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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
are indebted for the distinction, to the culture 
which they themselves bestowed upon their 
minds. The road to usefulness and honorable 
distinc’ion is equally open to you, and the time 
has arrived when you must decide, whether you 
will compete for tire noble prize. 
If you wish to prosper in your business — to 
know and profit by the improveuienis of the age, 
cultivate yourininti; for this is the great labor- 
saving machine. If you wish to see your chil- 
dren intelligent, thriving and respected, teach 
them, by e.x:ampie, to cultivate the mind. It you 
would be useful to your Iriends, and merit the 
confidence and esteem of } our neighbors, seek 
early to qualify yourself for the duties of social 
life, by the culture of the mind, if you aspire 
to intellectual enjoyments which flow from the 
study of the material world — from the order, 
harmony and beauty, which meets us in every 
walk, in the manifold and wonderful works of 
the creator, cultivate the mind. In fine, if you 
would prosper in your business, your family, 
and in society, cultivate your mind. 
But knowledge is not always wisdom, and 
therefore, be as scrupulous in regard to your 
studies, as you are in regard to the seed which 
you deposit in the soil. You will reap whatever 
you sow, and the mind is as liable to be cum- 
bered with weeds as the soil. Read, therefore, 
whatever tends to instruct you in yourbusiness, 
to establish you in good habits, and to fit you 
for the responsible duties of life. Acquaint 
yourselves with the inventions and improve- 
ments of modern art. Make yourselves ac- 
quainted with the general facts of science, wdth 
the wondrous laws by which the Almighty gov- 
erns all these aioundus; and with the endless 
illustration of laws, in the world and all its parts. 
The facts of natural history will afford abund- 
ant matter lor agreeable and useful knowledge. 
The plants, the animals, the minerals, the soils 
of your country — the changes of the seasons — 
the make and composition of all|that surrounds 
you duly observed, and made the subjects of 
reading, of conversation, cf reflection, will at 
once store your mind, and raise your ideas of 
the wisdom and goodness of Him who formed 
you such as you are. Temperance, self-gov- 
ernment, moderation, avoidance of all abuse of 
the body, are written in the very make of the 
body itself. And it will hence plainly appear, 
that when our maker says, abstain from all im- 
purity, he does but say, “Do thyself no harm.” 
Who aims at excellence, will be above medi- 
ocrity ; who aims at mediocrity, will fall short 
of it. 
We copy, says the South Western Farmer, 
from our scrap book, two recipes on the subject 
of curing bacon. The first for hams, we know 
not how we came by, but would be a little fear- 
ful that the ley wmuld eat up the skin, having 
observed it eaten, when packed away in ashes 
not well leached. 
Hams. — Take 12 lbs. salt, 1 lb. saltpetre, 1 
gallon molas.ses — with this mixture, rub the 
hams well and pack away as carefully as is pos- 
sible in a cask, to remain one week. Then with 
1 bushel of ashes make a ley, put the hams in it, 
to remain 3 weeks. Smoke and pack away in 
tan bark. This for 12 hams. 
Bacon. — The gentleman who gave the fol- 
lowing to us, some 10 jmars ago, was somewhat 
advanced in life, a citizen of Ohio, and one of 
those who had boated down the Mississippi, in 
those broad horns, and walked through “the wil- 
derness,” as all this country was then called. 
We copy his directions, w'ord for word. To en- 
sure good bacon, it must be good corn fed pork, 
cold before salted, salt rubbed in hard, and let 
lie for 24 hours. Prepare you pickle, by taking 
1 oz. saltpetre, 1 oz. pearl ash, 2 quarts molasses, 
enough salt to fully saturate water sufficient to 
cover 200 lbs pork in a barrel; the pork may 
be packed close in a barrel with a little salt, 
then pour on the pickle — cold, when any scum 
rises remove it. Let the pork remain 5 to 6 
weeks, then smoke well, then dip into strong ley, 
and return it into pickle— bugs will never trou- 
JIR. BOTTS’ ADDRESS. 
T1 e following notice, in which we fully c> n- 
cur, of ths address of Mr. C. T. Botts, editor 
of the “Southern Planter,” before the Flenrico 
Agricultural Society of Virginia, reminds us of 
a duijq heretofore omitted, of acknowledging 
the courte.sy of tlic author in sending us a copy. 
“We liave perused the address with great 
pleasure. It bikes a rapid view of agriculture, 
its importance as a science, the deep interest 
which 'he South has in it, and the bearing which 
it has upon our Renu.dican institution.s. The 
author urges upon the society to redouble their 
exertions in the good cause in which they have 
enlisted, and we doubt not his suggestions will 
meet with a hearty response from the members 
of the Henrico Society.” 
Dignity of Labor. — In many portions of 
Europe, to labor is dishonorable. In this coun- 
ts}"-, it is honoi able, for here an idle man is a 
nuisance. An author says: “The American 
motto isindustry. Labor is honorable— idleness 
is dishhnorable ; and I care not whether it is the 
labor of the head or of the hands, for they mutu- 
ally aid each olher. Let me, however, exhort 
those who aie devoted to intellectual pursuits, 
to cherish on their part an exalted and just con- 
ception of the dignity and value of manual la- 
bor, and to make that opinion known in their 
wmrks, and seen in their actions.” 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
PAGE. 
Organic Constituents of Soils 201 
Bommer’s Manure Method put in Practice; > 209 
Mediterranean Wheat; Rules worth being] 
observed; Agricultural Aphorisms; Im- Hqo 
proved Agriculture; Tetters and Ring- m 
worms J 
Proper depth for Seed; Advice to Farmers’ > 204 
The Economy of Agriculture; Tools and ] 
Tool Sheds; Excerpts; Topping Cotton, | 
&c.; Good Fruit; Poultry House; Pre- ^205 
serving Manure; Poudrette; Churning | 
Butter; Flour for Burns J 
Special Notice; tL' the Subscribers of the] 
Southern Cultivator; Agricultural Socie- 
ty in Oglethorpe; Bowling Green Agii- y 
culturil Society; Home made Cotton 1 
Bagging, &c. J 
Sowing Corn Broadcast; Valuable Table; I 
Galls and Gullies; Hints to Young Far- V207 
mers. 9 
Recipe tor Curing Hams; do. Bacon; Mr. } <,0-, 
Botts’ Address S 
GARDEN AND FIELD SEED. 
A GENERAL assortment of fresh 
and genuine G A R D E N and FIELD 
SEED, among which ai'e the following: 
Red and White Clover, 
Blue and Green Grass, 
Rye and Orchard do., 
Timothy and Herds do., 
Millet and Lucerne do., 
Seed Corn of every valuable variety, 
Seed WTeat, 
Buckwheat and Potato Oats, 
Kept constantly on hand by the subscriber, all of 
which are ofl’ered for saleat very moderate prices. 
All orders, by mail or otherwise, executed with 
neatness and despatch. 
WM. HAINES, Jh., 
No. 232 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. 
August SO. 18-tf 
TURNEP SEED. 
A SUPPLY of the following varie- 
ties of fresh TURNEP SEED just receiv- 
ed, viz: 
Yellow Sweedish or Ruta Baga, very fine for 
stock, 
Large Globe Turnep, ] Fine 
“ White Flat do. I for 
“ Hanover or White Ruta Baga do \ table 
“ Norfolk do. J use. 
For sale in quantities to suit purchasers, by 
Aug. 30 18-tf WM. HAINES, Jb. 
AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT. 
Bagging, Hemp 
...yd. 
IG 
20 
Tow 
U 
15 
IB 
18 
Gunnjr 
. . . “ 
181 
fw 
19 
Bale Rope 
....lb. 
G 
(a) 
10 
Bacon, Flog Round 
a 
5 
(a) 
64 
Hams 
iC 
8 
C. 
10 
Shoulders 
it 
4 
(at 
7 
Sides 
li 
5 
(u) 
8 
Coffee, Green i rime Cu 
ba,. “ 
9 
(S 
10 
Ordinary to Good... “ 
7 
((M 
9 
St. Domingo. . . 
(( 
7 
ra 
9 
Rio 
ii 
9 
(a) 
10 
Laguira 
ii 
9 
(10 
10 
Porto Rico 
ii 
9 
fS> 
10 
Java 
ii 
H 
(a) 
14 
Cohn 
•bush. 
33 
(3) 
40 
Flour, Canal 
...bbl. 
6 
00 
(® 
6 
50 
Baltimore 
“ 
n 
L'Df 
?. 
Western 
ii 
n 
ime. 
Country 
4 
00 
(Qi 
5 
50 
Feathers 
... lb. 
30 
(CD 
37i 
Iron, Prussia 
. . .cwt. 
4 
50 
(S) 
5 
00 
Swedes, assorted. . 
. . . “ 
4 
50 
(a 
5 
00 
Hoop 
. . . “ 
7 
00 
(w 
8 
00 
Sheet 
ii 
7 
00 
(a 
6 
00 
Nail Rods 
it 
7 
00 
(a) 
8 
00 
Leather, Sole 
Upper 
....lb. 
23 
(3) 
28 
1 
50 
(3 
2 
00 
Ccilf Skins . . . 
00 
(3 
3G 
00 
Molasses, N. Orleans. . 
...gal. 
31 
(3 
35 
Havana 
it 
2-4 
(3 
30 
Nails 
....lb. 
4i 
13 
6 
Oats 
37| 
(3 
50 
Peas 
ii 
40 
(3 
50 
Sugar, New Orleans 
. ...lb. 
6 
(3 
9 
Havana, white.. 
C( 
11 
(3 
121 
“ brown. 
it 
7 
(3 
8 
Muscovado 
{{ 
7 
(3 
9 
St. Croix 
ii 
8 
(3 
11 
Porto Rico 
ii 
7 
(3 
9 
Lump 
ii 
14 
(3 
16 
Loaf 
a 
15 
(3 
20 
Double Refined. 
a 
12 
(3 
13 
Salt, Liverpool ground. 
(( it 
. .bush. 
45 
<3 
50 
. .sack 
1 
75 
(3 
2 
00 
Steel, German 
. ... lb. 
15 
(3 
16 
Blistered 
(i 
8 
(3 
m 
Twine 
li 
20 
(3 
25 
Tea, Behea 
ii 
50 
(3 
75 
Souchong 
it 
60 
(3 
75 
Hyson 
a 
80 
(3 
1 
25 
Gunpowder 
a 
1 
00 
(3 
1 
25 
BOMMER’S PATENT MANURE. 
T he undersigned is the Agent of 
Messrs. Abbett & Co., for vending rights to 
individuals for making and using the ab ) ve named 
Manure. By reference to the following advertise- 
ment of Messrs. Abbett & Co., the prices may 
be ascertained. All orders addre.ssed to me, post 
paid, at Sparta, Ga., will receive prompt attention. 
Aug. 30. 18-tf R. S. HARDWICK. 
THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
IS PUBLISHED BY 
J. W. & W. S. JONES, 
And will be issued every other Wednesday. 
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The CASH SYSTEM will be rigidly adhered 
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Advertisements pertaining to agriculture will 
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