cement at little cost, and the pigs can be run through the tank from 

 time to time, without much trouble. 



While no fixed rules regarding feed can be given to meet all classes of 

 pigs and conditions, we will present the results of experiments which 

 have been successfully tried by swine-raisers and experimental stations. 



Jerusalem Artichokes 



Mr. A. C. Williams of Vinton, Iowa, a very prominent and successful 

 breeder of Poland Chinas, says: 



"The keep of my hogs in warm weather consists of blue grass, clover 

 and Jerusalem artichokes, sometimes called Brazilian artichokes. 

 Forty head of hogs and their pigs may be kept without other food on an 

 acre of artichokes from the time the frost is out of the ground until the 

 first of June and from September or October until the ground is again 

 frozen. 



"To grow them, the ground should be rich, plowed eight or ten inches 

 deep, the tubers cut the same as seed potatoes and planted from early 

 spring to June 10th, ten to fifteen inches apart, in rows that are three 

 feet apart, planting six bushels of seed to the acre. 



"They can also be planted in the fall, from October 15th to November 

 15th, but the tubers should not be cut and the ground should be thor- 

 oughly rolled after planting. 



"If planted in spring, plenty of rain in July and August will make 

 them large enough to turn hogs on in September; otherwise, not until a 

 month later. If in foul ground, they may, when three or four inches 

 high, be given a thorough working with cultivators, and when the hogs 

 have been removed to allow a new crop of tubers to grow, the ground 

 should be made smooth by harrowing, that the tops may be cut with a 

 mower as food for cattle and horses. 



"Enough seed will remain in the ground for another crop, but they 

 can easily be eradicated by mowing off the tops and plowing the ground 

 deeply in July and the early part of August. 



The Brazilian artichoke is red and does not spread or scatter like the 

 wild, white variety and produces more hog feed to the acre than any 

 crop I am acquainted with. The hogs will harvest the crop them- 

 selves. 



"Hogs taken from the artichoke pastures to clover and blue grass will 

 not root up the sod, as they are free from intestinal worms, constipa- 

 tion, indigestion and fever, caused by feeding corn in winter." 



A Good Plan — Let the Hogs Do 

 the Harvesting 



Have four lots as follows: 



Lot No. 1 is sown to rye early in the fall and seeded to clover early in 

 the spring. 



