Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-04-12
From the Central Georgian:
- - GheWhite Poppy.

III sFfHHe fropPy.
An article next5to provision, of more i'm;
portance.to the Southern :Contcderacy than
auythinsielse, II notice is more neglected by
the publfe.Journals than ell others. mean
/ the culture of theswhite poppy.
1t is Wonderful indeed, to see how careless
the Southern people are on this important
.subject. TO see them neglect the culture OF
drug :sofYastly valuable; and might add,
the use of which is almost Indispensable; an
article too, thatiS SO easily cultivated, and its
pruuertlas so conveniently obtained by every
class of ofsisankind There is no paJ of the
world ina which the White Poppy can he
raised more prolitably than inthese Southern
States. And q: few minutes instruction would
qualify my child. of ten OR twelve years of
age, for gathering the juice, and making it
into opium. Il look upon it as an.important
culture, .sSen$if the war was not upon u.s.. be-
cause itswould retain.a vast quantity of
money here. and besides, it is one Of the
most useful drugs in the practice of medicine,
belonging TO the whole catalogue.
To undertake to enumerate all thescorn-
plants i'd which opium is useful in some form
or other, or at some stage of the disease,
would beto give you the whole catalogue Of
diseases to which the human system is sub
ject, wtka very. few, exceptions. l do not
wish to bs nuderstood'to say that Opium cures
all diseases; but that. in the course of the
disease, ahd in; some shape or other,4either in
combination with some other remedy, or
alone, inthrnallyor externally, if judiciously
and properly applied, it may be used bene-
hcially inaatieast nineteen cases out of every
twenty, would. not confine myself alone to
the White Poppy, other kinds will do, cspe-
cially the:black, but the Greeks and Turks,
I believe most always confined themselves to
the white.
: The manner. Of culture should be as fol
lows: Haye,good:land we'll broken, and SOW
in drills about q. feet apart; when up en:ugh
to work, chop it ont as You would cotton,
leaving one or two stalks in g hill, or if your
seeds are scarce you may drop 4 or in a
hill about 12 or IA inches apart, then thin
out as above. " hen itbegihs to bloom and
until it natures. if the weather is dry, twill
besnecessaiy to water it often; as this makes
the pods inorejuicy. If your land is good
and is welIprepared by deep p!owing or hoe
ing, your ork is done, with a little hoeing
arr c,llingo gout the weeds. Isaw in 1884,
VIII IN Tennessee, great quantities Of opium
made freniithe poppy, that was cultivated by
the ladiesand children for ornament.
The waysto gather opium is as follows:
Thu pods should be little more than half
ripe, at which time you. aresto take knife
made for the purpose, with three short blades,
the middlo1blade the shortest, SO that it may
not go deeper than the others, for you will
recollect the hail is ropndish. With this
knife you make cuts leng gthways on the pods
not quite through the hull, about sanset !
during thenight the milky jnice will exnde
from the balls through the cuts and adhere to
the sides ofsthe incisions, In the morning
before the .sa,l shines, it must he collected
into an carti.ern plate, or vessel with iro,i
scoop. or tlIa crooked scrsper; mude. SO as to
fit the shape of the pods. When thus col
lected, yoa.are to work it in the vessel, eS-
posed to the sun with a wooden padjlc, till
the Juice is.sufficently thickened. THIS is.
opium.
1'iten make it into cakes with the hands
and wrap it:up.ln the leaves of the poppy,
ard if yon haye.no suitable bottles or jars to
keep it in. putin trin leather bags aud yo"
aaf f bsse as ea5a dcss-ip-
i
ton of ,he.co.ture Of tue popI5, the mode Dl
saving the opium, and its use, rs time AMI
space wou!dissern- 10 allow, and if you think
it worthy asplece in your useful Journal you
may publistlits and oblige the public.
To EnrroRs AND PnINrEEs.-Seveial good
friends, Ii aGsi.out of the army, have rendered
q Cordial approval and promise of support, 10
n suggcstidilur a newspaper sheet Or slip, To
lie issued from camp, and as nearly as-nnssi-
blc from Headquarters or from the headquar-
ters Of any division or brigade.
In the decay or SUSPENSION of the Journals
published before the wcr and from other
considerations. it is believed that camp Or
gap. edited with properdiscretion and reserve,
and with the elllost- independence, and con-
tanning official, orders and notices given by
authority, andgenoral news ard miscellany,
would be acceptable aliketo our unterriGed
and invincib!e soldiers and their true friends
at home.
Such an issue coulddo much in inprovingthe
tono OF the army, and by opening up commu-
nication between the army and the country,
do much towards building up at home
Spirit like that ofthc army.
Is theprbposal approved or Is such nm IS
sue dcsiraHe2s
Editors dndprintcrs in service aud others
interested IN the resources and influences Of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES only bypony politicians
and ncompeleDt or intoxicated Generals
will oblige maay inquirers by considering the
mat Ter, and reporting Though the Camden
Journal ami Confederate or any other organ,
w. B. CARLISLE.
10 Mesirs.d r.. cramp & Co., sold alarge
lot of tobact % on Wednesday for thirty dollars
per pound. EgAisis the highest price yet that
has been pa Ia for tobacco in this er any other
market in tae Canfedcracy.
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