ehicorium intybus. 



Jpril 18, 



CHICORIUM INTYBUS. 

 Ixperiments in agriculture, when conducted with judgement and perspicui- 

 ty, are among the most useful publications. The following judicious" 

 experimenrs, therefore, I make no doubt will be attended to with satis- 

 faction by all roy country readers. The chicory plant was mentioned in 

 this Miscellany sometime ago, as promising to become a useful food for 

 cattle j and now, that red clover is found to be such a ticklifli crop 

 in many places, a good substitute for it is much warned. No plant that 

 hds been hitherto recommended to the notice of the farmer, promises so 

 well to answer this purpose as tiie chicory. But till farther experiments 

 ftall have ascertained its v.ilue, the judicious farmer will not venture on 

 cultivating it. From what follows it will appear, that this plant de- 

 serves to be particularly attended to, and to have all the peculiarities ra- 

 spccting its culture and uses fairly ascertained j for it is scarcely to be 

 doubted, that, though it may be found to prosper abundantly Oii certain 

 soils, it may prove of very little profit on others; I, therefore, can. 

 not help wifhingjthat some of my agricultural readers would try some ex-- 

 periments on this plant, and communicate the. result of them to the 

 public through the channel of this Miscellany, or Young's Annals of 

 agriculture, from which the following extracts are made. J. A. 



Experiment i. 



^OiL, a wet sandy friable loam, on a clay marl bottom j 

 hollow drained J level j worth 14 s. an acre. March 20. 

 .1790, sowed oats on a cabbage preparation, on 16 square 

 perch lying circularly, for the convenience of ploughing, 

 and, at the same time with the oats, the following seeds on 

 each perch : 



Ko. SeeAi. 



a Burnet, 



Propor. per acre. 

 . - 20 lb. 



rAlopecuruspraten.3 bu. 

 3 -i White clover, - 10 lb. 

 LRij grafs, - - 10 



rPoa pratensis, - 20 



3 < White clover, - 10 



{.Rib grafs^ - lo 



No' Seeds. Proper, per acre- 



pTimothy grafs, - 20 Ih. 



4 <l White clover, - 10 



(_Rib grafs, - - lo^ 



p Chicory, - 10 



5 i Rib Grafs, - 10 



[Trefoil, - 10 



6 Chicory, - 1,0 



