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case, to show tlie advantages of a more general use 

 of improved labor-saving implements, in " trucking " 

 as well as in more extended farming. Until such 

 tools are more generally iised, the lowest cost of pro- 

 ducing a bushel of Potatoes or Carrots cannot be 

 known. The sub-soil plough, used in getting out 

 these Carrots, we have had on the farm ten years, 

 and have used it more or less every year since. The 

 first cost of the plough was thirteen dollars, and in 

 a half-day's work loosening Carrots, the amount 

 saved was more than had been paid for the plough 

 ten years ago. 



Wintering. — Like most other kinds of roots, Car- 

 rots will keep very well when put into pits out of doors. 

 If one has abundance of cellar-room, it is better to 

 store them there until wanted ; but when cellar-room 

 is scarce, then, with care and a little more expense, 

 they can be kept safely out of dooi-s until Aj^ril. In 

 choosing a situation for a pit, a sloping surface is 

 always preferable — a spot where there is a good 

 natural fall for water. The surface of such a slop- 

 ing piece of ground is simply levelled off six or 

 seven feet wide, and as long as is required. The 

 Carrots are then made into a long pile six feet wide, 

 sloping gradually on either side, and coming to a 

 point about three and a half to four feet high. Five 

 or six hundred bushels may be piled together in this 

 way, if, wiieii putting on the e/iverine; of soil, means 

 of ventilation are provided at points ten or fifteen 

 feet apart along the top of the pile. This is done 

 by placing a piece of tin or earthen pipe, with one 



