Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-02

vegetable products wanting in the prac-
1ical arts. Of these there are some five
or SIX, hitherto imported from foreivn
countries, that can be just as well be
grown by our farmers as by ioI eigners.
these are nader. indigo, Sicilian su-
mach, (rhus cOriarid,l Italian sumach,
'(rhus eOtanuS.) weld, (reSidOe iuiioia,l land
woad
undertook 10 bring these articles TO
the attention of our agricultura'ists some
fifteen years since, but the then high
Price of produce paral zed the effort
Il 'will again bring them 10 their notice,
aid hope with better effect. lie who
sows the ground with care and diligence
acquires a greater stock of religious
merit, than no could gain by u repIti.
ton OF ten thousand prayers
shall ia this article treat Of the Gull
1rvaiion of madden. The consumption
oft IS very large, and would require
many thousands Of acres to supply the
home market believe the cultivation
OF madden has been successfully prose-
cuted on small scale, in the neighbor
hooo of Utica, state OF New York, for
some years past. About the year 1916.
bought some dried roots in the market
OF Cynthiana, Kentucky. that | found of
very good quality. ] have teste some
roots brought from South America.
where, am informed, it grows wild,
and II proved superior to any European
madder ever used. Mrs Madison made
a report 10 the Philosophical Society of
Philadelphia, many years since, OF mad
der raised under her direction, and the
report was accompanied with u sample
OF cotton dyed an Adrianople red, that
has never been exceeded in color by
any European dyer.
ID. Ambourney informs US that the
roots taken from the ground and washed
will, by using four pounds for one. pro
duce all the effect Of the best prepared
THIS fact is highly important TO man u
lecturers, as il points out 10 them an ca.
~ and cheap way OF obtaining the artl-
Gle for their consumption, at less tn IN
half uhs price paid by them for the for
ego article.
These facts will prove incontes;ably,
nut our soil and climate are admirably
daPted for the cultivation Of madden
The only imped!ent TO our success lies
IN the fact that it requires from two TO
three years TO realize a crop, and our
Farmers are ever impatient for quick re-
turns. / shall commence by describing
the mode Of culture, and then give the
process OF drying and grinding for dis
Iant markets.
Preparation for the erop-It will be
necessary TO pillow the land deeply for
nader, before the winter, into high
ridges, in order that it may be EXPOSED
10 the action and influence Of the irosts
and the atmosphere. Early in the
sPrlng, these ridges should be we'll har-
rived down by heavy long-tined har-
row, and then p low again in the contra
ry direction TO a good depth; and after
this, when the lard is not perfectly
clean from weeds, or not rendered sufi-
ciently fine and melow,another blowing
and another narrowing should be given.
In the last operation, the ground should
always be leh~in as level and even a
state as possible. Ii is then ready for
the reception OF the plants.
S0Uing and Planting. The sets or
plants may then be obtained either nv
sowing the seeds upon a bed OF earth
which Is rich and made perfectly fine by
oigging and raking in the spring, and
then nightly covering it, or from offsets
or suckers from the old plants. In the
hrst method, on the plants appearing.
they should be made perfectly clean bv
wedding, and TO be set out at the dis. |
taLce OF three inches in the beds by the
noe; IN this way, by keeping the ground
quite clean and well stirred about the
plants, they will be ready 10 set out in
the second autumn, though it will To
mostly better to defer the business Till |
spring. 1t requires abRut thirty thou. |
sand plants Tor setting An acre OF land |
ne most suitable time for taking the
sets IS shown by the plants having at.
taihed the height Of ten or twelve inches
from the ground,and the suckers having
throWn out hbrous roots from their hot.
IONS. This may be seen by drawing IN
a lew oil the plants, and usually about
the latter end OF May or beginning of
June. Besides, it is necessary thai the
sets shall have formed root fbres al the
Bottoms, before they are removed as
where that is not the case, they never
succeed well.
Ihe land being prepared az directed,
ana the plants provided, a sufTi lent
number OF laborers are 10 be employed,
that the work may be performed as ex
pediuously ns possible. In taking Off
the sets much care is necessary not TO |
injure them. The number Of plants
that can be set in a short time should be
taken up al once. They should be pre-
pared by having a third part Of their
ops cut off. A Sort OF thin batter should