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from leaf they are pulled, thrown into piles on the carts, and 

 taken to the cellar used for storing. They are not liable to 

 injury when stored in large quantities, are not liable to decay, 

 and keep well until the following June. 



The reported yield of mangolds seems almost incredible in 

 England, where they are largely grown, and under the most 

 favorable circumstances both of climate and cultivation. 

 Seventy-five tons an acre is not an unusual crop, and single 

 specimens, weighing fifty and sixty pounds, are frequently 

 shown at their exhibitions. Frequently large crops of man- 

 golds are grown in this country. In the year 1872 the crop 

 grown by Hon. Albert Fearing is reported to have weighed 

 sixty-two tons one thousand two hundred and eighty pounds 

 per acre, and the year 1873 his crop was nearly as large. 

 From forty to fifty tons is a not unusual yield. In a crop 

 grown by Wm. H. Hopkins, Esq., near Providence, R. I., 

 in the year 1874, the tops weighed eleven tons nine hundred 

 and twenty pounds, the roots fifty-two tons eight hundred 

 and eighty pounds, — total, sixty-three tons eighteen hun- 

 dred pounds. 



If the farmers of the State are to pursue a better and more 

 remunerative course of agriculture, by increasing her stock for 

 the dairy for which her soil and climate seem to be best 

 adapted, as well as her market; if the cultivation of the 

 cereals is to be given up, let the mangold be cultivated as 

 furnishing the best root for feeding stock. 



THE CARROT. 



The carrot is a root well worth the consideration of farmers ; 

 perhaps no root is better adapted to constitute a portion of 

 food for milch cows, horses or swine. When fed to cows it 

 adds largely to the flavor and quality of the milk, with a rea- 

 sonable increase in quantity ; no dairyman who makes butter 

 or milk of the best quality would expect the best results with- 

 out a liberal use of the carrot. The carrot adapts itself to 

 most kinds of soil, but seems to succeed well on a deep loam 

 with a slight admixture of sand. 



If it is the desire of farmers to raise large and paying crops 

 of the carrot, such can be produced with a great degree of 

 certainty by a liberal dressing of good and well-decomposed 



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