THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



evil. It is useless for them to talk about bad 

 seasons for striking, bad winds, cold winds, too 

 much or too little rain, &c. This will not ex- 

 onerate them from the duty they owe them- 

 selves. These bad seasons are not universal. 

 They do not affect every planter; Avhen the}^ 

 do we shall believe in them. There are plan- 

 ters who always manage their crops properly'-, 

 in defiance of too much season, too little sea- 

 son, or any season at all. They are men of 

 reputation as planters, and well do they sustain 

 it. Examine their crops year nfter year, and 

 they will invariably be found in good condi- 

 tion, and will always bring the highest prices, 

 liow is this done? The answer simply is, that 

 they give every attention to the ordering and 

 rrizing their tobacco. To do this it must be 

 'straightened and bulked in soft order, and 

 heavily weighted, which preserves the shape of 

 the bundles and makes the leaves stick togeth- 

 er. After remaining in bulk a few days it is 

 again hung up on much smaller sticks than 

 those at first used. These sticks should be 

 drawn smooth, triangularly shaped,- and shar- 

 pened at one end so as to run through the bun- 

 dle just below the tie. The leaves of each 

 bundle should not be separated after coming 

 up from bulk. Let it hang until thoroughly 

 dry. Then so soon as the outer surface of the 

 bundles becomes soft enough to admit of care- 

 ful handling, it may be taken down and bulk- 

 ed again with weights, and prized at leisure. 

 No straightening will then be necessary. The 

 inside of the bundles will be too dry to prize 

 when first taken down, but after remaining in 

 bulk a week or ten days, the order will be per- 

 fect. If the quality is poor, a little pure olive 

 oil may be used with benefit. Much has been 

 said about oiling tobacco. We only say oiled 

 tobacco sells best, be the quality of the tobacco 

 good or bad. We do not advise the use of it. 

 Planters must decide for themselves on this 

 point. Above all things, have the order safe, 

 and weights heavy, and you will not go away 

 grumbling about bad markets, low prices, &c., 

 when you ought to blame nobody but your- 

 selves. PETERSBURG. 



From the German to wn Telegraph. 



Green Crops for Manure. 



Mr. Editor : There is probably no more 

 economical method that can be adopted 

 in communicating fertility to the soil, than 

 that of liirning in green crops. For this 

 purpose, a large variety of plants are used, 

 but the preference is ordinarily of plants 

 accorded to those which are the most suc- 

 culent. Buckwheat is hiohly valuable for 

 this purpose on account of its rapid growth, 

 and the succulent and readily decomposa- 

 ble nature of its haulm. But of all plants 

 susceptible of being rendered available by 



the farmer, for the enrichment of his ex- 

 hausted soils, none are, in my opinion, su- 

 perior to Indian corn. An experiment 

 made last year, with this vegetable, has 

 demonstrated the truth of this 



On a piece of poorish soil, plowed the 

 previous autumn, T sowed three bushels of 

 Indian corn, broadcast, and harrowed it in. 

 A small quantity of gypsum — about two 

 and a half bushels — and ten bushels of 

 wood ashes (unleached) were sowed on 

 the piece, which contained one acre. 

 The plants came vigorously, and were not 

 arrested in iheir growth, notwithstanding 

 the season was remarkable for dryness, 

 and just before the corn commencetl spind- 

 ling it was turned in The operation was 

 facilitated by fastening the crowbar to the 

 beam of the plow, extending several feet 

 on the land side, so as to prostrate the 

 plants, and lay them in a position which 

 insured their being thoroughly buried by 

 the furrow slice, and in this way the whole 

 was covered, so that on the completion 

 of the work, which was finished off with 

 a light roller, not a leaf of corn remained 

 to be seen. 



In this condition it was left till the next 

 spring, when it was again plow^ed, har- 

 rowed and rolled ; a second harrowing fol- 

 lowed, and the seed planted (Indian corn) 

 with one gill of gypsum and wood ashes, 

 half and half, in the hill. I have rarely 

 had a better crop, even on good soil, with 

 a liberal allowance of manure. The soil, 

 on plowing it the last spring, presented a 

 fine appearance, and looked like old soil 

 that had long been under good cultivation, 

 and liberally manured. Southern flat corn 

 would doubtless give a larger quantity of 

 decomposable matter to the soil, than In- 

 dian, and would perhaps be in some re- 

 spects a better article for this use. 



A Chester County Farmer. 



Jane 28, 1858. 



Capped Hock. 



^Frorn Dr. Dadd's Veterinary Journal for July^ 



The above term is usually applied to a 

 serious abcess, accompanied by tumefac- 

 tion, around the point of the hock ; occur- 

 ring, as it does, at a very prominent and ex- 

 posed part of the limb, it is almost sure to 

 attract notice, hence, becomes an eye-sore 

 to every casual observer, at the same time 

 costituting a serious defect, and if accom- 



