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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



cold, the parts previously depressed will rise to 

 their former height, and will thus form an em- 

 bossed pattern, which may be finished by the 

 usual operation of carving. 



From the Albany Cultivator. 



TO STOP BLEEDING. 



A few years ago, a valuable carriage horse 

 of mine, took suddenly ill on a journey. A 

 professed farrier in the village in which I was 

 compelled to stop, advised bleeding in the mouth, 

 which was done accordingly. But unfortunate- 

 ly, after the animal bled more than a gallon, it 

 was found impossible to stop the blood. We all 

 thought the horse would bleed himself to death. 

 At this crisis, a farmer happened to pass by, 

 and directed an application of the fresh excre- 

 ment of the swine. A small portion of this was 

 immediately held on the wound made by the 

 farrier's instrument, and in two minutes the blood 

 was completely stopped. I have tried this simple 

 though not very pleasant remedy, several times 

 since, in similar cases, and with the same re- 

 markable success. J. H. Young. 



MOLASSES FOR HORSES AND HOGS. 



From the Report of the Essex (Mass.) Temperance 

 Society. 



From various persons we have facts fully sus- 

 tained by their experience, " that three gallons 

 of molasses, such as is not used for families, but 

 sold only by the importers for fermentation and 

 distillation, is worth as much as a bushel of 

 corn. 



An experienced and good farmer says, "I 

 had rather have one bushel of corn and three 

 gallons of molasses for my hogs, than two 

 bushels of corn without the molasses. I find 

 also a good use for food of those apples that I 

 used to suffer to go to decay, upon the earth. I 

 refer to those, that through the defect by worms, 

 or the action of the wind, fall from the trees. I 

 now pick them all up, put them into a boiler, 

 with potatoes, squashes, &c.; and when boiled 

 and become cold, — the life of the worms being 

 destroyed by the process of boiling, — I then feed 

 my hogs with this mixture, pouring over it a 

 few quarts of molasses, very much in the same 

 manner as we use the good molasses in our fa- 

 milies, with bread, rice, hasty pudding, &c. — 

 thus making a nutritious food, and dispensing 

 entirely with the use of antimony, or any other 

 regulating medicine for the animals." 



Another, who has had much experience as to 

 the useful and noble animal — the horse — writes : 

 " I now use molasses quite freely as food for my 

 horses. If the hay is a little defective, I pour 

 molasses upon it, and it is relished by the ani- 



mal. If I use oats, barley, or corn, I find the 

 same process useful. It not only gives a relish 

 to the fodder, — but is a good regulator of the 

 bowels ; and since I have used molasses with 

 their fodder, I have not lost a single horse by 

 the 'worm of the maw,' generally known as 

 the ' botts.' And the same is true in relation to 

 other animals, oxen, cows, &c. They appear 

 to thrive much better, by the use of molasses 

 with their food." 



It is also among the reminiscences of a well 

 known trader in horses in this country, that 

 when he wishes to prepare for a speedy sale, 

 those horses that he had purchased in a poor 

 state, his method was to feed them somewhat 

 plentifully with molasses; and in connection 

 with other food, they were found to thrive with 

 much greater rapidity than they otherwise were 

 wont to do. 



CONTENTS OF NO. V. 



Grazing— An extension of the grazing system re- 

 commended to the farmers of Eastern Virginia, p. 

 97. 



Timber— Should be cut in winter, p. 98. 

 Lime — Its effects upon sorrel, p. 98. 

 Corn — Mr. Woodson's mode of cultivating, p. 99. 

 Liberality — An instance of, p. 100. 

 Report— Oi the Hole and Corner Club of Mecklen- 

 burg, p. 100. 



Timber — A machine for felling, with a cut, p. 101. 



Tobacco — The character and qualities of different 

 kinds, p. 102. 



Ploughing — Remarks on, p. 103. 



Cabbages — To free from lice and worms, p. 104. 



Tobacco — To prevent its firing, p. 104. 



Paint — Recipe for a cheap paint, p. 104. 



Whitewash — Recipe for a brilliant whitewash, p. 104. 



Manure — Proper management of farm-yard and sta- 

 ble manure, p. 105. 



Grasses— Comparative value of timothy, herdsgrass, 

 orchard grass and clover, p. 107. 



Distemper— Induced by change of pasture lots, p. 107. 



Tobacco Prize*— Description of one, with a cut, p. 108. 



Comments — On the January and February numbers 

 of the Planter, p. 109. 



Buckwheat— Directions for the cultivation of, p. 110. 



Tobacco — An exhauster, p. 111. 



Wrinkles — Preventive of, p. 111. 



Vegetable and Animal Supporters — Essay on, p. 111. 



Report— Oi the Commissioner of Patents, p. 112. 



Silk — American capabilities, p. 112. 



Grubs — Value of remedy confirmed, p. 113. 



Bommer's Manure— Description of, p. 113. 



The Season — In Indiana, p. 115. 



Threshing Machine— Exall's described, with a cut, p. 

 116. 



Agricultural Clubs— -Their value, p. 117. ^ 

 Composition— For preserving wood, p. 117. 

 Old Field Pines— Inquiry, p. 117. 

 American Agriculturist — Notice of, p. 118. 

 Dung-Heap— Directions for managing, p. 118. 

 Molasses— -To be obtained from apples, p. 119. 

 Poll Evil— Remedy for, p. 119. 

 Lungs — Invention for exercising, p. 119. 

 Soda Bread— Directions for making, p. 119. 

 Engraving on Wood — Easy method, p. 119. 

 Bleeding— To stop, p. 120. 



Molasses — Value of, as food for horses and hogs, p. 

 120. 



