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SOUTHERN CULTIYATOlR. 
WIIiD CAT BANKS. 
For the information of the public, and to protect them 
against fraud and loss, we subjoin a list of the Wild Cat 
Banks in Georgia, not one of which we deem worthy of 
confidence or credit. Let the people, therefore, beware of 
the bills of these Banks ; 
Merchants' Bank, of Macon. 
Interior Bank, Griffin. 
LaGrange Bank, LaGrange. 
Bank of Greensboro’, Greensboro’. 
Southern Bank, Bainbridge. 
Cherokee Insurance & Banking Company, Dalton. 
Planters’ & Mechanics' Bank, Dalton. 
North-Western Bank, Ringold. 
BROKE. 
Manufacturers’ & Mechanics' Bank, Columbus. 
CONTENTS OF APRIL NUMBER. 
Plantation Eeonoiiiy and Miscellany. 
Work for the Month - Page I0.o 
The Relation.s of Labor and Cliuiate 
Benefits of Agi-icultural Reading, &c ' 
Raising Calve.-;, 
Ghine.se Sugar Cane — letter from Dr. Robert Battey 
Mapes’ and Gibbs’ Rotary Digger— Reports, &c 
Guano ,, 
Kow to Lay off 
Sheep Raising in the South | 
A “Love’’ of a ,, 
The Cotton Gill— its 
Chinese Sugar Cane — S'/igho 

Cheap Board Fence 
Leveling Iiistriunent (ilhistrated) j-j? 
Dogs, Horses and Sheep ,, 
Wood Ashes — Flies, 
Report on Cotton 
Wood A.shes a Fertilizer 
Notes on Bees, &c 
What a Man wants his Wife to know 
The Old House, (poetry) 
The Farmer and his Home 
Fodder Pulling— the “Cultivator,” 
Ground Pea.s orlPindars 
Sorghum Saccharatum 
New Book— Cotton Plantcr.s' Manual 
Remarks on the February number 
Cuban Sugar Plantation 
•Japan Pea 
Building Cisterns 
Chinese Sugar Cane, experiments, &c 
“Bees and then- Management,” (illustrated) 
Composts 
Stin'ing the Soil 
U. S. Agricultural Society 
A Cheap Pence 
Extraordinary Pea 
Editorial. 
Answers to Correspondents. &c 
Louis E. Berckmaus, Esq 
Introduction of the Chinese Sugar Cane 
Our Book Table 
To Correspondents 
Sugar Cane Mills, Boiler.s, &c ^ 
Horticultural Department. 
Pear Culture in the South Page 122 
Fruitland Nursery Catalogue — Southern Seedling Apples 
best, See 
The Peach Tree— Prof. Mapes’ System 
The Strawberry 
Fig Culture — Fruit in Florida 
Ornamental Trees and Shrubs for the South 
Remedy for Borers - 
Migration of Plants 
Southern Fruit— Removing Evergreens 
Domestic Economy, &:c. 
Cholera Infantum lol 
Bleaching Muslins 
Leather ' 
Yinegar „ 
C.eaning Knives ,, 
Convulsions in Children 
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Page 120 
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To Clarify Cider 
Illustratious. 
Leveling Instrument 
Leo Eivts 
131 
Page 11.5 
“ 130 
1857! 1857! 
SOUTBERN CULTIVATOR, 
A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 
DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, STOCK 
BREEDING, TOULTRY, BEES, GENERAL 
EARN ECONOMY, &C. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., ‘a^*D. REDM OND, Editors. 
The Fifteenth volume commences in January, 
1857 . 
TERMS. 
One Copy, one year $1 I Twenty-Eivl 
Six Copies “ 5 1 O.ne HU-NDP.f:> Copies... . <5 
ALWAYS IN ADYANCE. No paper sent unless the cash 
accompanies the order. . t, . c+omna 
The Bills of all specie-paying Banks, andPocu Office Stamps 
Remittannees, by mail (post-paid) will be at the Publisher s risk. 
ADDRESS WM. S. JONEr?, 
r^Per.«ons who Avill act as AGENTS, and obtam SUBSCRI- 
BERS, wiUbe furnished with the paper at club prices. 
“FRUITLAND NURSERY,” AUGUSTA, GA. 
IMPORTANT NEVY ARRANGEMENT- 
njiHE Subscriber takes great pleasure in informing his customers 
X and the Emit Growers of the South generally, tuat he has 
recently made an arrangement witli the v.'ell knoiNm Pomolo- 
gLt, LOUIS E. BERCKMANS, Esq., now of New .jersey by 
which he will have full access to all the graits and buds 
of that gentleman’s collections of Pears, which numbers 7nany 
ktmdred of the best ncaited varieties, and more than iv>eiHy 
thousand new seedlings of great promise. In audition to tos 
unrivalled collection of Pears, the specimen orenards ot JR. 
BERCKMANS contain all the best and rare.st varieties of other fruit 
known in Europe and America, from which tve shall cull everj- 
thiug of e.special merit. It is not our object to mv.itipiy varieties, 
but to .select, with the greatest care, a few of the very best tor ex- 
teusive propagation. , -vr 
A limited number of the choicest Pear trees, selected ey M. 
BERCKMANS, will be offered from my Nur.s -ry the coming fall, 
and all the leading varieties of Southern Fruit. Roses, Ornamental 
Trees, Strawberry Plants, Grape Yines, &c.. &c.. can then be lur- 
nishedm quantity, at t’eri/worferate^r/ecs 
r^Full Descriptive and Priced Catalogues, sent i?a.s£_pam, to 
alljplicants. Address, D. REDMOND. Augusta, Ga. 
April.57 — tf. 
REAPING MACHINES. 
H aying had the Kentucky haryester thorodghiy 
te.-sted we now confidently recommend them to Planters as 
the best Machine for Southern use ever offered. „ 
CARMICHAEL & BEAN, 
Apri]57 — 3t 
Augusta, Ga. 
HORSE POWERS, THRESHERS, GRAIN 
Cradles, Fan MHls, See. 
YTSTB are imw prepared to furnish GRAIN GROWERS, with 
n McCORD'S HORSE POWERS, a light and excellent 
^'biIgAEDUS- horse powers, all Iron, heavier than Mc- 
^PAPLIN’S and WARREN’S HORSE POWERS. 
Iron frame THRESHERS ; Baltimore, New lorx and Georgia 
made THRESHERS, from $30 to $60. 
FAN MILLS, of the best make and different .size.; 
GRAIN CRADLES, alight and strong artk-lc _ 
Also BELTING, and all articles necessary for gatuenng and 
cleaning Grain for market CARMICHAEL & BEAN 
April57-3t Augusta, Ga._ 
LAWSON WATERMELON SEED. 
A FEW packages of genuine “Lawson” WATERIMELON 
SEED, at 10 and 20 cents each. If per mall, 16 or 32 cents 
may be sent, to cover postage. Address 
April57— tf PLUMB & LEITNER, Augusta, Ga. 
CARMICHAEL & BEAN, 
D eale rs in hardware, cutlery, and agricuL' 
TURAL IMPLEMENTS, Ai usta, Ga.. ^ v 
We are, also, Agents for the fo 'wing articles :— SALA^'V*v 
DER SAFES, made by Stearns Si larvm, New 
GIANT CORN AND COB MILLS : Indian Rubber BELTING 
PACKING aud HOSE, made by Boston Belting Company; Ai- 
KINS’ .SELF RAKING REAPER; CIRCULAR >‘'AW S. made 
by Hoe & Co., and Welch & Griffith’s HORSE POWERS ; FAN 
MILLS, THRESHERS and SMUT MACHINES, 
CARMICHAEL & BEAN, 
April56-Cly Augusta. Ga. _ 
SHEEP FOR SALE. 
O NE vervfive half French and half Spanish MERINO BUCK. 
one year old. Also, two superior pure breed yearling SOL 1 u 
DOWN BUCKS, of the Webb stock. 
June56-tf RICHARD PETER-S, AtJ.auta, Ga. 
