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thrives best in a sandy loam, light, moist, biU 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 immedi- 

 ately preceding the sowing. In Suffolk, England, they 

 sow eight pounds seed, broad-cast, to the acre ; and 

 the crop is from four hundred to five hundred bushels. 

 For 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 

 carrots 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 dung, at 

 an expense of 9d. (16 cents) per bushel. The yield 

 of the carrot is often seven hundred to one thousand 

 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 entitle 

 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, 

 as the most ready means of keeping up the fertility of 

 our farms, and of increasing the profits of their culti- 

 vation. J. BuEL, Chairman. 



FARM TOOLS. 



Let us consider, a few moments, brother farmers, 

 whether all the fuss we make about improvements is 

 mere moonshine, or whether we have really gained a 



