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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
sarlace of wood you mav wish to cover, and 
add to it as much potash as can be dissolved 
therein. When the water will dissolve no more 
potash, stir into the solution, first a quantity of 
flour pa.ste of the consistency ol common paint- 
er’s size; second, a sufficiency of pure clay to 
render it of the consistency of cream. 
When the clay is well mixed, apply the pre- 
paration, as before directed, to the wood ; it will 
secure it from the action of both fire and rain, 
in a most violent fire, wood thus saturated may 
be carbonated but will never blaze. 
If desirable, a most agreeable color can be 
given to the preparation by adding a small 
quantity of red or yellow ochre. — Buj^alo Com. 
Advertiser. 
From the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. 
PRESERVATION OF APPLES. 
A gentleman from the northern part of Indi- 
ana recently communicated to us a fact in re- 
gard to the preservation of apples, which will 
be new to many of our readers, and valuable to 
all tanners. He says, that, to keep apples from 
Autumn to June, he places them in a shallow 
hole, dug as for Irish potatoes, having covered 
the bottom with corn-stalks or straw, and the 
straw with dirt to the depth ot five or six inches. 
JNo shelter is placed over them. As soon as 
the severe weather arrives, and the ground, and 
perhaps the apples themselves,become thorough- 
ly frozen, straw is again placed over the frozen 
heap, and the whole again covered with a coat- 
ing of earth, — this time ten or twelve inches 
thick. 
The object is to keep the first coating of 
earth frozen until spring, and then to cause it 
to thaw very slowly. 
The same treatment may be given to turnips, 
Irish potatoes, beets, and carrots. Any of these 
roots may be thoroughly frozen without injury, 
provided they are then covered well over, and 
suffered to thaw by slow uegrees. 
Sweet potatoes are almost the only exception 
among roots to this rule. They are injured by 
a small degree of cold, and without being fro- 
zen. It is only the sudden thawing that causes 
the dissolution of the apple or potatoe that has 
been frozen. If in the frozen state, an Irish po- 
tato is pul info cold water, until the frost is out, 
and is then cooked, it will be as good as it it 
had never been frozen . All these are facts, 
which we know from our own experience, and 
that of many others. 
Greod Yield of Pumpkins. — Chas. L. Pierce, 
of this town, raised the present year from a sin- 
gle seed, 15 pumkins weighing 384 lbs. The 
largest weighed 3l| lbs., and the average of the 
whole was 25 J lbs. each. The vine, including 
all the branches, measured 635 feet in length. — 
Wor. SpV‘ 
A Hint. — Don’t suffer your revolving hay- 
rake, and your wagon rack, and hand rakes, 
and whatever else you have used in the haying 
and harvesting just finished, to lie out in the 
fields exposed to the weather, but see them well 
housed for another season. The weather de- 
stroys more tools than hard work, with some 
farmers; and more valuable time is lost hunt- 
ing up and repairing lost implements, than their 
-original cost . — Albany Cultivator. 
CUTTING TIMBER. 
Mr. Buckminister, — Sir; One fact I wish 
■to ^tate with regard to the time to cut timber. I 
am satisfied from actual observation, that tim- 
ber cut in the month of June, and perhaps July, 
will last twice, if not four times as long, either 
under or above ground, as that cut in winter, 
and it will not powder poat. 
Yours respectfully. 
Vilest Newton, July 13, 1844. John Stimson. 
{There are many causes that tend to prove 
June a better time than winter to cut timber. 
The bark must be pealed immediately to let off 
the sap, or timber cut in June will rot as last as 
any other. — Ed. Mass. Plough^ 
AUGUSTA PBICES CURRENT. 
Wholesale. Retail, 
BAGGING, Hemp yard 
Tow. “ “ 
Gunny “ “ 
BitLE ROPE “ lb. 
BACON, Hog round “ “ 
Hams “ “ 
Shoulders “ “ 
Sides “ “ 
BUTTER, Goshen “ » 
North Carolina... “ “ 
Country “ “ 
COFFEE, Green prime Cuba. “ “ 
Ordinary to Good. . “ “ 
St. Domingo “ “ 
Rio. “ 
Laguira “ “ 
Porto Rico “ “ 
Java “ “ 
Mocha “ “ 
CANDLES, Spermaceti “ “ 
Tallow.. “ “ 
CHEESE, American “ 
English “ “ 
CIDER, Northern “ bbl. 
in boxes “ doz. 
CIG.ARS, Spanish “ M. 
American..... “ “ 
CORN “ bush. 45 
FISH, Herrings “ box. 75 
(3) 
(a) 
(3) 
(d) 
(a) 
(a) 
(a) 
(a) 
(a) 
(3) 
(a) 
(a) 
B 
B 
(a) 
(a) 
(a) 
(a) 
(a) 
(a) 
(a) 
8 (a) 
none. 
7 00 ® 
20 
18 
22 
10 
7 
10 
6 
7 
25 
15 
20 
10 
9 
8 
10 
10 
10 
15 
25 
371 
18 
12i 
3 50 
15 00 
5 00 
lb. 
Ih, 
Mackerel No. 1 
“ No. 2 “ 
“ No. 3 “ 
FLOUR, Canal “ 
Baltimore “ 
Western “ 
Country “ 
FEATHERS “ 
GINGER “ keg. 
GUNPOWDER “ “ 
Blasting “ “ 
GLASS, 10 X 12. “ box 
8 X 10 “ U 
IRON, Russia “ “ 
Swedes, assorted “ cwt. 
Hoop “ “ 
Sheet “ “ 
Nail Rods “ “ 
LEAD 
LEATHER, Sole 
Upper “ side 
Calf Skins “ doz 
LARD “ lb. 
MOLASSES, N. Orleans “ gal. 
Havana “ “ 
English Island.. “ 
NAILS ....“ lb. 
OILS, Lamp u gal. 
Linseed “ “ 
Taimers “ “ 
OATS..........,,....,.,,,.,. bush. 
PEAS “ “ 
PAINTS, Red Lead “ lb. 
White Lead “ keg 
Spanish Brown “ lb. 
A^ellow Ochre “ “ 
PEPPER, Black » “ 
PORTER, London “ doz. 
and Me, American. “ bbl. 
RAISINS, Malaga “ box 
Muscatel “ “ 
Bloom “ “ 
RICE, Prime “ cwt 
Inferior to Good “ “ 
SUGAR, New Orleans “ lb. 
Havana, white “ 
“ brown “ “ 
Muscovado “ “ 
St. Croix. “ n 
Porto Rico “ “ 
Lump “ “ 
Loaf “ “ 
Double refined “ “ 
SPICE “ “ 
SOAP, American, No. 1 “ “ 
“ No. 2 “ “ 
SALT, Liverpool ground. . . 
bbl. 13 00 
10 00 
8 00 
6 00 
5 50 
5 50 
4 00 
25 
10 
6 00 
4 00 
3 00 
2 50 
5 00 
4 50 
7 00 
00 
7 00 
6 
15 
87 
12 00 
8 00 
® 4 50 
(a) 20 00 
® 12 00 
B 50 
B 1 25 
® 14 00 
B 11 00 
f® 9 00 
8 B 
30 B 
28 B 
none. 
4^ B 
1 12 B 
1 10 B 
55 B 
37i B 
62 B 
7 00 
6 00 
6 00 
5 50 
30 
12 
7 00 
4 50 
3 50 
3 00 
5 00 
5 00 
8 00 
8 00 
8 00 
7 
23 
2 00 
B 26 00 
10 
37i 
3l| 
12 
2 00 
4 
4 
12-1 
3 50* 
8 50 
3 25 
2 00 
4 00 
1 75 
7 
11 
8 
7 
8 
7 
6 
1 25 
1 25 
62 
50 
75 
15 
2 50 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
none, 
f® 5 00 
15 
4 
9 00 
3 75 
2 25 
f® 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
13 B 
13 B 
bush. 
sack 
lb. 
a 
bag 
gal. 
STEEL, German... “ 
Blistered “ 
SHOT, allsizes “ 
SPIRITS, Cognac 4th proof. . . “ 
Peach “ “ 
Apple “ “ 
Gin, Holland. ...... “ “ 
“ American “ “ 
Rum, Jamaica “ “ 
“ N. England., “ “ 
Whiskey, Northern. “ “ 
“ Western . “ “ 
“ Mononga, “ “ 
“ Irish “ “ 
TOBACCO, N. Carolina » lb. 
Virginia “ “ 
TWINE « (i 
TEA Pouchong “ 
Young Hyson. “ “ 
Hyson “ 
Gunpowdei “ “ 
Imperial “ “ 
VINEGAR, Cider “ < 
Wine “ < 
WINE, Madeira “ gal. 
Sicily Madeira “ “ 
14 
16 
7 
5 
45 
1 75 
15 
8 
1 62t B 
2 00 1 ® 
1 00 B 
37i B 
1 25 B 
40 B 
1 50 
35 
33 
31 
75 
2 00 
S8 
15 
20 
75 
30 
80 
1 00 
1 00 
25 
50 
2 50 
1 00 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
B 
2 50 
9 
12 
9 
9 
11 
10 
14 
15 
16 
18 
9 
7 
50 
2 00 
16 
12i- 
1 75 
2 50 
1 50 
50 
1 50 
50 
2 00 
40 
37A 
374 
1 00 
3 00 
15 
40 
30 
1 00 
1 25 
I 25 
1 50 
1 50 
37 
75 
3 50 
1 50 
COUTEHTS OF THIS HUMBER, 
CIommunfcatfon.5'. 
Economy 169 
Overseers 169—170 
Houston County Agricultural Society 170 
Selections, H;tvacts, ike 
An Address, delivered before the /State Agri- 
cultural Society at Greenville, by John Bel- 
ton O’Neal 170—173 
Fences, Stock, Manure ]73 
On Manuring in the Hill 173 
Decay of Peach Trees 173 
The History of Guano, from Dr. Gardner’s 
Essay 173 
Chemistry in Common Schools 174 
Liming Land 174 
Jerusalem Artichokes 174 
Editorials, etc. — To Correspondents ; 
Houston County Agricultural Society; 
The Markets — Cotton ; New Cabbage ; Po- 
tatoe Rot, etc 175 
Wool; Individual Effort ; Useful Recipe. .. . 175 
Preservation of Apples 176 
Augusta Prices Current 176 
MR. AND MRS. CHAPMAN S 
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL. 
No. 228 Beoad-st. Augusta. 
THIS Institution has been under 
the direction of its present principals for six 
years, and the success which has attended it has 
enabled them greatly to increase the facilities it 
affords for the education of young ladies. Pro 
vision is made for thorough instruction in all 
the departments of female education, from the 
elementary English studies to the higher branch- 
es of literature and science. The next term 
will commence Tuesday, October 1st. Pupils 
can enter at any time during the term, and will 
be charged for the time they are members of 
the school. 
Tuition $8, $12 and $15 per quarter, according 
to the age and standing of the scholar. Music 
and French at the su^^ ^'ates. Board $15 per 
month. 
References. — Rev. C, S. Dodd, Rev. W. T. 
Brantley, Rev. . G P. Pierce, Dr. W. H. Turpin, 
Mr. J. M. Adams, Mr. D. Hand, Augusta ; Gov 
Orawford, Milledgeville ; Dr. E. E. Jones, Madi- 
son ; Col. Wm. Jones, Warren ; Dr. F. George, 
Jasper ; Mr. W. B. Munro, Columbus. 
s26-w&C4t 
B ACON’S LARD LAMPS. — A new 
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&Cultf 
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