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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



rincipal mass of the animal structure is 

 uilt. 



An acre of good land will produce 40 

 tons of cabbage; one acre of 20 tons of 

 drum-head cabbage will yield 1500 lbs. of 

 gluten; one acre of Swedes turnips will 

 produce about 30 tons, which will yield 

 1000 lbs. of gluten; one acre of 25 bushels 

 of beans, will yield 400 lbs. of gluten; one 

 acre of 25 bushels of wheat will yield 200 

 pounds of gluten; one acre of 12 tons of 

 potatoes, will yield 550 pounds of gluten. 

 Such is the variation in our general crops, 

 as to the amount of this gluten, this special 

 kind of nourishment, this muscle-sustaining 

 principle, which accounts for the preference 

 given by experienced farmers to the cab- 

 bage as food for stock and milch cows, al- 

 though the crop impoverishes the land, 

 which requires much manure to restore it 

 to former fertility. — Mark Lane Express. 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



RICHMOND, DECEMBER, 1853. 



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THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Pressing official engagements prevented our 

 noticing the State Fair in our last issue, which 

 ought, by rights, to have been out on the day 

 the Fair commenced; and now, when a month 

 has elapsed, it may seem too late to do it. 

 For many things it may be, but these have 

 had their day, and no doubt full justice in the 

 papers, both of the city and country. We 

 shall speak of it, therefore, more generally. 



The Fair was an era in the history of Vir- 

 ginia agriculture, and, when it is remembered 

 that the Executive Committee had, as a whole, 

 not the slightest experience in such matters, 

 and that only two of them had ever officiated 

 at even so small an affair as a county exhibi- 

 tion, its success may be considered wonderful. 

 That there were defects, both of arrangement 

 and execution, amounting in some instances 

 to apparent neglect, there can be no doubt. 

 But they should be ascribed rather to the no- 

 velty of the whole thing than to the negli- 

 gence of officers or agents, or the carelessness 

 of committees. All did their whole duty, as 

 far as they understood it, and, without fee or 

 reward, strove for the success of the Fair. 

 For instance, it will hardly be credited at the 

 North that some sixteen marshals, gentlemen 

 of standing, selected from various parts of the 

 State, devoted their whole time, some of them 

 both night and day, for four days, to the ar- 



