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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



To Subscribers. i 



In consequence of the change in the Propri- 

 etorship of the " Southern Phmter," it is very 

 important that our subscribers should remit 

 the amount of their indebtedness with as little 

 delay as possible. 



The amount due from each subscriber is in 

 itself comparatively trifling, but in the aggre- 

 gate it makes up a very large sum, and if each 

 subscriber v^ill consider this as a direct appeal 

 to himself, and promptly remit the amount of 

 his bill, it will be of infinite service to us. 



We commence sending with this number the 

 bill to each subscribed who is in arrear, and 

 shall continue to do so until all shall have been 

 sent out. We ask, as a favor, a prompt re- 

 sponse from all. 



The bills are made up to 1st January next. 

 The fractional part of a dollar can be remitted 

 in postage stamps, or the change returned in 

 the same. August & Williams. 



To the Editor of the Southern Plaiiter : 



Dear Sir : — You can safely recommend to 

 your " lady friend," who asks you for " a 

 remedy for the roaclies,'' the " Vermin and In- 

 sect Exterminator," of which I send herewith 

 the printed label of the proprietors. 



It has been used in my family several years, 

 and we have found it very effectual in destroy- 

 ing roaches and niice, and in driving ofl' rats, 

 (many of whom it probably kills.) 



It can be readily procured in Portland, 

 Maine, by any of your druggists, who will, I 

 think, find a ready sale for a faithful extermi- 

 nator of vermin and insects. 



Yours most respectfully, 



ED. T. TAYLOE. 



Powhatan Hill, Sept. 20th, 1858. 



[The above specific is entitled Parsons & Co.'s 

 "Vermin and Insect Exterminator." It is war- 

 ranted to destroy rats, mice, cockroaches, ants 

 and other insects. 



The label directs the manner of using it, and 

 is signed Chas. Parsons & Co. 



It can be o])tained through any of the prin- 

 cipal druggists of Richmond. Editor.] 



Farmer's and Planter's Agency. 



Baltimore, Sept. 20th, 1858. 

 It may be interesting to many of your read- 

 ers to learn that, in a day or two, the Peruvian 

 agents in this city will resume the sale of their 

 guano, which a month or more ago they sus- 

 pended. They had a stock on hand at New 

 York, which, it is supposed, they wished to 



close up, and accordingly gave notice to deal- 

 ers that, when their stocks were sold, they 

 would be obliged to obtain their future supplies 

 for the season at New York. But the demand 

 has been very limited this season — the high 

 price of the article, and the inability of the 

 farmers to buy in consequence of the shortness 

 of their crops, has caused a very small amount 

 to be sold this fall, thus far, to what has been 

 disposed of heretofore at this season of the 

 year — and most of those who are using it, are 

 buying the phosphatic guanoes to mix with it — 

 which, no doubt, is the best plan to use it. 

 The price, from this date, will be $1 per tun 

 less than it has been selling at for the past 

 month, as the dealers had, generally, put it up 

 to that amount, expecting when their supplies 

 were out, to send to New York for more I 

 quote it at $56 per ton of 2000 pounds in small 

 lots — best A. A. Mexican Guano $25 per ton of 

 2240 pounds. Navassa or Brown Colombian 

 ^28 per ton of 2240 pounds. Elide or Califor- 

 nia do $40 per ton 2000 pounds. Manipula- 

 ted, Reese's or Kettlewell's, $47 per 2000 

 pounds. All accounts concur in regard to the 

 shortness of the crop of wheat in the United 

 States. In Maryland it will not be more than 

 a third of a crop, and, so far as I have heard 

 from your State, it will not, I think, be any bet- 

 ter with those sections which have their princi- 

 pal trade with our city. White wheat was sell- 

 ing to-day at 'Change at$l 25(«^$1 35 cts. for 

 fair ro good, $1 40@$1 48 for prime, and $1 

 50@$1 55 for choice family flour parcels ; Red 

 $1 25(«;$1 28 cts. for fair to good, and is in de- 

 mand. Corn is also in request, sales to-day at 

 78(rtl80 cts. for good to prime parcels of vrhite, 

 and 90@9L cts. for yellow, Maryland oats 38 

 @44 cts., Pennsylvania, 45@,46. Rye, West 

 Virginia 82, Maryland 70((i),72 cts., and Penn- 

 sylvania 85@87 cts. Flour, Howard St. and 

 Ohio, $5 50, and City Mills $5 37 per barrel. 

 Rye Flour $4 25@4 50, and Corn Meal at $4 

 25(7/,$4 37. Respectfully yours, 



SAM'L SANDS. 



For the Southern Planter. 



On Centre Branght. 



Dear Planter : 



Can 3'ou not aid me in awakening in the 

 minds of the community generally, and of the 

 farmers in particular, an interest in the proper 

 mode of gearing horses and mules to the dif- 

 ferent vehicles and implements to which they 

 are daily worked ? Would the community 

 think me a madman if I were to assert, that 

 at least one-fourth of the power of the teams 

 used, independent of the injury done them, is 

 lost by being improperly geared ? There is a 

 certain line of traction — the center-draught 

 line, upon which, if the animal is so geared as 

 that he can exert his power accurately upon it, 

 he cannot only carry a much greater burthen, 

 but carry it with much greater ease to him- 



