Mobile register and journal., 1845-05-20

Mse, and c7nno he dispensed wiih; and Il IS Ia be regretted lha as rpgars ihe all important consldeTr' of be,lth, lle population oi the south had no' long ago snh Hned the vegetable for the mass o' animal oil they daily use.
 That oil IS necessary in lhe preparation Of much vegetable and animal food. s settled-'ha it adds to human comfort, is equally understoodi and to c"r- rect taste it will be deemed extrav igant 10 say that inc art of preparing Iond hne vegetable "'' has no substitute It's valuable effects in the preser ,ation of heah believe, IS fully determined But, for this important item, we are tributary lo for eign nations, and annually large am"ult oi the pro- duct of ihe labor of the country goes out oi 1t, to bring this article into il.
 In addition fo oil for table use, we are extensive
 importers of inc article fr the hundred uses 10 which Il is specially appropriated, but familiar to every common observer. The quantity consumed m paint lag alDne will, reflection, strike every peTson, and added 10 general made of il Tor producing light, machinery, medicine, etc and Il IS to be re greed that m the first mentioned use of oil, the quantity consumed by the country is n" a tythe or what econouv comfort decent appearance calls Tor
 In no country on earth is the sheep so Olten lost for the 's hapenny worth of tar" and our planters evidently lose thousands annually for the want of the application ofa coating of paint, on agricultural i'm pemenis, houses, barns, eic
 The important question then presents iisell, have we substitutes from which we can produce oils with ease and winch will to all inenIs and purposes fill the lace of that we import. answer thai we have, and that Anbama. Grorgia and Mississippi have tue climate (keeping east s.me distance From the Ms sssIrp liver lnavoid the great humidity of the al nospherc) in which the essen'ial oils of all plants ar rive at lhe highest rerfrcflon
 Thai we have the climate and soils in this State s not Jeff to conjecture. liberal trial determined mlny years ago in South Alabama that the Rene plant grows to singular pereciIon, and that ihe yield of oil from a given quantity oi the seed was almost incredible
 IL IS evidently plant that requires southern ati- iude and southern het, to brIng ii 10 the greatest perfection, only AS regards the growth of the plant but the flavor and richness of the product o the seed. This w,l apply to all segetrbe oil plant-
 believe. One individual planted several acres for the purpose of making table oil, etc., m common piue oak and hickor, land but what might he called good snll of that growth The plants averaged about feet. in drills of ,h"oo foo, d's""ce The qan tUy of seed that the plants produced was exiranrd nary, and the yield in oil by an inferior process, was deemed h, very competent judges 10 bn equally SO. Little cultivation was given 'o the heid-much less than 10 the cotton plant The seed was gaiher ed wih little labor.
 In lS4a a spirited planter, a Mr. Mcin,ire, "l Ouchita, cultivated he Rene plant Tor ihe ptotuc non of oil. With this gentleman twenty bushels oi seed gave fiv gallons of pure oil, worth at ihe place one dollar and twenty-five cents per gaion, and pro nuunCed hv judges ''superior 10 the cnmmoh ohVe oil." The product of seed per acre with MT. Me Intfe was twenty bushels hut 1 am induced 10 be lieve that his soil Iich and that strong ai,u wal lands will never be found as favorable 10 the pro ducton of as much oil in the seed as the good up lands well improved In uany parts of thIs Siaie and e Carolinas Ihe Bene is cultv"ted by the col | ored populnton in little patches an addition 10 their cookery. It has been observed that their brne plants uniformly produce and richer seed than inc rich river lands. The crop nf Brne before a l. luded to produced thirty bushels 10 the acre | than any other quantity, and a citizen ot de"fgi, was called in to view iha article and prodhci and who had raIsed il in 1924 for the producton m oil, remarked that il would always be found that Inc l good upland improved hv manurIng would produce more oil and less fibre than the rich auv'a soil o'
 the country, and strongly recommended as the result | of his experience to manure the pthe, oak ana hickory land that had been some few years under cultivation l lear also that the ouchita humid cl'-
 mate IS mois, for the secretion abuncanIly of the l oI'eagnous principle n the plans, and thai hiy soil and climate be preferred. thInk that the history of the production of oils in Europe will bear me this point The seed oi the crop prodncrh in Alabama certainly produced in oil the oucha plant
 As regards the quality of the oil produced m AE,- bama, l most unhesitatingly s;ae that Il was mncn superior in every respect table oil to any mat have been nble to buy in Florence hasks Belng par icularv fond of the article, and having purchased small quantity, had lreqnent opportunities oi c"mna ing the foreign italian, French and native oi'.-ihe flavor was more delicate, and the aroma hner-moie e transparent in the last-n richness about the same. It appears evident thai from the ease with when the plant Is produced with us it's hne product, ana ihe little ari, nstery or expense required m 'he 's bi ication of the oil instead of being importers, we ] ought on the ground of common sense not on'y |" | supply wants but export to our neighD"nrs whose less happy climate forbids any pretension to raise or prod"ce oil of equal quality. am conhoeh, l the oil have aliuded to would have been admireu l by the gcurmand of New York or Boston, and de cidedy preferred
 l But testing the capacity Of this plant to pro""ce :" fine oIl. has not been confined 10 Alabama or Lo"'s'- ana. Enterprisng individuals in the Caroi'nas ana Georgia. have long time ago settled me q"eSt.o" regards the value o this plant for the proahc''on 1 of oil, and not few medical gentlemen m the so"'n have declared m favor of it's salutary operation on
 the stomach Rega rdng hs last point, med cal snl-
 irage would perhaps put it at the head of oils app O. prIaled to table l IL may, also. be remarked that after being well
 prepared il appears less disposed to run into fahcin
 ity, and bears being exposed to the atmosphere "'h l less effect on it than the French Italian O' u
 is also capable of being rendered more transpaftn
 and apparently purer than the foreign o'l. l" 'nl cultivation of this plant the monure applied to y"
 soil has proa igous effect the quality oi the oil
 renders alec the nature of the soil itself There | is perhaps any plant known that is so much af. fecled by either the Bene. ime, ashes, calcare.
 ous earth, extremely well rolted, cattle, hog and | sheep manure combined seem 10 produce he fines quality of this oil. Compost iudiciously blended i, | most to be preferred and relied on.
 1 The value of the refuse in all other vegetable
 substances capable of producing much oil, IS excel
 lent for animal food, especially for swine, and an
 disposed to beeive if iudiciously blended with some
 other substances, will pay for the cultIvatnn of rhe
 plant Nor must it be forgotten that this plant
 makes a considerable deposite of vegetable matte
 aud exnerIence, l believe, will say that the refuse of all plants that abound o is found anne Iiorating | 10 the soil. SOUTH ALABAMA