248 ON CARROTS. 



THE following is an abfolute fact : That 



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three acres of carrots, on a foil that is not 

 the very belt for the growth of them, fup-. 

 ported twenty-four working horfes, thirty 

 grown fwine, and feveral ypung horfes and 

 cattle, from the end of October to the be- 

 ginning of Aprif, The horfes were worked 

 every day, looked well, and were fat. 



. Bfisi0E$ there were quantities frequently 

 given to the milk-cows during that time, 

 which had no bad effect On the milk ; 

 arid they gave a greater quantity at a meal 

 than if they had not had carrots, and the 

 butter was fweeter than of thofe which 

 were fed with the beft hay only. 



THE labour in keeping carrots clean is 

 not much different, nor more expenfive, 

 than that of turnips, where turnips are 

 Jioed and kept clean as they mould be. 

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TURNIPS will befomething like a crop, 

 although they are not hoed, and are full 

 of weeds, and there are many places 



5 where 



