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in growing plenty of it, as it is a hardier root than beet, and can be 

 left until late in the fall and dug at leisure times, but always before 

 there is danger of its being frozen in; and will always sell at a fair 

 price even as feed for horses and cattle, rarely bringing in our markets 

 less than $1.00 per barrel. The average crop on suitable soils is about 

 300 barrels to the acre. The carrot crop has one advantage over many 

 others if the ground is fairly good, it may be grown without manure, 

 particularly on lands that have been broken for potatoes or corn the 

 year previous. I might say here that the seed of the carrot, being 



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very small, is easily affected by drought, and great care should be 

 taken to firm it in the soil well, and I would ask the reader, if he has 

 not already been thoroughly imbued with the importance of firming 

 seeds, to read the chapter given in this work on the " Use of the Feet 

 in Sowing and 'Planting." The kind used for table purposes is the 

 Early Horn, a short, beautifully colored, dark orange variety. For 

 a second crop the Half Long is grown. That used for farm culture 

 is known as Long Orange, or the Danvers. The quantity of seed 

 required, if sown by drill, is four to six pounds per acre; if sown 

 by hand, eight to twelve pounds per acre. When sold at retail for table 

 use it is equally profitable as beets, but comparatively few carrots are 

 wanted in the summer months. 



