The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-06-26
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
CnrrOt Culture.


The carrot prefers 4 light, sandy loan
Of medium fertility. A good coat of
manure. applied to the soil the previous
year, will prove OF advantages; but if it
is manured the same season it should be
with guano after the crop is up.
Asa GARDEN CRor.-Fnr garden cul-
ture the earliest crop should be sown Us
soon us the ground is fit to work. Late
crops for winter use can be sown any
time before the middle of June. The
seed should be soaked u couple of days
in water: and Immediately aftcrward
mixed with n small quantity Of ashes or
plaster. This will prevent the seed from
adhcring together and it can then be
sown more evenly. Sow in rows fifteen
inches apart and cover the seed with
about half IN inch of soil. Later, the
young plants should be thinned to three
inches apart in ,te row. Cultivate
diligently, and remove all weeds from
the rows. The carrot crop is one OF
those crops that are irrcvocably dam
aged if the weeds are allowed TO get the
start. The Early Horn and Airing ham
are among the best varieties for cooking
purposes. For winter use, carrots are
most conveniently kept in Il cellar.
packed in dry sand.
As A FIELD CRor.-But the carrot is
more extensively cultivated rs field
crop for food for cattle and horses. For
this purpose the Long Orange and Large
White Belgian are the best. In good
soil these may attain 4 size OF twelve
inches long and three inches thick, and
give yield of fflom 1900 to l,40O bush
els TO the acre. The land, which though
lieht must not suffer from lack of mois-
turc. should be thoroughly pulverized
by deep plowing and repeated harrow
inc. Soak the secI and mix it with
ashes or plaster us before, and sow it
from the middle of May to the first of
June. in rows two feet apart with Il
scrd-drill, taking care that it does not
clog in the hopper. Hoe the crop rs soon
us the rows can be seen, and when Il
couple of inches hi,!>the plants should
br thinncd to six or seven inches apart.
After this, the horSe-cutivator should
70 through the plat ut least once fort
night, rs long aS tie crop is growing.
In the fall. when the roots are taken up,
they should be allowed to dry in the sun
for Il couple of days alter the tops are cut
vi. ItlolC lIltJ 'lH l'ul uP ioA "i.,eNA
Use. They may be -,ored in cellar,
out-of-doors, or in pirs. like potatoes and
turnips, but having n greater tendency
to decay than these, Wen put together
in large, quantities, th4ae;So9ld be placed
4 crop of carrots j. somew hat more
expensive to raise than .l.crop of turnips,
but for winter and spring feed, both for
horses and cattle, t!i,:: are said to be
better than any other oct crop. Fed in
moderate quantities. they strengthen the
digestive organs Of the animals and help
to ;r>>imilatc other fool eaten in connec-
ton with them. Experienced dairymcn
have maintained that carrots, fed to
u n COWS. not only h. 'r"asc the flow
of milk. nu' that they M parl Il flavor To
the milk similar to that from green pas
iura=c, and that the butter from COWS
fed on the Orange varieties acquires 4
"olur like summer butte. The follow
ing analysis gives the composition of
carrots: