Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-05-15
Reefs and uangotd ~urzeis TOT
Feeding.

Tn answer to B. of Verona, Oneida
Co. N. Y, l may state that Burr in
'sThe Field and Garden Vegetables OF
America" appears to consider mangold
wurzels as the largest and most produc-
tive variety of beets, beta vulgarls,)
which Is grown extensively for feeding.
Tbe varieties most generally grown for
this purpose are the Long Red and Long
Yellow. and the Yellow and Orange
Globe mangold wurtzels:
Mr. Burr says: The Long Red man
cold wurzel is hardy, keeps well, grows
rapidly, is very productive, and in this
country is more generally cultivated for
agricultural purposes than any other va
riety. The Long Yellow mangold is one
of the most productive of the field
beets. 1t is extensively cultivated in the
vicinity of Paris, and is much esteemed
by dairy farmers on account of the rich
color which it imparts to milk when fed
10 dairy stock. The Long White Green
top mangold is an improved variety of
The White Sugar beet. 1t is said to be
very productive, and superior to the
Long Red for agricultural purposes, the
quality being equally good and the yield
much greater.
OF the Globe varieties it is said SUIT
tons Large Yellow Globe mangold, an
improved variety of the Yellow Globe
mangold, is recommended for size, SYM
metry of form and solidity. 1t is hardy,
Yields abundantly, and appears to be
adapted to all descriptions of soil. The
Yellow Globe and Orange Globe are de-
Bcribed under one head and said to be
the most productive of all the varieties,
and particularly excellent for stock of
III ha &c ~ pNlu
remarkably sugary, but contain con-
siderable portion of albumen. 1t retains
its soundness and freshness till the seas
on has far advanced, does not sprout so
early in spring as many others, and is
especially adapted for cultivation in a
hard, shallow SOIL
The White Sugar beet, Mr.. Burr says,
is quite extensively grown in this coun-
try, and is employed almost exclusively
as feed for stock, although tho young
roots are sweet, tender and well flavor
ed and in all respects superior for the
table to many garden varieties. In
France it is largely cultivated for the
manufacture of sugar, and for distilla-
ton. But the yield varies from 90 to 80
tons an acre, while the mangolds yield
from 80 to 40, and sometimes up to so
tons.
In this country now, while labor is
high in proportion to farm products,
few farmers will grow roots to feed
largely, as they will hardly pay in this
way. Still many careful farmers will
grow enough to feed few to their cows,
calves and perpaps other stock once a
day, or larger mess two or three times
a week. If the cows give milk they
should have more, and a good feed twice
day will not come amiss. If horses
and sheep have also a mess once or twice
n week, it will be no damage to them or
their owners. All of our domestic ami
mails, when confined to dry fodder, need
some kind of green, succulent food of
this kind. When used in this way one
kind of roots answer about as well as
another, and the large mangold wurzels,
which give the greatest yield, will proba-
bly, pay the best.
AS to actual feeding value, when fed
largely, it is probable that long blood
beets may be slightly more nutritive
than mangolds, and possibly not any
more, if as much so, than sugar beets;
but cannot now call to mind any anal
ysis of blood beets by which to decide
this question. According to a table in
Flints Mich Cows and Dairy Farming,
mangolds are worth nearly as much as
potatoes for feeding-the proportions
being 3914 lbs. of mangolds to $50 5-12
lbs. of potatoes, 100 lbs of meadow hay
being the standard The following is
taken from Wizards Practical Dairy
Husbondry, p. so. This gives the guam
tity of nutritious and fat-producing ele-
ments in 1000 parts: