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CARROTS. ' 105 
and the Wolverley carrot growers, as a means of 
saving them a great deal of trouble in the sowing of 
that difficult sowing seed. 
I was assured that the growth of carrots had begun 
to decline amongst the Wolverley farmers, till Mr. 
Knight took it up with spirit and roused their atten¬ 
tion. Respecting their application, nothing is known 
of making the tops into hay, but any kind of stock 
will eat them green ; and Mr. Knight thinks them 
worth 20s. per acre, besides labour, to cut off and 
carry green to sheep, throwing them upon pasture 
land, as he has found by experience that sheep are 
fond of them, and he believes them to be wholesome 
food as well as nutritious; they are equally acceptable 
to hogs. Respecting the roots, any kind of stock will 
take to eat them greedily, and in such quantity as not 
to pay for the food, when there is a demand for it at 
market; but thinks them hardly food good enough for 
his horses, which are in constant work and exercise, 
unless mixed with some more astringent food ; and be¬ 
lieves that for that purpose they are inferior to com 
and hay; lie, therefore, prefers selling them to the 
market people, when they will fetch them away, at 
2s. 6d. per hundredweight. 
Storing .—Various ways have been tried, as bury¬ 
ing in dry sand, but this is troublesome except for 
small quantities; storing within the building, and also 
hurrying in tumps or heaps in the manner of potatoes ; 
and in all which ways they will sometimes keep well; 
but are, at other times, liable, when put together in 
too large quantities, to heat from fermentation, in 
which case they will rot with great rapidity ; the same 
misfortune has been known to happen to potatoes, 
but 
