L  v\QiA^ 
PRrOK  SI3C  OENTW 
Sfi.50  PER  YEAR. 
Artichokes  corilcl  ho  used  or  disposed  of  to  ad¬ 
vantage  tliis  Hoason. 
Now,  tho  point  wo  urge  In  favor  of  this  old  an<l 
long-known  plant  is  this :  It  will  thrive  in  diy 
seasons  and  in  localities  where  othor  root  crops 
fail,  cousoqnently  may  bo  used  to  take  tho  place 
in  part  or  to  supplement  more  valuable  kinds,  in 
thowHands  of  instances  where  a  scarcity  of  nu¬ 
tritions  roots  cauBOB  uu- 
rmensG  Iobbos  to  tho  farmer 
and  sovure  sufforuig  to 
Miimals. 
'riio  tubers  are  quit 
harjy  in  nearly  all  tho 
NorlVorn  Btatos.  and  es¬ 
pecially  in  dry,  loose  soils, 
and  if  tlicy  are  not  needed 
one  year,  they  tmiy  bo  left 
ill  the  ground  and  a  full 
crop  will  bo  iwodiined  tho 
noxt.  An  acre  or  two  of 
those  roots  on  a  farm 
would  bo  a  juagazino  of 
food  to  bo  drawn  upon 
when  othor  sources  fail. 
Hogs  will  fatten  upon 
them  and  will  dig  them 
W  ^  for  thomsolvos,  and  even 
sheep  will  inie.artli  tho 
\/1  tubers  lying  near  the  sirr- 
/  When  dug  and  stored 
/  I  for  winter  uso,  they  may  1 
j  bo  fed  to  all  kinds  of  farm 
^  7  stock,  and  horses  and  cows 
I  oat  thorn  with  evident 
j  i'olish.  Out  on  tho  Tlains 
^  West,  where  thoro 
I  is  always  mor«  or  less 
I  /  /  dangoi-  of  droughts  and 
\\  /  /  visits  from  grasshoiipers, 
■  Ay  L  tho  .loriisalora  AxtichoUo 
y  j  could  scarcely  fail  to  bo 
y  t  of  great  value  to  Iho  far- 
/  mor,  for  if  tho  loaves 
/  should  lie  oaten  off  once 
or  twice  during  tho  sum¬ 
mer,  tho  ontuo  crop  of 
tubers  would  not  bo  de¬ 
stroyed,  as  would  bo  the 
case  with  Hwoot  or  Irisli 
Potatoes,  for  tho  Arti¬ 
choke  possesses  great  vi¬ 
tality  and  is  ilillicnlt  to 
!  kill, except  by  digging  it  up 
j  or  mowing  off  the  stem 
r  several  thnos  during  tho 
growing  season. 
Tho  loaves  are  also 
‘greedily  dovoiurod  by  stock 
and  sbcop,  and  eowK  are 
J  -fond  of  them.  In  Franco 
4iud  throughout  Southern 
"  Europe  Hie  Artichoke  is 
cidtivaLod  as  a  forage 
plant,  and  we  learn  that 
it  is  also  gro^vn.  to  some 
extent  in  our  Southern 
States  for  tho  same  pur- 
ITS  HISTORY. 
Tho  Jorusalom  A 
y  choke  is  tho  lldianlhun 
lulMTOsus,  or  Tuberous- 
rooted  Jlolianthus.  It  is 
a  porounial,  tuberous  - 
•i  rooted,  horbaocous  plant, 
f  found  growing  wild  in 
''i  lirazil,  and  was  introduced 
; .  into  Great  Uritaui  in  ItJl? . 
'  \r  It  was  formerly  highly  es- 
.  teemed,  but  tho  common 
;  I  Potato  proved  to  be 
,t  ^  ^  ^  much  superior  for  ord> 
uai’y  culinary  uses  that 
THE  JERUSALEM  ARTICHOKE 
TiiKun  are  many  persons  w 
not  exiiroHS  in  words,  a  dii 
value  everything  that  docs 
not  come  within  tho  lunits 
of  thou-  iiersoual  wants 
or  needs.  Tho  Jornsalom 
Artichoke  is  one  of  those 
plants  which  may  not  pos¬ 
sess  any  imrtlcular  value 
in  lucidities  where  tho 
Potato,  Peel,  Turnip  and 
similar  roots  can  ho  jiro 
ducod  clioaply  and  in  great 
ahundunco ;  but  these  fa¬ 
vored  localities  are  somo- 
whal  circii  iiscribcd  ;  be¬ 
sides,  droughts  of  extreme 
severity  Bometinies  occur 
in  regions  where  such 
plants  succeed  host,  and 
insects,  liko  the  Colorado 
Potato  IJeotlo, occasionally 
destroy  the  jiotato  croj), 
leaving  tbc  farmer  very 
short,  if  not  entirely  des¬ 
titute,  of  roots  for  his 
stock. 
Taking  those  aceidents 
to  crojis  (if  wo  choose  to 
call  them  sucli)  into  ton- 
sideration,  it  must  bo  ad¬ 
mitted  that  a  plant  which 
will  supply  a  largo  amount 
of  nutritious  food  f  o  r 
stock,  under  adverse  cir¬ 
cumstances  and  at  a  small 
cost,  ought  to  ViO  looked 
upon  with  favor.  This 
wo  claim  for  tho  Joi-usa- 
lem  Ai'liclioko,  and  no 
more.  It  will  thrive  and 
yield  an  abundant  crop  of 
tubers  miller  conditions 
that  ai’o  ilcstructivo  to  tho 
common  Potato  and  other 
ordinary  root  crops,  and 
hence  may  be  considered 
one  of  the  few  plants  upon 
whicli  tho  fanner  may  de¬ 
pend  in  times  of  the  great¬ 
est  scarcity  caused  by  long 
and  severe  droughts.  As 
an  iustaiico  of  the  growth 
and  prodnetiveuess  of  this 
plant  under  unfavorable 
conditions,  wo  may  men¬ 
tion  om-  own  experience 
with  it  the  past  season. 
Ijast  spring  wo  cat  np  a 
quantity  of  tho  tubers  in¬ 
to  small  piecsoH  with  but  a 
single  eye  or  bud  on  each. 
These  were  scattered  in  a 
trench  mode  with  a  plow 
and  then  covered  two  or 
throe  inches  deep.  The 
soil  in  which  they  were 
planted  was  di-y,  light, 
sandy  loam,  only  mode¬ 
rately  rich.  We  did  not 
have  rain  enough  from 
May  to  tho  1st  of  Septem¬ 
ber  to  wet  the  earth  to 
tho  deiitli  of  tliree  iucheB, 
and  corn,  sown  for  fodder 
alongside  of  tho  Arti¬ 
chokes,  made  a  growth  of 
bout  two  feet  in  bight 
'  and  then  dried  up,  when 
