3i6 EXPERIMENTS O N Part III. 



fpedl, by borrowing from Mr. Miller what is pertinent to our fub- 

 jedr. 



** Where carrots," fays he, ** are defigned to have large roots," 

 (which certainly will always be the cafe when they are intended for 

 fodder,) " they muft never ftand too clofe, nor fhould they have 

 " any other crop mixed with them. — This root has long been cul- 

 " tivated in gardens for the table, but has not till of late years 

 " been cultivated in the fields for cattle, nor has it been pradlifed 

 " as yet, but in few parts in England. It is therefore greatly to be 

 " wifhed, that the culture of it was extended to every part of 

 " England, where the foil is proper for the purpofe : for there rs 

 ** fcarce any root yet known, which more deferves it, being a very 

 " hearty good food for moil forts of animals. One acre of carrots, 

 " if well planted, will fatten a greater number of fheep, or bullocks, 

 " than three acres of turneps, and the flelh of thefe animals will 

 " be firmer and better tafted, Horfes are extremely fond of this 

 " food, and for hogs there is not any better. I have alfo known 

 ** thefe roots cultivated for feeding of deer in parks, which has proved 

 ** of excellent ufe in hard winters, when there has been a fcarcity of 

 *' other food, at which times great numbers of deer have perifhed 

 •* for want; and thofe that have efcaped, have been fo much re- 

 " duced, as not to recover their flefli the following fummer ; whereas 

 ** thofe fed with carrots have been kept in good condition all the 

 " winter, and upon the growth of the grafs in the fpring, have been 

 *' fat early in the feafon ; which is an advantage, where the grafs is 

 " generally backward in its growth. 



" There is alfo an advantage in the cultivation of this root, be- 

 " yond that of the turnep, becaufe the crop is not fo liable to fail : 

 " for as the carrots are fown in fpring, the plants generally come 

 " up well ; and unlefs the months of June and July prove very bad, 

 ** there is no danger of the crop fucceeding : whereas turneps are 

 " frequently deftroyed by the flies at their firfl coming up; and in 

 " dry autumns they are attacked by caterpillars, which in a fhort 

 '* time devour whole fields ; but carrots are not attacked by thefe 

 'J vermin. Therefore every farmer who has a flock of cattle or 

 " flieep, fliould always have a fupply of thefe roots, if he has land 

 *• proper for the purpofe, which muft be light, and of a proper 

 " depth to admit of the roots running down. 



" In preparing of the land for carrots, if it has not been in tillage 

 " before, it fhould be plowed early in autumn, and then plowed 



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