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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



two-thirds of the consumption of American to- 

 bacco in Great Britain is stemmed or strips, a 

 majority of which is Western growth. The 

 north of Europe consumes much Western to- 

 bacco, and it constitues nearly the entire con- 

 sumption of the south of Europe. For certain 

 uses in Great Britain, to very limited extent, the 

 Western States have not produced, and it is be- 

 lieved cannot produce tobacco to compete with 

 the Virginia growth of the best quality, which, 

 and especially of late years, constitutes but a 

 very small portion of the crop. It is, therefore, 

 thought that such qualities, and such alone, will 

 maintain compensating prices in European mar- 

 kets. It seems to follow as a plain and neces- 

 sary conclusion, that it is the interest of the 



Virginia planters to lessen the quantity grown, 

 and to appropriate to tobacco such lands only 

 as are capable of producing the best qualities ; 

 give increased attention to its culture and ma- 

 i nagement. The lessening the growth of to- 

 bacco, and improving the quality, will insure to 

 ! the planter profitable prices, enable him to im- 

 i prove his lands, by applying to the grain crops 

 I a larger portion of his manure, increase the 

 ; grain crops, and to raise the meats and work 

 j beasts necessary for his purposes — render him 

 j more independent and comfortable than he would 

 1 be by continuing the present system of making 

 j large crops of inferior qualities at losing prices, 

 I and buying Western pork and work beasts. 

 I A Virginia Planter. 



For the Southern Planter. 

 C H URNS. 



Mr. Editor, — Like yourself, I take a lively i For the Southern Planter, 



interest in every thing connected with the mak- HERDSGRASS. 

 ing of that most valuable condiment, good butter. I 



My attention has, therefore, been directed to the j Mr. Boils,— From the fact that I Jiad not 

 several representations of churns afforded by j paid you my " one dollar" I was debarred the 

 your correspondents, and I herewith enclose you ! benefits of your " cross mark," and consequently 

 a sketch of one, which, upon the same principle j the January number of the Planter did not reach 

 as others, and a little more expensive than the me til! yesterday. In it I find your subscriber 

 one described by F. L. H. in your February I from Powhatan (a spot consecrated to me by 

 number, is much more complete. The opera- j the remembrance of many scenes of sportive 

 tion needs no description. Any carpenter, who j childhood,) desires further information relative to 

 is furnished with two bevil wheels and a double j herdsgrass. What I have I cheerfully impart, 

 crank shaft, can make the machine, exclusive ' though I fear it will occupy room in your paper 

 of the barrels, for a couple of dollars. It is by j that might be filled with more useful matter.— 

 so much better than the churn of F. L. H. as j However, I have no fine-spun theory to advo- 

 the crank motion is easier and more regular than j cate, but a simple record of my experience for 

 moving the handle to and fro, as required in his j several years past. 



machine. I first saw this machine described in | March 20th, 1839, I sowed two and a half 

 an old work, called the "Mechanic's Magazine," j bushels of herdsgrass seed on about two and a 

 and from an experience of many years, I unhe- | half acres of flat land, which had been in corn 

 sitatingly recommend it as the best apparatus | the year previous. There was no preparation 

 for making butter I have ever seen. I for the grass seed whatever : the land was le- 



Yours, veiled and well prepared for oats, and after the 



A Lover of Good Butter, i oats were sown and raked in, the grass seed 



