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THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
CoBKECTiOM.— Ill the last premium offered in ou. 
prospectus on the preceding page, we are made to 
award the two h-icknumbers of this paper to every one 
who shall send us thirty subscribers. It should read 
the two back volumes. 
and flax. The machinery is alreatly invented, 
and there is nothing to do but to ii-mort it. 
MR. AND MRS. CHAPh: 
boarding and day s^lhood. 
Vinegar.— A writer in the New Genesee . 
Fanner, gives the Ibllowingrecipe for making 
vinegar, a barrel oi which, according to this 
mode, will cost but a trifle. His plan is:— 
Take eight gallons ot clear rain tyater, add 
t-hree quarts of molasses, put into a good cask, 
shake well a few times, then, add two or three 
spoontuls of good yeast, or two yeast cakes. If 
in summer, place the cask in the sun, if in win- 
ter, near the chimney where it may be warm. 
In ten or fifteen days, add to the liquor a sheet 
of brown paper, torn in strips, dipped in molas- 
ses. and good vinegar will be produced. The 
paper will in this way form what is called the 
mother,” or life of vinegar. 
Potatoe Onions.— The Brockport (N. Y.) 
Watchman says, that Mr. J. Greenleaf, of that 
place, has raised this season, 500 bushels of po- 
tatoe onions from an acre of land. Some of 
the largest weighed 1^ lbs. eacn, and tvere 17 
inches in circumference. This kind of onion 
is thought by some to be valuable as an early 
sort— they grow wholly in the ground, like the 
potatoe. They are said to be mild and palata- 
ble. 
Cure for Founder. — It is said that the seeds 
of sun-flowers are the best remedy known for 
the cure of founder in horses. Immediately on 
discovering that your horse is foundered, mix 
about a pint of the whole seed in his feed, and 
it will give a perfect cure. 
Over-eating Apples.— The American Agri- 
culturist says that a lump of salseratus of the 
size of a hen’s egg, dissolved in warm water, is 
a remedy for cattle that have eaten too many 
apples. 
Hemp and Flax— We observe by a late 
Irish paper, says the Louisville Dollar Farmer, 
that foreign flax is quoted in that country at 
£i2 to £100, Irish flax at £1 15s. to £1 18s. 
per cwt., and milled flax at £2 12s. to £2 15s, 
Our object in making this quotation is to show 
the great advantage we possess in this country 
in our cheap staple hemp in the manufacture of 
linen. As has been seen from the extract we 
lately published from the report of the Russian 
travelling agent, hemp is used in France for the 
manufacture of the finest linen, the superiority 
of the linea being shown by the fact that it is 
labelled “all hemp.” It is further stated that 
there is machinery of the most perfect kind in 
Europe for preparing and spinning hemp. Such 
machinery is also used in Ireland and England. 
With regard to the article of flax, certainly no 
country posses.-^es advantages over this. From 
all these facts, it is obvious that a tempting op- 
portunity is presented in this country for invest- 
ments in the manufactory ot linen both of hemp 
and flax. A manufacture of flax linen, we see it 
stated, has been established at Richmond, Va., 
the proprietor having been induced to transfer 
his skill from England to the better field in this 
country. There is no use of trying to invent 
machinery for preparing and spinning hemp 
No..2'23 BaoAD-sT. Augu.ita. 
THIS Institution has been- under 
the direction- of its present principals f rr sis 
years, and the success which has attended it has 
enabled them greatly to increase the faciliiies it 
affbrdsfor the education.of young ladies. Pro- 
vision is made far thorough instruction in all 
the departments of female education, from the 
elementaryEnglish 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 $3, $12 and $15 per quarter, according 
to the age and standing of the scholar. Music 
and French at the usual tes. Board $15 per 
month. 
References. — Rev. C. S. Dodd, Rev. W. T. 
Brantley, Rev, . G F. Pierce, Dr. W. H. Turpin, 
Mr, J. M. Adams, Mr. D. Hand, Augusta ; Gov 
Crawford, Milledgeville ; Dr. E. E. Jones, Madi 
son ; Col. Wm. Jones, Warren ; Dr. F. George 
Jasper ; Mr. W. B. Munro, Columbus. 
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TEXAS COTTON SEED. 
fjpiHE subscriber offers for sale, Cot- 
ton Seed of very superior quality. The 
original stock was procured in Texas, and culti- 
vated on his plantation in Newton county, for 
the last three years, with extraordinary success. 
The yield is much larger, and the quality superior 
to the Petit Gulph or other kinds of Cotton usu- 
ally grown in this section of country. 
Planters who purchase a supply of the seed 
may rely upon sufficient increase in product of 
the first crop to refund the outlay for seed. 
Planters who take an interest in improvements 
of this sort, are referred to the annexed certifi- 
cates, and the Cotton raised from the seed may 
be seen at the warehouses of Adams & Hop'uns 
and Clark & Roberts. 
JOHN W. GRAVES. 
A supply of the above described Cotton Seed 
is offered for sale at the following places, at five 
dollars per bushel ; 
Adams & Hopkins’s Warehouse 1 
Clark & Roberts’s do. 
D’Antignac & Evans’s do. 
Hand & Williams’s Store, 
McKinley & Martin’s Store, Madison. 
>Augusta. 
Hill, Morrow & Hill’s Store, 
D. Dickson & Co.’s Store, 
Social Circle 
Madison. October 29, 1844. 
Dear Sir — I regret it was not in my power yes- 
terday, when I saw you, to give you any opinion 
with regard to a small lot of cotton I have grow- 
ing from seed presented to me last spring by my 
friend, John W. Graves, Esq. Since then, how- 
ever, 1 have been to my plantation and made com- 
parison of it with my crop of cotton, and now 
take pleasure in saying to you, it is a superior ar- 
ticle in point of fineness and length of fibre, con- 
taining more lint on the seed, and will yield much 
more from the same quantity of land planted. 
I am respectfully, dear sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
[Signed] Wm, Johnston. 
Georgia, Newion County .* 
I hereby certify that I obtained from John W. 
Graves, of this county, a sack of Cotton Seed, 
(which he represented of superior quality intro- 
duced from Texas,) which I planted last spring, 
and find to exceed my most sanguine expectation. 
I planted it two or three weeks after my other 
cotton, (which is the Petit Gulph,) and notwith- 
standing the season was dry and unfavorable 
throughout the year, (the growing season) yet it 
is by far the best cotton I ever made. I think by 
the time it is all gathered, the best part will yield 
2000 to 2500 pounds per acre. My neighbors who 
have seen it are of the same opinion. From the 
trial I have made, I believe it will yield double a» 
much as my other cotton on land of the same fer- 
tility. [Signed] Jackson Harwell. 
24th October, 1844. 
Georgia, Morgan County t 
This is to certify that I am neighbor to JohnT. 
McNeil, Esq., and that he last spring got a load 
of Texas Cotton Seed from John W. Graves, 
Esq., ol Newton county, and planted theia on 
what I consider average land of his farm ; and 
from frequent observation of the crop, with his 
other cottem, (which is the Petit Gulph,) I do be- 
lieve it will far excel any other cotton I have ever 
seen raised in this section of country. And I 
also believe that the staple excels any other I 
have ever examined, ELS to fineness and color. 
[Signed]; John P. Evans. 
This will certify that I acted as overseer for 
Mr. John T. McNeil for the year 1844. My know- 
ledge of farming induces me to believe that the 
Texas Cotton, raised by Mr. McNeil this year, is 
a very superior article, and with me preferable to 
any other cotton I have ever raised. It is of long 
and fine staple, and well boiled, and easily picked 
out, and has withstood a drought this year better 
than the Petit Gulph Cotton. It is, in a word, a 
valuable cotton. 1 have ginned eight bales of the 
Texas Cotton on Mr. McNeil’s Carver Gin, and 
find that it yields one pound of clear cotton from 
three of seed cotton ; and from my experience of 
thirty years in cotton growing, I have never rais- 
ed any I think equal to the Texas Cotton. 
[Signed] Allison Kent. 
Augusta, October 30, 1844. 
John W. Graves, Esq. .* 
Dear Sir— Having been called on by you to 
make a statement in relation to your Texas Cot- 
ton, we take pleasure in saying, that for the last 
two or three years we have received at our ware- 
house your cotton crops. The quality has inva- 
riably proved very superior, both as to color and 
length of staple. On sale, it has alwaysbrought 
the highest market price. W e consider it a very 
superior article in the cotton line. 
Your obedient seiwants, 
Adams & Hopkins. 
Mr. John T. McNeil 
Dear Sir — We have received the two bales of 
Texas Cotton sent by you to us, and take pleas- 
ure in saying that in color and length of staple it- 
is superior to anything we have seen ; and cheer- 
fully recommend it as such as will always bring 
the highest market price. 
Your obedient servants, 
n5-wp&Ctf Clark & Roberts. 
B ACON’S LARD LAMPS.— An€w 
article, superior ta all others fer 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, andall 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. 
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