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fied I am, however, that it would be better for the country 
at large to return to the former custom of rearing and 
using horses. I have, I admit, a kind of instinctive love 
for the noble horse, and I may have a kind of antipathy 
towards the mule ; at any rate, I think a decided “fancy” 
of the latter animal shows a perversion of taste, almost a 
monstrosity. 1 do not know but that the employment of 
the mule in the refined service of drawing the carriage 
and the buggy— service so appropriately belonging .to his 
superior, the horse — is one of the causes of a degeneracy 
of taste and lack of refinement. 
The remedy of the evil we are speaking of is easily 
suggested. It is to return to the rearing of stock as na- 
ture has made them. Raise HORSES, Let every mare in 
the country be employed as a breeder. Let the beautiful, 
graceful colts, such.as v/e used to see every spring, when 
we were a boy, appear upon all our farms. Let more at- 
tention be paid to the selection of such breeds of horses as 
are needed for farming purposes, as well as other uses, 
and, most naturally, the evil of the enormous, unnoAuroI 
prices now demanded for horses will soon be numbered 
among the things of the past. 
^July, 1859. 
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AUGUSTA, GA: 
VOL. XVII., No. 9.; .SEPTEMBER, 1859. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Tile Drainage for Rice Plantations.— J. A. S.— 
We shall be glad to receive the promised article for pub- 
lication. 
Suffolk Pigs— J. Do B.— Address Dr. M. W. 
Phillips, Edwards, Miss. 
Mendenhall’s Hand Loom — Jas T. C.— We are not 
qualified to judge fully the merits of this machine, but 
have a favorable opinion of it. Address : Wm. Hill, or 
W, B. Griffin, Augusta, Ga. 
Farming as a “Profession.” — 0. M. K. — If your 
son ha,s “more talent than ordinary boys,” we cannot see 
why he may not find full scope for it in the pursuit of 
Agriculture and its kindred and collateral branches. 
What says the poet 7 
“ Would you be strong 7 Go follow up the plow ; 
Would you be thoughtful 7 Study fields and flowers ; 
Would you be wise 7 Take on yourself a vow 
To go to school in nature’s sunny bowers. 
Fly from the city ; nothing there can charm — 
Seek wisdom., strength and virtue on a farm ” 
"^ooKs. — A S — We have published the list, with prices, 
&c , in a back number of present volume, which see. 
Utley’s Plow, — Dr. L S. G. — This implement has 
been woderfully improved, of late, and we will give cuts 
and descriptions of it in our next number. 
Pruning the Grape. — W. M. H. — We have pro- 
cured the necessary cuts to illustrate Grape pruning, and 
they will appear in our next. 
Sugar Cane — Syrup, &c. — J. B. — We sent you the 
desired pamphlet, August 13. Also, Treatise on Grape 
Culture, &c. 
Pear Culture in the South. — H. L. — We will com- 
mence the re-publication of the able Essay of our friend. 
Dr. Berckmans, in our next number. 
Wine Making, &c. — A Subscriber. — See .August 
number of Southern Cultivator (1859) page 247 ; also, 
“Grape Culture and Wine making in the South,” which 
we will send per mail for four letter stamps (12c.) if you 
will send us your address. 
Agricultural Books — R. F. P., M. D. — All the 
books you desire maybe had per mail from A. 0. Moore 
& Co., 140 Fulton street. New York. 
BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, PAPERS, &C., 
Received at the Ojice of the Southern Cultivator since 
our last issue. 
From A. O. Moore & Co , Agricultural Book Pub- 
lishers, 140 Fulton st , New York: 
“ Moore’s Rural Hand Books,” 2 vols. Third and 
Fourth Series. 
“Country Life. x\ Handbook of Agriculture, Horti- 
culture, and Landscape Gardening,” &c., &c. 
“The xAnatomy and Physiology of the Horse,” etc. By 
Dr. Geo. H D^^dd. 
“Agricultural Essays.” By Edmund Ruffin, of Va. 
“Stray Leaves from the Book of Nature.” By M- 
Schele De Verb, of the University of Virginia. 
“ Langstroth on the Honey Bee.” 
“Mysteries of Bee Keeping Explained” By M. 
Quinby, Practical Bee Keeper. 
“Hints to Horsekeepers,” &c. By Henry William 
Herbert. 
From Harper & Brothers, New York: 
“The American Home Garden,” etc. By Alexander 
Watson. 
From Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia: 
“ A Manual of Scientific and Practical Agriculture, for 
the School and the Farm.” By. J. L Campbell, A. M., 
Prof of Physical Science, &c. 
From Robert Clarke & Co,, Cincinnati, Ohio : 
“ The Microscopist’s Companion. A Popular Manual 
of Practical Microscopy.” By John King, M. D. 
From A. D. Hammett, E^q , of Hammett, Cherokee co., 
Georgia : 
Two quaint old volumes (of 1802) on Gardening, en- 
titled “ Rural Recreations,” for which Mr. Hammett has 
our best thanks. . 
The foregoing will be noticed more at length hereafter. 
We have also received the following Periodicals, Papers , 
&c., all of v/hich are worthy the attention of the reader: 
“Supplemental Catalogue of Fruit Trees,” &c., &c., 
culiivated at “Fruitland Nurseries,” Augusta, Ga. By 
P. J. BercKxMans & Co. 
“Annexed Catalogue of Trees, cultivated at Gloaming 
Nursery,” 1859 and 1860. Clarksville, Habersham co., 
Ga. By Jarvis Van Buren. 
“Pear Culture in the South.” An Essay, &c., &c. 
By L. E. Berckmans, of Augusta, Ga. 
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