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the production of wheat, yet we think his com- 

 pound well worth a trial, because it may be 

 that the perfect pulverization of the guano wilL 

 make a less quantity of Peruvian answer, and 

 because the phosphates remaining in the land 

 may promote the growth of the peas or clover 

 which should succeed the wheat. 



In addition to this, Dr. Reese is the first ma- 

 nure vender who does not make a secret of the 

 ingredients of his fertilizer. We cannot with- 

 hold a word of encouragement from a dealer 

 who is prima facie honest and above board. 



TO ADVERTIZERS IN GENERAL. 



We trust our numerous advertizers have no 

 reason to regret having used our paper as a 

 means of introducing themselves or their busi- 

 ness to the public. It has become an axiom of 

 all business that it must be advertized ; and we 

 have seen somewhere the saying of an old ad- 

 vertizer " that he was as certain and sure as he 

 was of anything in this world, that for every 

 ten dollars spent in advertizing by persons en- 

 gaged in any business, one hundred dollars or 

 more was received back again." It will give us 

 sincere pleasure by means of advertize merits to 

 put thousands into the pockets of our friends 

 in this Department. 



The late appearance of the Planter in Janu- 

 ary, we are not surprised to see, has given dis- 

 satisfaction. Our subscribers are not more dis- 

 satisfied with it than we were. Our printers 

 announced that they had copy enough, and af- 

 ter Christmas came to us for twenty pages 

 more. As they are business men, we do not 

 mean to blame them for an error in calculating 

 that will sometimes happen in all printing offi- 

 ces. 



We hope the same error will not again occur. 

 It will be remembered that the time limited for 

 the appearance of the present number was the 

 middle of February, and after that regularly 

 on the first of each month. 



MESSRS. MATHEWS & SAUNDERS' 

 CATTLE. 



We publish in this number two, and in the 

 March number we shall publish two more, wood 

 cuts of the very superior short horn cattle of 

 these two public spirited gentlemen. These 

 cattle will be remembered by many who saw 



f them at the Fair of 1855, where they were un- 

 doubtedly, as also at the Petersburg Fair, the 

 best stock of their breed ever exhibited in low- 

 er Virginia. As is almost always the case with 

 the best stock, the wood cuts do not do them 

 justice. 



new books. 



widdifield's new cook book; or 

 practical receipts for the 

 housewife; 



We received, some time since, a copy of the 

 above named book from Mr. A. Morris, and 

 have deferred a notice of it until now that we 

 might speak of it experimentally. Many of 

 the receipts have been tried in our family, and 

 have been pronounced good, excellent, superb, 

 capital! 



Mrs. W. has been for a long time celebrated 

 as an adept in the culinary art, and the pre- 

 paration of this work proves her to be fully up 

 to her business. One great merit that it possess- 

 es over any similar 'one of modern times is, that 

 it is more economical; an important considera- 

 tion in these times that try men's purses, and 

 when, to use the language of a wise man, 

 "never, perhaps, were children dearer to their 

 parents than now when the price of provisions 

 is so extravagantly high." It embraces full 

 directions for pickling, preserving, &c, and 

 " much attention has been paid to that portion 

 which appertains particularly to the prepara- 

 tion of dishes for the sick and convalescent." 



We are indebted to J. W. Randolph for a 

 copy of Black Acre vs. White Acre, a novel, 

 by a gentleman of Va. The subject is slavery 

 and the slavery agitation. We have had no 

 time to look into the work, having recently re- 

 ceived it. But we have no doubt, from the 

 name of the author, who is one of the cleverest 

 of our public men, it is an interesting work. — 

 Its sentiments are certainly of the right stripe 

 for this country. 



We have also received from the same, Scrip- 

 tural and Statistical Views of Slavery, by 

 Thornton Stringfellow, D. D. We have mere- 

 ly glanced at his work, the first part of which 

 we read attentively years ago with great pleas- 

 ure and instruction. We can commend it most 

 heartily to the public from our previous know- 

 ledge, and from the reputation of its distin- 



