Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-24

rich, losmy lands along the Mississippi
river, when free from stumps, that the
red castor plant will produce yield OF
not less than fifty bushels of beans to
the acre-possibly twice as much. II
half the advantages reside in the
labOr-sayiDg machinery used in the level
Western prairies, which is claimed for
it, one man eonld, presume, plant Rnd
cultivate in favorable son fifty or more
acres Of this product This would give
yield OF two thousand and five hundred
bushels of beans 10 the labor of one man
and four mules. II is reported that with
the newly improved presses used at the
great castor oil mills in st. Louis, the
beans Of the common kind yield about
sixty per cent. Of good oil. This oil sells
in the market at the present time for t50o
dollars and Jfty cents a gallon. Ameri-
can oil retaiied in Memphis before the
war at one half the above price, owing o.
the low tariff on the East India article,
vet evidently afforded q handsome re-
muneratiSn TO farmer, manufacturer and
druggist. Il il fair TO presume that the
manufacturer eau allow the producer
fifty cents net profit for the beans. II
such be the case, and if the foregoing es-
Inmates be correct, the farmer would get
a clear profit per annum OF tlCetUe hun
CITed and ffy dollars for his labor, and
be in the meantime comparatively indie
pendent Of Tie brutal savages whom our
Radical masters are vainiy endeavoring
10 convert iato dscentiy civilized people.
I purchased my seed of Theodore
Charles Wendell, No. SIS Washington
street, Boston. As he is agent for the
great German Seed and Flower estab-
lishment, presume be can furnish the
material in any quantity, and at reason
able prices.
Until few years ago the streets in
Rio deJaneiro were lighted with castor
oil, and it is extensively used 10 the
tropics for this purpose and for lubFieat-
ing machinery. Enormous quantities
are used in this and other countries COM
bined with alcohol aud perfumed, a. a
hair dressing. DOubtless the msnufac-
turers in st. Louis would be pleased TO
give any information desired upon the
subject.
/ would also like to call attention to
the fact that between one and tgo mill
lions Of dollars IN American gold are an
nualIy shipped to foreign countries for
the purchase Of red sumac berries, Of a
variety superior to our Indigenous shrub,
but which can be cultivated just as well
Madder, a native Of Asia Minor, his
been reared in Ohio on rented land at u
net profit Of two hundred dollars per acre /
in gold. 1t requires four years 10 perfect
a crop, bus engages no more labor than
peanuts ia its culture. The fall Of water
from a dam thrown across a creek, WASHES
the roots, and any country mill can
grind them.
For the culture of BIadder, Woad,
Weld, Sumac, Fuller's Thistle, Mustard
Seed, aud many other articles returning
3 handsome remuneration, l beg TO
an admirable little book,
copy OF which l have, called " Aliens
American Farm Book" published by
Orange Judd, Al Park Row, New York,
price, 81 so. / obtained my copy by
remitting the price, and sixteen cents
additional for postage, to David Landreth
4 Son, the ssedsnen of Philadelphia.
In conclusion, would further suggest
thai the culture of aromatic plants, such
as Peppermint, Lavender, etc, and the
distiliatiOn OF their respective oils, is said
to be immensely profitable, even as far
north as Central New York.
Iremain, very respectfully,
1Our OOedient servant, etc,