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Alabama. — Chambers County : Bed Brazilian, 1,600 busliels per acre. 

 "As a crop for hog-feed they cannot be excelled." ^ 



ArJcansas. — Columbia and Prairie Counties: Eed Brazilian, "Yield 

 remarkable." "Attracting a great deal of attention here." 



California. — Calaveras, Contra Costa, and San Mateo Counties give 

 good reports on the Eed Brazilian. Promise most vronderful results in 

 the way of feed. Think they would yield 4,000 bushels per acre with 

 good management. 



Florida. — Sumter County: Eed Brazilian, 1,200 bushels per acre. 

 " Undoubtedly the best food for pork that can be raised in this country. 

 Too sandy for corn." 



Indiana. — Decatur County: Eed Brazilian, "They will supply a long- 

 felt want of the American husbp.ndman, in keeping hogs free from 

 diseases, which have made their api)earance since the destruction of our 

 forests. Soil and culture same as for Iiish potatoes." 



Indian Territory. — "The Eed Brazilian artichoke is a wonder and a 

 blessing to farmers. From 13 hills I raised 2 bushels, from soil nearly 

 hot enough to roast an eggJ^ 



Kentucky. — Livingston County : Eed Brazilian, " 7^ bushels from 2 

 quarts. Soil and culture same as for Irish potatoes." 



Michigan. — Little Prairie, Eonde County: Eed Brazilian, "1,100 

 bushels iier acre." Barry County: "o^ bushels from 1 quart planted." 



Missouri. — Audrain County: Eed Brazilian, "9 bushels from 1 quart, 

 1,000 bushels per acre. Beats the world for yield." 



Ifehraska. — Sarpy County: Eed Brazilian, "600 bushels per acre. 

 Will be a valuable substitute for corn in feeding hogs." 



Texas. — Fannin County: Eed Brazilian, " The best I ever saw in any 

 climate." 



West Virginia. — Gilmer, Harrison, and Eandolph Counties : Eed Bra- 

 zilian, average yield at the rate of 650 bushels per acre. "Season 

 very dry. The crop would have been doubled with rain." 



Wisconsin. — Clark County: Eed Brazilian, "Hogs prefer them to 

 corn." 



The culture of artichokes for Stock feeding is attracting much atten- 

 tion. They flourish in a wide range of soils and climates, and may be 

 expected to come into general use for stock feeding, particularly in sec- 

 tions where corn does not flourish. An important element of their value 

 for swine is in their availability, where the ground does not remain 

 frozen, during the entire winter and spring, without any cost for har- 

 vesting. 



FORAGE PLANTS. 



John W. Eobson, Cheever, Dickinson County, Kansas, writes : 



I have been experimenting largely In forage plants tlie past two years. Among tlia 

 millets, the Common Hungarian, German or Golden, and Freuch give large returns in 

 hay and for soiling. Lucerne or Alfalfa does •svell, giving from two to three crops 

 during the season. Red clover is a success. Among the grasses. Orchard grass {Bao- 

 tylis f/Iomeraia) suits this latitude better than any other grass I have tested, aifording 

 good grazing at all seasons of the year, and withstanding drought well. On the up- 

 lands it is always green and ver^j^ hardy, more so than our native grasses. Timothy 

 (Fhleum pratense) gives a good crop of hay in June, but we cannot dcx^end upon it for 

 grazing piu-poses if the summer is dry. This season the Timothy pastures were brown 

 from July till October; now they are green. Blue grass (Poa x»'<itensis) is not a suc- 

 cess in this part of Kansas. In dry seasons it does not grow higher than Buft'alo grass, 

 and soon becomes brown. In damp situations, on river or creek bottoms, it thrives 

 well, but on the uplands it does not sustain its eastern reputation. Red Top (^Agrostia 

 vulgaris) is valuable when grown in dry runs or swales. 



The farmers of this county wiU be compelled to turn their attention to the cultiva- 

 tion of artificial pastures. The area of prairie pasturage is rapidly diminishing, hence 

 the necessity for cultiyatiog the tame grasses. 



