93 



acre ; but on several acres my crop has usually averaged 600 bush- 

 els to the acre. 



Smith of Middlefield, Hampshire county, from three-fourths 



of an acre obtained 900 bushels. 



Charles Knovvlton of Ashfield, Franklin county, this year obtained 

 90 bushels on twelve rods of ground. This was at the rate of 1200 

 bushels to the acre. 



D. Moore of Concord, Middlesex county, from six rods of land, 

 obtained this year 56 bushels, or at the rate of 1493 bushels to the 

 acre. 



According to Josiah Quincy's experience in Quincy, Plymouth co. 

 charging labor at one dollar per day his carrots cost him eleven cents 

 per bushel. David and Stephen Little, in Newbury, Essex coun- 

 ty, in 1813, obtained 061 bushels to the acre, at an expense of |^79, 

 50 every expense included, excepting rent of land. This was at a 

 rate less than nine cents to a bushel. 



I shall subjoin in the Appendix an account of an experiment made 

 in feeding swine, illustrating the value of this vegetable, from Arthur 

 Young.* 



The great objection to the cultivation of carrots lies in the diffi- 

 culty of keeping them while growing free from weeds. If sowed 

 without any preparation, the seed is a long time in germinating ; and 

 a plentiful crop of weeds is liable to get possession of the land before 

 the carrots make their appearance. There is another difficulty. The 

 carrot seed from its minuteness is liable to be sowed too thickly. To 

 obviate in a degree these objections, let the ground be ploughed 

 deeply, well manured, and put in fine tilth ; and let the first and per- 

 haps the second crop of weeds be ploughed in. After this let the 

 land be thrown into ridges two feet apart, and the seed sown on top 

 of the ridges either in a single line, or the ridges be made so wide as 

 to receive two rows of carrots, eight inches or one foot apart. In 

 the mean time the seed should be freely mixed with fine sand ; and 

 this sand kept so moist that the seed shall germinate. As soon as it 

 is sprouted it should be sown. This may be so arranged that the 

 sowing shall take place about the first of June. They will then have 

 the start of the weeds. The mixture with sand will prevent their 



"Appendix E. 



