THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
104 
From the Farmer’s Monthly Visiter. 
HOME AFFECTIONS. 
The heart has memories that cannot die. 
The rough rules of the world cannot obliterate 
them. They are memories of home, early 
home. There is magic in the very sound. 
There is the old tree under which the light- 
hearted boy swung in many a summer day; 
there is the house where he knew a parent’s 
love, and found a parent’s protection — now there 
is the room in which he romped with his broth- 
er or sister, long since, alas ! laid in the church- 
yard in which he must soon be gatheredj over- 
shadowed by yon old church, whither, with a 
joyous troop like himself, he has often followed 
his parents to worship with, and to hear the 
good old man who gave him to God in baptism. 
Why even the very school-house associated in 
youthful days with thoughts ol leruleand tasks, 
now comes back to pleasant remembrances of 
many an attachment there formed, many occa- 
sions that called forth some generous exhibition 
ot the traits ol human nature. There he learn- 
ed to tell some of his best emotions. There, 
perchance, he first met the being who, by her 
love and tenderness in after life, has made a 
home for himself happier even than that which 
childhood knew. — There are certain feelings of 
humanity, and those too among the best, that 
can find an appropriate place lor their exercise 
only by one’s own fireside. There is a sacred- 
ness in the privacy of that spot which it were a 
species of desecration to violate ! He who seeks 
wantonly to invade it, is neither more nor less 
than a villain ; and hence there is no surer test 
of the debasement o-l morals in a community, 
than the disposition to tolerate in any mode the 
man who disregards the sanctities of private 
lile. In the turmoil of the world, let there be at 
least one spot where the poor man may find af- 
fection that is disinterested, where he may in- 
dulge a confidence that is not likely to be abus- 
ed. 
From th« Boston Cultivator. 
WARMING LANDS. 
Mr. Josiah Lovett, ol Beverly, who has been 
remarkably successful in raising Various kinds 
ol vegetables, as has appeared by his superior 
exhibitions at the Horticultural Rooms, in a 
late No. ol the New England Farmer, gives his 
mode ol warming land, by which he gets vege- 
tables almost as early as they are produced in 
the vicinity ot Boston, though the season in Be- 
verly is at least a week later, and Mr. Lovett’s 
land is moist and low. 
His method is, to plow or spade, or in work- 
ing the land in any way, to do it lokile the sun 
shines clear, and, if possible,from 11 to4 o’clock. 
By this means, the warm surface earth is turned 
under, the cold earth brought up and warmed, 
and buried in turn. This is repeated two or 
three times, on warm sui.ny days. Seeds plant- 
ed on land thus warmed, a week or ten days la- 
ter than on land plowed or spaded but once, will 
mature their fruit earlier and of a superior size, 
with the same manuring and attention. 
This system is founded on the true principles 
of philosophy, as will appear evident to every 
person of reflection, and we doubt not may be 
turned to a good practical account. The supe- 
rior crop, from a more thorough pulverization 
of the soil, and mixing it well with manure, 
will amply compensate for the extra plowing. 
From the Farmer’s Mmvlhly Visitor. 
ASHES IN THE HILL. 
We advise young farmers not to put ashes in 
the hill with the corn ; the ley they make is of- 
ten destructive to the young roots when they 
first protrude irom the kernel. The ashes may 
be dropped on the hill as soon as you have 
planted your field, and this is better than to wait 
till the corn is up ; it is leso labor, and it tends 
belter to keep off the worms. Bury neither 
corn nor potatoes deep; both should lie on an 
easy bed, for the first shoots tend downward 
when the soil will permit them. When the 
earth is moist enough, half an inch of covering, 
pressed down with the hoe, is better than more. 
From the Weslern Farmer and Gardener. 
TO PRO 1 EOT VINElS FROM BUGiS. 
A subscriber communicated to us, a few days 
ago, a fact relative to the destruction of such 
bugs and winged insects as are injurious to cu- 
cumber and melon vines, &c. He has practiced 
it for several years, and found it very effectual 
in protecting the plants from the destructive 
ravages of these insects. The method is as fol- 
lows ; Just at evening, he kindles a small fire, 
(or if the pa'ch be large, several may be neces- 
sary’,) that will blaze freely, in some convenient 
place, where it will not injure the plants. He 
then, by brushing the plants, alarms the bugs, so 
as to cause them to lake wing, when they fly di- 
rectly into the fire, and are destroyed. 
Scare-Cbows. — The best protection for our 
corn, from the depredations of the crows, is 
white twine stretched across the field, supported 
by stakes or poles, in several directions ; the ap- 
pearance of which seem to give these darkies 
idea ot a net or snare, of which they are very 
shy. For fear, however, they may become ac- 
customed to it, take the additional precaution of 
tarring, and rolling the seed in plaster. 
The Bite of a Rattlesnake. — The most 
simple and convenient remedy, says a corres- 
pondent of the Macon Messenger, I ever heard 
of, wasalum. A piece the size of a hickory nut, 
dissolved in water and drank, or chewed and 
swallowed, is sufficient. 1 have a good authori- 
ty for saying it has been tried many times on 
men and dogs, and that they have invariably re- 
covered. I know of some planters whose hands 
are exposed to be bitten by rattlesnakes, who al- 
ways have them provided with it, in their pock- 
ets, and they have several times found use for 
it. 
Bad Air in Wells.— Never go down into a 
well which has been at any time out of use } or 
if it be deep, without trying the air in it. This 
may be done by lowering a lighted candle — if it 
burns, there is no danger; but if it goes out, the 
air is bad, and death would be the consequence 
of venturing into it. It is said that the air may 
be speedily corrected by putting into the well, 
say from half a bushel to a bushel of quick 
lime, which will absorb the carbonic acid gas — 
the agent alike deleterious to comfort and respi- 
ration. 
Farming at Cape Cod. — The farming inte- 
rests on Cape Cod, aopears to be on a rather 
more precarious footing than any where else, 
where agiiculture is pursued to any extent. A 
couple ot acies ot land planted with corn by Mr. 
Harvey Hawes, at Dennis, was blown away by 
the wind, a few days since, to such a depth that 
it was impossible to tell which part remained 
planted, and which did not. We have heard 
strange stories of Cape Cod farming before — 
how they fo Idered their cows upon codfish, and 
weaned the calves upon pickled herring, and all 
that ; but this business of having their freehold 
taken off bodily by a nor’-wester, is a calamity 
that is quite new to us. Why don’t the Cape 
Codmen kellock their corn fields as they do their 
mackerel boats, or tie up their ) otatoe patches 
to a tree, when they see a squall coming I — 
Boston Mail. 
To make Water Cold in the Sommer.— 
The folio wing is a simple mode of rendering 
water almost as cold as ice : — Let the jar, pitcher 
or vessel used for water be surrounded with one 
or more folds of coarse cotton kept constantly 
wet. The evaporation of the water will carry 
off the heat from the inside and reduce it to a 
freezing point. In India and other tropical re- 
gions where ice cannot be procured, this is com- 
mon. Let every mechanic or laborer have at ’ 
his place of employment two pitchers thus pro- 
vided, with lids and covers; the one to contain 
water for drinking, the other for evaporation, 
and he can always have a supply of cold water 
in warm weather. Any person can test this by 
dipping a finger in water, and holding it in the 
air ol a warm day ; after doing this three or four 
times, he will find his finger uncomfortably cold. 
Face Ache. — The common afieciion, so 
often supposed to be excited by a diseased tooth, 
although the latter fails to be detected — a rheu- 
matic, chronic kind of pain, wholly different 
from that of tic-riouloureux, — is often speedily 
curable by muriate of ammonia. This salt 
should be given in doses of half a drachm, dis- 
solved in water, three or four times daily. About 
four limes v/ill be sufficient to test the potency 
of the remedy. At other times the iodine of po- 
tassium, in five or six gram doses, is quickly 
effective towards a cure. The efficiency of the 
latter remedy renders it probable that that affec- 
tation is of the nature of periosteal inflammation. 
—Dr. Wat seal’s Lechire^ 
|;;;^Louisiana raised in 1843, 37,173,590 lbs. 
of Sugar, while Georgia raised 185,758,138 lbs. 
of Cotton. 
Necessity is the mother of invention,” 
as the cook said when she took her night-cap lor 
a pudding-bag. 
COWTEWTS OF THIS HUMBER. 
ffiommunfeatfons. 
Overseers, page 97 
Worii-oul Lands, Scooter and Shovel Plows, 98 
Hill-side Ditching, Manuring, &c., 98 
Bees,. 99 
Selections,, SEptracts, ^fc. 
New Method of obtaining Cream, 99 
Compost Manure, 99 
Wasteful management of Manure, 100 
Rotation of Crops 100 
Culture of Ruta Baga, 100 
Pulverizing the Soil, 100 
Dana’s Prize Essay on Manures, Sections VIII, IX 
and X 101-102 
Clay as an Amender of Sandy Soils, 102 
Editorials — T he Crops ; Corn Oil ; Cure for Burns ; 
Editorial Notices; Fence Posts ; Croup; Sprains 
in Sheep ; eic., 1(3 
Analysis of Soils. ..103 
Saddle Galls, 103 
Lime and Salt,. ..lo^ 
Home Affection, 104 
Warming Lands, 104 
Ashes in (he Hill, 104 
<Stcare-Crows 104 
Bite of a Rattlesnake, 104 
Bad Air in Wells, 104 
Farming at Cape Cod. ; To make Water Cool in 
the Summer ; Face Ache, etc 104 
GARDEN AND FIELD SEED. 
A GENERAL assortment of fresh 
and genuine G A R S 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 sale at very moderate prices. 
All orders, by mail or otherwise, executed with 
neatness and despatch. 
WM. HAINES, Jr., 
No. 232 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. 
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