The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-11
AGRICULTURAL.

NEWLY DISCOVERED Csc OF THE SUNFL0WEa
Those most experienced in the cultivation Of this
plant, are sanguine that, with proper soil ana
proper cultivation, il is more profitable than
wheat or corn. The seeds are more oIeaeinsus
than those Of the fax plant, ana combine The
qualities for use of the best olive oil for burn.
ing, Of the best sperm. without its smoke; AM
for painting, it is said by painters who hay.
used 1t, 10 be superior to lnseed, and il is more
rapid in drying, equally easy in spreading sad
without forming much denser coat. Prepared
and eaten as artichokes, the young cups Of this
plant are very esculent and pleasing to the pal
ate; the stalks very excellent substitute for
hemp or fax, and for bee pastursge 1t is equal
to any plant, yielding, from its luscious and
numerous hectares, an abundance of the best
and most palatable honey. A writer in one OF
our exchanges, says that, on suitable soil, with
proper cultivation, it will yield on an average,
from 50 TO 100 bushels Of seed TO the acre From
i've to seven quarts of oil are calculated on Dsr
bushel. IL this is not over-estimating It's pro
ductiveness, and il can be raised as chsaply as
wheat or Indian corn-ordinarily considered the
most expensive crop cultivated-the sun-fOwsr
must be profitable production.
We have heretofore cultivated il on a small
scale, usually in vacant spots by the fence, ana
in places where the cultivation Of other ysge-
tables was ineligible; and so far as our sxosri.
ence goes, il corrobOrates the above assertions
We tind that the green leaves are very excellent
fodder for cows, especially when the feed in our
pastures gets low in seasons Of scarcity ana
drought. We generally commence pluckinK
them IN July, taking the lowest leaves frsi, and
feeding them out at night; or if the scarcity Of
Of food Is great, in the morning, before turning
them out from the yard. We have sometimes
given them corn-toPPings, and the leaves Of the
sun-hower at the same time, and have found that
the latter are invariably preferred. The seed 81
the sun-fiower Is q most desirable food for poui-
try, its highly oleaginous nature wholly super
seding the necessity Ofanimal food.-CEltipatOT
DEFENDING ON SINGLE CRoP-Some far
mers whom we know, advocate the idea Of d.
viding the labor Of farming in such way that
but one kind Of produce should be raised on a
farm or sections Of farms-such as hay, or po-
tatoes, &c. This is bad economy. Ii may b
right and proper for every farmer to CONSIDER
The capacity Of his farm-what IL Is best fitted
Tor, and make that leading object. Butte D.
pend upon a single article Of produce Is net the
best economy. This Is done on many planta-
tons Of the South, where attention Is turned
wholly to cotton alone, or sugar or tobacco
alone, but II the statements Of the most iudicoas
observers among them can be relied npon, Is
not the most profitable mode Of management
Ireland has depended for years on the single
article Of potatoes, and how she has Jared At
iastf One OF the most unprecedented faminss
OF modern days was the result. writer, over
the signature Of "Reviewer," in the November
number Of the American Agricultural, says
that . friend Of his left New England, where
he had been accustomed TO raise sreryfkiag, and
settled on large plantation of the western prai-
RE lanc. He writes him, al am ruined. l
have spent every thing had, and am in debt
besides, in putting In four hundred acres Of
wheat uPen this rich, tempting prairie soil, and
IL Is all winter killed did not intend To put in
any spring crop, having previously determined
to devote all my attention to wheat; and now l
cannot, for have no means. Well, ! have
learned good lesson-never to rely upon any
one CROP"
We think those among rs who are getting in
to the ole crop system, would be wise 10 profit
by the experience Of others in this thing
Me. Farmer.
MEANS OF PREvESTISe AcIDrrY IN BREAo-
Bread made In warm weather is frequently souE'
and Is thus not only disagrseable, but unwhols-
some. We are assured BY correspondent tnat
a little carbonate Of magnesia. in the proportion
OF three grains TO pound Of hsur, entirely Cd
viates the risk Of this accident