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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
CONTENTS OF NOVEMBER NUMBER. 
rCircnlarl To the Planters, Farmers, and Horticulturists of 
Page 329 
PLANTATION ECONOMY AND MISCELLANY. 
Grasses for the South— Guinea Grass — Means Grass .... . .Page 339 
Mah’ure. . . .Guinea Fowls vs. Rats “ 
Yermin on Animals and Trees .... Our late (Georgia) Fail;,. . “ ,336 
A new use for Zinc— its Preservati'/e Properties, kc “ 387 
Drouth— Deep Plowing, &c The Carbon of Plants “ 388 
Culture of Cotton— selection of seed, &c “ 340 
Premiums awarded at the late Georgia Fair “ 341 
New York and Georgia The Dry Rot in Cotton.. .Hydro- 
phobia “ 343 
Cotton Crop of the United States “ 3!2 
Female Equestrianism.... R'ding and Driving Match by 
Ladies “ 3f4 
Female Horsemanship at the Chio State Pair. .. .Fodder 
Pulling — its effects on the Crops, &c '. “ 353 
EDITORIAL. 
Answers to Correspondents. — Cashmere Goats. — The Season — 
Drouth, &c —New Advertisements. — Forman’s Patent Plow. — 
Grading Instrument, &c — Alabama Sta^e Fair — Postponement — 
Setting out Orchards — Transplanting Fruit and Ornamental Ti’ees. 
—The Wheat Croo of 1855, &c., &c.— State Agricultimal Society of 
South Carolina.— Water-Meadows and Irrigation generaliy. 
[Page 344 to 348 
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 
Work for the Month Page 34S 
The Osage Orange for Hedging— Mode of Culture, Trimming, 
&c Insect Pests in the Garden and Orchard— reply to 
“Quaro.” “ 350 
The Warren and Herbemont’s Madeira Grape Vines “ 851 
Grape Culture in North Carolina “ 836 
PREllUm STRAWBERRY PLANTS ! 
Now is the time!! 
THIRTY Premium varieties, including such choice kinds 
'asHOVEY’S SEEDLING, LONG WORTH’S PROLIFIC,Mc- 
lAVOY’S SUPERIOR, BLACK PRINCE, CRESCENT SEED- 
’LING, CRIMSON CONE, Ac., Ac., may be obtained in large 
or small quantities, from the subscriber. Plants properly set out in 
November or December, will bear abundant crops of fruit the fol- 
lowing spring. See November number of Souihern CuUveator for 
full directions, which will be furnished to all purchasers. Price of 
Plants, 50 cents per dozen, or from $1 to $3 per hundred. The 
plants can be packed so as to go almost any distance in perfect con- 
dition, A\\\ 2 iv\QiiQs warranted trite toname^ and orders prompt- 
ly attended to. Address : D. REDMOND, 
Nov55 — tf Augusta, Ga. 
AGRICTLTIJRAL ANB MECHANICAL OIPLEMENTS! 
Machanics’ and Builders’ Materials^ Hardware, 
Cutlery; and Furnishing Goods!! 
WE have now in store, and will continue to 
keep a large assortment of the most approved 
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, for Southern 
3 use, consisting of single and two horse Turning 
Plows, 15 varieties; Double Michigan, Double Mould Board and Hill 
Side Plows ; Subsod Plows, several kinds ; Forman’s Patent Plow ; 
Cultivators; Harrows, 3 kinds ; Corn Shellers, 6 kinds; Straw Cut- 
ters, 10 sizes and kinds ; Road Scrapers ; Horse Hoes ; Horse Pow- 
ers and Threshers, 5 varieties of each ; Fan Mills ; Grain Cradles ; 
Grass Scythes and Handles ; Smut Machines ; Bush Hooks; Pruning 
and Hedge Shears ; Pruning Saws and Chisels ; Sausage Meat Cut- 
ters and Stuffers ; Farmers’ Boilers, for boiling food for stock ; 
Churns ; Hay and Garden Rakes ; Hay and Manure Forks ; Hoes, 
Spades, Shovels, Grain Scoops, Wheel-Barrows, Field and Garden 
Rollers; Corn Planters; Scales; Store, Warehouse and Depot 
Trucks ; Well and Horse Buckets ; Pump Chain and Fixtures ; Rock 
Salt for Stock. 
We keep extra POINTS for our Plows, and will furnish, at 
short notice, such parts of Plows and other implements as may be 
wanted to replace broken Jfjeces. 
Gentlemen’s and Boy's T(K)L CHESTS oomplete, Ac. 
We are also Agents for selling the following articles: — SCOTT’S 
LITTLE GIANT CORN AND COB CRUSHERS, universally admitted 
to be the best Crushers ever invented, and in the use of which, for 
feeding stock, a saving of one-third is made, as has been proved be- 
yond dispute ; Hoe & Co.’s and Welch & Griffith’s CIRCULAR SAWS 
and SAW GUMMERS ; Stearns & Marvin’s celebrated Fire, Powder 
and Burglar Proof SALAMANDER SAFES ; ROTARY SMOOTHING 
IRONS, heated with Alcohol— no family should be without this very 
useful article. 
All the above are ofiered for sale at fair and regular prices, in 
connection with our extensive stock of Hardware and Cutlery. 
Nov55-6t CARMICHAEL & BEAN, Augusta, Ga. 
MERINO BAMS FOR SALE. 
THE Subscriber offers for Sale several full-blood 
merino Rams. Having reduced the number of my 
flock, I have more rams than I need. They are from two 
'of the best flocks in New York, and their fleeces, both in 
hneness and quantity, running from 9 to 14 lbs. 
uuly— tf j. JONES,. Birdsville, Burke co,, Ga, 
1855! 1855! 
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, 
A MONTHEiY JOURNAIi, 
DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE IJIPEOVEMENT OF SOUTHERN AGRICULTURB 
Eofi/icult/iire^ Stock Breeding., Poultry, Bees, General Farm 
Economy, <&e., &c. 
lUnstrated with Nnmerous Elegant EngraTings. 
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 
DANIEL LEE, M. D., and D. REDMOND, Editors. 
Tlie Tliirteentli Volume will commence in 
J^anuary, 1855. 
The Cultivator is a large octavo of Thirty-two pages, forming a 
volume of 384 pages in the year. It contains a much greater amount 
of reading matter than any Agricultural journal in the South — em- 
bracing, in addition to all the current agricultural topics of the day, 
Yalnable Original Contribntions 
from many of the mostJwfeWpmi practical Planters, Farmers, 
and Horticulturists in every section of the South and Southwest. 
TEEMS: 
One Copt, one year $1 i Twenty-Five Copies, one year . . $20 
Six Copies “ “ 5 | One Hundred “ “ “ .. J5 
THE CASH SYSTEM will be rigidly adhered to, and in no instatiee 
will the paper be sent unless the money accompanies the order. 
The Bills of all specie-paying Banks received at par. All money 
remitted by mail, postage paid, will be at the risk of the Publisher. 
A dvertiaements 
Inserted at One Dollar per square of twelve lines, each insertion ; 
One square per annum Ten Dollars. 
Address WILLIAM S. JONES, Augusta, Ga. 
pg- Persons who will act ak Agents, and obtain Subscribers, will 
be furnished with the paper at club prices. 
BESSSMAN’S GARDEiY! 
Augusta; Ga. 
THE SUBSCRIBER offers for sale a very choice and rare collec- 
^^tion of Hardy Ornamental Plants, embracing all the fine old and 
best new varieties of Everblooming ROSES ; also, an unrivalled col- 
lection of EVERGREENS, of every variety ; Deciduous Ornamental 
TREES and PLANTS ; and a collection of GREEN HOUSE PLANTS, 
unequalled in the South. 
^^All orders promptly attended to, and plants packed to go any 
distance in safety. Any informationn required will be cheerfully 
given. Address ; J. W. BESSMAN, 
Mov56 — 4t Augusta, Ga. 
SOUTHERY CULTIVATOR FOR 1854. 
B ound volumes of the CULTIVATOR for 1854 may now be ob- 
tained at this office. Price, $1.60. Or we will send it by mail, 
post-paid, at $1.80. Address WM. S. JONES, Augusta, Ga. 
RICH COTTON LANDS OR SALE! 
T he Subscriber offers for sale Forty Thousand Acres of the most 
productive CO * TON LAND, in the Southern country, situated 
in the counties of Lee, Dougherty and Baker, in bodies of five hun- 
dred and two thousand Acres each, a part of which is partially im- 
proved. 
For certainty of crops and durability these Lands are unequalled 
in the Southern States. Similar lands contiguous in cultivation, are 
yielding an average of seven bales Cotton, per hand, for a s&ries 
of years, and eighteen to twenty-five bushels Corn per acre. 
Terms liberal. If desired, a credit of one to five years will be 
given. • WM. W. CHEEYER. 
Albany, Ga., March 15. 1855. April — tf 
CLOVm AND OTHER GRASS SEED, 
A SUPPLY of Fresh Red and White CLOVER, HERDS GRASS, 
TIMOTHY GRASS, BLUE GRASS, EGYPTIAN MILLET 
SEED. Just received and for sale in quantities to suit purchasers. 
WM. HAINES, 
Oct55 — 2t 217 Broad st., Augusta. 
RESCUE GRASS SEED. 
LIMITED quantity of this SEED (crop of 1 855) for sale by 
D. B. PLUMB, & CO., 
Aug55 — tf Augusta, Ga. 
POMARIA NURSERY, 1855-6. 
j^ll 10,000 APPLE TREES, embracing 150 varieties, and many 
of the best Southern kinds. 2El! 
PEARS, both St'indard and Dwarf. 
CHERRIES, both Standard and Dwarf. 
PEACHES, NECTARINES, APRICOTS, PLUMS, FIGS, GRAPE 
VINES, SERVICE TREES and all other Fruits. RASPBERRY and 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, in variety. 
8,000 ROSES of the most celebrated kinds ; Ornamental Deciduous 
TREES and SHRUBS ; RARE EVERGREENS, &c. 
Catalogues sent on application. We can forward packages 
by Express, which will go surely, and with desnatch. Address 
SUMMER & CRAMMONP, 
Octlf— 3t Pomaria, 3- G. 
