For the Southern States 
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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 apart 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 
multitude 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 diameter the head of a Hour barrel. 
As the whole surface of the ground will bo 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 niue-tentlis 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 bo choked with weeds or grass. 
Price per Qt. Per Gall. Per Bushel. 
LE CONTE PEAR 
I am prepared to furnish cuttings of this new pear, which origin¬ 
ated in Georgia, and is a hybrid between the “China Sand” and one of 
the finer cultivated varieties. It is propagated with remarkable ease 
from cuttings, which make a growth of from 6 to 9 feet the first sea¬ 
son. The fourth year from setting the cuttings the trees should com¬ 
mence to bear. Propagat ion I >y cuttings is considered the best method. 
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