. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. Seeds. Average Flesh and Rind with Seeds. .42 .97 .32 Amount Digestible in 100 Fuel value (calories in onepound) .73 • .26 1 1 784 98 FOOD VALUE OF PIE-MELONS. 53 Roots.—Several of the vegetables are valuable in supplying succulencefor the ration. Among the root class the one in most common use isthe mangel-wurzel beet, because very large quantities can be
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. Seeds. Average Flesh and Rind with Seeds. .42 .97 .32 Amount Digestible in 100 Fuel value (calories in onepound) .73 • .26 1 1 784 98 FOOD VALUE OF PIE-MELONS. 53 Roots.—Several of the vegetables are valuable in supplying succulencefor the ration. Among the root class the one in most common use isthe mangel-wurzel beet, because very large quantities can be grown peracre, and because it is palatable to all kinds of live stock. Carrots arealso used in some sections, and they have the advantage of containino- ashghtly larger amount of dry matter than mangels. Of all the rootsmoreover, none are more relished by horses than carrots. Sugar-beetsare not found profitable to grow for feeding stock, because they yield sosmall a tonnage in comparison to mangels, and the greater cost ofgrowing and gathering can only be undertaken on the ground of theirgreater value for sugar. Potatoes contain about twice as much drymatter as mangels and three times as much carbonaceous are, therefore, of greater food value, but, like
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