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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
CONTENTS OP OCTOEES NUMBEK. 
PLANTATION ECONOMY AND MISCELLANY. 
8 4 
%Theat Culture in the Sout f-rn Sta-es Pa?e 2^17 
Sea igland Cotton — its Culture and Management “ 993 
M> t-n logy for Fairmers — Lieut. Maury’s Letter 299 
Plantation and Farm Gate » 
Parley — ifes'uu- Oras<— Grape?, &c v “ gjd 
’I’o Cure P>roken Horns ^ 
Worms in llo ses— a Certain Remedy ") 
Rlind tagrers in Horses — Correction ! 
Crops in Alabama — ddge — Osage Orange, t herokee Rose, f 
Crop< in Ar - an^a? — Plou ine i ' time of Dry Weather ( ,, „ 
Securini Corn nd Corn Fodder . y ' '' 
Ag xul Ufa I Prospect? Soiitit — tin- Crops, &c., &c “ 805 
North Devon Pu’l, “Frank Qusr iy ” (Illustrated) . . . 
Bye and Barley foj; Winter Pasturage 
Hog Rane'es . . * 1 
Wheat Culture — Blue Stone or Blue \jtiio’ — Ira Houses ( 
&c 1- “ 805 
Agrictiltu'-e in Michigan I 
Corn f om A fr tea . . , . j 
Agricultural Education “ 336 
Crops in North Alabama "I 
For F rmers— One Acre of Land V “ 
Origin f various Trees, Plants md 'hrc.bs ) , 
Pea-: and Sweet Pot at es for F tteriing Hogs } noo 
Levelin ' or Grading Instrument, (illust ated) \ 
Sickl/ '^oraen. ( 
Insect Pests — Can they be Dest oyed ? l‘ 
Murr lin in Catt'e "I 
The Lampas in Horses | 
Ma u t' Lab r Schools ..V “ 823 
Don t believe in Bots Killing Horses j • 
A New Implement, &c , 
EDITORIAL. 7'»-" 9 
Tenth Annual Fair of the Southern Central Agr 'cultural 
Planting in Jefferson and Ri hmond -Barbecues, &c. — AgHtUl- 
tural Fair-. — 'Ir Axt’ Grapes— Georgiia Vineyards-Southern 
Wine. — Unite I States Agricultural Society — Exhibition for IS^K. — 
Planter?’ Club of Hancock County. — Georgia, Wine. — Year Book 
of Agriculture — The Verbena. — Fruit Trees, Shrub?, Roses, &c . — 
Grasses Props in Cherokee Ga. — New York State Fair. — Ameri- 
can Linen. — Tennessee Whea . — Pou try Cholera or Disteraijer 
West Tennessee, Culture of Grapes. Page 814 to 8lJ 
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 
307 
Work for t' e Month 
Fine Apples and Pears 
Native G’-apes— Lett t from Dr. McDonnald. 
A New Rho lode dron . 
Report of Committee on Fruits 
Training of Trees _ 
Wheat and Wevil ‘. . . }- 
The Tomato !* 
Peaches from Cuttings J : 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
North Devon Bull, “Frank Quartly,” . . 
Leveling or G 'Sding Instrument (Scuts) 
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Xiost-paid, at $1.80. Address WM.’S. JONES, "Augusta, Ga. 
THE Subscriber offers^ S>r SdW ‘ fieve si| ; fall-Wood 
MERINO RsMS. Havia? reduced the nW^r of mt 
flock, I have more rams t^n I need They are from two 
lof the best flocks, in. New! York, and their fleeces, both i* 
fineness and quantity, ru’ ningfrom 9ld.l4 lbs. 
July — tf J. B. JOA^, Birdsville, Burke co.,Ga- 
RiCH COTT'^N LilJSD^^a SALE I 
POMARIA 1855-6, 
1 ^ pplE TREES, embracing, 150 varieties, am^anv j^^ 
f f the best Southern kinds. 
PEARS, bqfh St ndardand Dwmrf. 
CHERRIES, both Standard and Dwarf. 
PE.VCHSat CTARINFS, APRICOTS, PLUMS, FIG^ GRAPE 
ATNES, Si 1|R0R TiLFR-'. and all other Fruits. RASPBERRY and 
STRAWBERRY PLA^S, in variety. 
3,000 fJil'^ES of tif^most o^brated kinds ; Ornamental Deciduoi 
TREES and SH UBS'; RAi^l EVERGREENS, &c. 
Catilog es ?eat.on ‘Application. We can forward packages 
Dy E.vpress, whicli^ill g,<j|gure!y, and with desnatch. Address 
SUMMER & CRAMM ND, 
Oct'* — 3t Pomaria, S. C. 
f’Tdll’E Subscriber offers for sale Forty Thousand Acres of the most 
i %;|!|it^uctive C 1 TON LAND, n the Sout em country, situated 
in th"eounti s of Lee, Dougherty and Baker, in bodies, of five hun- 
dred ai^j^'p thousand xAcres each, a part of which is 'partially iro- 
of crops and durability these T ands are un^ualled 
in th'e^^^mrn States ' imilar lands contiguous in-cultivation, are 
yielding aniaverage of seven bales Cotton, per hand, for a series 
of yea-’S, ^f^^ht' en to twenty-five bushels Corn per acre. 
Te ; ms- ^.desired, a credit of one to five years will be 
givpn WM. W. CHE EVER. 
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Albany, 1855. 
April — tf 
^iEA8S 8ERf9- 
A SUPPLY of Fresh Red and IVhitc CLOVER, HERDS GRAB'S. 
A TIMOriTY GRAS'S, BLUE GRASS. EGYPTIAN MILLET 
SE' D. Just received and for sale in q^ntitifs to ui^ purchasers. 
IVM. MAIN 'iS, 
Oefi'— "t 217 Broad St., Augusta; 
FtESCl'S mm ssvr>. 
TI^MTEB quantity of this SEED (crop of 1855) fo- sale by 
D, B. PLUMB, & CO., 
Aug'^S — tf August*. Ga. 
gCOTT’B MTT-E flAYF C«’B IWIL . 
1“ bnsbels p r hour with one hors'", 
J. V pr'ct* hH comi)’''t‘', ready to attach the horse. No. 4, 
gr lids 2 bushels per hoc 3 with tw<i ho ses ; pr'ce $75. _ 
CARMICHAEL & BEAN, Agents, 
April55— Cly’ Augusta, Ga, 
T LTANT to VL\NJ»m* 
HE RRIl^ond H^ry (Rc>mor;d county, Gi ,) continues to t 
’ n^^lActur“A%3WfEN CLCTH, Hr Nesro CDthing, at 12^ J 
centdBBB^'Td — fi'i' ing e-‘e-y material except the wool.* 
to a“ail ’hemseGes of f'uis opportunity to precure 
fo*- their Negroes a superior article cf Wi ter Clothing, have only 
to wa*-!! the wool ’-’ 'an in c Id wa*e'’, and.s- nd it to the fact ry,j 
toMes'PS SCRAN’OV, '''EYVOUR&G>,'in Augusta, wi'h i-sti 
ti u.s as to the ■ mou- 1 of Cloth they wish made— whether h€av| 
I'ght 'f the wool he dir'y, half cent per j’ 'rd wi I ’ e charger 
washing it. Burrs ar r.ot o'ojecti nabl, , as a ma hine is provide'E 
for remov'ng them. 
Wool is al o ed ir to Rolls, fo those who moke their Negro, or 
other 0 ( thing • t home. 
Th terms ow offered rre so reasonable rs fo waiTart a continn- ^ 
a-ce cf the libera! patronage hereiofore extended ly the planting ' 
commu’ it- i|| 
' he Wool ou’d b ■ se?'t a® .soon after shearing as convenient, with 
th** nawe of the ownqt distinctly m u k^d o the bag or hair, that 
vH the p tronsef ti e establishoieut may be accommodated in dne 
time. 
Wool cent by .anv of the Hpfes of Railroad, in Georgia, or South 
arofina, or by steambo;ft <ui th’ ,B!v?', dire', ted to “Rirlm.i-.iJ 
F ct-'V c re oi Scranton, FEY2iouji‘'&(Co.,” wi 1 meet due a't Jj||rr 
'HRit 
•rd the Pnnter wj'I Iw ys have his 'c/icn 7<col m nufaYuicr 
.loth and ret rn d to hi 
The hig’kjeRcash prices will he paidrf.'f^OO^ . 
.Junes*— 4t ' WILLIAM S0HLEY;vT.resident K. Factory. 
