SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
both sides, recover in the same time that yours will which 
is plowed on one side and damaged one-half, and then, 
in ten days, plowed on the other side, and damaged the 
other half] Here is the question, whether the advantage 
derived from stirring the ground is equal or more than the 
disadvantage of breakiftg the roots; if more, why, then, 
not plow on both sides'? and if less, it must be wrong to 
plow ccrn at all when the season is dry. A. 1). 
Madison Co., Tcnn., 1855. 
Remarks. — The roots of Corn ought never to be broken 
at all. The frequent culture oi ihQ mxiAce, quite shallow, 
in dry weather, is the true system ; but the earth cannot 
be broken up too deep before planting. — Eds. 
SWEET POTATOES-A POOR CROP m TEXAS. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — Having made a grand 
failure in my potatoe crop this season, and that unex- 
pectedly to myself and friends, I am induced to trou- 
ble you for a little information. 
Wy mode of culture was this : I cleared and broke, 
with three yoke of oxen, about one acre of greyish sandy 
land, peculiar to Texas, and harrowed all the roots up and 
threw them out ; then ridged my land (with wing plows) 
about three feet apart, or perhaps three and a half, and 
planted about one- third of the patch with the potatoe, 
from which 1 drew sprouts enough to plant the balance, 
as the season would admit, and when the vines began to 
run I plowed them, and drew the dirt back nicely with 
hoes, keeping them clear of the grass, weeds and bushes. 
1 expected to realize a large quantity of potatoes, from the 
appearance of the soil, and the thrifty appearance of the 
vine, but will not raise more than one fourth of a crop. 
Now, friend Cultivator, will you please give me a lift 'I 
For I am a little “down in the mouth” from disappoint- 
ment. Hoping to hear from you soon through your val- 
uable paper, I subscribe myself. 
Yours truly, H. 
Beaver, Texas, Nov. 1855. 
P. S. — What kind of manures are best adapted to pota- 
toes, the land being sandy '? 
Remarks. — We see no good reason U‘hy our friend 
should not have raised a fair crop of Potatoes, unless his 
land was deficient in the proper vegetable and mineral 
constituents. Let him try a heavy top-dressing of leaf- 
mould and ashes, and “cow-pen” manure, or a few bush- 
els of Gypsum to the acre, and report on the result. — Eds. 
OLLAPODRIDA-IiTATTERS AND THINGS. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — We, away off here in 
Arkansas, hardly ever get your valuable paper until to- 
wards the last of the month, consequently we lose the 
benefit of the instructions under the head of Work for the 
Month, but still we read a good many instructions in 
various other cases, and benefit by not a few. 
Among the many says in your paper I would like to 
have a say, not because I am vain enough to think I am 
smart enough to write for a pape-, but any little informa- 
tion I may be possessed with that might benefit others I 
consider it my duty to give. Don’t look for system in 
what I shall say— if you do, you will be most awfully 
mistaken. L. Y. Fulso.vi gives you a remedy for Poll- 
Evil in Horses ; I will give you one more simple and con- 
venient, viz: after it opens, fill it with salt (pack it in 
hard and Cull) which will cause it to disch'arge matter 
very freely for some time ; and in two or three weeks it 
will be soundly healed. I presume it would vOst 
Fistula, 
I ean bear testimony in favor of “M. S.’s” remedy 
Hollow Horn, only 1 would not measure the spirits 
Turpentine w’ith a tablespoon. You can not use iSi'se 
freely, if you don’t vvaste it. 
I agree with “A. S.,” as to the causes. I had twoexe?: 
affected (horns and tails) in July last, caused, I fee! 
tain, from over-heat. J annointed the back or top of^heK 
heads with spirits of turpentine, and split their tails -asjd 
they speedily recovered, I believe, from experience, iss. 
disease in the head produces (don’t all pounce on meai 
once) the disease in the horns and tail. 1 am forced^ls? 
this conclusion from having had an ox, some three 
since, (while running in a good pea pasture) to t>ecJ5>nst 
badly diseased ; being a butthead, I, of course, thought i; 
wasn’t the hollow horn, though I discovered that his 'heaid 
was badly diseased. I then examined the other en-d -sis&d 
found a hollow in the tail, and so I split the tail, sm«k-€£ 
the nose, and annointed the back of the head freely wstit 
spirits of turpentine, and he got well, minus the b«sl>- 
end of his tail, but it was like the miller squeezing 
heaven. 
I will take this opportunity of thanking Mr. C, Austsej 
and M for their remedies for Blind Staggers 
Pneumonia in Hogs, as the disease in my hogs parta^KS 
of the nature of both. The next liogs I have take it, I stli 
try both remedies, and, perhaps, inform them of 
suit. The disease stopped among my hogs last spring,'! 
presume, for want of material to operate on, as all diedS^ 
a few case hardened ones. 1 shall look for a return -©fij, 
soon, as I now have a few more pigs, I wish sssss- 
one would give me a prevaitive for the disease. 
Nuts for “J. A.T.” to Crack. — Is smut in wheat 
production of weak grains'? if so, will good fanning des- 
troy them? if not, what is it caused by? Is Rust ^ 
wheat a disease, or is it the sign of a disease ? if either -gi 
both, what causes it ? 
Now, Messrs. Editors, by way of closing this scribl^e/i 
will inform you that I have been trying to get subscribecs: 
to your paper ever since I have taken it, but could 
succeed until last 4th of July. We met to celebrate 
day, and, at my suggestion, we formed an Agricult^mi 
Society, which, so far as I know, is the only one in €4ir 
State. At the next meeting I obtained 8 subscribers, aisC 
I intend to swell the list to, at least, 20, and will siess^ 
them, with cash, in due time for new volume. 
Respectfully, Sast,. 
Lehi, Ark., 1 855 
SCOURS IN COLTS— MUEHAIN, ETC, 
Editor.s Southern Cultivator — I see in the 
ber (! 8551 number of the S'jutkern Cultivator, that 
friend of Ready ville is down upon my remedy for scxy&sv 
in colts, and considers it certain death. I can assure 
that he is entrely mistaken ; for I have tried it mysdi: 
with the most perfect success, or I should never havese^^ 
It to you for publication. The do.se, however, is fort. 
colt over six weeks old, and a violent attack, Dimieaisfc 
according to age and violence of attack. I have a JifiessC 
who says he has administered it to colts when they were 
so prostrated as to be unable to stand, and in a few Saoiict 
were up and sucking. 
The murrain is raging here. What is the best remeSj 
to cure that disease? 1 advised a friend of mine to takes;; 
half-pound of pokeroot,cutin thin slices, put in twoquaetc 
water, and boil down to one quart; when cool, pour dew. 
the cow, bull or ox. Give the above dose twice adayik 
two or three days. He informs me that he has saved 
he has given the above dose to. 
I am, gentlemen, yours truly. W. Tubkss. 
Jasper, Venn., 1855. 
