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following, from those which had been left in the field all 

 winter, and it answered equally well as any other. 



The best way to preserve carrots is, to top them close by 

 the head of the root, and Jay them gently down in a heap 

 within a house. It must be done gently, for when a person 

 throws them from him at a distance when topping, they are 

 bruised by the fall, and are so damaged, that they soon spoil, 

 in the same way as an apple, when bruised on one side. 

 They should be turned over once a month, picking out the 

 spoiled ones, which attention will make them keep sound 

 till the end of April. 



From the end of February to the first of April, carrot- 

 seed may be sown ; but early sowing is preferable. 



The second thinnings of carrots, afford great relief to 

 young pigs, as at that time no potatoes can be had. Upon 

 the whole, no food is so good for young animals of all sorts 

 as carrots. 



About nine English pounds, will serve for a feed to an 

 ordinary work-horse, a milch cow, or a bullock of from 35 

 to 4-0 stones. A barley firlot, which contains four pecks, 

 will weigh from 70 to 72 English pounds. 



When the ground is properly cleaned, an English acre 

 of carrots, cannot be raised and stored into their winter 

 quarters, under L. 5, 5s. exclusive of the rent of the land; 

 but the value of the root, when the crop proves a good one, 

 is immense. 



An important discovery has recently been made in Scot- 

 land regarding the culture of carrots, that by raising alter- 

 nate rows of carrots and onions, the former is protected 

 from the depredations of insects, to whom probably the 

 smell of the onion is offensive. This may easily be carried 

 into execution in so far as regards gardens, if not to carrots 

 cultivated in fields, and perhaps the same idea might be ex- 

 tended farther. As the smell of hemp is so injurious to the 

 insect tribe, it might be grown as a protection to plants. 



