THE ROOT CROP.
There is much to be said in favour of a field being devoted to a crop of roots, either mangels or the larger sorts of (he sugar-beet. First it is good for the field. In the thorough culture which a root crop demands, the soil is much impiovod, and the good effect is felt on (he other crops, all through the relation. Secondly, it is an advantage in the distribution of labour. A field of roots will furnish employment at times when there will bo little other pressing work, and in this way the farm hands can be hired by the season and kept busy all the time. In the third place, the crop itself is a very valuable one, and even with the -present enthusiasm over ensilage, it is not surpassed as a fodder crop by any other. An agricultural writer says we arc not inclined to think less, but on the other hand more, of the root crop from the knowledge the agriculturists are gaining upon the value of palatable food for live stock in winter. There is no better green winter food than' roots.
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Patea Mail, 20 August 1881, Page 3
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190THE ROOT CROP. Patea Mail, 20 August 1881, Page 3
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