THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
39 
but as he will be sure to see it iu your paper, he 
will excuse me for sending it first to your South- 
ern Cultivator; as the proper depository or ma- 
gazine of all such useful facts in our Georgia 
agriculture,. Yours, &c. 
W. McKinley. 
P. S. Don^’t fear to try this plan in the ap- 
proaching planting. There is no mistake in it 
It saves time and work, and makes two bushels 
for one in the old way. 
Poll Evil. — This disease, says the Southern 
Planter, has generally been considered incura- 
ble, but Mr. Samuel Terrill, ol Caroline, an old 
gentleman of the highest respectability, called 
at our office a few days since, to say, that he had 
found an unfailing remedy in the little evergreen, 
commonly called t\\e ground ivy. The leaf is 
gathered and dried before the fire until it can be 
pounded, when a table spoonful is mixed with 
q,ti equal quantity of slacked lime, and the 
swelling, having been laid open to the bone, the 
mixture is laid in the wound, and kept in place 
by a bandage. Mr. Terrill says that he has 
used it himself, and that he has known it fre- 
quently used by others, and that, in no instance, 
has the first application failed fo qflqct a cure. 
LIME IN AGRICULTURE. 
01 the mineral substances that have been em- 
ployed to improve the soil, lime is the most im- 
portant. All our lands seem to me to be sus- 
ceptible of great benefit from it; and I believe 
that in many parts of this district it can be ob- 
tained on such terms as to create a probability 
that it may be profitably applied. The theory of 
its modes of action involves chemical princi- 
ples, which it would be beyond my limits to at- 
tempt to explain here; I may briefly state, how- 
ever, the facts connected with its various ef- 
fects. 
It renders stiff and tenacious soils more fria- : 
ble — and light and sandy so^ls more retentive of 
moisture. It disposes all vegetable matter in 
the soil to decompose, so as to supply the nour- 
ishment of living plants, and it makes the pu- 
tritive matter itself mure salubrious. These 
last effects may be seen in familiar instances. — 
If a little quick lime be added to a heap of 
leaves or rotten wood, it is soon reduced to black 
mould; and if a little be sprinkled op the rank 
spots which get up in pasture fields, and are re- 
jected by cattle, they will shortly be eaten down. 
It is not more active in rendering the vegetable 
matter of the soil availabJej than it is in giving 
.vigor to the plants, and goodness of quality to 
the grain; and on no grain are its effects so re- 
markable as on wheat. I knew a gentleman 
who from having a great command of manure, 
thought that he might dispen.se with lime. He 
raised by measure as many bushels of wheat on 
the acre as his neighbors; but it was coarser in 
quality, and therefore lighter, and in the British 
markets great discrimination of price is made on 
;account of quality; so that he lost in two ways. 
He had at last recourse to lime, and with com- 
plete success. 
In cold and humid climates, it is not consid- 
ered that old turfy lands can be profitably brok- 
en up without lime; the straw will be abundant, 
but the grain light and unmatured — treated with 
lime, these lands are the most productive. In 
qur climate, the vegetable matter has no such a 
fendeney to become peaty a,nd inert, and lime 
may not, to such a degree, be necessary for the 
purpose of promoting decomposition; but it 
would in every case make our wheat of better 
quality. In, our best lands, it would give health 
and vigor to the straw and render it less obnox- 
ious to the diseases to which luxuriance is ex- 
posed, and it would make lands, at present too 
rich for bearing grain, capable of producing 
healthy and productive crops. From what has 
been said, it will follow, that it would be impro- 
per to apply lime to impoverished land, unless 
at the same time accompanied with manure, 
without which it would aid in the robbery ol the 
soil. For other reasons, it should not be appli- 
ed to wet land. 
In calculating the expense of liming, the per- 
manency of its effects should be taken into ac- 
count. If a proper dose be administered, there 
will be no need of a repetition of it for 15 or 20 
years. What the dose '^should be„ must depend 
on the quality of the land; but generally speak- 
ing, it should be increased as the land is more 
adhesive, or as it is more filled with vegetable 
matter. There are no soils, probably, that would 
be beuefitted by less than 100 bushels to the acre, 
or which would require more than 300 to pro- 
duce the maximum effect. A s, in proportion to 
the mass of the soil, the quantity of lime used 
is small, the two should be mixed together as 
equally and intimately as possible. The lime 
may be allowed to lie till it falls down into a 
state of flour, and then be spread out, when the 
soil has been previously well pulverized. 
Rankine's Address. 
HOME IMPROVEMENTS— GO.OD ADVICE. 
To the editors of the Tennesree State Agriculturist: 
Gentlemen: — Is it not the desire of every 
parent that their children should love homel If 
so, beautify and adorn your homes, so as to 
make them the most pleasant and loveable place 
to them, 
“The spring time is coming,’'’ the season 
when dame nature decks herself in her gayest at- 
tire, and all things living seems endued with 
new life and Begin then with nature; she 
will lend you l^d assistance; plant trees, fruits 
and flowers, tend, work and water them, let your 
children as,sist you, give each his portion in the 
labor of love — who that ever planted a flower, 
and watched it from the putting the unsightly 
root into mother earth, to the first peeping forth 
of the green leaf, to the full expansion of its 
beautiful bloom, but looks back with pleasure 
on his sensations of delight and exultation, as 
he culled it for the one he loved best? how his 
face glowed and his heart beat as he eagerly 
di.splayed the prize! Who can walk in the gar- 
den at dewy eve or rosy morn, inhaling the de- 
lightful perfume rising as incense to the giver of 
all good, from every bud and flower for the 
sparkling drops kindly sent to refresh aqd invi- 
gorate, and not feel his own heart lifted up in 
praise and adoration fc r so many blessings? — 
The mind is naturally led to harmonious re- 
flections by contemplating nature in her mo.st 
alluring forms. Adorn your homes then with 
all her choice producrions, so that in after life, ; 
when your children are surrounded with care 
and trouble, home will ri.se up as a green .spot in 
memor)'’s waste. Let your children share your 
pursuits, it will make them love home better, 
more affectionate toward each other, and give . 
them mqre confidence in you; .fhey will find 
there is indeed “no place like home,” instead of 
an irksomeness and reserve in your presence, 
they will feel confidence and consider you their 
best friends and companions. 
Aj’e not lire Swiss' and Scotch more atiaclied 
to their wild, rugged, and often baiTen country, 
more than any other people? It is because they 
bestow more labor on it, they toil incessantly in 
tilling the earth, and feel more affeclion for that 
spot. In most countries, the great struggle is, 
to keep the homestead from generation to .ge' :e- 
ration, while we still continue the “squatting” 
propensities of our forefathers; our children, 
like a ffock of birds, leave us as soon as ffedged 
— not but I would have them independent, have 
them so by all means, and to have them so, I 
would do away the great love of speculation, 
the making haste to be rich, the effects of which 
so many are sinking under at this very time; 
and make our boys quiet, sober and intelligent 
men, our girls informed, chQetivl,, healthy, 
amiable and affectionate. If you wish your 
boy to be a good son, good brother, good husband 
and good man, make him love home, it will 
also deliver him from the manifold temptations 
that beset a young man’s path — he wfill, by .shar- 
ing his mother’s and sister’s pursuits, acquire a 
greater interest in them, and have a more affec- 
tionate regard and greater sympathy with them; 
it will rub off" the rough points of his character, 
refine and polish him, strengthen and exalt the 
mind of the sister, add ease and grace to their 
deportment with the rougher sex. By making 
home agreeable, you heighthen the affection of 
your children for yourselves, and prevent their 
seeking enjoyment and amusement elsewhere — 
you will have them more under your parental 
eye, and thus be able to check many an embryo 
fault kindly and gemly, w'hich, if left unrcr 
strained, W’ould wring many a tear ot anguish 
frow your hearts. Has not the Father of all 
made .his universal garden beautiful and lovely 
in the extreme? Is it not enriched wfith all that 
is pleasant to the eye and grateful to the taste; 
even every thing that the heart of man can de- 
sire, to make this, our temporary home, a para- 
dise; and shall we not follow such a glorious ex- 
ample, and make the transient home ol our chil- 
dren pleasant and sweet. By adorning, making 
them pleasant within and without, they can in 
truth say^ “there is no place like home,” 
1 f you think, dear sir, that your paper will 
not be disparaged, you shall again hear from 
Aunt Charity. 
A TABLE 
i/Lc nuniucr uj 
in an acre of ground. 
Feet. Feet. No. of Hills. 
Feet, Feet. No. of Hills. 
20 
by 
20.. 
. ... 108 
19 
19.. , 
. ... 120 
18 
by 
18.. , 
....134 
17 
by 
17.. . 
. ... 150 
16 
by 
16.. . 
...170 
15 
by 
15.. . 
... 192 
14 
by 
14.. . 
. . . 222 
13 
by 
13.. . 
...257 
12 
by 
12.. . 
... 302 
11 
by 
11.. . 
, ... 360 
lO 
by 
10.. , 
, . ^435 
9 
by 
9.. . 
,...537 
8 
by 
8.. . 
....680 
7 
by 
7.. , 
,...888 
6 
by 
6. 
, . . 1210 
6 
by 
5f.. 
, . . 1320 
5^ 
: by 
5Y. 
...1417 
5 
bv 
5. ., 
. . . 1742 
5 
by 
4.. 
...2178 
5 
by 
3. . 
...2904 
5 
by 
2. . 
...4356 
5 
by 
1 . . 
...8712 
H 
bv 
4i. 
...2151 
4 
by 
4. . 
...2722 
4 
by 
3. . 
...3630 
4 
by 
2. . 
. . . 5445 
4 
by 
1 .. 
. . 10890 
3.1 
by 
3i 
3 
by 
3. . 
...4840 
3 
by 
2.. 
...7260 
3 
by 
1 .. 
. . 14520 
21 
by 
2^ 
...6969 
2 
by 
2.. 
. . 10890 
2 
by 
1 .. 
..21780 
1 
by 
1 ... 
..43560 
Messrs. Editors — I send you the above as a 
very useful and convenient table that I have 
compiled for the “Planter.” The calculatioas 
are, I believe, entirely correct. 
Yours, respectfully. 
Ph. B. White. 
Southern Planter. 
Lice on Cattle. — 1. Mercurial ointmen.t 
rubbed on the animal from the crow n of the 
head to the root of the tail, down the back bone, 
will effectually kill lice in a day or two. ThiSj 
however, is a dangerous remedy to use, unless 
the animal is kept in the stable, and requires 
great care to preserve him from the effects of 
cold and wet. 
2. Corrosive .sublimate is another effectual 
remedy. This is to be appifod as before pre- 
scribed, but, like No. 1, is dangerous. 
3. A strong decoction of larkspur is also a 
sure and safe remedy. This should be applied 
as recommended for No. 1. 
4. Spirits of turpentine is also a sure remedy. 
It should be applied as No. 1. 
5. A decoc'ion of tobaccOj applied as No. Ij 
w'ill destroy the lice. 
6. A mixture of Scotch snuff and fish oil, 
rubbed on the affected parts, will destroy the 
lice. 
7. A mixture of soft soap and Scotch snuff, 
well rubbed on the parts, will also eradicate 
them. 
As an auxiliaiy to whatever remedy may be 
used, the currycomb and brush should be freely 
applied, after a day or two, in order that the 
hide and hair of the animal may be kept clean. 
No animal which is well fed, and daily curried 
and brushed, will either breed or retain lice; the 
latter operation, however, few who have much 
stock can regularly attend to. — Am. Framer. 
