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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
Thus 7ve liave’foun.l one source of enriching 
our lands within the reach ol every farmer. 
Those green vegetable substances, best suited 
for manure, are such as derive most of their sus- 
tenance from the atmosphere : while in the 
growing state, such as corn-field peas, &c. ; clo- 
ver, wheat, rye, barley, oats, and Indian corn, 
are all used for soiling — grass and weeds also 
afford excellent manure. 
Green vegetable substances should be plow- 
ed under before they begin to form seed. Dry 
vegetable substances are usually placed in the 
manure yard — and after they are partially trod- 
den to pieces, are taken up, spread broad-cast on 
the fields, and plowed under. Others take up 
the manure, place it in pens, and suffer it to fer- 
ment and decompose, and form what is called 
short manure — which is applied in the hill or 
drill. There is less loss in the first method. 
There is one kind of valuable manure which is 
almost entirely lost to Southern farmers. Pro- 
fessor Johnston says, that the recent urine of 
one cow, in one year, contains 900 pounds of 
solid matter, yielding 226 pounds of ammonia ; 
■which, in Flanders, is valued at $10 a year for 
manure, which is the value of au ordinary cow 
in this State, Though there is no doubt, the 
solid and liquid manure of cattle will be varied 
by the quantity and quality of their food. In 
order to save such manures, stables and cow- 
houses must be constructed, with drains and re- 
servoirs to receive the liquid manures. 
The above is mentioned to show the value 
some place upon manures. 
In preparing cotton-seed for manure, there is 
no doubt but a large portion of the manure is 
lost by evaporation. No person can pass a pen 
or pile of cotton-seed, while it is rotting, with- 
out smelling the gas that escapes from the seed. 
By covering the seed with soil ten or twelve in- 
ches deep, the dirt will absorb the gas, and be- 
come good manure itself. 
I have, Mr. Editor, mentioned some of the 
manures which are within the reach of all 
Southern farmers — and it is hoped they will no 
longer delay to make and use them oa their 
lands. Plowman. 
New Cotton. — In New Orleans on the 10th 
instant, 54 bales of the new crop had been re- 
ceived. The first load of new Cotton seen at 
Columbia, S. C., was sold there on Saturday 
last. It brought cents per pound. 
Novel hot-bed. — It is stated in the report 
of the Midland Mining Commission, that near 
Dudley, in Staffordshire, early potatoes are 
raised for the London market in ground heated 
by '^he steam and gases emitted from an old 
colliery which has been on fire for many years. 
This is a much more direct and economical 
application of internal heat than that propos- 
ed by our Parisian neighbors, who are at pre- 
sent laboring to procure naturally heated water 
from a depth of 3000 feet wherewith to warm 
the greenhouses and menageries of the Garden 
of Plants — presuming that water from that 
depth will be raised to 100 or 104 degrees of 
Farenheit, by the central or internal heat of the 
earth. — Chamber^ Jour. 
A Salutary Restriction. — The Govern- 
ment of the principality of Waldek, in Ger- 
many, have given public notice that no license 
to marry will hereafter be granted to any indi- 
vidual who is addicted to druukeuaess; or, il 
having been so, he must exhibit full proofs that 
he is no longer a slave to that vice. -The same 
Government have also directed that in every 
report made by the ecclesiastical, municipal, 
and police authorities, upon petitions for license 
to marry, the report shall di-'-tinctly state whether 
either of the parties desiiuus ot entering into 
matrimonial connexion is addicted to intempe- 
rance or otherwise. 
From the Rochester Democrat. 
AWAY TO THE WOODLAND. 
BY J. D. REID. 
Away to the woodland, away to the stream, 
Where the merry stars on its bosom beam ! 
How swift from the city’s dull smoke we fly. 
That shadows the glance ot this laughing eye ! 
My head aching. 
My bones are sore, 
And joy awaking, 
Can wait no mure. 
So off to the woodland, away to the stream, 
Where the merry stars on the water beam ! 
Oh! who would live always from the breeze, 
That fiesho’er the fountain trips over the trees 7 
Where the green grass bends to the merry lamb. 
As it skips and bleats by its woolly dam 7 
Whew ! snap the fetter! 
Come, pony, go, 
Where oats are better, 
And parsnips grow ! 
Away to the woodland, and down by the stream. 
Where the merry stars on the waters beam 1 
We will strip the cress from the babbling brook, 
We’ll sippie the cream in its stealthy nook! 
And the richest herbs and the purest air. 
Shall soon be our morning and nightly fare ! 
CLuicker and fleeter, 
Come, pony, haste, 
Where hay is sweeter. 
To pony’s taste ! 
Down by the woodland, away by the stream. 
Where the merry stars on its bosom beam ! 
I hear the plow o’er the mellow ground, 
And the distant cowbell’s clinking sound ; 
And the buzzing wheel, and the echoing stroke 
Of the bushman’s axe on the “ brave old oak.” 
On his proud domain 
The rooster crows, 
As he picks the grain 
Where the plowboy goes. 
Near a sweet little cottage, down by the stream, 
Where the merry stars on ils bosom beam! 
I could not live alway away from the churn. 
Where the oceans ofeream to buttermilk turn; 
Down in the city, its dust and its din, 
Where men are so noisy and milk is so thin ! 
Fleeter, oh! fleeter. 
Come, pony, go, 
Where birds sing sweeter, 
And pumpkins grow ! 
Away by the woodland, and down by the stream, 
Where the merry stars oti its bosom beam ! 
(zrey Squirrels— A correspondent of the 
Philadelphia North American, writing from 
the borders of Lake Champlain, confirms a 
statement made by Dr. Morse in his well-known 
geography, and which has by some been regard- 
ed as fabulous. He says : 
“A word on the instinct of the squirrels here. 
When they wish to move from one island to the 
other, they watch the wind till it blows in the 
right direction, and then you will see them in 
dozens coming to the beach, each with a large 
piece of bark in his mouth, which he launches , 
then jumping on boaid turns up his tail for a 
sail, and over he goes to the port of his destina- 
tion. I might have shot them while making 
sail, but it looked to me as something almost 
wicked.” 
Singular Incident . — During the run oftheship 
Phoenix, from the Island of St. Helena to this 
place, an African locust flew on board, which 
was caught and preserved. The distance of 
the vessel at the time, being one thousand an-d 
thirty miles from the continent of Africa, and a 
still greater di.stance from that of South Ameri- 
ca Cluery — What did the little navigator sub- 
sist on during the voyage ! — Sag Hojbor Cor- 
rector. 
COUTEHTS of this IdUMBEUT^ 
Selcctfon.s, Sptvacts, &-c. 
Extracts from RufBri’s Survey of S. Carolina. . .129-130 
Southern Agriculture 130-132 
Southern Products 132 
On the Cultivation of Dyers’ Madder, as au arti- 
cle of American Agriculture 132-133 
To Farmers’ Daughters I‘t3 
Agricultural Curiosity 133 
Experiments vi'ith Sheep to Control the Sex of 
Lambs 134 
Pickles 134 
Points of a Good Milch Cow .134 
Amusements for Farmers’ Boys 134 
Rural Embellishments 134 
Tall Corn 134 
Editorials, etc .....135 
The Glanders 135 
A New Pudding.. 135 
Man u res 135-136 
Away to the Wi.odland 136 
B ACON’S LARD LAMPS. — Anew 
article, superioi to all others for this pur- 
pose, emitting a good clear light without smell or 
smoke, and at an expense, counting Lard at 8 
cents a pound, of about a quarter of a cent an 
hour. 
These Lamps have been satisfactorily tested, 
and are recommended as “just the thing” for 
the use of planters, and all others who study utili- 
ty, neatness and economy. 
A supply of the above Lamps, with Fillers and 
Wicks for them. For sale by 
HAVILAND, RISLEY &. CO. 
jy 24-d,c&Culif 
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 
“ W hite Flat do. I for 
“ Hanovci or White Ruta Baga do f table 
“ Norfolk do. J use. 
For sale in quantities to suit purchasers, by 
Au 2. 30 ]8-tf WM. HAINES, Ja. 
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 varietyj 
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, Jh., 
No. 232 Broad street, Augusta, Ga. 
August 30. 18-tf 
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