. Carrots, mangold wurtzels and sugar beets. Carrots; Sugar beet; Mangel-wurzel. CARROTS, MANGOLDS AND SUGAR REETS. ^g sometimes answer for this, but as it is an excellent im- plement on the farm it will be well to have one. It should be about three feet wide and six long, with one side about ten inches high, meeting the bottom at an angle of forty-five degrees; the planks had better over- lap slightly, as they will the better break the lumps of earth. The team is to be hitched to the turned up side, and the driver is to stand on the drag, driving it sideways over the land. The effect of such
. Carrots, mangold wurtzels and sugar beets. Carrots; Sugar beet; Mangel-wurzel. CARROTS, MANGOLDS AND SUGAR REETS. ^g sometimes answer for this, but as it is an excellent im- plement on the farm it will be well to have one. It should be about three feet wide and six long, with one side about ten inches high, meeting the bottom at an angle of forty-five degrees; the planks had better over- lap slightly, as they will the better break the lumps of earth. The team is to be hitched to the turned up side, and the driver is to stand on the drag, driving it sideways over the land. The effect of such a drag. MEEKER HARROW. in breaking up lumps and generally pulverizing the soil, will be found to be much superior to that of any roller. Should the soil be of such a character or in such a condition that the harrow and drag process will not make a good seed bed, there remains no re- source other than to prepare it as for onions, either raking over the entire surface, or running over it three or more times with the Meeker Harrow. THE MANURE AND ITS APPLICATION. The kind and quantities of food needed to grow any vegetables is found by an analysis of that vegetable. Having thus learned the kind and quantity needed for any crop, the next step of the wise farmer will be to ascertain what manures contain the necessary consti- tuents and which of these contain them in the cheap- est form. A little knowledge of Chemistry, in its ap- plication to manures, is of incalculable value to the husbandman and no amount of experience and tradi- tonary knowledge can serve as a substitute for it. I be-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gregory, James John Howard, 1827-1910. [from old catalog]. Boston, J. J. Arakelyan
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