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should be from 3 to 5 inches apart in the rows, and the rows 
as near together as is feasible for horse work. Clean culture 
is demanded. The seed must be planted shallow, and may 
go into the ground as early as it can be worked in the spring, 
and from that time until the middle of June. The only dan- 
ger about late planting is the possibility of dry weather. 
The carrot is quite free from insect or other enemies, as 
a rule, and its culture is not difficult. It demands thinning 
and hoeing after the plants are well above ground, but no 
extra attention of any kind. 
The winter storage is the same as for beets or turnips, 
either to be put away in earth-covered heaps or preserved in 
a cool, non-freezing root cellar. 
The so-called Belgian carrots (both yellow and white) are 
used only as stock food; though the other sorts, such as 
Rubicon, Danvers and Long Orange, if in excess of market 
demands, are equally good for stock. Cows and horses are 
fond of them, and they are most wholesome. The farm gar- 
dener should raise them, however, for their cash value in the 
produce markets. The carrot is in high favor with good 
cooks everywhere. 
The carrot does not demand excessively rich ground; in 
fact, too much manure tends to stimulate the growth of the 
top at the expense of the root, and fresh manure makes the 
root rough. 
The smaller carrots are bunched and sold like radishes 
or early beets. The larger kinds are sold by measure — about 
60 cents or more per basket at this time (January, 1898). 
This is at the rate of $1.50 per barrel, or about $300 per 
acre. The crop is a good one, if near a market where 
carrots are demanded. 
