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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
grass must be cut every thirty days; or if for 
soiling horses, cattle or mules, the same age is 
proper, from the 1st May to the 1st November, 
in lat. 31 to 33. For a milch cow, to produce 
the finest ol milk and butter, cut every fifteen 
days; it will then be found 24 to 30 inches in 
height; if cut monthly, from 36 to 42 inches 
high. After the first cutting, leave a few rows 
for seeding. 7th — Of green grass, the product, 
cultivated as heretofore stated, will be found 
from 150 to 250,000 pounds per acre per annum. 
At each cutting, loosen the ground between the 
rows with the hoes before mentioned; and to 
procure the greatest possible product, scatter 
manure after the second cutting. The relative 
value of this grass I was compelled to test. I 
cut it with a sickle, bound into small sheaves cn 
the fore part ol the day, after the dew was oflT, 
at thirty days’ growth. With one of Mr. East- 
man’s cutting boxes I cut it up, say an inch in 
length; this was done for feeding in the after 
part of the day, and cut at dinner time, while 
the animals were eating, for night feeding. I 
gave each mule as much of the cut grass as he 
could eat, together with a tin cup full of Indian, 
rye and pea meal, strewn over it, with salt pro- 
portioned. 
My oxen, engaged in hauling, I fed in the 
same way. I never had more or better work 
done, or healthier animals. The cutting of the 
grass in a lot adjacent to the stable was done 
during the time the animals were allowed for 
eating, nooning, &c. — no time lost. 
In leeding with this or any other green grass, 
I add a small quantity of rye, oats, barley or 
rice, cut on the sheaf, and mixed with the grass. 
Some farther remarks hereafter. 
AGRICOLA. 
South Alabama, 1843. 
American Farmer. 
Head and Hand Labor. — The Bangor Whig 
has the following excellent remarks on the sub- 
ject of labor; 
What honest vocation can be named that 
does not contribute, in a greater or less degree, 
to the enjoyment of men? It may be humble, 
indeed, but it goes to swell the mighty aggre- 
gate; it may be the rill that trickles from the 
mountain side, but it diffuses fertility through 
the valley, and mingles its drops at last with the 
ocean. The true American motto is and must 
be — marked upon our foreheads, written upon 
our door post — channeled in the earth, and waft- 
ed upon the waves — Industry — Labor is Honor- 
CLble, and idleness is dishonorable, and I care 
not if it be labor, whether it be the head or the 
hands. Away with the miserable jargon of the 
political economists, who write so complacently 
about the producing and non-producing classes. 
It has no foundation in nature or in experience. 
Whitney, whose cotton gin doubled the value of 
every acre of land in the South, raised more 
cotton with his head than any twenty men ever 
raised with their hands. Let me exhort those of 
you who are devoted to intellectual pursuits, to 
cherish, on your part, an exalted and a just idea 
of the dignity and value of manual labor, and 
to make that opinion known in our works and 
seen in the earnest of our action. The labor- 
ing men in this country are vast in number and 
respectable in character. We owe to them, un- 
der Providence, the most gladsome spectacle 
the sun beholds in its course — a land of cultiva- 
ted and fertile fields, an ocean white with can- 
vass. We owe to them the annual spectacle of 
golden harvests, which carry plenty and happi- 
ness alike to the palaces and the cottage. We 
owe to them the fortresses that guard our coasts 
—•the ships that have borne our flag to every 
clime and carried the thunder of our cannon 
triumphant over the waters of the deep. 
For making Cloth Water Proof.— Im- 
merse the cloth in a solution of Alum for 10 
minutes, air it for 20 minutes, then immerse it 
in pulverised chalk, — Cent. N. Y. Farm. 
Domestic Silk — This new branch of indus- 
try is fast becoming a profitable enterprise thro’- 
out the country. The Southern Stales are par- 
ticularly favorable for the growth of silk — there 
being not only the climate in its favor, but an 
immense amount of unproductive labor on our 
plantations, which could be employed in the 
culture of silk, without distracting from the 
usual and legitimate business of the planter. — 
The children and aged persons, who now sit 
about “the quarters,” and bake in the sun, might 
find it a pleasant enjoyment to rear the silk 
worm; and the planter would find it very bene- 
ficial to his purse. The silk business, howev- 
er, recommends itself particularly to small ca- 
pitalists. They would find it well worthy of 
their notice, as it presents the most profitable 
investment of mere labor, and may be success- 
fully pursued with the smallest amount of ca- 
pital. The process of silk raising is very sim- 
ple; there are many farmers’ wives who, with 
no machinery or chemical wares whatever, ex- 
cept what is found upon every farm, that man- 
ufacture sewing silk of a quality superior to 
any brought from foreign parts; and we would 
say that stockings knit from the silk are not 
only the most beautiful exhibition of domestic 
skill that can be seen, but the most durable and 
pleasant article of dress that can be imagined. 
A few ladies in the South have set the example 
of silk raising, and manufacturing it into arti- 
cles of use. No one who visited the State fair 
at Baton Rouge last year, will forget some beau- 
tiful specimens of shawls exhibited by a lady 
of West Feliciana. — N. O. Sportsman. 
THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED. 
Horses should never be put to severe work 
on a full stomach. More horses are hurt by 
hard driving after a full feed, than by a full feed 
after hard driving. 
If the farmer wishes to have his pork barrel 
and meal chest hold out, let him look well to his 
kitchen garden. Plenty of vegetables conduce 
not more to health than to profit 
In laying in a stock of winter fodder for ani- 
mals, let it not be forgotten that a little too 
much is just enough. Starving animals at any 
time is miserable policy. 
As you treat your land so it will treat you. 
Feed it with manures liberally, and it will yield 
you bread bountifully. 
Avoid debts as you would the leprosy. If 
you are ever tempted to purchase on credit, put 
it oflf for three days. You need time for reflec- 
tion. 
Never beg fruit, or anything else you can 
produce by the expenditure of a little time or 
labor. It is as reasonable to expect a man to 
give away the products of his wheat field, as of 
his orchard or fruit garden. 
If you keep your sheep and cattle in your 
meadows until June,don’t complain next winter 
because you are compelled to purchase hay for 
your stock. 
The man who uses good seed, has a good 
soil, and works ii in good season, rarely fails of 
having a good crop to reward his toil. 
Never forfeit your word. The saying in 
truth, of any farmer, ‘‘his word is as good as his 
bond,” is worth more to him than the interest of 
$10,000 annually . — Albany Culhvator. 
Scab in Sheep. — This, says the Genesee 
Fanner, is one of the most troublesome diseas- 
es to which sheep are subject. Its prevalence 
at times, is the cause of severe losses, particu- 
larly to those who keep large numbers of these 
animals, and to whom an efficient and speedy 
remedy is unknown. The following article on 
the preventive of this pest, contains sound ad- 
vice, and as it is published over the gentleman’s 
own signature, is probably entitled to regard; 
“This being the proper time to give the infor- 
mation, I send you an account of the manner 
in which I treat sheep affected with the scab. — 
I recommend that sheep be put in a newly burn- 
ed fallow as soon as possible after shearing. — 
People are careful to avoid the blacking of 
sheep, but I think it a sure remedy for the scab, 
and also for the foot rot. Let them have access 
to a piece of burnt ground as fresh as possible. 
Leave down the fence from the pasture, and 
tthey will invariably go a mile to get it for their 
lodging. Like patent medicines it cures all 
diseases. It is an almost certain remedy for 
the fly that produces the worm in the head. If 
sheep can have access to a piece of burnt ground, 
they are sure to make it their resting place day 
and night. It promotes the health of sheep and 
does no damage to the wool. Until late in the 
fall, I generally keep from seven to ten hundred 
sheep, and have tried the above experiment, and 
of late years let my sheep have access to fresh 
burnt ground, and they are remarkably healthy. 
JOHN SPICER. 
A Splendid FAHM.~Mr. J. P. Cushing, of 
Boston, has expended on his celebrated farm of 
125 acres, at Watertown, Mass., several hun- 
dred thousand dollars. The house now build- 
ing on the premises is estimated to cost $1^,- 
000. It is calculated for a princely residence, 
with Chinese verandahs, windows of stained 
glass, &c. 
AUGUSTA MARKET. 
Tuesday p. m., June 20. 
Cotton — Since our last publication the tran- 
sactions among our cotton dealers have been 
heavy for the season of the year, but for the last 
three or four days the demand has fallen off, and 
a slight decline in prices has been made. We 
quote 4i ® 7 cents as extremes of the market. — 
Little sold at either extreme. 
MoTvey — Exchange on the Northern cities 
Charleston and Savannah sell from par to a 
small premium. Large sales of Central Bank 
notes have been made at from 12l to 15 ^ cent 
discount. State 6 ^ cent Bonds are in good de- 
mand and would command 60 cents readily, 
an J we doubt not a large amount might be sold 
at a few cents higher as there is much anxiety 
to purchase them. 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
PAGE. 
Practical Hints; Domestic Silk 97 
Cattle Shed; Cattle and Sheep of Great Bri- ) qq 
tain; Ashes j 
New Reaping Machine; Agricultural Soci - 1 iqn 
eties ^ 
Ammonia; Rearing Calves; to Prevent the \ , q, 
Flavor of Turneps on Butter J 
M. Boncherie’s Method of Preserving Wood; ') 
Cure for Mange in Swine; Cure for the lino 
Scratches in Horses; Rye turning to r 
Cheat J 
Our Volume; to Correspondents; Domestic > mo 
Silk; Culture of Gama Grass j 
Head and Hand Labor; to make Cloth Wa- ^ 
ter Proof; Things to be Remembered; > 104 
Scab in Sheep; Augusta Market J 
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