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Carrots and How I Raise Them. 
BY JAS. G. SMITH. 
All who have raised carrots know their 
value for feeding stock. I would rather 
have one peck of carrots and oats mixed, 
than the same quantity of oats alone for a 
horse or other stock. Many gardeners and 
farmers are deterred from raising carrots 
owing to the fact that there is so much la¬ 
bor connected with the crop, which is in¬ 
deed true as they are often raised. Putting 
them in narrow rows and doing the work 
all by hand there is no end to the fuss and 
labor, and the cost of the crop is often 
more than its value, but by putting them 
farther apart and using horse and cultivator 
they are but little trouble. 
And this is how I raise them. In the fall 
when I can do nothing else, I draw to the 
field intended for carrots plenty of well rot¬ 
ted stable manure and give the ground a 
liberal dressing. I then plow thoroughly 
and leave the land in ridges until spring to 
pulverize. In the spring, before plowing 
again, I give the ground another liberal top¬ 
dressing of some good fertilizer, say about 
three hundred pounds to the acre. I then 
harrow the surface perfectly level, and this 
time I plow quite deep and harrow again 
until I leave the soil as smooth as it possibly 
•can be, and it is then ready for the seed. 
I leave the rows 21 feet apart by marking 
perfectly straight with a light marker. Af¬ 
ter the rows are all marked I sow the seed 
by running the seed drill in the bottom of 
these marked rows and all the covering I 
give them is what the garden roller will do, 
for I roll the whole piece over after sowing 
the seed as I find the soil will retain moist¬ 
ure better when rolled if the weather should 
be dry at the time. When the young plants 
show themselves above the surface, I begin 
scraping the soil away frum the plants and 
drawing it over into the space between the 
rows. This gives the young plants a start 
.and at the same time kills all the small 
weeds that may be startiug up between the 
rows. As soon as the weeds begin to grow 
I put the horse and cultivator to work and 
go through the patch at least once a week 
until the tops get large enough to shade the 
.ground. Three inches apart is about the ; 
right distance to leave the young plants in 
the row, for if farther apart it is a waste of 
ground, and if closer they will be crowded 
and grow small, and it is just as much troub¬ 
le to top a small carrot as a large one. Pull 
up all weeds that spring up in the rows, 
root and branch, for if the roots are left in 
the ground they will grow again. One 
pound of seed is sufficient for an acre at the 
distance named. I consider the Long Orange 
the best variety as it is a good cropper in all 
soils and under all conditions of treatment. 
If any of your many readers have an eas¬ 
ier or better way of raising carrots I should 
like to hear from them. 
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