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'^ines grow spontaneously, and are annually burdened 
with their rich clusters of delicious grapes. What would 
ihey not yield, therefore, if put under a proper system of 
culture 7 
Several gentlemen of this county have given much at- 
tention to this subject, and have already begun the train- 
ing of handsome vineyards. One of these, Mr. Jan es 
Campbell, informs us that for the products of one single 
acre, the past season, he was offered the extraordinary 
sum of ;5500, but refused the proffer. He informs us, 
also, that from single vines, he has gathered as much as 
125 to 150 pounds of grapes, an exuberance that but few 
-spots on the globe can rival. We did not set out to write 
an extended article on this subject, but simply to suggest 
-that the culture of the grape, even here, might be made 
much more profitable than the raising of any other kind 
of crop. — Knoxville (Tenn.) Register. 
THE “RESCUE GRASS.” 
Editors Southerx Cultivator — Having heard a great 
‘deal said in regard to “Iverson’s Fescue Grass,” I will 
herewith give you the result of the little experiment I have 
•made. 
In August, 1854, 1 purchased of my neighbors, Messrs. 
'Titus & Co., a peck of the Rescue Grass Seed. About 
•the 1st of Sept. 1 had it sown after the direction of Mr. 
Iverson, as near as I could have it done by inexperi- 
enced negroes, on a quarter of an acre of rather pipe clay 
or white land ; it came up and grew ofi' finely, and not- 
j withstanding the very hard and dry winter, it continued 
i ’to grow, and was generally remarked by my neighbors 
' and persons passing the road that it surpassed anything 
they had ever seen in the way of grass. 
In April last, I gathered from the quarter of an acre 10 
mushels of clean seed; sowed the same land with Oregon 
Peas, and in September gathered several barrels of Peas, 
;and now have as fair a stand of Rescue Grass as could be 
-desired upon the same land. 
About the Isi of October, I prepared 10 acres of ground 
ii as directed by Mr. Iverson, and sowed it with the seed I 
! gathered from the quarter of an acre, I now believe I 
have a stand of grass on the 10 acres that cannot be beat 
'•by any grass in the United States. I also observe, any- 
I thing that will eat grass at all is remarkably fond of it 
We find it difficult to keep off the chickens and turkeys, 
•and even birds eat it. 
The grass can be seen at my plantation at Union De- 
I pot, 1 1 miles east of Memphis on the Memphis and Ohio 
Railroad . 
Can you inform me whether or not it is sold by weight 
I or measure; if by weight, how many pounds to the 
' bushel! Very respectfully, your ob’t servant, 
. Jas. R. Ferguson. 
Memphis, Tenn., 1855. 
; Remarks. — The “Rescue” has always been sold here 
'by measure. We do not know its weight per bushel. — 
Eds. 
i <JLEAmNG RICE-GARGET IN C0WS-MULBERRIE3. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — At your request I re- 
!(j ply, as far as in my power, to your correspondent, H. D . 
!n relative to the harvesting and cleaning of nice for market. 
I The sickle alone is used for cutting Rice, the labor of cut- 
lb ting being, comparatively, no consideration, and no other 
£ method found to answer so well. With Rice planters 
i there is a regular system which is occasionally deviated 
i' from, to suit circumstances. The most laborious part of 
the harvest is carrying it into the barnyard after it is cut. 
Rice, with us, is prepared only in large pounding mills, 
owned either by large Planters or by persons in our towns, 
who clean it on toll. Many different kinds of mills have 
been tried, but at this time all have given v.'ay to the 
pestle, which has proved the only machine that does the 
work properly. Planters who do not own mills usual- 
ly ship their crops to Charleston or Savannah, where they 
are either sold in the rough, or paddy .state, or sent to the 
mills on the planter’s account and pounded on toll. For 
our domesticiLse, we pound in a common v/ooden mortar, 
which is very slow work and breaks the grain badly, but 
we thus have it always fresh and free from the musty 
taste which is acquired after having been cleaned some 
time. The machine to which you call attention would 
supply a great want, if it can do what the Inventors 
think ; but so many machines that promised well failed 
upon trial, that planters are not anxious to try any more 
at their own expense. 
Garget or Sore Teats in Cows is said to be readily cured 
by giving hydriodate of potash in doses of 5 to 10 grains 
in each feed until cured. I have this from both private 
and public authority, but have never tried it, as the dis- 
ease is unknown to me. 
One of your correspondents, some time since, wished to 
know wdiether the Chinese Black Mulberry {morusiiigra) 
had been tried, and hov/ it had been found to succeed. I 
have had both the White and Black, very different from 
the varieties used for feeding silk worms, in cultivation 
since 1837, and have found them adopted to our climate. 
They both bear large and fine fruit, the white most abun- 
dantly. The white budded upon the Morus Macrophylla 
or Morettiana, grows very vigorously, bears abundantly; 
ripening later than the common varieties, and forms a 
handsome shade tree. The black budded upon the same 
stock has lived, but grown very little apparently, because 
the stock is unsuitable. The fruit is large and very high 
flavored when fully ripe, but excessively sour before, and. 
not ripening until in June or July. Neither of them will 
grow from cuttings, but take readily from buds inserted in 
either the Multicauiis or common white, probably the 
black would do best upon our native red variety. I can 
send cuttings of the white and a few of the black to your- 
self or such of your correspondents as will .send me the 
stamps necessary to prepay w^hat ,they may de.sire. I 
v/ould be very glad to get some cuttings of the Hicks 
variety to cultivate for feeding hogs. 
Yours respectfully, R. C. 
Beaufort, S. C., Jan., 1856. 

SPAYING CQV/S. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — Will some of the 
many readers of the Cultivator , who have experience on. 
the subject, give me information in regard to Spaying 
Cow^s? — what sea.son is best! — how the animal is confin- 
ed ! — how the operation is performed ! I wish informa- 
tion so plain that a Dutchman can understand it. 
When cows get a little advanced in age they are hard 
to keep through the winter and frequently die in the 
spring — a total loss to the farmer. If the operation could 
be performed without endangering the life of the animal, 
they could be easily converted into good beef in the fall 
on our rich pea fields. It would certainly be a great sav- 
ing. Yours truly, L. T. 
Remarks. — See article in present number. We ore net 
aware that the mode of operation drfRrs from that usually 
practised with swine. — E ds. 
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