Mobile register and journal., 1845-07-10
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 To those who obser,e and reflect it is certainly Il subject of perfect regret to discover ihe people, the honest laboring class of country, unable 10 avail themselves of the henrhtsa Kind Providence has spread before th6m from tltIhghing elects ol ignorance and want of information regarding those benefits; and if the observer IS possessed ni that portion of patriotic solicilude for the wellbeng of le society If which he is member, It must he d subject of profound regret, especially II he m'hgles m his character the philanhropst. 10 see the slngu lar want of information exhibited by the planters Of the South, wilh some exceptions as regards the ad- vantages to Le reasonably expected irom the cult valion of many plants, for which ihe climate and solls of our country peecly fitted. If there IS any subject worthy oi rational mind, and becom- ing. a man who lays claim to the blessing oi educa- ton and knuwlc it mu.t certainly be knowl- edge of the natural resources o the conntrv chosen Inv him as q life estate, and philanthropy would most urey clam iren such men the employ osmeni ol such know ledge to benefit those whose humble means li ough life had deprived them of the opportunity oi acquiring knowledge su euefcia in procuring conl- | for and ahlurnce by well directed industry Among valuable plants especially hied for our climate and sandy soils, we nave the P'ndar or | Grnwd Pea.
 Ths humble plant has been long known to d lew | in the South possess some highly valuable quali- | ties as d provision for stock and renoyator of soil In those respects II would be dlfilculi to hnd | US superior, and more if we take into view the soil in which ii 6ourshcs and the quantity of labor required lo bring II lo peieCtinn IL Is a generous plnni welding partial labor good return, aud To generous care of the cuvatpr ample product even under apparent disadvantages, Il steals from | the soil its poriios of nutrition. Planted m the h with Corn, that splendid plant whose towering lux urance seems 10 bolt down on more hnmble ones l while i, seems take the support of it's neigh l bnr, at he sane time draws from among us spreading roots ample suppor-and placed between the hills, the produce of lhls creeping plant IS pro | fuse.
 To few only it appears to be known that the product oI this plnt the Pea, gives out an oil n some respects uuequalled an accompaniment t' the uahle--in s natural state :hIs oil has rival | Clear and mild with d peculiar taste extremeI, gratifying 10 the palaie-rich and buttery-it IS O that consistency much admired in lhe Prepara tiun of salads, anchovies, Sc. for table use.
 Among plants the Pndar ranks deservedly as on' of the s,Test crops, not withholding generous yel' | on even poo soil, and amply acknowledging lh' super iurily of rich land if l'eht and iriahle The Pea is easily gathered, and with less al or than an. of ihe seeds beans, IS ready for ihe press Whei hulled, whrh is most readily effected and ground the oil flows freely and uucUmmony clear rom th' | press but submitted i0 the known modes Of clarl l lying oils il becomes limpid and pure, and whe' | immediately botiled and sealed. appears to remai in Ihat state of ieshness and reanisg the fine odO | 80 highly agreeable amateurs of vegetable oils il | the preparation of food. The refuse afier expres sion is admirable for hogs, and the vine for stock not returned ihe soil in gathering the pea-lf say ed and cured which is eftc cled with much ease, | mixes in the cutting box well with 'he rye, barley oats and rice. The Erodnct of fodder is esiinla ed al more than the acre, and of Pens, whei cultivated alone and well, fifty seyeBly-fve bush | els. This plant cultivated much north of us, but from fair trial, il iOund that like other oil pro ducing plants, Il delights in the rays of q warn southern and soil, and that the product IS richer | and finer aroma than the oil from the same plan | produced in Virginia and the Ca"olinas. have n' hes itaion in saiing that if this oil fairly in truduced into ihe Northern States, il would take high rank at the table of the bonvivants. This oi | is more readily and with less labor and expence procured from Ihe pea than il IS from aIy othe seed bean pea, we know of. It is hulled an' ground by simple machinery, and the press required for the extraction of the oil is neither very powerfs | or expensive. The production of this oil for com merce, challenges early attention of our planters and small, as well as large capitalists. Any quan | tity could be produced and prepared for market, great part of the labor being ofiha kind that would suit all; the child, old age, and the crpple-al | might be employed in the production of the raw ma terial. feel confident that after little use il would become successful rival of the best table o' | of Europe.
 It is found 10 resist remarkably the usual effect 0 a change of temperature, as also extremes. For the purpore of preserving while using. that uncom monly grateful aroma this oil possesses, it is proper io have put mp in pInt bottles, strong, well corked and sealed. The writer of this paper had a gallon | ed in sand and sent to New York to one of the bes | judges, who was so highly pleased with s diferen | qualities thai he immediately offered to engage an, quantity that would be forwarded of equal quality al prize exceeding the beet oil in the market iron Europe. It is 10 he regretted that no certain pro duct in oil from given quantity of the pea IS vel known, but from ihe small trial that was made an satisfied It would rank m production with the Sun | flower.
 In the cultivation of this plant in our cmaie ir loose soils where the growing season affords such length of time for production, the best distance ap pears 10 be about three and half or four feet from the cenIer of one hill to another. At this distance it will fully occupy the ground. If planted in beds the same rule ought be observed. and m all cases the earth where seed is deposited should be slightly raised Ii also is be observed that the ground is kept loose with the hoe around ihe hill, when the plant hegins throw bloom. A careful cultivator of corn would always the form of extra crop, raise among his Corn. vast quantity ol the Pindar, put ting seed in the hill wh the corn, and two hills between where the would be al five lee. dis Ianre. One of the agreeable circumstances attend ing this mode of raising this Pea is that at the co' lection of the product of his labor would allow the cultvator to give his garden cultivation, and which would operae most avoraby on that superior brt ad stuff as regards production
 SOUTH ALABAMA. | THE CUsToM HoUsE.-TO-morrow being the first o July, era commences m this estabsish'