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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
“ Here is another simple aflair which, had I 
known it this last spring, would have saved me 
a world of lost labor, of rail timber. The 
only rail timber 1 have, on one plantation, is 
blue or yellow poplar, (Liriodendron Tulipefe- 
ra,) enormously large trees, which I find great 
difficulty in opening. The stoutest hand, with 
a wi^wZas heavy as he can handle, can make no 
impression on many of them — the maul boun- 
cing from the w'edge or glut, without entering it 
an hair’s breadth. A weight or power, greater 
than one hand can manage or exert, is requisite 
to overcome the resistance, 1 was recently 
complaining, to an old gentleman, of the diffi- 
culty ; and how much I regretted to see fine 
large timber trees scattered about, which I could 
not use ; and which, in a growth of magnolia, 
holly, mulberry, &c., were of great value to me. 
He at once suggested a remedy, “ which he had 
always practsied !” He takes a hickory, dog- 
wood, or other hard wood stick, say six or eight 
feet long, and seven or eight inches through — 
squares one end of it for sti iking with, bores an 
inch and a half, or two inch augur hole, entire- 
ly through, within eighteen inches or two feet 
of each end ; through these runs two pieces of a 
stout grape vine, so that the stick can be lifted 
by four hands, and swung as a hatiering-rarn. 
With a very few blows of this effective manl on 
the glut, the largest log can be opened; and, 
when quartered, can be readily worked up into 
rails. 
“ Now here we have another of the advanta- 
ges ol Agricultural papers. I instance myself 
again. I felt satisfied, when I first settled in 
the South, that a ruinous practice was pursued 
in the culture of Cotton, and was exceedingly 
desirous of making a change. I had so many 
old planters tell me, both by their example and 
their precept, that the only way to make Cotton 
w'as to plow shallow, and put Cotton after Cot- 
ton on the same land tor twenty years in suc- 
cession; that manure would not pay for the 
trouble and labor necessary to apply it ; and that 
if I wanted the Cotton, I must leave plenty of 
plants in the ground — that I almost feared to at- 
tempt any great change, and would have gone 
on experimenting in a small way for some 
years, had 1 not seen those excellent and able 
letters of Dr. N. B. Cloud, in the Albany Cul- 
tivator. These at once determined me to give 
greater distance to my Cotton, and last year I 
reaped the reward. Of the absolute necessity 
for manure, deep plowing, surface culture and 
a rotation of crops, in Cotton growing, as in eve- 
ry thing else, I needed nothing to convince me. 
“You will observe that I have proposed a 
sweep-stakes’ crop ol five acres— five dollars en- 
try. Who of your readers will join us 1 It is 
open to all. Will Dr. Cloud 1 I should be 
highly gratified by his doing so.” 
From the Maine Cultivator. 
COB MEAL. 
Messrs. Editors : — I noticed some time 
since an article in yourpaper — editorial, 1 think 
— in which it was urged upon farmers to grind 
their cobs, as the meal was valuable for many 
urposes on the farm — particularly for poultry, 
ogs and stock. 
On the strength of this suggestion, I “acted,” 
pnd can iiow assure you, so well satisfied am I 
with the result, that my cobs will never, ashere- 
ofore, be “ uselessly thrown away'' As I grind 
my cobs with the corn, I cannot speak definitely 
as to the value of corn meal when used in its 
pure and unmixeej state, but I am satisfied that 
here is a very important saving attained by 
economizing cobs in the manner you direct. I 
have, during the last three months, fed corn and 
cobs to my horses, cattle, hogs, and calves, and 
as I have a large stock this winter, and havci 
thus far fed them wholly on the products of my 
farm, the saving to me, from this simple sug- 
gestion, has, I assure you, been of no small val- 
ue as regards t)ie purse. 
Yours, Economist. 
Conundrum. — Why are many modern ladies 
like the lilies of the field I 
Strange mode of curing a Vicious Horse. 
— I have seen vicious horses in Egypt cured of 
the habit of biting, by presenting to them, while 
in the act of doing so, a leg of mu'ton just taken 
from the fire: the pain which a horse feels in 
biting through the hot meat, causes it, after a 
few lessons, to abandon the vicious habit. 
Burckhardt. 
Remedv for Lice in Cattle. — Fine dry 
sand, when scattered on the back, neck and 
sides of animals, is an effectual remedy against 
these vermin. A friend of ours observes that 
he collects dry sand and puts it in a tub or box 
in the barn, and occasionally applies it during 
the winter, by sifting or strewing it over the bo- 
dy ol the creature, with complete success in rid- 
ding it of its troublesome guest. 
HYMN TO THE FLOWERS. 
BY HORACE SMITH. 
D^-stajrs ! that ope your eyes with man, to twinkle. 
From rainbow galaxies of earth’s creation. 
And dew-dreps on her lonely altars sprinkle. 
As a libation — 
Ye matin worshippers! who, bending lowly. 
Before th’ uprisen sun, God’s lidless eye, 
Throw fioni your chalices aswee and holy 
Incense on high 1 
Ye bright Mosaics 1 tha: with storied beauty. 
The floor of Nature’s temple tesselate, 
What num’rous emblems of instructive duty. 
Your forms create 1 
’Neath clustered bowers, each floral bell that swinge th 
And tolls its perfume on the passing air, 
Makes Sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth, 
A call to prayer 1 
Not to the domes, where crumbling arch and column. 
Attest the feebleness of mortal hand ; 
But to that fane, most catholic and solemn. 
Which God hath pUnn’d — 
To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, 
Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply. 
Its choir the wind and waves — its organ thunder. 
Its dome the sky 1 
There, as in solitude and shade I wander. 
Through the green aisles, or stretched upon the sod. 
Awed by the silence, reverently ponder 
The ways of God — 
Y'our voiceless lips, O flowers, are living preachers. 
Each cup a pulpit, every leaf a book. 
Supplying to my fancy numerous teachers. 
From loneliest nook. 
Floral apostles 1 that in dewy splendor, 
“ Weep without woe, and blush without a crime,” 
Oh ! may 1 deeply learn, and ne’er suireuder 
Your lore sublime ! 
“ Thou wert not, Solomon, in all thy glory, 
Arrayed,” the lilies cry, “ in robes like ours ; 
How vain your grandeur ! ah! how transitory 
Are human flowers !” 
In the sweet-scented pictures. Heavenly artist ! 
With which thou paintest Nature’s wide-spread hall. 
What a delighltul lesson thou impartest, 
Of love to all ! 
Not useless, are ye, flowers, though made for pleasure. 
Blooming o’er field and wave, by day and night ; 
From every source your sanction bids me treasure 
Harmless delight! 
Ephemeral sages 1 what instructors hoary. 
For such a world of thought could furnish scope 1 
Each fading calyx a memento mori, 
Yet fount of hope 1 
Posthumous glories 1 angel-like collection. 
Upraised from seed to bulb interred inearth. 
Ye are to me a type of resurrection. 
And second birth ! 
Were 1, 0 God 1 in churchless lands remaining. 
Far from all voice of teachers and divines. 
My soul would find, in flowers of thy ordaining. 
Priests, serreons, shrines 1 
TURNEP SEED. 
A SUPPLy of the following varie- 
ties of fresh TURNEP SEED just receiv- 
ed, viz: 
Yellow Sweedish or Ruta Eaga, very fine for 
stock. 
Large Globe Turnep, ^ "I Fine 
“ White Flat do. ( for 
“ Hanovei or White Ruta Baga do ( table 
“ Norfolk do. j use. 
For sale in quantities to suit purchasers, by 
Aug. 30 IS-tf WM. HAINES, Jr. 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
PAGE. 
Agricultural Machiner}’, improvement in. . .50 
Agriculture as a Science, 52 
Agricultural Papers, 55 
Bees 53 
Bolts, &c., remedy lor 55 
Bloody Murrain, cure for. 53 
Beds, Coinlorters, Mince-pies, 54 
Corn, 51 
Communications, 49 
Cows holding up their milk 53 
Cow’s Teats, warts on.. 52 
Cornstalk Sugar,. . . 51 
Grease Spots 54 
Gaylord Willis, death of 55 
Grape Vines, grafting 52 
Hymn to the Flowers, 56 
Improvement of the soil and mind, .54 
Peach Stones, 51 
Peach Stones, planting of 53 
Salt, 52 
Sheep, age of the 52 
Truth well spoken, 52 
Worn-out Lands, restoration ot 52 
Young Ladies, 53 
GARDEN AND FIELD SEED. 
A GENERAL assortment of fresh 
and genuine G A R D EN and FIELD 
SEED, among which are 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 Wheat, 
Buckwheat and Potato Oats, 
Kept constantly on hand by the subscriber, all of 
which are offered for saleat very moderate prices. 
All orders, by mail or otherwise, executed with 
neatness and despatch. 
WM. HAINES, Jr., 
No. 232 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. 
August 30. 18-tf 
LliXNAlAN BOTANIC GARDEN 
AND NURSERY— LATE PRINCE’S, 
Flushing, L. I., near New York. 
mHE new DESCRIPTIVE 
JL CATALOGUE, not only of 
FRUIT, but also of ORNAMENTAL 
TREES, SHRUBS, and PLANTS, 
cultivated and for sale at this ancient and cele- 
brated Nursery, (Ariofon os Prince’s, and by the 
above title for nearly fifty years,) 
WITH DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR CULTURE, 
maybe had gratis on application to the New Pro- 
prietors, by moW, post-paid. 
The collection at this establishment is unri- 
valled, and prices generally rery much reduced ; 
and the proprietors flatter themselves that the 
Catalogue will be found to surpass in extent of 
information and usefulness, any thing of the 
kind ever before presented to the public; and to 
be worthy of a permanent plape jn the library of 
the Horticulturist. pRDERS will be promptly 
executed. WINTER & CO., 
Flushing, February 17, 1844. Proprietors, 
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