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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
DR. BRABWEDL’S PROPOSITION. 
It is, perhaps, not known to some of the readers of the 
Cultivator, that Dr Bradwell, of Bainbridge, Ga,, has 
offered to be one of one hundred men, who will give 
SIOOO each for the establishment of an Agricultural Col- 
lege in Georgia. We have the satisfaction of announcing 
that H. D. Cole, Esq.-, of Marietta, seconds this propo- 
sition of Dr. Bradwell, by expressing his willingness to 
be one of the hundred men. Mr. Cole adds, that if the 
requisite number be made up and the Institution should 
be established near Marietta, he will give to it SlOOO per 
annum for five years. Planters and Farmers of Georgia, 
will you consummate this noble purpose I God has 
favored you most abundantly. There never was a period 
in our history more propitious than the present for the 
success of su:h an undertaking. Such an institution is 
greatly needed. The ordinary course of education, not in 
reference to professional men, but to those who are to 
manage Agricultural interests demands material modifica- 
tion. We shall enter very fully into the examination of 
this subject in the next issue of the Cultivator. In the 
meantime, we ask those whose interest in the subject of 
Agriculture is great, and whose fortunes have been so 
prospered as to furnish them with liberal means, whether 
it be not in their power without inconvenience to com- 
plete that which has been so handsomely begun. By the 
precedents which have been set we may be assured of 
aid from the State to an amount equal to the extent of 
private subscription. H. 
A “FAMIEY SCHOOE.” 
To Parents or Guardians who desire to educate their 
daughters or wards in a well-ordered Christian family, in a 
perfectly healthy locality, surrounded by beautiful scenery, 
and far removed from all the temptations and distracting 
influences of cities or “citified” villages, we cannot too ear- 
nestly recommend the “ Boarding School for Young 
Ladies,” just commenced at Kingston, Ga., by the accom- 
plished daughters of our Associate, Rev. Mr. Howard. 
This School is limited to a moderate number of pupils, 
and it presents very rare advantages to all who prefer 
giving their daughters a solid and useful, rather than a 
merely superficial and showy, education. [See advertise- 
ment on cover of present number ] b. r. 
TO ADVERTISERS. 
The Cultivator advertising sheets offer one of the very 
best advertising mediums in the country, and the follow- 
ing paragraph deserves the careful attention of every busi- 
ness man : 
“Some say ‘they cannot afford to advertise.’ In this 
country, where everybody reads the newspapers, the 
man must have a thick skull who does not see that those 
are the cheapest and best mediums through which he can 
speak to the public, where he can find customers. Put 
on the appearance of business and generally the reality 
will follow. The farmer plants his seed, and while he is 
sleeping his corn and potatoes are growing. So with ad- 
vertising. While you are eating, or sleeping, or convers- 
ing with one set of customers, your advertisement is being 
read by the hundreds and thousands of persons who never 
saw you, and never would have heard of you, had it not 
been for your advertisement in the newspapers.” 
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
Correction. — Editors Southern Cultivator — Sometime 
since I directed a small note to Col. John R. Stanford, of 
Clarksville, Ga., on the subject of his Wild Oats, which 
note I find published in your jou.inal. In said note I per- 
ceive a small error which I wish you to correct in your 
next number. In the first line, the word “respecting” 
should be requesting-, and again on the next line, “is re- 
ceived,” should be, has been received. 
Your obedient servant, 
Henry McKenzie. 
TallaAega, Ala., Jane 10, 1859. 
“ Minus Cotton” — A New Sort. — Editors Southern 
Cultivator — A few days since my overseer brought me a 
stalk of cotton, and, as it is something uncommon, I 
thought I would enclose to you one of the bolls, asking 
.your opinion what was the reason there was no lint made 
on this stalk as well as on the balance of cotton near it. 
Enclosed, I send you one of the opened bolls with seed 
in it, and a part of a green unopen boll. By this you will 
see there is no lint on either. 
Many persons have seen this stalk of cotton, and none 
of them have ever seen any other cotton like it. 
I think the name of Minus CoLtoid' appropriate to it. 
I am respectfully, J. P. D. 
Cherokee County, Texas, 1858. 
[This Cotton seems to have suffered from disease, or is 
a singular “sport” of nature. We have never seen any- 
thing like it befoi'e, and can assign no reason for the odd 
freak presented by the seed before us. Texas is a “great 
country,” but her glory will soon wane if her cotton 
stalks get into the habit of producing all seed and no lint. 
Will notour planting friends, there, put a stop to this 
state of things at once I — Eds. 
To Kill Sw'eet Gqm Trees, &c., &c. — Editors S^nUh- 
ern Cultivator — Cut round them in the month of August 
and they will die, root and branch. 
Willow can be killed by skinning them in the month 
of May. 
The above I have learned by experience. 
Nankin Cotton will not pay. I made a bale several 
years ago, but could find no one who wanted it. I gave 
it to the old ladies in my neighborhood, who spun and 
wove it on shares; and never do I want to see Nankin 
Cotton again. It will mix with other cottons, and on red 
lands one cannot find it when it opens without looking 
very close. 
As regards the burning of forests, “J.’s” ideas coincide 
with mine, precisely. It should be done before the trees 
put out. L. S. J. 
Correction. — Please correct the signature to the article, 
“Dignify and Exalt Agriculture,” in the May number of 
your journal. Instead ofB. F. K., it should be B. F. R. 
Your friend and reader, 
B.F. R. 
Near Okalona, M(ss., May, 1859. 
Lime, &c. — I have been a regular subset iber to the 
Cultivator for some 15 years, and have learned some valu- 
able information from it, and I expect to send on my dol- 
lar as long as I and the Southern Cultivator both lives. 
But I have not found in it, to my satisfaction, the best 
mode for using Lime as a manure ; and as we have an 
abundance of it in my county (Jackson, Fla ,) I would be 
much pleased to see something more from your correspon- 
dents on that subject. 
Hoping that 1 may live many years yet, and that your 
journal may still go on to live and increase in subscribers 
