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soft H E kw" 'C E L T I W T O R'. 
power, an'd ra?^ht be employed udvantageously for many 
different purposes bn ouiMarge' rivers' ' *. 
We are dot yet so far advanced in’ agricultural improve^’ 
mcntj'as to do much at irrigation. But'wlien we redch.that- 
point ('and wd' must' come' to it) such a simple mechanism 
would 'be''‘'^bx'cee;dingly usef^ in suitable localities, for 
lifting any -qbailtity' cf water for agricultural purposes. In 
such a way the }andS'ol’TBab*y'f^h’'mT9'Wri^^^^^ ( now a des- 
'ert^' t^eVoeiiitiVated' lik#gardehs six 'fno'Ssdnd years ‘b^o ; 
fSgypt is, to a'greUt'bxieVit,“kepf -'feriife af tlng very day, 
by me<pns of its “Sakias” or. water mijls.-.and it . is. w-ell 
kupiyp' ■^'everybody likjU ''Water is the iife.an'd .soul, of all 
Kermiiig ap'd gardening'.’; .. .Robert Nee 50 n, , 
- • ; . - ; -T~~! A ‘ ; t - --.r- ■ 
T m i W Cl Tt'im : : Eli S ' FE A'. ' 
■.....'T 'r-~rr,:r. y:-. vei 'VS. W- pr. Wit "r.rr- - 
Tgirii.;!^ST^Thg..Vv'fite.r o,t\e., of;- yGivrdVRtfeTnityj bn- i 
sKfe_sd^bipgri^r§ely'pntey{i^ti^;,ip-the,;^alen..'PW!d'b9llbm»bd,: 
praj,:«arptiopjOi)^e^ 
l^iriU^eWytt&r p.ie^:. 
|)a«Hip^i; pfitl^i.6 %pA;p]^j,'dinp],vipg .rthakyefy-rmatay of, -you- 
fi!?3.f^ust.,i^egU!'i:di3fCipltiv>u 1 Ji ris- to the:.sidv4n.£age pt- 
tp,gafliest‘^,9Wj<’b>ttbnuas pkair gs possible fVpn;iffche. 
■iieldi gihjip p Wfied4 P ng- ;:pbypdbr,- a n^ ,,al togetke r. 
riW^§ ;,|}effec,i,;Und , yaluqble„,-,thba fyi’l^erei'.^^ined, r;aaon; 
cp^pt|^ap4d.P»U.-2i-r0ip!f gath,ere4,: ij:t, ; together,-, as • cotton., ■ 
,W4fr4,hff.(^p||PQyi>as,. b<^n bapspd&fiit ■ppghFtp be;'spregd. 
out, gp^.^jtfie ^ppp/oi-f^ cppplofif |dpy;>^tpt;,d^yj; ;bPlt do not 
€xp.psqjt,,l9, the;spn,, a.t,:aiity tip^^urrjess^ 4l twas, picked 
'dicing v -rr:;lo' a md ii ■■•• ••. ■ ■ 
In,„dampj:;wpt-iW.f^ther it is best to have your negrpes in 
},he colton house overhauling cottoni pickings. out al!.’,de- 
fective and siained -ootmn, trash-, -■&Ory4hftiT to have them 
exposed to the weather, ptqrraSpOf.wind-and lightning, be- 
ing more dangerous in an open-fieid than in houses. 
:-Glfi.,yo;ur.<ottO'Aa4.soon after harvesting k as 'possible. 
CIbttbn gaains no gbojd'^by being kept in bulk, but bn the 
contrary it! deterin^’ates dn value, losing a-great^deab of ks 
soft, silk iy feeling and .natural vegetable oil, which quali- 
■liesdaSe ' VerytrHUoh desired by consumers. - 
>J(Sdgmg.'b}r the sales of cotton in Charleston and Savan- 
nahivi WQuid sa-y that; the McCarthy Gin answers the 
best for your purposes. I Consider that similar cottons, 
otre pa^cchgot out:on the old Rwo roller gins-and the other 
• -oi^' ihe-McCarthy Gins, that ninety nine times' out* of a 
htindred itbat there is a, difference of from 3- to -10 cents per 
pQitin'd im favqrof the cotton /ginned on thb WfcGarthy Gi'O' 
Xhis 'gin. -tope, worked. slowly and not to turn out more 
tb,aff froih' pounds of,, lint per hour, as by run 
ming it faster, you make the cotton rather too dry and 
'iieecy. . ■ - a; ■■ ilgv-sTJ ■'■W o.* OvEc'”'''' v < -v .ciJontJ; 
Packing/ first' g&t ' Hid ■Sdif-Isl^bd' ffhf ^thd/e"^ 
.isy-TiO economf ' W^taf'^^eii'ih- pl.fitrr!'g Up prbdtif’e'^ih'^ 
bdd , uhsigh'dy ‘padkffge'siWfIt 'off'42'y&*4s)'''Wliic3i \vill be 
ja!r’ge'''eno0.gh tb-ebritciih from' 860 to 350' pbhritlsi'wHi'ch is' 
the o ska ! Wdighbbf bag^ ofSea Isiand^Cottbh ; after ha'v/ 
jngThd''b% madeAVi'th strong tWine', put the cotton in' it 
m pbrciels 'of h6'’t less'thah'20 pounds;' this to be forced 
down by"ThWp'Sc''kcr;' With a heavy 'm4let, waVning'him 
nb'i; 'to bpitfebdcc’o juice or allow any ‘wate'r WhateverTb 
■comb hbaVdhebUdside ‘of inside of the bag; ;usin,g \vatertb 
pack cbilon/'to’’ hiy khowledge', ha.s cost the plantefs ol 
Fibri'da thousands of’ dollars.'- When you have' 'finished 
the 'bag,' mark itWa'refully \Vitli yo'ur name in fulTof yom' 
imfialfe/fiUmberi'ng'' each bag as you pack it blFy if you 
should htfvd'reasbhub think that a portion of ybur crbp is 
better'thandheblhef jit is 'to' your ad vantage to put abis- 
■iinguifehing’braTid bn "the 'inferior parcel/ It is 'Well tb 
have onels brand k'no'Wn and desirable, as' in aL'diill time, 
those part3%s" '-'"wKbse’ cbtibn 'has been iisod utp dnd ^tveh j 
satisfaction, stand a better chande of disposing df their 
crops the next year. . '■' 
.Hoping that these few suggestions may be the mcans'bf 
bringing increase,d ..prosperity to you, m.y friends, 'and thaG 
as an irgent and friend of Long' Cotton planters in Florida^ 
1 may neveri/^Ce a bag of “water packed'' cotton, I remaiu' 
with sciiti merits .of bsteetn, . ■ ' 
Ybur friend, ■ ' V 
“ MER'ciiAxt FARSiffR.'’f 
Chxfleston, S. C.,' J/urr'/t, 1857, ' ' '' ' . . ' 
'OF CHINESE' S.r'GAa cANE''. 
Editor.s Southern GuETivA-ToR — Lenclose a 'fe#' setts' 
for your inspec'tionr Their ^history is this^r— While so- 
journing in Ohio in I stepped into a'Seed^fbrekvheje 
ihere was no person in at the-hrontent b'dt^''W'-vefy(^sm^ 
boy. 1 discovered the s'Ce'dj^iin a shbW 'cab frpand; asked 
him what they were.-'^ Hb'^helieved they ■calleff-'rt'' coffee 
corn,” but could tell but'! itilb about it, "'nnlyWhat'k was 
sent from the Patent' Otffee fbh distribution. •-^Hponimy re- 
questing it, be gaveWne ffeai^ a tablespbbhfel ■b?them. 
I hoped to cultivate i-t- tU'ud'vani age and- savWiw|f e'difee ex- 
penses.' i- Being, unsetikd, I.-'did not’- pi an tin -until • lBa6, 
and then, -net until the 1 0th. , of ~ Jane.. It ■produced a. mavfl 
^estic stalk, varying from 12 to- 10 feet in height', yielding:^ 
nearly 5, 'quarts of seed, such as I enclose. During itsi^ 
growth the' children, cut down and chewed up several of' 
the stalks for its sweetness. My wife fell into the sarneG 
habit ; but considering itoti^ fet, kept the -know ledge of it^ 
frorffe me until recendy. . - : 
; ; TRl^fabts above stated, in connection with ybur articie'4 
■ in the'^Cfeki'haitar, in which you rhentio'n that there are a' 
nulnbGr of varieties of the Chinese Sugar Cane, siiggefet- 
ed to mb that the little boy made a slight mistake. ThaG’ 
k was intended to produce Sugar instead of coffee. ^ 
M’'ill you be so kind as to give the your opinion .as^to,; 
whether it is a Variety of the Chinese Sugar Cane or notl 
Should Vny seed prove genuine, J wish to make the most 
of them;, if not, lean but roast them and try the coffee 
experiment 
Your early compliance will (as the planting season is - 
now on us) very much oblige. 
Yours respectfully, Jesse J. Smjtb. . 
Catoosa County^ Ga.^ 1857. 
[The seeds resemble those of the Chinese Sug^r 
Cane, but there are so many varieties of Sorghum, that 
we are nqt fully able to de-cide whether they are genuiae > 
or not. We sent our correspondent some of our own pure / 
seed for comparison — Eds ]._ ^ ^ 
lob I .ir^ilq/U' — _2£ — ■ ;V - y • 
' I 'l^^EiV WutfD ENDER’bitari^'l.— We'^' hUve iVjding '^ 
/ u fide t^¥Sinih'g borne in CraWtpfd "'cdbnty, dh* ‘.a ' cheaper ' - 
pfad^thf n d bave sebfi ' recotfimend^d. l'’ji'ut in sonie two ' 
hundred rods, last spring, at an expense of from 10 to 15 
cents per rod. We do not know how long it wilj last— , 
the blbest I know of is some eight years I tliink.iua' 
majority of cases it will pay the expense of making.i'n tWe . 
years. ' ' - ' ■ 
We dig a ditch 2i or 3 feet deep; at 2 feet deep., 8 
ijficbes wide, then 1 foot deeper G inches wide at top, and,-' . 
3 or 4 inches at the bottom ; then place in apiece ot tin?'- q 
'der so large that it will lay 4, 5., C or 10 inches ■ from ffie - 
bottbrh, acco'-ding to the quantity of water required to ; 
pass. ■ The timber should be well driven down before filL^. 
ing up. Where splitting timber is scarce, boards o»e cr . 
ope a.nd,a half inches thii k and from 5 to 7 inches broad, 
according tb the quantity of water, cap be used, whifch , 
vsfitl increase the cost a Uiile W. C, V 
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