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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
AUGUSTA, GA: 
VOL. Xiai, J1 18.'5>'5. 
AHSWEKS TO COSKESFOFBSHTS. 
H. D. — Many thanks for your very kind invitation. 
We hope yet to have the pleasure of visiting you at your 
homestead on the old Cahaba River. Shall always be 
glad to receive and publish your favors. 
Cat.vwba Vineyards. — W. H. — Address Mr. Charles 
Axt, Washington, Wilkes Co., Georgia. 
Table Fowls. — G. M. B. — The best pure bred fowl fott 
all practical purposes is the Brahma, and the very 'best 
“cross,” for table' use, is the Brahma and Dorking. At 
least, this is the result of our somewhat extensive experi- 
ence. 
Cotton Gins and 'Presses. — P. L. E. — Parkhurst’s Gin 
produces beautiful cotton, but it i's too slow and liable, to^ 
clog. We regard the Bullock Pfes’s as far Superior to the' 
•common, old-fashioned screw. • , 
Fruit Trees. — A. P. G. — See different advertisements 
of our Southern Nurseries in present number. See, also, 
Work for the Month, and hints on Transplanting, else- 
where, in present number. 
Corn Crushers, &c.— W. D. G. — We do not think 
much of the machine you allude to, and would advise you 
to order the “Little Giant.” See advertisement. Your 
other inquiries answered per mail, and papers sent. 
Morus Nigra, or Chine.se Black Mulberry. — An es- 
teemed friend and correspondent wishes to ic&w if this 
has been cultivated with success in the South. Can any' 
of our readers give us information respecting it 1 
Rice Mills. — A subscriber at Warm Springs asks: — 
“Can you inform me what would be the probable cost of 
a small Rice Mill, of simple construction, and one of the 
cheapest order, without any of the running gear F’ Will 
some of our seaboard readers answer f 
Nut Grass. — T. H. A.^The grass you complain of is, 
doubtless, that awful s<'.oavgQ., mit gra^s. We know all 
about it, here; and a Premium of several tliousand dollars 
could easily be raised as a reward to any one who would 
furnish a cheap plan for its extermination. Plow your 
ground several times during the winter, turning up the 
roots to the action of the frost — sow the infested ground 
down thickly in smail grain (oats, barley or rye,) to be 
followed, immediately, by a heavily broadcast crop of 
cow peas, these again to be followed by another crop of 
small grain, and so on for a few years, with the repeated 
winter plowing and exposure to frost — or, keep it con- 
stantly hoed down, and do not allow it to go to seed — dig 
a broad deep ditch, all around the ground infested, and do 
BOt let it cross the assigned limits. These are the only 
remedies for nut grass that we know, short of digging the 
ground two spades deep and carefully sifting out every 
one of the nuts or roots — a much too slow and expensive 
process, where it has spread over any large extent of land. 
Grass Seed. — W. E. J. — We handed your order to Mr. 
Haines, who advertises Grass Seed in present number. It 
is yet early enough for your purpose. Will endeavor to 
procure you the Box edging, when desired. 
Soap Making.— of Miss.— We will publish your 
article, and endeavor to give the information you require, 
in our next. 
Disolved Bones. — G. W. L. — Use diluted Sulphuric 
Acid, ^ee Southern Cultivator \o\. 11, page 142, Bones 
thus prepared, form an excellent manure. 
Postage Stamps — W. H. T. — Yours received. All 
correct. 
Grass Seed. — N. G. S. — Handed your letter to a dealer 
in Grass Seed, who will reply to it. 
LujCerne. — J. H. W, — The seed you desired was for- 
warded per mail, Oct. 27, 
|^“Other inquiries will be answered in our next, and 
commissions attended to as soon as we can find time. 
CASHMERE GOATS. 
R. Pete-rs, Esq., of Atlanta, in a private letter, thus 
alludes to the hardiness and frugality of this valuable 
stocks 
“I am better pleased every day with my Cashmere 
Goats. They are now living and growing fat on the seed 
of ‘rag weed’ — a plant which no other animal will eat.” 
We are also indebted to Mr. Peters for several samples 
of wool from some of his half-blood kids (raised from the 
commira Goat and a Cashmere Buck.) These samples, 
which- may be seen at our office, are really of astonishing 
fineness and length of fibre; and when we consider the 
undoubted value of this wool for manufacturing purposes 
— the hardy character of the Goat — its exemption from 
nearly all diseases— its dog-defying character — and its 
superiority in almost every respect over the sheep, so 
far as vigor and stamina are concerned — we are con- 
strained to repeat, with increased confidence, our declar- 
ation of last month, that the Cashmere Goat is by far the 
most important and valuable addition that has been made 
to our domestic animals within the past century. In con- 
currence with this opinion, we are pleased to mention the 
name ofthat profound scholar Rnd zealous naturalist, Rev. 
Dr. Bachman, of Charleston, whose allusion to their value 
will be found near the close of his very able article on 
Southern Grasses, in present number. 
We also'learn that Dr. Jas. B. Davis, of South Carolina, 
passed through this city recently, with fifteen three-quar- 
ter bred Cashmere ewe kids, 7 months old, and one pure 
bred 2 year old Cashmere Buck: having sold the lot (16) 
to a gentleman of Gallatin., Tenn,, -for the handsome sum 
of Pour Thousand Dollars — the kids ratftd at S200 each, 
and the Buck at $1000. 
It will be observed that Mr. Peters offers a few half- 
blood Cashmere Bucks for sale. See advertising columns. 
|^“ The editor of the Ohio Farmer mentions as hav- 
ing seen at Cincinnati, Duchesse D’Angouleme pears that 
would weigh over a pound, on trees only two years old 
from the bud. 
