Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-11


Professor Law, of Edmburg saws
1T ispropagated with the greatest cas-
.gfrom tutJcrs like the potato" A Wri
ter.in the Penny Eycopedia says
The tubers when cooked form a goot
substitute for potatoes, aud are by
same preferred, many ANNALS ca, then
with avidity, and they are especially
recommended lorsheep.' John vii
son in his British farming speaks
highly Of them, to quote further for
the report in question -. ~
"This estimation is based not only
upon theoreticaldata obtained from
its analysis but upon. practical dem
onstrations in fcsding experiments
IBousingault further says: ..lt=is pro
pagated by the tubers which it pro
duccs and which are regarded. fo1
good reasons as most excellent food
for CATTLE" i
"Thcrc are but few plants more
hardy and SO little nice about soil X
succeeds everywhere with the sin:
gle execution that the soil be not too
wet"
"Expericnce more and more con
firms the propriety Of setting aside a
piece Of land for the growth of this
productive and very valuable vegcta-
bic root.
"kade states that square patch of
Jerusalem .Artichokcs in par,)nn
was still in productive vigors at
the end Of 33 years 4
for time Z the splant had
neither received any care or manure.
And7he proceeds Out as it is singly a
rcpitition of what has been said by
other authors, we will assitt ~
s'Aftcr elabo-
rately quoting from Mr.. Boussingaula
Certainly a very high and umvcrs
ingly recognised authority. .ibe report
proceeds: Space would fail nor is it
needlul to present the details of the
carried on by Mr.. Bouss-
ingaula to ascertain its comparative
value as cattle food"
CDR. Salisbury, Of New York,
made au analysts. Setc. an. n.-rcmarks:
"The arfichoKe contains much less
starch than the potato, but is much
richer in sugars, dcxtrime albumen
and cassin.
And the report concludes: lst.
The llelanthus ruberasus, or .Jeruse-
lem Artichoke will grow on almost
any soil, no matter il it-bc poor, if ii
be too wet.
2nd. 1t will produce fair crops on
a maine soil without manure, and
with little cultivation.
3rd. In nutritivc qualities, for
feeding to domestic animals, it will
compare favorably with the ycgcta-
bleIroots now in use.
14th: After one crop 5 obtained no
further seeding of the land is re-
quired, and no cultivation beyond
horse hoeing between the rows for
and wedding.
5th. The tubers may be harvested
in the fall or not; may be left in the
ground without injury till spring.
9th. 1t seems to possess the power
of obtaining from the soil an amount
of the most valuable mineral cons,itu-
ants, grcatcrEthan any other root, and
consequently, by the amount Of ma
nure it will furnish, we can enrich, in
corresponding degree, other por-
tions of the farm "Mr. Thomas
Noble, of Massilon Ohio, plants the
tubcrs in drills 9! to 3 feet apart, US
ing little more seed than for pota-
toes; result $500 bushels per acre, Mr..
Smith Of Erie county Ohio, obtained
from 5 to 1900 bushels to the acre,
according to<sail ETC., The yield Of
well cultivated acre of this root, will.
staggerthe faith Of the mos, sanguinc
believer, Who'll has never taken the hoc
finland, and dug the product of the
few stalksfthat will grow thrifty on
three feet square ''of ground. The
soil seems literally full, to the-dcpth
of one inch to one foot In our next
article we will furnish copying from
foreign authorities and will then pro-
duce the statements ofDr. Dix and
Others in this vicinity who have fed
both tops and roots to different kinds
OF stock, eaten them themselves raw,
pickled, boiled, baked and made into
pies etc., etc.,, In the mean time let
every farmer who possibly can be pre-!
pared to-plant few bushels Of these
valuable roots, for none can now
doubt that they are all that has been
claimed for them. 1t is no longer a
matter Of experiment but an undispu.
table fact, and the sooner we supply
ourselves with them, the bette. it will
be for us. We have ourselves or
dered few bushels Of Of the DR.. and
believe all we say ofthcm.
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