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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
€l)p lontjiprn CHltiniifnr. 
AUGUSTA, GA : 
VOL. XV., NO. 11 NOVEMBER, ISST. 
SUSPENDED BANKS AT PAR 
Thg Proprietor of the Soviliern CvMivato'r will take the 
bills of the following suspended Banks AT PAR, for any 
indebtedness to this office, or for subscriptions to the 
Sovihem Cultivator and Chronicle tf* Sentinel : 
Georgia Railroad Bank. 
Union Bank, Augusta. 
Bank of the State op South Carolina. 
Bank op South Carolina. 
Southwestern Railroad Bank. 
Peoples Bank, Charleston. 
Bank op Hamburg. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Corn and Cob Mills.— J. H. McQ. — We cannot 
undertake to determine the merits of the different ma- 
chines mentioned — each has its advocates and admirers — 
probably eitlm- the “Little Giant” or “Young America” 
would accomplish all you desire. 
Cooking Stove. — B. G. McK. — The “best cooking 
stove” we know of, is “Mott’s Patent Invincible Range” — 
Tubular Oven, sold by S. S. Jones & Co., of this city, 
with all the necessary cooking fixtures, at S50- We 
have had one in use for several months, and we have yet 
to hear the first complaint of its performance. 
Soap Making. — Mary S. — Have you tried the “Saponi- 
fier” or concentrated Ley'? It is sold here by all the 
Druggists, and 25 cents worth of it, with 4 pounds of meat 
skins or other coarse grease, makes 15 gallons of good 
soft soap. It will, also, make “hard” soap, by the ad- 
dition of salt and rosin, or salt alone. Full directions ac- 
company each package of the Ley. It is a good article, 
and worth trying. 
Constitution, &c., for Agricultural Societies.— J. 
J. — The article you desire will be found on page 112, last 
volume, (April number, 1856.) We fortunately, have one 
spare copy, which we send you. 
Bale op Wool. — E. T. M — Your letter was enclosed 
to the Agent of “Richmond Factory,” as requested. 
Portable One Horse V/haet Thresher. — W. A. T. — 
Any subscriber possessing information respecting a ma- 
chine of this kind, willplease address; W. A. Tomlinson, 
Turalinsonville, Scott Co , Ark. We have none of the 
Large V/iute Rye desired by this correspondent. 
I Concrete Walls as Fences, &c. — E. T. — Walls of 
Concrete 4 or 5 feet high, if capped with flat stones or ce- 
I ment, would answer admirably to enclose cemeteries, 
&c. There can be no doubt of their durability. 
“The Young Farmer,” near Okolona^ Miss., will oblige 
us by sending his proper name and full address to the 
Editors. 
I^^Many other inquiries, &c., will receive attention in 
our next. 
RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS ! 
One more number, completes the Fifteenth Volume of 
this journal, and we desire to commence our Sixteenth 
Year with a much larger list than we have ever had be- 
fore. Will not our friends exert themselves for US'? Will 
not each subscriber, in renewing his own subscription, 
send us at least one additional name 7 If this is done— as 
it may easily be— it will make the publication of our pa- 
per in a slight degree remunerative, and greatly increase 
our ability to render it yractically useful. If Southern 
Farmers and Planters were properly alive to their own 
interests, each Agricultural Journal in the Cotton Grow- 
ing States would have a thousand subscribers, where it 
now counts but a hundred ! Let each of our old subscri- 
bers, however, resolve to send us one new name with his 
own, by the first or middle of December, and we will be 
content for the present. 
SORGHO AND IMPHEE. 
The merits of the Sorgho are already pretty conclusive- 
ly established ; and we had expected to present some facts 
respecting the Imphee, in this number ; but as no definite 
results have been communicated to us by the gentlemen 
engaged in its cultivation, we will leave the matter open 
for future discussion. Thus far, it does not appear that 
the ordinary efforts to make sugar have been very suc- 
cessful with either plant ; though syrup of a good quality 
has been made from the Sorgho, by almost everybody. 
We are not at all surprised at this— we never supposed 
that every man who raised the cane could make sugar, 
any more than that every Cotton planter could, or ought, 
to make his own shirting. “ Every man to his trade,” 
and no mixing up of Agriculture and Manufactures, say 
we. Both Sorgho and Imphee, undoubtedly, contain su- 
gar ; but whether they will yield it in sufficient quantities 
to justify every man in making his own supply, is a 
question for the Chemists and Sugar Makers to determine, 
after careful experiment. Let the people be content 
with syrup, fodder and seed, for the present— in gaining 
these, they h ive accompli.shed much to be thankful for. 
The “ Sugar, Alcohol, Wine, Beer, Cider, Vinegar, 
Starch, Dye-stuffs,"'’ <^c., will, doubtless, all be 
forthcoming in due season ! 
Landscape Gardening.— The attention of all who de- 
sire to improve their Flower Gardens and Grounds, is 
directed to the advertisement of Mr. Nelson, in present 
number. In all that pertains to Floral Embellishment 
and Rural Improvement, generally, Mr. N. has no su- 
perior in the South ; and those who can do so, should avail 
themselves of the opportunity which he now offers. 
