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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
For the information of the public, and to protect them 
against fi-aud and loss, we subjoin a list of the Wild Cat 
Banks in Georgia, not one of which we deem worthy ot 
confidence or credit. Let the people, therefore, beware of 
the bills of these Banks ; 
Mkrciunts' Bank, of Macon. 
Interior Bank, Griilin. 
LaGkangk Bank, LaGrange. 
Bank of Greensboro’, Giecnsboro’. 
Southern Bank, Bainbridge. 
Cherokee Insurance & Banking Company, Dakoh. 
Pi.ANTERs- & Mechanics' Bank, Dalton. 
Nokth-'Western Bank, Rnr^old. 
BROKE. 
Manufacturers’ & Mechanics’ Bank, Columbus. 
CONTiilNT.S ©F JUliY NUMBEll. 
1857 ! 1857! 
SODTIIEEN CULTiyiTOE, 
A MONTHFY^ JOURKAF, 
DEAmTED TO SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE, HORTIBULTURE, STOCK 
EREEOI-'.G, rout. TRY, BEE.S. GENERAL 
FARM ECONOMY &C. 
DADIIEL LE E. M 1> ■ »'■ KBDM OND, Editors. 
The Fifteenth voinnie coniinences in Januaiy,. 
1857. 
*1' T- 
ONF COPY, one year $1 I TWENTY FIVECOPIES. .S20 
SIX COPIES “ 5 1 ONE HUxNDKED COPIES- 75 
always in advance. No paper sent unless tbe cash 
accoriipanies the order. 
The Bills of all specie-paying Banks, and Post, Office Stamps 
received at par. 
Bemittances, by mail (post-paid) Avili be at the Publisher’s risk. 
Address WM. .S. . TONES, Aug-usta, <Ta. 
in^^Persons who will act as AGENTS, and obtain SUBSoBD 
BEBS, Avill be fiirusihed AA-iVh the paper at L'lnb prices. 
Plaiitixtion Ecosiostay a.Rd Misceillany. 
Work fir the M mtn Page 201 
Agricultural Colleges “ ‘203 
Mauure Making “ ‘20.5 
Blind Staggers in Horses, Ac “ 20r> 
Level Culture once more ! “ 206 
The Gorton Gill — its history, &c “ 207 
Diversitied Agriciilturr — Household Management. “ 209 
The Laivs of Trade — No faiuire of the great Producing 
poAvcr.s of the Sugar Lauds of Louis. ana “ 210 
Hives and Hiving Bee — fb'e China Berry “ 210 
Backward I'^eason in Southwestern Georgia, &c 211 
Sheep Itaising in the South “ 21i 
Hogs and P.orle Making - “ 212 
Descripiion of a Sugar Mill “ 2l2 
Badng Cotton Avirh Iron Hoops, &c “ 2Lt 
The 'Scarcity of Sugar “ 212 
Farming 111 tcTests ill East FJorida “ 213 
Clearing Swamp Lauds “ 214 
Botary Diggers. Subsoiling, &c., &.C ^ “ 
Feeding Milch Cows on Tomatoes “ 2Lo 
Shadows of Childlmod “ 215 
Sim licity of Engli.sh Dress “ 2l5 
Cotton and Col'll ill Mississippi “ 215 
Cotton Thresher.':, &.c “ 2i5 
Stanford's Wild Oat Grass “ 215 
Other Folk.s’ Eyes “ 215 
Blind Staggers in Horses “ 223 
Agriculture of the UnitedStates “ 223 
Game ns. Shanghai Fowls “ 224 
Improvement of Land “ 2,^14' 
To what Free Labor leads “ 224 
Funny Bat Trap '. “ 225 
Iron Hoops for Baling Cotton “ 225 
Fruit, for Healtn ... “ 225 
Warm Weather Drops “ i2:^5 
I' ubstitnto for Bean Poles “ 225 
Cotton Culture in Arkansas “ 225 
A cheap ■sugar Mill “ 226 
Wheat Growing nea,r the Texas Coast “ ‘v26 
Thoughts on a ■'Chunk” “ 226 
Hogs “ 2.6 
Black and Wi-i'e Hogs “ 226 
Dr. Eddy’s Self Feeding Stalls for Horses “ 2 l6 
Exceksior i 'orn and Cob Crusher “ 227 
Barometi r for Farmers 227 
Bat Proof Corn Crib “ 227 
Bice Milk “ 227 
Editorial. 
Answers to Correspondents P^ge216 
Beprinfs 216 
Illustrations. “ 2i6 
Ci-ucrete Houses, &c “ 21*^ 
Onr Boo'k, Table “ 2 7 
A New York Cotton Circular “ 2-7 
Our Sentiments “ 2Y 
Cuiinre ot Cotton “ 217 
Eduation in Bural Districts “ 2i8 
Horticultural Department. 
Strawberries — tbeir Culture, best Varieties, &c Page2!9 
Pears on the haw Stock .... “ 220 
Apple and Pear B.ight “ 220 
T e Cureniio “ 22 1 
Lanrei Oil — Flies — Scuppernong Wine, &c “ 22 i 
Fustic — ' Vir^ilia Lutca." “ 222 
New Na;ive Plants '• 222 
SHUEP FOR SALE. 
O NE very five half French and half Spanish MEBINO BUCK, 
one year old Also, two superior pure breed yearling SOUTH 
DOW N BIJ GKS, of the W ebb stock. 
JuneSe-tf BICHABD PETERS, Atlanta, Ga. 
SORGHO SACCHAROMETBRS. 
I '^HE Snbscr.ber has a uumbtfr- of these instiumeut.s — invented 
. and eachone pro', ed by him.seif — which will be furnished to 
ai,y who may de.sire this indispensable guide to the inexperienced 
in S5 HUP MAKING. 
Full directions accompany the instruments. Price $3, and 10 
postage stamps when scut by mail 
ROBERT BATTEYk M. D. 
July57 — 3t Rome, Georgia. 
* WILLIS’ IMPROVED BTTJMP' MACAINK 
PATENTED MARCH-6, 1855. 
Fa'rmers, Mechanics Hoad Bidldcrs, SpecvlaUirs 'and aV progressive 
me-tt your atttehtion is coAled to this Valuable Patei.t. 
M Y STUMP MACHINE has great po'vver. It has no equal. — 
it is simiilelu its construction, easily w.orked, and not liabie to 
get out of repair. Its common weight is about 1500 lbs. It is ea- 
sily born from place to place, and can be loaded in three minutes, 
and unloaded, set, up, and a 1 'sty stump drawn, all wuhin fifteen 
minute.s. Once fastened, it will pull ah aero and a ha.f of stumps 
Vvutbout ch. ugii.g anchorage. A yoke of c' tile or one strong 
horse, is sufficient to work it With such a team, if necessary, a 
power of from three to five hundred tons can be made to bear up- 
on a single stump ! 
One man can work it, though two work it to better advantage. — 
The time required to exti'.act stumps from six inches to four feet in 
diameter, -will vary fi’om two to ten niinute.s. With this Machine, 
standing trees may be taken out, large rocks removed ooin tlieir 
bed-i; and it is thebe.st Machine ever invented not only for pull- 
ing stumus, but for moving buildings, and < iher ht avy bodies. All 
the iron usrd, is wrought, of peculiar quality, imported, sustaining 
57 tons to the inch. 
The price of these ITachines varies accordingdo weight and size. 
I will furnrsh the. Machine at 1113:' IManufactory, together with an 
individual right to work it, f.rr $200. I -reside at O ange, Ma.ssa- 
chusetts, where I manufacture 1 his article, on a iarge scale, and 
hold rayscT rcad3' to furnish it, or sell rights to use it, in any State 
or Town in the L'nion, now unsold, on terms most rea.sonahle. 
This p tent begins to be appreciated ; all who -wish to brhigso 
good a thing into use, and theretiy make a “pile of moiKyv” should 
come to Orange, see thte inventor, see tliewoi kings of the Machine 
with their own eyes, and if not perfectly satisfied respecting its 
merits, all ihe'r expenses shall be cheerfullv paid. 
June.57— tf WH.LIAM W. WILLIS. 
“FRUITLAHD I^URSER-Y,” AUGUSTA, GA. 
IMPORTANT NEW ARRANGEMENT. 
T ' HE Subscriber takes gn at pleasure in informing his customers 
and the Fruit Growers of the South geuerally, that he has 
recently made an arrangement with the w’dl kn< wn P-niiok gist, 
Louis B. Berckmans, Esq,, now of New Jersey, by whicti he will 
have lull acce.-s to ail the gia ts and I uds of that gemlemans col- 
lections of Pears, which unathci' mauy hundred of the best named, 
varieties, and more than twenty themsand i.cw beediings of great 
promise. In addition to this unrivalled collection or Peai.®, the- 
specimen or hards of M. Berckmans contain sll the best and 
rare-t variety of other ftuit knt wn in Etui pe and An iri( a. from 
which we shall cull every thing of special merit. It is not our ob- 
.ject to multiply varieiies, but to select, with the greatest care, the 
very best for extensive propagation. 
^ limited number of the choicest Pear trees, selected by M. 
Berckmans, wid be o'ffered from my Nursery Ihc coming fall,^and 
all the Icadb g varieties of Sontliern Fruit, Ro-c.s, Ornamental 
Trees Strawlierry Plants, Grape Vines, d c., &c., can then be fur- 
nished in qnaritit3', at utr moeler ate prices. 
I''nJl Descriprive and ITi^ '^.atrlcgups, sent postpaid to all 
appl. cants. Address, x. ''Ed.VIOND, Augusta, Ga- 
A{)ril57 — tf 
LA-WSOH WATERMSLLON BBLD. 
A FEW packag s of genuine “Law.':on” W ATER.M FLEON 
SEED, at 16 and 20 cents eacn If per mail, 16 or 32 cents 
may be sent to cover postage. A ddress 
AprU57—tf PLUMB & LEITNEB, Augusta, Qa. 
