The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-03-15
THE OREOGON l PEA.


riCu'tural discovery of this, or any other
age, is now offered To the citizens of .Ala-
bam1, Georgia. North and Snul, Carolina.
The undersigned, in Introducing HIS Pea
into this section Of country, has been ariu-
ntcd principally by firm convic ton, that
it is tho duty of every member of a cnlI-
mumity to aid in au,cIiora,inT the condi-
tlun Of his fcllow-mar, in all honorable rr-
lations. The vast tide of emigration from
your section Of country, which, like the
waves of the Ocean, has hccn rolling to
the "Far West for r,aEy years paSl, is
attributable To souC cause, and illn, cause
can be none other than the unpruIuct,vc-
ness OF your otherwise beautiful country
Many OF your citizens have hccn conpcll-
cd to leave the homestead of their fathers
that sacred spot; around which were cn.
twincd the foudcsl and tcndcrcst rccolIcc
tons OF youth, because that homestead, on
account m its stcrility, was unable anv
longer to yield Il support But there is a
rcmcdy Tor this evil, and that remedy may
be found in the Orcogon Pea, which, if
given fair trial, will soon rcsusci,ate
your exhausted a,h worn-out spiI--your
solitary places will be made .lad-your
desert shall blossom Us the rose, and your
waste places will again flourish in their
pristine (uxurancc aud beauty.
DESCRIrTION. This Pea grows on 4
plant from live tn seven feet high, with
five or six large branches near the ground.
and they with mann stalk pat out other
branches, until two stalks will make a
branch as large round rs a Tubaccr logs
head. AHcr leaving the ground short
distance, all these bran, hes, with the
branches they put out 1T every JOINT bear
from ten to twenty pods in Il branch, each
pod producing fifty peas, or ln"rc--So they
arc hung with peas from top I" bottom
Their yield is from ID To 20 bushels per
acre. Their leaves are very large aud
beautiful and taking it altogether it is The
most beautiful and luNlIrIant plant in the
vegetable Kingdom.
UTILIrY.--Tlc stalks and leaves make
the finest hay in the world--sIock pr:tcr-
ring it to any nlhcr--alrI yielding 20 per
cent. more than clover, or any ol the grass
cs yet discovered The hay aud pea to-
gelllcr is better and far cheaper Ioud than
can be raised from any ,liimg else in HE
United States. Tor Horses. mules, Cattle,
and Sheep; nnd Hogs thrive tasl, by be.
ing fed with them than any thug else =
More and better food inr stock can be
raised from one acre, planted with ihis
pea. than can from five planted i'll any
other known product; and one hand can
gather more OF the hay in one day, than ten
hands can gather ot corn fodder. Ii will
grow on land so poor that 1t would pro-
dtcc little or nothing c.sc. and iolcraDly
poor land Is better ur il, and will produce
more than rich nd, This may appear
strange 10 some; but It is nevertheless
true. AS an inlprovcr OF snil, it is prclcra-
bic to clover, because it will flourish in
sandy soils, which clover will no, do; and
taking it altogether it will prove to he the
greatest acquisition To the farmer ni the
United States; and especially oi this sec
tlon OF country, that lus ever been discov-
cred.
DlRECrIoNs.--If intended for seed i,
should he planted by The Goth cl April,
and cultivated like cotton. | pint to The
acre; and the seed should he gathered
when the pnds turn black II for hay, or
rs a fertilizer, il should he suwn bruad-
cast, like oats, hy 2trh April. three gallons
I" the acre. In October, when The leaves
turn yellow: il intended Tor hay, it should
bn moved with II scvthc, and cured like
other hay and housed, or it may he put UP
III rail pens, III II green state, observing tr
give il Tree ventilation, and It WI! cure
without any danger OF It's heating or mould
ing. If intEndcd for fertilizer, it should
be turned in Just before frost, vines and
peas together; narrowed, and let alone
In the spring 1t will come up thick cnuu.h,
as it is ii"t injured by Ling in llr ground
through The winter. Commune This process
for three years, and The soil will become
rich, loose, and fertile.
We append tic following recommends
tons from Judge Fitzgerald, and other
highly intelligent gentlemen, as being
sufficient to establish the reputation Ut
these Peas:
CAMDEN, Benton Co; Tenn,
September; lS;5}.
We certify that we have raised the ccIc-
bratcd Oregon Pea, grown by !. g. Sims,
fiSt, OF this vicinity, and, in our opinion.
they far excel any other vegetable prcduc.
ton for luXuriancc and beauty We have
ever seen. They grow from ) to I feet
high, and their branches extend from 3 10
4 feet in all directions, presenting solid
mass of vegetable NATTER deriving its sup
port like all uther Peas, principally from
the atmosphere, while at the same ,imo
they protect and shade the earth from the
exhausting influence nf the heat oi a sum
mcr's sun. We are sanguine in the Grn-
ion that it will prove to be the greatest
vegetable fertilizer of exhausted or worn
ON holis kiio"l 10 INC world, especially II
sown broadcast in the spring, and turned
under in tho fall. For hay, we are conf
=, dent it far surpasscs all other discoveries
III the age. and for the table. it is IL great
luxury. 1t Produces more abundan,ly
than any other Pea, and unlike any other,
will lie in the ground all wnteri and como
up in tile spring.
We unhesitatngly give it AS our opin-
ion that il is cheap at the apparently high
price of s per pint, or SSt, per busIlcI,
and that in our opinion il is justly entitled
TO all the character and celebrity it has
acquired, and that it should be in the pos
session of every farmer in the land, conf
IDENTITY believing THAT it will realize their
most sanguinc expectations.
&. X. WYLY. HENRY G.. CAMP,
f.. PERKINS, NJ. J.. TRAVIS, NJ. d.,
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