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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



Timothy seed rated at 40 lbs. per 

 bushel the number of seeds con- 

 tained in a bushel is - - 60,600,320 



Red clover seed, (American,) 60 lbs 



per bushel, - - - 24,084,480 



Dutch red clover seed, imported, 



60 lbs. per bushel, - - 16,819,209 



Dutch white clover seed, imported, 



60 lbs. per bushel, - - 43,929,600 



Orchard grass seed, 12 lbs. per bu- 

 shel, - 5,818,368 



The imported red Dutch clover seed was con- 

 siderably larger than the American, and it will 

 be perceived that the latter contains about 50 

 per cent, more seeds to the bushel than the for- 

 mer, and consequently, it would take a bushel 

 and a half of the Dutch seed to furnish as many 

 plants as one bushel of the American. 



It has been a very general error amongst our 

 farmers to sow grass seeds too sparingly there- 

 by leaving much of the ground unoccupied, or 

 filled with weeds, which will inevitably be the 

 case where the soil is fertile, and grass seed has 

 been applied with a parsimonious hand. A 

 very small share of common sense observation, 

 and a little arithmetical calculation will correct 

 this pernicious and impoverishing error. An 

 acre of land contains 4840 square yards, or 

 43,560 square feet, or if brought to square in- 

 ches ; 6,272,640 spaces, each of one inch square, 

 is equal to one acre. If clover seed is sown 

 evenly at the rate of 7J pounds, or the eighth 

 of a bushel per acre, it would produce about 

 three million of plants, provided they geue- 

 erally vegetated, which would allow each plant 

 about two square inches of space for its ac- 

 commodation. But it must be recollected that 

 there is always a considerable loss of seed oc- 

 casioned by its being imperfectly ripened, from 

 its having been heated, or by its being buried 

 in situations unfavorable to its growth, or other 

 causes, so that ample allowance should always 

 be made to guard against c mtingeneies of every 

 kind. From the data furnished above, it will 

 be easy to make a calculation in regard to any 

 of the seeds enumerated, so as to operate as a 

 guide to those who don't desire to give their 

 grass plants more elbow room than may be ne- 

 cessary to promote their proper growth and ex- 

 pansion and the farmers true and most perma- 

 nent interest. 7 ' 



SALE OF NEGROES. 



The editor of Warrenton Whig, who 

 was recently on a visit to Richmond, was 

 informed by Messrs. Dickinson, Hill & 

 Co., auctioneers of this city, that the gross 

 amount of their sales of negroes last year 

 reached the enormous sum of two millions! 

 The entire sales of other houses of a simi- 

 lar kind in Richmond, would make the 

 amount go over four millions — and still 



the business is increasing. We ourselves 

 (says the Whig,) witnessed the sale of 35 

 servants at an average value of $700. — 

 Negro girls not ten years of age sold for 

 $800. If this work does not stop in a 

 short time, Virginia will be stript of nearly 

 all her negro population — all owing to the 

 agitation of the infernal negro question by 

 the fanatics of botli sections. One of the 

 negroes mentioned above, a rough car- 

 penter, nearly forty years old, brought 

 $1,615. 



In Williamsburg, last week, Ro. Saun- 

 ders, Esq., executor of the estate ot the 

 late Rev. Scervant Jones, exposed for sale 

 some twenty slaves, all of whom com- 

 manded a most excellent price. A negro 

 woman named " Dolly," between fifty and 

 sixty years of age, sold for $725 cash. — 

 All the rest were sold at proportionate 

 prices, so far as we can ascertain. 



In Lynchburg, last week, the following 

 sales were effected : 



Man 23 years old, $1,316 

 " 46 " " 1,360 

 Woman 20 years old and child, 1,140 

 Man 21 " " 1,110 

 Woman 21 " " and 2 chil- 

 dren, 1,380 

 Woman 20 " 11 11 1 child, 1 260 

 19 " " 11 1 " 2,040 

 Man 38 " " 1,300 

 Girl 17 " " 1,190 

 Boy 19 " " 1,025 



In all, thirty slaves were sold, and the 

 average of old and young, including seve- 

 ral children in arms, reached the very 

 high figure of $708. 



The Charlottesville Advocate says : 



"There was a very large number of ne- 

 groes sold publicly on last Monday, our 

 last January Court day, probably as many 

 as a hundred, belonging to different own- 

 ers, changed masters that day. The 

 prices which they brought were very 

 high, ranging from $1000 to $1,300 for 

 men, and 800 or 900 for women." 



A sale of ten negroes, ranging in age 

 from 10 to 70 years, was made in Liberty, 

 Bedford Co., on New Year's day, for the 

 aggregate sum of 17,637. The highest 

 price obtained was $1,255, the lowest 

 1140, average $763.70. This is doing 

 pretty well considering the almost super- 

 annuated condition of several of the ne- 

 groes. — Tobacco Plant. 



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