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CARROT 
/CENTURIES of strife and the need of storing food 
^ supplies against unfriendly winters have made car- 
rots one of the main stand-bys among vegetables for winter 
use with European nations. They certainly are a most 
wholesome and nutritious vegetable, easily grown, easily 
harvested, easily stored, and easily relished. 
Carrots grow in most any soil, though a sandy loam, 
plentifully enriched with well-rotted manure, suits them 
best. Early kinds will grow large enough for use in 
seventy-five to eighty days, but the best keeping sorts for 
winter storage require a hundred days or more to reach 
full size. 
The largest and also latest maturing varieties of car- 
rots are highly esteemed among live-stock raisers as a 
stock food for cattle and horses during the winter. While 
no medicinal qualities can be attributed to them, they 
certainly help to keep the animals in good condition. 
For all particulars concerning this much neglected vege- 
table see pages 158-161. 
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