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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVAl’OR 
danoer of falling into the habit of doing just as 
his lather did, and for the reason that his father 
did it. The old round of crops, the old modes 
of culture, the old implements, even the old 
smoky and fnel-wastingfire-place, are too often 
clung to,, because the farmer is hardly aware 
that newer and better means to the same ends 
have been devised and adopted. It seems ea- 
sier to do the old things in the old way than to 
incur the expense and trouble of changing for 
the better, even if aware of its existence. 
The moral of the Fair is improvement. Fif- 
ty t’.iousand farmers and farmers’ sons, with ten 
thousand farmers’ wives and daughters, assem- 
ble once a year to witness an exhibition of the 
choicest products of their calling in our State. 
He who has the counterpart of Pharaoh’s lean 
kine finds at the Fair the noblest display of r eat 
cattle ever seen; so of horses, sheep, swine, 
&c. Oftruiisand grains there is like abun- 
dance of the best. is it possible that he who 
has drudged on contented with ten to twenty bu- 
shels ot gram to Ihe acre, perhaps' with two or 
three varieties of ordinary fruii, perhaps with 
little or none, should be content to go on in that 
way? When he sees, as he may here, squash- 
es weighing 140 poundseach — five that grew on 
one vine weighing over 500 pounds — can he go 
home satisfied to grow those of a tea-kettle size 
only? When he sees that other farmers have 
a profusion ol pears-, peaches grapes, quinces, 
&c., from a lew acres of land, will he jog on 
with his orchard of middling apple trees only ? 
It seems hardly possible that one farmer, who 
ever thinks at all, can go away from the State 
Fair withou' resolving to be a belter farmer 
thereafter, without leelina- a truer pride in his 
calling, and a firmer resolution to improve and 
excel in it 
But this is not all. The farmer is here 
brought in contact with all that has recentlv 
been done in the other useful arts in aid of his 
own calling. Here is an enales.s variety of 
agricultural implements— fanning mills, cra- 
dles, scythes, irrks, hoes, &c;. &c.',.as also 
household utensils, stoves, ovens, kitchen-ware, 
&c. ( There are not less than a dozen newly 
patented stoves alone, some of them valuable 
improvements on those exhibited last year. 
Everything invites to comparison, to reflection, 
and thence to improvement. In the plo v alone 
the improvements of the last lew years have se- 
cured the plowing of four acres with the labor 
and power formerly required lor three. And 
the end, doubtless, is not yet. One such Fair 
as this is woiih more to the people of a State 
th.an a dozen ‘glorious victories’ in the field of 
human slaughter. 
T he undersigned respecHuHy informs 
the plaioets tliat he has his residence in Augusta, 
and if any planter wishes to buy a Meih d for indivi- 
dual right. O' the right for a (lounty, or several Coun- 
ties, or if anv Agricultural Society wish to buy seve- 
ral rights, and wish to have an agent in the county for 
instruction, please to send a letter (post paid,! to 
Charles Baer, 
1-i Genera! Agent, Augusta, Ga. 
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PROSPECTUS 
OF THE FIFTH VOLUME OF THE 
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, 
A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 
Devoted to the Improvement of Southern Agriculture. 
Bdited by .TAMES CAMAK, of Adieus. 
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many of your friends as you can to do likewise. 
The advantages and benefits resulting from Agricultural 
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gent and reflecting Tillers of the Soil in al! civilized nations ; 
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should be in the hands of every man who tills an acre of land, 
and to this end we invoke the aid of every man of every class 
who feels an interest in the improvement of the Agriculture 
of the South. 
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GABDIfllV AIVET FffELI) SBEOS. 
A GENERAL a.ssorlment of Iresh and genu- 
ine Garden and Field Seed, among which are the 
following : 
Red and white clover. Blue and green grass. 
Rye and orchard do Timothy and herds do 
Millet and Lucerne do Seed corn of every ralua' 
Buckwheat (fcpotato oats, Seed wheat, [ble variety 
Kept constantly on hand by the subscriber, all o 
which are offered for sale at very moderate prices. 
All orders, by mail or otherwise, executed with neat 
ness and despatch. Wm. Haines, Jb., 
1 No. 2-32, Broad-street, Augusta, Ga. 
A 
SUPPLY ol the lollowing varieties o 
fresh Turnep Seed, just received, viz ; 
Yellow Sweedish or rutabaga, very fine for stock. 
Large globe turnep, T , 
table 
use. 
White flat do 
“ Hanover or white rata baga do 
“ Norfolk do 
For sale in quantities to suit purchases 
1 Wm. Haines, Jr., Broad-st. 
GENUINE GEORGIA PEAINS. 
I TAKE THIS 
method of informing 
the Planters that 1 am' 
still manufacturing 
Negro Cloths, styled 
GEORGIA PLAINS, 
made of strong, well 
twisted cotton warp 
and pure wool-filling, 
which I warrant as a 
faithful article, and to 
wear longer than any 
Northern Goods, and 
will sell them as low 
as Northern Goods of 
the same weight and 
width. 'They range in prices at 23, 25, 28 and 30 cents, 
according to the weight of wool put in. The difference 
ot price being only the cost of the material in the difier- 
ent styles. I can and will manufacture Negro Cloths 
as cheap as the Northern manufacturer, and put in bet- 
ter wool, and warrant the goods to last longer. Ptan- 
tets wishing to purchase can have their order-s filled 
al any moment, with a- credit iinttl JatjuaryJ^ sending 
them to Messrs. Olivends Nafew, successors to George 
W. Lamar & Co., Agents for the Factory in Augusta, 
None are genuine but those bearing my label on them. 
George Schley, 
ol2-4 [ol-3tC] Augusta, Georgiy; 
CHOICE FRUrr 1 REES. 
® THE SUBSCRIBER has on hand 
a rare collection of FRUIT TREES, graft-^|^ 
ed by himself from the best varieties, 
which have been tested in this climate, among which 
are some twenty kinds of Tennessee Apples, (which 
are found to do much better in this climate than North- 
ern trees.) Also, Pears, Plums, (specimens of which 
can he shown grown ny raa- this season weighing 4 
ounces,) Cherries, Apricots, Nectaritws, ‘Figs, Grapes, 
Quince, Gooseberries. &c. Also some beautiful dou- 
ble flowering fruit trees as the Apple, Peach, Almond, 
Quince, &c. Also, Hovey's celebrated Seedling Straw- 
berry, which have have proved in this climate to be 
fine bearers, of ennr-mous size and of exquisite Pine 
Apple flavor, (baskets ct this delicious fruit have been 
in the Columbus mat ket the past summer with berries 
measuring from 4 to 5 inches round.) Also, Oriiameiit- 
al Shrubs, Plants, &c. Superb Dutch Flowering Bulbs, 
Hyacinths, Tulips, Amarylas. Also an extensive as- 
sortment of Garden and Field Seeds, all ofwhich can 
be found at my seed store in Columbus, Geo. Orders 
for trees, plants, bulbs or seeds will be carefully packed 
logo any distance with safety. 
8-5 Charles A. Peabody. 
A CERTABNCURE F K THE TEXAS 
FE VE K . 
GOOD LOOK al the liitle Farm that I am 
now ofl'eri ng for sale is wai ram ed to care the Tex- 
as or Florida Fever ini's most malignant form. It 
lies on the Chat lalioochee river, two miles below Flo- 
rence ; con.sisls of 500 acres of land, 400 acres of it a® 
level as a ilour, and as good as any land on the river. 
Fheie is not a more desirable place in Georgia for a 
fo'ce of twelve or fifteen hands. 'I'here is certainly no 
harm of the same extent that has le.-s waste land ; all 
the buildings are new. having been pul up Ihe present 
year .An excellent gin house, with one of Bullock’s 
Falent Presses, and a good set of r'lnning gear. No 
place offers greater advantages for an improved system 
of farming, being perfectly level, and the riwer bank 
affording an inexhaustible supply of the be.st ki 'd of 
marl. Come and see it ; if you can grumble at the 
land or the pi ice you would grumble to be hung 
A. H. Shepherd, 
Florence, .''icwarl Co., Ga. 12-U* 
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