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4Q5 DIG UP CARROTS [oCT. 



of a farm should be spread on- the grass ; but such 

 covenants are contrary to the spirit of good husbandry. 



DIG UP CARROTS. 

 About the end of this month the carrot crop 

 should be dug- up : some persons leave it till Novem- 

 ber; but, in ease of wet weath* They 

 may be taken tip either with three-pronged forks or 

 with spades, if the land is not hard, which it will not 

 be, if the crop has been well cultivated : a little loosen- 

 ing of the earth with the tool, and at the same time 

 drawing up the carrot by the top, will take them up 

 very quickly. They should be lei the 

 field till dry, which will be in a day or two : then 

 thrown into heaps and carted home ; which moving 

 will clear the dirt from them. Unload them in a 

 barn or some out-house, and let the tops be chopped 

 off, and given to the swine : then lay the roots where 

 they are to remain. Some pile them up in a heap, 

 and cover them with 1; others cover tl. 

 \vithstraw: they will keep . if packed close 

 together in any buii only a boarded 

 one, covir lii-.-m . v, enough to keep 

 out the frost. 'II any -ways; of prcserv- 



them ; one them in circle, finish 



conically, \vitn just a scattering of lops left on 

 a few of the -hall form a thirt 



thatch of top^ wn : not L for the 



tops will then ferment, and heat t: if thdW 



few tops rot away,, a th: raw should 



be laid, and the pih >rc than five feet dia- 



meter. Others put them a ridge of earth, like po- 

 tatoe pies. The gencr. in Suffolk is, to leave 



them 





