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intended for the taMe should be placed in alternate layers of 

 fresh earth, and stored ia a cool cellar. Those intended for the 

 bam may be laid ia ridges and covered with earth and straw so 

 as to exclude the frost. Care should be used not to briag too 

 large a quantity of Carrots together. In large heaps they wiU 

 not keep so weU as ia smaller — at least, such has been the writer's 

 experience. Those iu the large heaps decay, as if they had fer- 

 mented. 



Every farmer should raise enough Carrots to supply his milch 

 cows UberaUy. The animals thrive well on them, and the quan- 

 tity and quality of the milk are improved. The finer varieties 

 are a very desirable addition to the dinner table, and are exceed- 

 ingly nutritious and wholesome. Used in soups, or boiled and 

 dressed with cream, they are very palatable. 



Carrot seed cannot be relied upon that is more than two 

 years old. It is usually stated that two pounds of carrot seed 

 are sufficient for an acre, but we have found it much more 

 economical to use at the rate of five pounds to the acre. 



Early Horn. — This is the variety to cultivate 

 for [the table. Eig. 59 is a correct representation of 

 its peculiar form. It is short, temrinatiag abruptly, 

 with a very slender tap-root j the flesh is of a deep 

 orange-yeUow color, crisp and veiy fine grained, and 

 of the richest and most delicate flavor. It does not 

 require, when grown for table use, to be thinned out 

 in the row to more than two inches apart, and may 

 be used as soon as it is haH grown. Some use this 

 variety not only for the table but for their stock ; 

 and, where the soil is naturally thin, and underlaid '^' ^' 



by a sterile or tenacious subsoil, this is a more profitable va- 

 riety to grow for .all purposes than the long-growing kinds. It 

 matures earlier than the other sorts, and on that account can 

 be grown where the summers are very short. Those who have 

 thought the Carrot too strong flavored for a table vegetable, will 

 be much pleased with this. 



