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extensively for a kitchen vegetable here as they are in Europe ; 

 but we are learning to appreciate them more and more as a root 

 crop for stock, especially for horses and milch cows. In many 

 places, especially near larger cities, carrots for stock feeding arc 

 one of the best paying farm garden crops, being in ready demand 

 at $1.00 to $1.50 per barrel; and since 300 barrels and upwards 

 can be produced per acre with good culture, the reader may draw 

 his own conclusions concerning the profits. 



The crop can be grown as a second one after spinach, 

 radishes, early beets, and even strawberries, early cabbages, etc., 

 without further manuring. One of the best selections of soil 



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on the farm is a piece of good, strong, well-drained, clean clover 

 sod, manured with twenty-five or thirty tons of compost or 1000 to 

 1500 pounds of fertilizer, or a ton or two of wood ashes per 

 acre. The cultivation which carrots require will also fit such 

 land admirably for a succeeding crop of onions, or vegetables 

 of that class. The ground should be deeply worked and 

 thoroughly prepared. For home feeding I prefer the White 

 Belgian. For market sale the Long and Half Long Orange 

 sorts must be grown. Mix a few radish seeds with the carrot 

 seed, and sow in drills 18 to 24 inches apart, using about six 

 pounds of seed per acre. The radishes come up quickly, 



