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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
counterbalance, in a nie.isure at least, the shipment of 
bullion from our shor»-s. to restore the holanee of tra'le. 
Tills change in our productions, and the inore-tsed retnu- 
neration for labor consequent upon it, pre supposes also 
an enhanced value of the soil which grov/s it, and in- 
creased price for negroes, the laborers who procSuce it, and 
an augmentation of our population. It is to be hoped, 
moreover, that the practical working out of this problem 
may so engage the attention of our people as to with- 
draw them for a time from the- arena of angry strife and 
contention, and tend to cement more clusely the lies 
which bind us to our prosperous and happy Union. 
Robert Battey, 
Rome, Ga., October, 185G. : 

FOOT EVIL m HORSES CURED. i 
Editors Southern Cultivator — In the September | 
number of the Cidtivator I notice an article from your 
correspondent “Felix,” desiring to know a remedy for | 
Foot Evil in horses. I am happy to be able to give him j 
one which I think infallible, provided the disease is not j 
of too long standing. Annoint the affected part well with 
Spirits of Turpentine, then set it on tire and allow the Tur- j 
pentine to burn out, which it will do in a very short time. 
I have never known this treatment to fail of curing, if re- 
sorted to in time. In the summer of 1850 my father turn- 
ed out a fine mare to graze upon the meadows ; a few 
days afterwards she came home so severely afflicted in 
two feet with Foot Evil, as scarcely to be able to walk, 
the above remedy was applied and in two weeks she 
could walk with as much elasticity as ever. I have known 
several other cases treated in the same way with like suc- 
cess. Respectfully yours, W. H. Coleman, 
New Prospect, Winston, Miss., 1856. 
PEPPER CATSUP AND MEAT DRESSING. i 
An estimable lady, of South Carolina, sends us the fol- 
lowing recipe for making a highly-concentrated condi- 
ment for meats, game, &c.: 
Nearly fill a stone-jar with fresh pepper pods. Pour 
on water enough to cover them well, and boil until the 
mass is soft enough to run through a colander. If the 
pulp is thick enough, add all equal quantitty of good vine- 
gar to make it of the proper catsup consistency— if not 
thick enough after straining, boil it down until thick, and 
then add the vinegar, and boil together for 15 or 20 
minutes. Fill small bottles, cork tight, and set away in 
a cool place. This catsup is very strong and j^ungent, 
and a little of it adds a peculiar relish to cold meats, &c. 
It is also highly stimulant, and may be used to advantage 
in bowel coinplaints, colds, etc. 
After making the catsup as above, save the seeds and 
pulp remaining in the colander, dilute with water, and 
make of them a sauce or steep to pour over meats before 
cooking. It adds flavor, and makes the meat tender 
When the meat is soaked with the dressing, wrap it in a 
clean cloth, and set away until needed for cooking, 
THE CHINA PROLIFIC PEA. 
Editors Southern Cultivator : In your issue ofSep- 
tember, I see a communication over the signature of G. I). 
H., giving me a poke in the ribs on the subject of the 
‘■China Pea.” He does not doubt the vine having pro- 
duced a half gallon, but thinks It exceededingly doubtful 
that “the vine is eaten by any kind of stock,” having on- 
ly the produce of one pea to begin with. He is right in 
his charge, as I did not offer them to all kinds of stock, 
as I have no sheep, and hogs have no particular fancy for 
pea-vines, neither have Rocky Mountain goats nor camels 
been successfully raised as yet in our State. So he forces 
me to acknowledge a departure from the farts of the case, 
when saying “the vine is eaten greedily by alt kinds of 
stock.” He says, “each one's allowance would have 
been so small that I hardly think they would notice it.” 
[ must beg my Utica friend not to think that I gave my 
limited supply of pea- vine to everybody’s cow, but that I 
selected those of my own stock known as most epicurean 
in their tastes, and as they seemed to relish them, I thought 
that the balance of creation might wish to taste my Young 
Hyson Peas. I gave none of the peas to any kind of stock 
but my neighbors, “who took them greedily.” He thinks 
my statement improbable. I am glad ol' it, as I only 
wished it thought possible. Iflwasto tell my doubting 
friend how many bushels of peas I expected to gather 
from that acre and a halfj (judging from its appearance 
now,) he would think Lemuel Gulliver a fool to me. So 
I will only say that several gentlemen, who have seen 
them, think two hundred bushels a safe estimate, if care- 
fully gathered, or five or six tons, if cut now for hay. 
I shall send G. D. H. some of these peas when gathered, 
and get bis unprej udiced opinion of their merits as a stock- 
feed. A word from him in their favor would certainly 
make them go off like hot cakes. 
VfiM. F. Douglass. 
South Bend, Ark, Sept. 185G, 
We, the undersigned, saw “that pea-vine,” and think, 
after the peas were gathered, that the vine would have 
made as much hay as a stout man could carry ; it covered 
a space ten or twelve feet in diameter, and lay from one 
foot to eighteen inches deep. 
Wm. C. Meeks, 
B. VU Lee. 
FLORIDA AND HER PRODUCTIONS. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — In accordance with a 
request in your October number, I propose to makeafev/ 
statements in regard to the productions of Florida. That 
portion of Florida lying North and West of the Suwanee 
river, denominated Middle and YVest Florida, is very sim- 
ilar in production to South-western Georgia, producing in 
addition the Cuba Tobacco, in raising which some of the 
planters have made fortunes. The black or long Cotton 
succeeds well there also, though many planters prefer to 
plant the short cotton, which does equally well. I pre- 
sume it is of East and South Florida the people desire to 
be informed. 
Corn , the great staple, does as well here as in Alabama 
or Georgia. Long cotton grows and matures finely, but 
is someliraes injured materially after opening, by wet 
weather and storms, though not more frequently, perhaps, 
than any where else in the cotton regions. The cater- 
pillar sometimes cuts offa part of the top crop, though all 
the caterpillar fam ly are worse in the higher latitudes, for 
the obvious reason that the egg deposited for the spring 
ssupply generally hatches out in some warm spell in the 
winter, and perishes for want of appropriate food. As 
much as 35 bushels of corn have been raised on good land, 
not manured, and but partially cultivated, and as high as 
2000 lbs. long cotton ; though I would give as an average 
20 bushels corn and 600 lbs. long cotton. So much for 
the great staples of the South. 
Sugar Cane on the navigable streams and shores oithb 
Gulf and Atlantic is the crop for planters of means. In 
South Florida, the climate is sufficiently tropical lor cane 
to grow to its utmost perfection. As high as 2500 1-is. 
dry sugar has been made to the acre, but by the present 
culture and mode of manufacture, the average may beset 
down at 1000 lbs dry sugar. Of cane, a hand can culti- 
vate nearly as much again as he can save: or make with 
j a full cane crop two-thirds of a corn crop. 'I he C uba, or 
