The Columbus journal., 1896-05-13

Hitherto the growing OF this Vaiu-
able tuberous rooted perennial mas
been almost wholly neglected,
greatly misunderstood. During the
rast few years the tame" or domes-
ticated sorts of the artichoke have been
imported from Europe, and are grad
ually making their way to an extern
| sive cultivation in the United States,
| Canada and Mexico. 1t is in place In
this connection to mention that there
is a ~deep-seated, Ong-standing preju-
| dice against the artichoke among the
farmers of the United States.
But there is wild" rye and tame
rye, wild onions and tame" onions.
Wild" barley and tame" barley.
wild lettuce and tame" lettuce,
etc. Almost every grain and vegetable
cultivated and used as food by man has
it's namesake in q n0xious and Often
times dangerous weed. The artichoke
is no. exception to the general rule.
The wild artichoke being indigenous
to most localities wherever the soil
Is suitable) in North and South Amer
lea. 1t Is merely a bad weed-a dan
gerous pest, which produces lew and
small tubers and spreads its long
fibrous roots out a long distance and
deep down into the soil, making its
determination a difficult task. Man.
farmers who have seen it growing un-
derstand it fully. But the same farm
ers do not understand that there IS q
difference vast difference in the
wild artichoke and the tame" arti-
choke. In fact they are as different
as is wild and tame lettuce, or is
wild and tame" rye.
During the past few years the tame
or domesticated sorts Of artichoke have
been imported from Europe and are to
a great extent becoming known and
cultivated on.this continent, as a cheap.
healthy stock food. The tame" ar
tichoke can be as easily grown as corn
or potatoes, and on land that will pro-
duce SO bushels per acre Of Indian
corn. 500 bushels per acre OF artichokes
can be easily grown. The writer fire.
quently does this and has grown over
80 bushels per acre on ground that
had never been MANFRED. Their great
value al a cheap. handy. healthy hog
food has been 81 thoroughly aired in
the press Of the country the past few
years that an enormous demand has
beel created for them.
AS a pork producer they cannot be
excelled. A good plan is to plant all
your lots to artichokes about May 1,
or as soon as your stock is put on
their spring and summer pasture.
Then when your pasture plays out"
in the fall, Or about September Is to
October 1. you will have fine food in
your lots for your hogs. where they
will root at intervals whenever the
following May. when they will have
received as much real benefit from one
acre Of ~artichokes as from five of corn.
at a very conservative estimate-some
say ten acres. The hogs will also leave
enough tubers in the ground to serve
as seed for the next crop. 1t is a hogs
nature to root. In fact. his hogship is
never happier than when he is root
ing. An artichoke patch can truly be
called a hogs drug store. A hogs OBJ
ject in roofing being to obtain roots.
which his appetite Graves, and which
serve the same purpose for him as a
blood cleaner or spring medicine does
for the human being. Aver, of sarsa-
parilla fame, can fully explain this.
After a hog has eaten artichokes to his
hearts content, the roofing. notion will
have been put entirely out Of his head
and he will not root up his spring OF
summer pasture. A wealthy hog
raiser (Mr. Booher) Of the writer's ac-
qualntance. and who has made $50
acres Of 500 land from hog