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THE SOUTH E-R N PLANTER. 



rubbed or grated with the lump sugar — by so 

 doing the fine flavor of the rind is preserved. 

 All these syrups are drunk by diluting them 

 with water. About a wineglassful of syrup to 

 a tumbler of water will be found to make a 

 pleasant draught. 



Syrup of Coffee. — Take about an ounce of the 

 finest coffee, ground, and a pint of cold water: 

 allow them to stand together for twelve hours 

 or more, then strain, and add one pound and a 

 half of sugar ; boil for one or two minutes, not 

 longer, and again strain. 



Syrup of Tea. — One pint of water, two pounds 

 of sugar, an ounce of black tea ; boil together 

 for five minutes, or rather less, and then strain. 

 A wineglassful to half a pint of cold water 

 makes very good cold tea. 



To Neutralise the Acid (or Sourness) in Fruit 

 Pies and Puddings. — As the fruit season now 

 advances, it is well worthy of notice that a 

 large quantity of the free acid which exists in 

 rhubarb, gooseberries, currants, and other 

 fruits, may be judiciously corrected by the use 

 of a small quantity of carbonate of soda, with- 

 out in the least affecting their flavor, so long as 

 too much soda is not added. To an ordinary 

 sized pie or pudding, as much soda may be 

 added as piled up will cover a shilling, or even 

 twice such a quantity, if the fruit is very sour., 



If this little hint is attended to, many a sto- 

 mach-ache will be prevented, and a vast quan- 

 tity of sugar saved ; because when the acid is 

 neutralized by the soda, it will not require so 

 much sugar to render the sour sweet. 



Septimus Piesse. 



From the Germantown Telegraph. 



Turnips among Corn. 



Mr. Editot?, — I wish to call the attention of 

 my brother farmers to the fact that turnips can 

 he grown among corn with very little trouble 

 or expense. I have raised them for several' 

 years in the following manner : After the cul- 

 tivator went through the corn the last time for 

 the season, I followed that with the turnip seed, 

 sowing broadcast ; a boy follows dragging a 

 hand-rake, and it is done. Last year I used a 

 drill with better success than broadcast. Two 

 hoys can keep up with the cultivator — one to 

 pull, the other at the handles. Put one row of 

 turnips between each row of corn. I of course 

 am alluding to ground that will bring a good 

 crop of corn ; in poor ground it is useless to 

 put turnip seed or anything else among corn. 

 I have tried several different kinds of turnips, 

 and find the Yellow Aberdeen and White Nor- 

 folk to produce the best. The latter I think is 

 most productive. The seed can be procured at 

 almost any of the seed stores in Philadelphia, 

 at one dollar a pound r . and a pound I think 

 sufficient for a five acre field. It will most 

 likely produce two or three hundred bushels. 

 Now I consider the cost and trouble nothing in 

 comparison to that amount of turnips to feed 



during winter and spring. I do not consider 

 the corn injured in the least by the turnips, as 

 they grow principally after the corn is cut off. 

 May 22, 1857. Simon. 



Fine Stock. — Among the treasures .which 

 Mr. Troye, the artist, brought from his recent 

 exploration in Oriental countries, is a veritable 

 Arab mare. The animal, which was purchased 

 fof a stock importing company in Kentucky, 

 is now in this city. She is a long, well-knit, 

 shapely creature, of a greyish color, about the 

 average size, with very large and muscular 

 thighs, and a marvelous elasticity in every 

 movement. Her value is estimated at $10,000. 

 This is the second mare of the Desert which 

 has been brought to this country. The first, 

 also imported by this Kentucky company, came 

 in by way of New Orleans. An Arab is ex- 

 travagantly fond of such animals. He would 

 almost as soon think of selling his own child as 

 the fleet and pattent beast which has been rear- 

 ed in his own tent, is his tireless companion in 

 Desert Journeys, and his most productive 

 source of income. The best stock in the world 

 came from Arabia, and the importation of ori- 

 ginal Arab mares to this country cannot fail to 

 improve the American breed of horses. — A"> Y. 

 Journal of Commerce. 



The Duties of an Overseer. 



As I have been working in the harness as an 

 overseer for some time, and as I anticipate 

 quitting the profession for the purpose of going 

 to Kansas to fight the infernal Abolitionists, if 

 necessary, and if not, to try something that is 

 more profitable than overseering, I have con- 

 cluded to give my views to my brother over- 

 seers upon the duties of an overseer, which 

 they can take for what they are worth. 



It is here supposed that the overseer is not 

 immediately under the employer's eye, but is 

 left for days or weeks, and perhaps months, to 

 the exercise of his own judgment in the man- 

 agement of the plantation. To him we would 

 say, bear in mind that you have engaged for a 

 stated sum of money, to devote your time and 

 energies for an entire year to one object, to car- 

 ry out the orders of your employer strictty and 

 cheerfully, and to the best of your ability, and 

 in all things to study his interest. This re- 

 quires something more than your mere pres- 

 ence upon the plantation, and that at such 

 times as suits your own pleasure and conve- 

 nience. On entering upon your duties inform 

 yourself thoroughly of the condition of the 

 plantation, negroes, stock, implements, &c, 

 learn the views of your employer as to the gen- 

 eral course of management he wishes pursued, 

 and make up your mind to carry out those 

 views fully as far as in your power. If any 

 objections occur to you, state them distinctly,, 

 that they may be yielded to or overcome. En- 

 deavor to take the same interest in everything 



