lant.
It yields an abundant crop--or rather crops, for it may be cut several
times in the year. The plant is a handsome one, and it might combine the
useful with the ornamental if it were cultivated on demesne or villa
farms. Dr. Voelcker states its composition to be as follows:--

Water 88.400
Flesh-forming substances 2.712
Heat and fat-producing matters 6.898
Ash 1.990
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_Chicory_ is used as a forage crop on the Continent, and Professor John
Wilson surmises that it may yet be generally cultivated for this purpose
in Great Britain. At present it is rarely grown except for the sake of
its roots, which are used as partial substitutes for, or adulterants of,
coffee.

COMPOSITION OF CHICORY, ACCORDING TO ANDERSON.

Fresh roots. Fresh leaves.

Water 80.58 90.94
Nitrogenous matters 1.72 1.01
Non-nitrogenous substances 16.39 6.63
Ash 1.31 1.42
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100.00 100.00

_Yarrow_ (_Achillaea millefolium_) is usually regarded as a weed, but
sheep are very fond of it, and when they can get it, never fail to eat
it greedily. It possesses astringent properties. Some writers have
recommended it as a good crop for warrens and sands. Its composition,
according to Way, is as follows:--

DRIED YARROW.

Albuminous matter 10.34
Fatty matters 2.51
Starch, gum, &c. 45.46
Woody fibre 32.69
Mineral matter 9.00
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_Melons_ and _Marrows_ have been used, but to a very limited extent, as
food for stock. Mr. Blundell advocates their use in seasons of drought.
He states that he has obtained more than forty tons per acre of both
melons and marrows. They are relished by horses, oxen, sheep, and pigs.
Mr. Blundell's advoca