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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
®|e SMt|eni: Ciiliitator* 
AUGUSTA, GA: 
VOL. xrv. NO. 2 .'.."T..' FEEETJASY, 1856. 
ANSWEES TO COKEESPOK DENTS. 
BfG Head in Horses. — A. S. — The substance of your 
article was published in a previous number. Thanks for 
your efforts in our behalf. 
Locusts. — S. M. B. — Your interesting article was duly 
received, and is on file. 
Camels. — Dr. J G. R. — See article on this subject in 
present number. 
Wind Mills. — E. J. T. — Have replied to your inquir- 
ies per mail. See our January number. 
Lime. — B. L. M. — You are right in supposing that this 
mineral should have “a coat of vegetable matter” to act 
on. Try it on your cotton lands, moderately at first, and 
note the result. 
Roses. — Mrs. A. E. C — Read the excellent article of 
our friend, Nelson, in present number. The varieties 
you desire may be obtained from him, we suppose. Write 
and get a catalogue, immediately, as the season is advanc- 
ing. 
Vineyards. — C. W. — Write Mr. Charles Axt, Craw- 
fordville, Ga, 
List op Agricultural Books. — W. H. D., M.D. — We 
published such a list as you desire in our June num- 
ber, of last year, which see. If not accessible, we will 
endeavor to find room for a similar article hereafter; but 
justice to our permanent subscribers, renders it necessary 
that we avoid such repetition as much as possible. 
Big Head in Horses. — P. P. T. — We have heard of a 
number of remedies, but none that are very reliable. Shall 
be glad to hear from such of our subscribers as can give 
us a specific. 
A New Hedge Plant. — A subscriber in Burnet Co., 
Texas, (M. C. C.) sends us a few seeds of an unknown 
plant, respecting which, he says: — “I also send you some 
seeds of a shrub which, from its appearance, will be a 
valuable hedge plant. It resembles the Alabama Rose, 
having a great many thorns. I am not able to give you 
full description as I have never seen it in the summer. J 
found it last winter, and have not seen it since, till a few 
days ago in passing through the same section of the coun- 
try again, I went to examine it more carefully, and find- 
ing some seed pods on it, I gathered them and planted 
some of them, and send you the balance. I am also test- 
ing whether it can be propagated by cuttings, and will be 
able, after a while, to give you a more accurate descrip- 
tion.” We are obliged for the seed, and will give them a 
trial. 
Ground Peas.— D. J. S. desires the best method of cul- 
tivating Pinders, and wishes to know how many hogs an 
acre will fatten? We have published much on this sub- 
ject heretofore ; but shall be glad of any new light that 
may be given us. 
Lice on Savine.— ;D. J. S. — The Turpentine and Sul- 
phur mixture will do, but it should not be too strong of 
the former. 
Sheep. — W. L. P. — You will find an article on the 
South Down — the best mutton sheep — in our March num- 
ber. 
Hedgk.s. — A. G. R. — We have published so much on 
the culture of the Osage Orange, that w’e fear our readers 
will be surfeited with repetition. See article in present 
number, from the Hortimlturist. It is quite conprehen- 
sive and complete, though not strictly correct on all points. 
We will attend to your other request hereafter. 
Chinese Peach. — W. C. — The fruit you allude to is a 
clingstone, ripening, we believe, in August, and repre- 
sented by good judges to be of strictly first-rote quality — 
indeed, super-excellent. We are propagating it, and shall 
have trees next season. Will be obliged to you for cut- 
tings of the Seedling Peach you speak of. Wrap the 
scions carefully in oiled silk, and send per mail. The 
Mangum Apple Grafts were sent you on 23d of January. 
Lucerne Seed. — J. M. G. — The seed and Willow cut- 
tings were mailed you, Jan. 26th. We have none of the 
•‘Battey Potato” for distribution at present. 
Next Georgia Fair. — W. P. G. — We have not yet 
heard the determination of the Committee, but presume 
that Atlanta will be the location. Address the Secretary, 
Dr. Jas. Camak, Athens, Ga. 
PSEMIUMS-BOOKS AND FEIJIT TREES. 
In awarding the Premiums due our subscribers, we 
have deemed it best not to send Trees, where the cost of 
transportation would exceed the value of the articles sent, 
but to substitute Agricultural Books, which may be safely- 
sent per mail at a small expense. Whenever trees are ex- 
pressly ordered, however, on any of our Railroad or Ex- 
press routes, we will send them forward promptly, as 
soon as the weather will permit. 
It is now (Jan. 26th) altogether too cold to take up or 
pack them. ^ 
PLANTING CORN-DEEP PLOWING. 
No one who has read our journal attentively, heretofore, 
can need to be reminded of the indispensable necessity of 
deep plowing and thorough preparation of land for the 
Corn crop. If there are yet any who doubt the benefit of 
the system which we have so often recommended, let 
them carefully peruse the article of Dr. W. C. Norwood, 
in present number, and note well the vast increase of crop 
resulting from proper preparation of the land and judici- 
ous after-culture. Last year nearly every one made good, 
full crops of Corn, but the present season may not be as 
favorable. Let us repeat, then, that land imperfectly 
broken up will never more than half produce under the 
best system of tillage of a seasonable year, while the pro- 
duct of such land, of a dry season, is almost certain to be 
a failure. It is to the interest of every planter that his 
corn land be deep and thoroughly broken. Not a furrow 
ever should be run of a less depth than ten inches, while 
even fourteen inches would not be too much. The advan- 
tages of deep plowing are so many and so plain to be 
