THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
199 
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1844. 
17^ We earnestly request all our friends who 
take an interest in obtaining subscribers for us, 
to send in the names of all they ha^e obtained 
by the first of January, 
Rev. Geo, F. Pierce’s Oration. — We feel 
especial pleasure in inviting the attention of 
every rgader, and particularly every father who 
is rearing a son, to the admirable oration pro- 
nounced by the Rev. Geo, F. Pierce, before 
the Alumni Society of Franklin College, at 
Athens, in August last, the first portion of which 
will be found in this number. Having, in com., 
mon with a large auditory, distinguished for its 
intelligence and good taste, heard, with infinite 
pleasure, this admirable production delivered, 
and deeming it particularly well adapted to the 
correction of an evil which has become quite 
{03 common in the present day, we immediately 
calldd upon the accomplished author to obtain 
a copy for publication in the “Cultivator,” 
to which he assented, in the event tljat the so- 
ciety before whom it was delivered, and by 
whom a resolution for its publication had been 
adopted, should not determine to give it a difier- 
ent direction. We have, therefore, the high 
gratification of giving it to our readers, to whom 
we are persuaded we could not render a more 
acceptable service. It would indeed be super- 
fluous for us to add any comment upon its me- 
rits, even did our space permit, for the distin' 
guished reputation of fhp author will secure for 
it a general perusal, and we cannot but hope 
that its wholesome and well digested truths will 
be productive of much and permanent good to 
the rising generation, and consequently to the 
future prosperity of Georgia. 
ii* We are informed by Mr, Edward Wil- 
son, of this county, says the Highland (N. C.) 
Messenger, that he raised, during the past sum- 
mer, from one seed, twenty-one pumpkins that 
averaged twenty-five pounds each! Beat it 
who can ! 
5^ The N. O. Picayune of the 37th ultimo 
says : — Green corn, in the ear, is selling in the 
Mobile market, A gentleman of Stockton, Bald- 
win county, Ala,, has raised two crops of corn 
this season ; the second of which was in full 
maturity some ten or twelve days since. 
Judge dairy cows more by the quantify of 
cream than of the milk they produce; milk is 
always thinner soon after calving, afterwards 
it gradually becomes thicker. 
Guinea fowls are a preservative against 
hawks with poultry ; and they lay more eggs 
than hens. 
PROSPECTUS 
OF THE THIRD V O L U fVI E OF THE 
SOUIHERH CULTITATOE. 
0 
In issuing the Prospectus lor the Third Vo- 
lume of the SouTUERN Cultivator, the Pub- 
lishers have the high gratification of announc- 
ing to the public, that tliey have succeeded in 
engaging the services of 
MR. JAMES CAMAK, of Athens, Ga, 
to conduct the Editorial department of the pa- 
per. The high reputation of Mr. C. as a gen- 
tleman, his acknowledged ability as a writer, 
his varied acquirements in science, together 
with the attention which he has always given 
to Agricultural Science and Improvement, af- 
ford the highest guarantee of the future excel- 
lence of the work. 
To the friends of Agriculture, therefore, 
throughout the Southern States, we address our- 
selves, to invite their co-operation in extending 
our circulation, to enable us to meet the in- 
creased expenditure we now make to render 
our journal worthy the patronage of pit intelli- 
gent Agricultural community. To you, then, 
friends of Agriculture, the fqture destiny of the 
‘Southern Cultivator” is committed, and if 
you will that it shall be sustained, it will be. 
You must, then, every man of yov,, “put your 
shoulders to the wheel” and aid us in an en- 
terprise, which contemplates the melioration 
of the condition and permanent prosperity of the 
Agriculturists of the Southern States. Each 
and all ol you can aid us if you will. W ill you 
DO it? 
As we contemplate some slight changes in 
the work, it may not be improper to advise our 
friends. It will be published Monthly, on the 
first of each month, (instead of semi-monthly, 
a§ heretofore,) and eacfi number will contain 
SIXTEEN pages of matter, Just double the 
amount in the present form. By this ar- 
rangement, the subscriber will have his volume 
in 13 numbers, and thereby will be subjected to 
only half the postage he now pays. The 
first number of the third volume will be issued 
on the first of January, 1845. 
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PREMIUMS OFFERED. 
The Publishers, desirous ol expressing their 
gratitude in a more tangible form than by mere 
acknowledgements to their numerous friends, 
who may make an effort to extend the circula- 
tion, offer the following premiums to those 
who may send them the greatest number of Sub- 
scribers to the third volume, up to the first of 
March next : — 
I. For the laigest number, not less than 100, 
a Silver Goblet, with appropriate 
Agricultural designs and inscription, 
worth $25 00 
II. For the next largest numbet*, not less than 
80, a similar Goblet, worth 20 00 
in. For the next largest number not less than 
65, a similar Goelet, worth. .......... 15 00 
IV. For the next largest number, not less than 
50, “Loudon’s Encyclopedia of Agricul- 
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VI. For every man who sends us 30 subscriber^, 
the two back volumes of the Southern 
Cultivator, handsomely bound. 
All communications designed for publication, 
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the Publishers at Augusta, 
J. W. & W. S. JONES. 
Papers throughout the Southern States, 
friendly to the cause of Southern Agriculture, 
wilj probably advance that cause by giving this 
Prospectus a few insertions and calling atten- 
tion thereto. 
MANAGEMENT OF HENS. 
The Kennebeck (Me.) Agricultural Society 
having offered premiums for the best manage- 
ment of fowls, two competitors gave statements 
of their mode ; and as they contain useful hints, 
we copy that of Mr. Child so far as relates to 
management, and that of Mr, Martin entire. 
To the former the first, and to the latter the se- 
Qond, premium was awarded. 
From the Statement of James L. Child. 
My hens laid nearly as well during the win- 
ter as in the warm weather. Their habitation 
was warm, and so constructed as to bring them 
to the ground, where they found at all times, a 
good supply of old plastering, ashes, pulverized 
oyster shells, charcoal, fresh water, once or 
twice a week beef liver, or some other kind of 
meat. I feed chiefly upon baked or boiled po- 
tatoes, giving their food to them warm in the 
morning and at night, occasionally dealing to 
them a little corn or oats, and giving them all 
crumbs, and skins, and fragments of the cooked 
vagetables. To prevent their being infested 
with lice, about once a fortnight I mixed in 
dough so as to discolor it, a quantity of flour of 
brimstone, which is a sure preventive as weU 
as remedy, and may be safely given in small 
quantities to young chickens, for the same pur- 
pose. 
It will be seen from my mode of keeping my 
hens, which average about 35 and 3 roosters, 
through the winter, that I cannot give the pre- 
cise cost of keeping, but 1 am satisfied that po- 
tatoes may be given as a general food, and 
fowls kept cheaper in this mode than in any 
other — and they will always be ready for the 
spit, if not stinted in quantity. I find my fowls 
fat at all seasons. 
