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AUGUSTA, GA: 
VOL. xm, NO. 3... MAECSI, 1855. 
ANSWEKS TO INQUIEIES, &C. 
r O R. B., Florence, Ala. — Your request was complied 
with, per mail, on the 9 th of February. 
W. G. D., Oakland, Ala. — Replied to yours of the 29th 
©f January, per mail. 
W. L. R., Emory, Miss. — The work you desire will be 
gent you per mail for 87 cents, by addressing Fowlers & 
Wells, New York City. We have only one copy, for our 
own library. 
J. A. G., P. M., Sharon, Tenn. — R. L. Allen, 189 
Water street, New York City, can furnish the Italian Rye 
Grass Seed, we suppose, it is a very valuable variety 
for some sections, but has not been extensively tested in 
this neighborhood, or by ourselves. 
S. R, C., Nashville, Tenn. — An experienced planting 
friend speaks very highly of Bullock’s Press for packing 
cotton. An account of your “Cotton Picker” will be found 
in present numbex’, under the head of “Something for 
Cotton Planters.” We have instituted an inquiry for 
the manufacturer of “Randall’s Cotton Plantei*.” 
Strange ! that men who depend on the planting commu- 
nity for their support should be ignorant of the advan- 
tages of properly advertising their wares through the 
agricultural press. We have had various inquiries for 
this and other newly-introduced machines and imple- 
ments, but we are often unable to give satisfactory re- 
sponses to our querists. We truly wish you success in 
your important enterprise. Keep us advised of its pro- 
gressive improvement. 
H. J. A., Woodville, Tenn. — See answer to J. A. G., 
P. M., above. 
J. C. W., Perry’s Bridge, La. — Address B. V. Iverson, 
Columbus, Ga., for “Rescue Grass” seed, and see his ar- 
ticle in present number. Can send you Peas per mail, 
but cannot obtain the Corn you desire. 
J. R. S., Clarksville. Ga. — Your communication reach- 
ed us too late for the present, but will appear in our 
next number, divested in a slight degree of its pungent 
personality. We shall be obliged for the hints to which 
you allude, in your private note to the publisher. We 
fully agree with you in I’egard to the size of the type ; 
which, by the way, is “Brevier on Bourgeois body.” 
“Long Primer” would be moi*e to our taste, with “lead- 
ed Brevier” Yor the editorials, &c. 
J. C. R., Prattville, Ala. — Your corn is certainly valu- 
able, if it will, in the hands of others, do as well as with 
you. We shall be obliged to you for the sample you 
speak of, for experiment. It may be safely sent per 
mail. 
A. T. R., Vicksburg, Miss. — We consider the Brahma 
Pootras, the Dorkings and the Games all desirable. The 
Dorkings are somewhat deficient in constitution, but 
when crossed with the Game, Brahma or Shanghai (of 
medium size and fine form) they produce a very superior | 
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fowl for the table. We do not know of but 2 or 3 pairs 
of really superior Dorkings in Georgia, and these are net 
for sale. Address Francis Rotch, Esq., Morris, Otsego 
Co., New York. See an excellent article on Poultry, 
(from the American Horticulturist) in our present num- 
ber. 
J. D., Zero, Miss. — We will supply all the Strawberry 
Plants you may desire in the fall of 1855. At present, 
the kinds you name are scarce and difficult to procure. 
S. D,, P. M., Kosciusko, Miss — The foregoing will also 
serve as a reply to your friend, Mr. Jennings. It would 
be useless to send him seed of the Strawberry, even if we 
had it; as it “sports” very wildly; or, in other words, 
does not reproduce itself truly* Will obtain plants Ibr 
him next fall. It is now getting too late to ship them to 
a distance for transplanting. 
J. M. B., Coletto, Texas, — You allude to the “Battey 
Potato.” It is planted here in June or July, ripens in 
the fall, and will keep good.again until planting time, or 
longer. J. A. Ansley. of this city, may be able to sup- 
ply a small quantity for seed. We do not know any early 
Potato of good keeping quality. 
J. H. R., of “Apple Grove,” Ala., desires particular in- 
formation in regard to the “best method of stabling, 
lotting, feeding and grazing” a fine young ‘‘ JacA:,” he 
has recently purchased. Will some of our experienced 
mule-raisers come to his aid in this matter ? 
T. H. Washington, Ai’k. — The name of your grass is 
entirely new to us. Can you oblige us with a few the seeds, 
per mail ? 
S. H. G., Prattville, Ala. — The book you desire may 
be obtained from John P. Jewett & Co., Boston, Mass., 
for $1 or SI -25. We can send you a package of seed, 
post paid, at $1. 
Mrs. C. S., Columbus, Ga. — Miner’s “ American Bee- 
Keeper's Manual ” is a good work. It may be obtained 
here, or perhaps at the bookstores in your city. Address 
V. LaTaste, Esq., of this place, for information on Bees. 
Bee Hives, &c. 
F. E. T., Springfield, Ga. — We do not know of a work 
exclusively devoted to Sugar making. It any of our 
subscribers have such an one, they will oblige us by giv- 
ing its title, price, &c., and informing us where it may be 
obtained. 
F. M., Marlin, Falls Co., Texas. — If you will specify 
the particular book you desire Ave will send it to you. 
You can probably procure Holmes’ “Southern Gardener” 
in New Orleans — also Affleck’s “Rural Almanac,’’ an ex- 
cellent little annual, may be obtained from B. M. Nor- 
man, of the same city. 
J. H. W., Leake’s Store, Ark. — We sent you per mail 
the pamphlet you desired; but cannot supply the miss- 
ing number. We will inquire in regard to the Mulberry. 
J. W. B., Woodville, Miss. — Your letter was duly re- 
ceived, but the two gold dollars dropped out en route 
or were abstracted. In enclosing this slippery little 
coin, the best way is to paste a thin strip of paper entire- 
ly over it. Wafers crack and peel off, and are very un- 
certain. We send you the Cultivator^ thus sharing the 
loss. The '•'‘Horticulturist’^ is a distinct concern ; and, 
of course, we cannot be expected to pay out for it, 
money which we have never received. 
M. B. C., Vicksburg. — It is possible that you might 
succeed with the Cranberry on the moist land you speak 
of. The trial we gave the plant was scarcely a fair one, 
on account of late planting and the extremely dry season 
that followed. 
D. B. — The Yucca, or “Spanish Bayonet,” properly 
trained would make a most formidable hedge. It may 
be propagated by seed, suckers, or pieces of the stem. 
Try it, by all means. 
H L. — It is said that if a small portion of Gas Tar, 
(which may be obtained in all our large cities) 
sprinkled through the manure or compost used for Corn 
it will prevent the attacks of the Wire Worm. The ex- 
periment can be cheaply made. 
J. W. M. — The vegetable you aUude to is undoubted- 
