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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
White or Red Clover, &c, — Editor Southern Culti- 
vator — I wish to know which is best adapted to this Dis- 
trict, the White or the Red Clover, and where I can get 
pure seed, and what they cost per bushel. I also wish to 
know the time of sowing, and the best way to prepare 
the land. 
I hope you, or some of your able correspondents, will 
please inform me what will prevent a horse from slobber- 
ing or frothing at the mouth. I have seen the remedy in 
your valuable journal, but I cannot find it again. 
Yours, with respect, 
Addison Clinkscales. 
AbbeviUe District^ S. C., June 6, 1859. 
[Inquiries like the above we prefer leaving to be an- 
swered by other correspondents, as we wish to draw out 
as much as possible of the varied experience of our 
readers. — Ed,] 
Crops, &c., on the Seaboard. — An experienced plan- 
ter, near Beaufort, S. C., writes.us, June 4 : 
“I am planting Short Cotton as my principal crop this 
year, the Long staple proving too poor a business to be 
continued any longer than unavoidable. I have planted 
thirty acres of Mastadon, which 1 think the finest short 
staple that I have ever seen, although I thought that I 
had some uncommonly fine before. 
“The fruit crop is only moderate. Madelaine Pears al 
gathered, and almost gone. Cotton is unusually back-1 
ward, (both Long and Short) and Corn crops rather ir- 
regular. Rice very promising. I have just received one 
of Share’s Hiller, Scraper, «&c., &c., which I hope to see 
tried next week. It looks promising, but I have learned 
not to trust to looks, I am also expecting one of Sayre’s 
Coulter Harrows, which I hope to find a useful implement. 
Yours respectfully, R. 
Salty Land — Editor Southern Cultivator — Some of 
our rich bottom lands that have been in cultivation for fif- 
teen or twenty years, have for the last few years been very 
much injured by salt rising to the surface in many spots. 
We did not pay much attention to it at first, but it is be- 
coming much worse, and literally destroying the produc- 
tion of some of our best lands. We have, to some ex- 
tent, tried ditching and other experiments, all of which 
have failed to reclaim those salt spots. Now, Mr. Editor, 
can you, or any of your numerous correspondents, inform 
ua through the columns of the Cultivator by what pro- 
cess we can reclaim this land 'i Let us hear from you on 
this important subject. S. F. R. 
Black Jacki La., June, 1859. 
[If deep under-drains will not carry off the excess of 
salt, we know not what will. Will some of our corres- 
pondents, who have had experience, give us a remedy 'i 
—Ed,] 
Corn, Cob, and Meal Mills. — Editor Southern CuU 
tivator — Can you tell me where a good, cheap, and 
serviceable Meal, and Corn and Cob Mill can be pur- 
chased, one furnisning its own horse power I 
How does “Rowe’s Prize Crusher” answer; does it fur- 
nish its own horse power 1 An early reply is respectful- 
ly solicted. Yours, very truly, C. C. S. P. 
Smith’s Point, Texas, Jane, 1859. 
[We do not think Rowe’s Crusher can be made to 
produce good meal for table use. Will not Mr. Rowe 
himself reply to these and similar queries? — E d,[ 
Books on Sheep, &c. — Editor Southern Cultivator — 
As I design to go into sheep raising soon, on a small 
scale, I ask through your journal, the Cultivator, where 
I can obtain a work on the raising of sheep, their treat- 
ment, diseases, &c., who the author, its price, &c. 
Respectfully, your subscriber, E. R. M. 
Moscow, Texas, May, 1859. 
[See list of agricultural books in May number, (1859) 
page 153 . — Ed.] 
Marketing Fruit, &c, — Editor Southern Cultivator — 
I have a fair crop of Peaches, mostly early varieties, and 
I desire some information as to the best mode of packing, 
shipping to New York, &c. Also, the name of a respon- 
sible dealer to whom I can consign them. I am a little 
over one hundred miles from Charleston, and about two 
miles from the railroad. 
Yours respectfully, H. C. 
South Carolina, June 8, 1859. 
Reply. — We do not how we can better subserve the 
interests of “H. C.”, and perhaps many other subscri- 
bers, than by publishing the circular of Messrs. Drew & 
French, No. 6 Erie Buildings, New York city. These 
gentlemen we believe to be honorable, upright and enter- 
prising dealers, and the directions which follow are, in 
the main, correct : 
“Peaches. — ^The growers of fine Peaches, either near by 
or at a distance, who can sucpeed in placing their fruit 
in this market in good order, may expect remunerative 
prices, but they cannot reasonably look for the extrava- 
gant rates of the last two years. 
All things considered, the crate or slatted box is no 
doubt the best style of package for Peaches shipped to 
this market from South of the Delaware, especially where 
facilities exist for making them very cheaply. 
From much experience and observation, we suggest 
for the Southern Peach trade slatted boxes of the follow- 
ing inside dimensions: One bushel each — length 23 
inches; width, 11 1-2 inches; depth, 10 1-2 inches; 
with a partition of one-half to three-quarters of an inch 
thick, equi-distant from each end. 
Two bushels each — length, 29 inches; depth, 14 inches; 
breadth 14 inches ; with a partition one inch thick, equi- 
distant from each end. The bottoms, tops, and ends to 
be made tight — the sides of jopen slats. 
The compartments thus made will contain, respectively, 
half a bushel in the former, and a bushel in the latter ; 
and being nearly in the form of a cube, the same depth 
and pressure of fruit will be maintained in all positions 
of the package. 
This is important, because boat-men and cart-men are 
sure to carry packages of this delicate fruit with great 
roughness, and in any shape that best suits their con- 
venience. 
Peaches, as well as Apples and other fruits, will stand 
long carriage much better if well but not roughly shaken 
down, and filled so full that the lid or cover of the package 
will press down tightly upon the fruit, thus keeping it 
from shifting or bruising by the motion of the carriage or 
rail car. For this purpose, tight instead of slatted covers 
are necessary. 
Carriages and cars with well-adjusted springs should 
always be used for Peaches. 
At the commencement of the season, and for very 
choice fruit, smaller packages would be desirable, holding 
say half a bushel ; and it would pay well to wrap the 
fruit in paper clippings, or wrap it in soft white paper, as 
is customary with oranges. 
Our experience indicates that if Peaches could be 
thoroughly cooled before packing, and then packed in 
very tight boxes, they would reach their destination in 
much better order than by the ordinary mode. Where 
there is opportunity to cool them properly, the experi- 
ment of light packing is worth a trial. 
