THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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into the woods, half starved and utterly neglected. 
Such treatment is adapted to no breed, and least 
of all to an improved one. Mine have been 
kept during the spring and summer, in good 
pastures, on river low-grounds, having the run, 
in autumn, of corn fields, and in very bad 
weather they are ted on straw, shucks or hay. 
Under this treatment, I find they thrive very well, 
always looking in far better condition than the 
native cattle of the country. Such as are in 
use are, of course, highly fed, on boiled peas 
or meal, mixed with cut oats, fodder or hay. — 
Many of my cows have yielded thirty quarts a 
day; twenty is by no means uncommon. 
On a future occasion I will notice the Devon 
and Ayrshires; to do so now, would exhaust 
your own, as well as the patience of your read- 
ers. W. H. 
Cohimbia (S. C.) Planter. 
INDIAN CORN. 
The great crop of the United State.s, whether 
we look at quantity or value, is unquestionably 
our corn crop. Four hundred and fitly millions 
of bushels in 1810, and probably five hundred 
millions in 1842, show the importance of this 
grain to us. And yet the quantity now grown 
is nothing, a mere drop in the bucket, compared 
w'ith what we might do, should circumstances 
render it advisable to increase the production to 
an extent that might easily be reached on the 
present cultivated lands of the Union. In order 
to show at a glance what might be done, we 
have taken the pains to collect a few instances of 
good crops that have been grown among us, and 
would remark that on a very large portion of 
our soils, in favorable seasons, and with the 
cultivation corn should receive, crops like the 
ones named may be as well grown as inferior 
ones. It is true, wm now and then meet with a 
farmer or writer, who asserts that no man ever 
saw 75 bushels of corn grown on an acre, and 
that the farmet should be contented with 25; but 
the only emotions excited by such, are contempt 
for the ignorant confidence shown, and pity that 
in this country men shouli be lound so far be- 
hind the times. 
Name and place of cultivator. Bush, per acre. 
R. H. Rose, Silver Lake, Pa 136 
John Stevens, Hoboken, N. J 118 
J. & M. Pratt, Madison, N. Y 172j 
“ “ “ 170 
Samuel Chidsey, Cayuga, N. Y 132 
Earl Stimson, Saratoga, N. Y 112 
Wm. M’Clure, Alleghany co., Pa 129 
Joseph Evans, Washington co.. Pa 136 
B. Bartlett, Eaton, N. Y 174 
T. & H. Little, Newburyport, Mass.. . 116 
“ “ “ ..115 
Mr. Wilmath, Taunton, Mass 142 
Chas. Bugbee, Palmer, Mass 108 
Benj. Butler, Chenango, N. Y 140 
“Old Farmer,” Rhode Island 103 
Asahel Renick, Pickaway co., Ohio.. 140 
S. Lathrop, W. Springfield, Mass 100 
P. Reybold, Newcastle, Del., (average 
of ^2 acres) lOO 5-7 
R. H. Shelton, Cayuga co., N. Y 108 
E. Humphreys, Caledonia, N. Y 110 
R. Lamprey, Moultonborough, N. H. . . I3l 
Mr. Brown, Strafford, N. H 116 
P. P. Pilsbury, Tuftonborough, N. H . . 130 
J. F. Osborn, Cayuga co., N. Y 144 
J. Sherman, “ “ 121 
“ “ “ 112 
Mr. Ellsw'orth, Conn . , , , .... 120 
G. W. Williams, Bourbon co., Ky .... 1^ 
W. Ingalls, Oswego co., N. Y 120 
“ “ 154 
J. Myers, Canton, Ohio 193 
B. Bradly, Bloomfield, N. Y 116 
Samuel Phelps, Cayuga, N. Y 122 
Wm. Ingell, Oswego, N. Y 113 
W. Wilcox, Saratoga, N. Y 132 
The number of such crops where the pro- 
duct exceeded 100 bushels per acre, might be 
extended to a great length from the list in our 
possession, but the above is sufficient. Still we 
imagine some farmers will say, (some have 
said so,) that the man who puts manure and la- 
bor enough on an acre to get 100 bushels of 
corn is a loser. W<' woulda.sk/tezt7 A man 
may cultivate an acre of corn and get thirty 
bu.shels an acre, and he will be a looser. But it 
is scarcely possible when the production is 100. 
In such a case, all over 50 bushels may be con- 
sidered profit. In addition to this, his acre of 
land is placed in a condition to produce more 
good crops, and the additional amount of these 
is to be added to the list of profits. The man 
who has brought 30 acres of land to such a state 
that it will produce 100 bushels of corn per 
acre, is far better off than the one who has 100 
acres, yielding only 25 bushels per acre; and of 
this fact we are happy to find many of cur far- 
mers are beginning to be well convinced. It is 
unnecessary to say the remarks we have made 
respecting corn, are equally applicable to any 
other grain or grass, and that the grand secret of 
success is to cultivate no more land than you 
can make rich . — Albany Cullivatori 
SCRAP.S FROM DE KALB COUNTY. 
To the Editorsofthe Tenn. Slate Agriculturist: 
Gentlemen — Tell the good housewives in 
Gath, to cook their sweet potatoes over a brisk 
fire; they are much more palatable and deli- 
cious when thus managed; whereas much of 
their flavor is lost by their being steamed over a 
lingering fire for a half day at a time before 
used. 
THE DAIRY. 
Every man that places any kind of an esti- 
mate on the comforts and luxuries of life, 
should furnish himsell with a dairy; it should 
be well constructed and neatly managed. — 
Place boxes around ii; fill them with rich earth 
and plant out hop vines in them; the vines will 
gracefully cover the dairy w-ith I heir foilage, 
and completely shut out the bea.ns of the sum- 
mer’s sun. How cool and refreshing are the 
centents of such a dairy! Then make yours 
like it. 
PICKLE. 
Take one gallon of whiskey and two of spring 
water and put them in a stone jar; put in your 
cucumbers and they wdll be read}'- for use in a 
few weeks, without any further preparation. — 
Try it. The writer, though, would be w'illing 
never more to taste a pickle, if whiskey could 
be banished from our beloved Amei'ica. 
BISCUIT. 
The most wholesome biscuit 1 ever have eat- 
en, were made of equal parts of wheat flour and 
that from flour corn. They are delicious and 
palatable. Try them. 
GOURDS. 
It is better to drink w’ater from a gourd growm 
in Tennessee, than from a silver cup brought 
from London. Then cultivate gourds. 
PRESERVATION OF HAMS, 
The people in this mountain country', pack 
away bacon hams in ashes. The time of pack- 
ing is early in March before the oil begins run- 
ning from the effects of hot w'eather. A hogs- 
head or barrel will answer as a place of pack- 
ing, and the only precaution necessary, is to 
have the hams put up early and have the ashes 
dry, placing a layer of hams, then ashes, alter- 
nately. The hogshead should then be set in a 
dry place. 
WHOOPING-CODGK. 
Opossum’s oil is said to be a sovereign cure 
for this painful disease. The patient takes it 
inwardly by doses after the manner of sweet or 
castor oil. Try it. 
FOUNDER. 
Bleed the horse freely, give him a half pound 
of salts, rub a small portion of spirits turpen- 
tine on at the top of his hoofs, force him to ex- 
ercise, and he Avill be well soon. Founder is in 
the system at large, and not in the legs particu- 
larly; hence the efficacy of a purgative and 
bleeding. 
FOOT-EVIL. 
A. G. Alsworth, in a former volume of the 
Agriculturist, recommended boiling tar and tal- 
low to be applied to the foot. I followed this 
direction, and found it a certain cure. Having 
tried it, I recommend it to others. 
THE AXE. 
The axe should weigh six pounds. This 
weight will, in general, suite all men that v/eigh 
from 130 to 1 60. It should be made with a hea- 
vy poll, a long blade, gradually tapering, with 
the lower corner a little the longer; the sides of 
the blade should be smolh and nearly straight, 
and the edge from corner to corner should be 
nearly straight. In grinding the axe, it should 
be laid flat on the grindstone, grinding from the 
eye downward; an axe is soon spoiled by hold- 
ing it up in grinding, so as only to let a small 
space near the edge touch the grindstone. Col- 
lin’s axes are styled by many, the best in use, 
but the writer it is hoped, will not be thought 
visionary for entertaining a different opinion. 
I have used several of them, and I never have 
found an easy chopping axe from the number. 
They are too light — have too small polls, and 
are too convex both on the sides of the blade and 
on the edge from corner to corner. An exami- 
nation of the laws of motion, and the construc- 
tion of the wedge wull prove these assertions 
true. There is, however, one advantage in 
Collin’s axes, and that consists in what the man 
said of his wife — “her is a.d temper.” I don’t 
see why we might not have all our axes made 
in our own State; for we have every necessary 
material at hand for their manufactory; and 
yet we must have them brought from New Eng- 
land. This reminds me of friend Kelp walking 
three miles to borrow meal for breakfast, when 
he might have gone to mill in half the time. 
May the good people of this State not go in 
debt from this time henceforth; and when starv- 
ing necessity compels them to buy, may they 
buy such articles as are manufactured in their 
own State. In view of this, it is better to use a 
tin cup of Tennessee manufactory, than a Li- 
verpool glass — it is better to wear a tow shirt of 
our mother’s make, than trans- Atlantic linen. — 
It the people wmuld firmly conclude to live 
within themselves, to live at home, it would do 
more to prevent the influx of useless foreign 
merchandze, than all the tariff laws that stare 
through the ports from St. Johns to Sabine — 
manufactures would spring up, our streams 
would resound with the joyful voice of machine- 
ry, ihe farmer could get a demand for his pro- 
duce, by furnishing the mechanic the raw ma- 
terial, and the mechanic in return could supply 
the farmer with manufactured articles. In con- 
clusion, can there be any hope of prosperous 
times of long continuance until this is the case? 
Can there be any hope of “easy times” until 
farmers can find a vent for their produce? and 
have they any unwavering assurance that they 
Avill find this vent until manufactories are estab- 
lished in our country? 
Very respectfully, 
Dick Forester. 
Near Liberty, Tenn., July, 1843. 
TO^DESTROY WORMS ON CABBAGE- 
Gentlemen — I am not aware that the follow- 
ing easy and simple method of destroying worms 
on cabbage, has ever appeared in print. I be- 
lieve it was discovered by an unlearned person, 
and I hope will not be less efficacious on that 
account. As the worms are already commenc- 
ing their depredations, it will be weU to publish 
it soon. 
At night (about sun down) strip off one of 
the lower leaves and lay it on the top of the 
cabbage, back side down. In the morning very 
early take it off, and the whole, or a large pro- 
portion of the worms of that cabbage will be on 
it, and can be disposed of as any one sees fit. — 
Two or three trials will effectually free the 
cabbage from all worms. I believe it never 
fails except when the nights are quite cool. 
Respectfully, W. Chandler. 
Tennessee Agriculturist. 
