. Soiling crops and the silo; how to cultivate and harvest the crops; how to build and fill the silo; and how to use silage. on that the stalks are difficult to handle. This plant however may be turned to excellentaccount in providing forage for swine or winterfood for other classes of live stock. When con-sumed by swine they feed upon the tubers wherethey grew. The artichokes are thus eaten in theautumn and winter and even in the spring wherethe climate does not forbid the same. The plantswill render higher service in- thus providing food inareas favored with mild climates, but they may besuc
. Soiling crops and the silo; how to cultivate and harvest the crops; how to build and fill the silo; and how to use silage. on that the stalks are difficult to handle. This plant however may be turned to excellentaccount in providing forage for swine or winterfood for other classes of live stock. When con-sumed by swine they feed upon the tubers wherethey grew. The artichokes are thus eaten in theautumn and winter and even in the spring wherethe climate does not forbid the same. The plantswill render higher service in- thus providing food inareas favored with mild climates, but they may besuccessfully grown in some part or parts of everystate in the Union and of every province in are several varieties. The Brazilian is themost commonly grown but the French Improvedwill give larger yields when grown on congenialsoil. Prickly Comfrey.—Prickly comfrey (Symp-hytum officinale) has been grown successfully as asoiling food in Great Britain and other countries ofEurope for many 3^ears. Some experiments havebeen made in growing it in the United States, butthe reports from these are conflicting. These. < 1 228 SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO. reports agree first in regard to the productiveness ofthe plants, and second in regard to the abihty of thesame to grow on hght lands not possessed of highfertility. They also agree in speaking of the littlerelish which live stock manifest for prickly comfreywhen it is first fed to them. But they do not agreeas to its value for soiling uses. When fed to livestock at the Ontario agricultural college farm, thelive stock did not manifest any fondness for other experiment stations have reported simi-larly. It may be that domestic animals may be edu-cated to eat it, so that ultimately they will manifesta fondness for it. Were it otherwise there wouldseem to b^ no good reasons for growing it to theconsiderable extent to which it is grown in severalof the countries of Europe. Prickly comfrey is a large leaved plant whichgr
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