Cultivation of Arabic. Land. Carrots Application of Crops vf. 203 



proportions, its mod advantageous application would fecm to be in that vie\v. 

 It has indeed been obfcrved, on the authority of experience, that it may be made 

 ufeof with the grcated profit in the fattening of bullocks.* And the experiments of 

 other cultivators have fhewn, that in fattening other forts of animals it is equally if 

 not more advantageors.f When madeufe of in this way, the quantity mud be 

 proportioned to the fize of the animal, a fuitable proportion of good hay or cut 

 chaff being employed at the fame time. In the early parts of the feafon, while the 

 root is in its mod juicy (late, more of this dry food fhould be given than after 

 wards, when much of it is diflipated by ekeping. 



This root is h ghly relilhed by ail forts of cattle ; ftore neat flock are found to 

 thrive well upon it; and when given to milch-cows, the quantity of both milk 

 and butter is faid to be greatly increafed, without their flavour being in any way- 

 impaired ; but crops of this nature can perhaps only be employed in this way with 

 profit under particular circumftances, as where there is not live flock to be fatten 

 ed. 



In the fattening of llieep^t has been found in fomc diflricls to be particularly 

 beneficial, one acre of it being equal to two and a half of turnips.^ Hogs readi 

 ly become fat upon this food, when it is prepared by boiling ; but when given in a 

 raw flate, it has not, in fome trials, anfvvered well; though in others the ani 

 mals have foon been made fat by it. 



But the mod general confumption of carrot crops has been in the feeding of 

 working horfes ; in which they have faved much corn, without the animals fuf. 

 taining any inconvenience. In this application the general daily allowance is 

 from forty to fifty pounds each horfe. When joined with cut chaff and a little 

 hay, they are found to keep the animals in proper condition for performing all 

 the different purpofes of farming labour. This fort of food is modly begun to 

 be given them towards Chridmas, and continued till the latter end of April. 

 It is fuppofed by fome, that it is better for fpring than winter ufe ; they of 

 courfe give a much fmaller proportion at the latter feafon. This is probably 

 owing only to the root being more frefh and fucculent, and of courfe requiring 

 more dry food to be joined with it. 



The value of crops of this nature mud be different according to the way in 

 which they are applied in their confumption. y The difference has been found 



* Correded Report of Suffolk. t Young s Eaftern Tour. 



J Modern Agriculture, vol. II. Eaftern Tour, vol. IV. p. 99. 



|| In the trials of different experimenters, as llated by Mr. Young in the twentieth volume of 

 the Annals of Agriculture, the refults were thefe : 



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