The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-12-22

enccd orecders,. being ready for tccdlug H. July
and August, when other auxiarcs arc strug-
Cling with most effort for maturity.
Tho nursing when turned in autumn
fat rapidly, milk dries up ofspring dwindcs
and perishcs for its natural ali,ncnt. The result
Of this stimulated condition Of the sow is known
to all practical breeders. Not so when feeding
upon the Chufa; both SOW and ris55ssind in the
tutcr those ingredients so essentially ,hnitcd for
the life giving secretion of the dam, and the
rapid development of the offspring: no vcgeta-
bic food is 50 much rcliSlcd by wild and dom
ustic fowls nor contributes so much IN sa,o-
ry flcsl, to the inmates OF the poultry yard.
All practical breeders Of swine concur that
the most trying periods with this animal arc
the months OF February aud March--aftcr sur
Icting all winter from cleaning the fields, his
condition becomes terangcd and rcqurrs an
Alternative by change Of food {: without it, he
sickcns, na,.scatcs and sleeps, and repeats the
sumo symptoms from day to day untiI disease
terminates his fate. Nothing in the form of
vegetable food can he presented him m,.re ac>
ceptablc at this season than a reserved field of
! earth almonds.
Even with the above facts as developed by.
the analysis OF this plant, agricultur;sts who
pass currently as int.gcnces iii their vocation,
are to bc found who doubt and dread some
godl,u damned may haunt their fields and rem
der "nut and Bermuda gr,~,' as !, plea for tho
want sof "hog and hornnv,' not realizing the
| truth that these enemies can be cxtirpasc,l by
narshallng this crop and the hog upon the
same nct'l. when reason anu experience pre-
vail, more enlightened ccon,my will conyrat-
ulate the country upon the acquisitions .ot enc
OF the most valuable crops known Il ciyTlzsd
man. IAIPRIM ATIGR
| November 10, 1868.
From tho Mobile .1dvertiyer and R.yi,ter, Of
! the 23d, VIC take the following:
| TIE cnuF, FOR noGs.
! The value Of the Chut;, us food for HOGS is
still i'npercct'y appreciated, although it is grad
naIly coming into Use and favor. y co,,silyrs
Ile quantity of it was produced in this county
during the last year, and we will DC doing many
OF our readers !; favor by Informing them tha,
! they can procure the seed Of excellent quality
at the store of Messrs. Kelly & Co., on st. Nj
chael street, between Water and Commerce.
! The following Eote from one of III" most cx-
pcricnccd and successful cutivato.s in this see
ton will give the reader a general idea of the
subject, and VIC trust ncte him to Il thorough
investigation:
iGg the value of the Chul, as food Tor hogs, we
will say
That after several years experience, we re-
gard the Chufa as the best crop that can be
grown on our light sandy soil for the raising of
hogs. The Chuta requires but little labor in
its cultivation, grows best on 'Jrv, sandy soil,
if very poor las most Of our Pine woods are, J
should he manured jnst as if to bc cultivated in
corn.
An ordinary yield is from two to three hun
dred bushels to the acre. One acre of good
Chufas will fatten ten hogs for pork, and one
acre will furnish sufficient food for ten of your
stock hogs for five or six months, say from lst
October TO lst March.
The course that prefer in fattcning on them
is to allow the hogs to 60 into the field of Chu-
fas and remain but half an hour in each dav.
and then have them turned out. When the
Cbufns become scarce, allow them to remain
an hour, then two hours, and towards the close
they may be allowed to 60 in and out at plea
sure.
regard the 1st of March as a suitable time
to plant. The drills should be three fee, apart
and the seed should be dropped one foot apart
i'll the drill After they have come up, cult
vate with a sweep or hoe. They must be kept
clcarof grass or weeds.
Some persons have had fears that, if once
introduced into plantation, they could not he
readily controlled or cxterminated if desired. =.