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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



glance the number of hills or plants contained 

 in an acre of land at any given distance from 

 each other, from 40 feet by 40 to 1 foot by 1. — 

 Many of your subscribers, I know, would be 

 much pleased to see that republished in your 

 paper. The table may be found in the second 

 volume of John S. Skinner's American Farmer, 

 third edition, 1821, page 268. You will much 

 oblige your subscribers in this region by insert- 

 ing the above table in your next number. 

 I am, with great regard, yours, 



M. H. S. 



We have many subscribers who have taken 

 the Planter from the beginning, and we are at 

 a loss sometimes about repeating an article new 

 to many of our readers, and valuable in itself, 

 which others of our friends have already received 

 in the back numbers of the paper. In the third 

 volume we published, not exactly the table re- 

 ferred to by our correspondent, because we be- 

 lieve it is not correct, but one that may be relied 

 on ; we copy it in compliance with his request: 



For the Southern Planter. 

 A TABLE, 



Showing the number of corn hills and other plants 

 in an acre of ground. 



Feet. Feet. No. of Hills. 



20 by 20- 108 



19 by 19 120 



18 by 18 134 



17 by 17 150 



16 by 16 170 



15 by 15 192 



14 by 14 222 



13 by 13 257 



12 by 12 302 



11 



by 11 

 10 by 10 



9 by 9 



by 



by 

 by 



by 



5 by 



7- 

 6- 



5- 



-3G0 

 -435 

 -537 

 -6S0 

 -8SS 

 •1210 

 •1320 

 ■1417 

 •1742 



Feet. 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 



*i 



4 



4 



4 



4 



Feet. No. of Hills. 



-2,178 

 2,904 

 ■4,356 

 •8,712 

 -2,151 



3} by 31- 

 by 3 — 

 by 2 — 



by 1 



by 2f- 



by 2 



by 1 



by 1 — 



3 

 3 

 3 



2* 

 2 

 2 

 1 



-3,630 

 -5,445 

 ■10,890 

 -3,555 

 -4,840 

 -7,260 

 -14,520 

 -6,969 

 -10,890 

 •21,780 

 -43,560 



MENDING A TREE. 



The Boston Cultivator says, " We saw at 

 Isaac Frost's, Newton, a tolerably large apple- 

 tree that had the bark eaten all around by mice, 

 some years ago, and of course would have died, 

 without some extra pains to save it. Mr. Frost 

 set about a dozen scions in the tree, one end in 

 the green bark and wood below, and the other 

 above the wound. They all took at both ends 

 and grew well, except one, which took only at 



the bottom, and is forming a little tree by itself. 

 The scions are now about two inches in diame- 

 ter and are touching each other. The tree is in 

 a fine flourishing; condition." 



VIRGINIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



We publish with great pleasure the following 

 resolutions from the Agricultural Club of Nan- 

 semond. For the honor done us individually in 

 the passage of the last resolution, we thank the 

 Club most sincerely, and assure them that no- 

 thing will give us greater pleasure than to par- 

 take of their hospitality, upon the day appointed : 



Extracts from the Proceedings of the Chuckatuck 

 Agricultural Visiting Club, convened at Cherry 

 Grove, {residence of General John C. Crump,) 

 March 12/A, 1845— R. II B. Benson in the 

 chair. 



Whereas, in consideration of the impulse to 

 be given, and the great advantages that will ac- 

 crue to the agricultural interests of the State, 

 by the establishment of a permanent State Agri- 

 cultural Society, and most heartily approving 

 the proceedings of the Convention recently held 

 in the city of Richmond, 



On motion of Dr. William Shepherd, 



Resolved, unanimously, That this Club will by 

 every reasonable effort promote the views and 

 objects thereof. 



On motion of Joseph Bunch, Esq. 



Resolved, unanimously, That the members of 

 this Club being agriculturists, and deeming agri- 

 culture of primary interest and importance, will 

 not support any individual as a representative 

 in the Legislature who does not manifest a lively 

 and abiding concern in the farming interests of 

 the State. 



On motion of Dr. Joseph N. Atkinson, 



Resolved, unanimously, That it be recommend- 

 ed to the citizens of each county of this Com- 

 monwealth, to petition the Legislature at its 

 next session, to make a reasonable appropriation 

 in aid of said Society. 



On motion of Joseph Bunch, Esq. 



Resolved, unanimously, That the Southern 

 Planter, together with the different newspapers 

 and public journals of the State, be requested to 

 publish the above. 



On motion of Gen. J. C. Crump, 



Resolved, unanimously, That Mr. Charles T. 

 Botts be, and is hereby constituted an honorary 

 member of this Club, and that he be earnestly 

 solicited to attend a meeting thereof on the se- 

 cond Wednesday in Ma}^ next, at Stockley, (the 

 residence of D. H. Hatton, Esq.) 



D. H. Hatton, Cor. Setfy 

 Chuckatuck Agricultural Visiting Club, 



March 12, 1845. 



