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are free from vermin. The CataJpa, Locust, Elm, Maple, 
Sycamore, Mulberry, and many others will do, and look 
well. If the grass on your plat does not grow spontane- 
ously, sow the seed of the blue grass. The selection and 
cultivation of flowers you may leave to your wife or 
daughters, only do not forget to help them prepare the 
beds — we warrant they will attend to the rest. 
We repeat then, treat yourself to the luxury of a beau- 
tiful home, from henceforward. It will promote both 
health and cheerfulness. The Garden of Eden contained 
but little more than trees, grass, and flowers; and with 
but a little trouble and expense, every man may have a 
small paradise of his own. — Valley Farmer. 
CATAWBA BKANDY IN ALABAMA. 
A late number of the Montgomery Journal acknowledges 
the receipt of some rare specimens of Alabama wine and 
brandy by courtesy of Dr. Ulrich, made at his Catawba 
vineyard in the northern part of Tallapoosa county. They 
have been tried, says the Journal, by good judges, who 
pronounce them superb, and equal, if not superior, to the 
produce of any vineyards foreign or domestic. 
Dr, Ulrich’s Catawba is well known, but the brandy, 
only a pipe of which v/as distilled this season, has been 
tested only by few persons. It is the product of the pure 
grape, without any mixture with other substance. It is 
of a light sparkling amber color, and though but six 
months in cask, has the fine aroma and “gout” of the old 
varieties of choicest brands. In addition to the enjoyment 
of its fine exhilarating flavor, one drinking has the satisfac- 
tion of knowing that it is Alabama brandy, and a pure 
article, and not, as is now the brandy of commerce, a dele- 
terious compound. 
The Doctor now has his cellars finished, excavated 
from the solid rock, after the practice on the Rhine, and 
will be able to preserve and ripen his wines to any length 
of time. He will this season, from new and extensive 
vineyards which now commence bearing, be able to make 
a large quantity of wine, and supply that market with the 
best, varieties. 
It has only been about five years since the Doctor 
commenced his improvements and the cultivation of the 
Catawba. He was raised in the midst of the wine-grow- 
ing regions of Germany, and has in his employ experienced 
vinedressers; and being a man of indomitable energy 
and enterprise, we look for great perfection in his products 
at no very distant day. The Doctor is no mere speculator 
in cuttings . — Columbus Sun. 
WANT OF APPETITE. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — In compliance with 
the request of “E. A.|M.,” made in the August number of 
the Cultivator, I send you a prescription which I never 
knew fail to restore a horse to his usual appetite. 
Give the horse one button of Nux Vomica, grated in 
hominy or bran every other day, until five buttons are 
taken ; then omit them four or five days. During this 
time give daily some poplar bark, beat up as fine as pos- 
sible, in bran. If this cannot be had hickory ashes make 
a good substitute. Repeat the Nux Vomica, as directed 
above, if the appetite has not returned. The horse should 
be curried and well rubbed three times every day in order 
to give a healthy action to the skin and hair. Also, he 
should be fed daily on corn, that was put in soak the 
night before. The water should be changed daily. 1 
would advise, as a preventive to this disease, that every 
plaHter have twelve or more poplar poles placed in his lot 
in the spring season, in reacii of the horses and Mules 
and Vv hen the bark is gnawed off have them removed, 
and more put in the lot. Keep your horse troughs sup- 
plied with hickory ashes during the summer months, 
and give very little salt during the plowing season. A 
strict adherence to these rules will insure every planter a 
healthy stock of horses and mules on his farm. 
Yours, &c., A Subscriber. 
Jefferson Co., Ga., August. 1857. 
“A Reader ” sends us the following as an “ ex- 
tract,” but does not mention his source, which, of course, 
leaves us unable to give the proper credit.— Eds, 
THE KIND OF EDUCATION BEST SUITED 
to Young Fainiers. 
They greatly err who think it unnecessary to educate a 
son that is destined to be a farmer or mechanic. The 
man of education takes his stand and position in society 
above the illiterate and uninformed, be he never so honest 
and upright in his conduct. The young man who is sen- 
sible of the deficiencies of his education feels cramped and 
embarrassed in the presence of those who have had superi- 
or advantages. Whereas, if he is capable of appreciating 
and enjoying the conversation and society of men of intel- 
ligence and learning, he will naturally seek that class and 
still go on improving. I repeat it, that man errs who rises 
early, toils all day and is so tired at night that he has no 
pleasant word or look for his wife and children, who 
grudgingly doles out a pitiful sixpence for the daily wants 
of his family in order to add farm to farm, and field to field 
while his sons are growing up around him with minds 
untaught, talents unimproved, and unappreciated. Far 
better give them more learning and less land. Fit them 
to be useful and intelligent members of society and let 
them stand upon their own feet. They are then prepared 
for it, and to their latest day they will bless your memory. 
Every farmer should be taught the sciences of Natural 
Philosophy, Natural History, Mathematics and Chemis- 
try. Not with a view of transforming them into Philoso- 
phers, but of communicating to them the important know- 
ledge of the nature of those phenomena which daily pre- 
sent themselves to their observation. Such information 
would make them more successful farmers, as well as 
more intelligent men. The advantages which farmers 
would derive from studying those sciences will be best 
understood by pointing out their nature. First it is evi- 
('ent that most farming operations are much effected by 
external influences. The state of the weather, for instance, 
regulates every field operation, and local influences modi- 
fy the climate very materially. Now, it should be desired 
by the farmer to become acquainted with the causes which 
g ve vise to those influences, and these can only be known 
by comprehending the laws of Nature which govern every 
natural phenomenon. The various clas.-^es of phenomena 
occur in the earth, air, water and heavens. The laws 
which regulate them, being unerring in their operation, 
admit of absolute demonstration, and the science which 
affords the demonstration is called Mathematics. 
Ap'ain, ever}^ object, animate, or inanimate, that is pa- 
tent to the senses possesses an individual identity, so that 
no two objects can be confounded together. The science 
which makes us acquainted with the marks for identify- 
ing individuals is termed Natural History. Farther, every 
object animate or inanimate, cognizable by the sense, is a 
compound body made up of certain elements. Chemistry 
is the science which makes us acquainted with the nature 
and combinations of those elements. AVe thus see how 
applicable those sciences are to the phenomena around 
us, and their utility to the farmer will be the more appar- 
ent, the more minutely each of them is investigated. 
Mathematics are either abstract or demonstrative. Ab- 
stract Maihemarics “treat of propositions which are int- 
tnutable, absolute truth,” not liable to be affected by sub- 
sequent discoveries, “but remains the unchangable pro- 
