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spring of the year many fatal cases of intestinal 

 disease are caused by it. 



Carrots (gajar). 



Carrots are plentiful all over Northern India. 

 They come on in the spring, and are an excellent 

 green food. They can be bought very cheaply, 

 arid if kept in a cool, dry place, can be stored for 

 a considerable time ; but they require to be turned 

 almost daily, or they will get rotten. When used 

 they should either be washed to remove the earth, 

 or, as in the East this is quite dry, knocked with 

 a stick to remove it. They should be given whole, 

 or else cut into long slices, not across into lumps. 

 This latter practice is dangerous, as horses are 

 thus inclined to bolt them whole, and the short 

 round lump is likely to stick in the throat and 

 cause choking. 



Lucerne. 



Lucerne grows well all over Northern India, and 

 although not cultivated by the natives for their own 

 use, they know perfectly well what it is, and call it 

 by the English name. In most of the towns where 

 there are any Europeans collected together, it is 

 usual to grow it in the Government or station 



