The Magnolia gazette., 1884-10-16
New Feed for Stock.

The English farmer raises mangolds
for cattle and ttunips for sheep, where.
rs the American farmer raises neither
only in a very limited sense. 1t is un-
derstood in all lands that roots are
healthy food which should be IL suli-
cient inducement to raise them The
English farmer, from sheer necesstyot
making tho most of from the land be
t'lls, learned the lesson of economy
that root feeding taught him. He
found that ten tons OF roots were worth
more to him in the health and growth
of his stock than hay or grain that
could be raised on the same ground,
and he practically applied the lesson.
Now mangolds and turnips are not
equal in value as food to carrots and
sugar beets. Why, then, does he not
raise these insteadp We suppose be-
cause mangolds and turnips yield more
to the ac and with less work, and
then the turnips are eaten by the sheep
in the field without pulling at all.
Movable fences are used to inclose tho
ground according to the number Of
sheep and they are kept there till the
turnlps are consumed without much
attention. This ground grows enor-
nous amounts of mangolds to the acre
"a cheap and abundant supply from
little land. AS our country grows id.
er, land higher and economy more ur-
gent, we shall follow in their footsteps,
but we expect our roots will be mora
carrots than sugar beets, because there
is considerable more nutr,ment in them
than in the other, and BESIDES wc
shall have to keep them from freezing:
But if it be more profitable to feed
roots, why do not farmers raise more
now? Roots are raised to some extent
where land is worth $l00 or more
per acre, but it is far more gen
cal, even there. 1t takes labor
to raise roots, and so 1t does everything
else grown on the farm, But the West.
ern farmers laugh at us when we talk Of
raising roots for stock. The truth 49,
his land is yet comparatively cheap and
the great mass OF farmers own from
100 to GAO acres. They have plenty ol
pasture, have corn and oats. what
need have they of fussing among tho
weeds to clean out acres of roots, SO
that a respectable crop may be op-
tainedP They deem it of vastly more
consequence to devote their time ana
energies to the raising of wheat, corn
and oats, and as long as land is n0s
worth more than 500 per acre they VIII
not condescend to stoop to pull up
weeds from about tiny carrot roots,
not they. They have not yet Learned
the value of money in that way. flen-
ty of hay and grain-what more 40
they need. But Western farmers are
sadly deficient in matters of economy
as any one may see by the great NUM-
ber Of agricultural tools turned up
against the fence to winter This Is =
fast end of farming in the West whlcn
would cause an Eastern man TO won1ee
how they live at all and come out WIN
a clean balance-sheet at the end OF inc
year But time and experience are INC
great healing ointments for these un-
slightly sores. They will heal in time,
and more rational economy WIZ
supervene, new methods be introduceu
aud thousands saved which are now an
nually lost. Roots should come lnlo
more general use, because they promose
the health of most animals. less
area is required to feed given num-
ber Of animals, which is SO mucn
gained for other crops, and the sur
plus grain raised is clear gain from
raising the roots. Then we belieVe,
young stock will gain more pounds Of
bone and muscle than if fed in the u.s.
ual manner. because, being healthy.
their appetites are kept good. Ing
roots answer another good purposN
that q stniEag. .-ITaetiegl farHsH