THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
55 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1844. 
THE BACK VOLUME. 
All new subscribers who may desire it, can 
obtain the first volume, neatly bound in boards, 
at one dollar the volume. 
An Apology. — The ^ame cause which oper- 
ated to delay the publication of our last nu 
her beyond its proper time, has operated upon 
the present. Now that our compositors have 
all recovered from the Measles, we hope to 
move on regularly, and to issue our paper on 
the regular day of publication. 
CORRESPONDENTS— OURSELVES. 
In the prosecution of our labors — in our efforts 
to present an Agricultural Journal acceptable 
to Southern planters, devoted, as it should be, 
to that system of agiiculture best adapted to our 
soil, climate and productions — we had fondly 
hoped to have received the fostering aid of the 
planters generally, in the form of contributions, 
in which new theories should be presented, or 
old ones improved upon. In this, however, if 
we make a few honorable exceptions, we have 
been wholly disappointed. W hy it is, w’e know 
not — indeed, we confess ourselves incompetent 
to render a plausible excuse for many of the 
warm friends of the work, who have never con- 
tributed a paragraph or a line to its pages. 
Why is this I Do they not feel the necessity of 
such contributions 7 It occurs to us that every 
reader of the papei must be struck with the al- 
most entire absence, in our pages, of the contri- 
butions of practical men. We feel, and feel 
sensibly, this defect; and we know that our 
readers must also feel disappointed from the 
same cause. And yet, notwithstanding all our 
efforts and entreaties to our numerous friends, 
we have not been able to overcome their appa- 
rently positive reluctance to communicate what- 
ever they deem of value to the great brotherhood 
of planters. 
It is our purpose, therefore, in this article, to 
renew our oft repeated and urgent requests to 
the friends of our enterprise, to afford us some 
aid in this respect. We are peculiarly situat- 
ed — being, with two exceptions, the onlv Agri- 
cultural organ in the cotton growing regions: 
we are necessarily, in the absence of original 
contributions, compelled to extract copiously 
from other journals, and not unfrequently mat- 
ter not so well adapted as that which would, 
and could be afforded by our friends. Besides 
this, we have an additional claim upon their in- 
tellectual efforts ; for they are interested to an 
equal, if not greater degree than ourselves, in 
the establishment of the most approved and 
enlightened system of culture: such a system 
results immediately in their benefit, and but in- 
directly for ours. It is therefore due to them- 
selves, because of their deep intemst in the sub- 
ject, that’ they should contribute their mite to 
render the Cultivator not only interesting, but 
valuable to every reader. In proportion as it 
is fostered and sustained by the contributions of 
our own planters, in the same ratio will it in- 
crease the interest and attract the attention of 
discreet farmers, wherever it may be seen and 
read. And, in this way, it will be based upon 
a firm and immovable foundation, diffusing its 
benefits to a whole race of people, by introdu- 
cing to them the results of practical operations 
in every department of their highly important 
vocation. 
Does any man doubt that such will be the ac- 
tual result of the publication of such a work, in 
the success of which a whole people are inter- 
ested? Certainly not. Then, do we ask too 
much of our friends, w'hen we ask them to con- 
tribute their several mites to the prosperity of 
the whole country, of which they are a citizen 7 
Indeed, we but ask you to enrich yourselves, to 
put money into your own pockets. For, if we 
can but succeed in exciting sufficient interest on 
the subject, our paper will be well stored with 
matter adapted to the improvement of evet}^ de- 
partment of agriculture. And, as a consequence, 
while one is enlightening his brethren in one 
branch, he will be receiving equal benefits from 
the suggestions of another in a different branch. 
Let us then hope that, for the future, we shall 
not again feel compelled to recur to this subject, 
but that, on the contrary, our friends will contri 
bute liberally to our own, and to each other’s 
wants. 
Remedy for Botts, &c. — Our excellent 
friend, Gen. Grier, of Taliaferro county, has 
sent us the annexed recipes, which we com- 
mend to our readers. We have heretofore giv- 
en that for Botts, but it is one which cannot be 
too often repeated, and we are gratified to have 
this additional testimony in support of its effi- 
cacy. 
Raytown, Ga., April 2d, 1844. 
Cure for the Grubs. — Make a strong de- 
coction of sage tea, and drench in the usual 
way, will soon expel the grubs. Last summer, 
I had a mare that was very sick — she was up 
and down, rolling and tumbling; and, from the 
symptoms, I had just reasons to think it was 
the grubs — and, having heard that sage tea was 
a good remedy, 1 prepared a tea, and drenched 
once, and in aBhort time the mare was relieved. 
She did not lie down, and roll and tumble about, 
after the tea was given. 
Another case . — A negro wagoner, on his way 
to Augusta, last fall, called at my house with a 
sick horse, and applied to me to do something 
for the horse. After looking at the horse, and 
inquiring of the boy about the symptoms, I was 
induced to believe it was the grubs, and direct- 
ed the sage tea to be given, and the horse was 
quickly relieved. These two cases, which 
came under my own observation, succeeded so 
well under this simple mode of treatment, chat 
it has induced me to make it more public. 
I have just conversed with a stage contractor, 
who recommends sage leaves to be put in the 
troughs occasionally, as a preventive for the 
grubs. 
To KILL Lice on Horses and Cattle. — 
Make a strong sassafras tea, or red pepper tea, 
or a mixture of both is preferable, with a reason- 
able portion of lard, and rub or wash the animal 
with it every two or three days. It will kill the 
lice and destroy the nits as last as they hatch ; 
and, by a few washings, the animal will soon 
be rid of the lice : it is a sure and safe remedy. 
To KILL Lice on Hogs. — Cut up a few pods 
of red pepper in small pieces, and fry them in 
lard until they change their color, then mix it 
with tar and a small quantity of spirits of tur- 
pentine, and rub or smear it on the affected 
parts, and along the back and sides. It will 
effectually drive away the lice. 
Death of Willis Gaylord. — The Albany 
Argus announces the death of W illis Gaylord, 
Esq., formerly one of the editors of the Genesee 
Farmer, and since the death of Judge Buel, se- 
nior editor of the “ Cultivator.” He died at his 
residence, Limerock Farm, on the 27th instant, 
alter an illness of only thirty-three hours. He 
was a most estimable citizen, and one of the 
ablest agricultural writers in the United States. 
VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PAPERS. 
The following extract of a letter, from Thos. 
Affleck, Esq., of Mississippi, is so pertinent 
on the subject of the value of Agricultural pa- 
pers, that we cannot forego the pleasure of lay- 
ing it before our readers, with the hope that it 
may excite among some of them a disposition 
to make trial of some of the various sugges- 
tions which are contained in our columns, and 
thereby test the truth of the value of Agricultu- 
ral papers. 
“ I perceive that you do me the honor to re- 
publish some short articles of mine. Gladly 
would I do more towards exciting in my broth- 
er planters a desire to improve in their calling, 
were it in my power; but I find my leisure for 
writing much curtailed — and, moreover, doubt 
very much their willingness to be taught by as 
young a planter as myself. 1 doubt, loo, my 
own capability of teaching; but, when 1 pick 
up, or acquire, by experiment, any thing that I 
consider to be an improvement, I am anxious 
to have others test it, and to save them the labor 
and time which I had to bestow in acquiring it. 
And this is the great advantage of Agricultural 
papers— that they form a record of such things, 
and a cheap and ready vehicle for disseminating 
information, which it has taken perhaps a life- 
time to acquire. Here, for instance, is one item 
which may be before hundreds in a very short 
time, through the medium of your paper — a 
cure for a troublesome disease in the horse, 
swinneij or sioayncy — which, otherwise, they 
might never know. Ihave not tried the remedy., 
but I had it from a practical man. who assured 
me that he had himself eflected at least eight 
perfect cures by it. He takes a quantity of 
common red earth-worms, puts them over the fire 
in a pan, with just sufficient water to keep them 
from sticking to the pan or scorching, and al- 
low them to simmer there until they melt into an 
oil-liJee substance, which is bottled up tor use. 
Rubbing the shoulder with this oil two or three 
times a day, for a few days, will, he assures, 
me, effect a perfect cure. 
