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THE SOUTHE 



RN PLANTER. 



a tour of inspection through the country, and to 

 report to the Society at its October meeting, 

 generally and specially, upon the state of agri- 

 culture within the bounds of the Society ; to 

 suggest such means as to them may appear 

 most expedient for raising the standard of agri- 

 culture, and especially for diffusing information, 

 and improving and encouraging the proprietors 

 and cultivators of small farms. The committee 

 is authorised to recommend premiums on such 

 farms as they may deem worthy, and subject to 

 the decision of the Society, but is instructed not 

 to report upon any farm without the consent of 

 the proprietor. 



Committees are respectfully requested to make 

 up their awards, and hand in their reports by or 

 before 1 1 o'clock, on the first day. 



Committee to Select a Place for and to Arrange 

 and Conduct the Exhibition — Charles Marx. Dr. 

 Henry Myers and Thomas A. Rust, with au- 

 thority to add others. 



The annual election of officers of the Society 

 will be held the first day. 



Thomas S. Dicken, 

 R. B. Haxall, 

 William D. Wren, 

 Joseph Rennie, 

 Wm. H. Richardson, 



Executive Committee. 



From the Southern Cultivator. 

 CURE OF SWINEY. 



Swiney is a disease by which many of our 

 finest road horses are annually retired from the 

 saddle or harness, and turned out to pasture as 

 almost worthless, or sold for one-third their value. 

 We have seen and tried a number of prescrip- 

 tions for the relief of this troublesome affection of 

 the shoulder, such as ironing, rubbing with the 

 oil of earth worms, and various stimulating lini- 

 ments, the introduction of seatons, lengthy inci- 

 sions, with a deposite of poke root, to produce 

 suppuration, &c. ; many of which are worthless, 

 and others both cruel and injurious. 



The disease may be cured in less than a month, 

 and the horse used daily if necessary, though it 

 is best to give him rest if convenient. As soon 

 as you discover the disease — which will be 

 known by noticing the horse while standing 

 after use, and it may be seen even in the stall, 

 he will sustain the weight of the body on the 

 opposite limb, and put foward the limb of the 

 affected side, permitting it to touch the ground 

 but lightly, limps when hurried down hill, the 

 muscle upon the shoulder becomes thin, and in 

 many instances the skin contracted and tight, — 

 put a twist upon his upper lip, and introduce the 

 small blade of a common pocket knife, (the point 

 of which must be sharp,) into the thinnest part 

 of the shoulder, which will be near the upper 

 margin of the shoulder blade, and push it di- 



rectly in until you reach the bone, holding the 

 knife as you would a pen when writing, and 

 scratch up the membrane that covers the bone 

 for a space the size of a silver dollar ; the knife 

 may then be withdrawn, and after the small 

 quantity of blood that follows is wiped away, 

 the orifice will not be seen. The knife may 

 then be introduced in one or two places below 

 the first, and used in the same way, and the 

 operation is over. This may be repeated in six 

 or eight days : we have but seldom found it ne- 

 cessary to repeat the operation more than twice 

 or thrice, and in many cases a single operation 

 will effect a cure. 



Appling, April 10, 1844. 



Four oxen kept on cut-hay, eat 18 per cent, 

 less than when given the uncut, and made 15 

 per cent, greater weight of manure, and this 

 manure from the cut hay was thought equal to 

 that from the uncut. — Massachusetts Ploughman. 



CONTENTS OF NO. IX. 



Corn — Objections to the level mode of cultivation, p. 

 193. 



Tobacco — Advantages of ventilating a tobacco house, 

 p. 193. 



Col-man's Agricultural Tour — First number received, 

 p. 194. 



Sassafras and Alders — To extirpate, p. 196. 

 Rust — Caused by worms, p. 196. 

 Guano — Must be applied cautiously, p. 197. 

 Safety Rein — Miller's patent described, with a cut, p. 

 197. 



Poudrette — Its favorable action upon tobacco plants, 

 p. 193. 



Hay — Experiment in curing, p. 199. 

 Emigration — How to prevent, p. 199. 

 Lice on Cattle — How to prevent, p. 200. 

 Animal Improvement— Dr. Lee's views, p. 200. 

 Peach Trees — Treated with charcoal, p. 202. 

 Corn — Value of deep ploughing, p. 202. 

 Smut — To prevent, p. 203. 

 Tomato Catsup — Recipe for, p. 204. 

 Stable Manure — To arrest the ammonia, p. 204. 

 Reaping Machine — Success of M'Cormick's, p. 204. 

 Cultivator — A good one, with a cut, p. 205. 

 H. 4* C. Club of Mecklenburg— Report from, p. 206. 

 Ditching — Machines for, p." 206. 

 Wheat — Different kinds and proper mode of seeding, 

 p. 207. 



Valley Farmer— A new paper in Virginia, p. 209. 

 Strawberries — Proper mode of planting and cultivat- 

 ing, p. 209. 



Wheat — Comparison of Red May and Mediterranean, 

 p. 209. 



Asparagus— Culture of, p. 210. 

 The "Planter" — Increase of subscription, p. 210. 

 Animals— Proper treatment of, p. 210. 

 Almanac — From the office of the American Agricul- 

 turist, p. 211. 



Food for Cattle — Analysis of different kinds, p. 211. 

 Seed Wheat— Kloss' White Bine Stem, p. 212. 

 Chickens— Manufactured to order, p. 212. 

 Agricultural Exhibition— Of the New York Agricul- 

 tural Society, p. 212. 

 Water — Apparatus for raising, p. 213. 

 Henrico Agricultural Society— Pall premiums, p. 215. 

 Swiney — To cure, p. 216. 



