The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1876-05-11

Chwfa ana Heaasss
1 The Rural Csrolinian says: Quite al
interest has latterly been manifested il
thccaiture fthe ehula and since the
war the peanut crop has grown into d
soft 81 recognizable agricultural power
! Either or both 81 these crops now-a-days
prove remuneratiYa on i small scale
wherever The land IS suitable. OF pea.
nuts, OF pindars, every family ia tie
south might grow, almost without cost,
enough % use on tho table il lieu Ok inn
| ported almonds, or other less valuable
/ nuts, which have to a. bought before
/ they cha he eateu. And If TIE chufa il
the Old grass nut We used to plant when
| boy, iii corner garden, WEE think a
small patch might also be cultivated by
the boys III The family to give them
something % 40 at odd times we do
hot know a great deal Of The chufa,
and hence are not prepared TO endorse
TIE following from the Mobile Register,
which says
The entire country seems ia be run
ming wild about the chufa. Everybody
wants to plant Il, and al who talk or
write about it declare il to be entirely
cn i level with Che negros rabbit good
for everything. we lcok upon much
said ia tn favor Az entirely correct, but
occasionally We find devotee going a
little beyond the mark Of our humble
judgment. The last writer On the sub
Jet, read BY I'd, declares It to Be d most
perfect substitute for coffee. Parched
and ground, and put through the reg
ular process, you could not possibly tell
1t, he says, from real "store Coffee
Wen, We know something about that
We tried IL tor coffee last year. Wedidn't
relish Ii, though our dislike may have
been the result Of h prejudice. In con-
fedefate times we contracted decided
dislike FOR butternut.bark pills, and as
the man Il not living who, testing chu-
"a coffee and butternut-bark pills, and
tell t'other from which, this may pos
sibly account tor our dislike"
But III the peanut, Of pindar, we
know enough 70 say, every farmer ought |
to grow Few bushels for home use. Our
friend &" gives us 4 very good reason
for believing it would De profitable To
pay much more attention to the peanut.
TIE says:
"It II emily 4 few years ago that a
friend Of mine, living near Columbia,
gave Up an attempt lie made 70 raise
plndass, or peanuts The Ayacbis hypogaa
~ the books because he could find 10
market for his crop. HE was unwilling
to parch and peddle them III Columbia,
ind wanted 4 market where he could
Ell bia crop ID the bulk They were
quoted ID none 81 Tie New York papers;
and NJ TAI a. my inquiries went, there
Ras 10 general market for pindaa, zee
low Tint Norfolk, Va, doea 4 consider
sble businos IL This line, and doubtless
ild then, bat We hid not know 1t. The
prices range from $3.50 ID $3.50 d bush-
Il, rarely falling below S1.25, and some
lines touching $3.50 d bushel. The
highest prices aSe paid ~ March, April,
md May, and the lowest III November
Ehc Norfolk market received during the
YEAR ending September 80, 1875, an ag-
gFegate 81 ID a0T baRs Petersburg ana
Richmond received between $4,000 ind
n 900 haga during she ame year. Tho
gate of Virginia raised III 1874, l09,Sl7
Ba "A bag means about three and 4
aalf huahels Virginia crop of pindars
n 1874, amounted then, 10 8s2,6i0
bushels snd thi aisle average priec
buahel 4 worth s7sISeB. in'tthe
seanat worthy she attention 0f our plane
Nh 4 planter VI peanuts III Sussex
county VitgInia, Ii 1870, raised 8s5
,ushel4 Oh tire and half acres ~ land
haf III over sixty bushels To tic acre,
fhna III also busheli the planter Faal-
fes oYef si09 to the acre, and ten acres
sould Yield $4,000