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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
now forget, but with careful feeding can be inci*eased 
with astonishing rapidity. We were presented by the 
gentlemanly proprietors with a most beautiful engraving 
of her. ' 
It is the intention of these gentlemen to have some of 
the old and a number of the young fish on exhibition at 
the Ohio State Fair the coming fall. The display of do- 
mesticated Salmon and Trout, it is said, constituted a 
most interevSting feature at the great National Exhibition 
recent closed in France. 
Dr. Garlick is now engaged in writing a series of arti- 
cles on the “ Artificial Reproduction of Fish,” which ap- 
pear in the Ohio Farmer. They will finally be published 
in book form, and will, no doubt, prove of immense value 
to farmers and others who now own streams and ponds 
in this country. 
In every State in the Union, and in almost every coun- 
try, there are numerous springs and streams that, with 
comparative little labor, may be turned to profitable ac- 
count for the production of fish. 
Where brisk, cool springs are not to be found suited for 
trout, ponds exist adapted to various other kinds of fish 
that delight in such water. In a day’s ride through some 
sections of the country, we have frequently met with a 
dozen springs and streams that might be employed in this 
way. In France, and other countries of Europe, not only 
trout and many other kinds of still-water fish are propa- 
gated to a great extent, but salmon by thousands are rear- 
ed to full' size in a very short time. In the northern and 
eastern sections of our country, but more particularly 
near the Northern Pacific coasts, numerous places abound, 
most admirably adapted to salmon. It is said that a thou- 
sand lbs. of fish in proper places can be produced at a 
tithe of the cost of raising an equal quantity of meat. — 
Louisville {Ky.) Courier. 
THE 3100N’S INFLUENCE <>N lUAN AN© 
Plants. 
Septimus Piesse, a learned correspondent of the Scien- 
tific American,., says : 
The influence of the moon is admitted by all medi- 
cal men practicing in India. From infancy the natives 
of tropical climates are taught to believe in lunar influ- 
ence, and that with good cause, for the intimate connec- 
tion which exists between the new and full moon, the dis- 
turbed state of the atmosphere, and the attacks of epi- 
demic, has been well ascertained. Two hundred years 
ago a physician named Diemerbroeck, wrote a treatise on 
the Plague, in which he says; “Two or three days be- 
] tore and after the full moon the disease was more violent; 
more persons were seized at these times than at others.” 
I Many other authorities could be quoted to prove that the 
I moon’s influence is not to be regarded as purely imagi- 
nary, as is commonly the case. Many curious facts are 
recorded concerning the moon's influence upon the vegeta- 
ble kingdom. It is stated that if peas are sown when the 
moon is increasing, they never cease to bloom ; that if 
fruits and herbs are set during the wane of the moon, 
they are not so rich in flavor nor so strong and healthy as 
when planted during the increase. In Brazil, the farm- 
ers plant during the decline of the moon all those vegeta- 
bles whose roots are used as food ; and, on the contrary, 
they plant during the increase of the moon the sugar- 
cane, maize, rice, &c. The English gardeners observe 
similar rules in regard to grafting, pruning, &c. From 
observations of Mr. Hov/ard it appears that northerly 
winds are more frequent during a full moon, and south- 
west winds blow chiefly at the time of the new moon. — 
It is also remarjtable that rain falls more frequently du- 
ring the last quarter of the moan, and that not a twentieth 
part of the rain of the whole year falls at full moon. 
THE CHINESE PROLIFIC PEA — LETTER 
from Col. J. B. L. 3Iarshall. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — At the request of my 
friend, Mr. W. F. Douglass, I give you my personal 
knowledge of the Chinese Prolific Pea. 
I feel a great interest in the extension of this extraordin- 
ary Pea, and I am satisfied that if the Southern farmers 
will give it a fair trial, they will find it to be the greatest 
pea both for tabk use and for feeding stock' now known. 
It must be admitted, by every reasonable and sensible 
man who will take the pains to inform himself, that it 
certainly is the most prolific pea ever seen or heard of. The 
extraordinary yield from one single pea gathered by iMr. 
Douglass far exceeds anything of the kind I ever saw. 
It only remains to show, then, that it is a good pea for 
use. 
It is a beautiful and deUcioits pea for table use-, and as 
to stock, the hogs eat them with the greatest avidity; and 
the experiment having been fully ’tried Sy Mv. 'D'oUgl.ass 
to my certain knowledge, I can say with candor to the 
public that they not only agree with them, hwi fatten faster 
than anything I have seen tried. 
It is a well known fact that pea hay is most valuable 
for winter feed for stock; and it will be needless to add 
that where there is so great a yield of grain that the vine 
increases in tenfold proportion. 1 will only say that on 
the 1^ acres Mr. Douglass had in cultivation last year, 
there was at least four times as much vine as I ever saw 
on any piece of ground of the same size. 
If you think this statement will be of any importance to 
the public, or benefit to Mr. Douglass, you are at liberty 
to publish it. Yours, &c., J B. L Marshall, 
Assistant Engineer Little Rock 
and Napoleon Rail Road. 
South Bend, Ark,, Jan. 4, 1857. 
Never Give up. — Who are our rich men 1 — our distin- 
guished men! — our most useful men I Those who have 
been cast down, but not destroyed — who, when the breeze 
of adversity swept away their props, sought new stand- 
ards — pushed on — looked up and became what you be- 
hold them now. A glorious sentence and worthy to be 
inspired — never give up! Men are not made — they make 
themselves. A steady perseverance — a determination 
never to sink, though millstones were hanged about their 
neck — is the true doctrine. It is this that has made the 
wilderness to blossom, that has given wingd to the ocean, 
filled valleys, leveled mountains, and built up great cities 
of the world. Who then is a fool, and yields simpering 
before the blast I Who is a suckling, and cowers before 
a cloud 1 Shame, shame on you. You are big enough to 
possess an iron heart, and to break down mountains at a 
blow. Up, and let this be the day of your redemption. 
Resolve to be a fool no longer — even if you are obliged to 
stand with a red hot iron upon your brow — never give 
“ Jim Walson’s Book.” — On the plantation of James 
Watson, near Port Gibson, Mississippi, may be witnessed 
an exhibition of memory that is truly remarkable. An 
African girl about fourteen years of age answers to the 
name which heads this article. It is the custom of Wat- 
son to give rewards for over-work, and during the cotton 
picking season the amount each hand picks is weighed 
twice per day — noon and night. This girl stands by the 
overseer, and listens to the number of pounds announced 
to each hand, and at night the result is reported with the ut- 
most accuracy, Her correctness is repeatedly to put to 
the test by Watson and others, who keep memorandums 
during the weighing, and a day or two afterwards she le 
catei-hised, and her memory found perfect. Mr, Watson 
works from sixty to seventy hands. 
