CARROTS, MANGOLDS AND SUGAR BEETS. 5 



not only to the richness of the color, but also to the qual- 

 ity of the milk, while the flavor of the butter made from such 

 milk is improved. Carrots fed in moderate quantities to 

 horses give additional gloss to their hairy coats, and have not 

 only a medicinal value when given to such as have been 

 over-grained, but aid them in digesting grain, as may be seen 

 in the dung of horses fed on oats with Carrots, and that 

 of those fed on oats without Carrots.- When cooked they are 

 sometimes fed to poultry, and either cooked or raw to swine. 

 In the family economy they have their place, particularly 

 when young and fresh, while in Europe they enter largely 

 into the composition of the well-known vegetable soups of 

 the French. 



THE CARROT. 



"The Carrot," {Daucus Caroia) says Burr in his "Field 

 and Garden Vegetables of America," a book worthy a place 

 in every farmer's library, — "in its cultivated state is a half- 

 hardy biennial. It is indigenous to some parts of Great Brit- 

 ian, generally growing in chalky or sandy soil, and to some 

 extent has become naturalized in this country ; being found 

 in gravelly pastures and mowing fields, and occasionally by 

 roadsides, in loose places, where the surface has been dis- 

 turbed or removed. In its native state the root is small, 

 slender and fibrous or woody, of no value, and even of 

 questionable properties as an article of food." 



The average result of several analyses of the Carrot as 

 given by Dr. Voelcker, is as follows : — 

 Water, - - - - - 



Albuminous Compounds, - 



rat, .-.-._ 



Pcctinc, - - - 



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