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CONTENTS OF MASCH NUMBER. 
— ,-w. 1855 f 
SOUTIERN CULTIYATOR, 
PLANTATION ECONOMY AND MISCELLANY. 
Tbe cost of Fencing Pian'ations Page 73 
Horn Yard Manure Guano “ 74. 
System on the Plantation — letter from Mr. Affleck “ 75 
Save your Nigi it Soil “ 76 
Saltpetre for Curing Meat “ 76 
Berksh ires (illustrate:!) “ 77 
Aledical use cf Salt “ 77 
Mr Parliu’s Compost “ 77 
“Death in the Pot ” “ 73 
“Itescue Grass”— reply to “Algernon.” “ 78 
Turpentine product of the South “ 79 
Border work for the Plantation “ 80 
Post Oak Glade Land, again “ 80 
Lime on Corn, &c “ 80 
Home (poetry) “ 81 
Irapm-tance of Poultry to the United States. “ 81 
Probable effects of the war on Agriculture “ 82 
r sh Ponds “ 82 
Leicester Streep (illustrated) ; “ 88 
Labor North and S'uith “ 84 
SomethiKg for Cotton Planters “ 84 
Pratt’s Ditch Digger “ 85 
Cotton — Its value and Importance “ 85 
The Wine Trade of France— Southern A’ineyards “ 86 
Pisciculture — Fish Breeding “ 87 
AVhy the Farmer should give heed to the man ef Science. . . . “ 87 
The Bot Question again “ 92 
Feeding Sheep on Cotton S^ed ” 92 
Plowing in Guano “ 93 
Agricultural Surveys of the severa’ Dii^tricts and Counties . . “ 98 
The Texas Oat Grasa alias The Rescue — experiment with 
Rye “ 94 
Circular — Herd Book “ 94 
Agricultural Societies “ 95 
A priceless Cow .... “ 95 
True Philosophy “ 95 
Till little and that little well (poetry) “ 96 
Sugar Trade of the Unite i States “ 96 
To keep worms out of Bee Hives “ 96 
Pacts about the United States “ 96 
A Model Nursery “ 96 
“Sneeze Weed” — its fatal effects “ 99 
To get rid of Grain Weevils “ICO 
Agriculture “100 
Cottonseed Masher “ 100 
Cemened Cellars “100 
Sea Island Cotton “100 
What does it Cost to Fence? “ 101 
Provide for old age “101 
EDITORIAL. 
Answers to Inquiries “ 88 
The Next F -if “ 89 
Mulberries for Hogs “ 69 
“The Horticulturist” “ 89 
P. Birry. Esq “ 89 
Randall’s Cotton Planter, &c., &c “ 89 
Analysis of Water, &c 90 
Small hogs for the South “ 90 
Davy’s Devon Herd Book “ 91 
When and how to Sow Clover Seed. 91 
Osage Orange Hedges “ 91 
Diseased Meat “ 92 
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 
Work for the Month Page 97 
Notes on the Cultivation of the Cherry upon the Mahaleb 
stock “ 88 
Bananas in Texas “ 98 
Guano for Melons “ 88 
The North American Crab- Apple (illustrated) “ 99 
History of the Melon “ 99 
Domestic Culture uf the Grape “ 99 
Destroying Mildew “100 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND RECIPES. 
Wash for Porous and other Walls “ 100 
How to keep butter fresh “ 100 
To make Lemon WTne “ 100 
A Discovery— to keep oil from becoming rancid “ 100 
Preparation for boots and shoes “ 100 
Chloroform counteracted “ ICO 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Berkshlres *• 77 
Leicester Sheep “ 88 
The North American Crab- Apple “ 99 
CRASSERRY PLANTS, 
T HE kind most known and be t adapted to all k'nds of soil is the 
Bel' or Egg-shaped variety. They are great bearers and keep 
a lung time if r roperly gathered. They can be raised on poor 
swampy land, where nothing else will grow, and often produce from 
200 to 300 bushels per acre C vcular re ating to the culture, price, 
&c., w ill be forwarded, gratis, to applicants. For s ' le by 
F. TROIVBRIDGE, New Haven, Conn , 
March55— tf Dealer in Trees, Plants, ka. 
A MONTMIilZ JOUMNAF., 
DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE IMPIIOVEIIENT OF SOUTHERX AGRICULTUEB' 
Horticulture, StocJc Breeding, Poultry, Bees, General Farm 
Economy, tfcc., &c. 
ONE DOLLAR A TEAR IN ADVANCE 
DANIEL LEeTm. D., an^B. REDMOND, Editors. 
TSie Tlnirteemtli Voliyme wiii commence iaa 
.I a-aniaary? 18 55. 
The Cultivator is a large octavo of Thirty-two pages, forming a 
volume of 384 pages in the year. It contains a much greater amount, 
of reading matter than any Agricultural journal in the South — em- 
bracing, in addition to all the current agricultural topics of the day, 
Yalua^!© Original Contributions 
from many of the most intelligent and practical Planters, Farmers,, 
and Horticulturists in every section of the South and Southwest. 
TERMS: 
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Six Copies, “ “ 6 j One Hundred “ “ “ 75 
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Address t^VILlLIAM S. JOl^ES, Augusta, Ga. 
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be furnished with the pape?- a t club prices. 
m THE SOUTHERN NURSERIES, m 
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are now well stocked with all the varieties best adapted to the South, 
of FRUIT TREES and SHRUBS, VINES, STRAWBERRY PLANTS, 
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The packing is so carefully attended to, that Trees and Plants, 
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Catalogues will be sent on application. 
Nov— tf. THOMAS AFFLECK. 
AFFLECK’S 
STRAWBERRY CULTURE. 
A COMPLETE MANUAL FOR THE CULTIVATION OF THE 
STRAWBERRY, with a description of the best varieties. Also, 
Notices of the Raspberry, Blickberry, Currant, Gooseberry, and 
Grape, with directions for their Cultivation, and the selection of the 
best varieties. “ Every process here recommended has been proved, 
the plans of others tri-d, and the result is here given.” By R. G. 
Pardee, with a valuable apendix, cootaining the observations and 
experience of some of the most successful cultivators of these fruits 
in our country. Price 50 cents, and sent free of postage. Pub ished 
by C. M. SAXTON, Agricultural Book Publisher, 
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”” TROUP lILL SURSERY, ~~ 
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The collection of ever-blooming Roses is unrivalled ; the bushes 
being strong, and all raised on their own roots (none budded or graft- 
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Catalogues sent to applicants. 
‘ All persons who delight in horticulture, are invited to call and ex- 
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SEaistratefil wRiJ limseroriss EHegaat Engravings. 
SOUTHERN RURAL ALMANAC, 
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K-UBAIL AFPASaS IN TliK SOUTH, 
WILL BE ISSUED AS USUAL ABOUT THE FIRST OP NOVEM- 
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AFFLECK’S COTTON PLANTATION RECORD AND ACCOUNT 
BOOK — New Edition, now ready— No. 1, for forty hands or less, 
$2 50. No. 2, for eighty hands or less, $3 00. No. 8, for one hun- 
dred and twenty, hands or lers, $3 50. 
AFFLECK’S SUGAR PLANTATION RECORD AND ACCOUNT 
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Nov — tf 14 Camp street, New Orleans, 
