THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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We wairani he who tries it, t.ever buys another 
hair mattress . — Southern Planter. 
New and improved Cotton Gin. — Tlie Ala- 
bama Monitor says : We alluded a few months 
a^o, to the fact that John H. Sherard, Esq., a 
wealthy and skilful planter of Sutnterco., and 
withal a man of great mechanical ingenuity, had 
invented and patented a Cotton Gin, superior to 
any other now in use. We copy the following 
notice of it from the Sumter county Whig of22d 
inst. : 
“A few days ago we saw Mr. Sherard’s new 
patent Cotton Gin in full operation, and we can 
assure those who have not seen it, that it greatly 
improves the quality of the cotton ginned, and is 
altogether a beautiful piece of machinery. It 
is very simple in construction and easily kept 
in order. The saws are nearly like those of the 
ordinary Gin, save a slight difference in the 
cutting of the teeth. The ribs are circular and 
revolve with the saws — behind the ribs is a 
cylindrical brush revolving against the saws, 
■« hich takes out motes, trash and din; still fur- 
ther behind and a little below is a similar brush 
which takes off the cotton Irom the saws, and 
carries it over a grate, which entirely removes 
the remainder of the trash, dirt, &c. ; Still fur- 
ther back is a brush with wings, which blows 
the cotton through a flue with a tin bottom, per- 
forated with oblong hole.s similar to those of a 
tin lantern, through which, should there be any 
remaining trash or dirt, the whole will pass. 
This flue has one advantage over ail others, it 
never chokes up, and consequently does not re- 
quire delay of time in cleaning it. 
“The whole is carried bv two hands and 
works most admirably. A fifty saw Gin, the 
size of that Mr. Sherard now has in operation, 
will gin four bales per day. We would advise 
every farmer to visit Mr. Sherard and judge for 
himself. Mr. S. has been at great trouble and 
expense in perfecting his improvem^^nt, and we 
have no doubt his efforts will bejustly apprecia- 
ted by the cotton growing interest. We would 
remark that the improvement may be attached, 
at small expense, to the ordinary gin ; and fur- 
ther, that Mr. Sheraid’s new gin will cost but a 
trifle, if any more, than those now in use.” 
A RECIPE FOR DR. HENKEL’S BEST PIES. 
We have received from our friend. Dr. Hen^ 
kell, of New Market, a recipe for making what 
he styles, his “ best pie and, as our taste some- 
times has an inkling that way, we have thought 
that it would not be uninteresting to our fair 
readers, who pride themselves upon serving up 
the dainties of the table, to give them an addi- 
tion to the culinary department of household 
economy. As pies, however, have their ge- 
nealogy as well as politicians, and are most es- 
teemed for their particular flavor, we have 
thought proper, on the present occasion, to in- 
troduce a sketch of the origin ot this “ favorite,” 
with the view of enlightening those w'ho have 
been content to nibble a stale, flat, insipid ar- 
ticle, because, forsooth, they did not understand 
the “pints,” as one of our learned phrenologists 
would say. It seems, from the information we 
have gleaned on the subject, that many years 
ago, the good “ helprnete” ot our worthy friend 
was preparing nick-nacks for table use, and 
having “mn out of sorts," as w'e printers some- 
times do, she had barely enough of apple and 
whortleleberries (vulgarly termed huckleberries) 
left to make a pie when compounded. To 
throw the ingredients away would have been 
sheer extravagance — to mix the tw’o together 
wmuld make a pie! but how would it taste was 
a question to be solved. She, however, in 
imitation of all good house-wives, who study 
the interests of their family, went to work and 
tested the experiment by an admixture of apples 
and w'horlleberries. The pie (unlike those we 
printers have to digest) was found to have in- 
creased the flavor, and has since become quite 
a family favorite. With this brief history, and 
a request to the lair sex to test the experiment, 
we shall add the recipe: Take of finely sliced 
apples and whortleberries equal parts, add su- 
gar to suit the taste, and make your pastry and 
bake them as other pies; and wm wmuld add by 
way of conclusion, that if you don’t find them 
agreeable to the taste, just hand them over to 
the pi inter. 
Cold Starch for Linen. — There is econo- 
my in stiffening the collars and wristbands of 
shirts w'ith unboiled starch. Take as much of 
the best raw starch as will fill hall a common 
tumbler, or a hall-pint cup. Fill it nearly up 
with very clear cold water. Mix it well with a 
spoon, pressing out all the lumps, till you get it 
thoroughly dissolved. Next, add a tea-spoon- 
ful of salt, to prevent its sticking. Then pour 
it into a broad earthen pan, and add gradually 
a pint of clear cold w'ater, and stir and mix it 
well Do not boil it. 
The shiits having been wmshed and dried, 
dip the wristbands into this starch, and then 
squeeze it out. Between each dipping, stir it 
up from the bottom with a spoon. Then 
sprinkle the shirts, and fold or roll them up 
with the collars and wristbands folded evenly, 
inside. They will be ready to iron in an hour. 
This quantity of cold starch is sufficient for 
the collars and wristbands of a dozen shirts. 
Ladies’ collars may be done also with cold 
starch, if the muslin is not very thin.— [Miss 
Leslie. 
Agricultural Publications. — We must 
study our profession ; we have many judicious- 
ly conducted periodical.s, and many scientific 
works, and no man who has a proper pride in 
his profession fails to read some agricultural pa- 
per W’ith all the zest that ever a politician de- 
voured a partizan journal. These productions 
from practical farmers, amuse, interest, and in- 
struct. They excite us to increased exertion; 
— inspire us with confidence in undertakings 
which otherwise would be abandoned upon the 
first failure; — give us plans, the most approved, 
for all our farm buildings; — make suggestions 
which are often ot the greatest importance;-— 
indeed, they act as “a friend in need,” — as a 
wise counsellor, a judicious, experienced ad- 
vi.ser. These papers are of as much impor- 
tance, and are as necessary to the planter in the 
successful prosecution of farming, as the poli- 
tical newspaper is to the statesman, or the “re- 
ports of cases” to the lawyer. — Boivie’s Ad- 
dress. 
China Wheat in Maryland. — There has 
been left with us a few heads of wheat called 
the “ Hardware Wheat,” taken from the Bloom- 
field farm, belonging to Henry R. Smelter, Esq , 
near Middletown, Maryland. The history ot 
this white wheat is thus stated: A few heads 
were found in a crate of China-w’are, imported 
from the North of China, first into Canada, and 
then introduced into the soil of this country. It 
averages trom one hundred and fifty to one hun- 
dred and eighty grains to the head; will yield 
from forty five to fifty bushels to the acre, and 
ripens from eight to ten days earlier than other 
species of wheat. The crop is now cut ; it wms 
ripe on the 24th of June, and wdll, it is believed, 
yield from forty to forty-five bushels to the acre, 
supposed to make from ten bushels sowing from 
two hundred and seventy-five to three hundred 
bushels . — Frederick Herald. 
Cure of Consumption. — A letter from Darm- 
stadt, dated 2d September, in the Ober Post 
Amts Zeihmg, describes a striking method for 
the cure of pectoral complaints : “ The surgical 
operations of Dr. Van Herff at present attract 
great interests here. These operations have in 
several instances effected a decided cure in cases 
of tubercular pulmonary consumption — phthisis 
tuberculosa. The seat of the ulceration having 
been ascertained by means of the stethoscope, 
the matter is discharged outwardly by an inci- 
sion being made in the cavity of the breast, 
penetrating the lungs. The cure is finally ef- 
fected by medicine injected into the wound by a 
syringe. We have hiihertorelrained from ma- 
king knowm these operations, as we wished to 
await the results; but we are now enabled to 
affirm v\ith confidence that in several instances 
the operations have obtained the most complete 
success, and in no case have been attended by 
an}’ danger of life. We hope that Dr. Von 
Herff, after an extended series of experiments, 
will make the observations deduced from them 
the subject of a philosophic inquiry .” — Spectator 
The Wool Trade. — According to the best 
calculation, says Mr. Williams, in his admira- 
ble address on the Tariff, it is supposed that there 
are about 34,000,000 of sheep in the United 
States, worth on an average about a head, 
and yielding about 90,000,000 pounds of wool, 
worth at 30 cents per lb. about ^27,000,000. — 
These sheep at three to the acre for summer and 
winter, would require 11,333 333 acres of land 
for theii support, which at $12 per acre, which 
is considered a fair average, would be worth 
$136,000,000. To manufaemre this clip ot wool 
will require about 45,000 hands, who with 
families averaging three persons each, and 
amounting in all to 180,000, at a consumption 
of $25 per annum each, would require $4,500,- 
000 w'orth of agricultural products for their 
support, which, at a net yield of $2,50 per acre 
for the market, would require 1,800,000 acres of 
land, worth at $12 per acre, $21,600,000. The 
capital invested, then, by the farmer in this busi- 
ness alone is about $225,000,000, and the annual 
value accruing to him, about 31,500,000, w’hile 
the capital stock invested by the manufactiirer 
himself in building, machinery, &c., to work up 
the whole annual product would not perhaps 
exceed $45,000,000, or about one-fifth of that of 
the agriculturist. — Troy Whig. 
Eau de Cologne. — The sw'eetest lady in the 
world recommended to us the following recipe 
for making cologne: 
Mix 120 drops oil ot bergamot; 
120 drops oil of lavender; 
140 drops oil of lemon ; 
60 grains of musk, and 
1 pint of purest a\coho\.— Southern 
Planer. 
The northern papers contain notices of 
heavy rains in all that region. Perhaps it may 
come oar turn shortly to be thus favored. 
From the American Farmer, 
SUBSOIL PLOWING. 
The advantages of subsoil plowing, has been 
very forcibly called to our mind by the subjoin- 
ed article which we copy from our intelligent 
contemporary, the Stuthern Planter. It is 
many years since we recommended deep plow- 
ing, and it is not a little gratifying to us that we 
find the dread of disturbing the till pan, begin- 
ning to disappear from the minds of many, who, 
some few years since, would as leaf have cross- 
ed the path of a boa constrictor as break up the 
clay re.sting beneath some four inches of ex- 
hausted sand, which, from time immemorial, 
has answered as an apology for soil. We re- 
collect to have called at a farm in a neighboring 
county, in 1839, to get our horse fed. It was in 
the occupancy of a tenant who had resided there 
lor twenty years, and who, in the whole course 
of that time, had never penetrated the earth with 
the plough more than three inches. When w’e 
called, we found him engaged in scratching the 
earth with a one-horse plow, going scarcely deep 
enough to cover the poverty grass with which the 
field abounded. After saluting him, and procur- 
ing a feed for our horse, while the animal was 
masticating his meal, we entered into a pretty 
free conversation with our host, which we will 
here repeat, with the view ot showing how ab- 
surd are the notions of men who are wedded 
from the prejudice of ancient prescription to old 
practices, and eschew all book farming as 
worse than nonsense. 
“Why dt) you not plow deeper, my good sir'?” 
“God bless your soul, stranger, it I loas to 
break up the till bottom, and turn up the red 
clay, 1 ^\iovi\A pizen the ground and nothing in 
