The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-05-13

England the practice is to grow turnips and allow
sheep to grub them up themselves. Turnips fed
WIN meal in cold weather will make heavier beef
IMAM anything else except grass. They should be
fed to milk COWS only after milking otherwise
the milk and butter will have disagreeabie
taste. Would give to fattcning steers in connec-
tlon with meal peck of turnps a day Cattle
snould also nave hay or fodder. He does not con-
sld i mat they pay except to make quantity of
milk he doubted whether turnips did sheep much
good. Mr. Ball believed carrots the best flesh
producing roots, but are more difficult to grow
In regard To fattenng animals on turnps and
hay. analysis will show that the fat is produced
from the hay, while the turnips are merely aux
VIM. W. Castner never had any faith in turnips
as food for stock. They consist of NJ per cent of
water The sugar beet is much more valuable
He never raised roots, except u few tlrnips be-
cause he did not consider II pail
Mr.. Moorcs remarked that the analyst of tur-
nips was or little account, as he had seen cattle
spoke of the great attention given to growing
roots In England, where they do not raise corn
n Spauldlng likes to feed turnips, and agreed
with Mr.. yanney that they were great thing FOR
calves He always gives meal too Sows them
from the middle TO the last of July On II potato
patch. Had fed some to cows, but they got
choked and had given 1t up
VIM. +. Hays thought it II wrong idea To Xpect
supply the Psce of hay Nc
nips much of II feed. Rnta baRas, however, are q
good feed.
Alex. Hays last fall year raised small patch
of ruta bagas and fed them 10 sheep. His sheep
and lambs were better than this year when he
had not fed ruta baRas. He cuts them with a
root cutter and sprinkes little meal over them
when feeding. They are but little trouble TO raise
after being thnned out
Thomas Lochary thought roots an excellent
thing to use rs change Of food for stock III win
ter.
Il. Harris Archer thought the growing OF roots
involved too much labor and trouble in raising
and feeding them. He thought 1t significant that
the best practical farmers of Hartford county do
mol raise roots to any extent
WIN. ID. Lee the Secretary had fed turnips to
sheep with advantage, but would not depend
much upon root crops as feed for stock.
Geo. f.. Silver the President, expressed his sur
prise that the members of the club knew so little
about the cultivation OF roots. He thought the
root quf stlon was not sufficiently considered
Some of the membe IL had shown that roots fed
with meal were of advantage to stock. The op-
position to roots seemed to be because they would
not fatton alone; but you don't feed hay, or corn
or oafs, or fodder alone, but each in connection
with something else. The enSilage question ia
now occupying the attention of Il great many
people. Many farmers are making silus and pack
ing away green food for use with other things in
winter. Roots ought To he fed in the same way
They will help the flow of milk Ia cows aud sheep,
and keep stock healthy. Cattle fed on roots will
not drink so much wuter-an advantage in very
cold weather. writer in the t0"ntyy Genfiemdn
says that from ~ To 40 tons can he raised to the
acre. Thus one acre would feed great many
stock. AS for the crop requiring too much work,
u II pays we should be able to give it attention.
He believed the silO system would elevate the
business of farming in our State.
Thc club then ADJOURNED To meet at Mr. X.
John Rogers on the 18th of June committee
of inspection, consisting of Mcssrs. John Moorcs
WIN. +. Hays and Alex. NJ Fufurd, was up-
pointed. Question for discussion: as Il low rate
of interest of advantage to the community"