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Before giving way to “ visions,” if the gentle man lmd have referred to statistical report*, he would have discovered the following facts : Ist, That the hulls of the seed possessed the princi pal fertilizing property ; 2d. That the cake—i. e., tue kernels, with the oil expressed out, the great est, amount of fattening properties; 3d. That the oil could he and was useful in many ways— none more so than for exportation to Florence, where the best salad oils are manufactured. I speak advisedly upon this subject, having an elder brother in England who buys and works lip into oil and cake eight thou.wid bushels of seed per week, and when on a visit here in 1837, he told me that his best market for his oil was Florence, and the farmers took all his cake for feed and fertilizers. jW itli its use as coffee or hoe cakes I am not post ed, but one bushel of cotton meal, mixed with two and one-half bushels of corn and cob ground to gether, will make a far superior feed for horses, mules, cattle, hogs and sheep, to all corn, ;i am sure, be they possessed of one or two eyes. If the above is an established fact, is it not clear that cotton seed has been wastefully used in every way? If so, then these facts known will bring about a revolution in its use, and that will be one step in advance in the right direction. MORYS HAG GAR. Edgewood, S. C., Nov. 1, 1870. On another page will be found an article in which the idea, that the fertilizing value of the hull is greater than that of the kernel of the cot ton seed, is shown to be fallacious. The hulls not only contain less of valuable ash materials than the kernel, but what it does contain is in a less available condition, as the hulls take a long er time to rot; moreover the hulls are almost entirely deficient in nitrogenous compounds.— Eds. So. Cult. lIEDGIXU. Editors Southern Cultivator : —According to promise I now proceed to give your readers the benefit of my experience in hedging with the osage orange. In the first place, a thorough preparation of the soil by deep and repeated plowings at intervals of a month, commencing first of September and continuing until first of January or February, at which time the scions should be set. The scions should be procured from a well cultivated nursery, thus securing those of a good, healthy growth; well grown yearling scions are preferable. The scions can be SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. taken up with a two-horse plow, made keen and sharp, so ns to avoid lacerating tlie roots ns far ns possible. Cut the roots to within five or six inches of the stock with nn upward slope, remov ing nil portions of the roots that may be bruised or lacerated. Chit the scions six inches in length ; then proceed to divide them into three classes, No. one being the largest class, Ac. Tims having the scions prepared proceed to distribute them along the hedge row, commencing with the No. ones and continuingtntil they are. exhausted; then commence with the No. twos and proceed as with the No. ones, etc. Distribute the scions by heeling in fifty or a hundred in a place, hav ing a sufficient space to consume each parcel of scions. Being now ready to commence trans planting, procure n three-quarter rope and tie a red flannel strip around the rop every six inches; now run a bull tongue plow, three times in same furrow, where the scions are to be set, opening only a few rods at a time, thus securing moist soil to the scions. Stretch the rope in the fur row —drop a plant at each tie; then almost any child can set them with precision. Haul in the moist soil, pressing down firmly, leaving the top of the plant nearly covered up and on a level with the surface. Each scion will put forth from three to five shoots. Cultivate well, keeping down all weeds and grass. The following win ter, (say February,) cut, with a keen scythe, those shoots two or three inches above the top of the old stock. Each shoot will again put forth three or four additional shoots, which let grow until they attain the heighth of a foot; then, with the scythe, cut square across three or four inches above former cutting. This operation should be repeated about three times yearly, be ing goverened, however, by the seasons. I have succeeded upon the above plan, and see no rea son why others, with proper attention, cannot. — The Bois d’arc is a tree that attains a considera ble size. I have seen it measure three feet in di ameter. Hence the necessity of frequently cut ting back. Respectfully, JAS. P. APPERSON. Ijancmter, Texas, October, 1870. To obtain seedlings, a convenient plan is to cut up the “ orange” in small pieces, and plant these as you would the seed. They come up readily, and it saves the trouble of getting out the seeds, or of soaking them when they have been out of the fruit and become dry.— Eds. So. Cult. 429