2 1 2 Rev. F. Eldridge on the Culture of Carrots. 



his cattle, by not mowing the top^ i>f the carrots off twice within the year. I there- 

 fore state this to you that it may be made public, that the farmer may be benefited 

 by his labour to the utmost of the produce of his crop ; and I trust you will, as the 

 season for sowing is coming on, communicate it in such a manner that this most 

 valuable root may be better understood, and of course more cultivated by the farmer 

 than it has been : for I do not hesitate in staling, that a good crop of ten acres of 

 carrots, by being mowed, will keep ten cows in good green fodder, the months of 

 June, July, August, September, and October: then the root itself will be found a 

 very useful food during the winter months ; so that I really think the farmer, who 

 consulting his own interest, will never, after he has once made a fair trial of this 

 herb, be without it ; for its richness causes a greater flow of milk, and also it creates 

 a sweetness in the milk which in general the grass, unmixed with the Dutch clover, 

 has not. The farmer will also find that his horses and his pigs will eat it with avi- 

 dity, and thrive well on it, as 1 can state from experience. And for the gentlemen 

 wishing to keep their game in nurseries, by sowing carrots round the nursery, will 

 find that their hares and rabbits will feed upon them in preference to any other 

 food he can procure them ; by this means they will always be at home, and not 

 stray at a distance for their nightly provender. 



Your most obedient humble servant, 



F. Eldridge. 

 . To Sir John Sinclair, Bart. M. P. 

 r. B. A. &c. 



April 7, i8o6. 



