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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
CONTENTS OF MAKCH NUMBER. 
Plantation Economy and Miscellany. 
Work for the Month j . . . Page 73 
A Lecture on Labor (concluded from our last No.) ‘‘ 74 
Grasses for the South “ 76 
Oat Culture at the South “ 77 
Hints for Stock Growers “ 77 
Paising Stock in the South, &c ■... “ 78 
Bees atid their Management “ 78 
Sowing and Reaping (poetry) “ 79 
Econom^of Feeding Fann Stock by Steamed Food “ 79 
A Miscellaneous Letter “ 80 
Cultxire of Basket Willow “ 81 
Hill Side Ditching in Mississippi “ 82 
Plows for the South, &c “ 83 
Animal Manures — Subsoiling “ 83 
Level Culture — Horzontalizing, &c “ 83 
Chinese Sugar Cane Experiment “ 84 
Cotton — Circumstances alter cases “ 84 
Culture of Cotton “ 85 
A Plea for the Chinas “ 85 
Shade Trees About Dwellings “ 86 
To Cure Foot Evil and Scratches in Horses “ 86 
Meteorology for Farmers— letter from Lieut. Maury “ 86 
The Misfortunes of Jamaica “ 86 
Liquid Manures “ 86 
A Hint to Orchardists “ 87 
Southern Apples — Making Cider “ 87 
Milking “ 87 
Strength of Slavery “ 87 
Seed of the Sweet Potato “ 99 
China Berries as Pood for Animals “ 100 
Editorial. 
Answers to CoiTespondents, &c Page 88 
Our Book Table “ 89 
Cooper’s Patent Plow “ 90 
Chinese Sugar Cane and Prolific Pea “ <t0 
To Correspondents “ 90 
Chinese Sugar Cane, &c “ 90 
The Growth of Cotton in tiic United States and its Manu- 
facture in England, Ac “ 91 
Ilorticfiiltisral ileimrtment. 
Flowers for the South Page 92 
Notes on Pears and their Culture “ 93 
Apples in the South “ 94 
Grafting Fruit Trees — Cabbage Aphis, &c “ 95 
Grape Culture in Tennessee “ 95 
Vineyards and Orchards in South Carolina “ 98 
Pr^aration of Ground for Pear Trees “ 99 
Domestic Economy, &:c. 
To Stop Bleeding from the Cavity of an Extracted Tooth. Page 100 
For Mending Broken China, &c “ 100 
To Make Starch Polish “ lOO 
Blueing for Clothes “ lOO 
SHEDS SOUTBL 
H aving experienced the great difficulty in obtaining reliable 
Flovzer Seeds suitable to the South, I have raised a small 
quantity, which I am now offering to the public. I would particu- 
larly draw the attention of the Ladies to the nnsurpas-ed collec- 
tions of DOUBLE STOCK GILLIPLOWERS, TEN WEEKS 
STOCKS, CARNATIONS, GERMAN ASTERS, WALLFLOW- 
ER, HOLLYHOCKS, and many others ; 
1857! 1857! 
SOUTiERN CULTIFATOR, 
A .TOUHIVA.S., 
DEVOTED TO .SOUTHERN- AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, STOCK 
BREEDING. POULTRY, BEES, GENERAL 
FARM ECONOMY, &C. 
DANIEL LB b 7 M. D., 'a nd *D. REDMOND, Editors. 
Tile Fifteentli volume commences in January- 
1857 . 
TERMS. 
One Copy, one year $1 1 Twenty-Five Copies $'20 
SixCopiE.s ‘7 5 1 One Hundrei» Copies 75 
ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. No paper sent unless the cash 
accompanies the order. 
The Bills of aU specie-paying Banks, and Post Office Stamps 
received at par. 
Remittanuces, by mail (post-paid) will be at the Publisher's risk. 
Address WM. S. JONE8, Augit^ta, Ga. 
i^^Persons who V, -ill act as AGENTS, and obtain SUBSCRI- 
BERS^ w'ill be furnished with the paper at club prices. 
AT TEN CENTS A PAPER, 
k Double Stock Gilliflowers, 
“ Ten Weeks Stocks, 
“ Imperial Stocks, 
“ Autumnal Stock, 
“ Carniitions, 
“ Wailliower, 
Dianthus imperialis plenissima, 
Riiodonthe Mauglesii, 
Heliotropium peruvianum, 
Pharbitis limbata, 
Polyganum lenetifolium. 
AT FIVE CENTS PER PAPER. 
Adonis eestivalis, 
Ageratnm coemleum, 
Amaranthus tricolor, 
Althea rosea, 
“ chinensis, 
Ammobium alatum, 
Antirrhinum majus, 
Aster chmensis, 
Calendula crista galli, 
Calliopsis bicolor, 
Catanouche bicolor, 
Ce'osea cristata, 
Celosia indica, 
Centourea cyanus, 
Delphinium Ajacis, 
Dianthus chinensis, 
Double Balsams, 
Elicrysium lucidum, 
Papaver somuifeimm. 
“ mackanthum, 
Emilea flammea, 
Gompherena globosa, 
Heris speciosa, 
Ipomea Quamoclit, 
Lovatera trimestris, 
“ Murselli, 
Phlox Drummondi, 
Portulacca Thellusoni, 
Poterium Long visorba, 
Reseda odorata, 
Salpiglosis variabilis, 
Scabiosa atropunpuuea, 
Gilia tricolor, 
■ Senecia elegans, 
Tagetes erecta, 
“ patula, 
Verbena Melindris, 
Viola odorata, 
Zinnea elegans, 
Xeranthemums aunuum, 
Gnaphalium foetidum. 
S^^Orders; enclosing the money and a thr?e cent postage stamp 
for every dollars worth of seed sent to PLUMB & LEITNER, 
Augusta, Ga., or to the subscriber, wiU meet w-ith pi-ompt atten- 
tion. ROBERT NELSON. 
_Feb57— tf 
( ■COLUMBIAN GUANO, imported by the Philadelphia Guano 
y Company,, A. LONGETT, Agent, 
Jan57-— 3t New York. 
PO.RTABLII STEAM ENGIICBS, 
U|'’'IIE subscriber respectfiilly calls the attention of ‘•'outhern 
J_ Plantei-s and Mechanics to the PORTABLE STEAM EN- 
GINES, of which he has the Agencj' in New Orleans. They are 
so simple in their construction that any negro of ordinary capacitv 
can be taught to run one in a day. For di'iviug light machinerj^ 
running cotton gins, plantation saw mills, or corn mills, l umping 
water, steaming food, etc., they cannot be excelled. A striking 
feature of these engines is that they cost less than w-ould mule^J or 
horses, to do the .same amount of work. A pair of horses will 
readily move them place to place over any ordinary road They 
require no brick-work to set them up, but they are all ready to be 
put in operation, with the exception of a smoke-pipe or chimney. 
One is kept at work in the subscriber’s warehouse every day be- 
tween 9 and 3 o’clock, ai d all are invited to call and inspect it. 
The Planter, especially, should look w-ith pleasure upon the intro- 
duction of these Engines, to take the place of horse-power in gin- 
ning cotton and grinding corn, as the cost o: running a 6, 8, or 1() 
horse Engine is much less per day than the expense cf feeding the 
same number of horses: 
PRICES. 
2v Horse Power $?375 
4 do. do 500 
6 do. do 7(X) 
8 do. do 900 
10 do. do 1.100 
A jjamphlet containing fuller particulars will be sent b} mail to 
anv person requesting it. Address, 
D. C. LOWBER, 
Feb57 — ly 98 Magane St., New Orleans. 
"dIOSCOREA BATATAS--NBW GHIMESE 
Potato — or yam. 
T he experience of another season in the cultivation of this new- 
esculent. warrants us in continuing all we said irr relation to it 
last year. Wherever it has fallen into the hands of judicious cul- 
tivators, and received the care necessary to its full development, 
tlie result h.a.s been entirely satisfactoiy in all respects ; and it may 
confidently be reaffirmed that of all the esculents proposed as sub- 
stitutes for the diseased potato, the Dioscorca Batatas is certainly 
i the only important one. We can now supply small roots from 4 to 
9 inches long, carefully packed for transport at |*3 per dozen; and 
small seed tubers (such as we sold last year) at $1 per dozen to 
$7 per hundred ; these latter can he sent by mail. De-; 'iptioii 
and directions for culture furnisbed with each package, t.'here 
practicable, parties are invited to examine the roofs be'ore purchas- 
ing, as we have them constantly on view. 
NEW CHINESE NORTHERN SUGAR CANE.— Seed of this • 
celebrated and invaluable plant in packets at i2i cents each 
(prepaid by mail 25 cts ) 75 cents a pound. 
CHUFASor EARTH ALMOND— $1 per KKi. 
JAPAN PEAS, 50 cts. a auart. NEW ORANGE WATER 
MELON Grue), CHRISTIANA MUSK MELON; KING PHILIP 
CORN ; SWEET GERMAN TURNIP, etc., etc., with the large.st 
and most comprehensive assqrtment of VEGETABLE, F.LOWER. 
and FIELD SEEDS to be found in the United States. 
Catalogues on application. 
JAS. M. THORBURN & CO , 
Jan57 — 2t Seedsmen, &c., 15 John st,. New York. ' 
BOyD’S EXTRA PROLIFIC COTTOH SEED. 
Onfl BUSHELS of BOYD’S EXTRA PROLIFIC COTTON 
SEED for sale in sacks from 1 to 5 bushels in a sack. 
Pi'ice $lper bushel JOHNM. TURNER, 
Nov.^1 — 4t Augusta Ga. 
SHEEP FOR SALE. 
O NE very five half French and half Spanish MERINO RUCK, 
one year old. Also, tw-o superior pure breed yearling SOUTH 
DOWN BUCKS, of the Webb stock. 
June56— tf RICHARD PETERS. Atlanta, Ga. 
I MPROVED SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, of the bcist 
braiids, for sale by A. LONGETT, 
Jan57— 2t “ 34 Cliff 'trect. New V orb. 
