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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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AUGUSTA, GA: 
VOL. XIV. NO, 5 - 
...MAT, 1856. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
“Cow Balls.” — W. A. M. — The ball sent us is curious 
and rather unusual in this part of the country. It shall be 
disposed of (to the Medical Museum) as you suggest. 
Premiums. — J. S. G. — You are mistaken in regard to 
our offer. We did not propose to give each individual sub- 
scriber any other prize than our paper, in exchange for 
his dollar — that would be “too much of a good thing” — 
the prize books, &c., were intended for such enterprising 
friends as have sent us clubs of 5 or more names and the 
money, for the Cultivator ; and the books have all been 
mailed to those entitled to them. 
“Gardening for the South.” — J. C. — This is a most 
excellent work, and should be in the hands of every man 
■who cultivates a rod of ground. We have distributed a 
large number of copies, as premiums, among those of our 
readers who have assisted us in circulating our journal. 
See Mr. White’s advertisement, and a more extended 
editorial notice in present number, The price is ;$1 25. 
Cotton Lands. — Wm P. B. — A recent visit to South- 
Western Georgia, enables us to answer your questions: 
The lands in the neighborhood of Albany, Dougherty Co., 
are among the very finest cotton lands we have ever seen, 
and with the large “force” you speak of, you could, doubt- 
less, fully realize your most sanguine calculations. The 
S. W. Rail Road has its terminus at Americas now; but 
will be extended to Albany very soon — probably within 
12 months. Address Col. W. W. Cheever, Albany, Ga., 
in regard to this and other matters alluded to. We think 
well of your last proposition. 
Spavin in Horses. — A Subscriber. — We find no very 
definite course of treatment laid down for this disease. 
Youatt says: “Repeated blisters will usually cause either 
the absorption of the bony deposite, or the abatemement 
or removal of the inflammation of the ligaments ; or, as 
a last resource, the heated iroa may be applied.” He also 
recommends the use of Spavined horses in the plow, in 
preference to giving them fast work on the road ; which 
advice is obviously founded on good sense. 
Budding Trees, &c. — H. B. — You will find full direc- 
tions, with illustrations, in “Gardening for the South,” 
noticed elsewhere. Send Wm. N. White, Athens, Ga., 
Si 25, and he will send you a copy per mail. 
Stinging Scorpion— J. A. C. — The “insect” sent us is 
very curious, and shall be preserved in our cabinet of cu- 
riosities. Many thanks for your attention. 
Sheep Raising. — W. C. H — You should take the Wool 
Grower, a most excellent 3)1 journal, published monthly at 
Rochester, N. Y. Read, also, “Randall’s Sheep Husband- 
ry” — the back volumes of the Cultivaior, &c. Our own 
experience in this branch has been too limited to enable 
us to answer your other questions in full. We are forced 
to answer all inquires of general interest through our pa- 
per, or not at all ; as our time does not allow ub to ■w'rite 
many private letters on agricultural topics. 
The crowded state of our columns precludes the 
answer of many other inquiries on various subjects, until 
our next issue. 
OHIO WHTE-VINE PROSPECTS IN THE SOUTH. 
Robert Buchanan, Esq., of Cincinnati, Ohio, (who is 
well and favorably known as a successful vintner, and the 
author of perhaps the best American treatise on Grape 
Culture and Wine Making) has very kindly forwarded 
us a few bottles of his wines, as an indication of the pre- 
sent stage of the enterprise in Ohio. The brands sent us 
were “Sparkling Catawba,” (still) “Catawba,” and “Wine 
of the Schuylkill Grape,” and, so far as we can judge, were 
all very excellent samples of pure and unadulterated wirve 
— such as we hope soon to have in abundance in Georgia 
and other States of the South, if Grape Culture is prose- 
cuted with the spirit and perseverance which it deserves. 
We are hardly prepared to give our reader* a full or 
correct account of what has already been done among .U3 
in this direction ; but we may mention that Mr. Axt — 
who is the practical leader of the new enterprise among 
us — has already established extensive Catawba Vino- 
yards near Dalton, Crawfordville, Augusta and Washings 
ton, Ga.; at and near Montgomery, Ala.; in the upper 
portion of South Carolina, and perhaps elsewhere ; and 
that our neighbors on the other side of the Savannah, 
Gov. Hammond, Mr. Lamar, and other gentlemen, have 
entered largely into the culture of the Grape, expressly for 
Wine Making. The writer has also many thousand 
vines of the different varieties {Catawba, Isabella^ 
Warren, Scuppefnong, &c.) under cultivation, and 
intends devoting still more time and space to this most at- 
tractive and promising branch of industry, hereafter. Dr. 
McDonald, and our correspondent, “A. C.” (both of 
Woodward, S. C.) have been long and successfully en- 
gaged in Grape Culture and Wine Making, on an extei> 
sive scale ; and the Scuppernong Vineyard of Mr. Weller, 
ofNorth Carolina, is loo well known to need any descrip- 
tion. The sample of “Warren Madeira” sent us, last year, 
by our friend. Nelson, (from the vineyard of Mr. Leary, 
of Monroe Co., Ga.,) was pronounced by two of the very 
best connoiseurs in America, to be equal, if not superior to 
the finest imported article ; and the trial of Axt’s eight 
weeks’ old “Still Catawba” last season, in this city, by 
most competent judges, was altogether satisfactory and 
encouraging. 
We believe from all the lights before us, that v.are TFlne 
and of better quality can be made on a given quantity of 
land in the South, than in Europe or at the West, and that 
the Catawba is by far our most promising Grape for the 
purpose. We must not, however, be confined entirely to 
this variety, as the Warren, and perhaps the IsabeU/i 
may be found to produce wines w’hich cannot be made 
from the former. 
