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300 to 1,000 bushels per acre. We make our pits about six feet 

 wide, and raise to a sharp ridge, and cover with straw and dirt. 

 Those we dig in spring keep well till June. The long, smooth 

 roots are selected for seed. 



The Carrot. 



We sow by machine, about three lbs. seed per acre. Sowed by 

 hand, it will take four to four and one-half lbs. We mix radishes 

 with carrots also. Sow from May 10 to June 10. All the prepara- 

 tion of land and cultivation is similar to that for parsneps. In 

 storing, more care must be taken to prevent freezing. We cover 

 the pits two feet deep, and put coarse manure on the north side 

 over that. We get 150 to 600 bushels per acre, and found ready 

 market this year at sixty-two cents a bushel. For horses, carrots 

 are valua])le, fed with oats or meal. We give half a bushel at a 

 feed, three or four times a week. 



Mr. E. Baldwin said he had a horse which had been badly 

 foundered, which is always lame while fed on oats, and never 

 lame when fed on carrots. 



Mr. J. S. Burgess said the prize crop of parsneps in England 

 was grown in black sand, covered with barley sprouts, from the 

 malt house. It is recommended not to wash the roots when fed 

 to pigs, and they fatten very fast upon parsneps, which can be 

 grown cheaper than beets or carrots. 



Adjourned. 



June 12th, 18 G 6. 

 Nathan C. Ely in the chair; John W. Chambers, Secretary. 



Strawberries. 

 There were several varieties of strawberi'ies on the table to-day, 

 and some beautiful roses contributed by Mr. Burgess, who showed 

 his two seedling strawberries, Garabaldi and Gen. Grant, both 

 fine large fruit of good color and flavor. E. Williams, Montclair, 

 N. J., showed Cutter & Downer's seedlings as the earliest varieties 

 he has ever grown, particularly the latter, which is of excellent 

 flavor and fair size, and productive. In connection with straw- 

 berries, Francis Bull, Newark, N. J., recommended Green Prolific, 

 EusscU's Prolific, New Jersey Scarlet, Cutter's seedling, Triomphe 

 de Gand, and Agriculturist, in their order, as the choice sorts for 

 that locality. He also invited the club to visit his place next week 



