CHICORY. 119 



The flowers come out from tlie sides of the stalks, 

 and are of a fine, blue color. They are succeeded by 

 oblong seeds, covered and enclosed in down. This 

 succulent perrennial plant is cultivated for the pur- 

 pose of supplying different sorts of live stock with 

 green food during the summer. 



Most loamy soils are capable of producing it, and 

 on some of the light, moist sorts of land, it may be 

 grown ; but in those that are not too retentive of mois- 

 ture it succeeds the best. 



It answers well where clover is worn out ; and on 

 boggy and peaty lands it thrives to a very profitable 

 end. Chicory is sown with both barley and oats, but 

 it is evident that the latter will admit of the more 

 early sowing. 



When sown by itself, any time from the first of 

 April until the first or middle of August will do. 

 It ought not to be cut more than twice in the first 

 season, though the operation may be performed three 

 or four times in the following summer. It is not well 

 suited for conversion into hay, but may be used in 

 a green state with advantage. 



As chicory is not so much injured by close feeding 

 as many other plants, and is useful for feeding cows 

 and sheep, it is found to answer admirably well as 

 pasturage for this kind of stock. 



The usual proportion of seed, whether sown alone 

 or with grain in the spring, is from 10 to 15 Ibs. per 

 acre. When sown in the spring with clover, sain- 

 foin, burnet or rye grass, four pounds is sufficient per 

 acre. 



