Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-12-05
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The only direction that W. have obtained irouiPe
IN tor edtYalmg the q,l0oa Is that II Is 10 bc sown
and manageable wheat. From our brief exp
risnee find tbs entirely crroaeols, and by fol
lowing ltlasl summer we lost Instrumentation
tlelha Of out small supply Of seed We sowed the
seed in drills one feot ararl, tie seed IN the
drills about as close rs wheat, on common
soil The result WIS tho plants stood SO close that
few of them bore seed while a few scattering
plants that grew sinely yielded abundanty and
the richer the ground tie Greater was the YIELD 50
much was this the case, thai one plant that grew
ma spent hothed n pile Of rotten stuh5le manure
wtlla iew lnchrs ofseil on the top yielded about
Two guarls Of seed We conclude from tins that
the guinea should be planted one foot apart each
way; the gronnd should be highly manured with
anbe manure, and II should be hocd like corn To
keep the weeds down IN the forcpart oftho season
II should be planted as carly AS the season Will al
mt The FROST IN the fall does not affect H. much Of
ours was standing during the severe ffosls of tins
month the plant ON tine spent hotbed particularly
was exposed 10 the very severe SNOW storm of Mon
day night last, DIST inst, and the leaves frozen
hard as Ice but no injury VIII done TO 1t. In
cleaning out the seed, ni1er the plants ripe, we
cut them up, tie them IN convenient bundles and dry
them perfectly. The seed Is then easily rubbed
outby the hand, and cleaned by winnowing Solne
simple machine will soon be invented TO clean II
The Peruyinus rub the tops between Coarse Wollen
cIoaths. 1.-THE ground b. highly mmured W. be
heYt that will produce one hundred and fifty bush
els To the acrent least this Is the proportion pro-
duced by some of ours. It las tins grcal adyan.
tage over every other erain; you cpnn It make the
ground too rich for It, audit will yield IN proportion
10 the quantity of manure applied, or 10 the
richness ofthc soil. 1t viii grow ON my soil
where the common lambs quarter (rhea6podipm
AHA, as tnH brottcr) will grew. From a
rough calculation we Judge that half apound
Of seed Will be sufficient for an acre of ground
We must not FORGET 10 caution persons who maxi
trial OF this new gram against dcstIo1tag II b0
mistake for II resembles 50 closely the common
weed called lambs quarter in some places PR aerd
IN New York and SOME other places, (eaca podians
n16a,) that before the seed begins to form they can
scarcely be distinguished from cach other
Quinoa is used for all the purposes Of common
rice. We have tried 1t IN all the different forms;
in baked pudding we think II far superior 10
rice. 1t docs not resemble lice either IN flavor OF
appearance andcan only lave reeeivsd the name
Of Peruvian rice from the fact of its BENZ nssd in tho
same way. Its flavor resembles that of oatmeal
more than any thing else. The GRAIN Is CIRCULAR
fiat and about the size of mill radsh seed. There
are two kinds, the white and the red The former
when cooked IS quite white the latter retains It's red
lsh color They are easily separated, as the whole
plant Of the red kind IS covered with redish pow
der, which Is most perfect rouge when applied 10
the skim The coor,ng matter is NOT dsspated by
light but remains permanent. Perhaps a valuable
dye may be extracted from il. Tie leaves are used
rs SDlna0c. bclup little If any inf,rier To common
spinase Persons wishing TO try the qurnoa can
Obtain seed at the rate of four dollars y pound,
by applying to the Editor of the American Farm