The estimated yield of grain from flint corn the same seasons at the Cornell Station was approxi mately 2,000 pounds, while the yield of dry mat ter in silage from dent corn was about 4,000 pounds. It is probable that the season of 1904 was relatively favorable to the production of roots as compared with corn, but this was not true of 1905 and 1906. In the latter years the average yields from roots were better than in 1904, although the land used was conceded by all interested to be less favorable than that used in 1904.
Roots rs. cereals.
The present high price of cereals is a factor in favor of the production of root crops. If corn meal continues to be worth $20 a ton or more in the East, economy in the production of roots would be indicated, while if the price should fall to $10 a ton, corn-meal would probably be the cheaper source of concentrates. The serious handicap to the raising of root crops is the fact that with present cultural methods a large amount of hand labor is required. The point of view that is desired here to emphasize is that while roots may not be economically raised as a substitute for silage or other coarse fodders, it may be economical to raise them, especially out of the grain regions as a partial substitute for concentrates, particularly the cereal grains.
Literature.
The following literature deals with several root crops and it is most convenient to give it in one place. Thomas Shaw, Forage Crops, Orange Judd Company, New York (1900); L. H. Bailey, Cyclo pedia of American Horticulture, Macmillan Com pany, New York (1900); W. A. Burpee & Co., Root Crops for Stock-feeding and How to Grow Them, Philadelphia, Pa. (1888); Mm. Vilmorin, The Vege table Garden, Translation by Wm. Robinson, John Murray, London (1885); J. J. H. Gregory, Carrots, Mangold-wurtzels and Sugar-beets, Marblehead, Mass. (1882); Fearing Burr, Jr., The Field and Garden Vegetables of America, Crosby & Nichols, Boston (1863). Exhibiting roots : Edwin Beckett, Vegetables for Exhibition and Home Consumption, London (1899); Dunn, The Horticultural Exhibi tor's Handbook, London (1892): Vegetables Grown for Exhibition, New York (Geneva) Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 69 (1894). History and Bot any: A. de Candolle, Origin of Cultivated Plants,