SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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& REPLY TO “HOLLOW HORN,” AGAIN. 
&>rroRa Sodthrrn Ccltitator— I see in the July num- 
ber of the CvlUvator “ A subscriber ” has come out again 
•• the “Hollow Horn he is hard down wnth a “ sharp 
fltick” pointing at me. He says, how-evcr, “and as my 
•bject was to dr*w a discussion on the subject for my 
•WA benefit and the benefit of others, 1 will attempt a reply, 
and if it is taken in the same spirit in which I write it, 1 
am sure it will do no harm if no good.” I must say to 
Aim, I am “thar,” too ; but when malice, anger and hard 
words are used in a discussion, on any subject, I am not 
♦‘thar.” He says if I think it is the “Hollow Belly,” of 
eourse I have the right to think as I please ; but as for him- 
oelfhe ct\nnot think as he pleases every time; this is a 
little ’strange somehow, is it notT 
In reference to what I said about one of my neighbor’s 
iows he says “Now, if the horn was not hollow 1 should 
like to know how he poured salt and water in it. Let 
Aim bore intoa horn that is not diseased and see if he can 
pour water into it.” Ti-ue, this cow’s horns was not hol- 
low, but he poured salt and water in the hole he made 
with the gimlet. Just as plain as “A Subscriber” would 
put a clevis pin in the hole he bored at the end of his 
plow beam. He says: “I pronounce that one case at least 
of a fat COW' having the hollow horn from his own testi- 
mony.” I see no testimony in what I have said to prove 
that a fat ox or cow will take the hollow horn, but alto 
gether to the reverse, notwithstanding he is trying to make 
me mean what I never said. And now', in conclusion, I 
will use his words, “so 1 will drop brother ‘A Subscriber,’ 
for fear ho may think I am quarrelling with him, which is 
sot the case— all for information.” W. R. J, 
1655. 
TO COTTON PLANTERS. 
Fs[R?^i>e AND Fellow Citizens — As Fourth of July 
amd office seeking orators say, “Hear me for our cause.” 
Tlie crop of 1852 was 3,262,882 bales; that of 1853 
was 2,93U,027 bales, short of the preceding, 332,655 
bales. 
Up to June 25th (the latest data's received) the crop of 
1852 received was 3,152,198. The crop of 1853, received 
to date, was 2,761,041 bales. The crop received to date 
of 1854 is 2,59 1,687. Suppose even the amount received 
between this and September 1st, the close of the cotton 
year, with our water courses all lower than usual at this 
season, should equal the receipt of last year, within the 
same period, say 170,983 bales, w'hich, added to present 
Teceipts, give our 1854 crop— 2,762.670 bales*, or a crop 
less than 1852 of 389,728 bales — less than the iSTJ'erop of 
167,357 bales, which is a deficit, if the tJirce last crops had 
been equal, of stock on bund of 557/185 bales. A maUer 
worth your inquiry. 
The question is, W’Tiatcan we 'lt> to better.our condiiion 
— to enhance the value of the staple and injure no man '? 
We know that the price at which cotton iyis rangx'd the 
two past years (5 to 9 cents) wHl not pay. No one ^hcvulij 
quote the extreme highest rates, because they are fancy 
prices, and proceed from extrinsic ci,rcumst?incf s. We 
quote the price that some two-thirds of the crop sell at, 
and would ^ if you. send your merch&ntl, the t'wo and a half 
or three million of bales — all stricilp F'air. Suppose w'e 
do add to our stock in trade every year, if t^oes not proye 
that we can afford to make cotton at b to 7.cdnts. A man 
with a well ordered plantation W’ould inerpase his capital 
even should he only feed and clothe, though only show- 
ing an increase from his operations, and he might then 
get poorer; for his work stock and land might wear and 
tear more than the increase. So, then, what shall we do ? 
Permit us to advise. Even at this date provide feed ; 
now sown, will make feed for borsee, mules and 
cows Pick cotton more careful ; see your gins do not 
nap or cut. All cotton picked in good weather, before 
frost, dry carefully and pack away close for 10 or 20 day* 
before ginning — except for seed — then gin out, pack and 
send to market, say an eighth of the crop 'per moiUh. The 
crop that is leafy, after drying well, pack it away and 
leave it there 3 to 6 months, noticing from time to time, so 
if heating, that all may be colored alike. This mode, it is 
believed, will give time for the leaf to decay so much, that 
when ginned, the most of it will pass off as dust, and the 
weight will oe better preserved, color and softness and 
strength restored. In connection, those who are not com- 
pelled to draw bills to settle up and pay off, should not 
draw a dollar on crops. 
Our cotton must be bought. This war story is all stuff. 
War or no war, people must be clothed; manutacturers 
must work to pay interest; operatives must be fed. 
England can better pay jG 1 00,000,000 ; or kill off a few 
bundled thousand a year in defending the Crescent, in bear 
bailing, than lose our cotton crop. And every bale we make 
must be worked up. Reports to the English Parliament 
show, beyond ail cant, that cotton pays all expenses and 
a profit of 50 to 1 00 per cent. Yet we barely live. 
The next thing is, let every man be certain to raise corn 
to sell. This will insure meat in every county in the 
Soudi, for where corn is to spare there hogs delight to as- 
semble. Plenty of bread, seems to ensure fat and 
heakhly anil cheap stock. If any SLate in the cotton 
region will make corn in such abundance as not to sell 
for five years, the result will be, that the profit will be seen 
in a saving almost equal to a cotton crop — nett proceeds of 
’54 or ’55 — from hogs, mules, horses and cauie, and the 
health and increase of negroes. It is so with individuals 
and why not of communities'? Let any man notice the 
individual w’ho always has corn to spare, using liberally at 
Dome, and he w'ill see the man who increases most rapidly, 
taking land, negroes, stock and all, into account. 
Preserve health of negroes, by good houses, good cloth- 
ing, good food and fair w’ork hours, teaching them to ob- 
serve all duties to God and man,, and our word for it, we 
will hear little more of low prices and fear of want. 
Yours with all due respect, 
^ A Carolini.in, West. 
HomPvIONy is an article that no family desirous of 
practicing economy can do without It costs only half 
the price per pound of flour and contains no moistui*e, 
while the best of flour holds from twelve to sixteen lbs. of 
■w’ater in a barrel. Cracked wheat is excellent for seden- 
tary persons. That and Graham flour should be used in 
preference,, at the same price per pound, to white flour, 
,becau.':e it is more healthy and nutritibus. One luindred 
i pounds of Gi'idiam flour is worth as much in a family as 
one hundred and thirty-Umee pounds of supferfine white 
flour. Corn pneal costs less than half the price of flour. It 
j is worth twice as much. It is not so 'economical in sum- 
i mer, because it take^ so much fire to cook it. The first 
^gk;at eVror-in corn hieal is in grinding it too much, and 
the next in not cooking it enough. Corn meal mush 
should boil two hours* it is better if boiled four, and not 
fit to eat if boiled less than -one hour. 
Syrup r5. Butter. — The Port smdii/h Jonm-ol say^:— 
A pound of butter now posts from 30 to 40 cents — and a 
g^allon of excellent sugar house syrup can bfe bought for 40 
. dents. That iheltuter is the most economical all will allow 
!' — that it is the most healthy for family use, to those who 
have a Yankee taste, none w'ill dispute. Many prefer it 
without regard to the economy. There is nearly as much 
nutriment in a pound of syrup as in a pound of butter — ■ 
one, however, costs about twelve times as much as the 
other. 
