72 HOW TO PLANT. 



FORAGE PLANTS. 



We give here a list of such plants as may be utilized as 

 forage crops, viz : Millo Maize, Dhourra Corn, Ivory 

 Wheat, or Egyptian Rice Corn, Cat-tail or Pearl Millet, 

 Indian Corn, including the Sugar varieties ; Sorghum 

 Cane, Prickly Comfrey, Teosinte (Euchlcena luxurians), 

 Rural Branching Sorghum, Field or Stock Peas, Soja 

 Beans, Lupines, Lucerne or Alfalfa, Kaffir Corn, Pop 

 Corn, Rye, Barley, Oats, Wheat, German Millet, Sweet 

 Potato Vines, Rice. 



WHAT TO DO WITH THE CROPS. 



To the skillful and experienced farmer, the following 

 hints as to what to do with a crop after it is made, are 

 unnecessary, but to those who are entirely unfamiliar 

 with such matters, some suggestions as to when and how 

 to harvest crops, and the uses to be made of them, will 

 not be out of place it being as important to properly 

 save a crop as it is to plant it right. 



JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES. 



Under this head we include all varieties of artichokes 

 that produce edible tubers or roots. In the Southern 

 States let the tubers remain in the ground, or dig and 

 bank as directed for sweet potatoes. Pursue the latter 

 method altogether in the colder States. Cook and eat 

 the same as Irish potatoes ; also pickle like cucumbers. 

 They are fed to hogs and cattle either raw or boiled. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Cut the young sprouts when tender and from three to 

 six inches long. Cufc about one inch under ground. 



