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plough, 7 inches deeper than the first ; afterwards harrowed and 

 ridged up 24 inches. apart, then passed a light roll over the ridges, 

 followed by a common turnip-drill, to make a mark for the seed. 

 Five lbs. per acre of white Belgian and red Altrincham carrot-seed, 

 bought of Mr. Sanderson, of Worksop, was then sown by hand 

 (three men sow two acres per day) and covered with the back of 

 a rake. When the plants came up commenced horse-hoeing to 

 destroy the weeds whilst young, and when the carrots were about 

 4 inches high they were struck across with a 6-inch hoe and left 

 for 14 days, and then singled out, taking care to leave the 

 strongest plants ; afterwards kept clean by repeated horse-hoeing. 

 The time of getting them up was the first or second week in 

 November. I have tried many other methods of growing carrots, 

 but never succeeded so well with any other as with the one 

 described above, which I have practised for the last 14 years. 

 The calculated weight of the crop on the 4 acres from which the 

 Birmingham prize carrots Avere taken was 28 tons per acre. I 

 did not send the largest roots to the Show, as they were rather 

 rough. Some of the carrots girthed nearly 20 inches, and 

 weighed between 12 and 13 lbs. each. 



I am, &c., 



E. Woods, Farm Bailiff. 



To II. S. TJiompson, Esq. 



END OF TOL. XIX. 



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