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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



thing- like a compensation for our services. Of 

 this we do not complain ; for although our list 

 is too small to render the profits of the paper 

 an object, we have been contented if we could 

 live through these times, seeing our reward 

 through the vista of the future. That we have 

 profits at all, is something to brag of, but now 

 that they have to be divided between two of us, 

 we hope at least they will not be lessened. We 

 think we may say, without arrogance, that 

 Virginia is deeply interested in sustaining the 

 Planter, and that we are justifiable in re- 

 spectfully urging our claims upon every farmer 

 in our own state, at least. We have, therefore, 

 inclosed to each of our subscribers a prospectus, 

 with a request, that he will treat it exactly with 

 the consideration to which he thinks it entitled : 

 if he can, by circulating it in his neighborhood, 

 obtain a few additional names, we shall be grate- 

 fully obliged to him for his kindness. 



LAND AGENCY. 

 We have so many applications from persons 

 desiring to buy and sell farms, especially the 

 latter, that we have concluded to undertake an 

 agency for the purpose. If any individual hav- 

 ing a tract of land for sale, will send us a plat 

 and description thereof, we will register it and 

 exhibit it in our office, we will advertise it and 

 communicate it personally to persons desiring to 

 purchase, and do all in our power to further his 

 views. 



Purchasers will naturally resort to an intelli- 

 gence office where such facilities are afforded, 

 and we have no doubt the arrangement will 

 prove equally acceptable to the two great classes 

 of buyers and sellers ; but it must also be made 

 profitable to us. We will, therefore, require 

 every person desiring our assistance in selling 

 his land, to pay us an unconditional fee of ten 

 dollars, in advance, or a contingent fee of fifty 

 dollars when the land is sold, provided that a 

 sale is effected at any time within six months 

 from the date of the application. 



ENGRAVINGS. 

 There is no portion of our work that gives 

 us more trouble than the selection of proper sub- 

 jects for engravings. We would have no diffi- 

 culty in furnishing a plenty of embellishments; 

 but we are anxious to give our readers three or 

 four cuts in each number, which may not only 

 gratify a childish curiosity for pictures, but af- 



ford them real and valuable information upon 

 the subject of their profession. We will, there- 

 fore, be much obliged to any of our friends, who 

 will forward us a sketch, with an intelligible de- 

 scription, of any implement, or fixture that is of 

 a novel or interesting character. We will have 

 it engraved, and thank them for their pains. 



THE SIXTY DAY RULE. 

 Be it known to all whom it may concern, we 

 shall rigidly enforce our sixty day rule ; that is 

 to say, our terms emphatically, are, as adver- 

 tised ; one dollar and fifty cents per annum, pay- 

 able sixty days after the date of subscription, 

 or one dollar sent free of postage within that pe- 

 riod^ at the option of the subscriber. We greatly 

 prefer the voluntary payment of the dollar, but 

 if a subscriber chooses to delay it for sixty days, 

 that is his business, not ours. We make these 

 remarks, because one gentleman was so unrea- 

 sonable as to complain when we sent him a bill 

 for one dollar and fifty cents, the sixty days hav- 

 ing expired by more than a week. 



CONTENTS OF NO. I. 



Tobacco — Full and complete directions for its manage- 

 ment, from the plant bed to the prize, p. 1. 



Carrots — Mr. Bement's estimate of, and mode of cul- 

 tivation, p. 4. 



Roots — The value of, p. 4. 



Fence — A description of a neat and economical yard 

 or garden paling, with a cut, p. 6. 



Mud — The value of river mud as a fertilizer main- 

 tained by Mr. R. G. Morriss, p 6. 



Virginia — The standard of her agriculture discussed, 

 p. 7. 



Seeding Grass — A new mode recommended, p. 8. 

 Plaster — Results of experiments with, in Prince 



George, p. 9. 

 Blue Marl— lis value, p. 9. 



Cabbages — How to make them head during winter, p. 9. 

 Corn — Early planting recommended, p. 10. 

 Artichokes — The value of the Jerusalem artichoke for 



hogs, p. 11. Its cultivation, p. 11. 

 Carrion — How to be converted into compost, p. 11. 

 Water — How to make a spring, p. 11. 

 Potatoes — A new kind — probably a humbug, p. 11. 

 Poll Evil — How to cure, p. 11. 



Reaping Machine — M'Cormick's described, with an 



engraving, p. 12. 

 Hens — Winter treatment of, p. 13. To fatten, p. 17. 

 Agricultural Schools — Establishment of, recommended, 



p. 14. 



Pumpkins — New mode of cultivation, p. 17. 

 Hogs — Weight of two of Dicken's, p. 17. 

 Lime and Plaster — Queries with respect to, p. 17. 

 Bed Bugs — To destroy, p. 18. 



Corn Rows — To lay them off parallel with one another 



when they run irregularly, p. 18. 

 Stall- Feeding — Mode of management, p. 18. 

 Corn — Should be soaked for feed, p. 19. 

 Mud — Its value as a fertilizer, p. 19. 

 Solon Robinson, Esq. — Letter from, p. 20. 

 Dynamometer — Description of, with a cut, p. 21. 

 Fruit — Should be more attended to the South, p. 22. 



