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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
CONTENTS OF MAY NUMBEK. 
PLANTATION ECONOMY AND MISCELLANY. 
Work for the Month Page 137 
Nape or Colza — again “ 138 ] 
Another Plea for the Birds 139 
Cotton in Cobb County “ 139 
The Florida Potato " 139 
The Yopon, or Southern Tea Plant - “ 140 
Mixed Crops — Wheat, Sugar Cane, (fcc “ 140 
Advice to Young Ladies “ 140 
Salt and Guano “ 140 
A Daughter of South Carolina, &.c “ 140 
Premium List of the Southern Centred Agricultural So- 
ciety for 1856 “ 141 
Deep Plowing and Manuring— Reply of “W. R.” “ 146 
Sweet Potatoes — Their Culture, Ac “ 147 
The Oat Crop not an Exhauster — Wine, Ac “ 147 
New mode of Planting Sweet Potato Vines, in Level Land 
or in Beds ‘‘ 148 
Oregon Peas “ 148 
Profession and Practice — Manures, Ac “ 148 
Shade in Agriculture and its effects “ 149 
Culture of Cotton — Close Planting, Ac “ 149 
The American Pomological Society — Sixth Session, “ 150 
Dourah Corn — Millet — “ Big Head,” Ac., in Horses “ 150 
Devon Cows “ 150 
Saving Bacon Hams from the Skipper fly “ 151 
Take the “Southern Cultivator.” “ 151 
Blind Staggers in Horses, Ac “ 151 
Cure for Staggers in Horses “ 151 
Distemper in Horses “ 151 
Scratching Pole I “ 151 
Distemper in Dogs — a sure cure “ 161 
Cure for Scratches on Horses, Ac “ 161 
MulePoweru*. Negro Power — again “ 162 
Lime — How and When to use it — Soap “ 163 
EDITORIAL 
Answers to Con-espondents Page 152 
Ohio Wine — Vine Prospects in the South “ 152 
Agricultural Societies “ 153 
Southern Fruit Culture — Pomological Society , “ 153 
Premiums ! “ 153 
The Season “ 153 
The South Carolina Agriculturist “ 153 
To Correspondents, Ac “ 153 
Fresh and Dried Fruits and Vegetables “ 154 
Hew Books “ 154 
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 
The Grape — its Culture in the South — Varieties — Wme- 
Making, Ac Page 155 
Evergreens for the South “ 158 
Landscape Gardening for .the South — Laying off Flower 
Gardens, Pleasure gi’ounds, Ac - “ 160 
Rotting of Apples on the Tree “ 161 
Grape Culture in the South “ 161 
Preparing Osage Orange Seed, Ac “ 161 
.Fruits for the bouth — “Pocahonta” Peach . “ 161 
Peach Tree Borer “ 161 
SOUTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURIST. 
T he Executive Committee of the State Agricultural Society of 
South Carolina having selected the subscriber to edit their 
paper, a Prospectus is now issued in compliance with their instruc- 
tion. This journal will be devoted to Agriculture, Horticultrire, 
Natural Science, Rural Taste, Architecture and Art, the Mechanical 
and Manufacturing interests, and all the pursuits pertaining to 
general improvement. It will also contain a faithful transcript of 
the organization and proceedings of the Society, Essays and Com- 
munications from the best writers in the State, and a monthly sum- 
mary of the spirit of the Agricultural press. All subjects devoted 
to the Improvement of the Mind, the Soil, Stock and Domestic 
Comforts will find ready admission into its columns, and such con- 
tributions are specially desired. The work will be printed on beau- 
tiful new and fair type, and on fine white paper, with a tinted 
cover, and will contain 32 pages per month. The publication will 
commence on the 1st of May, 1856. There will also be published 
an additional advertising sheet as a supplement, in which a limited 
number of advertisements will be inserted. 
Tekms. — $1 per annxnn. No paper sent unless the money is 
paid in advance. Life Members to the State Agricultural Society 
will receive the paper without cost. Addi-ess 
A. G. SUMMER, 
Editor “South Carolina Agriculturist,” 
State Agricultural Society Rooms, 
May56 — Itt Columbia, S. C. 
FINE LONG COTTON SEED FOR SALE. 
T he Subscriber offers for sale a small quantity of the SEED of 
fine Cotton, which has proved productive and early. The lint 
is worth about 50 cents per pound in Charleston, and as his planta 
tion consists of a number of small islands, near St. Alenea Sound 
and in sight of the ocean, the soil, Ac., are probably as well adapted 
to the growth of fine Cotton as any in this State. It will be deliver 
ed in Beaufort, on board the Charleston and Sevannah steamers al 
^5 per sack, containing 2 bushels. ROBERT CHISHC)LM. 
Coosa Island, near Beaufort, S. C Mar56 — tf 
1856! 1856! 
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, 
A MONTMLY JOtlKNAL, 
DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, STOCK 
BREEDING, POULTRY, BEES, GENERAL 
FARM ECONOMY, &C. 
Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., and D. REDMOND, Editors. 
The Foiirteentli Volume, with many new and valuable 
improveinents, commences in 
, January, 1856. 
The CULTIVATOR is a large octavo of Thirty-Two pages, 
forming a volume of 384 pages in the year. It is devoted exclusely 
to the improvement of Planting, Gardening, Fruit-Growing, and the 
general rural interests of the South ; and contains more reading mat- 
ter than any similar publication in the Cotton-growing States. Its 
Editors are men of experience in their respective departments, 
and it is well filled with the most 
Valuable Original Contributions 
from the most intelligent practical Planters, Farmers and Hor- 
ticulturists in every section of the South and Southwest. 
TERMS. 
One Copy, one year $1 I Twenty-Five Copies $20 
Six Copies “ 5 1 One Hundred Copies 75 
ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. No paper sent unless the cash 
accompanies the order. 
The Bills of all specie-paying Banks, and Post Office Stamps, 
received at par. 
Remittannees, by mail (post-paid) will be at the PublLsher's risk. 
Advertisements 
Inserted s.t One Dollar per square of twelve lines, each insertion ; 
One square, per annum, Ten Dollars. 
Address W31. 8. JONES, Aiigujstu, CJa. 
|!:p=Persons who will act as AGENTS, and obtain SUBSCRI- 
BERS, will be furnished with the paper at club prices. 
ALFRED M. TREDWELL, 
No. 23 Fulton Street, New York City, 
H aving succeeded to the business, for the manufacture and 
sale of AGRICULTURAL and HORTICULTURAL LM- 
PLEMENTS and MACHINERY, heretofore conducted by Messrs. 
Ralph A Co., at the above place, and having perfected his arrange- 
ments for the sale of the best REAPING and MOWING MA- 
CHINES for the South, invites the attention of the Planters of 
Georgia, desiring information in relation to them. Letters of in- 
quiry should state the kind and amount of work required and -will 
be promptly answered. A stock of Reapers especially for the South 
will be kept always on band if possible ; but parties w'anting would 
do well to order early. 
A complete assortment of Implements on hand. Any goods in 
the line will be made to order at short notice. 
FERTILIZERS, Field and Garden SEEDS, trire to their name, 
for sale at the Union Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, No. 
23 Fulton street. New York City. May56 — 2t 
BLACK ESSEX SOWS. 
I ^OR sale, two very fine Black Essex Brood SOWS, 2 years old, 
. bred by Co!. L. G. MORRIS, and in pig by a Black Essex Boar, 
imported from England at a cost of $150. 
RICHARD PETERS, 
May56 — 2t Atlanta, (la. 
WYANDOT PROLIFIC CORN FOR SALE. 
T he greatest Agi’icultural Wonder of the age. Plant only one 
kernal, in hills four feet apart, at the North, and five to six feet 
at the South. Yield, 150 bu.shels per acre. 
The Corn will be warranted genuine, and sufficient put in a par- 
cel to plant an acre, with instructions for cultivating. Price $1.50 
delivered in New York. Money or Post Office stamps must always 
accompany the order (with proper directions how to send.) 
Those who order it sent by mail, and remit $4, will receive (post- 
paid) sufficient to plant one acre ; $2 a half acre ; $1 a quarter of 
an acre. Orders for a less quantity will not be filled, unless at 
double the above rates. 
All orders or for cu’cnlars giving full particulars, address 
J. C. THOMPSON, 
March56 — 2t* TompkinsviUe, Staten Island, N. Y. 
GREEN’S PURE WHIl'E WHEAT. 
I HAVE a very superior kind of WHITE WHEAT that I will 
engage to those who may want to purchase for seed w'heat of 
the next crop, to he delivered at the La Grange Depot in good, 
strong sacks, containing not more than one bushel unless ordered, 
nor less than a half ; marked with the name of the purchaser and 
place of delivery. This Wheat is of the very earliest and whitest 
kmd. Sow any time in November, and cut by the 20th May. It 
has been exhibited at four different Pairs, and have obtained a 
premium in every instance. I have already made many engage- 
ments for the next sowing at $5 per bushel. No delivery no pay, 
P. H. GEENE. 
La Grange, March 22d, 1855. April55— 
