Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1856-11-27


CARRors-LAsoR-SAvw METHOD CT CurrrvA-
TIoN.-Many farmers while they are ready to ss-
knowledge the crest value of carrots as food for
horses and cattle, are deferred from attempting
their cultivation from the great amount of labor
which Is required by the usual mode of culture.
This difficulty seems to have been overcome by
Professor MsPes. His article on the subject is in
teresting
a large held of carrots is now in most success
ful growth, which has been cultivated as follows.
The field was dug to the depth of eighteen inches
with digging machine, and without the use of
plow-this left the whole surface in fine titb-
the carrot seed was then sown in drills at TWENTY
tour inches apart small portion of long radish
SEED being mixed with the carrot seed The rad.
ishes marked the rows visbly two weeks before
the carrots were through the soil, and during this
TWO weeks the root cleaner dragged by q small
mule was ru1 between the rows marked by the
radlshes: removing every weed and making the
surface hue to the depth of two inches As soon
as the cerrots were through the ground, the rad Z.
Ishes were pulled for Market and paid more than
the whole cost of cultivation for both crops. A
small coil liter (steel mole) was then run to the
deptbIof twelve inches halfway between the rowe:
this raises the soil less than one inch, but doing
so renders the whole fine to full depth of twelve
iuches, without covering the carrots, line of
travel being IN the center. This lifting process
Affects the soil like that found over a mole track
and this eject at the surface is 50 much wider than
ct the bottom, that the soil around the earth COL
lar OF each plant is slightly disturbed, but not
sufficiently to abrade roots or plants, but leaving
every plant 80 loose in the soil that it might be
withdrawn with its roots entire without abrasion.
While this soil litter is in progress, the row of
plants on each side may be seen 10 move very
slightly.
As soon after as the weeds show at oil. the root
cleaner is run between the rows, thus keeping the
carrots at all times perfectly free from weeds. By
runnng tins root cleaner as frequently as occasion
may require, the carrots will be woodless and if
properly MANFRED must give a maximum crop.
This root cleaner will do more work than forty
men with hsnd.hoes; while its Depth regularity,
and efficiency OF action, render its results far bet
ter. All this but requires that the seed should be
properly sown, In exact straight lines at the pro-
per depth and proper quantity.
When the carrots are ripe, the removal of the
crop will be thus performed A soil-hlter, nine.
teen inches in depth, moved by two horses, will be
run between two rows near the middle of the
field, the horses walking in the of.rows to the
right and left. This will lift both carrots and soil
one inch leaving the soil so free that the carrots
may be raised by hand without effort, and the
same process repeated with each two rows, will
only enable the carrots to be gathered, but will
leave the soil in fine tth for winter fsllow. Beets
parsnips, satisfy and all other fusi.formed roots
| may be treated Ia the same manner, while tur.
nips and all other row crops may be similarly
| treate1