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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



properly and uniformly, apt to rot, and very 

 troublesome to prepare for the table. 



It is said that all sorts will bear better if short- 

 ened in the branches. It is possible they may, 

 but very likely the vine will be exhausted more 

 speedily. 



AILMENT IN COWS. 

 A correspondent wishes to know what will cure 

 cattle of the ailment, especially those brought from 

 Western Virginia to the counties around Richmond. 

 If he will look in the numbers of the Planter for 

 last year he will find two articles on the subject, 

 one by a gentleman near Richmond, and another 

 by Dr. Crump of Powhatan. They treat of differ- 

 ent diseases — one of bilious fever, the other of dis- 

 temper. What they say, and what Dr. Morton said 

 on the same subject in his essay a year or so ago, is 

 all we know on the subject, except that we lost 

 three very fine Albemarle cows this fall out of a 

 herd of ten by some such rascally disease. 



THE NOTTOWAY AGRICULTURAL CLUB. 



We are again indebted to the Nottoway Agricul- 

 tural Club for a large contribution to the Planter. 

 One of the rules of that Club is that each mem- 

 ber shall write an essay or report an experiment 

 once a year. The papers thus reported have been 

 sent to us for publication. We shall insert them 

 from time to time as their subject matter makes 

 them appropriate to the season. One peculiar val- 

 ue they possess : the facts they present are accom- 

 panied by the name in every case. 



How greatly would it benefit Agriculture if the 

 other Clubs in Virginia could be induced to send 

 us their papers, or selections and extracts from 

 them. We have frequently invited them to do so 



REPUBLICATION OF THE LEADING ENGLISH. 

 REVIEWS. 



See the advertisement of the publishers thereof 

 in another place. We have received the January 

 number of Blackwood, with the following enter- 

 taining list of contents : 



'The Gold Screw and its consequences ; The new 

 Peace Party ; Military Adventure in the Pyrenees, 

 part 1 ; Lancashire Strikes; The Inns of Court and 

 the Bar of England; Wet Days at BrynCefn; 

 Drinking and Smoking; On the state of the British 

 Army. 



you would any other piece. Take the bones and 

 any little shreds of meat that have been left in 

 boning it, put them in a stew paH, cover them with 

 water, and simmer slowly for the gravy ; put in as 

 a seasoning the same ingredients that were used 

 for the stuffing ; — if herbs, thyme, parsley or mar- 

 joram are to be had, add them to both. When the 

 meat is done, make into cakes or balls the stuf- 

 fing that was reserved, fry them in the drippings 

 that the meat was basted with, after which strain 

 the drippings, stir into it a spoonful of flour, and 

 then gradually pour on the gravy made from the 

 bones, &c., and give it a boil up. Serve the meat 

 with the pied stuffing placed round it, and the 

 gravy in a boat. The meat mast be kept until it 

 is tender. — Dr. Kitchener. 



A SWEET POTATOE PUDDING. 

 Take a pound of sweet potatoes, boiled and 

 mashed, 5 eggs, and a pound of white sugar ; beat 

 the eggs light and stir them in the potatoes and 

 sugar, reserving two spoonfuls of the sugar. Sea- 

 son with a lemon, or two if small, put it in to a 

 buttered dish, or two buttered plates, and bake. 

 Turn it out when done, and sift the remaining su- 

 gar over while hot. Eat either hot or cold — it is 

 better cold. It will be found scarcely inferior to 

 lemon pudding. 



TONIC FOR HORSES. 

 The best remedies for restoring the digestive 

 functions of the horse are : 

 Powdered Gentian, 1 oz. Powdered Ginger, £ oz. 



Do Sal 2 oz. do Charcoal 1 oz. 



Mix, divide into eight parts and give one with 

 food, night and morning.—- 'Am. Vet. Journal. 



A RECEIPT TO COOK A SIRLOIN OF BEEF. 



Take the sirloin, or half of it, and cut the meat 

 from the hone; prepare a stuffing of bread, one or 

 two eggs, an onion, pepper, salt, and a little mace, 

 or nutmeg, with apiece of butter as large as an egg. 

 Lay the sirloin on the table, with the side that was 

 next to the bone uppermost ; spread over the meat 

 one half or two thirds of the stuffing, roll it up 

 tightly, and. secure it with strings. Roast it as 



SOWING LIME ON WHEAT TO PREVENT 

 INJURY FROM FLY. 



We are very m llcIi indebted to Col. Fountains 

 President of the Central Rail Road, for the follow- 

 ing letter, which he handed us a day or so ago. 



We know Mr. Cochran well. He is a practical 

 Farmer, and a practical man every way ; therefore 

 his opinion is at least entitled to consideration, 

 and his recommendations to a fair trial on ever so 

 small a scale. He lias tried this plan for several 

 years, and always, as he has stated to us, with un- 

 varying success. We published a letter from him to 

 the same purport some two or three years ago. 

 Will some of our friends try if? we know all will 

 not — and report the result to us. Those who have 

 sowed guano on their wheat need not have the 

 slighest fear of any injury to that from the use 

 of the lime. 



Locn Willow,, Augusta Co., Jan. 5th, 185G. 



My Bear Sir:— Yours of the 27th ultim?-, 

 reached me a few days ago. 



Agreeably to yo * .* request, I herein give you 

 with much pleasure my views, and some expe- 



