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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
Col. iWcDouald’s Proposition. 
The publishers send out with this number of the 
Cultivator a printed slip, containing Col. Mc- 
Donald’s proposition, to make one of a thousand who 
will each furnish twenty subscribers to the 5th or 
next volume of the Southern Cultivator, commenc- 
ing on the Isl of .lanuary, 1S47, to which we desire to 
invite the attention of every friend of the work and of 
Southern Agriculture. The proposition itself is a noble 
one. designed to promote the interest and prosperity of 
the whole people of the South, and is, therefore, emi- 
nently worthy ofsopublic spirited and enterprising an 
Agriculturist as Col. McDonald. Read it, Fiiends ol 
Southern Agriculture, and determine whether you will 
unite in this noble enterprise with Col. McD. 
All those who wish to unite in this effort to improve 
Southern Agriculture, by the circulation of the Culti- 
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lishers by the first of October. 
Out object for desiring to know, as early as the first 
of October, is, if the enterprise succeed, that we may 
make our preparations accordingly, procuring a new 
press, types, &c , &c., so as to make the Cultivator 
equal, in every respect, to the best Agricultural paper 
in the Union. This, we know, is '■'talking large,'’ but 
if the friends of the work will only unite and carry out 
Col. McDonald’s proposition, our pledge shall be re- 
deemed to the letter. 
The Publishers. 
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_j 0 u tei^ts of this dumber. 
Ag‘ ■ rral Society, l.iberty Co, — Extracts 
tro... an Address delivered befoie pag® 123 
Alpaca, introduction ofinio the U. S “ 126 
Bee Miller, to destroy '• 119 
Col. McDonald’s pr oposiiion “ 128 
Calendar for August r. ]24 
Cotton Planters at the South and Southwest, — 
True Remed y for the embarrassment of. .. . “ 119 
EDiTORiALs-.-European Agriculture, Notice of 
Colinan’s. “ 120 
Farming, Pennsylvania “ 121 
Farming, Yankee “ 121 
Hay, making “ 120 
Mail “ 1-20 
New England Farmer “ lil 
Southern Independence “ 121 
Figs and Wine “ 122 
Ginger Beer, to make “ 119 
Growing Crops, the “ 122 
Meteorological Journal for April, May and 
June, 1846 “ 1^ 
Oats, Smut in “ 122 
Right Spirit, the “ 125 
Permanence “ 114 
Pruning Orchards — Spring Pi uning “ 126 
Plantation Economy “ 127 
Silk, an Essay on the Culture and Manufac- 
ture of “ 115 
Slaves, management-of “ 113 
Tomato Wine, to make “ 125 
Worth Knowing 119 
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