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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER 



READ, CONSIDER AM) ACT WISELY. 



IMPORTANT TO FARMERS! 



What is that 

 you have got 

 there boy, and 

 what doing? 



Ah! Massa, dis de Wells' Seed 

 Sower — de berry best ting in de 

 world to sow de clober and de 

 v timoty seed, de plaster, de go- 

 no, and de wheat. I 

 I sows 25 acres in one 

 day massa — try 

 him. 



It is only by the use of valuable improvements that we 

 can reasonably expect to keep up with the age in which 

 we live, and public opinion everywhere has placed M. D. 

 Wells' Improved Patent Seed Sower in the first class of 

 agricultural implements. The above drawing exhibits it 

 in use, and any ordinary mind must at once be impressed 

 with the certain conviction that it is an indispensable im- 



t plement of husbandry, and that every good farmer should 

 have it. By its use you save time, which is money amd 

 labor which costs money, and experience in usnig it proves 

 you will not be driven from the field unless by very rough 

 weather, and the almost mathematical precision with which 

 the seed is distributed, compared with hand sowing, renders 



^ it self-evident in the opinion of the best farmers that a sav- 

 ing or gain of two dollars per acre is made in two crops of 

 grass and the succeeding crop of wheat, one year's inte- 

 rest on an acre of land at $33 f, and sowing three acres 

 cays for a machine with lid at $6. 



9 The first premium was recommended for this machine 

 at the late Virginia State Fair, and four of the committee 

 (all having use for it) engaged one each ; and we think if 

 governed by your interest you will do likewise. 



MOTT, LEWIS & WILLSON, 

 • Sole agents for Richmond — Agricultural Implement 

 fe— tf Store, No. 36, Main Street. 



"R y| ERINO SHEEP. — Having increased my flock of Me- 

 IVj rino Sheep on my farm, in Orange county, to over 

 800 I am now prepared to sell a few choice yearling Bucks 

 and Ewes. To all who have any acquaintance with Col. 

 Henry S. Randall of New York, and the reputation of his 

 flock, it is only necessary to say that the yearlings I pro- 

 pose selling are the product of eAves purchased of him when 

 he sold out last year, and selected by himjoersonally as the 

 best in his flock. I have his letters, saying that he was 

 offered the same price for his ewes by his neighbors, but 

 that in starting the growth of fine wool in Virginia it was 

 very important to have good sheep, and as he knew these 

 were superior, he preferred selling them to go there. I 

 shall sell no bucks except such as show marks of supe- 

 riority. All who want to raise their flocks to a high stand- 

 ard at once will do well to apply early, as I have but a 

 limited number for sale. Address by mail, or apply to ' 

 WM. G. CRENSHAW, or 

 CRENSHAW & CO, 

 june — tf North side of the Basin, Richmond, Va. 



PERUVIAN GUANO.— Having on hand, and engaged 

 to arrive, a large supply of Guano, we solicit orders. 

 All who buy of us may rely on getting it genuine, as we 

 sell none except what comes direct from the Peruvian agents. 



CRENSHAW & CO , 

 june — tf North side of the Basin, Richmond, Va. 



M'CONNELL. & BURTON, 



DENTISTS, 

 Main Street, between 9th and 10th Streets, Richmond, Va. 



JOHN M'CONNELL. w. LEIGH BURTON. 



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CONTENTS OF NUMBER VII. 



PAGE 



Minutes of Agricultural Facts and Observations collected 



and noted by the Agricultural Commissioner 193 



Carbonate of Lime in Marl • 19G 



A Cheap Plantation Gate 196 



Selection of Horse Stock 197 



Ducks — Selection, Management, Diseases 199 



Packing Provisions for Market 200 



Value of Deep Tillage and Draining 201 



Errors 203 



Summer Feed for Mikh Cows ..• • -203 



Water Telegraph • • 205 



Distemper among Cattle 206 



Economical Wheaten ©read 207 



Gassibr Country Use 207 



Threshing Wheat 208 



Bull's Head 208 



An Answer to Col. Ware's Article on Sheep and Farm- 

 ing in the present Number 209 



Agricultural Fair at Fredericksburg • 212 



Improved Short Horns - 212 



When are Peas Poisonous to Hogs? Peas Compared 



with Guano. — Grass Crop on Tide Water 215 



Explanation of Commodore Jones' Prize Essay 216 



Re*ply of Col. Josiah Win. Ware to the Editor's Article .■ 



on Stock 216 



Payments to the Southern Planter 217 



WORMS! WORMS! 

 Various theories ifave been started relative to the 

 origin of intestinal worms, and yet the question is still a 

 vexed one among medicaj^authorities. Of one fact, how- 

 ever, all are informed, and in which all agree — the fatal 

 nature of the influence they exert on children. At this 

 season of the year, the attacks of worms are most frequent 

 |is well as mo^t dangerous. We take great pleasure in 

 directing the attention* of parents to the Vermifuge of Dr. 

 McLane. It is one of the most extraordinary medicines 

 ^ver introduced to the public, and has never failed of suc- 

 cess when tried. 



k^lf Purchasers will please be careful to ask for ^'Dr. 

 McLane's Celebrated Vermifuge," and take none else. All 

 oth^ vermifuges, in comparison, are worthless. Dr. Mc- 

 LanVs genuine Vermifuge, also his celebrated Liver Pills, 

 can now be had at all respectable Drug Stores in the U. 

 States and Canada. , 



LIVER COMPLAINT. 



§3T° The only remedy ever offered to the public that has 

 never failed to cure, when directions are followed, is Mc- 

 Lane's Liver Pill. It has been several years before the 

 public, and has been introduced in all sections of the Union. 

 Where it has been used, it has had the most triumphant 

 success, and has actually driven out of use all other medi- 

 cines. It has been tried under all the different phases of 

 Hepatis, and has been found equally efficacious in all. 



Purchasers will be careful to ask for "Dr. Mc- 

 Laoe's Celebrated Liver Pills," and take none else. There 

 are other Pills, purporting to be Liver Pills, now before the 

 public. Dr.' McLane's Liver Pills, also his celebrated Ver- 

 mifuge, can now be had at all the respectable Drug Stores 

 in the United States and Canada. 



For sale by PURCELL, LADD & CO. 



july — It Corner Main and 14th street, Richmond. 



WOOL! WOOL!! — Receiving, as we do, large quanti- 

 ties of wool for sale, we are enabled to offer induce- 

 ments to manufacturers and dealers to examine our stock, 

 and in that way can generally obtain better prices than can 

 be had for small parcels. We solicit consignments from i 

 the Wool Growers of Virginia, with the assurance that we 

 can obtain the very highest prices for their fleeces, and that 

 no effort on our part will be spared to afford them satisfac- 

 tion. CRENSHAW & CO., 

 june — tf North side of the Basin, Richmond, Va. 



