ON CARROTS. 255 



BLACK mould, and all loofe earths, will 

 anfwer very well for Carrots ; but they 

 mould be Town early, for the fame reafons 

 that were given for lowing fandy ground. 



I F the heft ground in a whole farm is 

 all {tiff and next to a clay, it is very unfit 

 for carrots ; but at a fmall expence it may 

 be made to grow them tolerably well ; 

 and the ground will allb be greatly im- 

 proved for all kinds of grain, and laft 

 many years. 



THE following cornpofition, prepared 

 and laid on, and plowed and harrowed two 

 or three times afterward, will mix with 

 the natural foil, and bring it into good 

 order for fowing. If the feafon is not 

 very wet there will be a good crop. 



TWELVE loads of (harp fand, four load 

 of light loofe earth, and one load of rot- 

 ten dung, all well mixed, and turned at 

 "leaft twice before it is laid on. Twelve 

 loads to an acre will do pretty well ; but 



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