots CO
tain, Practically, double the amount of nutri-
ton oi green white clover, or most of tn.
grass rs; and while of clover you cannot pr =
DUO Jver sixteen to egngeen tons per acre
In Its green state, o. turnips you Can raise
from eighteen to thirty tons; of carrots or
pdronIps the same, AMI Of bee from twenty
to forty ions per acre. Snow me the farmer
who would not like to have twenty or thirty
toms OF good fresh, green clover 10 feed his
stock durIng our long, cod winters, in order
to keep them in good healthy condition.
and VIII point out 20 you the farmer who
cares but little tor the com fort OF his dumb
beast, and one who is not up to the spirit OF
the times in which we live.
Now as We cannot have the green grass or
clover to Iced our stock in winter, we can
have substitute-0ne that is fully equal liz
every pect-simply by the raising of roots
For leeding with hay and straw, four bushels
OF beets, carrots or parsnips are equal t.
one bushel of corn not because they COD
tain quite as much nutriment, but from theil
peculiar action on the digestive organs, which
enable cattle more readily to assimilate theil
food. Halt an acre in beets, with fair aver
age crop, will yield four hundred bushels
and the leaves from which would feed two
COWS at eight from August to Noveu Der
and give over two bushels per day of root
for SIX months in the year, enough to fec
one cow and two hogs until spring. 1t il
also said by those wEo have tried it, tina
one-fourth acre of parsnips will raise enough
90 tatten four hogs, besides feeding four NOR
SAOhibS OHee uHtil tHe HtAt spFihp a prac
teal sheep farmer said, s. il sheep are fet
all the roots they will eat, they will ca
double the quantity of corn, and put Oh
three times the weight of flesh that the
Will with corn alone. Other cases might
named where roots have been fed with lik
good results.
A 70 which kind of ROOTS to raise, tina
depends upon the stock you wish to feed
shou\d say turnips for sheep; beets for COW
or sw inc carrots for horses or COWS. an,
also parsnips for COWS or swine but of pars
nips have had but little experience, thes,
being much less raised as a field crop tina,
either Of the others. Carrots do not lareel,
increase the flow of milk, but add much L
Its richness and color. Ire they as easil,
raifed as beets, for dairy think | shout,
prefer Them. While you can raise larg
quantities Der acre, they require much NOR