. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. ROOTS. 1 o? ter, losiiij? some of their moif^ture, and, ripening compleloly. become more nutritious as the season advances. In feeding them they should be sliced or pulped iin a suitable machine made for the purpose, and to be procured of the dealers in farm implements. A very useful machine may be made by any ordinary mechanic in the way here sliown. The frame consists of a receptacle for the cin the top; under this is a wooden roller fitted into a round case; under this roller is studded with chisel-shapes points of st
. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. ROOTS. 1 o? ter, losiiij? some of their moif^ture, and, ripening compleloly. become more nutritious as the season advances. In feeding them they should be sliced or pulped iin a suitable machine made for the purpose, and to be procured of the dealers in farm implements. A very useful machine may be made by any ordinary mechanic in the way here sliown. The frame consists of a receptacle for the cin the top; under this is a wooden roller fitted into a round case; under this roller is studded with chisel-shapes points of steel, set with the bevel up and in rows three inches apart. These work in between the other points set in the curved frame as shown in the opened end of the machine. The space under the roller is open to let the roots come in contact with these. ROOT PULPER. pointed scrapers, which tear the roots into pulp as they are drawn between the moving and the stationary pointed chisei-edged scrapers; the pulp falling into the receptacle beneath, whence it is shoveled into baskets to be carried to the sheep which are fed in troughs. A crank handle is of course fitted on the end of the shaft of the cylinder, which is left exposed in the drawing to show the manner of fitting the machijie. By furnishing both sides of the outer cylinder Avith these scraping stationary teeth the machine may be worked either way. A full grown sheep will eat twenty pounds of this pulp daily when fully fed. The most desirable other roots are the common white globe turnip for the first feeding, the ruta-baga for the next feeding. Of the mangels, the long red is the mo.«;t productive, twenty to thirty tons per acre being easily pro- duced under good culture. Lane's American sugar beet is the preference of the author, who has grown as much of it as of the lomg red mangels, and roots of twenty pounds Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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