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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
INF€)KMATI«?«.' WANTED OF TKE OF 
tiie C’liinsi Tree. 
Editors Southern CULTIVATOR — Having long suspect- 
ted that there was more value aitac'iecl to this berry than 
is generally known, simply from tlie fact that a tree j 
bearing so large a quantity of berries, and as near perhaps | 
a never-failing bearer iis any other tree, and also observ- 1 
ing that these berries are not the favorite or especial food j 
of any kind of birds, the robin only eating tliian at such j 
times as their ordinal’’'' food is scant, it follows as a matter j 
of course, that these ben ies have a value not generally j 
appreci ited, okelse the Croat Creator is at lault, in ere- j 
:iting so much 'hr so little; wiiich would be too serious I 
an impeachment ofldivine Wisdoni, to be seriously enter- j 
tained. Hence, as a matter of belief! tliink there must be | 
great value in the China berry ; and T am so strong in this j. 
belief that 1 for one am fuliy determined to plant a large 
orchard so soon as I can obtqin a little' more information 
in their favor. And 1 would ask any reader of the CidtA- 
voJor to answer, as fer as experience has taught, the fol- ' 
knving querries ; | 
1st, Will sheep winter on them as their principal food j 
and keep in good order i | 
■ 2nd. The same ofhogs ; and will they kill pigs 1 | 
hrd. Will anything winter on them as their entire food, j 
for two or three months, and keep in tolerable order '? j 
These querries are few and simple, and I hope will be | 
fully responded to, especially by those most experienced. I 
M. T.-hlcGEHEK. . 
I\2irinit Elbciy Arko/t^sr/s, Nov., 185G. ^ * 
FIIINESE SIJfTiK C'ANE. i 
Great excitement is being created thro'dghout all parts ; 
of the United States in regard to the Cninese Sugar Cane, j 
or Sorgho Sucre. The supply of sugar to the commercial j 
world not keeping up to the demand, and the consequent ( 
large enhancement in price, induces a feeling of the high- 
est satisfaction o'o account of the discovery of this new 
source of supply for one of the indispensables of modern 
civilization. Tiiere will, no doubt, exist a very general 
feeling on the part of farmers, to trv a quarter of an acre, 
or so of the Sorgho Sucre.' 'I'he great resmbiance, how- ' 
should induce cauiiofi in obtaining a supply of the seed. — 
Okio Valley Parmer. 
MIEE .SIDE DiTCillNG— ANECVDOTE. - 
Editors '^outher-v Cultiva’J'or — The article ofCapt. 
Hardwick in a late 'aumber of tlie Soxdkcrn Cxdliva- 
tor calls to miind an anecdote of the tiinei wlien hill side 
ditches were comparatively unknown. 
During the sitting of the Court at Watklnsville, a young 
lawyer, while enumerating the effects of a client, included 
his land among his moveable property. The gentlemen 
of the bar indulged in a hearty laugh at the young man's 
expense. The late witty Judge Clayton, of Athens, who 
was tl'.en Judge, interrupted the laughter of the lawyers 
by saying: ‘-'Why do you laugh 1 The gentleman is 
right. Land in Clarke county is moveable property — 
mine has gone down toe Oconee long ago.” Thanks to 
hill side ditches, lliis peculiar feature ot' Georgia land is 
ceasing to exist. A Sussckiber. 
There cannot be much .selfishnes.s where there is a'^wife 
snd faniilyc There the house is lighted up by mutmd 
charities; evorytliing achieved for them is a vicloiy: 
everyihiV’g endured is a triumph How many vi--e'- are 
supiir'essed that there miy l>e no had example! IJmv 
Tiiaoy exertions made to recommend and inculcate a nood. 
cne ! 
THE - FISH EXPERIMENT. — PROPAGATION 
and .Domestication of Fish— — Aisit to Dts. 
Garlick aud Ackley’s Fish Nur- 
sery, near Clevela-nsi, Ohio. 
Tiic artificial re-production and cultivation of fish, has 
for seme time been practiced in parts of Europe. In 
France it is now carried on to considerable extent, and 
the produce of some of the streams and ponds, yield large 
pfofit.s. The subject is now attracting some attention in 
the L'nited vStates. The New York State .Agricultural So- 
ciety’, in their last premium list, have offered a prize of 
fHOO for the best cs.siu’ on '.he ‘‘ Production and Preser- 
votinn of Domestic. Fish for Ponds.” 
Garlick and Ackley, knovvn as distinguished surgeons 
of Clcvdand. Ohio, were the fir.^t, we believe, to intro- 
duce the ariificiai spawning and domestication of fish iu 
the United States.'^ Dr. Garlick being an enthusiastic in 
this line, commenced the business in connection with his 
associate. Dr. Ackley, upon thp farm of the latter, two or 
three years ago. They made .several trips >to Lake Supe- 
rior and Fort Stanley'-, in Canada, to procure trout for 
stocking tlieir streams, and in every' instance were suc- 
cc.sstui, except the fir.st, when they lost a large number of 
fish in transportation. 
After this, with persona! attention, ths-y found that by' 
reducing the temperature of the water in the vessels con- 
taining the fish, to 32 degrees, by' the application of ice, 
the respiration and circulation in fish was so reduced that 
they experienced no difficulty in transporting them any 
distance with perfect success. In this way they' have pro- 
cured at different times, 150 fail grown trout. 
.Feeling an interest in tlie success of this ente-rprise, 
and while visiting Cleveland a short time since, we called 
on Drs. Garlick and Ackley, who very kindly conveyed 
ns to the farm and fish nursery, situated about three miles 
frotn the city. The farm contains about JOG acres; 
through the timbered portion of it runs a ravine, abund- 
antly sunplied with never- failing streams of water. 
Across this ravine, dams have been built so as to lorm 
three ponds, connected by sluice-ways between. In the 
upper pond the young trout are confined by netting across 
the sluice. The .second ponds are destined for the fish 
after they have become so large as to be able to protect 
' themselves from tlie voracious appetite of the elder fish of 
j their race. 
At the head of a large spring, and near the upper pend, 
j is situ;tted the hatching house. In thi.s house is a tank 
] four feet wide fiy eight feet long and two feet deep. The 
I water is received from the spiing into this tank, and is 
; discharged from a pipe near the top into the hatching 
I boxes, ten in number, tvnd so arranged that the first js 
j higher in the series than the last, so that there is a con- 
i stant stream of water pa.ssin,g from the tank above, 
i through the two hatching boxes. In this tank we saw 
i the fish,. “ Queen , the prolific mother of 
! thousands. Her mate “ 'rrifon.,'' like his sex sometimes 
I in other departments of animated nature, had become 
! somewhat unruly, and had been assigned his abode, for 
: the time being, in one of the fsonds witli the f.miily at 
j large. Our iriends have so educated and trained tl\e old 
! queen that .‘■ he has l)ecome as tame a.s a pet cliicken, and 
■ ate minnows from our fingns readily. J'his fi-h was ta- 
I ken from the tank and pi iced in a pan for insfteefion. 
She is like all of this f.mily, truly beauiifid She rnea- 
! su PS al'Oiit seventeen iin-l'.es in lengili. Her weight we 
*vVe have sliowii, in previous oumbers of this journal, 
dial onr vener.iblf iiieii i, Dt. b a'jh M a . x . «.f Charleston, 
coimneo'-eil die an ilici.d pro.tucii m of Fish t'limy year.? 
prinr lo ihe expei loieol.^ ot' Drs. Gaklick and ACKLEY, — 
Eus ^juikeriL CiutiouLor. 
