£28 
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
FINE WOOL FKOM ALABAMA. 
Editors Southern Cultivator— I send you a lock 
of very fine wool, which I received a few days since from 
Col. John M. Burke, of V/ilcox co., Ala. He informs 
that he clipped it from his Cotswold Buck Lamb, nine 
months old, and will weigh 175 lbs. live weight. He 
writes me that he will shear at one year old 10 pounds of 
wool. 
Col. Burke raises fine stock for sale, as he informs me, 
and imports every year. He imported, 2 years ago, a 
’buck that weighed 420 lbs., of the Cotswold stock. 
Knowing as I do, that you are in favor of the improve- 
ment of fine stock, I send you this, that you may com- 
ment upon it if you think proper- Comply with the above 
request and oblige, Yours respectfully, &c., 
W. A. 
Sparta^ Ga. 
Remarks. — The sample ofwoolreceived with the above 
was about 9 or 10 inches long, of tolerably fine texture, 
and strong fibre. The investigations of Dr. Peter A. 
Browne, Mr. Cocke rill, and many others, so conclusive- 
ly prove the adaptation of our climate to the production 
of the very finest wool, that “further comment is unneces- 
sary.” When will our people learn wisdom enough to 
kill off all the worthless, sheep-eating curs that infest the 
country, and enter fairly upon the production of wool for 
exportation 1 — Eos. 
SCUPPERNONG WTNE-GIFANO, &C. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — Though not a sub- 
scriber at present, but have been and expect again to be, 
I wish to be informed, through the columns of the Cultiva- 
tor, how to make wine from the Scuppernong grape, with 
and, particularly, without brandy. Almost every person 
in this region has the vines, and but few, if any, know 
how to make the wine. Some few persons make pretty 
good stuff, but we have had no wine yet. 
The way we use guano on corn is a half ounce to the 
hill on one side of the corn, but both sides grow admir- 
ably. It is ascertained to be most successful to put on 
cotton the first or second plowing, by running deep* on 
one side and dropping it in the furrow to be covered on 
all occasions, immediately. Guano is beginning to learn 
even the farmers of old Robeson something about the “law 
and X\\& profits.'' Respectfully yours, &c., 
M. L. M. 
Queensdale, Robeson, co., N. C., 1855. 
Remarks. — Our correspondent will find a series of ar- 
ticles in our volumes of 1852-3-4 on the culture of the 
Scuppernong Grape and Wine making; but we believe 
that no method of making wine from pure Scuppernong 
juice (without brandy or other alcoholic admixture) has 
yet been discovered. The process, with brandy, may be 
found in our February number for 1854.— Eds. 
THE PRESS. 
Oh ! ever jn thy banner bright 
Let truthjy^nd virtue blend — 
Be ever — ever in the right — 
Be ever labor’s friend. 
His strong and honest arm shall be 
• Thy bulwark in distress ; 
God bless the land of liberty — 
God save your country’s Press ! 
The Summer Song. — We take the following beautiful 
and sensible hymn from an ancient writer, whose pro- 
ductions, probably some readers are not very familiar 
with : 
“Thou makest, 0 Lord, the outgoing of the morning and 
evening to rejoice. Thou visitest the earth, and waterest 
it; thou greatly enrichest it with tlie river of God which 
is full of water ; thou preparest them corn, when thou hast 
so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abun- 
dantly; thou settlest the furrows thereof; thou makest it 
soft with showers ; thou blessest the springing thereof. 
Thou crownest the year with goodness, and thy paths 
drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilder- 
ness ; and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pas- 
tures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered 
with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.” 
Inraeitit (EuraDiiui unit IRtiipes. 
RECEIPTS, &C. 
Orange Pudding. — Grate the yellow part of the rind, 
and squeeze the juice of two large oranges. Stir together 
to a cream, half-a-pound of butter, and half-a-pound of 
powdered white sugar, and a wine glass of mixed wine 
and brandy. Beat very light six eggs, and stir them 
gradually into the mixture. Put it into a buttered dish 
with a iDi’oad edge, round which lay a border of puff 
paste neatly notched. Bake it half an hour, and when 
cool grate white sugar over it. 
You may add to the mixture a Naples biscuit, or two 
finger biscuits, grated. 
Lemon Pudding. — May be made precisely in the same 
manner as the above ; substituting lemons for oranges. 
Quince Pudding. — Take six ripe quinces ; pare them, 
and cut out all the blemishes. Then scrape them to a 
pulp, and mix the pulp with half a pint of cream, and 
half a pound of powdered sugar, stirring them together 
very hard. Beat the yolk of seven eggs, (omitting all the 
whites except two,) and stir them gradually into the mix- 
ture, also adding two wine" glasses of rose water. Stir the 
whole together, and bake it in a buttered, dish three quar- 
ters of an hour. Grate sugar over it when cold. 
If you canuot obtain cream, you may substitute a quar- 
ter of a pound of fresh butter stirred with the sugar and 
quince. ^ « 
A baked ppple pudding may be made in the same 
manner. 
Bite of a Rattlesnake. — Half a wine glass of olive 
oil,. taken inwardly, is said to be a certain cure for the 
bite of a rattlesnake and other poisonous reptiles. A little 
should also be applied to the wound. Another remedy is 
the following : — Take roots and branches of plantain and 
hoarhound, bruised in a mortar, and the juice expressed; 
of which give one larg^ sgbonful as soon as possible. In 
an hour, if necessary, §ive another spoonful. Apply to 
the wound a leaf of tobacco moistened in rum. This 
remedy was discovered by a negro, for which his freedom 
was purchased, and an annuity settled upon him by the 
general assembly of Carolina. 
Water Melon Butter. — Split the water melons open, 
with a spoon scrape out the pulp into a cullender, and 
strain the water into vessels ; boil it down to syrup, then 
put in apples or peaches, like making apple butter or any 
kind of preserves. Or, the syrup may be boiled without 
fruit down to molasses, which will be found to be as. fine 
as the best sugar-house molasses. The season for making 
this table sauce will soon beat hand, and those who wish 
to partake of it should be prepared for the event,— Sc ienii- 
dc American, 
