SBBSCKB 
THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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forms us ihat “a penny saved is a penny made.” 
Thc'e is no propriety in wasting, even ii we 
have more than enough, especially v'hen so 
many are in want. 
With a corn and cob mill, much might be 
saved by grinding into fine meal, all the corn 
with the cobs, fed to our stock. I say fine meal, 
because 1 do not approve ol feeding such “ cob 
meal’' as is ground in bark mills to eitiier cows 
or hogs. Much of it, I know, will be rejected 
by iiogs, and it is said by some to be injurious 
to cows. By breaking down tne cob so that it 
will feed out of the shoe of a corn mill, and then 
grinding it with the corn as other meal, it is an 
exeellent ariicle of food. Having no cob crush- 
er near me at this lime, ! have my nubbins bro- 
ken op on wet days, in a large trough, as you 
would beat apples for cider; then the miller that 
does my other grinding, converts the whole in- 
to fine meal By mixing a portion of this meal 
lor each horse, with cut oats, hay and rye, or 
wheat straw, I believe I save near, if not quite, 
half of the corn that w’ould be required to keep 
a horse in the same condition, when fed in our 
usual wasteful manner on corn and fodder; be- 
sides, I am enabled thereby to sell all my fodder 
to rny neighbors that are afraid ol trouble. 
Judging from what otliers say ®1 them (for I 
have not had the pleasure or profit of owning 
one myself, though I trust this will not be the 
case l('ng)— -there are some excellent corn and 
cob mills now offered for sale in most of the 
cities of theNortP.and they are probably kept 
by Messrs. Hazard & Co., of Savannah. Why 
do not the A ngusla Merchants keep them ? If 
they do, they do not-advertise in the proper pa- 
per, the Cot-T’ivATOR. The much lamented J. 
M. Garnett in one of his last excellent articles 
over the signature ol “ Coinmentatoso,” in the 
Albany Culti vatnr, says : “The account giv- 
en by C. N. Bementof Hussey’s and Baldwin’s 
corn and cob crushers, is such as ought to in- 
duce every one, who feeds corn to slock, to buy 
and use one; since there can be no longer even 
a sliadow of doubt as to the great economy of 
the practice. Yet, strange to say, there is not 
probably one farmer in a thousand, even among 
those who are thoroughly convinced of their 
great utility, who has ever bought either of them. 
‘Our extreme tardiness to adopt even what we 
■firmly believe will materially benefit us, is 
among the most unaccountable things in our 
nature; and the man who could cure u.s of it, 
wouid be one of the greatest benefactors to our 
whole class that ever lived.” I do hope that 
many, very many, of the Agriculturists of the 
South will, through the influence of Agricultu- 
ral papers, be shortly cured of such obstinacy, 
and that the cob mill may be found on every 
farm or plantation where there is a threshing 
machine or cotton gin. 
We also need better straw-cutters than the old 
Dutch cutting knife and box, of which there are 
almost an endless variety now' offering for sale, 
(1 cannot saj/ or believe, however, that all of 
them are better) many of which are, no doubt, 
superior. Of such as I have seen in use, 1 had 
concluded that for cutting straw or hay Greer’s 
was the best, especially when .the power neces- 
•sary to drive it was taken into consideration. 
Col. P. from w’hose letter I have taken the liber- 
ty to quote above, says of Hovey’s straw cut- 
ter: “ It is an improvenrent on Greer’s, and 
costs only $15, It cuts, with wonderful ease 
and rapidity, cornstalks, shucks, hay, fodder, 
straw, &c. In one day yon might cut enough 
with it to feed on for weeks or months. One 
reason why we have all been so averse to feed- 
,ing our stock w'iih cut food, is the trouble of cut- 
ting it; thisdifficullv is removed by J/btry’s straw 
cutter.” I see that others speak in equally high 
•terms of it. 
But, Mr. Editor, I shall, I fear, trespass too 
far on your columns. I do not pretend to write 
often or but I hope ! shall be understood 
by plain men. The greatest difficulty with me 
is, when I have once commenced, to know when 
to stop. When I gel on the (to me) interesting 
subject ol Agriculture, I put myself in mind of 
what a friend once said to me respecting these 
“ no-occasion” sort of eaters. He said, “If 
ever you invite a fellow' to eat, and he says he 
has no occa'^ion, let him alone, don’t insist on 
him, for so sure as you get him down, he will 
sweep the platter." And so it is with myself, as 
in the present instance, I have swallow'ed every- 
thing of this hotch-potch that vi as set before me, 
and yet I am scarcely satisfied ; but for “ man- 
ner’s sake” 1 will desist. Our w'orthy Post-mas- 
ter and myself have succeeded in increasing 
your subscription list some five or six the pre- 
sent year, and Ihope it w'ill continueto increase. 
Geo. Seaborn, 
Pendleton, S. C., Pebrunry, 184G. 
Hopkins’ .kllen Plow. 
Mr Gamak : — As this is the season for plow- 
ing. 1 will, w'lth your sanction, suggest to the 
favorable consideration of your patrons, the ex- 
cellency of “ Hopkins’ Allen Pattern Plow.” 
This iinplemeiit was perfected a few years 
since, after much effort and application, by Mr 
Thos. Hopkins, of Augusta, and is only to be 
had at his Foundry in its perfect (brm. This 
plow is an entire casting, w ith point and heel at- 
tached by a single screw and tap each. This 
advantage renders it the most convenient, at the 
same lime the most economical implement now 
in use. Its width is only 7| inches, but cuts 
and turns far more land than the old wrought 
“Allen Plow” with nearly double its width. 
It is a correct scientific irni lement, and comes 
nearer perfection than any article I have ever 
seen, and is construct literally upon the prin- 
ciple of a perfect wedge, which is the true sci- 
ence of plow making. As an evidence of this 
fact, it wears equally at all points. lam now 
working with some that have b-en in use three 
years and are nearlv as thin as pasteboard. 
“ Hopkins’ Pattern'’ combines the three 
points of a perfect plow', which are never reali- 
zed in the old fashion and detestable wrought 
plow. 
First, It enters and passes through the soH 
with the least possible resistance. 
Secondly, It turns the furrow slice and breaks 
it thoroughly. 
Thirdly, The mos't beneficial line of draft to 
the horse is easily obtained. 
There are other advantages too in this imple- 
ment which are most important to the planter 
When once slocked it never requires to be sent 
to a sn.iih, as any cobbler can make wrought 
points from the pattern of a piece of pasteboard. 
As a general rule, the old fashion wrought 
plow, when once beat upon by the comnuin 
smiths of the country, can never again be fitted 
to the same stock. 
Mr. Flopkins certainly de.serves the rew'ardof 
the planting interest of Georgia for having con- 
structed a plow of so great utility, and answer- 
ing so eminently all sections and all varieties 
of soil. I w'ould suggest to Mr. H. the propri- 
ety of casting his plow's of better materials and 
giving them a smoother surface. 
We shall never arrive at anything like a cor- 
rect system of agriculture until we adopt anew 
and more scientific method, and with it alsothe 
improved implements of the age, which are pro- 
gressing w'iih the same ratio as all other tools 
that wear the impress of genius. The planter 
that sets himself down at the present day with- 
out the agricultural lights before him, is unfit 
to be classed in the scale of a rational being; 
lor his duty requires of him far greater effort 
of mindand mus.cle than any other member of 
society. Should he be a parent, then he is 
more culpable— for so certain as mind is pro- 
gressive, the blush of agricultural ignorance 
will crimson the cheek of his son. 
The planters of Georgia must, ere long, adopt 
a new and more thorough system of agriculture. 
The present fatal system of surface-plowing 
must be abandoned or ruin is inevitable. We 
must break deep, mix top and bottom together, 
plant deep, cover lightly and cultivate shallow. 
The past fatal season has thoroughly demon- 
strated the practicability of this plan. Our sys- 
tem of agriculture can only be compared to our 
system of education, radically wrong and too 
shallow. I have never seen a planter upon hilly 
and clay lands adopt any other for breaking 
than a turning plow, but I have lamented his 
folly. If the planters ot old Burke, Jefferson, 
&c,, break their sandy and light soils with the 
deepest turning innplements, and find that every 
subsequent operation only adds durability and 
life to their old fields, cultivated from 50 to 60 
years, why need those upon a clay substratum 
pervert the guarantee of nature herself; for in 
the absence of it upon light lands she has given 
them a subsoil to build upon. If not it relevant, 
Mr. Camak, I w'fuld here suggest, that to 
achieve a proper and more correct plan of 
breaking lands, we must ha ve another race of 
blacksmiths as well as improved implements, tor 
the work of their hands have aided in desolating 
one of the fairest portions of creation. 
Bv a ruinous and unenlightened system of 
surface-plow'ing, tiie sidl from one of the 1 we- 
liest poi lions of God's handiwork has been 
swept from its base until nothing now presents 
itself but one vast area, stripped <d its heauf'' 
and grandeur. Better that the Indian had never 
been dispossessed, for he cherished tlte land (or 
its crystal springs, its verdant hrlfs and majes- 
tic forests. But the race that has fdlUnved him 
has demolished all and left desolation upon its 
face. 
Such, too, Mr. Camak, has been the fate of old 
Clark— nothing is left yon to treas'ire save the 
history of her red old hills. True, alas! the 
plow has passed over this once beautiful and 
lovely part of creation— and left nothing in its 
furrow but the lament of Posterity! 
Very respectfully, Jethro. 
Peclusa,, Ga., Feb. 16, 1816. 
Agricultural illcctings. 
Warreu County Agricultural Society. 
Mr. Editor : — Belnw' 1 hand you the list of 
premiums offered fur our proposed fair for 1846. 
For the best acre of up- 
land Corn ft.S 
2d be.st 3 
3d best g 
Best acre lowland corn . . -5 
2d best 3 
3d best 2 
Best .’.ere upland Colton 5 
2d best 3 
3d best 2 
Best lowland CoUon ... . 5 
2d best 3 
3d best 2 
For best acre of upland 
Wheat 
I and under $2 
■2d best I si honor 
3d bes' 2d honor 
Best bull ®3 
■2d best Isi honor 
Hd best 2d honor 
Besi rnilch cow ®3 
'2d be- 1 I ft honor 
3d best 2d honor 
Best call 1 yr and nnde .$2 
2d best Isi honor 
3d best 2d honor 
For best piece • ( jeans, 
not les ihan 5 yards. .®2 
■2d best Isl honor 
2d best 3 3d best 2d honor 
3d best ‘2 For the best piece cotton 
cloih, 5 y?rds. 
2d best 1st honor 
3d best 2d honor 
For best piece vesting. .$2 
■2d best 1st honor 
3d best 'Jd honor 
For the best piece of tie- 
gro^clolb, 5 yards 
2d best 1st honor 
3d best 2d honor 
For the best bed quil I . .$2 
■2d best 1st honor 
3d best "d honor 
For best connierpane. . .■S2 
2d best 1st honor 
3d best 2d honor 
For the best woollen bed- 
Best half acre potatoes 
2d best... 3 
3d best 2 
For 4th and 5lh best acres 
of each above. . . .honors 
Best Stallion 85 
2d best Isl honor 
3d best '2d honor 
Best brood mare S3 
2d best 1st hon-r 
3d best ‘2d honor 
Best colt 3 yrs and undei$3 
2 be‘t. . 1st honor 
3d best 2d honor 
Best Mule colt 2 yrs and 
under. ®2 
2d best.... .1st honor 
3d best 2d honor 
For besl-Celding .$3 
2d best Isl honor 
3d best 2d honor 
Best Georgia raised Mule®3 
2d best 1st honor 
3d best. 2d honor 
For best boar $2 
2d best I 
3d best 1st honor 
4th best 2d honor 
For best sow $2 
2d best 1 
3d best 1st honor 
4th best 2d honor 
For the best hog 1 year 
and under $2 
2d best 1st honor 
3d best ■2d honor 
For the best pig half year 
Resolved, That the Society set apart $20 to 
be equally divided lor premiums upon articles 
2d best,. 
.1st honor 
3d best 
.2d honor 
For best lot ofbutter..,.Sl 
best.. 
. 1st honor 
3d best 
For the greatest 
number 
matured joints sugar 
cane 
$2 
2d do 
1st honor 
3d do 
.2d honor 
For the largest 
number 
of pounds Spanish To- 
bdcco in leaf. 
«2 
2d do 
Ist honor 
3d do 
For the largest 
number 
pounds Indigo 
$2 
2d do 
1st honor 
3d do 
