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Excerpt from The Huntington Seed Co That it is perfectly hardy, even in Siberia; stands also the greatest heat; requires no plowing before plantin needs no cultivation, no manuring, no replanting; grows in poorest soil - also, in wet lands, and where no other piant will grow. Once planted, stands orever. The young shoots are eaten like asparagus. Stems and leaves, green or dry, greatly relished by sheep, cattle and horses. It is more nutritious than clover or lucerne; an excellent soil enricher. Grows 14 feet high by June; can be out every month. Produces 90 to 180 tons of green forage per acre, and the roots pene trate so deep into the soil that they can not be destroyed, pulled up, or trampled out by cattle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.