SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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Periodicals, Pamphlets, &c , received at this office since, 
our last issue : 
The Lotus, for January, 1859. Vol. 1, No. 1. Edited 
by Annie Chambers Ketchum, and published by Hutton 
& Clark, Memphis, Tenn., monthly, at S3 per annum. 
A new Southern Literary magazine, of much promise. 
Address the publishers. 
The CiNciNNATUs— an excellent monthly, devoted to 
Scientific Agriculture, Horticulture, &c., &c. Edited by 
F. G. Carey. Published by W. G. Ongley, College Hill, 
Ohio. S2 per annum. 
Annual Catalogue of Southern and Acclimated Fruit 
Trees, Evergreens, Roses, Grape Vines, Rare Trees 
Shrubs, &c , &c., cultivated and for sale at Pomaria Nur- 
series. By William Summer, of Pomaria, S. C. An 
excellent Catalogue, containing many articles of great 
value. 
Russell’s Magazine, for January — a capital number — 
published monthly, at S3 ptr annum. Address ^^Bussdl’s 
Magazine,^' Charleston, S. C. 
Address on Horticulture, (fee. By Rt. Rev. Stephen 
Elliott, Jr., of Savannah, Ga. We are indebted to the 
respected author for a copy of this admirable Address, 
from which we will make extracts hereafter. 
The Horticulturist, for January, is fully equal in inter- 
est and value to any of its predecessors. It is embelished 
with a “Group of Van MonsPears,” (by Dr. Berckmans) 
and other engravings of merit. Every gardener and fruit 
grower should take The Horticulturist. Terras— S2 per 
annum. C. M. Saxton, 25 Park Row, New York City 
Ladies* Home Magazine, for January. This is really 
what it purports to be— an excellent Magazine for home 
and the fireside — and cannot fail to be a welcome visitor 
in all families of taste and refinement. Terms — S2 per 
year. T. S. Arthur, publisher, Philadelphia, Pa. 
An Address, delivered at the Dedication of the Agri- 
cultural College _^of the State of Michigan, by Jos. R 
Williams, President of the Institution. The Address o' 
President Williams contains many v luable ideas on 
Agricultural Education, and we are glad to perceive that 
the subject is receiving so much attention in some of our 
sister States. When will the South establish such Ag 
ricultural schools and Colleges for the education of her 
sons 1 
“The South Countryman,” is the title ofa new month- 
ly Agricultural, Industrial aifd Educational journal of 32 
pages, published at Marietta, Ga., by W. H. Hunt, at SI 
per annum. The Countryman is under the editorial 
charge of Rev. C. W. Howard, and cannot fail lo be an 
able and efficient co-worker in the cause of Agricultural 
reform and improvement. We give it the “right hand of 
fellowship,” and wish it abundant success. 
Patent Office Rcpukts fur 1857— Agricultural 
and Mechanical — ^just received as we go to press, and will 
be noticed in our next. 
8^* Hon. J. H. Hammond, of South Carolina, will ac- 
cept our thanks for various public documents of interest 
and value. 
FORCE PUMPS AND COTTON CULTIVATORS. 
We are indebted to Messrs. Payne & Olcotts, of 
Corning. New York, for one of Wyncoop's superior 
“ Force, Suction and Self Pa-'king Pumps” for which the 
Patentee claims the following advantages : 
“ let. It is durable and not liable 1 1 get ont of o’^der. 
“2d.^ It ’’s so CO struct d as to be s If pack ng, *he pack- 
ing beinj- made of rubber and < f a peouliar shape, so ihat it 
I annot fail 'o pack at every stroke. 
“3d. The piston rods work thrmgh Ftnffiog boxes that 
are i a ked with rubb'^r, and so arran\;ed as to for n a sori’^g 
to fa'^- litate ihe packi' g of t e pi^t n as the connect on 
strkes the stuffing box spri g tbe concussion ca’'8 s ’be 
vhI es allt shutinsta tly. t^-ev ar- also as is ed by the pres- 
sure of w.-iter, the press re being in bo h cylinders equ 1. 
“ 4th. S mpl city ; the wh le t i g is h“ld together with 
fo.r b It , by removi gtl e four nut= your whole pump w 11 
cme to p eces 'or lepair or examioation, whif h a'>y person 
ran do with a common wrench, wh ch at the rate the origin- 
al trial puirp has worked, will not happen in two years in or- 
dinary use.” 
This pump is furnished with all the couplings, suction 
pipes, hose, (fee. necessary to form a perfect Fire Engine, 
and may be made an extremely useful appendage to any 
dwelling; for if properly fitted up in a convenient posi- 
tion, it would form a perfect security against the ravages 
of fire. It may, also, we think, b“. very profitably used 
for irrigating, either when stationary, as a force pump, mr 
attached to a large water cart, as a garden engine. VVa- 
ler is the life of vegetation, in our sultry climate, and any 
practicable and cheap method of applying it to our crops 
is most desirable. Such a pump as the one under notice 
can be turned to a variety of economical uses on a farm 
or plantaiion ; and is simple, desirable and cheap. It cat 
be furnished, we believe, of all sizes — to go by hand, 
hose power or steam 
Messrs. P. (fe O., have also sent us an improved Corn 
and Cotton Cultivator, that we think very well of. It is 
in the shape of a double mould-board plow, followed by 
a set of drag teeth or small harrows, that pulverize and 
level'the earth loosened up by the plow, These drag 
teeth may also be replaced by small mould boards or cul- 
tivator teeth, that will throw the earth up to the row, 
and the implement is in all respects, one of the most in- 
genious and efficient that we have seen. 
See advertisement of fcMessrs. Payne (fe Olcotts, (hb 
cover. 
-Garden Seeds. — M r. V, LaTaste has kindly sent us 
some choice Garden Seeds, of which he has a fine supply. 
See advertisement. 
Chinf.se Sugar Cane — A meeting of the Chineet 
''Ugar Cane growers of Winnebago county (111 ) was held 
at Rockfoid on the 8th of December, when a large nuna- 
ber of samples of sugar and syrup was offered, compris- 
ing a variety of grades, some of which were repotted »* 
very fine. Two hundred gallons of molasses to the acr* 
of cane was mentioned as a fair crop. The cai e has l>ee* 
extensively cultivated in Illinois the past season, and from 
facts at hand, says the Rockford Republican., it is show* 
ihat “syrup and sugar are destined to become as staple ar- 
ticles of production of this State as wheat.” 
