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  ground. 
  For 
  this 
  reason, 
  and 
  possessing 
  no 
  value 
  for 
  

   stock, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  preference 
  which 
  most 
  south- 
  

   erners 
  give 
  to 
  the 
  sweet 
  potato, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  more 
  culti- 
  

   vated. 
  

  

  The 
  croD 
  of 
  1849 
  was 
  about 
  260,000 
  bushels. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  considerable 
  consumption 
  of 
  the 
  Irish 
  po- 
  

   tato 
  in 
  our 
  cities 
  and 
  towns 
  convenient 
  to 
  the 
  river, 
  

   which 
  are 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Western 
  States, 
  at 
  a 
  price 
  

   much 
  below 
  what 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  produced 
  for 
  here. 
  

  

  PULSE. 
  

  

  The 
  bean 
  is 
  not 
  cultivated 
  at 
  all 
  in 
  Mississippi 
  as 
  a 
  

   field 
  crop. 
  Several 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  cornfield 
  pea, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  are 
  extensively 
  grown. 
  

  

  One 
  million 
  of 
  bushels 
  is 
  reported 
  as 
  the 
  production 
  

   of 
  1849 
  ; 
  but, 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  remembered 
  that 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  is 
  consumed 
  by 
  stock 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  — 
  

   that 
  being 
  cultivated 
  with 
  us 
  mainly 
  for 
  the 
  ameliora- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  land, 
  the 
  period 
  for 
  gathering 
  coming 
  on 
  also 
  

   in 
  the 
  press 
  of 
  the 
  cotton-picking 
  season 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  con- 
  

   sequently 
  a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  ^^lanters 
  save 
  little 
  more 
  

   than 
  is 
  necessary 
  for 
  seed, 
  it 
  will 
  at 
  once 
  be 
  perceived 
  

   that 
  the 
  quantity 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  census 
  returns, 
  as 
  the 
  

   production 
  of 
  Mississippi, 
  is 
  very 
  greatly 
  below 
  that 
  

   actually 
  raised. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  varieties 
  cultivated 
  are 
  the 
  Cow 
  Pea 
  (pha- 
  

   seolus), 
  the 
  Crowder, 
  and 
  the 
  White 
  Pea. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  indigenous 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  cultivation 
  among 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   by 
  the 
  first 
  English 
  settlers 
  in 
  Virginia. 
  The 
  color 
  of 
  

   this 
  pea 
  is 
  a 
  dark 
  yellow 
  inclining 
  to 
  red, 
  and 
  tinges 
  the 
  

  

  