80 ON THE (ECONOMY OF THE STABLE. 



refult was fimllar. I will readily grant, that 

 cart-horfes previoufly in high condition, and 

 firm in flefli, will perform mod_erate work per- 

 fe6lly well, and look fine and fleek upon car- 

 rots and good hay ; but a long continuance of 

 fevere labour would foon alter the cafe, and 

 fubflantiai corn would be obviouflv demanded 

 by nature. It does not appear to me, from 

 repeated trials, that the mofi; advantageous 

 application of a carrot crop is to give it to 

 labouringj; horfes : the molt beneficial ufe of 

 that vegetable is for flraw-yard horfes, mares, 

 and foals, horned cattle, milch cows, (lore 

 pigs, and fatting beafl:s ; and for thofe various 

 purpofes, I know them by experience to be 

 abfolutely invaluable, and that all which has 

 been faid in their favour by our bed writers, 

 is fully intitled to credit and attention. They 

 do not boil fo advantageoufly as potatoes, 

 taking more fuel, and not mixing well with 

 meal ; but are infinitely more wholefome when 



raw. 



A page of Agricultural Memoranda in my 



Common-place Book, now laying open before 

 me, r will prefent the reader with fome parti- 

 culars relative to a fmall carrot crop, which I 

 cultivated in Hampfhire in the year 1791, for 

 the purpofe of feeding Horfes and ftore-pigs : 

 fuch minutes I am aware can contain nothing 

 of novelty to the experienced agriculturifl, but 



they 



