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advantage be planted in waste ground; along the 

 fences (instead of briars) ; in the orchard ; and in the 

 Fall the pigs will feed and thl■i^■e upon the tuber. 

 Even on thin light soil the Jerusalem Artichoke will 

 yield from two hundred to three hundred bushels to 

 the acre, and can be grown with profit, for feeding 

 hogs and cattle. The ■tubers are not injured by 

 freezing, and are quite as nutritive as the Potato. It 

 is propagated by planting, in rows two and a half 

 feet apart, and two feet in the row, medium-sized 

 tubers, and covering them with three or four inches 

 of soil. 



In .the Fall, the tubers that are wanted for 

 Winter use may be dug up and kept during the 

 Winter in a cellar, covered with sand. 



Two quarts of tubers planted in some convenient 

 spot outside of the garden, will give enough for 

 family use. 



PUMPKIN. 



Cuourbita jpepo. 



There are innumerable variety of Pumpkins, but 

 only a few of them are worthy of cultivation. None 

 of them should ever be planted in the garden. By 

 the tra^'el of the farina feounda of the Pumpkin, 

 Melons, Cucumbers and Squashes will be hybridized 

 and spoiled after the first year. 



The Pumpkin rightly belongs in the field, and 

 under good care bears abundantly, and furnishes a 

 large amount of palatable food for cows, pigs, &c., 



