The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-04-21
AGRICULTURAL.
For the Banner.
I'I1 e Q 10 S,
FOOD FOR HOGS, AND CATTLE.


X =, g"The first fruits shnlt thou give him -
sMr. Editor:-Il nflo, lis me much plea.
sure, in. n.depns.ing .swilh one Of your mer-
distribute Tor the benefit Of the Hog-rais-
ing gentry.
The Ojos Erccta florida. RaAices, Sex.
Syst. Penlandrin, Pentagynia-Nar. Ord.
Linceus, Gen. Class. Calyx, five lenvcd
Petals, five. Capsule. five Waived, ten
celletl. Seeds. Solitary.
21hc Ojos is anefannnal succnlcnt plant,
with an erect, slender, round stem, about
three feet in height, branching u, TOP, aud,
like all other parts Of the plant, entirely
smooth. The leaves ale small, acute,
Of n pale green cnnr. The flowers
nrc terminal. and Of delicate purple
cnlnr. The cnlyX is .rrrsS,rn,. and com
posed of5fivc nrrvAd trafIe,<. The pn,a:s
nre twelve: The .ilanrn,S are also twelve,
firmly fixed III the base. The seeds arr.
crowned with a slqrp spine, and are ,w.n.
~, contained in lislinc, cells II nuw-
ers in Maysnh ripens lis seeds in july
The receptacle is very, remarkable; fr its
qualification is cnnpIetc.lin August. being
thespnrt so much tclishcd BY animals. cs-
pecially the hug.
ecu, of starch, l0pf sugar, nnl 70 nf ex.
,ractiye oil, gum, ignu". lime. &c. The
Ojos are indigenous To Eas, Flnri.la aud
Mexicr, hui cum b made to nnnrist in olh-
er8por,inns Of topical America. The
roots are perennial, and. when gathered
3'antl housed. ketp better than p,talnes.
which ! cnnccivej:, he Il considerable item,
as the rot ssge,hg 10 he verv common
q. A -,.r;,a nc ,,Ii ,o =, I.ol,.i
fnl that lnwwet an.l sour lands, such
ns our cypress pnds and savnnnes, are
best ADAPTED fnr !; and, wha, is singular,
it requires no FORK. except one deep
ploughing. who it is planted Weeds
in :heS form of ,ish. turns pigs To hogs If,
shnr, time. Nlh horses and cattle. ,hev
are rather too lIative and .lurr,ic in the
fresh state, anIh"uld he cured. few
DAYS, before theare used.
II will give u.leasnre if1"Bacon" will
inf"rm us. whctnd how the ''Oios" are
planted, whethdhc meal is made Of The
roots or Of ,heSsds. how they are made
into meal and 'sh, whether they are
used in any o.hf frms, and, ,:ifso, in wha,
forms, an'' how made. whether they are
good food for ma ogs, sheep. poultry, &c.
and, if SO, in wlI form. and it's prcpara-
lion, md fnnllyf The mode Of harvest
ing them; Of allhich things, we nrc ig.
norant, and ON VII we will lie glad to be
informed. = EdIn.
81 *. sr1xla I-zI-a e, sf5EH4.
DRIED STRAIRRIEs.-LastS Summer,
by way of cxprtni, when strawberries
q were plentiful, luched threads TO their
stalks and hnnaa few which were over
8 ripe, 70 dry. | ed them inside win
# dow facing the q, where they rennned
= from June last Ill tho present time,
q March 2S.) Il have lust been tasted
and the result Pns, satisfactory. Tie
sweet refreshinIh which is peculiar to
the strawberry j full pericc,ion: The ia.
i .vor Of the fruit Nut any wn,ery ,as,e. i
delicious: u disfs as ssl"wly as loz.
enge, and is infly superior to The mi.
+ sin, which SO brings on a feeling Of
Safety The drinient may be tried
e when The fruit ripe as to be scarcely
= worth gathering sithout any further ex.
pense or troublR Rn being hung up.
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