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SOUTHEEN CULTIVATOE. 
CONTENTS OF AUGUST NUMBER. . 
PLANTATION ECONOMY AND MISCELLANY. 
'The Critical Study of Agriculture '. Page 
Th-- Clovers and Grasses of the South “ 
Plowing in time of Drouth, its effects. &c | u 
Blind Staggers in Horses — a cure ) 
Pbwingin Drouth Philosophically considered 1 
:.Stanf )rd’8 Wild Grass— Egyptian Millet— Troy and Chili | 
Wfeat &c I" 
Cure for Blind Staggers in the Horse J 
Horizontal Tillage an l tiuard Drains or Hil -Side ditches ( 
Ice Houses for Planters , j' 
Plea for a Humbug 1 
Words of Encouragement from a Book Farmer V 
Combustion of Cotton ) 
-Clean’s Grass — Deep Plowing in Drouth ] 
Botts in Horses — correction ! 
Manual Labor Schools— Causes of Failure — Pl■^n on which | 
they would Succeed J 
History of Insects — Crops, &c 
Corn Culture in Texas— Hogs — Sheep— Sea Island Cotton, 
&c. 
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1855! 
SOUTHERN 
1855! 
CULTIVATOR, 
A MONTMLY JOURNAI, 
DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO TflE IMPROVEMENT OF SOUTHIu.XAGRlCUI.TOKB 
' Horticulture, Stock Breeding, Poultry, Bees, Gen&t'al Fcurm 
Economy, &c., <&>c. 
Glustrated with Sumeroas Elegant EngraTings. 
Cotton Rigging for Ships 
The Logan Grazier, (poetry) &c 
Rules for the Application of Superphosphate of Lime. 
Scratches in Horses— Cure for it, &c 
Wonders of the Atmosphere 
California Barley 
Crops in Jefferson County, Ga 
Management of Negroes 
E Word for Large Mules 
*Suggestions about State Fairs 
How to have Weakly Children 
'The Season in Mississippi 
Homes for the People in Suburb and Country 
Care of Horses 
Virtue, the Friend of Health 
The use of Leaves — 
Mr. Nelson’s Roses 
Inquiry — Worms in Horses 
EDITORIAL. 
Answers to Inquiries. — To Correspondents. — Brief Notes on Straw- 
berries. — The At'anta‘Fair. — The Season and the Crons — Davy’s 
Devon Herd Book.— The Grape Rot. — The September Fair — Prem- 
ium List. — Death of Dr. William Terrell.— Grasses for Hay and 
Grazing Page 248 to 251 
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 
Work for the Month Page 258 
Southern Fruits— Apples — No. ii “ 259 
Grape Growing in the South | u oaq 
Wine from Native Grapes, or Muscadines ) ^ 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND RECIPES. 
Preserving Eggs 
‘Cleansing Guns 
Killing Fowls 
To Preserve-Dead Game 
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PREniUm STRAWBERRY PLANTS! 
THE Subscriber will furnish, at any time after the first of 
October, a limited number of the fol'owing desirable 
varieties of STRAWBERRY PLANTS, at the prices aanex- 
ed : 
3'aminates and Hermaphrodites. 
Per Hundred. 
Early Scarlet • $2 
Longworth’s Prolific 8 
Walker’s Seedling 8 
Boston Pine 8 
Genesee Seedling 2 
Iowa 2 
Orange Prolific 2 
PutOlates. 
Per Hundred. 
Hovey’s Seedling $2 
McAvoy’s Superior 4 
Me Avoy’i Extra Red 8 
Crimson Cone 8 
Black Prince 4 
Crescent Seedling 8 
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., and D. REDMOND, Editors. 
Tlie Tliirteeiitli Voiuoie will comiueiice in 
Januari^ 18 55. 
The Cultivator is a large octavo of Thirty-two pages, forming a 
volume of 334 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, 
Yalaable Original Contributions 
from many of the xnoit intelligent zndi practical Planters, Farmers, 
and Horticulturists in every section of the South and Southwest. 
TERMS; 
One Copt, one year $1 j Twenty-Five Copies, one year .. $29 
Six CdPiEs “ “ 5 [One Hundred “ “ “ 75 
THE CASH SYSTEM will be rigidly adhered to, and in no instance 
will the p^er be sent unless the money accompanies the order. 
The Bills of all specie-paying Banks received at par. All money 
remitted by mail, postage paid, will be at the risk of the Publisher. 
AdvertiaeiBenM 
Inserted at One Dollar per square of twelve lines, each insertion ; 
One square per annum Ten Dollars. 
Address WILLIAM S. JOIVES, Angnsts, Ga- 
Persons who will act as Agents, and obtain Subscribers, will 
be furnished with the paper at club prices. 
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR FOR 1854. 
B ound vohimes of the CULTIVATOR for 1S54 may now be ob- 
tained at this ofiBce. Price, $1.50. Or we will send it by maQ, 
post-paid, at $1.80. Address WM. S. JONES, Augusta, Ga. 
AUGUSTA SEED STORE. 
T he Subscriber has received his regalar supply of Turnip and 
other SEED required for the season, which are fresh and 
genuine ; 
PURPLE TOP RUT ^ BAGA TURNIP, 
LARGE ENGLISH NORFOLK TURNIP, 
LARGE WHITE GLOBE TrRNIP, 
EARLY FLAT DUTCH TURNIP, 
RED TOP FLAT TURNIP, &c., &e. 
July— 3t J. H. SERVICE 
MEELYO BASS FOB SALE. 
THE, Subscriber offers for Sale 3eve’’al full-blood 
MERINO RAMS. Having reduced the number of my 
flock', -i have more rams than I need. They are from two 
of the best flocks in New York, and their fleeces, both in 
fineness and quantity, running from 9 to 14 lbs. 
July— tf J. B. JONES, Birdsville, Burke eo., Ga. 
A RARE CHAUCE 
A deduction of 80 to 50 per cent, when 660 or more plants are 
ordered at one time. All plants carefully packed, and sent in good 
order to any part of the country. Orders, accompanied with the 
money, promptly attended to. Address 
AugSt^tf D. REDMOND, Auga8ta,Ga. 
RESCUE GRASS SEED. 
A LIMITED quantity of this SEED (crop of 1855) for sale by 
D. B. PLUMB, k CO., 
Aug55 — tf Augusta, Ga. 
TO THE FARMERS AND PLANTERS OF THE SOUTH. 
T he undersigned have received the exclusive Agency for the entire 
South and Southwest for the very best CORN and COB CRUSH- 
ERS now in use, and the only articles of the kind that will make fine 
meal, suitable fer the table — this they are guaranteed to do. These 
Mills will effect a saving of 83 per cent., or fully one-third, in crush- 
ing the food prepared for stock, as has been satisfactorily tested. 
Price from $5U to $75. Every Farmer and Planter in the land should 
have them. 
Manufactured and for sale by W. P. Henert k Co , Meeting street, 
near Line street. Charleston, S. C.; McCrekry k Hooke, Brown’s 
M’harf, Charleston, 8. C.. and J. A. Ansliy, Commission Merchant, 
Broad street, Augusta, Ga. 
LANGLEY & CO., General Agents, 
Aug55— 5t Charleston, S. C., and Nashville, Term, 
For Amateurs, Market Gardeners, or Private Gentlemen. 
T O BE SOLD, a Seven Acre TOWN LOT, adjoining the City of 
Austin, Texas, 900 yards from the Capitol, cornering on Col- 
lege Hill, on which we expect, very soog, to have a College establish- 
ed. The Scenery splendid. About three acres of rich Creek Bottom, 
the remainder good Upland, with a beautiful situation for building 
upon, in full v'ew of the Capitol, Treasury and Land Office. A never 
failing stream runs across the lower end of it, in which is an excel- 
lent fall for a hydraulic ram, by which the whole bottom can be irri- 
gated. The entire is surrounded by a substantial fence; a miniture 
Nursery just commenc d, and in a high state cf cultivation ; a Yard 
fenced off and a small Frame House built, with a Well adjoining, and 
a Stable erected. , The whole to be sold on reasonable terms, with all 
the improvetr ents thereon, and possession given at any time the 
purchaser may arrange for. Apply, by letter or otherwise, to the 
subscriber, on the premises, or to Raymond, Freeman k Co., Real 
Estate Brokers. WM. DAVENPORT. 
Austin, Texas, March 20, 856, J une56— 
SCOTT’S LITE GIANT CORN AND COB MaL. 
N o. S, warranted to grind 15 bushels p'r hour with one horse, 
price $65 all ccmp’nte, ready to attach the horse. No. 4, 
grinds 29 bushels per hov X with two horses ; pr’ce $75. 
CARMICHAEL k BEAN, Agents, 
April55— Cly Augusta, Ga. 
