Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-05-23
agricultural.
How to Raise Carrots.

Few doubt the value of Carrots ami
more would raise them did they not con-
slider the labor too great That they re.
quire more labor per acre than potatoes or
corn, do not deny, but claim that a dol
lars worth OF carrots can he raised for far
less than dollars worth of corn. Too
often farmers endeavor TO see how much
land they can spread their labor over in
stead I" trying To make that labor produce
maximum Gro on "A smaller area. Us
uertake no more than You can do WE'LL
Begin every new thing on small scale
aud learn BY experience before YOU dip
deeper. Particularly should this rule lie
observed in regard to carrots. for small
amount of ignorance or neglect, that would
not materially injure corn or potatoes,
would ruin your prospect for a carr OF crop.
/ select piece OF ght soil as free from
weeds and stones as can find and thor
oughly plough il a. deep as possible
Then with double mould board plough |
throw up ridges two feet apart, Keeping
thtm perfectly straight and parallel by
means OF chaiG attachment similar 10
that on Harrington drill. Into the fur.
row scatter rotten manure about two in
ches deep. and with the same plough turn
the earth upon it. In case the ground j.
rich. or leave an abundance of menure.
spread it before plsushing. and dispense
with ii in the burrows, which makes less la
bsr. ncxi attach q horse To the culiiyator
he ana run II between every two ridges,
which in once passing. thvruu q ". fines
AID removes the Jumps from them.
BE sure Your seed is fresh. | now mix
my seed with small quantity of long
scarlet radsh seed. put it in my d. i'll and
SOW IT directly on top of the ridges a.
straight as possible. ! lay great stress up
on the Importance of straight and parallel
rows, as upon this depends much OF thu
economy OF cultivation. prefer to SOW
by the first of May rather than later. -
the seed. though slower TO terminate. is
surer, for should ii DO hot and dry when
;he Young plants appear, they will surely
be destroyed. la about a week the ap-
pearance OF the radshes will show the
lines OF the row. Now. | adjust my cult
water rake 80 that IL Will run within a half
inch OF the rows. and run Ii through them.
flushing row at each passing. As soon
As IN" radishes are large enough for mar
ket, pull them, and thin the carrots TO
three or funr inches apart, pulling ali
weeds in the rows. Should the ground
become hard, run i one horse subsoi
plough between them. Whenever the
weeds begin 10 appear, run the cultiya-
tor rake between them
Before obtained the cultiyator rake.
did the work it now does with steel toothed
hand-rakes, but lind that one man and
horse with IL can do as much work a. ten
men with hand-rakes About November |,
i take sharp hoe and cut OF the tops,
taxing two rows at a time, and arS~inx
the tors together, remove them. Now /
taSe a large two horse plough, and begin
nin- in the middle and plouyhing in the
direction of the rows, | back-furrow the
piece, plonghug two farrows TO each
ridge Two men iellpy the plough and
throw the carrots upon the back furrow In
a I1n- windrow. They are then covered
wl.h the tops, and allowed 10 remain few
days, when they are either taken TO mark
e. or The cellar. In this way have raised
upon small patch at the rate of 1900
bushels per acre, but generally from Goo to
s01. The expense of raising carrots In
thi> way dos not exceed ten cents per
oushei- aud they readily sell for from forty
TO sixty ceu.s | raised parsnips in the
SAM way. Beets harvest by pulling aud
topping Tumnp> sow later. top with a
hoe aud pull with potato hooks. pro-
pose 10 tro 10 turn them out next fall with
pota o-diggin. plough. - CoaA.ry Cen
ntBtLH.