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SOUTHHRN CULTIVATOR 
■COTTON AND SUGAIl CANE IN LOUISIANA. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — It has been raining 
here ever since the 2ist of July, and some days in tor- 
rents, with the exception of some live or six days during 
the time. Cotton promised well generally, until this 
rainy spell, and I feel safe in saying that the cotton crop 
is injured fully one-third, it no more. We have the never 
failing indication of the cotton-caierpiliar, which is the 
butterfly or cotton moth, and 1 am satisfied they will be 
here in abundance during the month of September; 'and. 
perhaps, by the last of the month the cotton will be destroy- 
ed by them at all events, the injury will be serious — the 
crop reduced to one-half. Sugar Cane is fine, ai least, the 
plant cane— the stubble was almost entirely destroyed by 
the cold of last winter. Corn crops are, generally very 
good through this district of country. 
Most respectfully, yours, R. S. 
Bmjo'jj CMcot, Louisiana^ Avgust, J957.,_ 
RICE, CORN AND CHINESE CANE. 
Editors Southern Coltivator — The Bice and Corn 
crops in the Ogechee district of our county, (Chatham,) 
are pr mising abundant harvests. The Chinese Sugar 
Cane exceeds our most sanguine exptctations, so far — 
both as to quality and quantity of syiup; and all persons 
who have a good iron mill must succeed ; and yet many 
who may experiment with the ordinary wooden mills 
will most probably make a failure, as the wooden rollers 
will not crush the cane thoroughly, without passing it 
through more than once, and that would be rather a tedi- 
ous process. Respectfully, yours, T, R. T. 
Savannah, Georgia, Anaust., 1857. 
t&OUT IN FOWES-»-FROG OINT.RENT. 
Editors Southern Cultivator— I see in one of your 
late numbers of of the Cultivator an inquiry made by one 
of your lady readers as to what will cure the gout that is 
so prevalent among our fowls'? I had a fine Bramah 
rooster .that had become almost helpless with this disease 
and I applied the following remedy, and, to my surprise, 
in a few weeks he had regained his former beauty and 
activity, and is now in apparent good healtn. The warts 
or scales, are entirely removed from his feet. 
The recipe is as lollows : Take one pound of lard, and 
seven common frogs, put them into the lard whole, and 
simmer until they are peifectly cri.sped; then drain off the 
dregs, add two table spoonfulls of strong lye soap, and 
one bottle of Perry Davis’ Pain Killer, stir the whole well 
together, and then annoint the feet and legs of the diseased 
fowls fiom three to four times a week, letting them run at 
large with the other poultry. 
1 hope some of your readers will try this remedy, and 
see if it prove successful with them. Mine is the only 
case, that has ever come under my observation I invent- 
ed and tried the experiment of my own accord, though 1 
had previously learned that frog oil was good for diseases 
among animats. '"iS. F. Adair. 
Cass County, Gpo‘'gia, Avgust, 1857. 
Exercise FOR Women. — Working m the garden, with 
thick shoes, substantial mits, and a sun bonnet, rather 
than the p'-esent fashion, is a health-giving and beaiuy 
creating employment for women. Think of this, ye mo- 
thers and daugliters. Riding on horseb.ack is an exercse 
in which ail women in the country, and as many as pos- 
sible in the ci'y, should be adepts, and if-these two things 
are not more attended to among us than they htive been, 
then the dny.s in which American women will be regard- 
ed as peculiarly beautiful are waning. 
AECOHOE AND BRANDT FROM THE 
Chineee Cane. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — I arn aware that you 
take a great interest in the development of the capabilities 
of the new plant, the Sorgho, and, therefore, hasten to give 
you the results of a small experiment, 1 have made, as to 
Its capabiliry for making good alcohol, now so extensive- 
ly consunried in the manutactuie of camphene, spirit gas, 
•and varnishes. 
j obtained from Mr. H. S. Olcott (who, with myself, has 
taken great interest in the Sorgho, and is about to publish, 
an extensive work upon its cuiiivation and uses,) a small 
quantity of its syrup— part of a sample sent to him by 
Vlr. Peters, of Atlanta. It was made last year, and had 
been fermenting in a demijohn ever since, so that a large 
proportion of iis finest flavor was gone. After duly fer- 
menting and distilling the syrup, I have obtained not only 
first class marketable alcohol, but very good brandy, for 
which, imagining it to be French Cognac, one of our 
largest dealers offered me one dollar and a half per gallon ; 
.ind T have no hesitation in saying that had the syrup 
oeen fresh, and in a fit state for the purpose, 1 could have 
made from it a brandy worth twice ihat sum. 
Now that the matter of the alcoholic capabilities of the, 
Ararrican plant are settled, it remains with the farmer to 
decide, whether he will sell his syrup, at a reduced figure, 
as syrup, or, by changing it into alcohol, which is pro- 
duced at proof, gallon for gallon, get double the price. 
Everything was against the production of even a pas- 
sable spirit from the syrup I used. The quantity being 
small was against the fermentation, while the previous 
acidify tended to give a flavor to the brandy it would not 
otherwise have had ; yet such was the result stated, grati- 
fying, no doubt, to you as a friend of improvement, and 
encouraging lo tho.se who have gone into the culture of 
Sorgho, as an experiment, 
Mr. Olcott has gone South, to the Louisville Fair, and 
takes with him a sample of the brandy and alcohol made, 
which you will probably see. Meanwhile, I am, dear 
sir, your obedient servant, John W. Reid, 
New York, No. 11 Old Slip, August, 1857. 
[We saw both the alcohol and brandy alluded to Mr. 
Reid, and consider them excellent of their kind. See the 
new work of Mr. Olcott, for a great deal of valuable in- 
formation on the Sorgho and its products ] 
ARKANSAS — RESOURCES AND DEVELOP- 
ments. 
An intelligent gentleman, settled in ArkansRS when 
sull a territory, and well acquainted with its history and 
resources, has furnished to the Memphis Bulletin a most 
interesting account of that growing and prosperous Stale. 
Beginning with the northeastern portion, he describes it 
as one of the best corn, grass, and stock-growung regions, 
in all the Southern country — though, owing to the want 
of market facilities, it has lately attracted but little atten- 
tion. It was, also, particularly unfortunate in its early 
settlers —Ishmaels, of old, without means or loi'e or civil- 
ized life, the wilderness is their home; they scorn the 
■ify and multitude ; neither have they houses or lands; 
wherever night or chance overtakes them, they pitch 
their tents and herd their flocks; and when the railro.ad 
starts, they will start also, to go whither it cannot come, 
.o strong IS iheir love for semi-eivilized hfo — so great 
heir aversion to improvenient of whatever kind. 
Northwest Arkansas is mountainous, the river rallevB 
r.irrow raiely more twoorthree hundred yards wide. The 
soil, however, is fertile. Admirably adapted to pisiuragei 
