THE SOUTHEKN PLANTER. 



Emory's Journal of Agriculture and the 

 Prairie Farmer. 



Tho above Journals, liitherto maintaining a 

 separate existence, have been vmitecl l)y the 

 transfer of the entire interest of the Messrs, 

 Medill in the last named paper- with its good 

 ^vil], to Messrs. Emory & Co. 



"By the union of the Journal and Farmer," 

 say the Editors, " we shall have a ^Yider 

 range of experience and experiments to assist 

 us. We ask for the continuance of that con- 

 lidence and support that has so long been given 

 to the Old Prairie Farmer." 



We hope the appeal of the Editors will not 

 be disregarded, and that all concerned may 

 find reciprocal advantage in the change. The 

 character of the paper, judging from its ante- 

 cedents, will doubtless be such as to entitle it 

 to a generous support. 



We have received the Catalogue of the Ag- 

 ricultural Library in the office of the Secreta- 

 ry of the Massacliusetts Board of xigriculture ; 

 an octavo pamphlet of 29 pp. Boston. 1858. 

 Containing a valuable variety of standard, use- 

 ful and instructive works on Agricultural and 

 Cognate Sciences, and on Stock Raising, Prac- 

 tical Husbandry, &c. We desire' to express 

 our grateful sense of the .kindness of C. L. 

 Flint, Esq., the Secretary, in sending it to us, and 

 to commend to the notice of the State and dis- 

 trict Societies of Virginia the importance of 

 taking measures for the gradual accumulation 

 of similar works. 



The Proprietor, Franklin Davis, Esq., has 

 furnished us with the "Descriptive Catalogue 

 of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Evergreens, 

 Flowering Shrubs, Vines, &c., cultivated and 

 ,for sale at the Staunton Nurseries, Staunton, 

 Virginia. 1858." See Ms advertisement. 



Henry R. Robey, Proprietor, has also fur- 

 nished us with the " Catalogue of Fruits, or- 

 namental Trees, Evergreens, Flowering Shrubs, 

 Plants, Roses, &c., &c, cultivated and for sale 

 at the Hopewell Nurseries, near Fredericks- 

 burg, Virginia." See his advertisement in our 

 advertising columns. 



We have received a list of the premiums of 

 the Seaboard Agricultural Society, The exhi- 

 tion comes off on the 0th, 10th, 11th and 12th 



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of November next. Wo are indebted to the 

 courtesy of the Secretary, for an invitation 

 to the Fair, of which we hope to be able to 

 avail ourselves. 



Agricultural Agency. 



We publish a letter from Samuel Sands. 

 E:-q., (the retired veteran of the American 

 Farmer) in our present number. Mr. Sands 

 will purchase for the farmers anything they 

 may want in Baltimore, machinery, guano of 

 every sort, and improved stock of every de- 

 scription. We wish him much success. 



To Postmasters and Others. 



j We are satisfied, that with proper exertion, 

 any person who will interest himself for us, 

 will be able to make up a list of new subscri- 

 [)ers for the "Planter," in almost any neigh- 

 borhood, in this or any other of the Southern 

 States. We offer, as an inducement to those 

 who are disposed to aid and encourage us in our 

 efforts to extend the circulation of this paper, 

 the following premiums in addition to our 

 hitherto published terms : 



To any person who will send us clubs of 



3 new subscribers and ^6, — 



The So. Planter for 1857. 



6 new subscribers and $12, — 



The So. Planter for 1857 and '58. 



9 neio subscribers and §18, — 



The So. Planter for 1857, '58 and '59, 



15 new subscribers aud §30, — 



The So. Planter for 1857, '58 and '59, 

 and a copy of the Southern Literary Messenger 

 for one year. 



To single new subscribers Ave Avill send ih9 

 present volume, (commencing with the number 

 for January, 1858,) at the low price of §1 50, 

 paid in advance. 



We call upon every one interested in promo- 

 ting the progress and improvement of agricul- 

 ture, to lend us his aid in contributions of 

 original articles on practical or scientific agri- 

 culture, in order that our paper m^j continue 

 to be worthy of the confidence and support of 

 those who have hitherto so liberally sustained 

 it, and to whose interests its pages will con- 

 tinue to be zealously devoted. 



August & Williams. 



We invite the attention of our readers to the 

 interesting essay on the Physical Properties of 

 S'jils, &c., by Prof. Johnson of Yale College. 



