every kind of live-fiock. The moft diiheartening 

 objedion to their cxteiifive cultivation, probably ari- 

 fes from the myriads of weeds which fpring up with, 

 and almoft fmother, the carrots, fmall and feeble at 

 their firft appearance. To obviate this difficulty, 

 the ground intended for carrots, being well manur- 

 ed, fhould firft be planted with fome crop (as Indian 

 corn or potatoes) which, during its growth, may be 

 ealily weeded, chiefly with the plough and hoe ; fre- 

 quently ufing both, to encourage the vegetation of 

 the feeds of weeds, for the purpofe of deftroying 

 them ; and by all means preventing any weeds ri^ 

 pening their feeds. The next year the weeds will be 

 comparatively few, and the culture of the carrots 

 eafy. 



The feeds of the carrot being furniflied with beards, 

 they do not eaiily feparate in fowing. Rub the 

 quantity propofed to be fown, with the hands, until 

 the beards come off (a thing of no difficulty) and 

 they may be fown by the thumb and finger as expe- 

 ditioufly as any other feed. Thus prepared and win- 

 nowed, they are fmooth enough to pafs through a 

 drilling machine. But if a piece of land in fine tilth 

 be thrown, by the plough, into ridges, or beds, one 

 quarter of a rod in width, (from the centre of one 

 to the centre of another) and harrowed fmooth, and 

 two fmall drills, or channels, ten inches apart, be 

 made on each bed (by an inftrument like a rake, 

 but fet with only two large wedge-fhaped teeth) 

 which a man will do. on a moderate walk — another 

 man can fow, and by hand, at the rate of an acre in 

 four hours. I fpeak with certainty, having made the 

 experiment. But cultivated on a large ftale, carrot 

 feed fhould be drilled by the inflrument made for 

 the purpofe. 



