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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
monopoly on the one hand, and' to destitution on the 
other; whereas^ the principle of slavery, as it operates in 
the South, leads essentially to security of life and subsis- 
tence, and to an equable diffusion of comforts amongst the 
laboring class. 'I'he slaveholder owns his labor, and, 
therefore, must, to promote his own interest, feed and 
clothe it, and improve its skill and efficiency by securing 
the highest individual develojiment of the laborer. But 
the non-slavehoiding capitali.'t does not own hisown labor 
though it is to his interest to absorb ail of its profits. The 
more ab-Miiriani labor is, and the moie productive it is, the 
less of its fruits is enjoyed by the laborer; and ifheshould 
happen to form a part of a surplusage of labor, then he 
is an industrial c.ypher on the negative side of the unit; 
he counts lesslhan nothing, and consequently must receive 
nothing — that is, he must starve! He is a dead weight; 
let him be lopped oft’, it will not pay capital any longer to 
keep the life in him. He has enjoyed “ Freedom;” vo- 
ted for it, perhaps; perchar.re fought for it; pursued it 
with a single devotion — idolized it; now let him be a 
maityr for it ! 
In Ireland, a few years ago, over half a million of vic- 
tims |>erformed the tiuty of martyrdom for “Freedom,” 
by perishing on the pnlilic highways. In England the 
votaries performed the office less obtrusively, but the sac- 
rifice in the aggregate was probably as large. In New 
York city, we are told that thirty thousand unfortunate 
sewing-women pendulate between starvation and shame. 
And yet we carj|hear no end to the story of the diabolical 
villainies of slavery, and the lender mercies and divine 
beauties of “ Freedom.” 
Such are some of the inevitable results of the industrial 
chads, called “Freedom.” to establish the supremacy of 
which fanatics and pretended philanthropists would de- 
stroy the safe, orderly and beneficient labor system of the 
South. It is a poor recommendation of a phyHcian’s pre-. 
scription, that it has already poisoned his own family. 
Funny Rat Trap. — A correspondent of the Genessee 
Farmer relates the following funny way of catching 
rats : 
I build my corn-crib on posts about eighteen inches 
high, made rat-proof by putting abroad board or sheet 
iron on the top of the posts. Make everything secuie 
against rats except the granary, and have this rat proof 
except at one of the back corners Here, where they will 
like it best, make a nice hole with a spout five inches 
long on the outside, where they can go in and out and eat 
at pleasure. Then, if 1 think the rats are too numerous, 
1 take n l^ag, after dark, and slip the mouth over the spout 
on the outside of the granary. Then send “Sen” in at 
the door with a light, and the rats and mice will all run 
into the bag Tfien slip the bag oft' the spout and slap it 
once or twice against the side of the granary. Turn out 
the dead, and in an hour or two repeat the process. After 
all are killed, stop up the hole till new recruits arrive, 
which treat in the same wmv ” 
IRON HOOPS FOil J3ALING COTTON. 
Editors SouTHKRN Cultivator ; Can you, or any of 
your subscriljers, inform me through the CidLivoIor, why 
hoop iron cannot be substituted in the place of rope for 
puiting up Cotton bales'! Hoop iron is cheaper than 
rope, and is not so liable to break. And will make a 
much neater package. 
If rust on iron is the only objection, that could be 
easily obviated by painting the hoop iron ptevious to 
packing. Yours, &c.., 
A Subscriber. 
Merriwither County^ May^ 1857. 
Fruit for Health. — The Ohio Farmer makes the fol- 
lowing very thoughtful and seasonable remarks: 
Filth, moisture and exposure to heated atmosphere, are 
tlie causes of billious diseases. The best counteracting 
agent is a free use of ripe, acid fruit. Experiment has 
verified the theory, tiiat natural acids separate the bile 
from the blood with great certainty and mildness. Fresh, 
ripe, perfect, raw acid fruits are a reliable remedy. How 
strongly the appetite, in fevers, often yearns for a pickle, 
when nothing else can be relished, or eaten ! It is the in- 
stinct of nature pointing to the remedy. The want of a 
natural appetite is often the result of the bile not being 
separated from the blood ; and if the cause is not removed 
fever is the result. Fruits are cooling, because the acid 
stimulates the hver to greater activity in separating the 
bile from the blood, by which the bowels become free, 
the pores open, and health restored. The fruit should be 
ripe, fresh, and perfect — used without sugar or — m 
ilsnoliiral state. 
♦ — 
Warm Weather Drops. — In a late me'di cal journal al- 
lusion is made to a prescription, of whicli Dr. -Horace 
Green says: we are accustomed, while travelling in 
summer, always to take a small phial of it with us; as 
this medicine is quite sure to arrest, in children or adults, 
the intestinal irritation which in the warm season is so 
liable to follow a change of diet and the drinking of a dif- 
ferent and perhaps a harder kind of water than that to 
which we had been accustomed : 
Tincture of camphor, an ounce and a half; tincture of 
capsicum, half an ounce; compound spii it.s of lavender,, 
one ounce, and laudanum one ounce. Mix, and take from 
20 to 40 drops at a dose, (for an adult) according to cir- 
cumstances, several times a day if necessary. 
Substitute for Bean Polks. — How many gardens have 
their appearance spoiled by unsightly bean poles, as the 
old saying is “standing seven ways f)r Sunday.” I have a 
way that looks better, and as for productiveness, there is 
half difference in favor of my plan. 
Set posts twenty feet apart, six fi-et high, and fasten No. 
8 or 10 wire on the top. Plant under the wire in hills two 
feet apart, leaving two plants in a hill to grow. Slick 
with willow or any kind of sprouts, peeling the ends to 
prevent growing. Tie them to the wire and cut off the 
tops of the vines two or three inches above the wi es. 
I'he rows should run north and south, and be four and a 
half feet ajDart. C. H R , 
[in Moores’ Rural New Yorke'>-. 
Slormvilley Dutchess Co , N Y. 
COTTON CUIiTUKE IN ARKANSAS. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — As you request of 
some of your subscribers to give you their mode of 
Cotton Culture, I submit this as the mode pursued here. 
Beil up land as early as possible, open the row narrow, 
straight and shallow; cover with a concave block suffi- 
ciently heavy to press the earth on the seed. As .soon as 
the cotton is up, run around with side harrows .ibout four 
inches from the drill ; alter going over in this way turn 
back and run around the cotton again, going as cirse as 
possible, say two inches ; this wilt leave a very narrow- 
drill; follow with lioes, chopping out to desired width; 
when brought to a stand, put diit wiih a sweep or broad 
shovel; continue the shovels during the whole season ; 
no turning plow is used at all in the cultivation of the 
crop I have not described the tools used, taking for 
granted that they will be understood. The harrow in the 
first cultivation is superior i.o the scraper, from the fact 
