V \ E. LiEPJOii COULTER H'2'25^ GULLt Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from IMLS LG-70-15-0138-15 https://archive.org/details/southerncultivat14unse |: I & ■ 1 "A ‘I'..- i ■y ,:i % - ' / !> { -| :y, 5i E. MERTON GOOLTf!? SOUTI-IEE N CULTI V ATOE . INDEX TO VOL. 14, ECE 1856. PLAKTATIOIf ECONCTIY AND MISCELLANY. Address before the Colaparchee Agricul. Soc’ty. Pages 45. 78 Agiiculture Scientifically considered in connection with Labor Page Dfi Agricultiu'e, experiments in 97 do. in our schools “ 93 do. Shade in, and its effects. . . i “ 149 do. in Cuba “ 192 do. the Beautiful in “ 362 { .Igricultural Address of Col. H. J. Cannon ' “ 106 do. Societies, Constitution, &c., &c “ 112 do. do. do. “ 116 do. Southern Centi-al Society, Premium List, &o : “ 141 do. Imorovemeut and Education 170 do. Items from Texas 176 do. Implements for the South “ 181 do. Papers, value of “ 83 do. Division of the Patent Office Pages 83, 195 do. Eeform, ShaUow Plowing Page 204 do. Papers, fault finding ‘‘ 206 do. IC S. Soc'ety “ 214 do. Income of the U. S “ 245 do. Improvement in Edgefield, S. C 308 j do. Papers and their corre-spondents “ 323! do. Ode, (poetry) '. “ 333 do. Euterpx'ise “ 65 do. Southeni Central Society “ 83 Agriculturist on his travels “ 272 African and Chinese Sugar Cane “ 46 Ashes and Oround Bones, value of “ 83 do. Potatoes planted in 96 do. Leached “ 174 do. Potatoes planted in 183 April Pains ” 192 Adamantine and Star Candles Page 210, 211 Bermuda Oras.-^ — ir.s varietie.s Pages 29, 117, 24 L 340 Bots or Grubs in Horses Pages 52, 53 Buckeye for Piles Page 53 Brine a Poison 67 Broom Corn, culture of “ 78 Book Farming ‘‘ 97 Birds earn their own living “ 129 Birds, ^^s. Insects 130 Blind Staggers in Hurees, ifc 3 “ 151 Buffalo Gnats “ ISO '•Broomsedge'’ himself again “ 212 do. reply to W. P “ 330 Bed Bugs, again “ 246 Blanching of Plants “ 246 Buy a Broom “ 252 “Book-Fanriing' “ 247 Bees and their Management Pages 270, 310 Beech Island Farmer’s Chub Page 272 do. do. Constitution of “ 308 Bottom Lhnds. clover in “ 333 Birds, another plea for “ 139 Beauty “ 129 Bacon Hams, saving from the Skipper FI V “ 151 Bones., ", “ 181 Rees and their Management “ 310 (hilifornia Timothy and Carnation Clover “ 31 Corn, preparation and cultivation of land for Pages 40, 76 dc. Measuring in hulk 117,181 do. crop, irijiirv to. by fodder pulling Pac^e 173 do. Wyandot." Pages 8:3,228. 246.343 Cows, Garget in. Page 47 Cows, Spaying Pages 47,114 do. Milk from .".Page 5{» do. Good “ 193 Cattle, bloody Murrain in “■ 49 Cultivator “ 53 Camels in the United States “ 54 Camomile, red. to destroy Insects “ 119 Colza, or Pape “ i:38' Cotton Culture, some suggestions to Planters “ 7-1 do. do Pages 108, 244 do. Seed Oil Page 118 do. East India “ 118 do. in Cobb County “ 139 do. Culture of — close planting, &c “ 149 do. Paper from the bark of “ 176 do. Planting “ 179 do. Pot n - “ 182 do. different iiiodes of culture ‘‘ 2‘35. do. Seed, how to apply as manure “ 241 do. Plow and Scraper “ 274 do. Crop of the U.S “ :336 do. Giu and Packing Screw “ 3:37' do. Sea Island — prospects of the crop “ 340- do. History of the Gin “ 343 do. Screws, cast-iron “ 269 do. Topping— five years experience “ 51 Cotton Crop, tiie e.xteut of this year, and probable run of prices “ 364 Catsup, pepper, and Meat Dressing “ :370 Ch'nese Sugar Cane and Georgia Syrup.. Pages :332, 3:3:3,338 Chinese Sugar Cane Pages S3, 29S do do. its value as a Sugar piaut, . DisUmper in Horses and Dogs “ 2:i9 Ditching, Hill Side — horizontaliziug, «fce “ 272 do. do. Capt. Ilardwick’.s plan “ :?<)4 Dairy, a Southern “ 337 nmx VOL. 14. domestic Economy Page 338 Discovery, important “ 130 Vish Ponds ana Artificial b’isli Breeding, a chapter on “ 10 fertility not a quality of soil “ 16 IFood for Horses, change of “ 22 Podder Pulling and Hay Making Pages 43, 173 Vmit Drying, a house for “ 53 Plax, report on the culture of like “ 113 Parmers Life 117 Fireside, the (poetry) “ 13() yiorida Potato “ 13^ Pounder in Horses “ 181 Pield Pea, is it a Fertilizer *• 182 Traits, fresh in sealed cans “ 210 Trait Trees, laulching “ 49 Pishes, cultivation of “ 116 Fodder Pulling, experiment in “ 213 do. can’t help it “ 309 Fodder Plants “ 343 Forage, feeding rough — a good plan ‘‘ 354 Feed, good, for horses “ 99 Fence, improved Wire Netting “ 48 Eastern Division, East Tennessee Fairs “ 23 Earth gi'owing colder “ 192 Educational wants of Georgia ^ 205 do. of Southern Youth 226 do. of Youth, Moral, Mental and Physical. “ 266 Emasculation of Horses and Mules Pages 242, 311 Economy, domestic— Overseers, &c Page 338 Foot Evil in Horses “ 370 Srass, Eescue “ 47 do. Kentucky Blue — its culture, &c “ 214 ■do. Eeport of Committee on, &c “ 84 Texas 207 do. Stanford’s Wild “ 208 dt>. Bermuda, its varieties “ 29 Grading, or Leveling Instrument “ 23 Drape Culture and Wine Making “ 46 Crin Stands and Grist Mills “ 52 Georgia and Mississippi Planting “ HI Guano and Silt “ 140 Darden, the “ 192 Gravel Wall, or Concrete Houses “ 300 C-reorgia and Alabama Planters, &c “ 322 do. South Western “ 354 Grain, table for sowing “ 50 Houses for N egroes — Plantation Hospitals “ 17 lloiBe Hoe “ 53 ifeusehold articles, packing “ 68 Help one another “ 116 Home, (poetry) “ 118 Home adornment “ 175 Hints to promote Peace and Harmony in a family.. “ 129 Horses, White Worms in “ 44 do. Young, how to feed, &.C “ 118 do. Balky to iuake draw “ 130 do. Big Head in “ 150 do. Bhnd Staggers in “ 151 do.. Distemper in “ 1.51 do. Scratches in, cure for “ 161 do. in Austria, the Imperial Stud “ 260 Horse Powers for Planters “ 333 Hogs, Pneumonia in Pages 179, 228 Hog E-iising in the South, Essay of Wm. J. Eve. £=59 Page 209 Hogs, Pork and Bacon “ 291 Hill Side Ditches Pages 215. 304, 333 Hiccup, the. Page 215 .aiydrdulic Cement, its uses, &.c “ 300 Horizontal K.)ws “ 339 3Iogs, Pork, and Bacon, &c “ 365 Heaves, cure for, in Horses “ 371 Inventions, recent American “ 243 Kitchen, the “ 183 Louisiana, Sugar Growing in Pages IS 30 do. Wheat Raising in Page ’ 30 do. Badnewsfrom “ 193 lieveliug or Grading Instrument 23 do. of land Pages 174, 215 ijabor, make it fashionable “ 3i Level Ground, planting in “ 73 do, laud or beds for Sweet Potatoes “ 148 do. Culture — Col. Cannon’s method “ 208 do. land << 073 ^ do. Culture — letter from Col. Cannon “ 236 .iJiiine in Agriculture, policy of Rail Roads “ 83 How aud when to u.se it “ 153 -Idee OH Poultry, remedy for “ 86 l'..Kadies, young, advice to “ jqo 31fcte«jrology for Farmers “ qo Mulching Fruil^rees Page 49 Mexican Wild Potatoes 50 Matters and things “ 55 Murrain, dzc. Pages 55, 119 Manure, application of “ 74 do. sheltering “ 86 do. preparation and use of “ 110 Manuring, proper time for Pages 115, 146, 148 Mule Power, vs. Negro Power Page 81, 162 Mules, report on Page 243 Mules, Stifled, cured “ 243 Milk, bloody, in Cows — Snakes! “ 85 Milking, art of “ 119 Moles Pages 180, 323 Mole pills “ 273, 338 Measure an acre of ground Page 183 Mutton “ 193 Mississippi, the seasons in “ 246 Man, the cultivation of the “ 303 Millet, Sugar, or “Sorgho Sucre” “ 353 Millet “ 150 Mixed Crops — Wheat, Sugar Cane, 6lg “ 140 M. W. Philips, Dr., and his correspondents. “ 321 Mulberries “ 47 Machine, a new one wanted “ 96 Negroes, freeing “ 183 do. discipline among “ 192 do. past and present condition of “ 244 Nota-Bee-na! “ 226 Owe no man anything “ 279 Ollapodrida. “ 55 Old, old Home (poetry) “ 86 Oak Tree, White, Mr. Cope’s (illustrated) “ 128 Oat Crop not an exhauster “ 147 Oregon Peas Pages 148, 245, 333 Order Hage 183 Owls, the way to catch “ 331 Orchard, profitable “ 196 Oats, Poland “ 50 Overseers, &c “ 338 Planting in Jefferson, &c “ 19 do. labor of the S luth, is it understood I “ 203 Planters, Southern, policy of “ 178 Pastures, Wheat for “ 323 Plow, Hildreth’s Iron Gang “ 20 Plowing, Deep Pages 74, 146, 307, 330 Plowing (poetry) ' Page 241 do. Stubble land “ 239 Pen, the .' “ 215 Pork, Beef, &.C., curing “ 31 Potatoes, some “ 44 do. Wild Mexican “ 50 do. Sweet. P’gs 55, 78, 112, 1 19, 147,171 ,1 74, 179, 238,246 do. planted in wood ashes Page 96 do. Florida “ 13fl do. Culture of the Irish Pages 173, 183 Parents influence on Progeny “ 66 Poultry, remedy for Lice on “ 86 Pea, Japan “ 99 Pea, a new and Prolific Page 207, 273 Peas, Oregon Page 148 Pea Vint.s and Shade in Agriculture, &c “ 237 Profession and Practice . . . ; “ 248 Poinological Society, American, Gth session “ 150 Paints, preparing =. . . . “ 99 Pole, scratching “ 151 Poudrette — is it of- any use ? “ 334 Persimmons and other fruits for Hogs “ 175 Physical Exercise “ 178 Pounds to Bushels “ 193 Prosperity, signs of (poetry) “ 194 Practical and Scientific, «.■>. “Book Farming” “ 247 Progressive -Planters — letter from Dr. Philips “ 279 Peas, Japan and Oregon “ 116 Piles, Buckeye for “ 53 Plow and Scraper, Yost’s “ 364 I’ea, China Prolific : “ 370 Productions, Florida and her, : “ 370 Rice, cleaning “ 47 Rice crop of the Savannah River “ 278 Roots, breaking in piowing corn, &c “ 54 Rape, or Colza, a I'ew crop for the South Pages 76, 138 Rotation of crops — an improving plantation Page 111 Recre'ition, importance of “ 130 Red Mulatto and Sandy Land “ ISO Rain, an inch of “ 193 Recipes, &c “ 207 Sugar growth in Louisiana “ 18 do. crop of “ 23 Sugar Cane. Chinese Pages 298, 332, 333, 353 WDEX VOL. U, V Soap Making, &.e Pages 19, 163 Soil, taking from, without restoring Page '13 Scours in Colts “ 55 Sheep, South Down... “ 80 do. Shearing Machine “ 87 Southern Central Agricultural Society, Premiums, &e “ 83 Styptic, good “ 127 Subsoilling as. Drouth “ 129 South Carolina, daughter of “ 140 Skipper Fly, saving Hams from “ 151 Southern Cultivator, take the “ 151 Selfishness “ 170 Shanghais, a word for “ 179 Seed, proper selection of Pages 87, 181 do. vitality of— query ? Page 240 Scraps from an experienced hand “ 182 Short Horns for the Sandwich Islands “ 192 Salersetus, is it poison ? “ 193 Selected Sentiments “ 196 Slave Property in the U. S “ 260 Stutfed Bantam and N. P. Willis “ 271 Sorgho Sucre, or Sugar l^Iillet Pages 298, 332, 333, 353 Soutliern Dairy Page 337 Sea Coast, Wheat Growing on the “ 353 Sport, philosophy of (poetry) “ 338 South, the true policy of “ 113 Sowing Grain, a table for “ 50 Sugar Cane, Chinese, its great value, &c. [Pages 298,332,333, 353 Seaboard, Crops on the “ 365 Sugar Cane, Cninese, Report of Dr. Battey, (lllus.) “ 366 Sugar Crop of Cuba “ 371 Table, showing the distance for sowing grain, «fcc.. “ 50 Tools, a new Avay to sharpen “ 52 Trout, living in a well 25 years “ 67 Temperature, for 6 years past “ 117 Timber “ 214 Texas Ant, the “ 322 Tnresher, Cotton “ 371 Vermont Wind-Mill (illustrated) “ 22 Vineyards, &c “ 116 Vine in Alabama “ 119 Work for the Month. .Pages 9, 41, 73, 105, 137, 169, 201 , .233, 265, 297 , 329 and 361 Wind-Mill, Vermont ^ “ 22 Wire N etting Fence '. ‘ ■ 48 Water, softening and purifying hard or Lime “ ' 87 do. Ram, &.C “ 335 Wine. Instructions on the art of makings. Pages 274, 318, 341 Wine “ 147 W. R.s respcnse, See., to ''Brooinsedge’’ ‘‘ 321 Wheat Growing on the Sea Coast '. “ 353 Weather in Mississinpi. “ 116 Yopon, or Souther n T,ea Plant “ 140 EDITORIAL. Answers to Correspondents Pages 24, 25, 56, 88, [120, 152, 184,216, 217, 248, 280, 312, 344 .Agricultural Societies, &c. . . ; do. do. Southern Central, Premiums.. do. do. United States. ... do. College of Maryland do. Societies and Fairs, Southern do. Chemistry do. Societies do. Books Xew,' tfcc - Agiicultural b''airs. Southern, tfcc a ■ Agriculturalist, South Caruiina - ihiges Athens, Fruit Show at Atlanta Fair ■ Advei tisements, new Books and Fruit Trees do. New Bacon Hams, a good recipe, curing Book Table, our [ Books, Agricultural, &:c Cultivator, Fourteenth A'olume of. . . . Cotton Seed, Nankeen do. Harvester, the Corn planting— Deep Plowing, &c'. Chinese Sugar Cans do. do [ ” I ’ 1 1 Condensed Correspondence ' " [ * ' " [ ’ r. .ctr 11 of Southern Cuili valor. . College, Woodland Female Clothing, water-proof Catawba. Grapes, fine and 37 2 89 “ 89 “ 121 “ 121 122 “ 123 “ 1.73 “ 345 “ 372 153, 185 “ 280 “ 3t2 “ 312 “ 56 “ 154 “ 57 “ 121 “ 375 “ 24 “ 25 “ 187 “ .56 “ 94 “ 3J3 “ 123 1 “ ls:6 I c I :: S! 280 25 25 26 27 28 Cultivator for 18-57 Page 372 Commercial Convention, &c., &e “ 373 Chinese Suerar Cane, pure seed “ 373 Domestic Economy, Recipes, &c “ 25 Date, out of “ 121 Dried Fruits and Vegetables “ 154 Educational Wants of Georgia Pages 205, 250 282, 346 Education Fair at Montgomery, Ala Fish Ponds Fish Breeding Artificially Freight on the State Road Frank Leslie’s Newspaper Fruits Scions, &c Pagps57) 186 do. Culture, profits of Page 280 do. Southern, Culture, &c “ 153 do. a new Southern ‘‘ ^17 do. Show at Athena “ 280 Farmers’ Club, Beech Ilsaiid “ 185 Fair, State, for 1856 “ 281 Education “ 280 Gang Plow, Hildreth’s Pages 27,57 Georgia Land Office “ 57 Georgia, Hints for Stock Growers in “ 9() do. Pomological Society ‘‘ 186 Gardeniqg for the ‘‘ 120 Georgia and her Rail Roads “ 186 do. Educational Wants of Pages 205, 250, 282, 346 Grapes, fine Catawba Page 313 Giape crops in Ohio and the South Grading Land . . .4 Hildreth’s Gang Plow, Hints for Stock Growers in Georgia Horse Show Horticulturist the Hints for the Season Hints in Wheat Culture Horizontal Plowing — Grading Land Irish Potatoes and Stable Manure Japan Pea Lime for Manure Louisiana, Sugar Crop of . . . . , ^ do. do. in Land Office Macartney Rose, single White Manure, Lime for McDowell’s Rhododendron Mule Power Negro Pov/er Nelson, Robert, A. Opinions of the Press Ohio Wine — Vine Prospects in the South Oat Grasses and “Rescue” • • • Premiums Pages 25, 56,88, 120, lo3 Plow, Hildreth’s Gang “ 27 Plowing deep— ivply [o “ W. R.” “ 219 Paptr, new “ 57 Plants, protecting from frost and sun Pomological Society, American Pages 121, 15.1, 18o do. Meeli.g “ 2L_ Pea, the Japan “ l8o Peaches, September Pages 280,312 Prolific Pea, Cnimi. .Page 344 Press, opinions ot the Piennuins fur 1857 Pomology, Southern, and Art Publicatioi s, new Rose, single White Macartney RhodoUendron, McDowell’s Rare Seeds Rescue aud Tall Oat Grassts Seecs I’ages Season, the “ 5,-,l5o Shade and Shelter, effec-,s of, on Fertility Page 9i» Stock-Orowers in Geoigia, hints for “ 9t> Sugar Crop of Louisiana Page 121 Savannah “ 184 South, Vineyards in the — Mr. Axt “ 216) September Peaeht s Pr ges 289, t>! 2 Sugar Cane, or Sorg'ho Sucre, Ac “ 33-5 Subscriptions, Renew your “ tn-l Volume, our next “ 344 313 314 27 90 123 218 248 248 314 251 185 27 151 186 57 27 OT 120 122 373 28 152 18(5 28 374 374 375 IgO 186 186 HOETICXJLTIl R AL DEP ARI Ml KT niiits on P,? Acre, number of 'frees an ^Apples. SviUthern Seehliiig .:Vpple. value of the Souluern Seed'.ine