1891.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 177 



Carrots (Daucus carota), Danvers Yellow. — The seed 

 was planted by means of a brush-seeding apparatus, usino- 

 the plate third in size from the smallest, in rows two feet 

 apart, to allow the use of a one-horse cultivator for cleaning, 

 etc.. May 9. The crop was subsequently thinned out July 

 16, and weeded twice by hand. The roots were pulled 

 October 15. They were left for several days in the field in 

 piles, covered with the tops of the roots, before hauling 

 them in. The yield amounted to somewhat over four tons, 

 equal to from sixteen to seventeen tons of carrots per acre. 



