Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-05-07
fMmer's 1epartmeut.
Feeding and Culture of Carrots.

| have Nintered swine almost entirely upon
carrots, fed raw. They not only grew but
fattened upon them. For this purpose how
ever, woull advise to cook them.
prefer them to any other root mot except
ing bertSJ for feeding COWS that are milkctl
through the winter Butter made from COWS
SO fed is as good favored and rich colored as
can be made in June or September once
fattCued COW upon carrots, feeding meal only
few days before she was butchered She
was quite thin when commenced feeding, yet
Fifty bushels Of carrots made her fat enough to
yield nnety-SiX pounds Of Trough tallow"--
Good Judges pronounced the beef superior to
any they ever saw. | commenced feeding her
about the 18th OF October, and fed o bushel
day until the fifty bushels were consumed
Can any Of the readers Of the Coautry Gentle
ntaa, tell me Of cheaper way to make good
beef than the above? If SO, | should be glad
to hear from them.
Horses also thrive well upon carrots be-
livve it is generally conceded by those who have
tried it to be ahead Of any other root for this
''most noble animal" In fact it is the root
for the horse. Try it, brother farmers Feed
your horses less grain and more carrots, and if
Iiicy have not smoother coats and fewer coughs
than that neighbor of yours who "stuns" his
with dry hay and grain, then resume your old
practice and call me know-nothinr
I consider the Long Orange" far the best
as a standard sort for general cultivation
The White Belgian has been recommended by
some as the best, on account of its being more
easily harvested, as it generally grows nearly
one til rd of its length above ground. From
what experience 1 have had with them, think
the difference in the labor of harvesting is not
aS great as the difference in the carrots. The
White Belgian is far less nutritious than
the deeper-colored varieties, and never keeps
as we'll
| lately received a package of carrot seed
from Germany, that was labeled early Dutch
Horn Carrot" 1t proves to be a very eaflv
variety, and it is the best for table use of any
kind ever cultivated. 1t is fine grained, and
has peculiar rich and agreeable flavor top
small color, deep orange-short -tap-root
terminating abruptly The latter qualification
fits them admirably for thin or stony soil, as it
facilitates the labor of harvesting. The car.
rot delight in deep, rich, mellow soil There
fo:e land intcnied fer them can ard'y be
ploughed to deep or made too rich sow in
drills eighteen inches apart. They should not
s.ditu toO lHlCk. An lhcll or an mn ana Il nan
apart is about the right distance.
| generally SOW from the 18th Of May to the
first OF June, and harvest at the rate of ,O00
bushels per acre. Carrot seed should he GOV,
cred about onethird of an inch deep, and the
earth firmly pressed about it The neglect of
the latter precautiou has been the means of
losing many valuable crops. In sandy soil it
should be covered deeper The heaviest crop
ever raised was on piece of land that was
used as a barn-yard during the winter prccrd-
ing. The greater portion of the manure was
drawn off and the land plough,d and sowcd the
first of June. The ground and carrots were
measured at the tn, of harvesting, and found
80 yield at the enormous rate Of | 500 bushels
per acre. EDWARD l.. Coy. West Hebron.
Wa hngton Co, \. Y.-Country Gcn'l'mqn,
fcbruary -.