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silicates. Nitrogen and phosphoric acid 

 generally exist in the same ratio in most 

 substances used for food or manure ; while 

 the solubility of the silicates is greatly 

 increased by fermentation in the manure 

 heap. 



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MR. DULANEY OF LOUDOUN'S STOCK. 



The following notice of the stock of R. II. 

 Dulaney of Loudoun, Esq., is from an appre- 

 ciative friend, who has done him simple justice, 

 but it would be unfair to the farmers, of whom 

 Mr. Dulaney is an ornament, not to add at 

 least an endowment from ourselves, who know 

 him well and esteem him highly, with great 

 fondness for stock, and a most discriminating 

 judgment of the points of all sorts of them } 

 lie happily combines a fortune which enables 

 him to gratify his tastes, and a liberal public 

 spirit which prompts him to diffuse it among 

 his countrymen by putting moderate prices on 

 all his animals. 



His superb Ram we mentioned in our notice 

 of the notorieties of 1 the fair as the finest sheep 

 we had ever seen ; his Berkeshire hogs we 

 think we also noticed as very conspicuous in 

 their department ; his imported heifers, though 

 beautiful animals, were out of order from the 

 voyage they had just made, across the Atlantic 

 and had Mr. Dulaney been less public spirited, 

 would not have been exhibited at all; his noble I 

 stallion, Scrivington, who is advertised in 

 this number of the Planter, was not present 

 because he had not sufficiently recovered from 

 a similar backset, to show his form or paces to 

 advantage. 



This praise is not extravagant ; the animals 

 speak for themselves to every judge ; and as to 

 Mr. Dulaney, we do not see how we can com- 

 mend too highly a gentleman who is striving 

 to do all that he aims to accomplish. — Ed. So. 

 Planter. 



Frank G. Ruffin, Esq., 



Editor Southern Planter : — Dear Sir — 

 I have promised more than once to show 

 my interest in the Planter, by dropping 

 you a line for its columns, but as often 

 have I been deterred from doing so by the 

 conviction that I should not thereby add 

 anything to Us interest; but to-night I 

 have just returned from a visit to my 

 countryman, R. H. Dulaney where I have, 

 feasted my eyes upon the splendid stock 

 just imported by him, and think I shall 



be doing a favor to the stock raisers of 

 the country by calling, through you, their 

 attention to this valuable addition just 

 made by Mr. D. to the pure bred stock of 

 the State. 



We have but few men in Virginia who 

 are able thus to bring among us the choice 

 stock of the world, there are fewer 

 still who are willing to incur the 

 trouble and expense, or who have the 

 taste and judgment necessary for such 

 an undertaking, and I esteem it fortu- 

 nate for the State, and particularly for 

 our section of it, that Mr. Dulaney's taste 

 inclines him to such an enterprise, and 

 that his fortune is adequate to its indul- 

 gence. 



If I had Peter Whetstone's peculiar 

 gift in such matters, I would give you a 

 scientific description of these animals, but 

 I have nothing of the sort, and can only 

 tell you in a plain way my impressions of 

 them. 



The first on the list, in point of value, 

 a Cleveland bay stallion, called " Scriving- 

 ton ;" a truly magnificent animal. He 

 is a deep bay,- five years old, stands six- 

 teen and a half hands high, is big enough 

 for the plow, but with sufficient action for 

 the saddle, and is so symmetrical in his 

 form, that he looks but little above the 

 average sized horse. He received the 

 first premium for ' Coaching Stallions," 

 at the late meeting of the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society of England, and is spoken 

 of by the Mark Lane Express, as " leav- 

 ing nothing to desire in this class of horse/.' 

 — a condensation of praise which leaves 

 nothing further to be said on the subject. 

 He is, I think, exactly the horse we want, 

 as he combines in an eminent degree, size, 

 action, and beauty, and will furnish a class 

 of horses, varying, of course, with the 

 quality of the mare, fitted either for the 

 waggon, the carriage, or the saddle. 



The Durhams, or Short-horns, next took 

 my eye. These are two calves, and two 

 two-year old heifers; the former looked 

 very much as if " their mother did '?it know 

 they were out." They had evidently left 

 home too soon, and stood their trip across 

 the waters badly; but the two-year 

 olds, compensated fully for any deficiency 

 in their juniors, they are very large ; 

 though perfectly neat, and are decidedly 

 the most beautiful heifers it has ever been 

 my fortune to see. They are, also, I believe, 



