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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
TILL LITTLE AND THAT LITTLE WELL. 
PACTS ABOUT THE Ul^ITED STATES, 
’Tis folly in the extreme to till 
Extensive fields and till them ill. 
The farmer, pleased, may boast aloud 
His bushels sown, his acres plowed, 
And, pleased, indulge the cheerless hope 
That time will bring a plenteous crop. 
Shrewd common sense sits laughing by. 
And sees his hopes abortive die ; 
For when maturing seasons smile, 
Thin sheaves shall disappoint his toil. 
Advised, this empty pride expel ; 
Till little and that little well. 
Of taxing, fencing, toil, no more 
Your ground requires when rich than poor; 
And more one fertile acre yields 
Than the huge breadth of barren fields. 
SUGAE TKADE OF THE UNITED STATES. 
The N. Y. Shipping List has prepared valuable statements 
and tables exhibi ing the sugar trade of the United States, 
from which we learn that the total receipt of foreign unre- 
fined Sugar into the United States for ihe year ending Dec. 
81, 1854, was .165,924 tons, .against receipt'^ of 212,746 tons 
in ’ 853, and the qnantitv taken for consumption in 1854 wf s 
15'^,855 tons, against 2't0.610 tons consumption in 1853, 
196,553 tons in 1852, 181,047 tons in 1851, and '43,015 m 
1859^being a decresse in the consop’ion of 1854, as compared 
with 1853, of49,756 tons, or over 24 per eent., while the 
tota[ consumption of 1354, (assuming the stock of domes 
tic Ist Jan’" ary each year 'o be eq^el,) was 835,298 tors, 
against 372,989 tons in 1853, or an increase of nearly 8)^ 
per cent. 
The -"ery large filling off in the quantity of foreign taker, 
as attributable chiefly to the unprecedented crop of Loui- 
siana, which was 449,824 bhds., and the low price at which 
it was offa’^edjthe yie'd being by fir the largest ever gather 
ed in that S ate, though produced from a smf^l’er number 
of plantations, some growers having abandoned tue cul 
tureof the cane and substituted cotton, the returns obtain- 
ed not being considered remunerative. The increase in 
the consumption for some years has been at the rate of 
2al0 par cent., but the past years it has only been a iittle 
over 3 per cent., owing to the stagnation that has porvad 
ed the channels of trade, and the emb sTra sment and de- 
pression that has existed almost throughout its entire 
course. 
The quantity of Sugar made from Molasses the past year 
shows a considerable diminution when compared with the 
quantity so piodnced in 1853; it is estimated at 12,628 
tons, or 50,000 hhds., 53,000 yielding 500 lbs. each, and 
8,000 of Concentrated 600 lb. each, against 66 500 hhds. 
<(14,977 tons) in 1858; the estimate given is believ 'd to be 
rather over than under the actual amount; th a tailing efi" 
is owing, in a great mosBure, to the low prices that have 
ruled for raw Sugar, and the high rates which Molasses hss 
commanded, thus diminishing the profits and production, 
and rendering the busine-ss unremunerative. If to the 
’abovee figures we now add the yield o- the Mapie tree, say 
12,300 tons, and the estimated consumption of California 
.and Oregon, 4,700 tons, would give n total conrumi Um 
in the United States of 414,931 'one — Balt-more American. 
To Keep Worms out of Bee Hives. — I use common 
"box bee-hives, and no other. I set them on small round 
stones, one under each corner of the hive, from one-half 
to one inch in diameter. This gives the bees room, and 
they will driue off the millers, which lay their eggs in 
small crevices. I have never been troubled with them 
since I adopted this method. 
Richard Willet, Cambria, N. Y. 
[Germantown Tel. 
1^* A gentleman at the North caught in his garden last 
summer with 24 wide mouthed bottles, partly filled with 
molasses and vinegar, three bushels of flies ^ ^igs, millers, 
(^c. The bottles were hung upoft the garden fence. Dur- 
ing the first seven days, the amount of flies, &c., caught, 
was 42 solid quarts. 
The United States is composed of 32 States and 9 Terri- 
tories. 
They contain a population of 25,000,000, of whom 21,- 
000,000 are white. 
The extent of sea coast 1 2,009 miles. 
The length of its ten large rivers is 20,000 miles. 
The number of miles of railway in operation is 20,000, 
which cost $000,000,000. 
The length of canals is 5,000 miles. 
It contains the longest railway on the globe — the Illinois 
Central — which is 734 miles. 
The annual value of its agricultural production is $200,- 
000 , 000 . 
The most valuable production is Indian corn which 
yields annually 400,000,000 bushels. 
The amount of registered and enrolled tonnage is 5,407,- 
010 tons. 
The amount of capital invested in manufacture is $600,- 
000 , 000 . 
The amount of foreign imports in 1853 was $267,978,- 
947, and of its exports, $230,971,167. 
The annual value of the products of labor (other than 
agricultural) is $1,500,000,000. 
The annual value of the income of their inhabitants is 
$1,009,000,000. 
The value of its farms and live stock is $500,000,000. 
Its mines of gold, copper, lead, and iron are among the 
richest in the world. 
The value ofgold produced is $100,000,000. 
The surface of its coal fields is 138,131 square acres. 
Its receipts for customs, t&c., &c., in 1852, was $51,472,- 
274, and its expenditures $43,543,263. 
Within her borders are 80,000 schools ; 6,000 academies ; 
234 colleges, and 3,800 churches. 
A MODEL NURSERY. 
A travelling corespondent of the Louisrdlk Jov.rnal, 
gives us the following sketch of the extensive Nurseries of 
Messrs. Elwanger & Barry, near Rochester, New York. 
We hope the day is not far distant when we may have 
many such in this fair Southern land — the true and na- 
tural home of the choicest gifts of Pomona, the fruit god- 
dess: 
“ While at Rochester I spent an hour or two at the 
Mount Hope Nurseries of Messrs. Elwanger & Barry. 
This is probably the most extensive commercial establish- 
ment of the kind in the United States, occupying 250 acres 
of land, closely set in nursery trees and plants, embraeing 
almost every variety that has been introduced into our 
country. The sales amount to about $70,000 annually. 
The benefits derived from such establishments, in widely 
disseminating all the choicest fruits can hardly be esti- 
mated. Each succeeding year adds to the constantly in- 
creasing taste for their cultivation. 
“Trees and plants in the Mount Hope Nursery now 
[September] pr«sent as thrifty and vigorous appearance as 
is usual in the most favored season, which I suppose is 
the result of artificial watering. I asked Mr. Elwanger 
whether he had not adopted some plan for irrigation His 
reply was that he had no need of that, but when there was 
an appearance of dry weather they employed an extra 
number of hands, to keep the surface of the soil constantly 
mellow by the use of the cultivator. This, if applied in 
time and repeated, is the great and sure remedy for drouth, 
whether in the nursery or the corn field. 
“Specimen grounds of pears, plumsanfl cherries occupy 
about six acres, mostly of dwarf trees. Although the 
trees are young, many of them were literally loaded with 
the most luscious fruit. It is wonderful to witness with 
