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that it leaves the ground in better order. In rows that 
are four and a half or five feet wide, two mules can be 
worked to one broad shovel, cutting forty-two inches 
wide, which is a great saving of labor, 
Jas. H. Moon. 
ArhanmSy May, 1857. 
[Seethe article of “Dixit,” in present number.— E ds.J 
A CHEAP SUGAR MICE 
Editors Southern Cultivator — In the June number 
of the Cultivator,! see a question by a planter, relating to 
a wooden mill for crushing Sugar Cane. If intended for 
a small scale and wishing to avoid expense, I believe I can 
describe to you a certain machine which every farmer, 
possessing some mechanical art, can manufacture. The 
only thing to purchase would be three cam wheels and 
three bolts. 
Suppose three wooden cylinders either round or octagon 
set in a frame and to which motion should be given by 
connecting the three cam wheels on the top of that frame 
and attaching a sweep to the projection of the bolt of the 
middle cylinder. At the bottom of the cylinders there 
should be a platform covered with tin to receive the Juice 
which could be conducted to any point to suit the operator 
The cylinders should be about 1 foot in diameter and 1 
believe they would revolve fast enough with one horse to 
suffice to crush the cane of several acres. 
I have planted some cane and I am going to build a 
wooden mill of the above description, I believe that it 
will not cost me over ten dollars. 
If you think that such an implement would meet the 
demand of several people, who only want to experiment 
before going into it extensively, I shall be very happy to 
have added this hint to some advantage. 
Yours respectfully, P. J, B. 
May, 1856, 
WHEAT GROWING NEAR THE TEXAS COAST. 
That wheat can be successfully raised as well in the 
-coast counties of Texas, as in the more elevated regions, 
has been, within the last few years, satisfactorily demon- 
strated. Judge Rose, of this county, has raised three suc- 
cessive crops of wdieat, two of which — those of last year 
and the year before — yielded well ; and the third is now 
on the ground, nearly ripe, and equal to any of the others 
■Good judges of this crop think it will yield about thirty 
bushels to the acre. Judge Murphree, of DeWitt county, 
as we are informed, has been equally successful in rais- 
ing this desirable grain, Mr Williams, also, who resides 
on this town tract, on the west side of the river, has three 
acres of wheat, looking remarkably well, nearly ready to 
harvest. It is well headed, well filled, and will produce 
;25 or 30 bushels to the acre. 
Wheat raised in the wheat-growing districts of the 
North and West, is considered of very good quality when 
it weighs 60 pounds to the bushel, and yet the wheat 
raised in this vicinity weighs 70 pounds [1] 
The black, stiff, hog-wallow prairie land seems better 
adapted to wheat than any other. In such a soil it grows 
thriftily, heads and fills well, never rusts nor blights, and 
is a sure crop. Thus it would appear that the hog-wallow 
prairies contiguous to the coast, that have been consider 
ed as nearly Vi^orthless, are likely to prove the most valu- 
able lands in the State. The soil is deep, rich and endu- 
rable, and is w'ell adapted to the growth of all kinds of 
hedging plants or trees. The cutting ants, that are so 
troublesome upon sandy lands, are never found in this 
kind of soil. 
Texas flour will always command a good price, not only 
because it will be a superior article, but because it will 
come into market long before Western or Northern flour; 
and when that indispensable article will be most likely to 
De scarce. — Texas Advocate. 
THOUGHTS ON A “ CHUNK.” 
Editors Southern Cultivator — In oppostion to an 
inward whispering, “ thou art too young to teach,” I 
have resolved to trouble you v/ith a few thoughts suggest- 
ed upon the observation of a chunk in cultivated land. The 
first idea that entered my mind was the necessity of close 
observation; for instance thought I, this chunk has been 
or will be a serious “ backsett” to my interest as a farm- 
er; in the first place, there is an unbroken space around 
It, which produces nothing but a bunch of noxious grass, 
which seeds an acre of land, which preceding a wet sea- 
son thoroughly sets a plantation, which followed by a bad 
crop year, induces or compels the young farmer to sell the 
old homestead and to seek a home in the wilderness, with 
the companionship of wolves and bears; but again to my 
chunk. The faithful plow-mule stands ten chances to one 
of getting a painful rap for disturbing the equilibrium of 
the negro’s mind by shearing around it. But I shall im- 
mediately close for fear of being called by some a dealer 
in small facts ; but of such I would ask what circum- 
stance could be more insignificant than the falling of an 
apple from the tree, yet what has proved more significant. 
With pleasure, I subscribe myself your friend and con- 
stant reader, The Young Farmer. 
Near Okolona, Miss., April 14, 1857. 
Hogs. — Give swine occasionally a tablespoonful of a 
mixture composed of three pounds of ashes and one of 
salt, for each individual, mixed with his food. This is 
an effectual remedy for the kidney worm. When these 
animals are affected with cositiveness take copperas, pul- 
verized, put it in a common hand-skillet and hold it over 
a quick fire; it will soon boil. Stir it till well mixed and 
remove it from the fire to cool. Pulverize it and give to 
each hog a tablespoonful as often as the excrement voided 
indicates cositiveness. It may be mixed with milk, mush 
or any kind of food. 
BEACK AND WHITE HOGS. 
Editors Southern Cultivator : Two of my neigh- 
bors (gentlemen of undoubted veracity) recently informed 
me that a number of their hogs, some black and some 
white, were turned upon green wheat; the white hogs 
all died, and the black ones were not injured ! Is this 
rule universally truel If so, what is the philosophy of 
it I Will some of your correspondents explain the mys- 
tery, if the rule is universally truel Enquirer. 
McDonough, Ga., May, 1857. 
Dr. Eddy’s Patent Self-Feeding Stall for Horses. 
— The above named patent was issued on the 6th ult. to 
H. Eddy, of North Bridgewater, Mass. The inventor 
proposes to accomplish, and so far as we can see, does 
accomplish, the following objects: 1st, ahorse can be fed 
without soiling his head or fotetop by hay seed or other 
matter; he cannot breath upon his hay, or spoil it by con- 
stant mouthing, and thus render it unpalatable. He can 
receive it no faster than he takes it and eats U. The stall is 
abundantly ventilated, and the horse cannot waste a par- 
ticle of his food. — Calado7iian, 
