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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER 



J. A. Harman to January 1856 

 T. Carrington to January 1856 

 Rev. A. B. Davidson to January 1865 

 E. H. Penchback to January 1856 

 M. Utz to January 1856 

 S. Redd to January 1857 

 R. A. White to January 1856 

 R. G. Morriss to January 1856 

 H. Irwine to December 1859 

 R. B. Haxall to January 1856 

 L. H. B. Whitaker to January 1856 

 J. R. Saunders to January 1856 

 P. E. Seward to January 1856 

 S. G. Cooke to Sept. 1855 

 T. Minson to January 1856 

 X. P. Minson to January 1856 

 S. G. Curtis to January 1856 

 E. Yager to January 1856 

 E. Smith to March 1855 

 N. Mills to January 1856 

 R. Mills to January 1856 

 W. T. Young to April- 1855 

 H. C. Logan to January 1856 

 Rev. E. W. Roach, 

 Col. T. Pugh, 

 Jackson & Williamson, 

 A. Bailey, 

 C. A. Anderson, 

 Capt. J. W. Armistead, 



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CONTENTS OF NUMBER IV. 



PAGE 



On the Horse 97 



The Peach Tree Borer 103 



Mushrooms and Hogs 104 



Borax Washing Recipe 104 



Discovery in Baking 105 



Gas Tar in Horticulture 106 



The Philosophy of Rain 106 



Chloroform for Domestic Animals 106 



V • ■ 107 



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Scratches in Horses 



Capacity of Boxes 



Weights of Measures 



A iaew Remedy for Smut 



Galls from the Harness or Saddle 



Compost Manures, Stock Yards, &c. 



Postscript to Remarks on the EfFect of Lime on Sorrel no 



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A new Cultivator 



A good Soap Receipt 



A good Common Ccke 



Lice on Cattle 



Corn Fodder • 



Self-regulating Windmill 



.Number of Seeds in given Weights 



A good Kind of Corn Bread 



Ginger Cakes * 



The Chinch Bug 



The Climax of Wheat-reaping Inventions 

 Wide Beds for Low Grounds— Beavers in Virginia- •• H5 



Seymour's Broad-casting Machine 116 



Butter 116 



On the Culture of Corn 117 



Ice Houses 117 



How to shoe a Kicking Horse 117 



On Distemper among Cattle 118 



Smut in Wheat 122 



Grain 123 



Breeding Turkeys 123 



Useful Hints for Virginia Gardeners 124 



Journal of Transactions of the Va. State Agricultural 



Society 125 



Discontinuance of Agency 126 



To prevent Moles, Cut Worms and Birds from destroy- 

 ing Seed Corn 126 



Richmond Markets 126 



Payments to the Southern Planter ■ 127 



FIELD, GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS, AGRI- 

 CULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL IMPLE- 

 MENTS, &c. — The subscribers have established, in con- 

 nection with their extensive Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Implement Establishment in Philadelphia, a Seed Farm, foe 

 growing all kinds of seeds for Farm and Garden, which 

 they are now able to supply, fresh and genuine, in every 

 variety. Merchants and Dealers supplied at a liberal dis- 

 count. A choice selection of rare Flower Seeds — 20 fin« 

 varieties, neatly put up in fancy boxes, for one dollar. 



They are also prepared to supply, either by wholesale or 

 retail, every description of Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Implements, with all the recent improvements, being sole 

 agents in Philadelphia for many of the best ones now m 

 the market, for which they received over seventy premiums 

 at the last Pennsylvania State Fair. 



They have also for sale Red and White Clover, Timothy, 

 Herd's Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass, Rye Grass, Orchard 

 Grass, Alsike Clover, Lucerne, Sainfoin, Sweet Scented 

 Vernal, Foxtail, Fescues, and other Foreign Grasses. 



Implement, Seed and Nursery Catalogues furnished to 

 all post-paid applications. 



PASCHALL MORRIS & CO., ' 

 Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store, 

 fe3t N. E. corner 7th and Market, Philadelphia. 



REAPERS, AND REAPERS <fe MOWERS, 

 COMBINED. 



HAVING beeii familiar with the manufacture 

 and working of these now indispensable ma- 

 chines for the last fifteen years, I can with entire 

 confidence recommend Hussey's, delivering behind, 

 or, with rear platform, at the side; and McCor- 

 mick's, delivering always at the side, as embracing 

 all that is valuable in reapers at the present day. 

 All others are but variations of these, and have 

 value only as they possess the true principles estab- 

 lished in them. Out of eighty reapers which I sold 

 last harvest, there were no failures. 



Orders should be sent early to prevent disappoint- 

 ment. Terms of payment for machines delivered 

 now will be the same as if delivered the first of 

 June. 



Premium Threshers and Threshers and Cleaners 

 made to order; Stationary and Portable superior 

 Wheat Fans always on hand, and a general assort- 

 ment of implements. 



ap3mo H. M. SMITH. 



PREMIUM THRESHERS. 



HAVING been awarded the highest premium for 

 Threshers and for Threshers and Cleaners by 

 the Virginia Agricultural Society in 1853, and again 

 in 1854, when, each year, they were operated in 

 competition with all the prominent machines of the 

 country, and being able to refer to more than 1000 

 farmers who have them in use, I feel competent to 

 satisfy all purchasers of the superiority of such as 

 I offer them. 



The Pitts Thresher, with separater and cleane* 

 mounted on wheels, is the most reliable machine 

 for threshing in remote fields on large farms; and 

 as a portable machine, to thresh on toll, has advan- 

 tages possessed by no other. 



I make a great variety of Threshers, both sta- 

 tionary and portable, and pay particular attention 

 to the repairs of threshers made by Jabez Parker 

 and by Parker & Smith. Have for sale Hussey and 

 McCormick Reapers, and do repairs to same. 



Orders should be sent soon to ensure seasonable 

 fulfilment. 



ap3mo H. M. SMITH. 



ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEAR TREES — 

 Or Pear and Quince roots for sale by 



G. W. WILSON, Maiden, Mass 

 Refer to T. A. Hardy, Esq., Norfolk, Va., C. B. Cal- 

 vert, Riversdale, Md., arid Samuel Sandu, Bait. 



