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dressing. If the seed is sowed at broadcast, the 

 poudrette should be applied in the same way 

 and harrowed in with the seed. For buckwheat, 

 10 or 12 bushels ; and for oats, 15 to 20 bushels, 

 according to the condition of the land, may be 

 used, always to be harrowed in with the seed. 

 For potatoes, a gill to the hill, to be put in with 

 the seed, is sufficient on ordinary land ; a larger 

 quantity will be likely to make more vines than 

 are useful. 



" For cucumbers, melons, and other garden ve- 

 getables, it may be used in small quantities at 

 planting, and on melons, cucumbers and squashes, 

 it will be found a preventive to the striped bug 

 and other insects, if sprinkled over them in 

 small quantity after they are fairly up. 0^=* I 

 find the same prejudice and dislike, on first ac- 

 quaintance with it, among insects, as among 

 some men. On applying it to cucumbers and 

 melons, I was amused to see the yellow bugs. 

 and other like fastidious insects turn their backs 

 upon me, as I have often been to see gentlemen 

 of delicate nerves turn up their noses at the men- 

 tion of 'Poudrette' ! ! This circumstance, how- 

 ever, may not render this valuable fertilizer, of 

 less value, any more than the opinion of gentle- 

 men of 1 delicate nerves' renders the enterprise 

 one of doubtful propriety. I am satisfied from 

 my own experience, that it will be found very 

 valuable on all garden vegetables, not only in 

 producing a rapid growth, but also as a guard 

 against insects" 



CORRECTION. 



A very intelligent gentleman has called our 

 attention to the article on " Urine," at page 35 

 of the last number of the Planter. It is there 

 stated that a pit of certain dimensions can be 

 filled with loam, in Scotland, for about £41 16s. 

 Our informant states that he is in progress of 

 trying the plan recommended, and that, even in 

 this country, where labor is so much higher, he 

 is satisfied that the pit can be filled for about 

 $22, which is the sum at which he has seen it 

 estimated in other papers. He concludes that 

 it is a misprint, and fears the error may deter 

 some from trying what he conceives to be an 

 invaluable experiment. 



WHITE CARROTS. 



This is a new species of that valuable root, 

 and from its uncommon productiveness must be 

 an important acquisition in the field root culture. 

 For milch cows, and any other stock, it is a 

 cheap and rich food. From our own experience 

 we are enabled to say its growth excels the 

 common orange carrot in its yield. Unlike 

 others, it projects several inches out of the 



ground, like the sugar beet, or long turnip. In 

 rich soil with deep tilth, the production is enor- 

 mous. Twenty-two tons are said, by the Ame- 

 rican Agriculturist, to have been raised per acre 

 this year in Massachusetts. — Farmers' Cabinet. 



This is the root, our readers will remember, 

 so highly recommended by Mr. Bement in his 

 communication to the Planter. Since the pub- 

 lication of the article, we have had frequent ap- 

 plications for the seed, and we take this oppor- 

 tunity of saying that we are in daily expecta- 

 tion of a large supply from the North. 



CONTENTS OF NO. III. 



Tobacco — Of stripping and prizing, p. 49. 



Sugar — Directions for making from corn-stalks, p. 50. 



Cinders — From blacksmith's shop, a fertilizer, p. 50. 



Eggs — How to tell male from female eggs, p. 51. 



Goochland Fair — Notice of, p. 51. 



Address — Dr. Wight's reviewed, p. 52. 



Plaster — New theory of its operation, p. 53. 



Cast Steel — Directions for working, p. 54. 



Winged Coulter — An implement for cultivating corn 



described, with a cut, p. 55. 

 Grass — The "new" method of seeding, an old one, 



p. 56. 



Ruta Baga — Remarks on the cultivation of, p. 56. 



Roller — Directions for making one, p. 56. 



Poultry — Laying hens to be fed with egg shells or 



chalk, p. 56. 

 Corn — Proper distance for planting, p. 56. 

 Old Field Pines — How to convert them into valuable 



posts, p. 57. 



Painting — Cheap and durable method of, p. 57. 

 Timber — When should it be cut 7 p. 57. 

 Potato — Mode of planting, p. 58. 

 Horse Shoe — A new improvement in, p. 58. 

 Soap-Stone and Coal-Tar — Inquiries concerning, p. 58. 

 Gardens — Should not be neglected, p. 59. 

 Hard Times — The means of improvement, p. 59. 

 Anti- Attrition Metal — Babbit's recommended, p. 60. 

 Clover Seed — Box for sowing described, with a cut, 

 p. 60. 



Hogs — Management of, p. 61. 



Gate Posts — Manner of setting, p. 61. 



Apiicots — How they should be preserved from frosts 



in the spring, p. 61. 

 Tomato — Varieties of, p. 62. 

 Satinet — A new species of, p. 62. 

 Wheat — Kloss's White Blue Stem, p. 62. 

 Consumption — Important invention for its cure, p. 63. 

 Tobacco — Mr. Minor's pamphlet on, reviewed by Mr. 



N. A. Venable, p. 63. 

 Root Crops — Mr. Bement's opinion of, corroborated 



by Mr. Dicken, p. 65. 

 Poudrette — Experiments of Mr. Woodfin on, p- 65. 

 Farmers' Register — Notice of, p. 66. 

 Corn — Culture of, p. 66. 

 Virginia — Emigration to. p. 66. 



Reaping Machine — Inquiries concerning M'Cormick's 

 answered, p. 67. 



Reaping Machine — Hussey's represented, with an en- 

 graving, p. 68. 



Axes — Messrs. Barnes' recommended, p. 69. 



Broom-Corn — Cultivated for hay, p. 69. 



Manure — When it should be hauled out and applied 

 to the soil, p. 70. 



Poudrette — Its qualities as a manure tested by practi- 

 cal experiments, p. 71. 



Carrots— The white, preferred, p. 72. 



