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| Harvesting Fodder Carrots? |
Co. Meacham, who succeeded in obtaining 1000 bushels of carrots per acre, for several years, estimates the expense per acre at $35. This culture adapts the land admirably for wheat or barley. As a food, the carrot is extensively used in England, and to some extent in our eastern and northern States, as horse fodder, and is well adapted to oxen and hogs, &c. The carrots should be boiled or steamed, or, if given raw, sliced with a vegetable cutter. According to Antoine’s tables, 276lb equal 100lb of hay; they make twice as good fodder as turnips and nearly equal to potatoes. Carrots and hay are a good fodder for horses, or, when given alone, about fifty pounds prepared will be necessary daily. They are very fattening.
[Maine Farmer's Almanac]
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Years ago, my mother bought a juicer and made carrot juice. She tried to get me to drink it but I wouldn't even give it a try. I couldn't bear the thought of drinking carrots. My wife had no objections to the idea. She drank a glass of the liquified roots, and pronounced it very good. I wasn't persuaded.
But then, after months of hearing how good carrot juice was, and after being nagged by my wife to at least try it, I gave in.
Wow, was I surprised. That carrot juice was so good that I decided we needed to get ourselves a juicer, and I needed to grow more carrots!
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On another subject, I'm sure you have heard of the listeria-from-melons outbreak that is currently in the news. People are eating melons (normally a downright healthful food), contracting listeria, and dying. This sort of thing doesn't surprise us anymore—Industrial Nation food has a long track record of contamination and manslaughter.
On the other hand, how many people have you known to get sick and die from homegrown food?
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Some of you may recall that my very first post to Agrarian Nation was about Little Jack's Melon Patch. I told you that I had bought some Nutmeg melon seed and was going to try growing the heirloom variety, and that's exactly what I did. Here's a couple of my nutmegs in my garden earlier this month....
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| Herrick's Homegrown Nutmegs (2011) |
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Do we Americans have a right to freely purchase and consume food produced by our neighbors, or even ourselves? As unbelievable as it sounds, some "authorities" in government don't think so. That said, I encourage you to read No Right to Produce or Eat Food by Walter Jeffries.
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