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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
CONTENTS OF JANUARY NUMBER. 
Page 9 
Work for tlie Month - 
PLANTATION ECONOMA’ AND MISCELLANY. 
A Cbaptor on Fish— FL^h Ponds and Artificial FLsh 
mg. 
Fertility not a (inality of Sofi. ------- 
Negro Houses — Plantation HospitaLs 
The Sugar Growth hi Loui.siana 
Soap Making— Information Wanted 
Planting in Jetter.son, &c - - - 
Hililreth’s Iron Gang Plow (Illustrated) 
Sletcorology for the Farmers 
Ghange of Food for Horses - 
The Vermont Wind-5Hill (Illustrated) ■ - 
“Eastern Division” and “East Tennessee ’ Fairs. 
l.,eveling or Grading Instrument 
€rop of Sugar _- - - 
Bermuda Grass — Its Varieties 
A Dirt -Eating Horse 
Distemper in Dogs 
Wheat Raising in Louisiana 
Sugar Planting in Louisiana 
Gurmg Pork, Beef, &c - - - - - 
Galifornia Timothy and Carnation Clover 
Make Labor Fashionable 
EDITORIAL. 
1856! 1856! 
SOUTHERN CUETIVATOR, 
A MOINTSII.Y JOUISNALr 
DLVOTEI) TO SOUTHERN AGRIC'UETUKK, HOKTK’UETURE. STOCK 
BREEDING, I'OULTRY, BEE.S, GENER.VE 
FAR.H ECONOMY, &C. 
■Page 24 
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An.swers to Correspondents. 
Fonrteeiith Volume of the Cultivator. 
The Montgomery (Ala.) Fair 
Premiums — 
Domestic Economy, Recipes &.c 
Nankeen Cotton Seed 
Fish Ponds 
To Correspondents, &c., &c 
Agricultural and Horticultural Publications 
First attempt at Breeding Fish Artificially 
? 5 ingle White Macartney Rose 
Lime for Manure — Freight on the State Road 
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper 
Opinions of the Press 
horticultural DEPARTMENT. 
Number of Trees or Plants on one Acre Page 31 
Transplanting Fruit Trees 
Southern Seedling Apples - 
Notee on Pears, Ac - - - 
Plants for Hanging Vases (Ul^st.rated). 
The. Herhemont Grape, &c — Letter from Nicholas Long 
worth. Esq .. 
New Garden Pot (Illustrated) „ 
Grafting or Budding 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
HUdreth’s Iron G.ang Plow ^ 
The VeiTiiont Wind-Mill „ ~ 
Plants for Hanging Vases .. ' 
New Garden Pot.., 
Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., and D. P.EDMOND, Editors. 
The Fourteenth Volume, vvHli luauy new and valuable 
improvements, eommeuces in 
January, lS5(i. 
The CULTIVATOR is a huge octavo of Thirty-Two pagns, 
forming a volume of 384 pages in the year. It is devoted e.xciuM-ly 
to the improvement of Planting, Gardening, Fruit-Grov.ing, aud the 
o-eneral ntral interests of the South ; and contahis more reading mat- 
ter than any similar publication in the Cotton-growmg States. Its 
Editors are men of experience in their respective departments, 
and it is well tilled with the most 
Valuable Original Contributions 
from the most intelligent ajiCi practical Planters, Farmers and Hor- 
ticulturists in every section of the South and Southwest. 
TERMS. 
ONE Copy, one year $1 I Twenty-ITve Copies $20 
Six Copies “ 5 I One Huni'Red copies 75 
ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. No paper sent uule.ss the cash 
accompanies the order. 
The Buis of all specie-paying Banks, and Post OcQce Stamps, 
received at par. , , , 
Remittanuces, by mail (post-paid) will be at the Puhnsher s risk. 
Advevtisiement.s 
Inserted at ONE Dollar per square of twelve lines, each insertion ; 
One square, per annum, Ten Dollars. 
Address WM. JONF.S, Au^nstn, <7a. 
rj^Person.s wlio will act as AGENTS, aiul obtain SUBSCRI- 
BERS, will be furnished with the paper at club prices. 
'iO AGRICULTUKAL AND HORTlCULTURALj 
SOCIETIES. 
E would particularly invite the attention of those Soc>tie.s, 
■’ ‘ir I’l'ciiiiiiin Li-^ts 
hich are pe- 
PRE.MIUM STRAWBERRY PLANTS! 
NOW IS THE TIME ! I 
"t pHIRTY Premium varieties, including 
I HOVEY’S SEEDLING, LONGWORTHS PLOLIIK, Mo- 
AVOYS’ SUPERIOR, BLACK PRINCE, CRESCLN V SELI> 
LING CRIMSON CONE, Ac., mav be obtained m large or small 
(inautities from the subscriber. Plants properly set out in Novem 
her or December, ivill bear abundant crops of tnnt the following 
•^orhnr See November (185.5) miniher of Ao nth ern Caltirn 
for full directions, which will he fimiished to all purchaser-- l ' re 
of Plants 50 cent.- per r^^n, or from $1 to S3 per huiulud. ’Ihc 
pb'oTs c-iu b'C nacked iWIP to go almost .any distance m penect con- 
dition. ' All varieties warranted true to name, 
attended to. Address 
Kov.VY-tf. Augusta., Ga. 
w- who are about to niako up their Prenaiim Li.ds for 1856, to 
our large collection of AGRlCULfi URAL BO(iKS, 
culiarly adapted for ITcmiums. 
The awarding of Agricultural Book.- in place _ot .-mall MoQey 
Premiums has been extinsivel.^dopted, aud h.o.- given the highest 
satisfaction. ^ 
ADVANTAGES OF THIS VLAN. 
It promotes the disseminatioa of mucii ueodod infonnation among 
Farmers. 
It combines the Advantages of a Diploma ivith a premum ot in- 
trinsic value. 
It substitutes a Pennanont -ind Expros.-ivc- Ti-kon oi Honor tor 
the pittance which i- frccim utly Immiliathig to the redpieut. 
It avoids the fos'ering of a a mercenary spirit among comi>etitors 
and better conqioii - with the dignity of an lioimi able cinulalion be- 
tween friends and neiglilKirs. r. a * 
We will take iiieasure in fnrn.shu'g to applicants a CAT A- 
LtRi UE of our jaibiicatious ^vllich -we consider nn'st api)ro|>r;aie 
for the use of .Agricultural kSocietie.- for I'remiuins, on which a 
liberal discount vv ill be .given. C. 31. SAXTON K 
AgiicuUiiral Book I'ublishciW, 
It 140 Fnlto n Ni v\ Yor k. 
' RuC HESTER CUTTING KNIVES. 
U’ET^NG < • -• ■ - - - ’ ■’ boot 
J. M. NEWBY, 
(AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.) 
U^T)ER THE UNITED STATES HOTEL, 
a vWE just received the largest and choicest lot of fine: CLO’l II- 
ING they h.avo ever offered to their customers and tne public. 
Those in want of the newest styles of goods are uivitcd l o call and 
look at them. Also, a tine lot of Boys’ and Youths CLO 1 xiING . 
Nov55 — 3t 
^ CARMICHAEL & BEAN. 
EALERS IN HARDWARE, CUTLERY, and AGRiCUIi- 
D 
'rURAL IMPELMENTS, Augusta, Ga. ^ 
We are. also, Agents for the following articles ; — ;'>ALAMAjN.- 
DER SAFES, made by Steams A Marvin, New \ork ; TT'rTLE 
GIAN'r CORN AND "cor. MILLS ; Indian Rnbher BELTING, 
PACKING and HOSE, made by Boston Belting Company; AT- 
KINS’ SELF RAKING REAPER; CIRCULAR SAV S, made 
by Hoc A Go., and Welch A Griffith’s HORSE PO vVLRS ; 1' .4.N 
MILLS, THRESHERS and SMUT MACHINES, 
’ CARMICHAEL A BEAN, 
April55-Cl> Augusta, Ga. 
fTNF the mauv 
\_J> can nov. oi,. 
Straw to Hickory Sticks 
.)au5(i- 
a-ily aud ■ 
I’v fa-t. 
'll A a: 
QEVBR 
O ages. 
DEVON GRADE HEIFER FO 
ON HJ 
TBRAL GRAD 
ages, from excel! 
“Keokuk,” who-e pt iligroe vve 
(1853)Y f ii A lt;; CuLilvator. 
dress 
1 or HALF Dll 
a Mnkiiig (t.iW' 
1 or V 
F., IU( fUF.ETtV, 1 
R. M. Houke, 
Charueton. j 
Ohada.woga. 
MuCREEKY R. 110010; 
C OTTON FA ( ;’(dls. COMMl 
MERCHAN'l S. A . v. n’.s V.' 
g^-'Stnet atremli-,; given o.’ tl "■ 
Manufacturi s, to ;iiO Reccivn-.g an 
tilling of Grdcr.s in thi.- uifirkoi. 
i SALE. 
IIELRS, iff Tr.ffnns 
u by tb; prize Bui., 
'ivpiomb r nt iah(.r 
. <•!' i.ilco. Ac., ad- 
t. LLDMOND. 
A-;l ta, - 3 . 
'•SION AND FORWAFDIKG 
utif, C..:nicrrcn. C. 
:-.;f OI a'l C '.r “Irv i rcbme ajul 
IF rwaThegif U- b-’::, ;:udb> 
F. 1 . 5 — Cl/ 
HOVEVS .bEEOLING STRAVEiEIUlY i'LT.Ni'S. 
r|^EN 'rHCUSAN.D S'rRAVAir.NliY PLANT '. mm year old' 
JL -vi-.ammteAi to bear ni xt sjjring, if pleat; d^ n ; 'rding to tbe 
directienp, which will ’.m uiruii-.niL Fritued dire- 1 ('ns t(V tJ -vir 
cnlturo will be sviu vvii-i the plants when order;' 1. ( -de.s I'-.-m tho 
CGUntrj- seiiiea Price, $2 per lunnlrvd. 5^ .-.1. 1. . ' 
Nov55— tf Bj-oad st., .Lugw ra, t.l a. 
