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Title: Annual catalogue of celebrated seeds
Identifier: annualcatalogueo1896jaev (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: J. A. Everitt (Firm); Everitt, J. A; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Indiana Indianapolis; Vegetables; Flowers; Grasses; Commercial catalogs
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : J. A. Everitt
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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GOOD SEEDS. LARGE CROP8. BIG PROFITS RND O. K. SEEDS KRB TH33 SOURCB OP KLL THESB, mammotnwnite Frencft flrticnoka THE GREATEST FOOD FOR HOGS. YIELDS 600 TO 1,000 BUSHELS PER ACRE. THE wonderful productiveness and ease with which these Artichokes can be produced is always a surprise to those who cultivate them for the first time. They are an excellent food for cattle, sheep and horses, and the cheapest and healthi- est hog food raised; one acre being equal to five acres of com for building up large healthy frames with plenty of bones and muscle. They not only grow rapidly, but fatten on them, only requiring corn for a short time in the finishing process. The hogs harvest them themselves, thus saving all expense, even that of feeding. Freezing and thawing does not injure them, and the hogs will feed themselves from October 1st, in this lati- tude, until the late spring, when grass has come, except when the ground is frozen solid. Also they are a certain preventative of diseases. We have never known hogs fed on Artichokes to die with cholera, while herds around them died by the score. Ko farmer can do better than plant a piece of ground to Arti- chokes without delay. On good corn land they produce 600 to 1,000 bushels per acre, and do not fail in dry seasons. The tops, which are produced in immense quantity, make excellent food for horses, cattle, sheep and mules when properly cured. To destroy them, plow under when they have attained a foot in height. These are much easier destroyed than the wild variety. They should be planted early in the spring, cut small like potatoes, Plant 18 ins. apart in rows 3 ft. apart. The next spring break up the ground. The plants will appear all over the surface. Run through both ways and leave plants stand in hills like corn. Three bushels will plant an acre. Price—We have an enormous crop this year; the yield running 1,000 bus. per acre and more. We accordingly sell them very low, so every farmer can devote a patch to this inexpensive, never failing, valuable crop. By mail, post paid, 1 lb. 25c, 4 lbs. 60c. Freight or ex- press, 34 bu. 35c, 1 bu. $1.00, per bbl. of 3 bus. S3.50. Green Globe—The flower head is the part used. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c, 34 lb. 75c, lb. $2.25.

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