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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



when he is liberally remunerated by his sub- 

 scribers. The diversified character of this paper 

 and the ability with which it is conducted, render 

 it acceptable to all amusement-seeking classes 

 of the community; the literary selections are 

 made with great taste, and in some of the flash 

 epistles of the sporting department, we have 

 met with veins of humor as rich and genuine 

 as are to be found in any cotemporary in the 

 Union. High as the price is, we will venture 

 to say, that the subscribers to this paper get 

 more for their money than many, who think 

 economy requires them to limit their patronage 

 lo a cheaper (?) work. 



after which their doom to the payment of $1 50 

 will be irrevocable. 



TO STOP A FIT OF COUGHING. 



A correspondent of the London Medical Ga- 

 zette, states that to close the nostrils with the 

 thumb and finger during expiration, leaving them 

 free during inspiration will relieve a fit of cough- 

 ing in a short time. 



In addition to the above we can state from 

 personal knowledge that to press the finger on 

 the upper lip just below the nose will make the 

 severest premonitory symptoms of a sneeze pass 

 off harmless. We have found the remedy use- 

 ful many a time in creeping on game in the 

 woods. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



We have received and were desirous of pub* 

 lishing in this number a communication from 

 Bannister, and sent it to the printer for the 

 purpose, but he has just returned it, saying, 

 they had no key in the office to " Bannister's" 

 hieroglyphics. There are two or three lines 

 that stump us, but we will try and copy it for 

 the next number. 



CONTENTS OF NO. IV. 



The following prescription may be relied up- 

 on. It comes from a source entitled to the highest 

 respect. The old gentleman, who furnished it, i 

 says that he has known it cure travelling horses 

 in a few minutes so that they were able, in half 

 an hour, to resume their journeys and perform 

 as well as ever : ! 



11 Infallible Cure for a Foundered Horse. — If 

 your horse founders over night, in the morning 

 take a pint of hog's lard, put it in a vessel and 

 make it boiling hot, clean his hoofs well, set his 

 foot in the lard. Heat it for each foot, boiling 

 hot ; take a spoon and put the fat over the hoof 

 as near the hair as possible, and he will be fit 

 for use in three hours if it is done early in the 

 morning. It is better to remove the horse's 

 shoes, but I have made several cures without. 

 I have tried this on many horses during a period 

 of fifty years, and have never known it to fail." 



Louisville Journal. ! 



EDITORIAL. 



OUR SUBSCRIBERS. 

 A few of our subscribers are still delinquent, 

 and two or three still owe us for last year. — 

 About the 1 5th t»f April we shall make out bills, 



Artichoke — Value of Jerusalem, and directions for its 



cultivation, p. 73. 

 Charcoal — Its value for agricultural purposes, p. 74. 

 Blue Grass — Its value, with the mode of management, 



p. 74. 



Lice — To free cattle from, p. 75. 

 Corn — Advantage of cultivating double eared stalks, 

 p. 75. 



Wheat — Experiments upon the proper time of cutting, 

 p. 76. 



Coal Tar— How to use on roofs, p. 76. 

 Asparagus — New method of growing, p. 77. 

 Sweet Potatoes— Information asked, p. 77. 

 Corn — Result of an experiment broadcast p. 77. 

 Grubbing — A grab and a grubbing hook described, 



with a cut, p. 78. 

 Cucumbers— To obtain early, p. 78. 

 Tomatoes — To obtain early, p. 78. 

 Potatoes — To obtain early, p. 78. 

 Lettuce — To obtain early, p. 79. 

 King William Agricultural Society — Report of various 



experiments made by the members, p. 79. 

 Locust — The value of the timber, with directions for 



the cultivation of the tree, p. 80. 

 Charcoal— Directions for burning, p. 80. 

 Tools — Directions for tempering, p. 81. 

 Agriculture of Virginia — A letter from J. M. Garnett, 



Esq. in answer to " Vindicator," p. 81. 

 Ditching— Directions for making, p. 83. 

 Piny Old Fields — Directions for improving, p. 84. 

 Gate— Plan for steadying the post, illustrated with a 



cut, p. 84. 



Dynamometer— Description of Mr. Cone's, p. 85. 



A Table — Showing the number of hills in an acre at 



different distances, p. 85. 

 Fencing— A new plan of, p. 85. 

 Tobacco — A review of Mr. Minor's pamphlet, No. 2, 



p. 87. 



Short Hints— By Argus, p 89. 

 Pedder's Frank— Notice of, p. 89. 

 Timber — Essay on, p. 89. 



Tobacco — Seed received from Patent Office, p. 91. 



Straw Cutter — New plan, with a cut, p. 92. 



Clover Seed — How to sow, p. 93. 



Henrico Agricultural Society— Premiums offered for 



spring meeting, p. 93. 

 Tomatoes — Good food for cows, p. 94. 

 Sweet Potatoes — Value of as food for stock, p. 95. 

 Flowers — To preserve, p. 95. 

 Tobacco — An improver, p. 95. 

 Seed Corn— Directions for preparation of, p. 95, 

 Spirit of the Times — Notice of, p, 95. 

 Coughing — To stop, p. 96. 

 Founder — Cure for, p. 96. 



