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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
than in the same lime during the cold weather, 
and on a much less quantity of feed. Indeed, 
60 important IS the difference, that it would be 
judicious forerery man to reserve grain enough 
from his last year’s stock, to feed his swine, 
cattle and sheep till his new crops are- in readi- 
ness. If you haveihe right kind of swine, 
Berkshire, China, or any of the best improved 
breeds, they may be got in excellent condition 
on a clover pastu-re, the droppings from the or- 
chard, and the slops from the dairy, so as to be 
easily fitted for the butcher. 1 he ^exportation 
of pork to Europe, and its large consumption lor 
lard eil, recently commenced in this coumtry, 
will malre it a most important object lor the 
farmer hereafter, to select and propagate only 
the best breeds. Finish cutting and securing 
your crops of hemp and tobacco, it not previ- 
ously done. 
Kitchen Garden . — Select a dry, warm, pro- 
tected place, and plant the lettuces sown last 
month for spring use. If the weather prove 
dry, let them be well watered. Early in this 
month the Spanish kinds of radish can be sown, 
and on the approach ol Irosl taken up and pre- 
served lor winter use in the same way as tur- 
neps or beets. Hoe and thin out the crop of 
turneps during this month. About 'he middle 
of the month, sow cabbage seed to remain in 
the seed bed all winter, and be ready for trans- 
planting in the spring. Sow cauliflower and 
broccoli also to furnish plants lor the spring. 
Gather each kind of seed as it ripens,-aad dry it 
well before potting it up. 
Fruit Garden and Orchard. —Budding and 
inoculating neaches can be continued, and also 
the other Iruils as long as the bark will peel. 
Trees and shrubs may be propagated' by cut- 
tings and layers. When it is necessary, trim 
pines, firs, walnut trees and maples, as the sap 
will not so m ueh exude as in the spring. Plant 
beds of strawberries. 
Flower Garden and Pleasure Grounds . — 
The directions for last month -will also apply to 
tl is. Prepare beds for planting tulips, hya- 
cinths, anemones, ranunculuses, and other 
flower roots and shrubs that are to be planted 
next month. 
Plantation — In this month,aswell as the two 
succ'^eding, much time will be occupied in pick- 
ing cotton, ginning, pressing and hauling. 
Pick the cotton clean; admit no crash; look 
lor the quality rather than the quantity. Do 
not atteuipt to gin too much in a day; let the 
mules take a steady, slow gate, for rapid mo- 
tion will cut and break the fibre. In pressing, 
put in about 450 pounds in a bale; run the 
screw well home, and cover every particle of 
cotton ; sew the sides and end^s of the covering 
neaily, while in the press, if possible; put on 
not less than seven ropes — eigbf is more com- 
mon. 
In this month or the next sow Egyptian oats, 
rye and wheat. Sow 2 to 3 bushels of oats, 
and to 2 bushels of wheat or rye, to the acre. 
So\>’ grass seeds both in this month and Octo- 
ber. 
Do not pick cotton when wet, for, besides the 
trouble ol drying, the dirt and leaf -become at- 
tached and stain it; and it Irequently happens 
that quantities ol cotton are kept wet by cloudy, 
rainy weather in September, in whkh the seeds 
sprout and injure materially the product. A 
few of those wet days can be employed in hous- 
ing corn, gathering peas, preparing pastures, 
fencing and other repairs. 
In Florida and the southern part of t-he Union, 
three cuttings of tobacco can be taken from the 
original plant; the last cutting, however, will 
be of rather a weak quality. As soon as one 
crop is cut another immediately springs up. lu 
selecting the sprouls, only one to each stalk 
should be allowed to grow, and this from those 
the most deeply rooted — all othersprouts should 
be destroyed. If, however, a plant is allowed 
once to be checked in its growth, it can never 
recover. In promoting the drying of the leaf, 
fire should never be resorted to, because it 
would impart a flavor injurious to the tobacco 
itself. In order to procure vigorous tobacco 
plant s, the seed ought to be procured from the 
original stalk, and not|f'om the second or third 
growth. It is best to allow a few plants to go 
to seed for the express purpose. 
As we may expect showers in this month, 
sow spinach, lettuce, water and garden cresses, 
chervtlle, endive, parsley, late cauliflowers, 
cabbages, radishes and turneps. Inoculate 
with the bud, or set out monthly roses. Large 
carrots may be set out for seed this month if 
not previously done. Save pumpkins for win- 
ter use. 
iUeetinga. 
Meeting of tlie A gricuitural Society of Jef- 
ferson County. 
The annual meeting of the Agricultural So- 
eJety of Jefferson county, was held in Louis- 
ville on Wednesday the I2ih inst. President 
P. B, Connelly in the Chair. The President, 
on calling the Society to order, in a few very 
pertinent remarks, appropriate to the occasion, 
congratulated the Society upon the very flatter- 
ing p,>-ospects which were already following 
the comparatively small exertions made for the 
advancement of agricultural improvement 
among us; and from the lively intere.st mani- 
fested on the present occasion, confidently an- 
ticipated ultimate success to crown the labors 
of the Society — and in conclusion, announced 
to the body, that in accordance with tbeirConsti- 
tution, on the return of their anniversary, the 
important duty devolved upon the Society of 
electing their officers lor the following year. 
It was moved by Dr. P. S. Lemlie, and agreed 
to, that the Society proceed forthwith, to the 
election of its officers lor the following year. 
Whereupon, the following nametl gentlemen 
were chosen : 
P. B. Connelly, President. 
Henry B. Todd, 1st Vice-President. 
Eli McCroan, 2d do, 
Bennett B. Smith, 3d do. 
Sherrod Arring-ton, 4th. do. 
Bekiah S. Carswell, 5th, do. 
H AMtLTON Raiford, Copr’g Secretary. 
A. R. Wright, Recording Secretary. 
John W. Bothwell, Treasurer. 
The following gentlemen were also chosen, 
in accordance with a provision ot the constitu- 
tion, to constitute with the above named officers, 
the Executive Committee : John W. Alexander, 
T. W. Batley, Henry Arrington, Robert Boyd, 
and Henry Batley. 
Alter which, the Corresponding Secretary 
presented to the Society apaclragpol filiy-seven 
varieties of seeds, from the Agricultural De- 
partment of the U. S. Patent Office, for distri- 
bution among the members, together with a 
copy of the Report of the Commissioner on 
Patents-, furnished to the Society through the 
courtesy off he Hon. J. McPherson Berrien. 
After sometime spent in deliberation, discus- 
sion, and interchange of views among the mem- 
bers, the following resolulims were unani- 
mously adopted : 
I Resolved, That ti e annual fair of this Socie- 
ty be held on Wednesday, the flth ot Novem- 
ber next, and that the following gentlemen be a 
Committee of Arrangements (or the occasion: 
P. B. Connelly, J. W. Bothwell, T. W. Batley, 
B. S. Carsiyell, A, J. Tarver, Eli McCroan, 
J. W. Alexander, Henry Bailey, Henry Arring. 
ton, B. B. Smith, A. R. Wright, Arthur W. 
Walker, P. S. Lemlie. 
Resolved, That any member of the Society 
who may desire to submit any agricultural pro- 
duce, for premium, may have the same ex- 
amined and measured by one or more members 
of the Executive Committee, whose report will 
be sufficient authority with the Society. 
Resolved, that the thanks ot this Society be 
tendered to Gen. James H. Hammond, and the 
Hon. J. McPherson Berrien, for their liberality 
and courteous attention to this Society, and that 
the Corresponding Secretary be instructed to 
present the same to those gentlemen. 
Resolved, That the members of the Society 
who may take a portion of the seeds lurnished 
by Judge Berrien from the Patent Office, be re- 
quesied to report the result of their experiment 
with the seed-;, and to furnish a portion of the 
product for the use of the Society. 
Resolved, That the Treasurer be directed 1o 
purchase for the use of the Society, a complete 
sett ot the Southern Cultivator, and sub- 
scribe for the ensuing volume. 
Resolved, That the Corresponding and Re- 
cording Secretaries be exempted from the an- 
nual expenses of the Society. 
Resolved, That a cjpy of these proceedings be 
furnished for publication in the Southern Cul- 
tivator, with a request to the editor to publish 
[herein. 
On motion, the Society then adjourned till the 
regular meeting in November. 
P. B. Connelly, President, 
A. R. Wright, Recording Secretary. 
Albany (Baker Co,^) Agricultural Society. 
The Albany Agricultural Society met Au- 
gust llth, pursuant to adjournment. On mo- 
tion of Hon. Lott Warren, it was 
Resolved, That a committee be appointed by 
the Chairto nominate gentlemen as officers of 
ihis Society, term of office agreeably to the pro- 
vision of the Constii uiion, to continue until the 
anniversary meeting in November next 
Hon. Lott Warren, Col. John Tompkins 
and Capt. H. Griffin, were appointed that com- 
mittee, and after a tew’ moments recommended 
as President, Col. .Tohn Mercer; Vice-Presi- 
dent, H. Griffin; Recording Secretary, S. N. 
Boughton; Corresponding Secretary, T. D, 
Mathews; Treasurer, John F. Spicer; all ot 
whom were alterwards duly elected by ballot. 
The Society was then fully organized by the 
installation of its officers, and Col. John Mer- 
cer, the orator of the day, in a short but appro- 
priate address advanced many sound and prac- 
tical thoughts with reference to the subject of 
scientific agriculture. 
The committee appointed to arrange the bu- 
siness of the meeting recommended the appoint- 
ment of the following committees i 
1st. Committee lor procuring an orator for 
the next meeting. 
2d. A Committee in each different neighbor- 
hood for the purpose of visiting plantations and 
reporting to the next meeting of this Society, 
(which will be the annual meeting,) on the fol- 
lowing subject?, viz: 1st. The character and 
quality of the soil.' 2d. How much small grain 
sowed, when sowed, if manured, how and v’hen, 
and the product per acre. 3d. How much land 
planted in corn, how much in cotton, how much 
old and new land, how much manure, how and 
when wasj.he manure applied, how planted, in 
hill or drill, and the space between the stalks, how 
often worked and how worked, and the averaga 
product per acre. Theatiention paidtolhe recu- 
perative resources of the plantation by raising 
negroes, and different kinds of live stock, re- 
pairingbuildings, fences, &c., raising fruit trees, 
potatoes, sugar-cane, tobacco, &c., and any 
kind of crop the owner of the plantation may 
wish examined, and report on which the corn* 
mittee may think worthy of their attention. 
31. A Committee to prepare a plan for the 
offering and awarding of premiums. 
In accordance with the foregoing recommend- 
ations the following committees were appointed, 
viz: Committee to procure an orator for the 
next meeting — Lott Warren, H. Griffin andJ, 
'Fompkins. Committee to examine the planta- 
tions on the south side of Fowltown creek — L. 
B. Mercer, Thos. H. Moughon and R. Q. Dick- 
inson. On the west side of said creek — Jos. 
Bond, B, H. Eiey and E. Janes. In the vicini- 
ty of Albany— R. Q,. Dickinson, H. Griffin and 
Lott Warren. In the section around Byron— 
J. Tompkins, Robt. Lunday and C. T. J. Sin- 
gleton. The Committee on Premiums — N. 
Tift, D. A. Vason and Jas. Bond. 
The following resolution was offered by R. 
Q,. Dickinson, and adopted: 
Resolved, That we earnestly and cordially 
