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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



of the detached portion out of the ground. It 

 will produce shoots the first season, and in a 

 few years bear fruit of the same kind as the pa- 

 rent tree. 



For the Southern Planter. 



AGRICULTURAL APHORISMS. 



NO. v. 



Partly Copied. 



Annihilate the implements of husbandry which 

 have been brought into existence in the course 

 of a few hundred years, and the recollection of 

 their uses, and starvation would be the conse- 

 quence. So in a few hundred years from this 

 time, the then inhabitants of the earth would 

 starve on the practice of our present system of 

 husbandry. 



We are all born in sight of the mountain of 

 plenty, and all desirous of climbing to its sum- 

 mit ; but let me telF you, that you can only do 

 this by holding on to a plough or hoe handle. 

 If you attempt to climb up by any other means, 

 you will surely tumble. He who never attempts 

 to climb up this mountain is a brute, he who 

 attains half way, is a man, and he who mounts 

 the summit, is a hero. 



With him who has £t learned enough," I claim 

 no kin ; nor will I keep his company. 



Nature works for the agriculturist whilst he 

 is sleeping ; who else can claim the benefit ? 



Equally silfy is he who is killing his land, to 

 fill his purse, with him who killed his goose to 

 get the golden egg. 



We learn not so much by our own experience 

 as by the experience of others ; and it is much 

 easier to procure this by reading than by tra- 

 velling. 



He who seeks more light the more he finds, 

 and finds more the more he seeks, is worthy to 

 be called a sage. 



You never saw a vu'lgar character disinterest- 

 edly sensible of the value, of time. 



Neatness begets order. 



He who assumes the air of patronage, should 

 know, that unattended by delicacy, his services 

 are affronts. 



Prejudice and conceit, are the offsprings of 

 ignorance, and the great barriers to agricultural 

 improvement. 



A cent expended in money or time, in the 

 promulgation of agricultural knowledge, will 

 add many dollars to the public stock. 



Those who exert themselves in the diffusion 

 of agricultural knowledge, receive the approba- 

 tion of all the real friends of their country. 



Nothing injures agriculture more than whim- 

 sical novelties ; except bigoted adherence to old 

 and bad habits. 



If you treat your land badly, it will return 

 the compliment. 



Never plant on foul ground, to save a plough- 

 ing, or on wet ground to save time. 



The best way to convert an agricultural bigot, 

 is to put good examples before him, and be silent. 



If we make large crops at the expense of our 

 land it becomes every year more evident that 

 our apparent gain is real loss. 



Manure is to a farm, what daily food is to an 

 animal ; it must be procured at any sacrifice. 



It is necessary often to be reminded of what 

 we already know. 



Argus. 



Amherst, August, 1843. 



CHOOSING BEES. , 



Place your ear close to the hive, and give it 

 a tap: if the inmates give a short and sudden 

 buzz, all is right; but if it be a languid hum, 

 or rather a purring sound, the hive must be re- 

 jected, for the bees are weak. — Wrighton. 



CONTENTS OF NO. IX. 



Farmers' Clubs — Establishment of the Henrico Far- 

 mers' Club, p. 193. 



Indian Corn — Different methods of cultivating, p. 193. 



Clover Hay — Various modes of curing, p. 194. 



Soap Suds — Their effect on cabbages, p. 195. 



Cotton and Flax — Information as to the cultivation 

 asked for, p. 195. 



Fowls — To keep them out of yards and gardens, p. 195. 



Sweet Potatoes — Recommended as food for hogs, p. 195. 



Guano — Some account of it, p. 196. 



Flowers — Some suggestions relative to the cultivation 

 of, p. 196. 



Gate — Another described, with a cut, p. 197. 



Coal Ashes — Experiments with, p. 198. 



Lime — Its action upon sorrel, p. 198. How it should 



be used, p. 198. 

 Gapes in Chickens — To cure, p. 198. 

 Wood — To prevent decay, p. 199. 

 Raspberry — Remarks on the cultivation of, p. 199. 

 Mecklenburg Club — Report from, p. 199. 

 Association — Value of, p. 201. 

 Emigration — Deprecated, p. 201. 

 Run-Round — To cure, p. 202. 

 Weather— To foretell, p. 202. 



Marl — Apparatus for testing described, with a cut, p. 

 203. 



Machinery — Can it be adapted to the art of agricul- 

 ture 1 p. 205. 



The Potato— The history of, p. 206. 



Cattle— Proposition to establish standard of form, p. 

 206. 



Fish Ponds — Communication concerning, p. 208. 

 Economy of Farming — A new work noticed, p. 208. 

 Cabbages — To make them head during winter, p. 209. 

 Corn — Mr. Tucker's mode of cultivating, p. 209. 

 Cooking — Apparatus for cooking food for stock de- 

 scribed, p. 211. 

 Woollen Factory— Established in Richmond, p. 211. 

 Comments — On August number, p. 212. 

 Bommer's Manure — Inquiries, p. 213. 

 Wheat—- Mediterranean, p. 213. 

 Johnsorts Lectures — Noticed, p. 214. 

 Wheat — Observations on sowing, p. 215. 

 River Mud— Its value as manure, p. 215. 

 Aphorisms — No. 5, p. 216. 

 Bees — How to choose a hive, p. 216. 



