CARROT. L35 



Martyn says, " It is greatly to be wished, 

 that the culture of this root was extended to 

 every part of England, where the soil is pro- 

 per for the purpose ; for there is scarce any 

 root yet known which more deserves it, be- 

 ing a very hearty good food for most sorts of 

 animals. One acre of carrots, if well planted, 

 will fatten a greater number of sheep or bul- 

 locks, than three acres of turnips, and the 

 flesh of these animals will be firmer and 

 better tasted. I have known these roots 

 cultivated for feeding deer in parks, which 

 has proved of excellent use in hard winters, 

 when there has been a scarcity of other food ; 

 at which times great numbers of deer have 

 perished for want, and those which have 

 escaped, have been so much reduced, as not 

 to recover their flesh the following summer ; 

 whereas, those fed with carrots have been 

 kept in good condition all the winter, and, 

 upon the growth of the grass in the spring, 

 have been fat early in the season, which is 

 an advantage, where the grass is generally 

 backward in its growth. 



" There is also an advantage in the culti- 

 vation of this root over that of the turnip, 

 because the crop is not so liable to fail ; for 



