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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
I'escTving 0, Goo^e-Egg UndcT Ground. — I 
was walking this morning" behind ray plowman, 
when his plow turned up Irora the soil, at the 
depth ol about 8 inches, a goose-egg of very rus- 
ty complexion. Almost taking it ior granted 
that it was spoiled, I opened very carelullya 
small space in one end, with the point ol my 
knile. As no explosion ensued, I made the 
opening still larger, and to my surprise found 
the egg perfectly sweet, and its different parts 
perlect, with the exception that it contained a 
veri! small embryo completely developed. The 
white ol the egg was as clear and sweet as if 
newly laid. There was no possible perceptible 
difference— the yolk was of the natural color 
and entii ely sweet to the smell. The egg must 
have been'in the position from which it was 
taken, at least twelve months. There can be no 
mistake in the matter. The ground where it 
was deposited was a deep, mellow, alluvial 
loam. Oats had been sowed and harvested last 
year, and the ground seeded to clover, w'hich, 
from some cause not having taken well, I am 
plowing the same land for corn. The eggmust 
have been plowed under last spring. Some- 
thing, perhaps, may be learned Iromthis; at 
least of interest to the good lady ol the larm- 
house, if not to others. 
Jos. C. G. Kennedy. 
Hillside^ near Meadville, Pa., 301A April, 1844. 
For the Southern Cultivator. 
LEGISLATIVE AID IN PROMOTING AGRICUL- 
TURE. 
hJ R. Editor— Some of the States have thought 
agriculture of sufficient importance to receive 
legislative encoufagemen!, State premiums 
are offered for agricultural products, and a cor- 
responding spirit of emulation and improve- 
ment is manifested among the farmers of those 
States. Science, too, is lending her aid to agri- 
culture, and the time will come when the scien- 
tific farmer will rank as high in intellectual at- 
tainments as the members of other professions. 
Shall the State of Georgia remain inactive, 
when other competitors are about to pass her in 
the race of agricultural distinction 1 Agricul- 
tural labor is of vital importance to every coun- 
try — the farmer is the main support of human 
existence. He is the lile-blood of the body poli- 
tic,! in peace and in war; the burdens of the 
country rest upon him, and the brightest pages 
of history are adorned with his gallant achieve- 
ments. Freedom., patriotism and virtue, alter 
being driven from the degeneracy and corrup- 
tion of cities, will find their last resting place in 
the bosom of the agriculturist. He should then 
be held in the highest estimation by all other 
callings and professions. 
Will the legislature of Georgia longer with- 
hold suitable encouragement to agricultural im- 
provements "I Let a State Agricultural Society 
be formed, offering liberal premiums for the 
best improved farms, stock, implements of hus- 
bandry, &c. If, by such means, every acre of 
arable land in the State should be made, in time, 
to double its production, the resources of the 
State would also be doubled. It would. In ef- 
fect, be the same as adding to the State of Geor- 
gia another State of the same size. Will she, 
then, refuse a small sum annually, in order to 
effect so great a consummation d It is hoped 
the next Legislature will evince the wisdom of 
the reduction of its members by suitable legisla- 
tion on the subject. 
A committee on agriculture, of the Legisla- 
ture of one ofthe most improved and scientific 
farming States in the Union, report that “they 
believe full one-third of all agricultural labor is 
literally thrown away by misapplication.” Such 
an estimate is probably not overrated, even as 
regards opr own State. The Legislature, then, 
should not hesitate to use all the means in her 
power to restore the lost third part ofthe labor 
to the State, by establi.shing a State Agricultu- 
ral Societ}’', but should also avail her citizens of 
the benefit ol the improvements which science 
is adding to agriculture. This can be done at a 
small expense, by establishing at her Universi- 
ty a professorship on the applications of Chem- 
istry and Geology to agriculture. Such a pro- 
fessorship would annually disseminate a large 
fund of information among the people of the 
State, upon scientific agriculture, that would be 
invaluable. It would add more dignity and ho- 
nor to farming, rank it with the learned profes- 
sions, and afford useful employment to many 
young men who now are mere drones upon so- 
ciety. Liebig, Jr. 
|3“It is said that ringworms may be, in most 
cases, simply cured by scratching around the 
outer surface with the point of a sharp needle. 
The disease will not pass the line, if the skin is 
thus cut. 
I^To involve yourself in inextricable diffi- 
culty, shape your course of action not by fixed 
principles, but by temporary expedients. 
A Turkish Trap. — The Marchioness of 
Londonderry was inspecting the palace of the 
Sultan, and had arrived at the extremity of a 
magnificent room 150 feet long, with a long 
line of open lattices to the water. “While I 
was shivering with cold,” says she, “and gazing 
on the Asiatic shore and the delicious view, 
(which, even in the bleak and dreary month of 
November, is lovely,) a large square trap-door 
in the floor was raised, andl heard a voice say, 
‘Voila la mer, madame !’ Hardly believing my 
senses, I advanced, and truly, the deep, green 
sea flowed under the splended eastern gallery. 
A shudder came over me as I thought how" 
readily that trap door might close over its vic- 
tims, and my blood ran cold while my imagina- 
tion made the mute inquiry, who can loll on 
whom that barrier has closed I I recalled the 
lines, 
“ When wearied of these' fleeting charms and me, 
Here yawns the sack, and yonder rolls th,e sea,” 
and I turned away and gladly obeyed the 
summons to proceed.” 
Punch on long Dresses. — It is a fact that 
ladies at present wmar very long dresses. — 
Every fact in female fashions is meant expres.s- 
ly to attract notice ; accordingly, we feel called 
upon to notice this. 
Evil has ever its counterpoise of good. It is 
sad to behold the train bedraggled with mud, 
but consoling to reflect that it sweeps the cross- 
ing. The dust that saturates the flowing robe 
might else have bedimmed the boot of Welling- 
ton . 
The drapery which shrouds the exquisite in- 
step conceals, also, the discolored stocking. 
What matters the bunion, unespied 1 Elegance 
may be veiled by superfluity of ve.sture; but it 
is in the power of her proprietress to elevate the 
flounce; nor need the ’ ankle of symmetry 
absolutely be sandalled in vain. 
Heedlessness, going down stairs behind 
Beauty, may tread on her skirt ; but the lacera- 
tion of the garment is good for trade. 
Time is one thing : Extent another. The 
dress of loveliness may reach from here to 
Jericho; but what lady, willingly, would wear 
a gown longer than a week? 
Castor Oil. — We have been presented with 
a specimen of this invaluable medicine, manu- 
factured by Joshua Willis, of Troup county, 
Ga. It is a most beautiful article, and will 
bear a favorable comparison, even in appear- 
ance, with that brought from abroad. Air. Wil- 
lis is manufacturing the article at his farm in 
Troup county, in large quantities, and is 
offering it at as low a rate as it can be possibly 
sold by those who bring it from a distance.— 
We trust he will meet with the success his 
undertaking merits. — Columbus Enq." 
Crops. — A letter from Smithland, Ky. says : 
“ The rains in the West are daily and tremen- 
dous. We yesterday had an awful thunder 
storm, accompanied with one ofthe hardest rains 
I almost ever saw fail. It reminded me of the 
August rain of 1843, in Nev/-York. The wet 
weatner is doing much damage to the growing 
crops.” 
American Hemp. — Nearly 5,000 bales, or 
1,123,500 lbs. of American Hemp were received 
at Boston from New^-Orleans during the six 
months ending on the Isi inst. 
CO^'TTEWTS OF THIS HUMB.ER. 
Communfeatfon.s'. 
Overcropping, 113 
Exliact, 113 
The way to make a Light Crop of Corn,. ...... 11 '3-1 14 
Humbugs, 114 
Overseers,. 114 
Legislative Aid in Promoting Agriculture. 120 
Sclectfon.5, Sptracts, 
Observations on the Action of Calcareous Manures 
and their Practical Application and Effects, 115 
Ruta Baga as Food for Cattle, 115 
show of the Agricultural, Horticultural and Botani- 
cal Society of Jefferson College,.., 115--116 
Mode of Applying Guano, 116 
Agriculture in the United (States, M6: 
Great Yield of Wheat, 116--117 
The (Jeason for Trimming Trees, 117 
The Disease of Wheat — Preventive Measures,... .. 117 
The Black Bird 117 
How tocleanse a Fowling Piece, 117 
Pride of China, 117 
Action of Lime on Soils,. 118 
I have no time to Read, 118 
Editorials, etc., 119 
Compost Making, 119 
Pigs Sucking a Cow ; Preserving a Goose Egg un- 
der Ground, 119-12C' 
A Turkish Trap ; Punch on Long Dresses ; Cas- 
tor Oil 12(1 
TURNEP SEED. 
A SUPPLY of the following varie- 
ties of fresh TURNEP SEED just receive 
ed, viz: 
Yellow Sweedish or Ruta Baga, very fine for 
stock. 
Large Globe Turnep, ") Fine 
“ White Flat do. ( for 
“ Hanover or White Ruta Baga do j table 
“ Norfolk do. J use. 
For sale in quantities to suit purchasers, by 
Aug. 30 18-tf wSl. HAINES, Jh. 
GARDEN AND FIELD SEED. 
A GENERAL assortment of fresh 
and genuine GARDEN 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, Jb., 
No. 232 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. 
August 30. 18-tf 
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