New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-09-11
HOUSE AND FARM.
manco1d wursze,s for Feeding.

Where stock is to be fed, especially
where dairy cows are kept. these roots
are a most useful addition the usual win
ter rations, their succulence. and health
preserving qualities commencing them
as we'll as the saving which their regular
use permits Of more expensive feed.
Mr.. Gregory, who has recently published
pamphle: on the cultivation of these
and other roots, has the following to say
in their favor
Besides arguments which are of
weight for cultivation Of all kinds OF
roots, there are special ones for the raising
ofmangolds The vast bulk of yield ex-
ceeds that of any annual crop, as high as
eighty tons OF roots having been raised to
the acre on the sewerage farms of Eng
land and when to this is added the
weight of leaves that such a crop would
carry, it will be safe to say that humid
red ones have been given to the acre.
Taken as whole, the mangold has less
enemies and is less apt to fail than any
other root. Compared with the turni2
family, it has several marked advant-
ages, being more reliable in dry seasons
and less liable to disease; and in flesh
forming, heat giving and fat-producing
elements it surpasses it.
While TIE turnip family cannot be
raised repeatedly On the same land, in
deed on most soil can be raised only at
intervals of three or four years, mangolds
can be raised many years in succession,
as Mr.. Mech, the distinguished English
agriculturist has proved by raising sixty
tons per annum on tho same tract of land
Of six acres area, tor six successive years.
They will keep longer in good condition
than any other root, under favorable cir
Gums tances even as late as July. Expert
ments in feeding steers made with cure,
proved that while g ton of mangolds in
creased their weight sixty five pounds, a
ton of Swedes increased their weight but
forty eight pounds, equal quantities of
hay having been fed in each experiment.
Other experiments have established
about the same proportionate value be-
tween these two roots, though the general
result was not as favorable. Mangolds,
like fruit, undergo a ripen1ng change af-
ter they are gathared, and until this is
effected they are notin the best condition
for feeding. The ripeniug process for
the most part consists in change Of
starch into sugar, and makes the man
Colds both more healthiul and more
nutritious food. Before this change is
effected they are apt to scour stock if fed
to any degree literally.
The time when this chemical change
takes place will depsnd on the degree of
the ri peness Of the crop when stored and
this, as has been clearly shown, is affected
by both the soil on which they grew and
fhe manure with which they were fed,
sother conditions equal those grown on
upland, ripen earlier than those on low
Hand, while rank manures tend to prOlCng
THE period Of growth aid crops so grown,
come into condition for feeding later in
Che season. Experiments carefully made
have proved that when fed to fattening
animals they should follow and not pre-
cede surnips. It is good rule in feed
ing this, as with Otner roots or ,ubers, to
begin with small quantity and gradu-
ally increase the amount to the limit which
the appetite OF the cow, her general
health and the tale of the milk pail indi
Gates.
The mangold succeeds best on good
loan soil. From four to six pounds of
seeds are required to the acre, and the
plants should stand from ten to tive I've
inches apart in rows abrut two feet wide
Tn- hor,e's Frog.
IF we were to 60 to many blacksmith
and ask him if he did not think Nature
, had made a mistake in putting the
clumsy frog into the horses foot, he
woulo hardly be ready to say yes, and
very likely would put on asurprised look
and perhaps explain that in some coun
tries horses did very we'll without shoes
and SO the fog was we'll enough left tc
care fer itself. But, while not ready tc
take ground with you in any criticism OF
the plan upon which the foot is construct.
ed, you have but TO look in the corner OF
the shop where two horses stand newly
shod, lift up their feee and observe fo1
yourself, that if the smith has not said it
the knife has said the frog is bad thing
and must be cut away The horses dc
= an inch higher, on tue iron OF their shoes
a1d which takes the weight of the horse
on the outer shell of the hoof. The
practice is as sensible as it would DC fol
a man who had to travel on all tours
taking the weight on the nails OF hi
fingers and toes rather than Oh the cushion
which lies behind them. 1t is always tht
soft part--the india rubber pat of thu
feet Of animals that have snch-whicl
receives the weight, and the shelly hare
part. We knowswhat an elephants too
is; it is all rubber-llke. The horse ha
the same incased in a shell, which give
the horse accuracy and steadiness Q