ib^ to the nftiure uf the season. The harrestmg ot'Carrols tnaj^ 

 follow that of the Mangel Wurtzel ; aud the Ruta Baga succeeiJ 

 the Carrots. In the first experimental culture of these root?, 

 in which but small quantities are raised, they can be preserv- 

 ed in dry cellars n^ot liable to freezing. Where large quDn-- 

 tiiies are raised, they may be deposited in heaps, sufficiently 

 covered, in a dry field. The common method of heaping and 

 covering roots in the field, and which Mr. Gobbett practised 

 with the Ruta Baga, is perhaps as good as any. Holes of a 

 round or square form are dug alx)ut a foot deep, and about tifty 

 bushels are put into each, piling up the roots above the level 

 of the surface of the land, sloping to the top : then covering 

 them with straw, throw earth over the whole to a depth suffi- 

 *cient to guard them from frost. Smooth the surface of this 

 earth by beating it close with the back of a spade, or other in- 

 strument, the better to cast oiT rain. On Long Island and in 

 Pennsylvania, a covering of earth a foot or fifteen inches deep 

 has been found sufficient. A greater depth will probably be ne- 

 cessary here. In throwing up this cover, a trench will be form- 

 ed on all sides of the heap, to receive the water running off it. 

 It may be well to sink the bottom of the trench lower than the 

 bottom of the hole in which the roots are deposited. — Where 

 large quantities are to be thus preserved, several loads may be 

 put into one hole : and then oblong heaps will be best, as requir- 

 ing less labour in covering them — A quantity of roots, for feed- 

 ing cattle till the middle of Peceraber, may be kept in a barn or 

 stahle covered with strr.vv or any dry litter. I would begin feed- 

 ing with Mangel Wurtzel — follow next with Carrots— -and con- 

 clude with Rota Baga ; ior the latter root will keep sound until 

 the commencement of the summer succeeding their growth. 



All the roots, especially the Mangel Wurtzel and Carrots, 

 should be fully dried before they are housed, or covered in the 

 field, to guard them against roiling. 



Roots for Raising Seed. Of the Mangel Wurtzel 1 would 

 select large and fair roots, of a red colour, whose bodies have 

 grown most above ground, and with a moderate, if not the small- 

 est, quantity of leaves; for although these are valuable for strip-^ 

 ping, the roots arc much more valuable ; and I am inclined tt 

 think those with small tops are least liable to rot-. 



