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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



to drink ; and I shall at once see how I can 

 best procure a pasture for them. I shall let the 

 cattle minder know that he is watched and held 

 responsible for these things. 



8. Milch Coios — I shall contrive to procure 

 these the best pasture, if possible. I shall feed 

 them night and morning, and shall so manage 

 it as always to have something to eat when 

 penned. 



9. Houses, Fences, &c—l shall endeavor never 

 to let these get out of order. The moment I 

 discover any of them out of repair, I shall have 

 them attended to, never forgetting that 'a stitch 

 in time saves nine.' 



10. Carts, Wagons, &c — I shall observe the 

 same rules about these as about the horses, &c. 

 and shall never put off attending to them until 

 I may want to use them, when I shall not have 

 time to do so. 



11. Time — I will always recollect that my 

 time is not my own, but my employer's, and I 

 shall consider my neglect of his business, as so 

 much unjustly t iken out of his pocket. 



12. Visits — If anyone calls to see me I shall 

 entertain him politely ; but I shall never for- 

 get to attend to business on that account. — 

 *' Business first, and amusements afterwards'' 

 shall be my motto. If any of my friends are 

 displeased at this rule, the sooner they cease to 

 be ifriends the better. — Southern Cultivator. 



The Farmer. 



The man who stands on his own soil, who 

 feels that by the laws of the land in wliich he 

 lives — by the law of civilized nations — he is the 

 rightful and exclusive owner of the soil he tills, 

 is by the constitution of our nature under a 

 wholesome influence not easily imbibed by any 

 other source. He feels, other things being 

 equal, more strongly than another, the charac- 

 ter of a man as a lord of the inanimate world, 

 of this great wonderful sphere which, fashion- 

 ed by the hand of God, and upheld by his pow 

 er, is rolling through the heaven, a part of his 

 — his from the centre to the sky. It is the 

 space on which the generation moved in its 

 round of duties, and he feels himself connected 

 by a link with those who follow him, and to 

 whom he is to transmit a home. Perhaps a 

 farm has come down to him from his fathers. 

 They have gon^ to their last home ! but he can 

 trace their footsteps over the scenes of his daily 

 labors. The roof which shelters him was rear- 

 ed by those to whom he owes his being. Some 

 interesting domestic tradition is connected with 

 every enclosure. The favourite tree was plant- 

 ed by his father's hand. He sported in boy- 

 hood beside the brook which still winds through 

 the meadow. Through the fields lies the path 

 to the village school of earlier days. He still 

 hears from the open window the voice of the 

 Sabbath bell which called his father to the 

 House of God; and near at hand is the place 

 where his parents laid down to rest, and where, 

 ■when his time shall come, he shall be laid by 



his children. These are the feelings of the 

 owner of the soil. Words cannot paint them ; 

 they flow out of the deepest fountain of the 

 heart; they are the life spring of a fresh, heal- 

 thy and general national character. — Edward 

 Everett. 



From the U. S. Economist. 



Exports of Wheat to Eng^land, 



The sources whence England drew her wheat 

 last year, and for the first four months of the 

 present year, were as follows : 



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In the last year hardly more than 10 per ct. 

 of the grain was drawn from the United States, 

 but more than half the flour. Abundance and 

 cheapness in the United States, and compara- 

 tive scarcity on the Continent, will give this 

 country a market for the usual exports of 

 bread stuffs. The national exports for the year 

 ending June 30, 1857, were as follows, with 

 the estimates for 1858 : 





1857. 



1858. 



Of Sea and Forest, 



$18,439,355 



18,000,000 



Agriculture, 



16,736,458 



17,000,000 



Food, 



58,333,176 



51,000,000 



Cotton, 



131,575,859 



140,000,000 



Tobacco, 



20,260,772 



21,000,000 



Manufactures. 



33.561.383 



34,000,000 



Gold, 



60,078,352 



52,000,000 



Total, 



$338,985,065 



333,000,000 



Imports, 



336,914,424 



271,514,000 



