10 Feb., 1919.] 



The Cultivation of Chicory. 



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beans, onions, millet, flax, pumpkins, sunflowers, pasture grasses and 

 clovers. 



Seed Sowing. 



The seed must not be sown until the soil has been brought to the 

 best possible condition, and weather is favorable. Probably Sep- 

 tember and October will be found the most suitable time for sowing. 

 The seed should be sown in drills about 1 inch deep, and from 12 

 to 18 inches apart. "When the plants are an inch or more in height 

 I they should be carefully thinned out in the drills — one plant being left 



Chicory Roots. 



to about every 6 mCg — g^^^ ^^g ^^q^ ^g ^gg(jg appear hoeing should 

 commence. Alter <\ivation must be practised, both to keep the 

 crop free from weeds ,^ ^j^g surface soil loose. For this work the 

 hand hoe is generally Iferred. The hoeing should be quite shallow 

 —only deep enough to u ^he weed seedlings and loosen the surface. 

 As the seeds take some ty q^. g^e weeks to sprout, it is necessary that 

 the land should be very y^ otherwise weeds— particularly chickweed 

 —are liable to over-top, 0, ther the young plants. 



