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CONTENTS OF OCTOBER NUMBER. 
PLANTATION ECONOaiY AND MISCELLANY. 
Work for the Month Page 297 
Chinese Sugar Cane ; its value as a Sugar, Grain and 
Forage Producing plant “ 298 
Concrete or Gravel wall houses — Hydraulic Cement and 
the various novel uses to which it may be applied, &c. . . “ 300 
The Cultivation of the Man , “ 303 
Hill-side Ditching — Capt. Hardwick’s Plan “ 304 
Deep Plowing “ 307 
Constitution of the Beech Island Farmers’ Club, of South 
Carolina “ 308 
Agricultural Improvement in Edgefield, S. C “ 308 
Fodder Pulling — can’t help it “ 309 
Bees and their Mangement “ 310 
Emasculation of Horses, Mules, &c “ 311 
instructions on the Art of Making Wine “ 318 
“ W. R.’s ” Response to the Editors and “ Broomsedge ” — 
Deep Plowing, &c., &c “ 321 
To the many Correspondents of M. W. Philips “ 321 
Georgia and Alabama Planters and Farmers — Cols. R. 
Peters and Alexander Carter *‘ 322 
The Texas Ant “ 322 
Wheat for Winter Pastures, &c “ 323 
Agricultural Papers and their Correspondents “ 323 
Clover in Bottom Lands “ 323 
To destroy Moles “ 323 
EDITORIAL. 
Answers to Correspondents Page 312 
The Atlanta Fair ■' B12 
New Advertisements “ 312 
September Peaches, &c “ 312 
Grape Crops in Ohio and the South “ 313 
Fine Catawba Grapes “ 313 
Chinese Sugar Cane, or “Sorgho Sucre,” Sic., &,c “ .313 
Horizontal Plowing — Grading land “ 314 
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 
Grape Growing in the South — rejoinder of Mr. Charles Axt 
— Challenge to Vintners Page 31.5 
Evergreens for the South— No. 4 •' 31t! 
Hoo Suftg — Chinese Asparagus “ 317 
Florida Fi-uit “ 317 
Rotting of Apples and other fruits on the Tree “ 317 
Georgia Viim Growers’ Association “ 318 
Vine Growing in Georgia “ 318 
CHINESE SUGAR CANE, OR SORGHO SUCRE ! ! 
PURE SEED ! ! ! ^ 
7j5HE subscribers take great pleasure in informing the Planters. 
JL Fanners and Gardeners of the South, that they have seciirod 
from the most reliable sources a limited supply of FRESH SEE ■ •, 
of this very valuable plant, the properties of which may be briefly 
summed up as follows ; 
1st. One acre of the stalks, properly cultivated, will yield at 
least 300 gallons of fine syrup, equal to the best New Orleans ; and 
from the same roots, a second crop of excellent fodder. 
2d. Sown broadcast or in close drills, on land deeply plowe(' 
and highly manured, it will yield from thirty to fifty thousav,' 
joounds of superior fodder to the acre. ^ 
3d. It sm-passes all other plants for soiling (feeding green) a’ 
foddei’, on account of the great abundance of sugary juice wh: 
it contains ; and is greedily eaten by stock of all kinds. 
4th. It bears repeated cuttings, like Egyptian Millet, gro^vi.■ 
ofif freely and rapidly, after each cirtting. 
5th. It stands drouth much better than common coi-n, retaining 
its green color and juiciness even after the seed matirres- 
6th. The seed is excellent for human food, when ground into 
meal, and fattens domestic animals very speedily. Prom twenty- 
five to seventy-five bushels can be raised on an acre. 
7th. It is so certain and prolific a crop that planters may be sure 
of succeeding with it as a tSugar plant anywhere South of Mai*y- 
land and North of Mexico. If planted early in the Southern States 
the seed will mature and produce another crop the same season. 
The seed, which has been vei’y carefully kept pure, from 
the original importation, will be offered in cloth packages, each 
containing enoiigh to plant half an acre, in drills, with full 
direction for the cultivation, which is perfectly simple. 
These packages will be forwarded per mail, FKEE OF post- 
age, to any address, on receipt of $2 for each package, or three 
packages for .$.5, pottage free. When not sent by mail, we will fui’- 
nish the packages at $1 each, or six for $5. 
Early orders are solicited, as the supply of good and reliable 
seed is quite limited. Applicants’ names will be entered in the or- 
der in which they are received, and the seed will be ready for mail- 
ing or delivery on the first of October. [See articles in October 
number of Soathern Cultivator.] 
Addi’ess, with jfiain directions for mailing or shipping, 
D. B. PLUMB & GO., Augusta, Ga. 
Dealers in seeds and country merchants can be supplied 
at a liberal discount from retail rates, if their orders are received 
immediately. oct56-tf 
DEVON CATTLE FOR SALE. 
I WILL offer at public sale at my residence in Watkinsville, Ga,, 
on the 29th of October next, iny entme herd of CATTLE, 
thirty in number, consisting of thorough bred Devons and Grades — 
the Grrades being a cross of the Devons with the Short Horn Dur- 
ham and native breed. WM. P. HARDEN. 
1856! 1858! 
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, 
A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 
DEVOTF.D TO SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, STOCK 
BREEDING, POULTRY, BEES, GENERAL 
FARM ECONOMY, &C. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., and D. REDMOND, Editors. 
The Fourteenth Volnnie, with many new and valuable 
improvements, commences in 
January, 1856. 
The CULTIVATOR is a large octavo of Tbirty-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 i\iom.ost intelligent smd. practical V\s,-Q.ters, Farmers and Hor- 
ticulturists in every section of the South and Southwest. 
TERMS. 
One Copy, one year I Twenty-Five Copies $20 
Six Copies “ 5 | 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 Publisher’s risk, 
ADVERTISEMENTS 
Inserted at ONE DOLLAR per square of tv/elve 
LINES, EACH INSERTION; ONE SQUARE, PER 
ANNUM, TEN DOLLARS. 
Address WM. S. JONES, Angnsta, Ga. 
jr^Persons who will act as AGENTS, and obtain SUBSCRI- 
BERS, will be fumisbed with the paper at club prices. 
A RARE CHANCE. 
T he subscriber offers for sale the place on which he now resides, 
situated one mile from Griffin, and comprising about 84 acres 
of LAND. The place is very pleasant, remarkably healthy, and 
has excellent water. On the premises are a House, Smoke-House, 
Barn, Carriage-House, Stable, &c. Also, a rare collection of the 
choicest varieties of Fniit, surrounded by an Osage Qrange Hedge. 
The place might be made a beautiful country seat, or a profitable 
location for a Nursery. The fruit has an established reputation, 
and the demand for trees is greater than I can supply. 
Price $1,500; one-third cash ; the balance may lie on interest a 
while. [Oct56— It] H. L. DEANE. 
1 BLACK ESSEX HOGS. 
F or SALE, a few pairs, three to four months mr., ax $20 per 
pair. For Lot Hogs, I consider this breed superior to any othes 
—they cannot be made to take the mange, and are free from 
' '■^ ttT.oons eruptions and disease of the lungs, to which hogs are so 
I u-ilile w hen confined in dry pens in a Southern climate. Address 
Nov55 — tf R. PETERS, Atlanta, Ga. 
CENTRAL RAILROAD. 
change of schedule. 
O N and after Sunday, the 14th October, inst., and until further 
notice, the Passenger Trains on the Centi-al Railroad will ran 
as follows : 
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND MACON. 
Leaves Savannah Daily at 5.00 a. m. and 12.15 P. M. 
Arrive m Macon “ 2.15 p.m. “ 1.00 a.m. 
Leave Macon “ 11.45 a.m. “ 9.30 p.m. 
Arrive in Savannah “ 10.45 p.m. “ 7.20 a. itf. 
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND AUGUSTA. 
Leave Savannah 12.15 P. M. and 8.30 P. M. 
Arrive in Augusta 8.45P. .M. “ 5.30 a.m. 
Leave Augmsta 6.00 a.m. “ 4.30 p.]w. 
Arrive in Savannah 1.30 p.m. “ 10.45 p. m. 
BETWEEN MACON AND AUGUSTA. 
Leave Macon 11.45 a. m. and 9.30 P. M. 
Arrive in Augu.sta 8.45 P. M. “ 5.30 a. M. 
Leave Augusta 6.00 a.m. “ 4.30 p.m. 
Arrive in Macon 2.15 P. M. “ 1.00 A. M. 
BETWEEN SAVANNAH, MILLEDGEVILLE &EATONTON. 
Leave Savaimah 5.00 a. m. 
An'ive in MlUedgeville 2.45 p. M. 
LeaveMacon 11.45 a.m. 
i AriWe in Eatonton 5.00 p. m. 
W. M. WADLEV, Gen’I Superintendant. 
Savaimah, Ga,, Oct., 12, 1855. July56 — tf 
