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intended for the table should be placed in alternate layers of 

 fresh earth, and stored in a cool cellar. Those intended for the 

 bam may be laid in ridges and covered with earth and straw so 

 as to exclude the frost. Care should be used not to bring too 

 large a quantity of Carrots together. In large heaps they will 

 not keep so well as iu smaller — at least, such has been the writer's 

 experience. Those in the large heaps decay, as if they had fer- 

 mented. 



Every farmer should raise enough Carrots to supply his milch 

 cows liberally. The animals thrive well on them, and the quan- 

 tity and quahty of the milk are improved. The finer varieties 

 are a very desirable addition to the dinner table, and are exceed- 

 ingly nutritious and wholesome. Used in soups, or boiled and 

 dressed with cream, they are very palatable. 



Carrot seed cannot be relied upon that is more than two 

 years old. It is usually stated that two pounds of carrot seed 

 are sufficient for an acre, but we have foimd it much more 

 economical to use at the rate of five pounds to the acre. 



Early Horn. — This is the variety to cultivate 

 for the table. Fig. 59 is a correct representation of 

 its peculiar form. It is short, terminating abruptly, 

 with a very slender tap-root ; the flesh is of a deep 

 orange-yellow color, crisp and very fine grained, and 

 of the richest and most delicate flavor. It does not 

 require, when grown for table use, to be thinned out 

 in the row to more than two inches apart, and may 

 be used as soon as it is half grown. Some use this 

 variety not only for the table but for their stock ; 

 and, where the soil is naturally thin, and underlaid ^'^" ^^' 

 by a sterile or tenacious subsoil, this is a more profitable va- 

 riety to grow for aU purposes than the long-growing kinds. It 

 matxires earUer than the other sorts, and on that account can 

 be grown where the summers are very short. Those who have 

 thought the Carrot too strong flavored for a table vegetable, will 

 be much pleased with this. 



