THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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Carotte. Daucus carota. The excelleni quali- 

 ty ol' the carrot as Ibrnge lor caille is well known, 

 and shoulii render its culture, in the fields more 

 general than it is. One ol' iis ailvantnyet! is that 

 it can make ehilt wiihoui manure. A eoil koIi, 

 deep, well luilverizt^d, and that has been m mured 

 durin<f the previou.-: year, suiis it best. IT one 

 sees fit lo manure lor ihem it i^ Ijest to use com- 

 post. They sow ihem at any liiue during Marcii, 

 April and May, and eomeiimes even in June, 

 accordini^ to ihe climaie and soil, at the rale oC 

 Crom S to 10 pounds |)er hectare, either broad-cast 

 or in rows, which is best. They cover the seed wnh 

 a light rake and a roller. Sometimes the carroi 

 is sown with oais, barley, (lax or some other 

 spring grain, or even on the rje and wheat with 

 a rake, the success is less certain thus than when 

 sown alone. In tiie last case they ihin them and 

 work them. They cut ofl the leaves a« they dig 

 them up or alierwards, they then put ihem in a 

 shelter to preserve them from the cold, or if the 

 soil is dry they place them in deep trenches, or in 

 a pit. Many kinds ol' carrois are cultivated lor 

 cattle. In England they preler the red, in Flan- 

 ders the pale red, wiih a large top, elsewhere the 

 yellow or white. There is some difference in the 

 varieties independent of the color, but all can be 

 uselully employed. The yellow of jJchicourt is 

 justly retrarded as one ol the finest kinds, the 

 large white of Breteuit is also a very fine and 

 vigorous Variety. Since 1825 I have liad a variejy 

 which was sent me jrom Brussels and which 

 seems to me very interesting to farmers; it is 

 white with a crreen top, and grows considerably 

 out of the ground, extremely large and remarka- 

 bly vigorous. 



BeUerave champetre. Deselte Beta vulgaris 

 campestris. — All beeis are excellent food lor cat- 

 tle, especially lor milk cows, but they cultivate 

 particularly Tor this purpose the Betterave chain- 

 pHre on account of its great product, it requ.rcs 

 a good soil well prepared, and that has been ma- 

 nured during the winter. They sow it fi-om the 

 last of March to first olMay, ofien broad-cast, but 

 the culiure in rows is preferable at the distance 

 of fifteen to eighteen inches, which is necessary 

 to work the intervals with the hoe or the cultiva- 

 tor. They thin, weed and woik the plants with- 

 out hillinir them. The beet is also sown in hot 

 beds to tie replanted in the fields when the roots 

 have attained tiie size of the linger. At t!ie end 

 of summer, when they have nearly attained their 

 maturiiy, one can gather the leaves taking tiTose 

 which are at the bottom and always leaving a 

 good bunch at the top. In October and Novem- 

 ber, before the frosts, they dig up the roots, and alter 

 having taken off all of the leaves and wiped off 

 the dirt, they put them in a dry place, or in a pit or 

 trenches, in the ground, covered with coarse straw, 

 to defend them from the cold and dampness. 

 They can eat these roots during the whole winter. 

 There are many varieties of the field beet, but of 

 which the most esteemed and the most beautiful 

 is that which «:rovvs more tban half out of the 

 ground, and is lor that reason called Bctteravesitr 

 ierre. La Betterave blanche pure, generally 

 used for making sugar, deserves also to be used 

 as food lor cattle. From the interesting experi- 

 ments related in the Annals de Roville, by Mons. 

 de Dombasle, it appears superior to the Betterave 

 champHre in the proportion of two to one in 



point of nutritious qunlities. La blanehe a collet 

 rose, also cultivated as a variety lor Kugar, is per- 

 ha|)s »till more valu.ible for cattle than the pure 

 white, because it is more vigorous and larger. I 

 will mention ns being one ol those used in mak- 

 Hii' comparative experiments, the Jaune blanche. 

 Tin- skm is yellow and the pulp is white. It is rich 

 in saccharine matter and at the sime lime strong 

 and vigorous. When they sow tlie beet in rows 

 they use six pounds of seed, and when broadcast 

 liom eight to ten pounds per hectare. 



AMERICAN WONJ»£RS. 



Two of the greatest natural curiositias in the 

 world are to be lound within the United States, 

 and yet scarcely known lo the best inlormed of 

 our geographers and naturalists. The one is a 

 very beauiiful waterfall, in Franklin county, in 

 the state of Georgia; the other a stupendous 

 precipice, in Pendleton district, South Carolina. 

 The Tuccoa lall is murh higher than the falls of 

 Niagara ; the column of water is propelled beau- 

 tilully over a peipendicular rock, and, wlien the 

 stream is full, it passe s down the steep without 

 being broken. 



The Tatile mountain, in Pendleton district, in 

 South Carolina, is an awful precipice of nine hun- 

 dred feet. Very lew persons, wlio have once 

 cast a glimpse into the almost boundlc.-s abyss, 

 can again exercise sufficient fortitude to approach 

 the margin of the chasm ; almost every one look- 

 ing over, involuntarily falls to the ground sense- 

 less, nerveless, and helpless, and would inevitably 

 be precipitated, and dashed to atoms, were it not 

 lor the measures of caution and security that 

 have ahvays been deemed indispensable to a salie 

 indulgencelo the curiosity of the visiter or spec- 

 tator. Every one, on proceeding to the spot 

 whence it. is nsual to gaze over the wonderlul 

 deep, has in his or her imagination a limi^^iiion, 

 graduated by a relerence to distances with whiuii 

 Uie eye has been familiar. But in a moment, 

 eternity, as it were, is presented lo the astonished 

 senses ; and the observer is instantly overwhelm- 

 ed. He soon recovers from ilie first surprise, and 

 in wild delirium surveys a scene which, lor a time, 

 he is unable lo define by description or limitation. 

 — Philadelphia Inquirer. 



TRAKSPI.AKTIKG TREES. 



Most nut-bearing trees may be as much improv- 

 ed by transplaniingand graliingas liuii trec-^ ^>re. 

 The hickory and the chestnut may thus be male 

 to bear nuts far better flavored an ! three tim-a as 

 j large as they produce in an uncultivated sta'c. 

 ! In a good soil they will soon come to maturity , 

 and, lor shade, fuel, or timber, tije chestnut, but- 

 ternut, and hickory are not inferior to the un- 

 i productive horse-cliestnut, elm, ar:d maple. Late 

 1 in autuain or in spring is the time for transplant- 

 I ing, for which and for grafting the same conrse 

 I is to be pursued as with the apple or pear tree, 

 care being taken to place the «oots about the same 

 1 depth in The earth that they naturally grow. 



