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AN ACCOUNT OF MR. CURWEN'S METHOD OF CULTIVATING GARN OTSS AND THEM AS FOOD FOR CATTLE,.

[From the Tranfadions of the Society of Arts&c.] resting Report on the Aoriculture of Suffolk, he was

much Struck with bis accountof the culture of carrots, and the advantages resultivg from the application of them as food

T E remarks, that“in Mr. A. Young's valuable and inte-

for horses.

From the very general opinion which prevails, that nong but particular Soils are applicable to the growth of carrots, the culture of them to any extent has been confined to small districts.

Mr. Young'sobservations are, he 8ays, confined to sSowing by broad-cast, which can be Successfu]l Solely in Sandy Soils.'The method he has pursued has been to trench-plough, and stitch up the ground intended for carrots, as 800n as It was clear, Jeaving it in that State during winter, which greatly facili- tates its working in the Spring. In April he breaks it up, by giving it three or four ploughings, harrowings, and rakings, which brings it into garden ülth. Previous to the last plough- ing he gives from ten to fifteen cart-loads of-ashes per acre, The zecond week in May he has it stitched up, and made ready for Sowing; allowing three feet between each stitch; and he throws the ridges as bigh as they can be put. The tops of the stitches are smoothed with a very light roller, 50 as to admit of a furrow being drawn with a band-hoe.

The Seed, ten days or a fortnight before It 18 uSed, is mixed with wet Sand, and placed in Some warm Situation, 50 as to be in a full State of vegetation before it is Sown. A fortnight 18 gained by this method, and the carrots are less liable to be injured by the weeds. The plough and barrow are kept at work during tbe whole Summer. The plants are twice hand- weeded, and afterwards thinned. The expense attending tbis is copsiderable, but the value of the crop amply com- pensates it.

Lü 1804 he had an acre and a rood, which had been pre- viously occupied by cabbages, and afterwards by tares. The SOll was very heavy and Strong. The tops of this crop were S0 abundant, that they would have fed twenty head of cat- ile for a month. He began cutting them too late, by which means he lost a great part. It is essentially necessary.toa get the carrots dry, to enable them to keep, He endeavours, if

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