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Method of making Hay from the 

 Leaves of Carrots, and improv- 

 ing the Size of the Roots. By 

 the same, from the same. 



EVERY quadruped which feeds 

 upon carrots, improves, and 

 soon gets fat; also geese, ducks, 

 fowls, and turkeys, which I have 

 proved from my own experience. 

 The leaves are known to partake of 

 the same nutritious quality as the 

 root ; but the value of them is lost, 

 by our not knowing a use to which 

 they may be applied with great ad- 

 vantage, that is, making them into 

 hay. 



About the end of July, or the be- 

 ginning of August, when the leaves 

 appear to be fully grown, and the 

 lower ones begin to wither, mow 

 them ; but do not let the scythe cut 

 the crowns of the roots from which 

 the leaves are produced ; as this 

 would prevent them shooting out 

 again. 



As soon as the leaves are mown, 

 they must be carried off the ground, 

 spread about thinly after they are 

 thrown from the cart, and made 

 intohay, in the usual manner. But, 

 at first, they must be frequently 

 turned, to prevent them from mould- 

 ing. 



The ground now being cleared, 

 you have an opportunity of seeing 

 where the carrots grow too thick. 

 Thin them to a proper distance of 

 eight or ten inches asunder, as you 

 would wish them to be either small 

 or very large, or according to the 

 crop; and let the land be well 

 hoed ; and, if the weather be wet, 

 carry away the weeds. 



If the season be very dry, and you 

 have the opportunity of water, or 

 the draining of aduug-hill,you will 



find advantage in giving them a 

 watering before they are hoed. 



Their receiving a check, from 

 the leaves being cut off, will soon 

 cause them to put forth fresh ones. 

 The consequence must be, that 

 their roots will increase in size. — 

 But to prove the utility of hoeing, 

 leave a part not hoed, and a small 

 part not mown, to convince you of 

 the propriety of the method, and 

 the advantage resulting from it. ^ 



This method I have seen practi- 

 sed by Mr. Junius Baker, of Birstal- 

 house, near Leicester, (a gentle- 

 man well known for breeding 

 horses) and attended with great 

 advantages. He informed me, that 

 he forgot to make a calculation of 

 how many tons an acre it produced, 

 but it was a very good crop in pro- 

 portion to his crops of grass-hay — 

 The field of carrots was between 

 three and four acres. 



Easy and effectual Cure for Wens, 

 in a Letter from William Chis- 

 holme, Esq. to the Editor of the 

 Gentleman's Magazine. 



Chisholme, Roxburghshire. 

 Nov. 20, 1799. 

 Mr. Urban, 



HAVING had a wen of the 

 steatomatous kind, of large 

 size and long standing, upon the 

 side of my face, immediately be- 

 fore and below my right ear, I was 

 informed by difierent people that, 

 if I would apply salt and water to 

 it, I shouldget rid of it. In August 

 1 798, I put a quantity of salt and 

 water into a saucepan, and boiled 

 it for four minutes ; with which I 

 bathed the whole surface frequently 

 while it continued warm, as also 



