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SOUTHHRN CULTIVATOR. 
AUGUSTA, GA: 
VOL. XVII., 3>To. 3.;:::::;:::::MARCH, 1859. 
Early Issue. — In order to manage the cover, and mail 
our paper so that it will reach distant subscribers season- 
ably, we shall, hereafter, be obliged to go to press by the 
10th or 15th of the month previous to that for which our 
paper is dated. For instance, the March number is put to 
press the 10th of February, &c. Correspondents and ad- 
vertizers will, therefore, be kind enough to send their 
ftivors in early. 
“The Farmer & Planter,” comes to us in a new 
dress, and otherwise greatly improved, from Columbia, 
S. C. Wm. Summer, Esq, Horticultural Editor; R. M 
Stokes, Publisher. SI per year, in advance. Address 
the publisher, as above. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
“ Young America” Crusher. — C. H., M. D. — It is 
probable you can obtain one of these machines in Colum- 
bia, S. C. See remarks on page 48, February number. 
The “ Simon Pure” Rarey. — W. C. K — We believe 
John S. Rarey to be the great Horse Tamer, par excellence. 
The others are lesser lights. 
Grafting the Grape — H. L B. — Common splice graft- 
ing succeeds very well, but the plug system, which fol- 
lows, is more certain : Remove the earth, and cut the old 
Tootoif, say two inches below the ground, by a horizon- 
tal cut; then take a gimlet just the size of the graft or 
scion to be inserted, and bore from one to three or four 
holes, according to the size of the root, and insert the 
scions, first removing the loose bark. The holes should 
be two or three inches in depth, and the scions should fit 
accurately. Replace the earth over tlie root and around 
the scions, and the work is done. 
Cotton Culture. — E. T. E. — “ The Cotton Planter's 
Manual,” by J. A. Turner, will give you the informa- 
tion you desire. The book may be obtained per mail for 
Sl-25. Address A. 0. Moore & Co., 140 Fulton St., New 
York. We would cheerfully comply with your request; 
but, at present, W'e cannot spare the space that the arti- 
cles would occupy. 
Cooking Vegetables, &c.— B. R. S. — We willendeavor 
to comply with your request soon. 
Seeds to La, — R. G. L. — The seeds your desire might 
bo sent per Express, but the freight is high Can you 
not supply yourself in Nev/ Orleans I 
Aylesbury 1)ucks— Gardening, &c — Mrs. Dr. H. — 
You can probably obtain the Ducks from Maj. Thomas 
Daniel, Atlanta, Ga. “ Gardening for the South,” is tha 
book you need. It can be obtained at SL25 per mail 
from Wm. N. White, Esq., Athens, Ga. 
Chapped and Rough Hands. — P. — All who work in 
the earth, planting trees, seeds &c., are apt to have very 
rough hands. To remove the roughness, wash your hands 
every night after coming in from the field or garden with 
Castile soap and soft water— dry them thoroughly, and 
anoint them all over with a few drops of Glycerine. It 
acts like magic, and will make the roughest hands as soft 
as a kid glove. The inodorous Glycerine is the most 
agreeable. 
Stock Rmsing in the Sooth. — H. J. S. — Your article 
has been unavoidably deferred. Will appear in April 
number. 
Sorgho Svrup, &c.— J. D. H — See Olcott’s work. 
Sorgho and Imphee.” We have o.ften heretofore pub- 
lished the information you desire. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
Cheap Lands in Alabama. — A subscriber, writing 
from the neighborhood of Valhcrmoso Springs, Morgan 
County, Alabama, says : 
You are perhaps not aware that large bodies of good 
land may be obtained here at low rates ; such lands as 
will make from 6 to 10 barrels of Corn, andfi'om 1000 to 
1500 pounds of Cotton per acre. On the mountain plateau 
dividing North from South Alabama, (from 60 to 80 
miles across,) soil do^rTc sandy loam, and which contains 
superior smaller bodies of black land in the bottoms, land 
may yet be entered at 12 1-2 cents per acre. This is in 
my opinion one of the finest countries for stock farms in 
the South. The fruit crop never fails there. Do sen i us 
some of your thinking Georgia Farmers to give the na- 
tives here some lessons in Agriculture. 
Weaving — Mendenhall’s Loom, &c. — Ed.itors Sou- 
thern Cultivator. — Inclosed you will find one dollar, to 
pay my subscription to the Cultivator for ’59. I wish 
to call your attention to the advertisement of Menden- 
hall’s new and improved Hand Loom; you have doubtless 
seen it in operation and can tell whether it fully comes 
up to his advertisement. You will recollect, he says it 
can be opperated by a girl of fifteen years of age, and will 
weave easily, from 25 to 30 yds. per day, with more facility 
and ease than 8 yards can be woven on the old fashioned 
Loom. He also says it ms of the simplest construction, 
the largest occupying a space of 4 1-2 by 6 feet, and can 
be kept in perfect order with the least imaginable care. 
Easily operated, requiring but two motions of the hand, 
with the lay or batton to throw the shuttle, operate the 
harness, take up the cloth and let off the web. Lastly, so 
arranged that eight different kinds of goods can be woven 
on the same web, and the alterations required to produce 
any desired fabric can be made in a few minutes. My 
better half, having some knowledge of cloth making, 
flatly contradicts this last clause of the advertisement, and 
says it cannot be done. Now I should be glad to know 
whether this Loom will conie fully up to the letter of the 
advertisement, what the cost in Augusta, and what de- 
livered in Mobiilel 
Yours, &c., J. T. C. 
[N. B ] One more question about the Loom, Messrs. 
Editors, and I am done, can any person who knows how 
to weave at all, can waave the different kinds of cloth 
mentioned in the advertisement, on the new Loom, with- 
out some one to instruct them ? 
fWe must refer our subscriber to some of our readers 
who have used this Loom. Would it not be well for those 
