THE PRACTICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 



Both carrots and mangels thrive in a deep, mel- 

 low loam, and the field where they are to be 

 planted should be ploughed deeply, thoroughly 

 harrowed and cross-harrowed first with the disk 

 and then with the smoothing harrow. Heavy 

 applications of farmyard manure are advisable, 

 otherwise it is well to use the full amount of 

 commercial fertilizer, as stated above. 



A hand seed-drill will do the planting quickly 

 and accurately, and four to six pounds of seed 

 will be required. The seeds are planted in rows 

 thirty Inches apart; when the seedlings are well 

 started with two leaves, run a wheel hoe across 

 the rows, leaving four or five plants every twelve 

 inches apart, which will save a great deal of 

 hand-thinning. In about ten days thin to one 

 plant to every twelve inches and keep the ground 

 free from weeds by constant cultivation. The 

 same directions apply to carrots, except that the 

 rows are usually eighteen inches apart, and all 

 the work is done with hand ailtivators and hoes. 

 The seedlings should be thinned to three or four 

 inches apart in the rows. 



Corn is a semi-tropical plant, and should not 

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