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CARROT 



/CENTURIES of strife and the need of storing food 

 VJ supplies against unfriendly winters have made car- 

 rots one of the main stand-bys among vegetables for winter 

 use with European nations. They certainly are a most 

 wholesome and nutritious vegetable, easily grown, easily 

 harvested, easily stored, and easily relished. 



Carrots grow in most any soil, though a sandy loam, 

 plentifully enriched with well-rotted manure, suits them 

 best. Early kinds will grow large enough for use in 

 seventy-five to eighty days, but the best keeping sorts for 

 winter storage require a hundred days or more to reach 

 full size. 



The largest and also latest maturing varieties of car- 

 rots are highly esteemed among live-stock raisers as a 

 stock food for cattle and horses during the winter. While 

 no medicinal qualities can be attributed to them, they 

 certainly help to keep the animals in good condition. 

 For all particulars concerning this much neglected vege- 

 table see pages 158-161. 



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