. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Mil i. Fie. 332. Various types of chicory roots. the roots, as the raw product is too bulky to permit of long shipments. The business of man- ufacturing chicory roots into a finished product has been a somewhat uncertain one, owing to the ease with which the market is glutted by a large crop in this country or in Europe. The farmer usually raises chicory on contract with a manufacturer, the former agreeing to plant a stip- ulated number of acres and to deliver the roots to the factory, the latter guaranteeing to pay a certain price per ton
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Mil i. Fie. 332. Various types of chicory roots. the roots, as the raw product is too bulky to permit of long shipments. The business of man- ufacturing chicory roots into a finished product has been a somewhat uncertain one, owing to the ease with which the market is glutted by a large crop in this country or in Europe. The farmer usually raises chicory on contract with a manufacturer, the former agreeing to plant a stip- ulated number of acres and to deliver the roots to the factory, the latter guaranteeing to pay a certain price per ton for all roots delivered. Unless such a contract can be made, it would be unwise under ordinary circumstances, for a fanner to plant chicory. Profits from atlture. The price paid for chicory roots ranges from six to eight dollars per ton. Six to ten tons per acre may be expected under ordinary conditions. The cost of raising an acre of chicory will vary from thirty to forty dollars. Literature. Bulletin No. 19 of the Division of Botany, of the United States Department of Agriculture, is a monograph on the subject. Bulletin No. 49 of the Nebraska Experiment Station contains directions for the culture of chicory. The Cyclopedia of American Horticulture contains an article on chic- ory as a medicinal and salad-making plant. [See also article on chicory in Farmers' Cyclopedia, Orange Judd Co., New York city.] CLOVER. Figs. 333-343. The word clover is popularly used to designate herbaceous forage plants of several genera of the family Leguminosse, but by botanists it is re- stricted to species of the genus Trifolium. In this article, the clovers are considered to be Trifo- liums. The Florida clover will be found under the article Beggarweed, the Japan clover under Les- pedeza, the bur and hop clovers under Medicago, the Sweet, Bokhara or tree clover under Melilotus. Related plants are alfalfa, serradella, suUa, sain- foin, vetch, lupine. The genus Trifolium comprises probably two hu
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