The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-01-30
AcsEtEGslI.Es'RGAE.
CARROTS fnr NtNClA.

II is undehiahc that carrots are an excel
lent kind OF food for most every kind of
stock. For this assertion we have the high
est authority in agriculture the testimony
of such men as Johnston, turwcu, Culmau,
Stewart, and othcrs-as well rs our owIr cX-
pericnce.
Curwcn distinguished English agricul-
turist, rcmarks rs follows The profits
and advantage of carrots, are, III my opm-
ion, greater than amy other crop This adj
mirablc root has, upon repeated and very
extensive trials for the laat three years been
found to answer most perfectly rs part
substitute for oats. Where ten pounds of
oats are given, per day, tour pounds may he
taken away and their place supplied 10y
five pounds of carrots. This has horu prac-
tccd in the feeding of eighty horses ror the
last three years. with the most complete
success, and the health and condition of the
horses allowed to be improved by the cN-
change, An acre of carrots supplies Il
quantity of food for working horses equal
to sixteen or twenty acres of oats
Mr.. Colman, the author OF EHr0pc0m ~.
ricutRre, in speaking of the foregoing
views of Mr.. CTwcu, says My own en-
pericnccs of the value of carrots, VIII 'Ch
has not Loon small, confirms these state
mcnt'
But further foreign testimony need not be
adduccd u number of farmers in Wiscou-
sin are ready To add the endorsement ot
their experience.
The value of the carrot is du, to the pc
culiar properties it possesses, as a promoter
of hcalth--to its medicinal properties, if
You please. The gum, which constitutes
about onc-oighth of the whole substance of
tho carrot, exclusive of watcr---is peculiar
ielly-likc substance identical with the Jelly
derived from the ordinary fruits, such ~ the
apple, pear, ounce, &c. Il ,a itnown to
chemists by the name of pectinc, and is one
of the best articles Of diet for either man
or beast. Its eile,t upon digestion is cs-
ueciallv favorable and every one knows
that Il healthy digestion is the best kind of
security for the health Of thc wholc body.
Such being the character of one of its
most important constituents, we shuuld cN-
poet the carrot to I've found most whole
some article of diet for domestic animals
of every class and especially for those most
liable to derangcmcuts OF the bowels.
But some authorities 20 further than this
and assert that 1t mas positive medicinal
value. For example, stewart III his work
on NdbH EcoR0mN SAYS
Not only do carrots give strength ana
endurance 10 sound horses, but also give re
covery and health to such as are sick
There is nothing better, perhaps nothing 80
good. When first given they are dinrcuc
and laxative, hut MS the horses become az
customed to them, these effects soon cease
10 be produced. They also improve the
state Of the skin, They fogma Eooi substi-
tutc for grass, and an excellent alterativ,
for horses ont Of condition, To sick and
idle horses they render grain uuuvccssarv
They are beneficial III all chronic discusses
connected with breathing, and havca mark.
ed influence ON chronic cWtgh and broken
wind They are scrviccahlr in diseases of
the skin and in combination with oats. r,.
store u worn horse much sooner than oats
alone"
Set it down, then. MS established. that. al
though carrots contain hut comparativol,
little nutriment, yet the fact that they sory,
as a Tel'Sh WheL E'veh Wi'h otAHf i"'I, m,
are olso cuSu.aIeu 70 lFo'n''e ',' h'''lA oi
.l' oh'll'l ieu upon 'lH,a' W'f'N warrants
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iAe advantages OF the carrot are lN ne
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