The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-09
The Sugar Rc,t for Mllch Cows.

We arc ut y loss to account for the
apathy which exist, IN this country with
regard to the sugar beet It seems
almost beyond possibility to nrouse any
general interest in It's cu tiyat.on for the
purpose Of making sugar, and yet the
time Is coming when is value in that
direction IN this country will be under.
stood and awaited Of. But Il Is about rs
difficult. and we do not know but more
so, 10 attract attention Ia the value OF
the sugar beet ~ stock food and espo.
cially Tor food Ia the dairy. We feed
more OF less roots TO milch cows, and
ought 10 feed more, tho opinions Of
some well informed people TO the con-
trary notwithstand ny. But the value
OF roots for this purpose is dependent
upon the saccharine matter they m
tain. OF all Of them outside OF the
sugar beet. the mangold Is unquestion-
ably tlr best. and considering It's large
yield. there will always bo those who
will think that IL Is the most prof able.
But tho sugar beet has demonstrated It's
superior value in this respect In France.
NNiH ~ ~ NNAN h'iNrHNll W hANh ilblN
about Il than that It Is very rich In
saccharine matter. Perhaps ono reason
that the sugar beet IL not moro highly
priced for feed ng, Is that the disiinc.
ton between hat and the common beet
Is not fully appreciated. As stock food
tbs common beet has not generally CIV
en- satisfaction. although there are those
who prefer even II TO any other root for
feeding mllch cows. The extent oil its
value, however, In this regard W. are
not prepared TO determine. Cur opin.
ion Is not favorable to H. But the dif-
ference between the sugar aud common
beet Is very wide. Roth the red and
white sugar beet contains almost twenty
five pcr cent OF saccharinc matter. the
red beet being distinguished because OF
having n red neck. And rs to our abil-
ity TO grow the beet as rich here as Il Is
grown In Europe, we have demonstrate
ed that We can do II. They will not
Yield. Of course. like tho mangOld. in
bulk. but they will produce a greater
amount Of nutrimcnt 10 the acre. Ten
tons TO the acre Is probably the mini
mum yield Of the sugar beet under any
thing like favorable circumstances. and
IL sometimes reaches twenty-five tons.
Probably fifteen tons ara an average
yield in the Northern States. And
then the sugar beet Is not rs ~exhaustlng
TO the soil as the mangolds are. o rs
corn Is, which fact brings MS TO the con
Eideration Of tho comparative profit
Ablencss OF feeding sugar beet or en-.
silagcd green corn.
As the steady reader OF the RRrdi
knows, Il has never been able TO decide
upon the actual value Of cnsilaged crops
taking all things into consideration. OF
tho simple fact that grass or corn stalks
thus preserved arr good food for mich
cows. we have no doubt But that II Is
~ profitable q iood- that u can reach
the same results n cheaply as they can
be reached in suno other way. Is not
clear. We do net believe that ensllage
will at all compire. taking everything
Into consideration. with The sugar beet
as a winter food II u u corn that is
ensilaged. the ground will bo much
more exhausted by producing an equal
amount Of nutfiment than Il will by
growing the sugar beet. II Is o fact
that about double the weight OF green
corn Is produced TO the acre that there
can be OF the sugar beet. but there Is
more digcstiblcnutr mcnts In n ton Of
sugar bccts than there Is In two tons u
green corn The Sugar B.sfgiyc, figures
arou the exhaustion OF tho soil by green
cutn aud sugar hects, estimating that
s.SgEc produces twenty tons Of corn
easn will ,sie dfeis rs follows The
u,a,r "a ,hsn ,h.ssc acre nine pounds
two pounds morn Inns. WI, ."en.S-
more phosphoric acid ansse" pounus
pounds more nitrogen. ThelVy..nIee
NAV not seem Of very great momsRuros
pocially to ms In the West. where the "
haustion Of soil has moi ns yet been rer-
ceptibly great but they are important
Every ounce Of fertilization that we can
keep in the soil by grow ne something
that VII not exhaust II A. much n
something else will, and yet win Hnswer
tho same purpose as the more exhaust
Ing crop. Il money In u pockets.
However much We may have neglected
10 economlke In exhausiing u soii. Il
IL a fact tha, to the degree that We do
not exhaust II. We are making money
for ourselves II - on the principle oil
- penny saved Is = penny carmel" In
plain words. the sugar beet offers "a
make the dairy man moro milk and but
ter Of a less cost than green corn Will
make. ever n be were not al the ex'
prnsa Of ensiiarin1 ~
When We come 10 the expense Of pre-.
serving the Two crops the advantage !
greatly In favor Of the sugar tcst which
requires no expensive or comparatively
no expensive ilo. The beeis may b
Piled ~ right In The Geld whsrs theJ
nrs grown and covered with the ncces
safy sAzsA 10 rssscns them Itum rteez
i.x - very digit sxp<nse An
While ensilage may deteriofats p vaiss
there 4 10 danger q The beet doing %
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