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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



bushel to the acre, is common. I sowed twenty 

 bushels this fall with my wheat; it looks well, 

 as the winter has been a favorable one so far. 



"Salt a Preventive of Smut," — As to the truth 

 of this I add my own experience, though I have 

 always brined and then rolled in dry, fresh slacked 

 lime whenever I saw any smut, and have al- 

 ways found it a certain remedy. 



"Prize Essay, by JMr. Bowie. 11 — This essay 

 deserves a place in every agricultural paper, and 

 adds to my conviction of the propriety of having 

 moderate sized farms, and them well tended. 



"Tobacco Prize. 11 — I would not detract one 

 iota from the value of Mr. Thompson's Patent 

 Prize, but, will offer what, 1 am almost certain, 

 is a much belter one, without patent. The one 

 I use occupies very little space, is worked, if 

 necessary, by but one hand, and may be put up 

 anywhere in the tobacco house. It is nothing 

 more nor less than a plain cheap screw, fixed in 

 a frame sufficiently large to admit a hogshead. 

 The cost of such a screw in Richmond would 

 not be more than ten or twelve dollars, and when 

 once fixed, it never gets out of order. You may 

 prize as hard as you please with but little labor. 



Mr. Lewis' communication ought to awaken 

 every Virginian to an appreciation of his great 

 advantages, and stop the emigrating fever; for 

 there is no doubt, if we will avail ourselves of 

 the many advantages which a bountiful Provi- 

 dence has placed in our reach, that there is 

 no situation on the whole globe superior to Vir- 

 ginia, when w T e take every thing into considera- 

 tion ; at any rate, this is the firm conviction of 

 Your most sincere friend, 



Commentator. 



Franklin, Jan. 20, 1844. 



We will only say of this new commentator, 

 that we have long known him, by reputation, 

 as a thoroughly practical farmer; one who both 

 holds and drives. Over another signature, he 

 has been one of the most popular contributors 

 to the Planter. 



For the Southern Planter. 



HOOKS— HOLLOW HORN, &c. 



Mr. Editor, — When I saw you in Richmond 

 you expressed a wish that your patrons on this 

 side the mountain would write for the Planter, 

 upon the subject of grazing, and at the same 

 time called my attention to the subject of con- 

 versation between tw^o gentlemen who were in 

 your office, the disease which is so general and 

 so fatal to cattle removed from the upper to the 

 lower country. I saw at the livery stable of 

 Atkinson & Turk, a very fine cow with a young 

 calf, and upon inquirjr, learned she had been 

 taken there two years ago and kept about that 

 stable and never showed the least signs of the 



disease. It seems to me a little care and atten- 

 tion to that subject might lead to a discovery of 

 the cause of it, and perhaps to a preventive. 



When I got home I read your November 

 number, and my attention was called to a piece 

 headed "Anomalous diseases of horses." I do 

 not design to make any objections to the disease 

 being called hooks, nor to the remedy alluded 

 to, but I wish to give a remedy which is, in 

 most instances, decidedly preferable. That is to 

 say, take a spoonful of spirits of turpentine and 

 rub upon the loins of the horse or cow, (for cows 

 are subject to the same disease,) once every other 

 day for a week ; during that time keep the ani- 

 mal in a comfortable stable, and feed regularly 

 upon scalded hay and bran, and by the time the 

 beast shows an improvement in its condition, 

 you will see an equal improvement in the eyes. 

 Should this remedy fail, it will then be time to 

 resort to the operation of " Fairfield." I will 

 add a cure for the hollow horn in cattle, con- 

 firmed by my own experience. Rub the horns 

 well with spirits of turpentine, also the top and 

 back of the head, a little on the loins will not be 

 amiss. A few T repetitions will effect a cure. 

 Your subscriber, 



Stephen Harnsberger. 



Port Republic, Dec. 23, 1843. 



CONTENTS OF NO. III. 



Comments — On the January number, p. 49. 

 Beds — Mattresses preferred to beds, p. 51. 

 Comforters — Recommended, with directions for mak- 

 ing, p. 51. 



Mince-pics — Recipe for making, without spirit, p. 52. 



Peach Trees — Singular mode ' of preventing the ra- 

 vages of worms, p. 52. 



Measuring — Simple mode of measuring heights, p. 52. 



Sheep — Value of beans as food for sheep, p. 52. 



Lactometer — Described, with a cut, p. 53. 



Improvement— Of the "soil and the mind," p. 54. 



Butter— Dutch method of making and preserving, p. 55. 



Poudrette — Testimonials for and against, p. 56. 



Fuel — Improvements in combustion, p. 58. 



Herdsgrass — Excellent directions for seeding, &c. p. 58. 



Ayrshire Cows — Mr. Randall's report, p. 59. 



Harrow — Mr. Geddes' recommended and described, 

 with a cat, p. GO. 



Reaping Machines Comparison of Hussey's and 



McCormick's, p. 61. 



Straw Cutters— Botts' recommended for cutting corn- 

 stalks, p. G2. 



Salt — May be given too freely to animals, in winter, 

 p. 63. 



Shoeing — Directions for shoeing the horse, p. 63. 

 Hogs — Difficulties of sty-feeding, p. 64. 

 Internal Improvement — By John Dumpling, p. 65. 

 Chum — A new one, p. 66. 

 Fever and Ague— Cure, for, p. 66. 

 Report — From Upper Hole and Corner Club of Meck- 

 lenburg, p. 66. 

 Wheat — Sixty bushels to the acre, p. 67. 

 Agents — Wanted for the Planter, p. 67. 

 Water Wheel— Hotchkiss', with a cut, p. 68. 

 Goochland — Price of land, p. 69. 

 Blood Horse — Essay on, p. 69. 

 Nursery — Winter & Co. p. 71. 

 Comments — On the Planter, p. 71. 

 Hooks and Hollow Horn— -To cure, p. 72. 



