FIELD CROPS. 15 



A good manure is two to six spadefuls of well rotted 

 stable manure, the same quantity of hard wood- ashes, 



WATERMELON. KOLB'S GEM. 



and of muck or swamp earth thoroughly mixed and ap- 

 plied to each hill. Plantings for a fall crop in the South- 

 ern States may be made in June. 



MUSKMELOK, OR CANTALOUPE. 



Prepare and manure the same as for watermelons, ex- 

 cept that the land should be checked off four feet apart 

 each way. When danger of frost has passed, plant four 

 or five seeds to the hill ; when up, thin to two plants to 

 the hill. Keep clean by shallow and frequent cultiva- 

 tion until the vines occupy the ground. Some sow in a 

 continuous drill, the rows being four feet apart. Late 

 plantings are apt to be destroyed by worms. 



CARROT (Daucus Carota.}. 



The large Belgian and Long Orange are the best to 

 plant for stock, and properly belong among field crops. 

 Select a piece of rich land, or make it rich, and break it 

 up ten to eighteen inches deep, and thoroughly pulverize 

 the soil. Lay off rows eighteen to twenty-four inches 

 apart, and one inch deep, in which drill the seed thinly, 



