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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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by the exchange. An acre of carrots supplies an 

 equal quantity of food for working horses, as six- 

 teen to twenty acres of oais."* 



My own experience of the value of carrots, 

 which has not been small, fully confirms these 

 statements. I have obtained at the rate of more 

 than a thousand bushels to the acre on three-quar- 

 ters of an acre ; but on several acres ray crop has 

 usually averaged 600 bushels to the acre. 



— Smith of Middlefield, Hampshire coun- 

 ty, from three-fourths of an acre obtained 900 

 bushels. 



Charles Knowlton of Ashfield, Franklin coun- 

 ty, this year obtained 90 bushels on twelve rods o( 

 ground. This was at the rate of 1200 bushels to 

 the acre. 



D. Moore of Concord, Middlesex county, from 

 six rods of land, obtained this year 56 bushels, or 

 at the rate of 1493 bushels to the acre. 



According to Josiah Quincy's experience in 

 Quincy, Plymouth co. charging labor at one dol- 

 lar per day, his carrots cost him eleven cents per 

 bushel. David and Stephen Little, in Newbury, 

 Essex county, in 1813, obtained 961 bushels to 

 the acre, at an expense of ^79 50 every expense 

 included, excepting rent of land. This was at a 

 rate less than nine cents to a bushel. 



The great objection to the cultivation of carrots 

 lies in the difficulty of keeping them while grow- 

 ing free from weeds. If sowed without any pre- 

 paration, the seed is a long time in germinating; 

 and a plentiful crop of weeds is liable to get pos- 

 session of the land before the carrots make their 

 appearance. There is another difficulty. The 

 carrot seed, from its minuteness, is liable to be sow- 

 ed too thickly. To obviate in a degree these ob- 

 jections, let the ground be ploughed deeply, well 

 manured, and put in fine tilth; and let the first 

 and perhaps the second crop of weeds be plough- 

 ed in. After this, let the land be thrown into 

 ridges two feet apart, and the seed sown on top of 

 the ridges either in a single line, or the ridges be 

 made so wide as to receive two rows of carrots, 

 eight inches or one foot apart. In the mean time 

 the seed should be freely mixed with fine sand ; 

 and the sand kept so moist that the seed shall ger- 

 minate. As soon as ii is sprouted it should be 

 sown. This may be so arranged that the sowing 

 shall take place about the first of June. They 

 will then have the start of the weeds. The mix- 

 ture with sand will prevent their being sown too 

 thickly. After the first thinning and weeding is 

 over, if done with care, the battle may be consi- 

 dered as won. Afterwards let them be cultivated 

 with a plough or cultivator and kept clean. When 

 the time of digging arrives, the work will be 

 greatly facilitated by passing a plough directly 

 along the side of the carrots ; and they^are easily 

 thrown out by the hand. 



For tlie Farmers' Register. 

 MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



The apprehensions of political disturbances, 

 which lately existed, are happily dissipated, and the 

 recent accounts from Europe, per steamer Great 

 Western, show a favorable stale of markets there 

 lor tobacco and cotton, but not for gram and flour. 

 Prices with us are influenced accordingly. In to- 

 bacco there is some advance, but the range of quo- 



tations is still ^6 to 16, and occasionally higher for 

 very choice quality. The quantity brought in for 

 inspection is increasing as usual at this period of 

 the season. 



Considerable sales of cotton have been recently 

 made at 13| to 14{r cents, and some choice quality 

 at 14f to 15. The crop of the United States, it is 

 now confidently believed, will fall short of 1,500,- 

 000 bales. Prices m this country are higher than 

 the last quotations from Europe warrant ; ship- 

 pers therefore must calculate on a further advance 

 there. 



Large sales of flour were made in Richmond 

 some ten days ago, at $6 75; but this price cannot 

 now be obtained, and the quotation is $6 56 to 6 

 62. Even at this decline in price it is not proba- 

 ble that shipments will be made to England, from 

 an apprehension that the duty there will advance. 



Wheat commands ^1 40 cents; corn 80 to 85 

 cents. Exchange on England 8^ X. 



April 26, 1839. 



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