THE SOUTHEUX CULTIVATOR. 
79 
WED.NESDAV, MAY 10, 1843. 
B.vck Numders. — A ll new subscribers to the 
‘\Southern Cultivator” can be supplied M’ith the 
buck numbers. 
Ol ll ISSUE. f 
Since our commencement, ^vhich was two 
months later than we had at first designed, be- 
ing the first of March instead ol the first of Jan- 
uary, we have issued the Cultivator weekly, in- 
stead of every two weeks, until we could make 
up the lo.st tim^, so as to have the volume close 
with the ) ear. Having accomplished our ob- 
ject with the issue of the present number, it 
will, hertfafter, be issued every other Wednes- 
day, in saict accordance with the term.s. 
\Vc a\;ail ourself of this occa.sion to repeat 
our acknowledgments to our numerous fi iends, 
toi the interest the}' have manifested in the ex- 
tension ofour circulation, and to re-assure them 
of ,jur zeal in -the enterprise, and now tliat we 
have got regularly under wa}*, we hope to be 
able to render the succeeding numbers more in- 
ieresting to tlie readers than those which have 
preceded. 
AVc hope our frit iiJs will continue to give us 
the- result of their experiments in everj’ depart- 
ment, for we should be pleased have each 
luunber well filled with communications. 
h' ■.aREeTi->.v. — In the article signed “Monti- 
ccllo” in our last, ■ opied from the Columbia 
(6. G.) Planter, instead ol “Kentucky 1 
?rass/’ read "Kentucky WKc-grass.” 
KEfIPE FOR KILLING C.vnCRPILL.VR.S. 
“Kilt! kill! kill !’• — Shaksp'^are. \ 
The lollowing adnee to farmers, from the 
Gospiel Banner, is sensible and to ihe point. — : 
The calterpillarsmay yet oe destroyed, and no 
time should be lost in commencing and com- ' 
pleting the work of destiuction: 
“Thi.'- is to be a gr-’' ‘ year lor caterpillars ^ 
on Iniit trees. The egg wore deposited on the 
limbs about tlic fir.-t of July lam. when the 
M*cather wag^ dry aud warm, and afforb. d the 
parents a fine t-inc to provide fur a nuir .-rous 
prr.g.-ny the [:henj ne.xt year. If you will el- 
an. oe vour a,iplc tr* e.s, you wdl find the Pml; 
greatly infe-^ed wiiliibri; eggs. Ab- ' thiu 
'/-.v .■(/,/ M- •. Do i, L:f.ro il,= bu(b --s -d) — , 
But how shall 'bis be bin ■ By rmnle. u. #- 
Just make a stronu ry, ,)r -l .’p ^up . : 
eiioiigh to lx>ar an egg, a- ' v. ^ ' us,, or -uece 
i f cloi!i. wish the infested Id . p wib kill 
every mother's son o‘' an t vg, at' * y<»i ■ i!! find 
no catlerpillarb bed- ir-'-'n thei in Mav or 
June. Even without r-’gai :' i-i ..fij.n. ' ;» 
an excellent plan, every spring, tf wa '■ ..c- 
with strong soap su Is. This will kill va' iotv 
sorts of insects in the egg — it will cb • < and 
renovate the bark, and promote the h. alth and 
Iruitliilness of the tree. Try it. Be not afraid 
ol injuring the tree, even if the lev is ^itrong , 
as to blister your hands. It w'll do t o li.iriii it 
applied helorc the buds aie luiK h illen; but 
it will kill the young leaf. 
l.NFLA.M.M AVION I.V TIIkKyE OF THE 1 IoR.'-E, 
&c . — A corre.-'pondent of the Albany Cultiva- 
tor says; “I liad a horse hurt his eye the past 
winter, and 1 thought he would lose it; hut I 
have restored it again. For iullaiumation of 
the eye, take sassafras twigs ol one year’s 
growth; take the inner bark, a handful to a pint 
of cold water, let it stand for a few hours; it 
will become thick, like the white of an egg; 
wa-sh the eye out well; it will remove tlie in- 
flammation. Fora film on the eye, take loaf 
sugar; pulverize it as fine as possible; take a 
goose quill and till it, and blow it in the eye, 
which will remove it. My horse was entirely 
blind, aud the above cured him, so that he can 
see as well as ever.” 
J^ur the Southern CuUiTator. 
CULTURE OF SWEET POTATOES. 
Green County, May 4, 1813. 
hlessrs. Jones — I have noticed the j lan of 
raising Sweet Potatoes by Mr. W. McKinley, 
of Lexington, Ga., pu!.li.shed in the Cultivator, 
whose plan I am fully of the opinion is a good 
one. 
I I am, however, of opinion that the old j Ian 
of planting in ridges, can be made to produce as 
many bushels to the acre as the one proposed 
by Mr. McKinley, aud much easier gathered, 
and I make this communication lor the benefit 
of those who have planted in ridges, which 1 
intend to adopt at the proper time, viz: alter my 
potatoes come up well, I shall plough and hill 
them up, and then gather rotten .straw’ or leaves 
from the woods, and fill up the space between 
the ridges, and put a sufficiency on the ridge to 
prevent the rays of the sun or wind from drying 
1 them. Nothing should show itself but the t ip 
■ ol the plant. By this method, the space and 
the ridges will be kept in a moist and cool ci>n- 
; dilion, and the potato vines will cover the whole 
■ surface. By ihis mode of culture, only one 
! working is necessary, and will add a rich coat 
of manure for the next crop, and also prevent ; 
I gl ass or weeds from springing up. 
Aftei I gather my glowing cio;- 1 will infunn , 
you of the re.sult, and hope others will try it and 
do the same. ,■ 
I will liow'ever .state, that I have planted a few . 
rows on Mr. McKinley’s plan, in the same 
patch, and will fully test the mode of culture. 
J 'liN Boot. 
Pu n- tuai.itv. — Method is the very’ hinge ol 
busines-s — and there is no method w itbout puiie- ’ 
duality. Punctuaiily prodime- e;>ltiines,s ol tiiind: 
a disorderly man is alway- in a hurrv; h : bes 
111 - time to -peuk ti you. be 'anse he i.-- • oir" i 
ebewhere, and when he g :.•- there, h is too late 
for hi;: bu.sine- ; -or Im- mu t hurry awav to an- 
otbe- before ho can ffni.sh it. PunVfn diiv "iv * 
weiptoto ’’ham r . tt j, a i; : ri ha'- ii.m ■■ 
a <''T “ ’intment, pjid I th ' h w ill Iv- - p 
iu i hi' • <1 . vi.-(iiin j'Ti -■ ’ oi;- turiity in 
>■■ 11 ; f.ir, like ’bijr vk ue.-, it prop.nc.ites it- It. 
n‘- ! '•meo AU-. t ow< you pnii - 
tua!ii>'. it I joivc m-’ ’e an arp ■ ; oneni v iili 
you; and hav- no rigi t !■: hr a r ■* > ur 
re. it I do my own. Pur.ct'ia. •• n:' 
.;A- i: s 'oninir vir tie, and’ir o', oj i[N 
requisites to the character of a rr ' m or of 
the commuri i ty . — SekeUd. 
t LT WOR.M5S. 
W'e annex, says the Aineii- an i utn.er, with 
' I'celing.s ol plcHi -up , llie liuly valua 
; ble cuiiiiiiunicaliou lioin Dr. Bamuel D. Martin. 
! upon the habits, iiatutt' and .-p -cii of the eut- 
w onus, and fiutn oiir ].■•l'^onal know K lj,' ot the 
, srieutilic and practical knowledge, the acute ob- 
! servation. and philo.shphic lurn of mind ol the 
I writer, we are convinced that the means which 
he suggests for their de.slruciion, arc 1110.-6 the 
b(“st adajiied to that purpose. Farmers and 
planters, wliose lands are infested w iih the cut 
worms will do well lu bear in mind what the 
Doctor says upon the subject. 
Last spring I collected some cut-wonus and 
put them into a glass jar w ith a sufficiency ol 
dirt, where 1 led ibcin until they lollcu them- 
selves up in imid balls. B> cui-w ;'-ms 1 mean 
a worm about an inch long of a gn . - olor, that 
lives under the ground, and come- out in the 
night, and dark cloudy days, arni •■ll a plant, 
eats part and cn'..eavois to drag the balance into 
the ground after it. When taken oni ul the 
ground he (mts his liead and tail tog; the; and 
rolls liinisull into a kiducy .shape. '1 hose cut- 
worms, alter going into the chiysali- state, pro- 
uuceu a gn.y miller or moth, .such a- v. e fn-- 
quently .-ec about our candles in the summer 
time, and are called by us ■ aiutle-tlic-. 
1 kept ihr e .f llm.-c millers in a j-ir. and ihcy 
deposited their eggs upon ; ome ei' .-r I -a vi 
aud bloom that 1 put in the jar. Ua t!.< kl:h of 
JuiiClho.sC eggs hatched little cai:-ji jilia • oi 
cut-worm-. 1 fed them princijially upon young 
; clover leave.s. I think there must have been 
■ several hundred; I did not count them. When 
I they were nearly grown they became so vora- 
e.ous, and lequircu the jar, which had L Id t idy 
three pini.s, to be filled so frequently that I killed 
all but three of them; these wound up in mud 
balls on the 21st of July, came out millers, 
moths or candle-flies, as yi<u may clioor-e to call 
! them, from the 5th to the 7ih of Auuj !. I'u- 
■ UTlunalely all the moths were ; i one sex, .-o 
. that I lost the biecd: these 1 call the ivro-erop 
■' cut-wom. 
! Uther cut-worm, that I put np nl d;c rame 
i lime, that is. early in ihcspiing, did not j •■'i.irc 
uiolh.- ui.til the 11th of Augu thc.-e ■■ i-e noi 
' quite as daik coloivd as the fir.-i. e 1 f all 
me one crop cut-worm. Thi.- w iil rec oncile 
I the .statements of tuo writers uj on tl'C sulject, 
who have differed ab..'Ui the time m moih 
makes its appearan. the lw-> crop kieo-aj - 
■ pcariiig at both lime.-. 1 saw, ab-o, the moi;,' 
tiiat produceil the cul-wonn tolerably abundant 
in my clover field in Cclober. 
This moth is a night fly and is rare-Iy n in 
the day lime, unless roused from its tiiuing jd.i- 
ce.s. From the attraction that fire in- for il.i' 
kind of butterfly, (permit me to call a n.t 'ha 
buiterfly, in accordance with iLs conn/. on n./inc) 
it is probable that fires kindled in ot:r I// 'o- w iih 
brush and s'rnw , of dark nights, niiehi /n - rov 
a great number of them, .‘-altjuiio i !, ■■,' n • r.d 
might also destroy the worm; but ti; ! ^ :ae- 
dy that I have ever tried i.- fall j b•!Iellilig. 'I hi.«, 
bv destroying the vi !■ t; tiou, rn.ibcs ll/e fly ‘Ctk 
other I la/'cs o| -iopo-iting k.-; egg-; a.n I it also 
di.o:.’L;ys the roots ol titc iipton wliicht;. • 
yot.ng wonii wottld iive during the w in. 1 
iiri .’ehadnn ci ■•iiiil infi • inl by tb.em wdi.'i-e I 
h'”.( had iiie ground plougle’d in id. tall,.; 
w inter. 
Ti.i mr'li that produces the .n / i.- tin 
< • (’• t(Xs//»'or of cnlcinob gi-:-. I l;:.ii' 
; • rj criinents with the bud-w u:;, .iml gi ul . 
V .ai. but hare not nioui in ihl-. ; aj er to gi, 
’-h . 1 . I was rore injuied last > ■ ar i y the bu !- 
" ’^m than all the other womi ■ and in- -ci-.- 
And it has ! ccT. the ca e toi - jI/ic '.rs 
that »hey have (!one m • damage [ii;,u any 
other insect eic.rt •!,. ?li-:er fly and gra.-s- 
hopper. 
T!;e eiit-wo:; i a v y . -iou • ’att ijii- 
