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;go<yJ pnrt of the time. I will say to my South Carolina 
and Alabama friends who have addressed me on the sub- 
ject, that if 1 can steal time from Georgia, 1 will atteud to 
their calls with pleasure. Yours, &c., 
G. D. jHjrmon. 
Utica, Miss., Aug., 1857. 
[The of Mr. Harmon are, all things considered, 
very fair and liberal, and we hope his proposition will be 
numerously responded to. We h ive several names on our 
book now, and hope our friends will fill up a sufficient list 
as soon as possible. A thorough system of land saving, 
Joy hill side ditching, would, if extensively practiced, add 
-niiliions to the wealth of our country, in a few years, and 
prevent the removal of a vast amount of capital and ener 
^y from the older planting States. We trust Mr. Harmon 
will be war'.nly encouraged, and that this enterprise will 
anduce an army of young and vigorous men, also, to qualify 
themselves for the glorious work to which he proposes to 
devote himsidf — F.os So r['i.T] 
KAiSI>’G CniCKE?i'S AND TURKEYS. 
Editors Southkrn Cultivator — I have been induced 
to give you my experience in Poultry raising for tlie last 
few years, and my success. In 18.'}4 I lost most of my 
turl.evs and chickens from what is called cholera, ray old 
fowls fiarticuhn ly in lH55and ’5b I was more successful, 
and this year I have had no sickness nor loss from gapes, 
or anything, except some few from lice. Iscaid'myben 
house vviih greasy water, roost pules and nests, where 
there are none setting, and every brood that is hatched 1 
grease the mother with the top of the pot, or any sofi 
grease, all over the breast and neck underneath the wings 
and on the upper side of the wings, all in between the 
]arj{* quifis, unnl they are quite wet. Tlie next day the 
young chicks will took as i* they had been in the water, 
■but u will not hurt them at all. In ihefourch week, grease 
the little ones a ring as low on ihe neck as you can, and 
.grease the head and under the v,/ings but little, for if you 
do It weakens them ; and your work is done. Any com- 
m n family can jai-e three or four hundred if they will 
pursue iriv plan I want this to have as wide a circnlaiio'> 
a.a fur it is quite a loss lo a family after raisint; 
the fowl.-, 10 huve them swefit olf tty choleraina few days. 
Cnppi ras put m the trough where they drink, twice a 
Wtek, keeps riiein heibhy A piece the size of a small 
hiekor^ nut to onejtalion of water Now, everyone who 
read', try my plan, and th< re wdl be no want of chickens 
or nu keysm the State, or any place where this course is 
pursue I. I .im a i t liable per.son, and write the plain truth, 
and iiuiliing but what 1 Know fiom experience. 
Very res[)ccttully. youis, 
\N Old Housekeeper. 
Madis'/ri, Ga , A i/g /<.<>/-, 1857 
P. S —1 feed young uirkifs with cold corn-bread, and 
pl.ite', of buttermilk ao s •• vuiri their reach. 
So'P FOR Kill, -G dirt .s - . i a ,,.n — S S Green of 
E isi C onbridge, iia m > ie an experiment with this article 
H*^ hus in hi' gaidttii a wbice asn irre, winch wa.s full of 
Ih'-se w.oiins, .so fa».,l lu mir iruii ami ornamental trees. 
He '•uvered eveiy pi ice on the tree which appeared lo be 
wi'Un e.l fiy them, wiih com, non hard s->ap, nicely rutibed 
iniu 1 hfc ploce wlier‘ ihe oorei 'Cemed to liave entered. 
Jhiiing the rams of this ‘V* eK. ihe soap dissolved and pen- 
etr,!-'d to the worm',, which f -rced them out by scores, 
Calls ng ihe r dt- itn rrunK this the best remedy yet 
dis m-ered foi de-troMUiC loe'C nuisances to gardetiB and j 
•ore bards. — Ex-di a age. \ 
A NOVEETY — THE HOP TREE. 
The accompanying representation is taken from a da- 
guerreotype of a tree of of this kind growing upon the 
grounds of Edward N. Shelton, President of the Manufac- 
turers’ Bank, Birmingham, Conn,, and is said to be a per- 
fect likeness of this tree. 
This species of the hop has long been known and culti- 
vated as an ornamental shade tree, but its utility and su- 
periority over the common hop has not, until recently, 
been known and acknowledged. It bears the hops in 
prolihe. clusters, they are of greater strength and greater 
fldvor ; and the tree in every respect combines utility with 
ornament. 
We extract from the report of the Agricultural Division 
of the Patent Office: 
Hops.— Mr. A. B Hull, of Georgetown, Conn., has fur- 
nished this office with an interesting report of the condi- 
tion and progress of Agriculture in Fairfield county, and 
in coi^nection mentions the cultivation of a hop tree by 
Mr Henry C. Williams. Mr W. does not claim to have 
first discovered it, as it has long been cultivated in that 
vincity as an ornamentul tree, but claims to be the first to 
discover its utility. All who have ever used this hop are 
said to pi-onounce it superior to the common variety, a 
much lessquanlity answering all the purposes of this ar- 
ticle. This tree is said to be hardy, and adapted to any 
&oil or location, and deserves to supersede (as at no dis- 
tant day i willj the unsightly hop-poles to be seen iu 
many gardens. 
A specimen accompanied the report. It appears to be 
of a very fine quality. 
Further information can be had of H. C. Williams, 
Wilton, Conn., or A. S. Batterson, 160 Reade street, New 
York. 
All subscripiions to me Smldern Cultivator be^ 
gin with the January number. 
