THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
Ill 
occupy, I .should turn my face to Virginia, and 
take a look at some of the now considered worn 
out lands before I settled down again. 
And now, my good natured readers, permit 
me to recommend, in the culture of eitiier vari- 
ety of roots, the 7-i</gesy5^m, which I have adopt- 
ed, and given in the first number and fifth page 
of the current volume of this journal. In this 
plan the labor and tediousness in the first work- 
ing is much abridged, and can be done by the 
younaer or aged hands, and after a little practice, 
becomes less irksome, and not such a tedious 
job after all. Try it, and let us hear of your 
success through the columns ot this paper. 
C. N. BEMENT. 
Three Hills Farm, May, 1843. 
Southern Planter. 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1843. 
Back Numbers. — All new subscribers to the 
‘^Southern Cultivator” can be supplied with the 
back numbers. 
MARL. 
In presenting to the readers of the “Cultiva- 
tor,” the communication ol “A Burke Plant- 
er” on the subject of Marl, we take great plea- 
sure in calling their attention to its contents. — 
Regarding as we do the subject of manuring as 
of the highest importance to the whole planting 
community of Georgia — particularly those sec- 
tions long settled — we cannot better devote our 
space than to its elucidation. For upon the 
successful application of manure depends, in a 
great degree, the arresting of that continual tide 
of emigration westward, which is constantly 
and rapidly depriving us of our best and most 
enterprising citizens, and in an especial manner 
does the prosperity of the State and the success 
of the great agricultural interests depend upon 
the adoption of an enlightened system for the 
improvement oi lands. Entertaining these views 
of the great importance of this subject to our 
planters, we welcome most cordially “A Burke 
Planter” to our columns, and trust he will not 
cease his labors in so good a cause, but contin- 
ue to enlighten us and our readers upon a sub- 
ject with which he appears so familiar. We 
have indeed much need of such laborers in the 
field, and we sincerely hope he may not stop by 
the way side, but continue his efiorts until he 
has induced others to join him in this great and 
important wmrk of resuscitating the exhausted 
lands of Georgia. 
To Stop Bleeding at the Nose.— -An ac- 
quaintance called a few days since to say, that 
one of his family having suffered from a pro- 
fuse bleeding at the nose, after a fruitless re- 
sort to various remedies, some one laughingly 
suggested that the patient should hold up his 
left hand, a remedy that had been recommended 
some where in the newspapers: the suggestion 
was laughingly adopted, and the effect was no 
less surprising than satisfactory. Our inform- 
ant only vouches for the fact that in this case 
the bleeding ceased after the hand had been 
held up for about three minutes. Whether 
the relation of cause and effect exists, or wheth- 
er it will ever happen again he does not pretend 
to say. — Southern Planter. 
COTTON BAGCrNG. 
To the Planting Interest of Scruth Carolina, on 
the vianufacture of Cotton Bagging from in- 
ferior Cotton. 
During a recent journey to the southwest, I 
travelled with a gentleman, whose sagacity, in- 
formation and practical experience, appear but 
as hand-maids to his usefulness and philan- 
thropy. 
The conversation turning on the condition ol 
the Southern States, on the Atlantic, gr wfing 
cotton; it was observed, that the desideratum at 
present of uch importance, would be to man- 
ufacture with our inferior qualities ot cotton, 
our own cotton bagging. The low price ob- 
tained for cotton, made this economy indispen- 
sable — also from our inability to .lompete, or 
keep pace with the richer soils of the south- 
w^est, where quantity compensated for price, 
from there being no chance in the scheme of 
compensations, in the administration of govern- 
ment, or acts of Congress, of leceiving any 
equivalent — or any equivalent from the Slates 
that are now protected in the manufacture of 
bagging. Every view of the subject shewing 
the necessity of great economy, as far as South 
Carolina is concerned, and this branch of indus- 
try deserves immediate and .strict attention. 
My companion, who is an old and respecta- 
ble merchant, and extensive .ship-owner, has de- 
voted some reflection to the subject I now bring 
before your country readers, as a cotton buy- 
er, he says, he would prefer to purchase cotton 
packed in such domestic bagging, as can be 
easily manufactured in the State where cotton is 
produced, to that packed in hemp bagging, ei- 
ther foreign or American. This preference is 
given, because it is less liable to damage than 
hemp bagging, which from exposure is constant- 
ly apt to rot. 
But this preference is given, provided care 
and skill are used to give the bagging made of 
cottod proper strength. This can be done, by 
attention in the first place, in making a clean, 
pure warp or chain, free from defect and strong — 
this part of the manufacture requiring most of 
the attention. The thread to be made about the 
same as that of the hemp bagging, and the 
square yard to weigh also about the same. 
The additional advantage to Avhich particu- 
lar attention is invited, is, to the filling or woof, 
which requires less labor than that usually be- 
stowed on it, being only twisted sufficiently as not 
to be broken by the shuttle; for this the most infe- 
rior cotton will answer, and the bagging thus 
made, will be found to resist the wear and tear 
to which it is always subjected, and most of all, 
from the iron hooks used by the laborers — the 
tenacity or elasticity from the manner recom- 
mended, being greater than that of the bagging 
in use. 
This is the result of experiment. As a large 
ship owner for many years, the attention of my 
friend was turned, consistently wfith his interest, 
to examine and test the various specimens ol 
sail cloth, so as to select the choicest kind of 
that necessary outlay for ships. In this exam- 
ination, English, American, French, Russian 
and Dutch were tested; the last was found to re- 
sist time and friction and superior to the rest, 
and in looking to the cause ot its superior use- 
fulness, it was at once seen, that while the great- 
est care in the manufacture was given to the 
chain or wmrp, the filling or woof was loosely put 
in, precisely as is now recommended to those 
who are willing to manufacture bagging after 
this manner; and from this statement, it ap- 
pears obvious that the same results will advan- 
tageously follow the mode above detailed. 
The cost of machiner}', it is said, cannot ex- 
ceed $1500, to those who enter into it exclusive- 
ly as a business; but to the planter who is in 
the habit of manufacturing his domestic cloth, 
the additional expense to w'hat is so provided, 
will not be much. 
It is out of place here to show, that our small 
and suffering State pays about four per cent on 
value of the cotton crop, to foreign countries 
and to Kentucky, for the greatest part of which 
she receives no equivalent whatever, in the 
shape even of barter; and for which she pays in 
gold and silver, or its equivalent. If from three 
to four hundred thousand dollars, so paid annu- 
ally, can be saved by domestic industry, it be- 
comes highly necessary to make the effTort. 
CAROLINA. 
Southern Agriculturist. 
CRITERION FOR JUDGING STOCK. 
At the annual meeting of the State Agricul- 
tural Society of New Yorir, held in January 
last, the writer called the attention of the Socie- 
ty to the propriety of erecting a standard of 
form, and every point necessaiy to constitute a 
perfect animal, to be noticed according to its in- 
fluence, in the decision of the judges. This ex- 
cited considerable interest, and elicited some de- 
bate as to the manner in which it could be ac- 
complished, and finall}' resulted in the following 
resolution, offered by Mr. Rolch: — 
'^Resolved, That the Executive Committee be 
requested to call a meeting of breeders, at such 
time and place as they may deem proper, for 
the purpose of di.scussing the different points of 
merit in domestic animals, with a view of ar- 
riving at some definite opinion as to the points 
most desirable to be obtained in breeding,” 
As this subject is not only a very interesting, 
but a very important one, and requires some in- 
vestigation, I am induced to throw out some 
hints and solicit the opinions and ideas of oth- 
ers on the subject, through the columns of this 
journal. 
Suppose, for instance, to illustrate my ideas, 
the following should be agreed on as the points, 
as far as they go, for comparison, of horned lat- 
tle, and that animals possessing the greatest 
number of these points, shall be considered 
most meritorious: — 
1. Head small, with a bright and prominent 
eye. 
2. Haras small and tapering. 
3. Neck small where it joins the head — large 
where it joins the shoulders. 
4. Brisket broad, deep, and projecting w^ell 
forward. 
5. Shoulders full and no hollows behind them. 
6. Body deep, round and capacious. 
7. Legs short, full and muscular above the 
knee — small below. 
8. Loins wide, and broad between the hips. 
9. Flank well let down. 
10. Tail set on even with the line of the back, 
small and tapering to bottom. 
11. Though last not least, a soft supple skin 
covered with a soft silky coat of hair. 
Central N. Y. Farmer. 
Plaster. — A young farmer desires to know 
how he shall use plaster. Our advice to him is, 
to use it freely on all his crops, our opinion be- 
ing, that, at the rate of a bushel to the acre, it 
will do good to any crop, and the more where 
the land may have been previously limed. Let 
him mix it in the proportion of one bushel to 
tw'enfy cartloads of manure, as he may be pre- 
paring his manure to be hauled out, or sow it, 
in that proportion, after his manure may be 
spread out, and previous to its being ploughed 
in: let him spread it on the surface of his ground 
after being ploughed, and then to be harrowed 
in ; let him put it, mixed with ashes, in the pro- 
portion of one bushel of plaster to five of ashes, 
in his com hills, or potato rows, graduating the 
quantity of the mixture to a gill for each corn 
hill or potato set ; let him sow it in the first 
named proportion over his grain fields, his mea- 
dows, and his old fields, and he cannot go amiss. 
The range we have here marked out, is exten- 
sive, but not more so than it is calculated to do 
good in: and, in a word, we will say to our in- 
quirei’, that he will find it to his Intw^st to sow 
