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just as valuable for food. They will yield from 

 600 to 1000 bushels per acre, will grow in any dry 

 soil and may be used like potatoes. 



The French Globe artichoke is the favorite for 

 table use, and is so little grown here that it brings 

 a good price in the market. 



Seed of the French Globe artichoke can be 

 sown in boxes in the house or in a hot bed about 

 the first of March, and set out in the open ground 

 about the end of May, in a deep, rich, moist soil, 

 not too wet. Generally they do not bear until the 

 second year, although if they get an early start 

 and the season is favorable they may begin to 

 appear in September. Like asparagus, they will 

 bear for many years. In the North they need 

 some winter protection; they should be tied to 

 stakes in November, and the whole rows above 

 the tops of the plants covered with earth and a 

 layer of stable manure. The edible part is the 

 flower head, which must be cut before fully ex- 

 measured and the artichokes dug to determine the yield, which 

 was found to be 740 bushels per acre. The pigs gained 24 pounds 

 from October 22nd to December llth at a saving of two pounds 

 of grain for each pound of live weight over the usual methods 

 of feeding. 



