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CHUFA. 



The following remarks on Chufa are taken from a letter written by 

 N. Stansbury, Esq., to the Louisiana .Sugar Bowl. By my own 

 experience I can indorse all what is said, and recommend to all who 

 have not planted the ''Chufa/' to give it a trial. It is the best feed to 

 fatten hogs. 



They can be planted from March to June. They will yield from 

 125 to 150 bbls. per acre, with good cultivation. They are very produc- 

 tive and the best feed to fatten hogs. One bbl. will put as much fat on 

 the ribs of a hog as two of corn. The nut has a fine flavor, nearly equal 

 to the pecan. 



They should be planted in rows two feet apart, and from 10 to 12 

 inches in the row. When planted this way beds should be used and a 

 deep water furrow left at a distance of twelve or fifteen feet. The better 

 plan would be to plant three feet aimrt and ten inches in the drill, as 

 this would afford a water furrow and not materially lessen the yield. 

 The nuts to be reserved for seed or other purposes should be gathered 

 before November, or the advance of frost, as the top then dies and the 

 nuts will not come up with the spires. 



All the nuts not needed for seed will remain perfectly sound in the 

 ground from September until April, where the hogs can eat at will. 

 The nut sends up a single spire so much like coco, it might deceive even 

 an experienced eye at its first appearance. Around this spire a multi- 

 tude of others form rapidly. At the foot of each spire is the nut, never 

 more than two inches in the ground, and seldom a half inch. The 

 cluster of spires will equal in diamter the head of a flour barrel. As 

 the whole surface of the ground will be nearly covered by nuts, one may 

 form some idea of the yield. To lift them up, you have only to gather 

 all the spires as a lady does her hair when combing it, and a slight pull 

 will bring the entire cluster up with nine-tenths of the nuts attached. 

 As very little dirt adheres to the roots, the nuts can be threshed off 

 quite easily and rapidly. A boy of twelve or fifteen years, with two or 

 three small children could gather and thresh out four or five barrels 

 daily. "Unlike the coco, the chufa will die out in two or three years, if 

 neglected or suffered to be choked with weeds or grass. 



Price per Qt. Per Gall. Per Bushel. 



THE JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. 



(Helianthus Taberosus.) 

 By E. M. Hudson. 



Used as a vegetable, the Jerusalem Artichoke makes a delicious 

 pickle ; and when cooked, as hereafter directed, it is esteemed by con- 

 noisseurs as a luxury. 



Wash and scrape or pare them ; boil in milk and water till they 

 are soft, which will be from fifteen to thirty minutes. Take them out 

 and stew them a few minutes in a sauce made by rolling a bit of butter 

 of the size of a walnut in flour, mixed with half a pint of cream or milk, 

 and seasoned with pepper, salt or grated nutmeg. 



