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carrot, the product, and manner of using the crop. 

 He cultivates them in drills from 20 to 24 inches 

 apart ; he gets one thousand bushels an acre, at an 

 expense of $25 to $30 ; he kept six work-horses on 

 them from November, 1836, to June, 1837, without 

 grain, and they remained in good plight, and per- 

 formed as well as he ever had horses perform ; and 

 he thinks they are worth double as much for slock 

 as ruta-baga. 



Upon the subject of the carrot culture, which is 

 j)c. iiajis less understood among us than that of the 

 beet and turnip, the committee will add, that this root 

 tli nves best in a sandy loam, light, moist, but not 

 wet, and of great depth ; in which the plough, going 

 to the beam, brings to the surface nothing that is not 

 fit for vegetation. The ground should be ploughed 

 immediately preceding the sowing. In Suffolk, Eng- 

 land, they sow 8 Ibs. seed, broadcast, to the acre ; 

 and the crop is from 400 to 500 bushels. To horses 

 they are considered superior to any other food. 

 Two bushels of carrots and one of chaff is the per 

 diem allowance to a horse ; or seven bushels of car- 

 rots and one bushel of oats is- the allowance for a 

 week. They are also profitably fed to all other farm 

 stock. They are raised in Suffolk without manure, at 

 an expense of Qd. (18 cents) per bushel. The yield of 

 the carrot is often from 700 to 1000 bushels the acre 

 The crop is gathered by making a deep furrow near 

 to the drill ; when a man seizes, draws the top to the 

 furrow, and pulls them up with great facility. 



Another root, the parsnip, is deserving of notice, 

 though its partial culture hitherto will hardly enti- 

 tle it to be classed among field-crops. It is believed 

 to be the most nutritious root of any that have been 

 named ; is as easily cultivated as the carrot or the 

 beet : and has this advantage over all the others, 

 that its value is not impaired by frost. 



From the preceding views, the committee do not 

 hesitate to recommend the extension of root culture 



