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If the Crockery grass of our friend keeps green in win 
ter like Oat grass and Blue grass, he may consider it pe 
rennial; but if the frost kills it in the autumn, it is an 
annual. L. 
Crops in CHEROKr:E, Georgia. — A friend, writing from 
Rome, Ga., under date of August 2lst, says : 
“Our wheat crop is pouring in rapidly, and peace and 
plenty is the order of the day, with large Jinticipations for 
the future. Corn never better. Cotton looks well — a good 
average — rather too much rain for cotton. Wheat has 
been sold in our streets at 75c.; but has now gone back to 
SI 10, notwithstanding the large amount wfTering. Every- 
thing ha.s done well with me this year. My Irish potatoe 
crop has been extraordinary for me, but 1 fear not for 
others, generally.” 
New York State Fair. — 'ihe Filieenth Fair of this 
Sourishini' Society will be held in Elmira,^ from the 2d to 
5th of this month. V\'e arc under especial obligations to 
the Corresponding Secretary, B. P. .Johnson, Esq , for a 
kind invitaeion to attend, which we are reluctantly 
obliged to decline, owing to the pressure of other engage- 
ments. 
American Linen. — Tlie Providence Journal mentions 
having seen in that city some specimens of flax in the 
stages of manufacture, fiom llie coarse raw material dress- 
ed without rotting, to the yarn fine enough to spin No. 
100, and the woven cloth handsomely finished and beaiui 
fully bleached. Twine, thread and other manufactures of 
flax were also exhibited. The Scientific Avierican be- 
lieves this to be the first fine linen chuh and thread wliich 
have been manutactured in this country; linen twine 
and slioentakers’ coarse thread liave been extensively 
manufactured, but not a single yard of American linen 
has been exhibited at any of our fairs. By tiie new pro 
cess of bleaching and spinning, the manufactured article 
am be afforded at much reduced prices. 
Tennessee Wheat. — It is stated tliat large quantities of 
Tennessee wheat are this season, for the first time, being 
sent to tlie New York market. At Murfreesboro^ where 
some thousands of bushels are in store ready for transpor 
tation, it is represented as being worth 80 cent.s per busheJ 
and the cost of taking it to New York is 50 cents. Wheat 
is sold in the latter market at $2 10 per bushel, by which 
it would appear that the New York merchant or shipper 
pockets a profit of 80 cents on every bushel of Tennessee 
wheat he sells. 
Poultry Cholera, or Distemper. — Messrs. Coulter 
& ScooTK.i, of the Ei^ffietd Advertiser, offer the following, 
which they pronounce an infallible remedy for the 
chicken distemper;— “8lit the skin on the back of the 
head and open it with the knife around the scull, and fill 
tile pocket thus made, with half a teaspoonful of fine salt.” 
West Tennessee — The Division Fair of West Tennes- 
see, will be held at JjrJcsm, on the 23d of October. 
The Rice Harvest. — We learn that the planters on 
Pon Pon are already deep in tlieir harvesting operations. 
We presume it is the case elsewhere, though we have not 
express information. A specimen of rice heads and stalks 
gathered from the plantation of Mr. John R Matthews, 
Pon Pon, affords a very favorable promise of the new 
crop. Two of the stalks measure more than six feet, and 
one of the heads is fifteen and a half inches in length 
ihe produce of this year promises to be a good average, 
and if the weather continues favorable during the period 
of harvesting, the quality of the rice will be excellent. — 
Charleston Mercury^ Aug, 29. 
Short Horn Durhams. — Mr. R. A. Alexander, of 
Wwodford, Ivy., has visited all the herds of short-horn 
cattle in England lately, and shipped for this country 48 
of the best animals selected therefrom, as also 22 South 
Down Sheep. He is said to be the largest importer of 
short horn cattle in America, and every year he spends 
several months in England, to attend the Fairs there and 
purchase the best animals. 
UkrticttltEifll ilepartnifnt. 
WORK FOR THE MONTH— (OCTOBER ) 
[October derives its name from the Latin word octo, 
ci’uhf,, indicating the place it helc in the. Roman Calendar. 
To the Jews it was Itnown as Bid, signifying decay, as 
in the fall of the leaf, (1 Kings vi. 38,) or Marchesxnn,i'i's 
it was called after the captivity ; the second month of their 
and eighth oi xhdw' sacred, year. The Saxons called 
ir Teotha monath, or Tenth-month, and also Winler-fyllitli 
Wintcr-beginii ing ] 
THE PLANTATION. 
Cotton Picl'iiig will now require almost the entire force 
of the plantation. Press forward vigorously, and endea- 
vor to get your crop ginned, packed and ready for market 
before the coming on of winter rains and bad roads. Let 
every operation connected with the putting up of Colton 
be performed in the most careful manner, as the market 
value is often materially influenced by seemingly slight 
defects in management. The premium bales atone of our 
Augusta Fairs were presented hy alacly, who owed her suc- 
cess entirely to careful personal supervision of the ginning 
and picking of her Cotton. The skillful handling and 
proper putting up, even of inferior grades, will be found 
to “pay” in the long run. 
Corn . — Gather your Corn, and put away securely in 
airy, tight roofed and well locked cribs. Do not be too 
lavish of it in feeding— do not waste a grain, or fling it out. 
carelessly to your stock, because this iiappens to be a great 
Corn year. Husband it carefully — feed generously and 
plenti'ully, but not thoughtlessly or wastefully. Next 
year, we may be visited by another long drouth. Save 
carefully all your surplus Corn for that contingency. In 
this connection, we cannot too strongly urge the economy 
of using machines like the “Little Giant” and Rowe's 
Mill for cracking botli corn and cob. (See account of these 
machines elsewhere.) 
Cov) Peas . — Gather and store away all these as soon as 
possible. Sack your seed peas, and keep in a dry, airy 
place. 
Sweet Potatoes . — This crop may be dug the latter part 
of this month, or as soon as the vines are wilted by the 
first frost. A contemporary gives us the following indi- 
cation of the ripeness or maturity of the Sweet Potato: — 
“Pull several [lotatne.s from difTerent parts of your patch, 
break them and give them time to dry, and if the fresh 
broken parts dry 'over perfectly while, the potato is ripe 
and should be ilug. But if of a darkisli hue, the potato 
is not ripe and should be left to ripen. If dug when ripe 
they will keep, if not they will rot ” Pul up your Potatoes 
in small “basks” (25 to 50 bushels) and reject all cut or 
bruised roots. See, also, that they are perfectly r/ry before 
