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H. W. BUCKBEE. ROCKFORO, ILLINOIS. 



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Among Carrots 



Try 

 This 

 Carrot. 



YIE.LDS OVFFc 35 TONS PE,R ACRE,. 



THPP While a =and y loam, mad^rien by manuring the previous year, 

 V^t-jl-* I SJIld is the best soil for the Carrot, any good land, if thoroughly and 

 deeply worlced, produces satisfactory crops. Clover sod turned under deeply and well 

 enriched with a dressing of rotten manure, is most excellent for the general crop. When 

 it is possible to do so, it is advisable to sow as early in the spring as the grouna is fit to 

 work, though goodorops may, in this latitude, be grown from sowings as late as June 

 15th. Prepare the ground thoroughly and sow in drills 24 to 30 inches apart, using from 

 2 to 3 pounds to the acre, according to tlie distance between the rows. Cover one-eighth 

 to one-fourth inch deep and see to it that the soil is well firmed about the seed. As soon 

 as the plants appear use the cultivator or wheel hoe, and do not let the weeds get a start. 

 Thin from 6 to inches ipart in the row as soon as plants are large enough. Gather and 

 store for winter use like beets or turnips. 



THE BOOTS OFTEN WEIGH TBOM 18 IBS. TO 2d IBS. EACH, 

 AND SEIDOM IESS THAN 8 LBS. TO 10 IBS. 



Buckbee's Champion Stock Carrot is not, properly speaking, a table 

 Carrot, although the flesh is remarkably firm and sweet. It is not a 

 Carrot for the market garden, but it is most emphatically a Stock 

 Carrot for the farmer and stock raiser, and once used nothing will take 

 its place. 



This Carrot is the heaviest cropping Carrot grown, yielding more 

 tons to the acre than any other sort. The flesh is white, crisp, solid 

 and very sweet in flavor. It is a vast improvement over all other stock 

 Carrots which have been favorites in the past, as it is not only much 

 more productive but vastly easier to handle. The roots are short and 

 very heavy at the shoulder, rendering them easily harvested. An im- 

 portant feature, also, is that they do not easily break in pulling or stor- 

 ing. Too much can scarcely be said of their size and great productive- 

 ness. The roots frequently measure 15 to 20 inches in circumference, 

 and 25 to 50 tons to the acre is not an extravagent statement as to yield. 



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