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the ordinary market grade, carrots may be considered 

 indispensable. They not only give the richness of sweet 

 vernal grass to the milk and cream, but coior the butter 

 naturally, beside which all artificial methods are imper- 

 fect and unsatisfactory. To the country family, which 

 can afford the higher comforts of life, and with whom 

 butter is not simply something so-called, irrespective of 

 quality, perhaps lard-like in substance, flavor and color, 

 the carrot need not be commended ; it sj^eaks its own 

 praise. 



To the dairyman, whose object is simply milk, and 

 milk only, the ruta baga and the beet may supply his 

 wants ; they can be, especially the former, produced at 

 less cost than the carrot, and will yield as great, or even 

 greater, flow of milk, an advantage which need not be 

 enlarged upon, and it is certain where either is fed in 

 connection with only a moderate addition of farinaceous 

 food, as Indian meal, in preference to all else, butter of 

 prime quality may be obtained. 



The Varieties. Orange Danvers, Half Long. — 

 A valuable sort of the Half Long type, admirable in 

 color, fixed in habit, a wonderful producer, the best of 

 all for the stock breeder, and valuable to the market 

 gardener. With this variety the planter secures the 

 largest return to the acre with the least difficulty of 

 harvesting. 



Long Orange, or Long Red Surrey. — The Long 

 Orange carrot is an old standby for winter use. Eaise 

 more than needed for table use and share with the cow, 

 she will make ample return for the kindness, filling the 

 pail with rich milk, and giving the butter the color and 

 flavor of that from grass. 



Long White Belgian and Large Yellow Bel- 

 gian — These vary, principally in color, and produce 

 a larger return than other Carrots. To the milkman 

 and to the stock-feeder they are worth much more 



