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dug in the forenoon. By this method of harvesting carrots, 

 you can accomplish twice as much as in the ordinary way. 

 Any of you farmers who have had experience will admit that 

 for one man to dig, top and get into the cellar a ton of carrots 

 a day is a very smart day's work. By the method I have 

 suggested, you will have two tons or more in the barn cellar 

 for every man and horse that has been at work. There is a 

 saving of one-half. You remember that it has been said that 

 the man who makes two blades of grass grow where one has 

 grown before, is a public benefactor. I want to ask you 

 farmers if the man who will show you how to do two days' 

 work in one in harvesting your roots, when you are expectino- 

 a freeze every day, is not a benefactor to you? I claim that 

 he is. 



Perhaps I may say a word with regard to the value of the 

 carrot crop. You have all probably had experience in feeding 

 carrots. I consider them very valuable for feeding to horses 

 and cows. I do not say that they will increase the milk verv 

 much, but they will produce a first-rate quality of milk and 

 a fair quantity, and keep the animals in a very healthy, sleek 

 condition. The effect of carrots on the hair seems to be 

 peculiar. They make the hair of animals very sleek. They 

 are not only valuable as food for cattle and horses, but they 

 are valuable to sell, and we want something to sell. With 

 us, carrots will almost always sell. There seems to be a 

 demand for all the carrots we can raise. We can sell them 

 without sending them up here to Worcester, or to Vermont 

 or New Hampshire. They will sell for from $8 to $12 a ton, 

 which makes a very good business. 



Question. What do you call a good yield to the acre ? 



Mr. Ware. With fairly good cultivation, you may expect 

 from twenty-five to thirty-five tons to the acre. I have grown 

 repeatedly more than thirty-five tons to the acre, reckoning 

 thirty-six bushels to the ton. Thirty-six bushels of this 

 variety will make a ton, while the long orange carrot requires 

 forty bushels. Therefore, you get a ton in a smaller space. 

 And this carrot, by the way, is a great improvement in quality 

 over the long orange, which has been so long in the market. 

 It is an excellent vegetable for family use, — tender, sweet, 

 and fine. Perhaps the short-horn might be a little more 



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