RN PLANTER. 



mistaken facts, is as useful and as necessary to 

 agricultural knowledge and improvement, as to 

 announce new and undoubtedly true opinions 

 and facts. 



As no calcareous earth exists in the tidewater 

 region of the southern States, except the fossil 

 shell deposite, or marl, as commonly termed, of 

 course the growth of this plant, when found 

 any where in that region, w^ill always indicate 

 that form of calcareous earth only. But if it 

 grows among the mountains, and in more north- 

 ern as well as more elevated lands, it will proba- 

 bly be found in all limestone streams. 



HOARSENESS. 



One drachm of freshly scraped horseradish 

 root, to be infused with four ounces of water, in 

 a close vessel, for two hours, and made into a 

 syrup, with double its weight in vinegar, is an 

 improved remedy for hoarseness; a tea-spoonful 

 has often proved effectual ; a few tea-spoonfuls, 

 it is said, have never been known to fail in re- 

 moving hoarseness. 



For the Southern Planter. 

 GREEN OATS FOR COLTS. 



Mr. Editor, — I noticed in the Planter for July 

 a caution against turning colts in upon green 

 oats, as they are considered poisonous. During 

 the last spring I had the misfortune to lose a 

 very fine mare with a colt fifteen days old at her 

 side. I turned the colt in upon an oat lot, where 

 it is now, and to all appearances doing remarka- 

 bly well. 



Very respectfully, 



B. H. Brown. 

 Gravel Hill, Buckingham, July 1, 1844. 



TO PROTECT HENS FROM VERMIN. 

 A gentleman from Hanover requests us to 

 state the fact that pennyroyal woven into their 

 nests will perfectly and certainly protect hens 

 from the annoyance of vermin. He generally 

 makes the nest entirely of this strong scented 

 herb. 



SHEEP KILLED BY BRINE. 



Some farmers keep a trough of salt in their barn 

 yards, so that their cattle, horses and sheep may 

 have access to it whenever they are "salt hun- 

 gry." This may be a good plan ; but the 

 trough ought not to be exposed to the rains. A 

 farmer in a neighboring county recently lost 

 two sheep in consequence of their drinking of 

 the brine made by the rain falling into a trough 

 of salt kept in his yard. They had not been 

 salted for a considerable time, and on coming | 



into the yard drank freely of the brine, and died 

 in a very few minutes. 



We never heard of sheep eating so much 

 salt, when given to them dry, as to kill them ; 

 but in this instance they were probably both 

 thirsty and "salt hungry" at the same time, 

 and hence they drank so large a quantity of the 

 brine that it proved fatal to them. 



Maine Farmer. 



The following articles are from the Foreign 

 News Department of the American Agricul- 

 turist : 



Substitute for Guano and Bones. — Mr. 

 Dinsdale advises the collection of human urine, 

 giving to it about fourteen pounds of sulphate 

 of magnesia (Epsom salts) to every hundred 

 gallons, and adding lime in the state of hydrate 

 (that is, slaked.) Such a mixture contains all 

 the elements of bones and guano ; and although 

 more than one private empiric and public com- 

 pany have adopted the process, for profit, it still 

 remains comparatively unknown. I calculate 

 more than one hundred gallons per month are 

 thrown away in every minor farm house, while 

 in towns there is great waste in this way. 



Guano a Preservative of Flowers. — 

 Those who are lovers of flowers, and delight in 

 having them constantly in their rooms, may 

 continue to keep them fresh for a very considera- 

 ble time, by putting into the water a pinch of 

 Peruvian guano, which is rendered immediately 

 soluble and taken up by the cuttings. Guano 

 is essentially different from all other manures : 

 it possesses most of the constituents of plants, 

 and contains a great portion of salt and other 

 antiseptic, and yet the most fertilizing ingredients. 



For the Southern Planter. 

 MATTERS AND THINGS IN GENERAL. 



From a Housekeeper 's Omnium Gatherum. 



Hemp sown around a hen-yard or around a 

 cabbage patch will keep off vermin. 



Hollow Horn. — A writer in the Louisville 

 Journal recommends to saw off the horn. Try 

 it in an extreme case. 



Removing Unpleasant Taste in Milk. — 

 Dissolve a piece of saltpetre, about the size of a 

 hazelnut, in warm water, and mix with a gallon 

 of new milk immediately after being strained. 

 Very innocent — will make milk cast cream bet- 

 ter. — Cultivator . 



Manure for Vines, — The cuttings chopped 

 fine and dug m.—Liebig, 347. 



Rheumatism. — Take one pint of bruised 

 mustardseed ; soak one night in two quarts of 

 milk ; boil and strain the milk and add good 



