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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



TO AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES, CLUBS 

 AND ASSOCIATIONS. 



By a resolution offered at the late meeting 

 of the Slate Agricultural Society by Mr. 

 Lewis C. Harvie, it was made the duty of the 

 corresponding secretary "to procure a list of 

 all societies, clubs, or associations, connected 

 with agriculture in Virginia, and report them 

 to the Executive Committee." 



We call attention to this resolution, and re- 

 quest the proper officers of such bodies to re- 

 port with all convenient dispatch to the editor 

 of this paper, who is the corresponding secre- 

 tary of the society. 



There are many associations in the State 

 unknown to us, and we are therefore compelled 

 to take this method of addressing them. We 

 hope it will be all that is required to elicit an- 

 swers from the individuals addressed. 



aUERY RESPECTING ARTIFICIAL 

 GUANO. 



"Will you permit me to inquire through the 

 Planter whether or not any practical farmer 

 has used artificial guano made according to 

 the recipe frequently published in your paper? 

 If so, on what crops, and on what kind of land, 

 and how applied; whether ploughed in, har- 

 rowed in, or applied as a top-dressing, or any 

 other information relative to the article that 

 may be thought useful?" 



UNIVERSITY PIGS. 



"How you have improved during your resi- 

 dence at the University!" is a very common 

 and agreeable salutation to the returned stu- 

 dent, who looks sheepish because he is con- 

 scious of having brought away "a sheepskin" 

 with him. We think the remark would not 

 be misapplied to these "little pigs," as our 

 friend, Col. Kemper, calls his young Rhino 

 ceroi — little pigs! A friend of ours told us one 

 day that his father, living in Alabama, not far 

 from Buzzard Roost Post Office, was telling 

 a newly arrived Yankee of a hog he had 

 slaughtered not long before which weighed 

 750 lbs. "That was a good pig," said the 

 stranger. "Pig!" replied the old gentleman 

 in unfeigned astonishment, "pig!! I should 



like to know how big the hogs grow in your 

 country." One is tempted to make the same 

 comment on the Colonel's remark, who ought 

 to have more gratitude in him than to be be- 

 littling his hogs in that style. They certainly 

 do credit to their raising, as the saying is, and 

 show the advantage of collegiate education, 

 beating "the learned pig," in the main point 

 for a pig, all to pieces. 



We can, however, assure all who confide 

 their boys to the watchful care of our friend, 

 "the Proctor and Patron," that he never per- 

 mits the students "to make such hogs of them- 

 selves." 



In conclusion, we will say, in simple justice 

 to Colonel Kemper, what we have known for 

 some time, that he is the only Proctor, who, by 

 superior judgment and skill, has made the 

 University farm pay for its cultivation, sup- 

 port all the hands and teams employed about 

 the establishment, and produce a small surplus 

 for market, with means that have been here- 

 tofore wasted, and amid the pressure of daily 

 and arduous engagements, he is going on to 

 enrich the land; and will make a fine farm, 

 as he now makes good crops, out of a very 

 indifferent soil. 



University of Virginia, Jan. 6, 1853. 

 F. G. Ruffin, Esq.: Dear Sir,— We killed 

 our little pigs to-day, and find their weights as 

 follows: - 362 lbs. 



370 " 

 410 " 

 412 " 

 457 « 



2,011 " 



Making two thousand and eleven pounds — 

 averagingfour hundred and two pounds. They 

 were a little under two years old, without any 

 extra keeping, having run at large until about 

 the first of December. If there are any of 

 your subscribers who can beat this, I would 

 be glad to hear from them. 



Respectfully yours, 



W.S.Kemper. 



The Wool Grower and Stock Register. — 

 We invite the attention of our readers to the 

 advertisement of this work, in another column. 

 It is a valuable work for all who raise or own 

 stock of any kind. It is published at 50 cents 

 per annum in advance. Specimen copies can 

 be seen at this office. 



