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Show Arllchokaa tor awlno. Ttullotln 100, Dopailmant of Agrleul. turf Por wlntor and early "prlns Ihrie la do b-tler crop (ban atHchokoi. which giro a rich, (roih feed Jutt at tl tlmo wlifn gritars and cloven are at their pooreat. There are tew cropi which can b more enolly grown on any 'alrlx gooO aoll whirl) will Klve 0 Kreater amount ot frreen feed per acre and be morn valuable for both growing grow-ing and fattening animate. They ahouM be planted In drills like Irian potatoea, the aeed being rut In tbe ante manner, and about the tamo amount Ulng used per acre. Two cultivations cul-tivations will usually be euftVlent to keep the ground mellow and free from weeds until the plants are to tall as to ahade I lie ground, after which no further working Is needed. The tubers do not form .until late In the aeaaon and In this latltudo are ranly miture I before Ilia lit of December. Bvcn then tbry nro not rellahod as well a they are later, and a they keep well in the ground until late In the aprlng, It Is unually better lo save them for January Janu-ary and Tabruary erasing, alter the sweet potatoea, peanuts, and other crops are gone Although the artichokes arti-chokes will make a olunleer growth from the acatterlng tubers left In th ground, auch a crop can nnt bo cultivated, culti-vated, and will be so choked by weeds and dwarfed by the hard ground that Ihe yield will be email. It pays noil lo plow and replant the crop each season, sea-son, even though It la planted on tbe en mo ground Many object to nrtl-ihnkea nrtl-ihnkea for fear they will become a troublesome weed, but there Is no dan-grr dan-grr from that source If Iho younr plants nre plowed or tea hoed of! well In nildiummir after the old tubers nro exhausted and before the new ours nro formed, they wilt be killed. Tho ylold Is variable from 400 to 800 ' bushels per acre and Its feeding vnluo Is fully equal to thnt ot other root 1 crops. In some recent tests nt the I Oregon station hogs Which wero glen the run ot an artichoke nctd, and were also given n partial feed ot grain, made i a gain ot 1 pound In weight for each I 3.1 pounds of grain fed, while It usually usual-ly takes about 5 pojnds ot grain to I mnko 1 pound of gain. In tests made at tho Missouri Agricultural College 1 I bushol of artichokes and 3 bushels ot corn were found superior to 4 bushels 1 of corn, and other tests Iiavo given , similar results. Tbe Inexpensive gain In nelght Is not tho only ndvantago In using artichokes, aa the better health consequent on adding to tbe ration this frcah and succulent feet Is a matter of groat Importance, especially In animals ani-mals whlth are kept for breeding The beet soil for tho crop Is similar to Hint nbUh Is best for Irish potatoes. It should bo rich, mellow, and well drained. On dry, bard clay tho yield Is nlwuys small. |