PEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOgTHEBN AGEICffLTPEE. 
i VOL. XIV 
WILLIAM S. JONES, Publisher, 
AUGUSTA, GA., FEBRUARY, 1856 . 
NO. 2. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., ind D. REDMOND, Editors. 
gy SEE TERMS ON LAST PAGE. 
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I WOEK FOR THE MONTH— (FEEETJAEY.) 
i THE PLANTATION. 
I Corn. Continue plowing for this crop, breaking up 
I very deep, and using all the manure you can “rake and 
; scrape”— unless your land is naturally rich. You can, 
I however, scarcely manure Corn too highly— it will appro- 
priate all the food you offer it, in the growing season. — 
Manure heavily, plov: deep, and plant as eo.rly as the season 
will admit, if you wish to have full cribs next fall. 
Cotton. Push steadily forward, also, your preparations 
for Cotton planting— have your “beds” thrown up deep 
I and mellow, and get a “stand” as early in the season as 
1 possible. We are not aware of any recent marked im- 
i provement in the cultivation of our “great staple;” thougli 
the practice of our best planters, as heretofore detailed in 
these pages, might be more widely adopted, with profita- 
ble results. Who will give us a short and practical, but 
comprehensive, treatise on this most important subject, for 
our March number 1 Many of our new subscribers can- 
not obtain the back volumes of the Cultivator; and we 
desire that all interests be fully and fairly represented in 
our journal. Let our best and most successful Cotton 
planters speak out ! 
Spring Oats should now be sown as soon as possible. 
Irish Potatoes may be planted, and Sweet Potatoes bed- 
; ded out for the production of “draws,” the last of the 
! month. 
Pences must be repaired, and put in order for the season. 
Hedges of the Osage Orange, Macartney and Cherokee 
Rose, Evergreen Thorn, &c., &c., may still be set out, 
though the season is growing late. (See article on Hedges 
I in present number.) 
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 
, The operations of the Gardener must now commence in 
good earnest. In order to secure a regular and abundant 
supply of good vegetables, the garden must be put in a 
thorough condition at once. See remarks of last month, 
under this head. 
Cabbage and Lettuce may now be transplanted safely, 
provided some means are adopted to protect them from 
the frost. Sow Peas, Radishes, Cabbage, Beets, Carrots, 
Lettuce, Salsafy, Spinage, Parsley, Parsnips, Pot Herbs, 
e.,(^c. Plant a full crop oi Irish Potatoes, and try, latter 
part of the month, a few hills of early Corn, &c. Pre- 
pare Hot Beds for the propagation of Tomatoes, Pepper, 
Egg Plant, (^c. Dress Asparagus beds, using salt libe- 
rally on the surface. 
THE ORCHARD AND FRUIT GARDEN 
Set out the Peach, the Phcm, the Apple, the Pear, the 
Qfttnce, the Pig, the Pomegranate, the Grape, the Straio- 
berry, the Rasplerry, nod all other desirable kinds of fruit 
and ornamental trees and vines. Examine Peach trees 
for the worm, and Apple trees for the borer, and dig those 
depredators fi-om their hiding places with the sharp end of 
your knife. Heap leached ashes around your Peach trees 
from the "collar” to the height of 3 or4 inches above the 
surface of the ground. Work around all your fruit trees 
stirring the ground well as far as the branches extend’ 
and applying a good top-dressing of manure. Cover the 
surface with leaves, pine straw, or loose manure, to the 
depth of4 or 3 inches, so that the roots may be protected 
Irom drouth, and nourishment imparted to them durin.r the 
growing season. ^ 
Graft choice varieties of the Plum upon wild Chickasaw 
stock ; “whip graft” the Peach, the Apricot, and the Nec- 
tarine upon the same, inserting the scion near the ground. 
(See "Root Grafting,” elsewhere.) The Peach may also be 
successfully grafted on its own root, by digging it up 
and cutting in the tap-root freely. Use as ligltures. 
strips of cloth, dipped in grafting wax. and in planting, 
place the insertion of the graft an inch or two below the 
surface. 
Cuttings. Many plants and fruit trees grow readily 
from cuttings, and this is by far the simplest and easiest 
method of propagation. Among fruit trees peculiarly 
adapted to this climate, which strike freely from cuttings, 
the Fig, iho, Quince, and the Pomegranate are deserving 
of especial attention. Now is the time to put them into 
the ground. Let your cuttings be from 12 to 18 inches 
long, and at least half an inch in diameter— plant in 3 feet 
rows, 1 foot apart, in rich moist soil, leaving but one or 
