SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
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So that many very smart journal writers waste their in- 
tended usefulness by using their domestic or plantation 
vocdfnclsivy , which never reaches the comprehension of the 
reader. 
But I set out to complain of another fault amongst these 
writers, which, being a practical, or rather {/^practicable 
one, lias frequently bothered me not a little. 1 allude to 
the want of exactness faUncss in giving descriptions, 
and especially in telling us how. to do things Your cor 
respondent, “K.,” gives a pretty fair instance in his refer- 
ence to Ward’s Plantation Gale. And many could be 
given from almost every number of these journals. Mr. 
Nblso.v, for instance, is one of your most practical and j 
practicable of correspondents, and when I saw your note 
of thanks to him for the “ couple of bottles,’’ and his “very j 
clear and practical article,” on Vine Culture, &c., 1 eager- [ 
]y devoured it (not the wine) as one in which I felt much 
interest. When I read, that the “prodv.ee of a quarter of 
ayi acre IV as two hundred gallons ayinuallf' oh, how my 
mouth “watered;” visions of demijohns, goblet^ and all 1 
that, clustered around my eyes so thickly th it I could 
scarcely see the paper to read the “simple” plan of mak- 
ing it, which I intended certainly to appropriate to prac- 
tical use. But I read on devoutly, “the juiee * * * after 
being filled ('with whaLl)i into a cask^ so as. to, leave? space 
for fermentation (how much ?) is left to itself a^out !<f 
days, when the process is ceasing. Some sugar is then 
added (how much sugar is some?) the cask is filled up 
(with what!) and the bung closed tight. After some 
months (two or ten'?) the wine is drawn off, &c.” 
Now, here was a “ quandary.” After all, I must learn 
to make my wine by experiment, in which my grapes 
will be wasted, as well as my time and patience, and my 
taste so soured with my vile production as to di.sgust me, I 
fear, with th’e business, i have instanced this article no 
as a full specimen of the class I complain of, but because 
it is so much better than many as to call forth your com- 
mendations for its clearness and practical character. “A 
friend at my elbow”— that conveniepl individual— sug- 
gests that you probably read the “article,” w idle C6!?trrt.‘;s- 
ing that “couple of bottlei,” and so expressed yourself 
under the influence of an disevssion, &c , ljut the 
“allegation was emphatically repudiated.” 
I have lon^ had in my possesion a “certain cure” for 
“the fever,” which 1 did not feel competent to fi.X up for 
publication, but have finally concluded to try for the 
benefit of the ignorant and afllicted — two large and un- 
fortunate classes of our great people. It is from the manu- 
script of one of my strong-rnindxd neighbors: — “Take 
a handful of boneset; put it in a skilkt oi water-, boil it a 
little while, then set it off and let it steep till you begin to - 
give ii,and then give a right smart dose every now and then.'' 
Now, Messrs. CvUivo.lor, '\i yoo think that is sufficient- 
ly “clear and practical” to profit or puzzle (either will do) 
yoiJir readers, please insert it in your valuable journal. 
Your constant reader, 
Greek Hork. - 
Lnwndesboro' , Ala, July, 18.55. 
P. S. — My wife wants to know (in getting the “perfume 
•of flowers,” according to the process given by the Scien- j' 
tific American, and quoted in your last) how much oil j 
must be in the jar. Jt says three parts, but how much is ! 
“ a 'part ?” If it said three parts of oil and one of flowers, ! 
we could understand it, hxxllhe flowers are to be put into a i 
jar three parts full. Are the parts lOths, Gihs, 4ihs, or i 
what 7 In short, how full is the jar'? My little girl says ! 
she knows it’s three-thirds. G. H. ! 
Remarks. — “Green Horn” is not so “verdant” as hi.'? 
name would indicate. His strictures are v/ell deserved 
and well put, and for ourselves vve “own the soft impeach- 
ment” and acknowledge the truth of everything out the 
insinuation respecting the influence of those “two bottles* 
upon our judgment. We thank him for repudiating that 
“allegation” and dare that “elbpw friend” of his to the 
proof A little good-humored raillery often effects more 
than solid argument, and “ Green Ilu'rn's" pen should not 
be allowed to he idle — Eds. 
FISH PONDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 
A correspondent of the Fail field (S. C.) Herald says : 
Mr. Editor; Seeing a statement in the Soil of the 
Smih, taken from the Southern Cultivator, that a Mr. 
Kill, living near Augusta, Georgia, had succeeded in rais- 
ing fi.sh in a pond of his own consii uction, I concluded, 
as Van Buren once said of General Jackson, “ to follow 
in his footsteps.” Accordingly, having within a few hun- 
dred yards of my house a favorable spot, (a smtdl narrow 
gorge in the hill witii several bold springs breaking forth) 
I commenced in December last, with one fellow to dig out 
in the upper side and throw up a dam on the lower, so as 
to enclose a square Space of seventy by forty five feet. 
This I accomplished at a cost of twenty-five dollars. In 
the deepest part of this pond, I have four feet of water, 
and two in the shallowest. About two months since I 
placed in this pond some .six or seven hundred perch and 
a few small brim and moi mouths. I'he latter being very 
small, will not deposit their eggs till next spring. Tho 
perch, liowever, have already commenced bedding and 
hatching, and the pond is now literally alive with thou- 
sands of the finny tribe, from those scarcely percept ibie to 
the naked eye, to those an inch long, &c. These fiah I 
feed with crumbs of bread, homrnony. shreds of meat, and 
the entrails ■ of fowls, pigs, birds, rabbits, &c., chopped 
fine. 
I am very sanguine of success, and hope ere long, not 
only to be able to report the fact, but toTurnish my table 
constantly with this new rare delicacy in this region. 
■ f t strikes me, Mr. hditor, that every planter ought to 
have this nehessary (for it will prove a necessary as well 
a.s luxury to have a'n abundance of fresh fish alsvays at 
command) about him, e=*pecially when -it can be hud, for 
so small 'an outlay of labor and rnom y. 
As the propagation of fish, is just now, exciting a good 
deal of attention, will \ ou be so good as to publisli such 
facts occasonally, as you may find in your exch-anges, 
calculated to throw light upon the subject, and oblige 
A Subscriber. 
P. S. If any more of your subscribers are disposed to 
try their luck in this line, 1 will take [deasure, if 1 suo- 
ceed, in furnishing them next spring with a start from my 
pond. 
CURE FOR POLL EVIL IN THE HORSE- 
Editors Southern Cuutivator — Having been a sub- 
scriber to your valuable Agricultural paper since January 
last, and finding that you are disposed to insert any and 
every thing that pertains to the advancement or welfare 
of the community, I will give you my experience in curing 
*the Poll Evil in that most valuable animal, the Horse. 
Having once traded fora horse, after retiiniing home 
I discovered that he had tlie Poll Evil. I made a lij,rge 
plaster of white lead and put it on; in some 6 days 
it, dropped off it.^e If. And qll the time I owned him it 
never returned. 
It you think this worthy ofinote in your valuabfepaper 
you are at liberty to insert it. , 
1 remain yours. &.c , Lewis Y. Folsom. 
Gainesville , Joly, i8.55. 
2^" Four roods are a^jacre, each containing 1'210 
square yards, or 34.785 yardjor 34 yard 28 inch’s each side. 
