The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, February 19, 1864, Image 4
jf?c bicu ltural:
THE CHUFA OH EAIlTU ALMOND.
Our agricultural and other exchanges contain
favorable notices of the value of this plant
for hogs. We think it demands attention from
our farmers ai d planters, and accordingly reproduce
the following article upon the subject
from the Field and Fireside of the 2d instant.
Tfe sec by advertisement in the Augusta newspapers
that seed can be procured of J. V. Jones,
Herndon P. 0., Burke county, Ga, A bushel
of seed in sccitre boxes, for ?25, scut by express:
THE CllVrA 01: EAIITII AI.MOND.
The analysis of this plant and its practical
use for ;i series of years establishes conclusively
its jrreat value as a.field crop, ami none other
known in husbandry can surpass it as an auxiliary
to the ireat -irain crop ..f tlii- country. It
is extensively ti<(->l l?v iii<' Spaniard- as food
both lor me.i and animals, and will be as profitable
employed in ?:> eomilrv, when it*
value becomes known ami appreciated. The
tubers, when pounded into a pa-to ami mixed
with water, make a remarkable emul-ion; resembles
milk intippear. n.-c, and. when strained,
the fat rise* to the surface an 1 looks like cream.
This emulsion, when prepared and sweetened
- '1 - - : i: ... l
to Til"' lilSIC, iiio-i iiiiiruivi' niii:ciin.-iii, .111<i
mav be used as a valuable substitute for milk?*
the remainiiiii" cake foriuinir a rich, nutritive
food for all domestic animals.
The cultivation of the Chul'a is the same as
cotton or corn, and mav he planted at the same
time ami ?rro\vn between the rows of the latter
crop, like the nround or field pea. The largest
yield, however, is realized by plantiiiir theerop
to itself upon three loot beds, as for cotton ?
dropping one or two tubers t wentv inchestiparl
on the bed, ami covered wiflt the foot, or cot
ton board: or the < ! >j> may be planted in
checks two feet nine inches Mjnare, one or two
seed to the hill, cot eyed with foot or hoe, and
cultivated entirely with the sweep, rmmiiiif two
furrows each way at the same time. One
bushel of tubers'will plant from live to ten
acres. The harvest is ea?y and expeditions a
tlirust with a manure fork on iippo-ite side>
of the hill am! thrown up. presents a rjiiart to
a half jralloii i.f tubers the size a p< -t or
white oak acorn, and mav be nut lured from
one to two bu.-h"Is per day to the hand. When
harvested for market, the tuber.-, um-i be weli
washed ami d-'a-d in tie -nr.. and >piv.el <m a
floor and not bulked. <is heat ! m.-mati-ui
will injure them. The - e.l a:v In t: < r for plant
inj. laker, fre-h from the th-U in the -i>rin^, alter
reniainin^ ail iii wint-r in tin- <_ror;! -1. .
'! lit*- ( *n i1- si i#iri?lt "t lli'Mr vi'.f.'JtTT tttMt
can be trail?planted at any stage of i's growth
with niore iiu-'iity than my garden "r field
crop. to t!io mi-dug J-p.-n'C- whirl: :irc "few ;iu?l
far hotw'ti ii. :hk] is lor ni"ie i? linhV and |?ductive,
requiring less labor in* euitivatioii.
maturing in one half the time of the
ground pen. and yields t!i;?*? time- as much
per aero. Jt luxuriates upon all pour or siliehms
soils, endures the most iul-iisc drowth?. never
wiluring under a 1 r.riiinir .-mi. it- de-p green
leaves ley mbliug a luxuriant tieid of rice, ?i
uav? pi'("jrii:ii:o-a cheerful promise, and never
failing to i". turn the reward ?>!" a Iti'.l fruition
when the cultivation ha- been generous and
complete. I luring the nio-t fatal season- we
have ever experienced upon a ii.iid on which
cvrrv other species of crop- tunc rusted and
"dried up" during the lii.st days of dry weather
in May or June, and from whieh we have not
gathered, without its s/nrpc uumw live bushels
of corn, nor three hundred pounds of seed
cotton per acre in thirty years, an average of
eighty two husliils of ichor- per acre have
been obtained. Other planters have reported'
i l - "it I 1 _
OV(T IWO Illlll'liv.! IHISi;.-!- per ni.TC nil <1 J 111 ill"
SXfi5(;rou> soil. What plant known in iho eniitrlilenoil
ltusNamliiiaii will yi?;M so much nutritive
food per M'tc I'm tin- same labor? None
of which we. arc informed! I' v.- nn;?-!a happier
the present condition ;i?:?l future prospect of
the country, had the crop I,ecu iri'own oxten*sivclv
for the past lire u-ar>. i. t llic hunger
and search v now ]in.1:iu^r -itch inrending
results answer the sIjci 10c?i?1 inu- of a misguided
economy.
The comparative\a';:e of the ( hufa, with
other anxiliaty i*roj?> i; r feeding and raising
swine, i< c< nc!r-i\o 1 a!i practical and experienced
breeders, bring ready im- lording in
Julv and August, when ol!:cr auxiliaries arc
struggling v iih most ??] <iI fur maturity.
'J he M.r-iug so.v when turned in aiiiiiinii
upon the potnirx', ground or field pea. takes >>n
fat rapidly, milk dries up, off print dw indles
and perishes for it- natural alinient. The result
01 t!ii stimulated i:nud:li<>n of the sow is
known to all practical breeders. Not .<-<> when
feeding upon the Cliiiia; lmtli sow and pig
find ill the ttlher tie so ingredients essOli
imlli.fi iVii* 1 !./. 11*1. ..-It It..* .4 *..?1 /.?' 11?.k
dam, and the rapid development <>l tin' iVspring;
no vegetable |.n?| i, >() juu.-li roii>lieil
bv wild and domestic fowls nor contributes so
much in savory flesh to the inmates of the
poultry yard.
All practical l>roed? is of swine concur that
the most ivying periods with this animal arc
the months of February and March- after surfeiting
all winter from gleaning tin- fields, his
contiitiou becomes deranged and reoniics an .
.alterative bv a change of food : without it. he
? , *
/
J sickens, nauseates and sleeps, and repeats the
! same symptoms I'rom day to day until disease
' terminates his late. Nothing in ihc form of i
j vegetable food can be presented him more acI
r opt able at this season than a reserved field of
earth almonds.
Even with ilie above facts as developed by
the analysis of this plant, agriculturalists who
pass currently as intelligences in thier vocation,
arc to be found who doubt and dread some
quhliii tlamnrtl may haunt their fiords and reu
??
dor "nut ;ii><l liorn.iuta grass as a piea iur uie j
want of "hog and hominy," not realizing tlie
truth that these enemies can be extirpated by i
.marshaling this crop and the hog upon the j
| same field. When reason and experience pro- j
i vail, a more enlightened economy will con-1
; gratulato the country upon the acquisition of i
! one of the in- <t valuable cn.qrs known to :
! civilized man. IMViiLMATUli.
j November 10, 1?63.
j IVom tin Mobile Adcct'wrand Rct/i.-ler, of,
| the 23.1, we take the following:
TII? riH'FA FOK HOGS.
The Milne of the t'linfa as food for hogs is j
-lill imperfeetlv ajipreciated, although it is'
.ladmiliv coming int<? use ami favor. A eon- >
sidi-rahle quantity of it was produced in this
enmity during the last year, and sve will be j
doing many of our readers a favor hy inform- J
111*11 tlinv can nrocure the seed of I
excellent quality at tlie store of .Messrs. Kelly !
it Co., on St. .Michael street, between Water |
anil C"ininerce. The following note from one
of the most experienced ami successful cultiva-j
tors in this section will give the reader a gen-1
eral idea of the subject, and we trust incite
him to a thorough investigation :
J >e.\k Sin : In reply to your inquiry regard-1
1 ing the value of the China as food for hogs, we
w ill sav?
That after several years' experience, we regard
the i hula as the best crop that can he
grown on our light sandy soil tor the raising of
hogs. The Chufa requires but little labor in
its cultivation, grows best on dry, sandy soil,
if very poor (as most of our pine woods are,) !
! should be manured just as if to be cultivated
! in-con).
j An ordinary yield i> from two to three hunI
dred bushels to the .-I'-iv. One aero of good
' inifa- will fatten ten legs for pork, and one
, a>-iv will furnish sufficient food for ten of vonr
,
i stock hogs tor live to six mouths, say from 1st
| October t" 1-t March.
The course thai 1 ptvfer in fattening on them
is to allow the hogs to go into the field of
| i 'hula- and jivmain bat halt an hour in each
| day, and tin a have t'n-in turned out. W li -n
j ttic i nnias Mc-oine scarce, allow tnenr to re1
- l I 1 I t.., I...
| I:;i4.1 ;?n 11*>ni, ?;n*u i?>?? uvu..7,
< ].iso I!n-y 11 inv In- allowed t?? go in and out at
pleasure.
f 1 r- -jard the 1st of March a> a suitable time
! to plant. '11:.- drills should bo throe loot apart,
| and 11 if seed should bo dropped olio foot apart
in t!n? drill. After they have eouie up, cultij
vail- with a sweep or hoes. They must be
| kept eleji.r of grass or weeds.
| S"ino jm i'"' 11 > have had fr-nrs that, if once
| intii'iliieed into a plantation, they could not be
readily controlled ?.ir i Mcrmitialed if desired,
j I- nr need l>e entertained on t!ii< sulijoft.
| for they are much more readily killed than the
I ordiuarv erab-jjrass. Kespeeli'ullv,
F.l-XJ X TUU.UKI:.
j On, Ui.vs.ses.?The Hostou Journal say?:
I A friend of (Jen. Orant informs us that when
' rallied recentlv ahout the persistent use of his |
| name by the New York Herald for the l'rcsi- [
i deney, iie said : "I aspire only to one political J
! oilicc. When this war is over 1 mean to run
j for Mayor of tialena "(his place of residence); j
l and il elected, I intend to have the side walk j
! iiixed up between my bouse and the depot." J
( \\ lifli J nines J. lil'atiy Iirsi. opened ;i win |
yer's oliiee lie took a basement room which
had been previously occupied by a cobI
ler. lie was swnewbat annoyed bv the pre!
vions occupant's callers, and irritated bv the
fic l that be bad few ot bis own. One day an
Irishman entered, and said :
'' I lie coblcr s go In , i see."
"I s11* iiK1 think lie had," tartly responded I
i JJrady.
' And what do ve sell," said lie, looking atI
the Military table ami a few law Uiok's.
"i'lloekln-ids,' responded Unnlv.
' j
| 'die "nrra," said the Irishman, "ve must he;
| doing a mighty line business?ye ain't got but j
; j 11 11..
STKAYKD OR STOLEN
|7KOM the subsri iber. nine miles above Camden, on
i lin- I.aiieasler Itoaii. three Milch (lows, two fry
Cows and iwo Yearlings, marked iho ligurc " in ilie
I rivrlil ear and a swallow fork and underhit in the lull.
! It is believed that the above ealtle have been stolen.
' as the mileh cows left their calves at home. liberal
! reward will l? paid for inibrmntioii that will lead to
their r< or for the detection of the thief, if
sioli'ii. ' JAM lis LOYK. ;
February 5 tf j
" WOTTOE.
\r.i orsons having claims apainst the estate oj
J 1 " Vil.-uit, deceased, will present the same duly
a'te- . t?- me. and all jteiseiiS indebted to said estate
v please in,-ike payment to rue ol their respective
a etedncss. at an carlv dav.
" J j. HUCKAIiEK, j
,r?nanrv 1 3tn .Administrator. J
*
MEDICAL NOTICE. j
conformity with what has been done in other
. parts of the State, our fees for the present year wiJ:
be genoraliy doubled.
L. II. DBAS, M. D,
I). L DeSAUSSURK M. D.,
B. H. MATHKSON, M. D.,
JOHN McOAA, M. D..
W. R. SYKES, M. D.
February 5 ?
~ MISS ALEXANDER [
TT7ILL resume the exercises of her MUSICAL t
V T CLAS-> as soon as she cuu ascertain whether a s
sufficient number of nuuils can be obtained to induce
Iier return. (
Pupils desiring to continue their lessons will leave e
their numes with Mrs McCuudless. (
Tenns per quarter $48. I
February 5 tf
lost;
ON ihe cars between Camden and Clareriiont. a
IhiCKrkin PCKrjK, containing a note l??r $G7 5u,
on .T. I?. Ditikms, drawn pnyable to J \V. Buckneror
bearer. '1'Iid nubile i- warned against trading for said
note, hearing dale. December G, lSG't, as paymeut is 1
.-to, pel on the same. J. W. BUCKXiiil* (
January 8 tf
* i
FOUND
JN the street, opposite Col. Dickinson's Monument, .
a small PUCK KT BOOK i marked "Notes"), containing
eight dollars. The owner can have it by paying
for this advertisement. Apply to J. K. Witherspoon.
Telegraph Office. ,
January 'J'J tf ,
SAliB.
South Carolina?Kershaw District, !
{)Y order of Alexander McDonald. Ordinary for I
) Kershaw District, I will sell at public outcry, to
the highest bidder, at the Court House in Camden, on >
the lirsi Monday in March next (sale day): Two small
Tracts of Land, belonging to t he estate of Hardy i
Thorn, d.ceased. Said laud or tracts-sold for division: 1
and a tract containing SS acre, more or less, lying and
situate on the head waters of Pine Tree t'reek; the 1
second tract, containing ~>8 acres, more or less, lying
on the head waters of Leaver Dam branch, both joining
lands of Charles Perkins and others. Terms cash,
purchasers to pav for papers.
February 5 *G DUNCAN SHKORN, S. K. D.
negroes for hire~
17*011 the year, a likely fel' '. a complete gardener
?ALSO?
Two women?A TTasher, Ironer and Sempstress.
February 5 tf tt'M. M. SI1AXN"N.
200 DOLLARS KEWAKI).
1*11 E above reward will be paid lor the detection of
the rascal who cut the gin-band of the subscriber
; on Snturclav nijrht last. Persons owning shoe -Imps
Will please keeji an eve on nil sole leather sent t<> their
shops. .SL'TUKKLaXL- it LltMMOXP.
February 5 tf.
TOWN TAXES.
i ' PDK It oh- will la-opened to receive Taxes on the
j I 25th iast.. ..I the office of .Taints Puuliip, and
! nit' vervain open Hi il tbe 1st day of
wmni ttic oooits win oe closed and defu uTi eHUouW?
taxed. JUS. 1'. Dl'NLAP, Collector.
January 22 G
SLAVE I-ABOD6 I OK TISBi (.OASiIBfl
VISIOA AO. U.
FT IIP. Commissioners of the Roads and the Town
Authorities within the juiiicial Districts of Lancaster,
Kershaw, Chesterlield. .Marliiorouadi, Darliupton.
Marion, Siitiitc-r." Clarendon. Williamsltury and
llorry, including Upper All Saints, will forthwith summon
all persons in possession of slaves within their
jurisdiction todelver onc-liuirtli of llieir slaves liable
to l.'oad duty at the Depots neatest their owners' residence.
on MOXPA V. the 22il day ' !' February prox..
at lOo'cl-eka. in, there to av.ait iraus|>o laii'-n to
t'harli-sioii. !?.r thirty il:ns' laUor on'tlie h-rtilications.
II Tiie Com is.-i-'tiers and Authorities nf rcsaid
wiii. at tiie same time, impiv-s aii'l lorward one loiirtli
if all lliaie free tlCftl'oeS l)etWr"|| tiiC up s <jf sixteen i
and fifty years, resident within the limits of their authority.
III. The owners of only one Road hand arc exempt
by law.
IV. 13v the Act of December last, (lie said AuthorIt;..*
ri-tiniri-il il. make lull returns 10 me of all ,
road hands liable in thirty days. That duty has hcen
I partially and very im|>orleCt!y done?in many install[
ces the return givinir no indication, not even by its
postmark, ol the District from which it emanates. ?
The whole scheme of the r.mndmccut of December
turns on these returns, and unless they are complete, !
the system must tail and the labor be suj plied entirely t
br impressment. t
"VV.M. M. SIIAXXOX,
Agent of the Slate of South Carolina. t
Camden S. C., .Ian. 20. 18G4. t
Jtmumy 29 4 t
All the papers within the Division publish ottee it [ 1
ween for lour we?-ks.
A CAM- FOR VOLVXTEERS
/OR Ttt El. YE MONTHS' COXFEDEIIATK SKR- j ,
VICE IX TDK STATE. j c
CoLl'MlilA. S. C'.. Jan. 22, 1SG4. |
J? AVIXC received instructions from the Bureau
1 of i onse-'i lion .it Richmond, through the Com- j
mamlaur of Conscripts for South Carolina, to cai-e SIX
COMPANIES t'K MOTXIED MEX for the purpose
of arresting deserters ami delinquents front conscription.
ami also for the purpose of resisting any "local
invasions" or raids that may be attempted by the Ah- ]
olithmists. Such authority on my part is thus made !
known to the citizens of the State III order that this j |
most important service may be rendered the great
cause ol Southern Independence.
It is proposed to form the Battalion from "Exempts
and Xoneonscripts" Each company to consist, ~
..... i. ol.i,. ,.^r tlinii nnp hundred !
rank ;im! lilc: to elect iis own officers and to furnish !
his own horses. Arms (sabre and carbine) ami ac- i r
cotilretnents will be furnished by the Confederate ;
Government; and persons desirous of joining the corps i
can report, eitlier individually or in organized eoinpa-1
nit's, to tin- neiirest Iiistriet or Congressional Knroilinjj I
( MJicer. who is auiliorized to muster in and report j
them to me at these llend"|tiariers. t
The term of service will lie ibr twelve months, and [
its sphere of action local?that is. within the State. Sl
Ar.f.KN J. GKKKX.
.!annate 2h 4 Major and Knrolling Officer.
Ail country ape is in the State publish once r
a week for one month, and lorward their bills to the Guardian
offic?. 1
1 .in. ' U-U "J ' . 1 - ?outli
Carolina?Kcrslmw District'
I!Y A. L. MCDONALD. ESQUIRE, ORDINARY.
VyilERKAS, EDWIN BARNES, APPLIED
Vt tome for Letters or Administration on all
" ! 4,,xrt rtlirtfflfte, r?'fl.fc nnd nrpditS
HIU 51II?U1U1 LIIU JtUWUO ,IHU UIUHIW, Ji^ovw .... .
?t Richard llyatl, late of the District aforesaid, do*
leased, according to the will annexed:
These arc, therefore, to cite-and admonish all, and
lingular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceasid
to be and appear before rne at our next Ordinary's
Jcurt tor the said District, to be lioldcn at Kershaw
Jourt. House on the 28th day of Fe'oruar7 inst.,
;o slu tv cause, if any, why the said administration
ihould not be granted.
Given under my Hand and Seal, this twelfth
lay of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand
tight hundred and sixty-three, nr.d in the eightyiighili
year of the Independence and Sovereignty of
.he Shite of South Carolina.
alk.x. l Mcdonald, o. k. d.
February 12 2
OKDI.MIIJV S NOTICE.
\I.L those who hiive not Made ;innu?l returns of
the es atcs entrusted to them as administrators i
tr executors, will do well to make their annual returns w
jf the same by the last day of February 1SC4, as the J
Drdiriaiv's Otliee will not be open alter that date, only J?
ju Mondays and Frio vs. until tin* end of the year.
ALKX L. McDOXALD, 0 K. It" fl
February 12 tf
AT PHCIVATE SALE. M
4 COMMODIoUS and elegant residence, with forty
xx acres of Land attached, in one of the healthiest
portions of Orangeburg District, about eight mi es .ol
the Eolith Carolina Railroad, and \vi:hiu easy reach of
two depots The dwelling house, which is well built
ind in good order, contains six rooms, with tire piaecs, |H
i pantry, and a wide liall. and has double piazzas in J?1
front. Ou the premises area Kitchen. Storcoom, H Stable,
Ac. witl. ample accommodations for servants;
ulso, an unfailing spring of very pure and very cold |fl
water. To families front the coast desirous of sectir- fll
ing a safe, convenient and healthy residence, this place
oilers superior attraction. tpfe
For terms apply by letter, to the subscriber, at the IB
office of the Gamdtn Journal, Camden, .S. C.
: r" 11 *i rv 1J D. D jiOCOTT. ?&.
?* ?-?*(;c ,% ?w a a,wu ? . v, ,?n . Bfl
CAMDEN, S. C., Feb. 11,1864.
GENERAL ORDER NO. 2. ||
I IN pursuance of General Order No. 2. from the p|?
Adjutant and Inspector General, officers com- fl|
manding Heat Companies are hereby ordered forthwith H
to have all vacant offices in their respective Boats filled.
and make their returns t<> these Headquarters ou
or before the first ol March proximo. U
By command of CoL. Jo.VKS. ^ i '
Captains L. J Patterson, John Thompson. J. Faulk- V|
r-nberry. .lolin B Miekle Adam Team, S. D Hough, ;
Tobias Folsoin. K Parker, are hereby charged with the
extension ol this order.
Jiy command olCOL. JOXKS. >
February 12 2 J. If. GATIJi, Adj't.
T NOTICE. ?1
T> M. BP.OWN is my authorised agent during my H
TO ESI92LI.
OA NFGROK5.?If not disposed of before, tiicr jfl
?<' ' will be hired to the highest bidder at the Court mM
House in Camden, at 12 M . on Monday, 2!Hh instant.
At the same time will be o lie red fbr salo Two valuable
Plantation Wagons. B. B. JOHNSON.
Leailicr in I-lxciiaii;;c tor Corn.
i()f) POUNDS of superior SOLK LKAT11I5U'
1 v /v/ will be exchanged fbr Corn. Annlv to
February )2 2 AV. C. GERALD.
MM iTm'IILK
Vl" JLD he at his stable iii tlie llermitnpe the enV
? s'liiip season. eommcnoinp tlie lirst of March.
Terms?Thirty Dollars the Season, payable in adFebruary
12 l
~ ADJUTANT AX Li 1XSI\ OKX'.S. OFFICE,
Hitiinre.D. V.\.. Feb 4, 15G4. ;
G EXE It A L ORDERS. SO. 14.
r I^II 1C foro\vin?r onlcr is published for the informaJL
tion of nil concerned:
CON.-KDkKATE STATES OF AMERICA,
W Alt llEI'AltrJIEST RICHMOND. Feb. 1. ISM.
1. All prisoners heretofore held by the United
>tntesantliorities. whether officers, s ldiers or civilians,
"oceivod at itv Point. before the 1st of January, ISM,
tre hereby declared exohanyed.
2 *11 office s and men of the Yicksburp capture
>vho reported for duty at Kntetprise. Miss, at any ^0
iine prior to tin* 1 llii of November. ISO.Vand whose
tames were forwarded to nie by Maj. Gen John IT.
ortiey. are d> dared exchanged.
.'5. All officers and'men of the A'ickshury capture,
jolonsriiifr to the 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery, who ,H
;eportcd for duly at .Marietta. Ga. ami whose names
vere forwarded to me by Col. A. Jackson, are de lared
exchanged. Is0 GULP,
Agent of Exchange.
By onli*
(Signed) S. C0< (PER, H
Aflj't nrni Insp. Gen'l. few
?5?" Confederate newspaper publish six tiroes, and
eriil bills to the War Department.
February 12 6 ?w
Dr. J. McCaa & Dr. B- H- Mathesonr
\FFIOK?TWO DOORS ABOVE THE BRANCH 8
I)lt J NO. MCCAA. DR. B. II. MATHESON.
January ;;! tf
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. ' 1
"r\ BIILS. SP'TS TI'RPESTIKE
>U FOR SALE. I
1 a b C4 Ul^bllUWU MUUI vw.t a
January S "JOURNAL OFFICE." 1
"notice. ~~ I
^ APT W. E. IIUGIISON \v;II octa? my Agent for
the transaction of all business in reference to Injranee
Agency, during my absence in the service.
January 22 tf W. L. DePASS.
PIIE HIGHEST PRICES PAH) FOR WHITE
I liocu or cotton Rags, delivered in large or email
unntitie# st this office. or ?t the Pew edjoe