SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
334 
POXJDRETTE-IS IT OF ANY USE1 
Editors Southern Cultivator — Enclosed I send you 
a dollar, for which you will please send me the Cultivator 
of the present year. 
Question. — Did you ever try the Poudrette of the New 
Orleans Sone Black Company 7 if so, let me know what 
you think about it. I tried it and the result is a poor one ; 
therefore, I would not buy again, so I sought the advice 
of a man of science. I often tried Poudrette, made at 
Paris (France), and the effect was wonderful ; it has the 
advantage over guano, that it can be brought in immediate 
contact with the seed without killing it. The said Com- 
pany boasts very much about the article. You will con- 
fer a great favor, not only on me, but the whole gardening 
community about Mobile, by giving your opinion of its 
usefulness in comparison with other manures. 
Respectfully yours, C. M. 
Mobile, Ala., 1856. 
[We know nothing of the particular manure alluded to. 
Poudrette, if properly made, is one of our most powerful 
and valuable fertilizers. Send us a sample of the Poudrette 
you speak of, for examination. — Eds.] 
COLIC OR ROTS IN HOESIS. 
Editors Southern Cultivator— I observe that you 
occasionally publish cures for the above affection in horses. 
I am induced to send ray remedy, for you are aw'are that 
every one has his favorite remedy; but still, when his 
horse gets sick, he first gives his and then the nostrum of 
every one that may have been suggested, till at last the 
poor horse, suffering from so many heterogenous com- 
pounds acting upon the delicate villous coat of the stomach, 
succumbs and dies of inflammation of the stomach and 
bowels, induced, too frequently, by the irritating and, 
may I not say, senseless remedies thrown into the sto- 
mach. But for the remedy : 
Take of Sulphuric Ether 2 teaspoonsful 
“ Laudanum 3 tablesp’nsful 
“ Spirits of Turpentine 1 “ 
“ Molasses 1 g'H- 
Put the above ingredients into a common quart bottle 
and fill up with fresh milk, or milk- warm water, and ad- 
minister to the horse as a drench. If the first dose does 
not relieve, repeat in 20 to 30 minutes. 
Yours respectfully, Medicus. 
Houston, Miss.f 1856, 
CASHMERE BUCK. 
CASHMERE GOATS. 
From the stock exhibited at the late Pair of the U. S. Agricultural Society, held at Philadelphia, 
Pa;, from the 7th to the 11th of Oct., Vi?ith the Report of Mr. Peters, of Atlanta, Ga, 
“These animals were introduced into the United States 
from the East, in the year 1849, by Dr J. B. Davis of 
South Carolina, from whom I purchased, in the year 1853, 
the entire flock of pure bred females, with the exception 
of the one owned by Col. Wade Plampton, ofSouth Caro- 
lina; one sold by Dr. Davis to Mr. Davenport, of Virginia, 
and one to Mr. Osborne, of New York. The flock now con- 
sists of (25) twenty -five head, excluding the three pure 
bred females above enumerated, and several bucks owned 
by gentlemen in Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina, 
who are breeeding grades, by crossing on the common goat. 
A great many opinions having been expressed, not 
only as to the particular variety to which these animals be- 
long, but also as to their value, and adaptation to the difi 
fe rent sections of the Union: they are now presented to 
the U. S. Agricultural Society, in order to elicit an opinion 
from the distinguished stock-breeders and members pre- 
sent. 
