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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



dance of convenient room, saves the trouble of i 

 pitching it high, and furnishes the fodder just 

 where it is wanted to feed into the racks for the 

 stock below. The underground room of one is 

 divided into stalls for horses on either side through 

 its entire range, one hundred and thirty feet, and 

 a large gangway, accessible by folding doors at 

 each end, runs through the centre, affording 

 ample room for carts or wagons for the purpose 

 of removing the manure. Water is admitted at 

 one end through a stop-cock from a pond above, 

 forming a reservoir from the drains. Commo- 

 dious yards adjoining, afford space for exercising 

 the animals. This Darn is expressly designed 

 for stabling supernumerary horses from this city 

 through the winter, yet its construction admits 

 of its being used to equal advantage for any 

 other stock. The other barn being designed for 

 cattle and sheep, is open on the south, and the 

 other three sides are occupied with racks for the 

 stock, which are divided, when necessary, by 

 partitions and enclosures. 



But the particular advantage of these barns, 

 consists in the admirable contrivance afforded 

 for the accumulation and economical preserva- 

 tion of the manure. Under shelter from the 

 washing rains and exhausting sun, well mixed 

 with earthy and vegetable matter, it is here re- 

 tained till it can be advaniageously applied to 

 the land. Between, and contiguous to the barns, 

 is a tank capable of holding twenty-five thou- 

 sand gallons, which is the receptacle of those 

 enriching liquids of the farm yard, wiihout the 

 retention and careful application of which, to 

 the growing crops or stercorated heap, no farm- 

 ing arrangement can be deemed complete. An 

 ouilei near the top conducts off the surplus liquid 

 to a heap of compost, if it rises too high before 

 required for use, by which it is absorbed. At 

 all other times the cistern is emptied by sheet 

 iron buckets attached to a revolving iron chain, 

 and propelled either by the windmill, or if ne- 

 cessary, by horse-power, the shaft geering into 

 either as required. 



No particle of animal or vegetable manure 

 produced upon the farm is allowed to be wasted. 

 All is preserved and added to the general stock 

 of compost. The necessity of resorting to the 

 city for manure at a large expense, is here shown 

 to be unnecessar} 7 , and those who at first jeered 

 at this undertaking, are now wisely following 

 the example. Since the full organization of the 

 farm, there has never been less than two thou- 

 sand loads of surplus manure ready for use. 



A small patch of the stiffest and most unpro- 

 mising clay, from which, Mr. S. says his first 

 attempt for a crop of buckwheat, resulted in a 

 growth of about six inches; by an addition of 

 a coating of sand ploughed in, and a subsequent 

 one harrowed over the surface, produced a most 

 bountiful yield. It is thus the intelligent and 

 observing book farmer avails himself of all the 



principles of science and the experience of 

 others, in his practise, and the consequence is, 

 he gets rich, while his equally industrious and 

 economical, but ignorant neighbor continues 

 poor. 



How many farmers in Virginia would find 

 their advantage in selling two or three hundred 

 acres of land, and applying the proceeds to the 

 erection of such barns as these described by Mr. 

 Allen. And the ivindmill, too, is no bad thing ; 

 we have been wanting to ascertain the cost and 

 character of this motive power. With the im- 

 proved machinery of agriculture, a general de- 

 mand for " power" has arisen amongst our cul- 

 tivators. How valuable to one of our large 

 farmers would be a power, with which he could 

 shell and grind his corn, thresh his grain, and 

 cut the straw. Indeed, the want of such a 

 power deters mechanics from getting up many 

 labor-saving machines, that cannot be used with- 

 out it. As for horse-power, we have never seen 

 any yet that was adapted to the farmer's pur- 

 poses. In twelve months, they are generally 

 so out of order, that if constructed for six horses, 

 they require four at least to overcome the friction 

 of the machine. Water and wind are the free 

 gifts of nature, and require neither food nor 

 clothing. To be sure, like other free agents, 

 they are a little arbitrary in their operations, but 

 we doubt not that many, who do not. might 

 avail themselves of the one or the other to a 

 considerable extent. We know but little about 

 windmills, what improvements have been made 

 of late, and should be glad to learn the cost of 

 erection, the degree of skill required for manage- 

 ment, &c. &c. 



OXFORD SAUSAGES. 



The following recipe for making the celebrated 

 Oxford Sausages, so much desiderated by the 

 lovers of good eating in England, is from a late 

 English publication : 



Ingredients. — One pound and a half of pig 

 meat cut from the griskins without any skin, 

 and a half a pound of veal. One pound and a 

 half of beef suet, the yolks and whites of five 

 eggs. A dessert spoonful of sifted sage, after 

 being well dried. Pepper and salt to taste. 



How to wake the above into Sausages. — Chop 

 the meat into small pieces and then pound it to- 

 gether in a marble mortar till it is short and 

 tender. 



Chop the suet very fine, and when the eggs 

 are well beaten together, afier the white specks 

 are taken out, pour the liquid over the pounded 



