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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
Harrowung GraIxV— We have olien (says 
the American Agriculturist) found great bene- 
fit in harrowing grain in the spring of the year, 
as soon as the ground is well settled and dry, 
more especially wheat somewhat winter killed. 
It stirs the earth encourages tilling, and adds to 
the vigor of the growth of the plant. The har- 
row should be lollowed by the roller, so as to 
replace the roots of the plant which may belaid 
bare by the harrow, and crowd them in the 
earth. 
The Albany Cultivator says: The horse- 
radish is propagated by sets or by taking the 
crown of the plant, with a lew inches of the 
root, and burying it in deep rich soil to the depth 
of eight or ten inches. If the set is split into 
tw'O or three parts, retaining a part ol the crown 
on each, the plant may be increased more ra- 
pidly. Belore planting, the ground should be 
dug and manured to the depth ol eighteen inches 
or tw'o feet. The plants may be set in the 
spring or fall. 
Experiment. — A Scotch paper says that the 
Rev. Mr. Ramsay, of Arbroath, cominenced 
digging early potatoes on the 38th of June : al- 
ter removing the crop, he immediately replanted 
the stems; and although the first crop was con- 
sidered good, the second fromthestems, was su- 
perior, more numerous, larger, and of a better 
quality. The experiment is worthy of lurther 
trial. 
Conical Brushes. — A writer in the New 
England Farmer recommends a corn-cob fas-- 
tened to a pole as a good substitute for Picker- 
ing’s conical brush in removing caterpillars 
from trees. The editor of the Farmer thinks 
that any one who allows caterpillars to encum' 
her his trees when he can avoid it by cobbing 
them, deserves to be “ cobbed” himself.. 
An Insect Trap. — Scoop out the inside ol 
a turnep, scollop the edge ol the shell, and place 
it downward on the earth : the insects will pass 
into it as a place of retreat, through the holes ;; 
and the beds of squashes, melons, cucumbers, 
&C., may thus soon be cleared of them. 
NOVEL METHOD OF WORKING BUTTER. 
A correspondent ol the American Agricultu- 
rist, writing from Montpelier, Vermont, says: 
“Avery useful and ingenious mode ol ex- 
tracting whey Irom butter, was recently related 
to me by a gentleman who had resided many 
years in the grazing districts of France; and 
he informed me that a similar apparatus is at 
present in successful operation, near by here, in 
this Stale, although I have not yet seen it. He 
described it fn a manner that could not fail to 
be understood by any farmer in the Union. 
“ The machine, he represented as made of 
wood, in form not much unlike a grindstone, 
closely fitted into a trough, leaving a space be- 
tween the stone and bottom of the trough not 
exceeding a sixteenth of an inch m thickness. 
The trough is first filled with clean water satu- 
rated with salt, one end of whichis crowded full 
of the newly-churned butter. Then the stone is 
put in motion by means of the crank or other- 
wise, and the butter is drawn beneath it, and 
comes out at the other end ol the trough in thin 
sheets, not more than one-sixteenth of an inch 
in thickness, almost entirely freed from the 
whey, and for common use requires no further 
salting. The brine thus prepared, has another 
very important office to perform. It imbibes, 
by chemical affinity, all the whey with which it 
comes in contact, and leaves the but'er by it- 
self. 
“ Although this apparatus is extremely rude 
and simple, it is obvious to an ingenious me- 
chanic, how easily such a machine could be im- 
proved upon, and answer a tenlold purpose.” 
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
In consonance with a resolution passed at the 
last meeting of the State Agricultural Society^ 
the following premiums are offered lor stock, at 
the exhibition to be held in Greenville, on the 
2d Wednesday in September next : 
For the best Stallion over 5 years old for 
harness purposes, a silver cup, $15 00 
For the best Stallion, over 5 years old, for 
saddle purposes, a silver cup, 15 00 
For the best Stallion or Colt, under 5 
years old, a silver cup, 10 00 
For the best Mare or Filly, under 5years 
old,_ a silver cup, ..... 10 00 
For the best Mule, over 3 years old, bred 
by a member, a silver cup 10 00 
For the best Mule, underSyears old, bred 
by a member, a silver cup, 10 00 
For the best Bull, over 1 year old, a silver 
cup,... 15 00 
For the best Bull, under 1 year old, asil- 
vercup, 10 00 
For the best Milch Cow, a silver cup, ... 15 00 
For the be.st Heifer, under 1 year old, a 
silver cup, 10,00 
For the best Boar, over 1 year old, a sil- 
ver cup, 10 00 
For the best Boar, under 1 year old, a sil- 
ver cup, 5 00 
For the best Sow, over I year old, a silver 
cup,.. — .. ... 10 00 
For the best Sow, under 1 year old, a sil- 
ver cup, 5 00 
For the best Ram, a silver cup, 5 00 
For the best Ewe,, a silver cup 5 00 
Any citizen of the Slate, paying 5> dollars be- 
fore the hour of exhibition, will be thereby con- 
stituted a member, and entitled to compete for 
the premiums. James B. Davis, Sec’y. 
All the local Societies are requested to send 
•Delegates to this meeting, and Hon. John B. 
O’Neall is appointed to deliver an address. 
Planters are requested to add to the interest 
of the exhibition, by sending stock to the lair for 
sale^ to which the Secretary will cheerfully at- 
teniL. • 
The- folloM’ ing- are the awards offered at the 
annual meeting of the State Agricultural Socie- 
ty, to be held as usual on the 1st Wednesday of 
the session, in Columbia : 
For the best managed Farm, a silver 
cup, . ... .... . ... ... . - $20 00 
For the greatest product of Corn,,per acre, « 
a silver cup, A ’J*’ • • * 
For the greatest product of Short ^aple 
Cotton, a silver cup,. 10 00 
For the greatest product ol Sea Island 
Cotton, a silver cup, 10 Off 
For the greatest product of Wheat, a sil- 
ver cup, 10 00 
For the. greatest product of Rice, a silver 
cup, 10 00 
For the greatest product ol Potatoes, a^ 
silver cup, • m. 10 00 
For the best specimen of Silk Fabric, do- 
mestic, a silver cup, 10 00 
For the best specimen ol Woollen Fabric, 
dom«stic, a silver cup, 10 00 
For the best specimen of Cotton Fabric, 
domestic, a silver cup, . . .• ^ . 10 00 
For th^est specimen of domestic Cotton 
Bagging, a silver cup, 10 00 
These premiums are offered only to the suc- 
cessful competitors of local Societies, and where 
no local Societies e:^ist, a competitor may send 
a certificate of the fact and exhibit. 
All local Societies are requested to aid by au- 
thentic facts, the proper decision of the Agri- 
cultural Societies in theabqve awards. 
James B. Davis, Sec’y. 
Food and Pasture for Cows. — In the 
same animal, says Johnston in his Lectures, 
the quantity of milk is known to be .greatly in- 
fluenced by the kind of food. This is best un- 
derstood in the neighborhood of large towns, 
where the profit of the dairy-man is dependent 
upon the quantity, rather than upon the quality 
ol his milk. Hence the value of highly succu- 
lent foods of the grass of irrigated meadows — 
ol ma.shed and steamed food — ol brewer’s grains 
— ofturneps, potatoes and beets — and ol other 
similar vegetable productions, which contain 
much water, intimately mixed wiih nutritive 
matter, and thus tend both to aid in the produc- 
tion ofmilk, and to increase its quantity. 
COUTEl/lTS OF THIS HUMBER. 
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Pa- 
tents 81 
Dana’s Prize Essay on Manures, (continued); 
Roots vs. Hay 82 
On the Cotton Gin and the Introduelron of 
Cotton 83 
Root Culture; Alternation of Crops 84 
What is the Proper Food of Wheat; Esti- 
mate of the Crops oll843; Sowing Com 
for Fodder 85 
Report ol the Committee on Manures, of the 
Bowling Green Agricultural Society; Ag- 
ricultural Fair ; Improvement of Worn-out 
Lands; Simple mode ol Purifying Water; 
Cotton Manufactures in Cincinnati 86 
Editorials— Another Agricultural Society; 
Every Man his own Cattle Doctor, (Edi- 
tor’s Notice) ;• Extraordinary Strawberries j 
Extraordinary Fecundity;. Curefor aFoun-- 
dered Horse 8X 
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, "I Fine 
“ White Flat do. ( for 
. “ Hanovei or White Ruta Baga do r table 
“ Norfolk do. } use. 
For sale in quantities to suit purchasers, by 
Aug. 30 18-tf WM. HAINES. Jb. 
GARDEN AND FIELD SEED. 
A GENERAL assortment of fresh. 
and genuine G A R D E N 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 Com of every valuable variety. 
Seed Wheat, 
Buckwheat and Potato Oats, 
Kept constantly on hand by the subscriber, all of 
which are offered*for sale at very moderate prices. 
All orders, by mail or otherwise, executed witli 
neatness and despatch. • 
WM. HAINES, Jr., 
No. 232 Bread street, Augusta, Ga. 
August 30. 18-tf 
THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
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