The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-11-17
Artichoke Culture.

Artichoke Culture. pa
A writer in the Orange Judd Farmer
touching on the subject of feeding
artichokes to hogs says "Ihaveraised
and led them several years, and would
not now return to the old method of
| feeding corn alone. Since I adopted
| this system I have never had hog
| cholera on my farm nor so frequently
had empty corn cribs. Artichokes
can be planted either in Spring or
Autumn. They are very hardy and
will not be injured by any amount Of
freezing. Autumn is rather the best
time to plant, as they will get the
benefit of an early Spring growth,
commencing to grow the last OF March
when the weat her is favorable. They
are planted the same way and require
the same culture as the potato the
first year. During the second year
they need no cultivation as there are
| always enough tubers left in the
ground to produce the next crop. If
| there are thin places, they can be re-
planted! In Autumn after the first
planting l turn my hogs in and let
| them help themselves, when the frost
| has killed the stalks. Here they will
fatten with only a little corn. In
Spring close up the fence and let the
artlchokes grow again. keep two
| lots, one for Autumn and Winter use,
and one for Spring. They are also
| good for feeding COWS, being rich and
succulent and increasing the flow Of
milk. Spring calves winter nicely on
| them, and colts eat them equally as
| we'll as corn. In good soil they will
| sometimes yield one Thousand bushels
per acre. They are very prolific and
fill the ground from row to row. I
| dig and pit a large quantity for my
| stock during Winter, and when the
ground is frozen feed them to my hogs
| think if our farmers would try this
plan Of feeding, they would never go
! back to the old way OF feeding corn
alone. =,
| Keeping Eggs in Dry Packing.
A few OF the methods of packing eggs
dry, for keeping have been tried by
the New York agricultural experiment
station, with the following results:
| With these the eggs were all wiped
when fresh with a rag saturated with
fat or oil which had been mixed with
some antiseptic, and packed tightly in
salt. bran, etc. Eggs packed during
April and May in salt, and which had
been wiped with cotton-seed oil, to
which had been added boracic acid,
kept from four to five months with a.
loss OF nearly one-thir'l, the quality of
those saved not being good. Eggs
packed in bran, after the same pre-
liminary handling, were all spoiled aft
er four months. Eggs packed in salt
during March and April after wiping
with vaseline. to which salicylic acid
had been added. kept four and five
months without loss; the quality aft
or four months being much superior
to ordinary lined eggs. These packed
eggs were all kept in a barn cellar, the
ordinary temperature of each box
varying little from &C degrees F., and
each box was turned over every two
days. Little difference was observed
in the keeping Of the fertile eggs, and
mo difference was noticeable in the
keeping qualities of eggs from different
fowls OF from those on different ra.
| tions. :.
| Currant Culture. -
Plant in rows, four feet apart each
way. Plenty of light and air is neces.
sary to their best development. Prune
every Spring. Keep the ground mel
low and fertilize moderately. If the
bushes are troubled with insects, dust
a little white hellebore powder over
the leaves while damp. 1t may be
necessary to repeat this several times,
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