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cents. But as soon as it was stitched and co- 

 vered, the nature of its contents remaining the 

 same, mark ye, the Postmaster decides, and no 

 doubt properly under the law, that it is a pam- 

 phlet, and as suchj subject to pamphlet instead 

 of newspaper postage. 



The cover " if used for general advertising 

 purposes" is charged as another sheet. When 

 we became aware of this fact, to save a portion 

 of this unjust burden to our subscribers, we dis- 

 continued our general advertising business, al- 

 though a small source of profit to us, and used 

 the cover only for our private purposes 5 then the 

 postage was, under our construction, marked 

 "1^ cents under a hundred miles, and 2\ cents 

 over a hundred miles." But having received 

 orders that the number was wrongly marked, 

 and that it should pay 2^ and 5 cents, we of 

 course made the alteration required, and have, 

 in consequence, opened again our columns to 

 our advertising friends. 



The effect of this regulation is, that the paper 

 published at one dollar is taxed to distant sub- 

 scribers with a postage of sixty cents, or more 

 than half the subscription price : whilst the large 

 periodicals of the North, as the " New World," 

 &c, three times our size, and burdening the 

 mails three times as much, because they are not 

 pricked by a needle, pay about one-fourth the 

 postage. What a ridiculous and impolitic dis- 

 tinction ! Works of a substantial and perma- 

 nent character, which the government should 

 rather encourage than depress, are precisely 

 those which are most likely to be furnished in 

 that form, which subjects them to this ridiculous 

 tax. 



Many of our subscribers object to the dispro- 

 portion between the subscription and the postage, 

 and we are so often the sufferers by this absurd 

 regulation, that, in self-defence, we shall proba- 

 bly be compelled, another year, to forego our 

 neat and convenient form, and issue our publi- 

 cation in the style required by the capricious 

 whim of our Congressional representatives. 



EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. 



In consequence of an intended change of re- 

 sidence, Col. Burfoot has disposed of his interest 

 in the Planter to the subscriber, who is now 

 sole Editor and Proprietor of the paper. By 

 this arrangement, the subscribers to the paper 

 will sustain no loss, for whatever it has hereto- 



fore been, it will be likely to continue ; it having 

 so happened, that from the hour of his connec- 

 tion with it until the present moment, the junior 

 Editor has never written a word for the paper, 

 or even seen a sheet of it until it was in the 

 hands of subscribers. Indeed, we entertain a 

 strong hope that the Colonel may be induced to 

 do more for " love than money," and now that 

 the irksomeness of duty is removed, we expect 

 to receive from his pen those contributions that 

 he is so able to afford. 



C. T. Botts. 



Erratum. — For now, nostrum tantas, &c, in 

 the last line but two of the 134th page, read, 

 non nostrum tantas componere lites. 



CONTENTS OF NO. VI. 



Breedings Rules to be observed m breeding animals, 

 p. 121. 



Eyes — Treatment of inflamed eyes, p. 122. 

 Blue Grass— -Its cultivation urged by a correspondent, 

 p. 123. 



Agriculture— Its dignity and importance, p. 123. 



Poultry — Deserves more attention, p. 124. 



Post and Rail Fence — Machine for mortising described 



with a cut, p. 125. 

 Corn — Novel mode of cultivation, p. 126. 

 Comments — On the March and April numbers, p. 126. 

 Premiums — Proper mode of awarding, p. 128. 

 Points— Desirable in horned cattle, p. 128. 

 Agricultural Club — One established at Wilmington, 



Delaware, on the Virginia plan, p. 128. 

 Herdsgrass — Recommended in preference to clover, p. 



129. 



Pasturage~*-Artincia\ grasses and the extensive keep- 

 ing of stock recommended, p. 129. 



Asparagus— How and when to cut it, p. 131. 



Butter — Its manufacture and preservation, p. 131. 



Gate and Fixtures — Described, with a cut, p. 132. 



Comparison— Of the nutritive properties of different 

 crops, p. 133. 



Soot — Its value as a manure, p. 133. 



Salt — Its effect upon worms, 134 — used to retain am- 

 monia, p. 135. 



Culture — Its effects, p. 134. 



Ammonia-— Different modes of retaining, p. 134. 



Cream — Substitute for, p. 135. 



Duke of Northumberland— -Notice of, p. 136. 



Ploughing— Directions for, p. 136. 



Smart Weed — Its effect on chinches and fleas, p. 136. 



Secret — For making a crop without manure and with- 

 out cultivation, p. 136. 



Health— To preserve, p. 136. 



Worms in Children— -To cure, p. 138. 



Recipes— For dyeing and painting, p. 138.. 



Aphorisms— No. 2, p. 137. 



Stones — Should not be removed, p. 137. 



Sweet Potatoes— Mr. Gordon's mode of cultivating, 

 p. 137. 5 ' 



Jumping Confer— Described, with a cut, p. 139. 



Vegetable Supporters— No. 2, p. 140. 



Sturgeon — To pickle, p. 141. 



Buckwheat — To cultivate, p. 142. 



Bommer's Manure— Additional particulars, p. 142. 



