southern Planter. — advertising sheet. 



CONTENTS. 



The Economy of Farm-Made Putrescent 

 Manures — In Reference to their Prepa- 

 ration, Preservation, and best Applica- 

 tion. (Concluded,) - - 705 

 To Pickle Green Tomatoes, - - 712 

 On the Occurrence of the Phosphates in 



some of the Tertiary Deposits in Va., - 712 

 A Plea for Innocence, - - 715 



Tobacco, - a - 716 



Mr. Winston's Wheat Crop, - - 719 



Sorghum Molasses, - - 720 



How to Keep Sweet Potatoes, - 721 



The Wonderful Nature of the Human 

 Mind, Exhibited in the Power of Mind 

 over Matter, - - - 722 



A Table, - - - 723 



Tea, - - - -724 



Fat Pork as Human Food, - - 728 



Hog Cholera, - - - 730 



Mr. Everett's Remarks on the Horse at the 



late Springfield Faii% - - 731 



The Preservation of Wine, - - 733 



An Item in Neat Farming. — A Chinese 



Garden, - 734 



The Anthracite Coal Trade.— The Best 



Wealth. — To make Pure Apple Wine, - 735 

 Hum buggery the Order of the Day. — A 

 Hard and Durable Soap. — The Early 

 Dead, - - - 736 



On the Stimulating Properties of Guano — 



A Reply to " X." — -Staunton Nurseries, 737 

 A Card.— Wool and Woolens, - 738 



Manuring in the Hill. — Sociability, - 740 

 Governor Banks on the Farmer. — Height 



of Economy, - - - 741 



The Chinese. — Hope — Work — Wait. — 



Falling Apples, - - 742 



Awards of Premiums at the Virginia State 



Agricultural Society, - - 743 



Agriculture as a Profession. — Co-Opera- 

 tion of the Wife* — To Preserve Cut 

 Flowers, - - - 751 



Perseverance, - 752 

 Our Next Volume, - - 753 



The Fairs.— -To Subset ibers in Arrears, - 754 

 Nottoway Club, - - - 755 



Hog Killing and Making Bacon, - 756 



Action of Lime, - 757 

 Circular, - - - 758 



Uses of a Dead Horse, - - 759 



Premium Farm, - - - 761 



Human Life. — Live in Love; ; Tis Pleasant 

 Living. — Ye can Conquer, if ye Will. — 

 "Bv-and-By," - -762 



Index" to Vol/XVIIL, - 763-708 



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