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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER 



first spread and then the lime j thus the two 

 came together. He remarked that the land 

 yielded a heavier crop of wheat than he had 

 ever obtained before or after that time. He had 

 attributed the crop to the lime. Had tried lime 

 upon other lands but could not obtain a like re- 

 sult. He had not since then used lime in eon- 

 junction with barn yard manure. 

 Respectfully, 



F. Mortimer Butler, 



TO CLEAN WOOLLEN AND SILK SHAWLS. 



Pare and grate raw mealy potatoes, and put to 

 each pint of the potato pulp two quarts of cold 

 water. Let it stand five hours, then strain the. 

 water through a sieve, and rub as much of the 

 potato pulp through as possible — let the strained 

 water stand to settle again — when very clear, 

 turn the water off from the dregs carefully. Put 

 a clean white cotton sheet on a perfectly clean 

 table — lay on the shawl which you wish to 

 clean, and pin it down tight. Dip a sponge, 

 that has never been used, into the potato water, 

 and rub the shawl with it till clean ; then rinse 

 the shawl in clear water, with a tea cup full of 

 salt to a pail full of the water. Spread it on a 

 clean level place, where it will dry quick ; if 

 hung up to dry, the colors are apt to run, and 

 make the shawl streaked. Fold it up while 

 damp, and let it remain half an hour, then put 

 it in a mangier — if you have not one, wrap it in 

 a clean white cloth, put it under a weight, and 

 let it remain till dry. If there are any grease 

 spots on the shawl, they should be extracted 

 before the shawl is washed. — Am. Housewife. 



TRANSACTIONS OP THE NEW YORK 

 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



We are much indebted to Mr. O'Reilly, the 

 Corresponding Secretary, for two sets of the 

 "Transactions," lately received; one of these 

 we have delivered, as requested, to the President 

 of the Henrico Agricultural Society, and the 

 other we have deposited on the shelf which is 

 appropriated to our most valued works. We do 

 not know whether these books are to be found 

 • in our bookstores, but we do know that the far- 

 mer could afford to obtain them at almost any 

 price. They are replete with the most valuable 

 and practical agricultural essays we have ever 

 seen. 



NEW METHOD OF FILLING ICE HOUSES. 



Messrs. Gaylord Tucker ) — Croton water and 

 pure ice is all the go in the city of New York, 

 these temperance times, which induces me to 

 recommend an easy and cheap method of manu- 



facturing and filling a house with ice in a pure 

 and solid state, in the best possible manner for 

 preservation. 



This house or celler designed for ice, must 

 stand near a conductor of water ; and the top of 

 the house should be so constructed that it may 

 be moved at pleasure, that the inner part may 

 be as much as possible exposed to the weather. 

 Insert a pipe stem into the conductor, that the 

 water may spin through it at an elevation of 

 seventy-five or eighty degrees into the air, in a 

 direction so that in its fall it may enter the space 

 where it is to remain during the season. This 

 water being cooled by rising in the air, the force 

 of the steam is broken in its fall, and if the 

 weather be sufficiently cold, it will immediately 

 congeal into one solid mass of ice quite pure, 

 and in the best possible position for preservation. 



S. W. Jewett. 



Weybridge, Vt., Sept. 29, 1843. 



A dinner was to be given by the Glasgow 

 people to the great chemist Liebig, on the 11th 

 November, the Earl of Eglington to pieside. 



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