SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
water per acre represents a rain iall of '24 hours, iliis 
aloiie, without the saturation of manure, must l^e worth 
one penny per ion, or 3s. 6d. per acre, and indeed in di ) 
weather for Grass crops very much more. As to the 
quantity required per acre, Mr. lelter. of Canning Park. 
Ayr, tells me that he app'ies 500 tons of water per Scotch 
acre at five dressings to his kalian Rye- Gra.ss, with five 
cwt. of Guano at ea. h dressing, making a total annual ap- 
plication of -25 cwt of Guano per Scotch acre (one-foorth 
larger than the English acre). This is in a naturally 
moist climate, therefore, we may estimate the water ah 
sorbing power of the barren sandy wastes in the neigh 
borhooti of the metropolis far more considerable. That 
those wastes would be rendered highly productive after 
the application of town sewaj^e cannot be doubted. 
“The experiments of Mr. Wilkins. wl ogrew two crops 
of Eemp and Flax in one season at Wokingham last yeai 
settle the question. Now, ifyou apply 500 tons per acre 
you will only require 152,000 acres to absorb your 70 
millions of tons. As 640 acres are a square mile, you 
would at that rate require 237 square miles, or a squan 
area whose diameter would l>e about 15 miles. I have 
a strong cofiviction that a very niurh larger quantity o! 
sewage say 1000 tons per acre, at least, may be pro/itabl\ 
applied to our sandy, gravelly, and chalky wastes. This 
would aifird a great economy in distance and expense. 
On the E-iinimrgh meadows as much as 6000 tons p^^r 
Scotch acre are applied ; but that appears to me hardly a 
necessary quantity. Mill, if such large quantities could 
be applied to so limited an area, it is clear iliat instead o*' 
one fienny per ton the cost need not much exceed one 
farthing. Six thousand tons at one farthing per ton would 
be £3 os per acre. This would pay; for the average let 
ting of the F/Jinburgh meadows to the cow-keepers was. 
lam informed, last year £21 per acre— a pretty good evi- 
dence of the beneficial effects of town sewage on waste 
lands that were, a few years since, worililess and barren, 
“I apprehend no one will doubt the ecotiomy of trans- 
mission of fluids by tubes, seeing that by roail carriage 
the charge of carting near the metropolis would be at least 
8d. per ton, fter mile. There is no fear of oifr being over- 
whelmed with cheap hay or supper abundant milk by this 
process, for our metropolitan wants become annually 
more and more gig intic ; but I do know, from extended 
and minute observation, that the infants and juveniles ol 
this metropolis would present a very different muscui.'U 
atid general development if this seneme were carried out; 
for now the wretched wrecks of noble short horned cows, 
obser7al)le on every green patch around the metropolis, 
speak volumes of the thin sky-blue [i.nilk] winch is vainly 
expected by fond parents to form the bone and flesh of their 
dear children. Tlteir pallid laces and feeble limbs present 
infallilile evidence of defective nutrition. In conclusion, • 
do ho[)e that this club of practical agriculturists will, by 
their resolution this evening, stamp their opinion of ihi 
necessity for this great national economy. (Hear, hear, 
and cheers.)” 
MOEE PEOVISIONS AND LESS COTTON. 
A Correspondent of the '"’ewberry (S. C.) M rror, thus 
orges our oft-uitered advice to our planting friends: 
“This suggests the propriety of growing more Corn 
than will be necessary for plantation purposes — theri 
must be some for sale. And if it should not be wanteo 
at the close of the season, just turn it into meat— this will 
save the trouijie of purchasing at a high price, and send 
ing your cotton mon'^y out of theSl.ue; which at present 
generally needs it. It might be well to set off utiuiUallj 
large lots for the growth of the Sweet Foiaioe, which 
always yield.s well when there is a medium, or a wet sea 
Bon. Should more be grown than is v,'anied for the table 
m 
— let them go to the stock lot--they are fine for hogs mid 
liorses. Peas ton, the Cow Pea of course, always gives e. 
itood return for the planting, and planting is nearly aR 
the trouble. One. of the best articles for good milk and 
luitier in the winter, is the pea ground with corn, abotfi 
half and half. Let those who have not tried it, go in ftMT 
the luxury. 
4'hose who have small pieces of wet land would <fe 
well to level them for meadows, or plant them in Rice, 
either will give a good return for the labor. Rice growls 
w(dl in this climate, has done exceedingly well on Tyger 
River, in Spartariliurg District. It can be thieshed ouC 
like oats, utid sold for a good price in the CkarLcshn, nc.S 
to say, in tae Newberry Market. This country is going 
a little loo much to Cotton; this isa fine marketa!-le ar- 
ticle ’tis true; but it is besfto have every thing else which 
can be raised on the faint, it is so convenient. Indeed it 
is best to be <i little in advance; to be full, then the pinch 
of a dry summer, or long winter, could be endured muck 
belter. There is a luxu'-y in a well stocked plantation — • 
there is life and beauty in it. Tlie of the horse, live 
iiiW of the cow, the bt-eat of the sheep, the grunt of the 
hog, \[\& gobble of the turkey, the c/v/?/; of tl.e cock, tlte 
^rabble [he jabber of the duck, the chaUer 
the guinea hen, and the scream, of the pea fiiwt. Let 
them all raise their chorus, and there’s life for you! 
Then full cribs of corn, barns full of liav, fodder oats, peas, 
wheat and rye, there’s independence for you! But fiasr 
lank everythitig looks where all iscoiion, corn criblved ia 
a small pen, wheal in a goods box ! O.its ditto, peas dit- 
to, potatoes none at all ! lodder stacked round a few poles 
in the field ! The coitoii is sold for six or eight cents, amd 
.1 good deal of it laid cut for provisions — almost every' 
thing to be bought, and cotton is the fiurchaser! 
Wemld it not lie best, just to grow all these things Off. 
the farm, and what cotton is made over that, let it be tite 
extra % Certainly it would — every body says so. Cot- 
ton, Cotton, Colton ! Making it the prime crop, atiC 
every tiling else suiinrdinate. is not best for the farmet:. 
and it is not best for tlie country. Certnm pete 
PNEUMONIA, COLDS, &C. 
Editors Southkrn Cui.tiv-xtor — Gentlemen— k% ihh 
is the season uir taking cold, which often results in pneti- 
inoiiia, pleurisy, &c., and frequently leaves the snfierfic 
with a hacking couith which eventually termitiate.s in 
■ •onsuniption. To prevent all this 1 wiM send you & 
recipe. For a grown person use the following: 
] lablespooniul of castor oil, 
20 drops of spirits of lurpeniine, 
1 teaspoon ful of [varagoric, 
2 rirachm.s ol'.--.ntimonial wine, 
2 te 'Spoonfuls of nitre, 
1 tablespoonful of honey. 
Drink warm when about reiiiingfor the night. 
Yours respectfully, 
from an old subscriber, E, 
Hxvanna, Ala , April, 1855. 
Serving Cows so as to Skcurk M.aee or Female 
Cat-vks — I t will be recollected that a French gent leincn, 
Count de Gouvey, had tried the experiment in France, 
cutting the bull to the cow before milking, and he secured, 
a large proportion of heifer calves; and by fiuttingthe bui! 
milkitig, he secured a large proportion of bull c.afv€So 
B. Y. Frenc't, Esq,, of Braintree, Mass., wiites us, Feb 
i : — “1 to-day, have examined my acc<iunt, where [ was 
certain of impregnation of cows: 3 with empty bags 
brougtit 3 bull calves. 27 with full bags brought 18 heif- 
ers and 9 Inill calves So the choice is in favor of heifer 
calves, when impregnated with a full hag, hut not so muck 
us expected. I shall continue this method fora while longer.” 
