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root In good land the leaves can be plucked off every 

 two or three weeks. 



Gather and store the roots away dry, hefore any frost, 

 taking care that they' are not bruised, which occasions 

 their speedy decay. They may be kept in dry sand, 

 to protect them from frost ; or without sand, if in a 

 place sufficiently guarded against frost. Those that are 

 intended for the table, will be found much better, if 

 covered with sand, or with other vegetables. 



Mr. Peters, of Pennsylvania, gives a preference to 

 this root, having tried all other?, particularly for fatten- 

 ing neat-cattle, sheep, and store hogs ; and says, that 

 to some horses it is grateful and nutritive, though some 

 refuse to eat it. T.ne leaves, which are very abundant, 

 he considers superior to £iny other green herbage, now 

 in common use, for cattle that are not pastured. 



In giving these roots to cattle, they are lirst washed 

 and then choped into small pieces. It is best to accom- 

 pany them, when given to horned cattle, wilh some 

 kind of hay, or choped straw. Fed in moderate quan- 

 tities to miich cows, they impart a delicate flavour to the 

 cream and milk. Steam boiling improves them very 

 much for fatting cattle. If they become frozen, they 

 may be uned for cattle, before they have thawed, by ex- 

 tracting the frost from them in v/ater. In this way all 

 kinds of roots can be managed. 



In the year 1820, Mr. Prince^ of IMassachusetts, rais- 

 ed six hundred seventy and a half bushels of mangel 

 wurtzel on one acre. 



In 1822, Mr. Little^ of the same state, raised nine 

 hundred seventy/ and a half bushels on one acre, the 

 whole cost, inchiding manure, was g23 96 cents. 



Mr. Powell^ of Philadelphia county, raised nine hun- 

 dred eighty-two and a half bushels, on one hundred fifty- 

 five and a quarter perches of land, which had not re- 

 ceived more manure than is usually given to potatoe 

 crops in that county. The whole expense was about 

 equal to that of Indian corn. 



CARROTS. 



The field culture of carrots^ for the purpose of provid- 

 ing a succulent food for winter^s stock, begins, to 

 be, very deservedly, more and more an object of at- 



