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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
Oi- winter, if the weather proves mild, an abundance of 
mushrooms will be produced, which may be eaten vvithoui 
any fear, as only edible ones will grow. 1 can give you 
simple directions for cooking them as weli as proving them 
safe, if you wish; but I suppose ymu know all about it. 
Yours respectluliy, K. C. 
Beaufort, S. C., 1855. 
Kem.^rks. — Our “better half” prepares salad-dressing 
nearly in all respects as above directed. It is excellent! 
Will “R. C.” give us his method of cooking mushrooms^' 
We know several w^ays, but his may be better than any 
of them, — Eds. 
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Canada Prolific Corn. — Mr. J. C. Richards, of Pratt- 
ville, Ala., has sent us a small package of the above vari- 
ety of Corn, which he describes as follows: 
“It is a handsome white corn and produces from three 
to eight stalks from each grain, each stalk bearing tv/o to 
three ears of corn, and the suckers are as prolific as the 
original stalks; bearing an equal number of ears. 1 his is 
not the sucker corn that shoots at every joint. This vari 
ety is as late as the common Indian corn, and will grow 
as tall.” 
Mr. R. will dispose of the seed at the rate of per hun- 
dred grains. He says : 
“That is what I gave, and if I had given ten dollars 1 
should not begrudge the money. I am confident that any 
person who tries it whll be perfectly satisfied with it.” * 
Persons desiring seed may address .Mr. R., as above 
We shall give it a fair trial and report on its merits. 
Rather too much is claimed for it at the outset, however. 
Jerusalem Artichoke. — Finding that this delicious 
vegetable when propagated from suckers, as it is and has 
been in this region, fora great length of time, was trouble- 
some to cultivate, from each plant becoming a thicket of 
suckers; and that, moreover, flower-heads, the parts used 
were small, late in appearing and lasting but a short time 
in season, we determined to try what could be done with 
seedlings. Small lots of seed were procured from three 
different sources— one lot from France, another from Eng- 
laiid,and the third were seeds saved here. They were all 
sowed at once; but a small portion of each came up. 
about one hundred in all. These were planted in good 
soil, the fall after; andihe following spring bloomed, show 
,ing great, div'^rsity in period of blooming, size, appear 
ance, and flavor. A few, which proved inferior, were re- 
moved ; and from the rest we have had splendid heads in 
use three weeks earlier than from the old stock, and con- 
tinuing three weeks longer in season. 
...iiiiaiL 
... insects, parasites, or 
tne grape may here be cultivated at 
- lorge profit, even when the wine is reduced to fifty cents 
per gallon. But such is the demand for pure Catawba 
wine, and such is the consumption of wine in the country, 
that it is safe to say that in full thirty years to come wine 
cannot be reduced to fifty cents a gallon. In all that time 
the good cultivators must realize heavy profits. 
The Record thinks that there must be five millions of 
acres planted in vines before the price can be reduced to a 
minimum in the United States! This fact is enough to 
insure cultivators against any hazzard of an overstocked 
market. There will probably be 600,000 gallons of Ca- 
tawba wine raised in the Ohio Va'ley in 18 j 5 ; but this is 
nothing to the demand. If it were doubled (which can- 
'.-.ot be) every year for five years to come, the market 
would not be overstocked. 
Guano for Insects. — A correspondent of the Horticul- 
turist says : 
“Some time last summer, while budding some young 
peaches, I found that ants had taken possession of some 
ten feet in one row. They very earnestly resisted my at- 
tempts toinnoculate the trees, inflicting many unpleasant 
wounds on my hands and arms. In order to disperse the 
warlike little nation, I sprinkled near a pint of fine guano 
along the little ridges. This threw them into immediate 
consternation. I noticed little collections of winged ants, 
huddled close together, and seeming to be quiet, while 
those without wings ran about in great agitation. The 
following day not a single insect could be found where 
the day previous they appeared to be innumerable.” 
•Inmtstit C'CDitDinij nnli 3Rtti|it3. 
CURE FOR BOTS. 
Messrs. Editors — Allow me to give you a sure and 
speedy cure for the Bots : — From 40 to 50 grains of 
quinine in one pint of brandy, then add one pint of water. 
My experience in horses has been censiderable of late, and 
1 have seen a goodly number taken with the bots. I have 
also given the above remedy and in no case failed to 
cure. Respectfully yours, Wm. H, Dawson. 
Dardanelle, Ark , FY6.,il855. 
Gapes in Chickens. — A subscriber in Harrisonburg, 
La., gives us the following remedy for this very common 
disease. We may mention, en passant, however; that the 
Shanghais and other large Asiatic fowls are much less li- 
able to this and other chicken maladies than the common 
fowls of the country : 
“Last spring, rny woman, who attends to the chicken 
department, found several with the g.apes. Siie caught 
them, and from her Indigo or blueing rag, dropped a drop 
of Indigo into each one’s throat, and they invariably re- 
covered. I believe it to be a remedy for the disease, and 
have constantly practiced it since with sucf‘«-" 
Your obedient sp'-”;';- ' 
..;.o vy pouring, 
...i application of wet clothes. 
- .o ueing done, prepare warm water, and im- 
merse the feet in it. This gives relief in a short lime, 
when the child should be put quietly to rest, with a jug 
of warm water to the feet, when perspiration and sleep 
soon follow. 
Any one can follow these directions immediately, and 
it is a complaint which is soon fatal, unless checked in the 
early stages, and many precious lives are lost because a 
physician is not at hand, until too late to save from suffo- 
cation. 
I have often tried this, and never failed to give relief in 
one hour, often in half that lime. E. Marks^ 
in Country €hnt. 
