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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
From the Tennessee Agriculturist. 
SMALL FARMS. 
Perhaps the greatest mistake in the larming 
of America, is the practice of attempting to cul- 
tivate more land than can be well lilled. This 
system may be properly styled surface culture^ 
and it has been the means of impoverishing 
more land than any other cause. In the great 
South-West, as well as in the South-East, thou- 
sands and thousands ol acres have been worn 
out, and abandoned to t'le growth of broom sedge, 
by this ill directed mode of procedure. It re- 
mains no longer doubtful, that a hundred bush- 
els ol com can be grown upon the single acre 
of ground, and with little more labor in tillage 
than is required for cultivating an acre that 
yields but twelve or filteen bushels. The secret 
of permanent success in every thing, is to do 
all well that is attempted. Five acres, well pre- 
pared, and well cultivated, will produce at least 
as much as twenty-five acres on the common 
exhausting plan. Thus it is obvious, this state- 
ment being admitted, that one-filth of the land 
now cultivated might, with a different system, 
produce as much as is at present grown in the 
country. It is also evident, on the supposition, 
that agriculture might be made five times more 
profitable, and assuredly the pleasure and honor 
of the protession might be signally augmented. 
Thorough manuring, deep plowing, good seeds, 
timely planting, proper rotation of crops, and neat 
culture, would work wonders in our Agricul- 
ture. 
The intellectual enjoyment and real moral ol 
improved husbandry, are not to be overlooked. 
In consequence of the loveliness of a garden, the 
abode ol the just in the next world is denomina- 
ted paradise, a garden, or a heaven, and when 
it is remembered the whole farm can be made as 
interesting as a finely cultivated garden, there 
is something truly enchanting in the farmer's 
protession. A rich and well tilled field affords 
the most lovely scenes ; but a poor field, with an 
indifferent crop, is certainly discouraging. — 
Time will be when this subject will be duly ap- 
preciated wdth the farming world. T. F, 
From the Albany Cultivator. 
CULTURE OF COTTON IN GEORGIA. 
Messrs. Gaylord & Tucker — About the 
middle ol January, 1843, 1 moved to this place, 
which is considered, by the neighbors, the poor- 
est plantation in the neighborhood, it having 
been in constant cultivation tor upwards ol 20 
f ^ears, without rest or manure. It is poor pine 
and, but lies almost level, and is easy to culti- 
•vate. I very soon became a subscriber for 
your valuable Cultivator, and noticing Dr 
Cloud’s improved plan ol raising cotton, I was 
induced to try one acre. Not having the proper 
kind of compost, I used for broadcast raw stable 
manure, and in each hill half a gallon of such 
as I could gather in the barn-yard, and treated 
it throughout after the Dr.’s plan. From insects 
and other causes, there was 5G8 missing hills ; 
from this acre I gathered 1,428 lbs. seed cotton. 
In August, we had a slight drouth ; the cotton 
turned yellow, and cast a great many ot the 
balls and squares : this, I think, was occasion- 
ed by the raw stable manure. 
I also planted six acres four and a half feet 
by three, and put in each hill half a gallon ot 
barn-yard manure, not having any for broadcast 
cultivation, nearly the same as the above ; the 
yield was above a thousand pounds per acre. 
The balance of my cotton was planted in the 
ordinary way without manure, feet by 13 in- 
ches. From this I gathered 515 lbs. I think 
there was no difference in the quality of the 
land previous to planting. I am fully satisfied, 
if 1 had used the proper kind of compost, instead 
of the unrofed stable manure, and a full stand, 
1 would have had 3,000 lbs in-tead of 1.428. 1 
am so much pleased with the Dr.’s plan, that I 
expect hereafter to practice it as far as my abili- 
ty will afford; and if I could obtain some of 
Dr. Cloud’s improved cotton seed, I flatter my- 
self that in a few years I would be able to as- 
tonish some of our cotton planters that adhere 
so strenuously to the old system of kill, cripple 
and go ahead. J. D. H. 
Houston County, Ga., Jan. tiQth, 1844. 
From the London Punch. 
EXQUISITE IRONY— POVERTY. 
As poverty is the lowest, so it is the most im- 
pudent of the whole family of vices. Pride is 
a gentlemanly failing, and sins sw'eetly and res- 
pectably. It smells of civet, and turning its 
varnished cheek to the sun, walks abroad in 
purple and fine linen. Nay, it rides in a coach 
and four: and, in hours of penitential castiga- 
tion, bolls itself in a pew of best uphols;ery, and 
m a fit of humility, lasting at least a couple of 
hours, calls itself a miserable sinner. Hence, 
pride at its worst has its good graces. At ail 
events, it never offends that extraordinary ab- 
straction, public decency ; for though we hear 
much about it, it is, nevertheless, sometimes as 
difficult to discover as a city police man. No, 
pride, being a vice that is well to do in the world, 
may be called respectable. Pride keeps a ba- 
rouche ! Drunkenness may, or may not, be res- 
pectable, according to ils education. When we 
say education, we mean the peculiar bottle it 
studies. For the drunkenness that ponders over 
champagne, is a very diflferent vice to the drunk- 
enness that takes libations from pewter quar- 
terns. Arrogance is also a vice that may have 
its laudation. It rarely conso''ts with beggars; 
but is, at least among that suspicious class, the 
re-^pectable. Covetousness and avarice are 
called vices ; for our part, we have ever 
thought them among the noblest virtues. And 
so, indeed, in their heart of hearts do nine men 
out of ten think them. And this is w'hat they 
do ; they give them hard names, and then, to 
make amends for their seeming harshness, take 
them to their bosoms, in the same way that a 
foolish mother, w'hen she sees her baby doing 
all sorts ol household misdem anors, cries, “ you 
little wretch,” and then catches the child in her 
arms and covers it with kisses. There are a 
few other vices that may all of them be turned 
into passable virtues, if lound in good company. 
Lust, cruelty, selfi.shness, each and all ol these 
may have a pretty alias — another thrilling, mu- 
sical name fur the long ears of biped thistle- 
eaters. But there is one vice, and that vice is 
poverty, which all men declare to be intamous, 
incorrigible, incapable of amendment; a leper, 
a w'retch, a monster, to be confined in cabins 
and cellars, or sent, like a scapegoat, into the 
howling wilderness. 
A Hint to Young Married Women. — 
Never tell your own affairs to any old gossiping 
houeewile. Let i.er appear ever so specious, 
so sincere, so candid ; be sure to avoid her, and 
keep your own counsel : for the only reason she 
has for prying into your secrets, for insinuating 
herself into your confidence, is to learn that 
some error, some deformity exists in 3 our fami- 
ly, on which she may least with secret delight 
for a luxurious moment, and then share some of 
the choicest bits with her neighbors. Treasure 
this up, and act upon it, and it will save you 
years of mortification, if not of heart-burning 
and sorrow. 
Scours in Calves.— Lovett Peters, Esq., in 
a communication in ttie N. E. Farmer, says he 
has tried most of the remedies recommended for 
this disease, but has lound the following to suc- 
ceed better than any ot er. “ It is a half a pint 
of cider, and as much blood, taken from the 
calve’s neck, shook well together, and given it 
with a bottle.” 
Blind Teeth. — John Johnston, of Geneva, 
says he has had much experience with blind 
teeth. He slates that when they come out in 
such a way that the grinders of the under jaw 
press on them, the eyes are always injuriously 
aflfected. The blind teeth should always be ta- 
ken out as soon as they make their appear- 
ance. 
Warts on Cow’s Teats. — Cows are some- 
times troublesome about being milked, incon- 
sequence of their teats being sore from warts. 
The Mass. Ploughman recommends rubbing 
•the teats with the juice ot milk-w’eed, and also 
the application of a poultice made of grated 
carrot. Both may be good ; at any rate they 
will do no hurt, but the best plan to obviate this 
trouble is, to cut off" the waits witn sharp scis- 
sors, when the cows are dry. Not much blood 
will flow, and the teats will heal in a lew days. 
Editorial Remark. — “How seldom it hap- 
pens,” said one friend to another, “ that we find 
editors who are bred to the business.” “ Very,” 
replied the other, “ and have you not remarked 
how seldom the business is bread to the 
editors.” 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
PAGF. 
Agricultural Papers, the effects of 60 
Broom Corn, 63 
Cotton, culture of in Georgia, 64 
Farms, Small 64 
Grafting Wax, 62 
Horticulture, Elements of 58 
Indigo, Culture of and Preparation for Mar- 
ket, 57 
Irony, 64 
Okra, 63 
Swiney, Cure of. 58 
Suggestions to Cotton Planters, 62 
Stains, to remove 62 
Stock, Feeding 63 
Scours in Calves, 64 
Teeth, Blind 64 
Young Married Ladies, 64 
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August 30. 13-tf 
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