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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
PLANTERS’ CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMHER, OC- 
TOBER AND NOVE.HBER 
The work ol each is almost the same; pii k- 
ing cotton, ginning, pressing and hau ing, with 
a continuance oi the same; pick cotton cltan, 
notrasa at all admissible; go in I'or quality, ra- 
the;' tlian quantit}' — one bale of iineb, handled 
cotton may bring you ;$40, but a baie of trashy, 
dirty, cut and twist, will not over 2j or 28. — 
Don’t attempt to gin over two bales a day on a 
50 saw gin, let your mules lake a steady, slow 
gait; quick work suited flush times — but, earn- 
estly, rapid motion must break the fibre and cut 
it; -whereas slow, regular and steady motion 
must pull it ofiT the seed — the gin really only 
draws the staple off the seed. In pressing, put 
in 420 to 430 pounds in a bale, run screw well 
home, and cover ever}' particle of cotton, sew 
sides and ends neatly, in the press if you can; 
put on not less than seven ropes, eight is mor ■ 
common; draw rope tight with a windlass at- 
tached to press, which many have not, an.i lie 
hard, so the rope will hold bale as near size as 
possible. 
In September or October, you would do well 
to stop hands enough to plow in your Egyptian 
oats, rye and wheat; sow ot oats ]| to 2 bu.'-h- 
els; rye, H bushels; of wheat, 2 bushels per 
acre; sow grass seeds either of these two months. 
Your grain fields should be to themselves, so as 
to admit pasturing down if too luxuriant. 
Rather than pick cotton while wet from rain, 
you would do better to continue your repairs, 
putting down woods pastures, and such like, it 
is not only very troublesome to dry Cv)lton, but 
the dirt and leaf becomes attached and stains 
the cotton; and it not uufrequeiUly happens, 
quantities of cotton are kept wet by cloudy, 
rainy weather in September, that sprouts the 
seed, and injures cotton materially. A tew of 
these wet days can be employed in housing 
corn, gathering peas — corn, if wet; by scatter- 
ing in gin house, they will d:y. Save pump- 
kins for winter eating and feeding. 
It is rather injurious to land, or rather it lakes 
away from land an excellent good, but if scarce 
of provender, cut up pea vines, lei them lie one 
day, then throw up into small, but high, heaps 
for one day more, then haul up and pack away; 
— a layer of oats, wheat or rye straw, a layer of 
lime, with a little salt sprinkled over the vines, 
and so on; give the Madam enough of this, and 
I guarantee she wdll give you fine, rich butter 
and milk in quantities. If a plow or two were 
started, all the better, though it were the best po- 
licy to get out cotton when weather is fine and 
season favorable . — Soutkicesfern Farmer. 
pursue their respective meihodsl If Mr. Wil 
liains produced on 20 acres GOO bushels ol 
wheat, he would upon 100 acres of the sane 
.sort of land, with the same sort of ireaimer.i, 
have pi'utluced, inevitably, 3lX)0 bushels; anu i; 
he produced thiily bushels of wheat an acre 
this year, will he not, under like circumstances, 
satrier a similar harvest next year, and the next, 
and the next'.' 
Let not the farmer neglect to soak his seed in 
strong brine and then roll it in lime. This is 
always done in England. Many believe it wil' 
prevent rust, although it seems to have failed in 
some instances in this region. At all events 
the washing will get out the bad wheat, and 
make the seed sprout and grow off more rapidly, 
and the salt and lime will act as manure. 
L<ru:sville Jonrnal. 
A LAST WORD ON WHEAT. 
Let no one henceforth assert that the wheat 
crop is uncertain. There are soils and latitudes 
better adapted to its cultivation than others, as 
is the case with all other crops, but it is really 
as certain a crop as any other. Why should it 
not be, since its cultivation dates back to the 
commencement of man’s history? In England 
there is no uncertainty in the wheat crop, ex- 
cept -what is occasioned by the vicissitudes of 
tlie seasons, and so it is in this country with 
those that pursue the English mode of cultiva- 
ting it. Why did Wra. C. Williams, in this 
neighborhood, reap thirty bushels to the acre 
this year, while the wheat of the majority of 
Kentucky cultivators was not worth the reap- 
ing at all? He sowed early, at the rate of three 
bushels of seed to the acre, upon a rich clover- 
lea, plowed 8 to 10 inches deep, well harrowed 
and rolled, and laid off into beds of 9 feet width, 
with deep water furrows. TVrey sowed late, a 
bushel to an acre, upon worn-out land, and 
scratched the surface* with the plow; so that 
much of the seed did not come up, much that 
came up was winter-killed, and what remained 
in the spring was smothered by grass and weeds. 
Since the laws of nature are invariable — since 
like effects are certain to follow like causes, who 
can doubt that Mr. Williams will always have 
a good wheat crop, or that his careless lellow 
citizens will always have bad ones, while both 
RHUBAKB. 
We take this opportunity of recommending 
to the favorable notice of our leaders this de- 
lightful vegetable, which has been too long ne- 
glected by our horticulturists and farmers. For 
tails and pies, there is nothing superior to it; 
besides we have it at a season of the year w’hen 
other substances, lor that pur[io.se, are scarce 
and not to be had. It is far preferable for such 
culinary purposes to the goose-berry or currant, 
and it is so prolific in its growth that a dozen, or 
a dozen and a half of plants is sufficient lor a 
family. There are two kinds, one called the 
gianL, the leaf stalks of which we have seen as 
large round as a man s wrist, but they are not so 
early as the common kind, nor is the flavor as 
delicate. In addition to their value as a des- 
sert, they are said to have powerful medicinal 
qualities, particularly in those disfessing affec- 
liuns of the bowels, which so afflict our chil- 
dren, and carry them off by hundreds each sum- 
m r. No head of a family who regards the 
health of his oflspring, should be without some 
dozen ot plants in his garden. 
The time of sowing the seed is in November, 
and the lollowing directions for its culture, we 
copy trom Thorbum’s catalogue. 
“Sow in a rich, dry, sandy loam, about three- 
tourihs ol an inch deep, as early in the spring 
as juissible, (if done in November they will ve- 
getate in spring with more certainty;) when the 
younger plants appear, keep them Jfee from 
weeds; if the weathei be dry, water then, fre- 
quently, though with little at a time; and be 
very careful to protect them from the midday 
sun, till they get tolerably strong, for if exposed 
tully toil during their infant state, few' will es- 
cape destruction. A wide ’ooard placed side- 
w'ise on the south side, projecting over the plants 
a little, will serve this purpose efieclually, •wdth- 
out depriving them of the benefit of the circu- 
lating air. The first season is their critical pe- 
riod; having survived that, they have nothing to 
fear. In November, the leaves having decayed, 
cover the crowns ot the plants two inches deep 
with earth from the intervals. In April, strip 
off the covering till you see the tops of the 
plants; give all the ground a slight digging; 
dress it neatly, keep the beds well hoed, and al- 
ways free from weeds. It is much better to 
propagate by slips from the cld roots in the 
spring months. The seed start very readily it 
sown in the autumn, but vegetates rather slow'- 
ly in the spring. The flower stalks should ne- 
ver be suffered to run to flow'er, but taken off as 
soon as they arise.” 
It is the stem of the leaf from which the tarts 
are made, and in taking the stalks, remove a lit- 
tle earth and bend down the leaf you would re- 
move. slip it off from the crowm, w'ithout break- 
ing or using the knife. The stalks are fit to use 
when the leaf is half expanded; but a larger 
produce is obtained by letting them remain till 
in full expansion. 
As some ot our readers may not be acquaint- 
ed with the manner of cooking this vegetable, 
w’e will give the lolloiving, to the goodness of 
which w'e can testify. 
Wipe the stalks with a dry cloth; peel and 
cut them into small pieces; put them into a 
stew-pan, with sufficient water to cover them, 
and when scalding hot. drain off the water, pu 
in sufficient sugar to sw-eten, and sie v them 
gently tor a few moments; stir in some butter, 
and such kind of spice as is agreealfe; cover 
the plate with paste, and put in the pieparaiion, 
and cover with paste as for an apple pie, and 
and bake in the usual manner. 
Another method is to ‘‘i.eel and wash one or 
two dt-zen .sticks of Rhubarb; pul them in a 
slew-pan with the peel ot a lemon, a bit of cin- 
namon, two cloves, and as much moist sugar 
as will sweeten it, set it over a fire, and leduce 
it to a marmalade— pass it through a hair sieve, 
then add the peel of a lemon, and halt a nut. 
meg grated, a quarter ot a pound of good but. 
ter, and the yolks of tour eggs, and one white, 
and mix all well together; line a pie dish that 
will just contain it, with a good puff paste, put 
the mixture in and hake half an hour. 
Ctntrol N. Y. Farmer. 
WATUkY POTATOnS. 
Watery potatoe.s. or those in which carbon 
do snot abound, are always deficient in nutri- 
tive qualities, w Inch depend on the presence of 
carbon, i ne latter cannot exist in just propor- 
tion independently of proper light and beat. 
Hence potatoes grown in an orchard are never 
good; the light and oxygen which should act 
upon them, are inteicepted by the leaves of the 
various truit trees; the deleterious portion ol 
the carbon, whiclt the light and oxygen would 
liave carried ofl, mixes with the watery panicles 
ot the vegetable, and ii becomes not only defi- 
cient in nutriment, but absolutely unwholesome. 
TO mark yeast. 
Take tw’o middling sized boiled potatoes, mash 
and add a pint of boiling water and two lable- 
spoorislul of brown sugar. One pint of hot wa- 
ter should be applied to every halt pint of the 
compound. Hot water is better in vvaim wea- 
ther. Thisyeast being made without flour, will 
keep longer, and is said to be much better than 
ai.y other. 
TO PRESEPtVE HAMS FROM FLIES. 
For several years we have preserved our 
hams in charcoal ; we lay the hams down in a 
barrel, pounding the charcoal, and placing it 
betw'een the hams, d he meat keeps entirely 
sweet. Flies never touch the meat. 
CIRCLING. 
Experience and reflection have convinced us 
that to circle our lands to a perfect level, is not 
the most advaniageous way of preventing wash- 
ing. It may do for light rains, but when such 
torrents pour down as we sometimes have, the 
circling on tliis plan is rather an injury than an 
improvement — every row gets full of standing 
water — some part of the bed will be a little 
lower than the balance — the water will begin to 
run over at that part of the bed immediately be- 
low; it soon wears through that, and thus 
makes a wide torient,. carrying away whole 
acres of the loose soil, or working out a gully 
not easily again filled up. A better plan, we 
are now convinced, is that followed in Virginia 
and other Stales, ot grading the rows, not to a 
perfect level, but to such a slope as will pass off 
the water in a current sufficient to enable each 
row to carry off its w'ater without overflowing, 
yet not so rapid as to wash. At the ends ol the 
rows the walermay be either passed through the 
fence, out pt the field from each row separately, 
or collected in a ditch, and pa.ssed off together. 
Southern Agr indturiat. 
Asparagus Beds. — Those who wish early 
and large asparagus in the Spring, will find it 
necessary to pay some at ention to their beds in 
the Fall. 
It is best not to permit grass or weeds to grow 
on the bed durir-g the summer, but very few gar- 
deners are careful to prevent this. It is important 
however, early in the Fall, to clear the bed en- 
tirely of the old asparagus, weeds, grass, &e. 
(Some writers recommend that these be burned 
as they stand on the bed,) and then cover the 
whole* surface with a thick coal of stable or cow- 
