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SOUTHEENC.ULTIVATOR. 
AUGUSTA, GA 
VOL, XIII, NO. 9 SSPTa^MBSB, 1855. 
ANSWEES TO mQXIIEIES, &C. 
Grape Culture. — Ichabod H., P. M. — Try the Scup- 
pernong, the Warrenton, the Catawba and the Isabella, 
Prune the first in the fall, soon after gathering the grapes; 
the others may be pruned any time from the fall of the leaf 
until January. 
Lucerne. — G. H. F. — See article on this very valuable 
grass in present number. The Lucerne is perennial. We 
might send you a small quantity per mail — the postage, 
prepaid, will be 6 cents per ounce — not prepaid, 10 cents. 
Agricultural Papers, South. — T. E. M. — Your in- 
quiries were au'.wered per mail. 
Fruit Preserving Cans. — W. H. K. — The agents, D. 
B. Plumb & Co., forwarded you a gross of these cans — 
we, also, advised you of the shipment, per mail. 
Leveling Instrument. — Rev. W. J. — Your drawing 
and description will be very acceptable to our readers. 
The missing number has been sent per mail. 
Guenon on Milch Cows. — R. PI, M. — The paper you 
desired, with cuts, was forwarded per mail. 
Trees, Shrubs, &c., for Texas. — A. H. P. — These 
articles can be shipped you safely via Montgomery and 
New Orleans to Port Lavaca. 
Texas Native Grapes. — J. S. D. — Your letter and the 
seed was received, with many thanks. We wrote you, 
in reply, but have, never received an answer,' Did you 
get our letter 7 
Milch Cows. — S. S. — Address R, Peter.s, Atlanta, Ga., 
or Col. Wade Hampton, Columbia, S. C. 
Ice Houses. — J. R. F. — See our August number, page 
241. 
Blue Stone Soak for Wheat. — W. S. — Use one ounce 
or an ounce and a quartersof Blue Stone dissolved in water, 
to each bushel of seed, carefully drying the latter, after- 
wards, before sowing. 
Analysis of Soil, Marl, &c. — J. A. J. — Direct your 
samples of Marl to the senior editor. Dr. Daniel Lee, 
Athens, Ga. A package containing one or two pounds 
will be sufficient. Send per express, writing Dr. Lee, per 
mail, at the same time. 
Buckwheat and Sainfoin.— “A Subscriber,” D, C. 
T. — We know very little of the culture of Buckwheat in 
the South; at the North, it is sown in June or July, at 
the rate of from 3 to 6 pecks per acre. The yield is vari- 
able and uncertain. It should be harvested as soon as 
the early heads begin to ripen — if left till fully ripe, much 
of it scatters and is lost. The grain is ground into flour, 
and used mainly for the well-known griddle cakes. Sain- 
foin (hedysarum cniobrychis) is a native of Europe. It has 
never been much cultivated in this country. It is best 
adapted to strong, calcarious land, upon which it often 
yields large crops of good fodder. It is worth trying here^ 
by way of experiment. 
Southern Cultivator for 1854, — A. C., M.D. — The 
numbers you speak of were never received. We will send 
you a bound volume of 1854, prepaying the postage, at 
Sil 80. 
“Fertilizers” vs. Barn Fard Manure,— M. W, — 
Have you collected all the leaf mould, swamp muck, ashes, 
stable manui’e and yard scrapings of your plantation, and 
composted them in your stable lot, with animal urine, 
chamber slops, soap suds, &c., &c.7 If you have ex- 
hausted all these, and if you live contiguous to a rail road 
and a good market, you may invest some of your surplos 
funds in guano, superphosphate, poudrette, bone dust, &c,, 
&c., with fair hopes of a profitable return — but not othee- 
wise. 
Shingle Machines,— D. R. W. — We do not know of a 
better one than The general agent for this 
State is Thos. P. Stovall, of this city, who can give yo«. 
all desirable information. 
Clover, — R. S. — See Col. Croom’s Essay in our August 
number. We cannot recognize the heads you sent us, a» 
belonging to any variety of Clover known to us. 
Mares — Rescue Grass — Dean Cotton — Oats, &n.— 
A. D. B. — We can give no opinion regarding the mare 
you speak of, as we do not clearly understand the mean- 
ing of the term, “gill-flirted,”' as applied to her. See back 
numbers for various articles on the Rescue and Musquit 
Grasses. The “Dean Cotton” is highly spoken of in Texas 
and the Southwest, It has not been introduced here, yet, 
to any extent. We consider the Egyptian Oats our best 
winter variety. Brooinsedge'’’ is excellent authority for 
the value of the implements referred to. Would have 
answered your inquiries per mail, but we really cannot 
find time to reply to one-tenth of the letters we receive in 
that mode. 
Vild Onions. — Can any of our readers tell us how to 
extirpate them I An old friend and subscriber in Han- 
cock Co,, Ga., wishes to know. 
Corn Silks of Different Colors. — J. M. H., a 6u!>- 
scriber, says : 
“A lady asked me a question the other day, which, as 
I was unable to answer, I will ask you. Why is it that 
a field of corn, all of the same kind, Acs red and white silks ? 
It is ,something I bad never thought of before, and, as lara 
a little curious to know myseif, would like to see an 
answer in the Cultivator.'^^ 
It is more than probable that there is some mixture in 
such corn. If perfectly the cobs and silks will, we 
think, generally be found of an identical color throughout. 
What say our experienced corn planters I 
Grass Seed. — J, B. C. — We can tell nothing of the 
variety of your grass from the sample of seed sent. Where 
does it grow 1 Is it annual or perreniall What is the 
character of its stalk and leaf! Can you send us a dried 
sample of the entire plant I 
Grafting vs. Budding. — R. — We prefer root-grafting ia 
the winter, fbr the Apple, the Pear, the Peach, the Plum^ 
in short, everything but the Cherry. Splice-grafiing is far 
less tedious than budding, much more certain, produces 
a finer tree, and it seems to us, possesses every advantage. 
It can be done within doors, by the fireside, of stormy 
days or evenings, with great expedition, after a little prac- 
tice. At the proper season, we will give the modus operaTuk., 
so that the least experienced tyro can succeed, 
“Rescue Grass.” — S. O., writes us “Your paper for 
1854, cost me ^6 — of which I paid for B. V. iTEReov'K 
