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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER, 



the silk, and forming of itself a kind of soap, 

 the whole of which yields from four to six thou- 

 sand gallons of strong- soap suds per week. — 

 This he has lately applied to his farm, and " its 

 effects are most extraordinary." It has been 

 used only one season, and its results cannot be 

 accurately given, but he considers it more pow- 

 erful than any other manure. 



TO THE READERS OF THE PLANTER. 



My connexion with the Planter as proprietor 

 ceases with this number, and although I shall 

 be known hereafter as one of its contributors, I 

 cannot but regret a state of circumstances which 

 has a tendency to sunder the ties that have 

 heretofore connected me with my readers. For 

 six years I have stood in the intimate relation of 

 editor to the farmers of Virginia, and although 

 during that time I have done much to disappoint 

 their just expectations, I have met from them no- 

 thing but kindness, forgiveness and compliment. 



I have parted with the Planter to Mr. P. D. 

 Bernard, of this city, from whose hands I have 

 every reason to believe it will be issued with a 

 punctuality and ability that it has not heretofore 

 known. The value of a paper to the commu- 

 nity, not less than to the proprietor, depends 

 upon the number and the punctuality of its sub- 

 scribers, and the interest I shall ever take in the 

 agricultural prosperity of Virginia, leads me to 

 hope that her farmers will not permit the only 

 paper in the State devoted to their interests, to 

 languish for want of adequate support. 



C. T. Botts. 



any time within six months from the date of 

 subscription. The paper will be enlarged to 

 thirty-two (instead of twenty-four) pages. 



P. D. Bernard. 

 O^jhAll communications on business for the 

 Planter, will in future be addressed to 



P. D. Bernard, Richmond, Va. 

 Jan. 2, 1847. 



Having purchased the " Planter," I take this i 

 method of informing the public, that it will be 

 issued hereafter punctually on the first day of j 

 every month. 1 have made arrangements to 

 secure the valuable services of Mr. C. T. Botts 

 in the editorial department ; as well as the aid j 

 of a host of contributors, by whose assistance I j 

 hope to entitle the work to even more of patron- 

 age and celebrity than it has heretofore enjoyed. 

 The paper, under its new auspices, will be for- 

 warded to all of the old subscribers who have 

 not ordered a discontinuance ; and to its support, 

 I invoke the patronage of all those who are 

 willing to sustain the only paper in Virginia de- 

 voted to the great interests of agriculture. 



The work will hereafter be published at one 

 dollar and fifty cents per annum — which may 

 be discharged by the payment of one dollar at 



CONTENTS OF NCS. XI. & XII. 



Fair — Description of the New York State Fair at Au- 

 burn, p. 241. 



Shoeing — Directions for the proper shoeing of horses, 

 p. 241. 



Andirons — Novel and useful mode of construction, p. 

 243. 



Wheat — Sowing on a corn fallow, p. 243. 

 Artichoke — The Jerusalem artichoke recommended, p. 

 245. 



Subsoiling — Result of an experiment, p. 248. 

 Peas — Nutritive properties of, p. 248. 

 Beans — As food for horses, p. 248. 

 CornsheUcrs — One recommended, p. 249. 

 Cultivators — A new invention, p. 249. 

 Stifle— The nature of the disease and the remedy, p. 

 249. 



Ploughs— Watt's cuff and brace, p. 250. 

 Threshing Machines — Communication on, p. 251. 

 Toe Nails — Recipe for curing a sore toe, p. 252. 

 Draining — Extracts from Colman's tour, p. 252. 

 Poultry — Management of, p. 256. 

 Leaves— Practical use of, p. 257. 

 Fence — Stevens' patent, p. 257. 



Machinery — To ascertain the velocity of a wheel, p. 

 257. 



Vinegar — Direciions for making, p. 258. 

 Rats— To get rid of, p. 260. 

 Consumption — A cure for, p. 260. 

 Cement — To make, p. 260. 

 Exhausted Lands — To restore, p. 260. 

 Castor Oil — To make it palatable, p. 261. 

 The Moon — Superstitions concerning, p. 261. 

 Asparagus — Valuable effects of pouring brine on as- 

 paragus beds, p. 262. 

 Pear Trees — To revive, p. 262. 

 Farmers — A portrait of an anti-book farmer, p. 262. 

 Figs — How to cultivate, p. 263. 

 Hogs— How to fatten, p. 263. 

 Com Mills — For plantation use, p. 264. 

 Butter — Large product from a. single cow, p. 264. 

 Hay — How to cure it, p. 266. 



Fruit — An essay on the management of fruit trees, 

 p. 266. 



Osage Orange — For hedges, p. 270. 

 Horses — How to learn them to pace, p. 270. 

 Carrots — Valuable crop, p. 268. 

 Corn — An uncommon ear, p. 270. 

 Sassafras — Inquiries about, p. 270. 

 CV7i-^What of calico corn 1 p. 270. 

 Butter — Made from vegetables, p. 270. 

 Biscuits — Recipe for making, p. 274. 

 Productions — Of the several States, p. 274. 

 Stains — How to remove from cloth, p. 274. 

 Soilings-Ex tract from Colman's tour, p. 276. 

 Virginia Farming— Grain and sheep recommended, 

 p." 276. 



Bees — A new beehive, p. 276. 



Natural History— Fv cis in, p. 277. 



Sheep — Best investment for the mountain lands of 



Virginia, p. 276. 

 Shaker Farm — Description of, p. 278. 

 Corn — White and yellow, p. 279. 

 Curing Meat — With sugar or molasses, p. 280. 

 Manure— How it should be used, p. 280. 



