Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . some have experienced in getting the soil entirely freefrom them where they may have been grown. That trouble has arisenfrom the source mentioned is certainly true, but if the ground on which Field Roots. 127 the artichokes have grown can be turned into a hog pasture for a timethe artichol<es will soon disappear. A summer fallow, properly man-aged, will also remove them. There is undoubtedly a place for artichokes on many farms, and it is even proba^blethat they will yetbe grown over wideareas of the North-west, more especial-ly i
Grasses and clovers, field roots, forage and fodder plants . some have experienced in getting the soil entirely freefrom them where they may have been grown. That trouble has arisenfrom the source mentioned is certainly true, but if the ground on which Field Roots. 127 the artichokes have grown can be turned into a hog pasture for a timethe artichol<es will soon disappear. A summer fallow, properly man-aged, will also remove them. There is undoubtedly a place for artichokes on many farms, and it is even proba^blethat they will yetbe grown over wideareas of the North-west, more especial-ly in those subjectto long periods ofdry weather. Theywill grow in nearlyall classes of soil,from stiff clays tolight sands, but, ofcourse, not equallywell. Several hun-dred bushels peracre may be obtain-ed from a singlecrop, even on me-dium soils, whenthey have beenproperly are generallygrown to providefood for swine, butmay also be fed withadvantage to otherkinds of farm analysisgives them a feed-ing value nearlyequal to that of po-. tatoes and fieldroots, as turnips andmangels, and asfreezing and thaw-ing out again do notapparently injuretheir f.:eding quali-ties, they may beharvested by thehogs in the exercise whichthe hogs get whilethus engaged is pe-culiarly beneficial tosuch of them as arekept for breeding. There are a num-ber of varieties ofartichokes and sev-eral of them havemerit. The varietyknown as the Im-proved WhiteFrench is one of thebest. Various methodsof planting havebeen adopted, butthe following is oneof the best:— Plow the groundlevel surface is ob- Large White French Artichoke. to a good depth and then harrow until a fairly tained. Make shallow furrows varying from two to four inches in depth according to conditions, and about three and a half feet apart. 128 Grassis, CIo7C7s, Field Roots^ Fo?a!^e a)id Fodder Plants, Cut the tubers into small pieces or sets before planting them. Dropthem into the furrows that have been ope
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