Parowan Times | 1933-03-17 | Page 4 | Parowan Farmer Grows Big Tonnage of Carrots

PAROWAN FARMER GROWS BIG TONNAGE OF CARROTS mr wallace hulet ot of parowan carowan valley claims to have grown about SO tons ot of carrots on an acre and a halt ot of ground last season he has fed them to cows sheep horses chickens and hogs all clas tes fes ot of livestock he says seem to relish the teed feed and thrive on lt it 1 mr I r hulet still has a large cellar about halt half full ot of carrots and is very enthusiastic over the possibilities of livestock teed feed production by means ot of growing root crops one ton ot of carrots is equal in food value to about three fourth ot of a ton of good corn silage it requires more hand labor in the production ot of an acre of 0 carrots than in the production of an acre ot of corn As compared with corn silage carrots will produce twice the tonnage per acre they have a very excellent psychological cholag ch ical effect upon all classes of 0 animals in tact fact the regulatory value of this teed feed Is perhaps one of 0 its greatest virtues