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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
AUGUSTA, GA: 
VOL. XVII., No. 1859. 
FRIENDS OF THE CULTIVATOR. 
Though our subscription list for tbe present 
year is in a very flourishing condition, it has not 
yet reached that point which we anticipated, and 
which our friends gave us reason to hope for. The 
Cultivator, in its enlarged form, is acknowledged 
by the press everywhere to be the best and cheap- 
est paper of its class in the South, and we trust 
our friends will aid us in giving it a circulation 
commensurate with its merits. If each of our pre- 
sent subscribers will send us even one name in ad- 
dition to his own, we shall be satisfied. Many of 
you can send ten or twenty, and all one. Will not 
all make an efibrt to do so ? [See terms, &c., on 
cover.] 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Bermlda Grass. — L, T. E — Your letter and sample 
were forwarded to Dr. M. W. Philips, for examination. 
Grass Sekd, &c. — J. C. C. A. — You can obtain the 
grass seed from V. LaTaste, of this city, with directions 
for sowing. 
Fowl Lice. — M. L. B. — See short article in present 
number. 
Southern Architecture.— W. P. G. — See designs in 
last and present number, copied from “ House a. 
little work on Architecture noticed in our last, page 114 
Also, a brief notice in present number of a new style of 
building originated by Mr. Valk, of New lork. If you 
have plenty of rock, sand and water, and li-ne is not too 
dear, you can build an excellent and economical house of 
concrete. See directions in “TVie House^^ page 165. 
Grass — J, R — Reply to your queries in our next. 
Chloroform for Cholic — Hungarian Grass Seed, 
&c — L S J. — Will our correspondent, “J. A. M of 
Louisiana, whose article we published in our April num- 
ber, page 1*27, give us the proper dose of Chlorolorm for 
colic in a hor.se I The seed ‘Tj S. J ” requires may be 
had from Plumb & Leitner, or V. LaTaste, of this city. 
Volume for 18.58. — A. M. N. — We can supply this 
volume, unbound at ^1. 
Nankin Cotton. — Any subscriber, having seed of this 
variety, will oblige the Editors by sending a few to this 
office, per mail. 
‘ Bermuda.” — W. J. R. — The root you sent us is known 
here as '■'■joint grassy We do not think it is identical with 
the Bermuda, (C of Dr. Philips. F limit says 
there are two varieties — the Sample you send is, probably 
the native kind — the other, or true Bermuda, (of Dr. 
Philips and others) is the most valuable for pastures, &c., 
ard both are haid to get rid of 
Apple, Pear and Quince Stocks. — E. S. W. — It is 
cheaper to buy these stocks from the large Northern and 
European Nurseries, than to raise them here. Downing’s 
“Fruits” costs Si • 50, and maybe ordered from A. 0, 
Moore & Co, 140 Fulton street. New York. We have 
noticed, heretofore, all the new Southern Apples of 
merit, and will continue to do so. 
Guano, &c.— D. J — Apply to your cabbages in a liquid 
form, if possible. See “ Hints for the Month.” Cut 
Chinese Sugar Cane for green food when it tassels. It is 
one of the very best articles we have for soiling. 
Essex Hogs — J. E. McE. — The Hogs you desire are 
the Black Essex. Address : R. Peters Atlanta, Ga j or 
Wm. Summer, Pomaria, S. C. 
THE FROST AND THE FRUIT. 
We hear from various sections conflicting statements 
of the effects of the cold weather of 6th and 7th of April. 
At Washingtori, Athens, Greensboro, Cassville Atlanta, 
and LaGrange, Ga., the weather was quite cold, on the 
6th, and fears were entertained for the safety of the fruit. 
In this vicinity, the damage was slight, and so far as 
we can learn from the latest accounts, fruit, generally, 
has not been seriously injured. We shall be glad to re- 
ceive and publish, from month to month, brief state- 
ments of the condition of field and garden crops through- 
out the South. 
Onions : How to Raise them Profitably^ <^c. Being the 
details of experience of seventeen practical Onion Grow- 
ers, &c. An excellent collection of essays on the subject. 
Price 12 cents. Address; Orange Judd, 189 Water st, 
New York. 
ToCorrespondents — Weare reluctantly obliged todefer 
the publication of articles from W. C, — Ozan — F. B, — J. 
L. M.— R. G.— J. B. P.— L. W. H.— E. F. E— E. J — A 
Patron and Subscriber — J. — B. F. T. — J. J. B. C — T. G. 
P.— W. T, C., &c., &c. 
Overseer or Manager. — Any large Planter, in a per- 
fectly healthy section of Georgia, who desires to secure 
the services of a very competent Manager or Oversee*" 
for next year, will be furnished with the address of such 
a person, by applying to the editors of this journal, and 
enclosing a stamp to pay return postage, 
“The CouRANT”is the title of a new Southern Literary 
journal, to be issued weekly at Columbia, S. C., commenc- 
ing in April. This journal starts under very favorable 
auspices, and will, doubtless, be a creditable exponent of 
the literary talent of the South. Terms, per annum, ii 
advance. Address Wm. W, Walker, Jr. & Co., Cohiw 
bia. S. C. 
