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but when we consider that in an average specimen of 

 humanity, a man of eleven stone or one hundred and fifty- 

 four pounds weight, about one hundred and eleven of these 

 are water, we see that a goodly supply to repair waste 

 and wear and tear is necessary. Physiologically, a man 

 may be considered as being about twenty pounds of carbon, 

 a little phosphorus, small quantities of iron, sodium, 

 and other substances, and several pailfuls of water. 



Carrots are also extremely useful for cattle-feeding, and 

 one cannot give one's horse or cow a greater treat than a few 

 of these sweet and succulent roots. The compressed roots 

 make an admirable food towards the dietary of voyagers ; 

 they can be reduced to powder, and thus become very port- 

 able. In France and Germany a spirit is distilled from 

 the carrot, one gallon being yielded by about one hundred 

 and fifty pounds of roots ; attempts have also been made 

 to extract sugar from them, but in competition with either 

 cane-sugar or that obtainable from the beet-root, it has 

 not proved commercially successful. A less legitimate 

 use of the carrot is as an adulterant of coffee. 



