THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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plant is not yet understood. The plan hitnerto 
practised, oi taking utt the young ear is as ob- 
jectionable as iiijurious to the stalk, h'rom 
some trials made the present season, it is believ- 
ed that taking off ti e tassel will be I'ounil effec- 
tual in securing the object. Let the corn be 
cultivated at such distance.- (according to the 
quality of the laud) as will grow the stalk 
about an inch in diameter. 
As soon as the tassel appears sufficiently to 
be taken hold oi with tne hand, it should be 
pulled outi this operation does not injure the 
stalk in any perceptible degree. 
But without anticipating improvements we 
will give a calculation from the results which 
have been actually obtained. In the first place, 
the fodder is at least equal in value to a crop of 
the best timothy hay. No green food which can 
be raised on a farm, is to be compared to it for 
increasing the milk of cows. It may be ] re- 
served for winter use to great advantage, by 
packing it, when partially cured, alternately 
with layers of any straw. If properly saved, 
this part of the crop will pay ail expense.s. We 
last .season obtained from one acre between six 
and seven hundred gallons of juice. This 
quantity it properly manufactured, will make 
a,t least five hundred pouqds of sugar and filty 
gallons of molasses. The estimate then lor 
one acre will stand thus; 
Dr. 
To ploughing and harrowing $2 50 
2 bushels of seed and boiling. 2 00 
Cultivating 4 00 
Taking off ears 5 00 
Cuttingup, grinding, saving fodder,&c.l7 50 
Wood 5 00 
$36 00 
Cr. 
By 3 tons fodder, at $12 per ton $36 00 
500 lbs. sugar, at 6 cents 30 00 
50 gals, molasses at 30 cents 15 00 
Stalks after grinding 4 00 
Ears taken off 1 00 
86 00 
36 00 
Balance $50 00 
Our operations, the present season, are not 
yet sufficiently matured to furnish any further 
observations. 
I am respectfully yours, 
William Webb. 
North Carolina Tea. — A communication 
appeared in the Richmond Enquirer a short 
time since, on the culture of Tea, from the Chi. 
na seed, in Grenville county, N. C. It was 
supposed by many at the time to be a hoax, 
as the writer, a Mr. Newbell Puckett, was not 
generally known in the county — but a corres- 
pondent of the Raleigh Register thus explains 
matter; 
Some business called me to that neighbor- 
hood this week, where I met with Mr. Edward 
Lewis, who informed me that Mr. Puckett was 
his mother’s overseer; and that the letter to the 
editor of the Richmond Enquirer was no hoax. 
The fact that Mr. P. came to this state last win- 
ter, and has occupied an humble, but respecta- 
ble station in life, satisfactorily accounts for the 
limited acquaintance which the neighborhood 
has with him. At the request of Mr. Lewis, 
Mr. Robert Eaton and myself visited his moth- 
er, the lady in whose service Mr. Puckett is now 
employed. He states that an acquaintance of 
his found some seed in a paper of tea, and plant- 
ed them in a flower box. They vegetated, and 
the seed of the plant matured in the fall; and 
were sown the following spring, and cultivated 
with success. Mr. P. brought some of these 
seeds with him to this State, and divided them 
with his employer, Mrs. Lewis. From these, 
which they sowed last spring, they raised about 
half a gallon of seed. Mrs. Lewis favored us 
ytith some of the tea, prepared in the usual way, 
and, in flavor, it very much resembies the for- 
eign tea. By comparing the pods, leaves and 
stalks, with cuts or plates of the Chiuesp tea- 
plants, found in encyclopedias and gazetteers, 
you may perceive a striking similarity. If this 
should prove to be the genuine article, and can 
be successfully cultivated in the United States, 
it may not only keep in circulation among us 
thousands of dollars, which would otherwise be 
transported to a foreign land, but will place a 
pleasant and nutrative beverage in the hands of 
every cottager. 
Yours, most respectfull}^ 
L. K. Willie. 
Oxford, Jan. 10, 1844. 
PLA.NTERS’ CLUB OF HANCOCK 
The Annual Fair of the Planters’ Club of 
Hancock, will take place at Sparta, on Friday 
and Saturday, the 1st and 2d ofNovember next, 
when the following premiums and honors will 
be awarded; 
For the best acre of upland corn, a silver 
cup, value $10 00 
second best 5 00 
third “ 3 00 
fourth and fifth, do. Honors. 
best acre of low ground corn 5 00 
second do do 3 00 
third do do 2 00 
fourth and fifth do. Honors, 
best acre of wheat, on upland, a sil- 
ver cup, value 10 00 
second best, a premium of 5 00 
third do do 3 00 
fourth and fifth. Honors, 
best acre of Cotton, on upland, a sil- 
ver cup, value 10 00 
second best, a premium of 5 00 
third do do 3 00 
fourth and fifth, Honors. 
best acre of Oats, a premium of 3 00 
second best do 2 00 
third, fourth and fifth, Honors. 
best acre of Sweet Potatoes 3 00 
second best 2 00 
third, fourth and fifth. Honors, 
best acre of Turneps 3 00 
second best 2 00 
. third, fourth and fifth, Plonors. 
By a rule of the Club, competitors for premi- 
ums on crops, will be required to give the mo- 
dus operand! of culture, the quantity and quali- 
ty of manure applied, and evidence that the 
land reported on contained a lull acre, and crop 
accurately measured. 
For the best Jack, a premium of $5 00 
second best 3 00 
best Georgia raised Mule 3 00 
second best 2 00 
best Mule Colt 3 00 
second best 2 00 
best Stallion of 4 years or upward, . . .5 00 
second best 3 00 
third, fourth and fifth best. Honors, 
best 3 year old Colt or Filly 3 00 
second best 2 00 
third, fourth and fifth best. Honors, 
best 2 year old Colt or Filly 2 00 
second best 1 00 
third, fourth and fifth best, Honors, 
best brood Mare, wither without a colt 5 00 
second best 2 00 
third, fourth and fifth best. Honors. 
best Bull 3 00 
second best 2 00 
third, fourth and fifth best. Honors. 
best 2 year old Bull 2 00 
second best 1 00 
third, fourth and fifth best. Honors. 
Cow producing the largest quantity of 
milk, without regard to blood 5 00 
second best 3 00 
third best 1 00 
fourth and fifth best. Honors. 
best Milch Cow 3 00 
second best 2 00 
thjrd, fourth and fifth best, Honors, 
best 2 year old Heifer 2 00 
second best 1 00 
third, fourth and fifth best. Honors. 
best Ram 2 00 
second best 1 00 
third, fourth and filth be.st. Honors. 
best Ewe 2 00 
second best 1 00 
third, fourth andfiifh best. Honors. 
best Boar 3 OO 
second best 2 00 
third, fourth and filth best. Honors. 
best Sow 3 00 
second best 2 00 
third, fourth and fifth best. Honors, 
heaviest fat Hog, from 1 to 2 years old, 
in proportion to age ’ 2 00 
second best 1 00 
third, fourth and fifth best. Honors, 
heaviest Pig, agreeably to age, from 6 
to 12 months old 2 00 
second best 1 00 
third, fourth and fifth best, Honors, 
best piece of 8 yards Homespun, for 
gentlemen’s wear 3 00 
second best 2 00 
third, fourth and fifth best. Honors. 
best Counterpane 3 00 
second best 2 00 
third, fourth and fifth best. Honors, 
best piece of lOy’ds Domestic Silk.. .5 00 
second best 3 00 
third, fourth and fiith best. Honors. 
bes‘ article of Negro Clothing 2 00 
second best 1 00 
third, fourth and fifth best, Honors, 
best article of Negro Blanketing, of 
cotton or wool 2 00 
second best 1 00 
third, fourth and fifth best. Honors. 
The Club has set apart ten dollars, to be 
awarded by their committees to articles manu- 
factured by ladies, not enumerated in their pre- 
mium list, such as Capes, Collars, Caps, Pock-., 
ets, Baskets, or any fancy article made by a 
lady. Tuttle H. Audas, Sec’y. 
iSparta, January 23, 144. 
Cure for Burns. — Burns or scalds may be 
relieved, and speedily cured, by an application 
of ink and raw cotton, to take out the fire, and a 
salve of lard and Jamestown weed, to heal the 
wound. The salve is made by stewing the 
leaves or seeds of the weed in lard, and strain- 
ing through any thin cloth. This is an excel- 
lent article for sores of any kind. Fresh cuts 
are soon healed by its use, and if you have a 
horse with galls or sore back this is a superior 
remedy. Every family would act wisely to al- 
ways have the salve in readiness. 
Another. — Another good remedy for burns 
is a preparation, one part of lard, one part of 
rosin, and a half part of turpentine, simmered 
together till all are coinpletelg melted. The 
burns, with an application, should be washed 
daily and dressed with fresh ointment. — Tennes- 
see Agriculturist. 
Lock-Jaw in a Horse. — Loraine gives an 
account of successful treatment for this disease. 
A mare, fftim severe treatment, had a violent 
attack of the lock-jaw, and after it had continu- 
ed nearly a day, tire animal was incapable of 
rising, and seemed to be in the agonies of death. 
Dr. Dewes was consulted, who having been in- 
formed by Dr. Ruse that he had cured a horse 
of the lock-jaw by dashing cold water over him, 
recommended this treatment. Thirty or forty 
buckets of water were dashed over her head and 
body -with despatch. But little effect was pro- 
duced, and in about two hours the bathing was 
repeated, and then the clenching of the jaws 
was a little relaxed. A third was tried and she 
bit the grass around her, though unable to swal- 
tow it. A fourth enabled her to eat, and the 
next day she was well, and for three years, the 
time the account was given, she had been as 
healthy and active as ever, — Far. Gazette. 
