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mit a free air and keep out the frofl ; for a 

 wall would make it very damp. 



THE roof mould be thatched, as it will 

 keep out the froft much better than any 

 other kind of covering. The floor mould 

 be a foot higher than the ground round, 

 in order to keep the carrots dry ; and if 

 the ground is wettim, it mould be raifed 

 with dry rubbim, that there may be no 

 damp at bottom. 



THE fhed, or hovel, mould be got 

 finifhed in the beginning of the fummer, 

 that all may be perfectly dry ; and as foon 

 as poflible a good quantity of fand laid in, j 

 in dry weather, the fharper the better. 



THERE can be no particular time fixed 

 for taking up the carrots; but as foon 

 as the tops begin to grow yellow it mould 

 be done, 



THE weather mould be dry and fine; 



for if they are taken up wet it will be 



R 4 very 



