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of Domestic Poultry,* $2 50 ; Bennett’s Poultry Book, 84 
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Keeper’s Chart, 50 cts.; Weeks on the Honey Bee, 50 cts.; 
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cts.; Buist’s Rose Manual,* 75 cts.; American Rose Cul 
turists, 50 cts.; Every Lady her own Flower Gardener,* 25 
cents; Browne’s American Bird Fancier, 50 cts.; Book of 
Caged Birds,* SL 
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Elliot’s Cottages and Cottage Life, S2; Smith’s Landscape 
Gardening,* SI 25: Downing’s Landscape Gardening,* 
.S3 50 ; Downing’s Cottage Residences,* S2. 
We might enumerate many other valuable works, but 
the foregoing will do to begin with. Our friends, C. M. 
.Saxton & Co., of 152 Fulton street. New York, will send 
any of them per mail, free of poslagc^ upon the receipt of 
the prices annexed. 
Holmes’ “Southern Farmer,” a little book of 250 pages, 
published at Si by Wm. R. Babcock, of Charleston, S. C.j 
is also particularly valuable for all farmers, planters and 
gardeners of the South. 
In this connection, we may, of course, be pardoned for 
suggesting that no Southern planter’s library can be con 
sidered at all complete without a set of the back volumes of 
our own journal. Ten out of the twelve volumes already 
completed, may be obtained from the publisher. They 
contain a vast amount of invaluable information from all 
the leading agriculturists of the planting States, and are 
richly worth ten times their cost ; which is only SI 50 
each, for bound volumes, or SI 80, when we prepay the 
postage. Address Wm. S. Jones, Augusta Ga. 
Death of a Distinguished Agriculturist. — It is 
with feelings of regret that we announce the death ofC. 
P. Holcomb, Esq., which occurred on Thursday, the 5th 
inst., at his residence, Devondale Farm, near New Castle, 
Del. He was a native of Connt, and, after having studied 
law, removed to Philadelphia, and soon became a pronai- 
nent member of the bar in that city. In 1841 he removed 
to this State, and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture, 
purchased a fine tract of land, which he greatly improved, 
erected an elegant mansion-house, planted fruit and orna- 
mental trees, and otherwise beautified the grounds. He 
was a warm advocate of improved culture, and in con- 
nection with a few other public spirited gentlemen, gave 
great impetus to the agriculture of our county and infused 
a general rivalry among our farmers, always ready to 
shoulder his part of the burthen, contributing by example 
and precept to make not only two blades of grass, but 
two and tliree bushels of wheat and corn, grow where 
but one grew before. But how uncertain are the things 
of earth. In his death society has lost one of its bright 
ornaments, and agriculture one of its able advocates andf 
exemplifiers. — Del. Rep. 
PLAin: AND SOW!— ’TIS NOT TOO LATE YET! 
Our editorial brethren throughout the whole country 
are all urging the farmers to put in abundant crops of po- 
tatoes, corn, peas, and whatever may serve as a substitute 
for wheat. There will be no supply from last year’s crops,, 
and the farmers need not fear low prices. The next year 
will furnish abundant demand for all that the soil can pro- 
duce. It is, says the Philadelphia Ledger, famine and 
starvation prices thut we have to fear, and not a glutted 
market. The dry fall prevented many from sowing wheat 
freely, and they must not rely upon what the far west may 
produce to make up for their lack. Let them cover every 
spot they can occupy with something that will do for tha 
sustenance of man or beast, or both. 
THAT BUCK-EYE, &C. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — A writer in the Culti- 
vator for April, recommends the carrying of a Buck-Eye 
in the pantaloons pocket as an infallible cure for piles. 
This reminds me of an infallible remedy I once heard of 
for rheumatism. It was the carrying, in the pantaloons 
pocket, of a certain little crooked bone of the male Raccoon. 
Nevertheless, I have heard a good deal about this buck- 
eye remedy, and there is a good deal of Very respectable 
testimony in its favor. True, it don’t stand to reason, as 
you say, and I can’t understand by what mode of opera- 
tion it can possibly do any good. If it does cure, it has 
some important advantages over most other remedies. 
The application is extremely simple, and neither painful 
nor disagreeable in any way. It is about as cheap as one 
could ask, and it can do no ho.rm. Try it. 
It Won’t Take. — It is said that “a patent has been ob- 
tained' for the preparation ol maize leaf as a substitute for 
tobacco.” It won't lake — they caidt make it nasty enoughs 
Omo. 
Toccopola, Miss., April, 1855. 
' TO CURE FISTULA IN A HORSE. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — In the April number 
of the Cultivator I notice a communication from “Mech- 
lenburg,” relative to the cure of Fistula. And as you have 
placed his remedy in the columns of your invaluable 
Cultivator, I presumed it would not be amiss to send you 
another remedy which I think is much better than his. I 
have tried the following remedy repeatedly and found it a 
certain, safe and infallible one: 
Take the burnt dirt from a chimney and put it in an 
oven ; beat it fine ; then place it over the fire and pour in 
a sufficient quantity of good soft soap to thin it well ; then 
bring it to a boil; mix moss or cotton with it to hold it to- 
gether; put it on a cloth; girt a blanket on the horse; 
place the poultice on boiling hot ; tie the cloth over it and 
keep it on until it cools; repeat it again the third day and 
a cure is effected without opening. Do this as soon as 
the Fistula is discovered and it will never fail. The horse 
is fit for use in a few weeks. The same application will 
cure the Poll Evil. I have never failed (nor has any one 
who has tried this remedy) to accomplish a perfect cure 
without opening the Fistula. Will you insert this for the 
benefit of farmers'? 
Yours with respect, J. M. Brisr, 
Bastrop, La., April, 1855. 
