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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[July 



to be called,) of such general and exten- 

 sive culture in this and other Southern 

 States, is the most valuable of manuring 

 crops, and also offers great and peculiar 

 advantages as a rotation crop. The seeds, 

 (in common with other peas and beans,) are 

 more nutritious as food, for man and beast, 

 than any of the cereal grains. The other 

 parts of the plant furnish the best and most 

 palatable provender for beasts. The crop 

 may be so well made, in your climate, as a 

 secondary growth under corn, that it is 

 never allowed to be a primary crop, or to 

 have entire possession of the land. It will 

 grow well broad-cast, and either in that 

 way, and still better if tilled, is an admi- 

 rable cleansing growth. It is even better 

 than clover as a preparing and manuring 

 crop for wheat. In one or other of the 

 various modes in which the pea-crop may 

 be produced, it may be made to suit well 

 in a rotation with any other crops. Though 

 for a long time I had believed in some of 

 the great advantages of the pea crop, and 

 had even commenced its culture as a ma- 

 nuring crop, and on a large scale, it was 

 not until I afterwards saw the culture, 

 growth and uses in South-Carolina, that I 

 learned to estimate its value properly, and 

 perhaps more fully than is done by any 

 who, in this State avail themselves so 

 largely of some of its benefits. Since then, 

 I have made the crop a most important 

 member of my rotation ; and its culture, as 

 a manuring crop has now become general 

 in my neighbourhood, and is rapidly ex- 

 tending to more distant places. If all the 

 advantages offered by this crop were fully 

 appreciated and availed of, the possession' 

 of this plant in your climate would be onci 

 of the greatest agricultural blessings of this 

 and more Southern States. For my indi-j 

 vidual share of this benefit, stinted as it is 

 by our colder climate, I estimate it as add- 

 ing, at least, one thousand bushels of wheat 

 annually to my crop. 



(to be continued.) 



It is better to love a person you cannot 

 marry, than marry a person you cannot love. 

 This is a short text for a long sermon, 

 which human experience will continue to 

 preach until the last syllable of recorded 

 time.'' 



It is not always the raggedest man that 

 is the shabbiest fellow. 



Gleanings for the Curious. 



KICKING THE BUCKET. 



The tradition among the slang fraternity 

 as to the origin of this phrase is, that " One 

 Bolsover, having hung himself to a beam 

 while standing on the bottom of a pail or 

 bucket, kicked the vessel away in order to 

 pry into futurity, and it was all over with 

 him from that moment — Finis 



BUMPER. 



When the Roman Ciitholic religion was 

 in the ascendant in England, the health of 

 the Pope was usually drunk: in a full glass 

 immediately after dinner — au hon pere : 

 hence the word " Bumper.'^ 



ROYAL SAYING, 



It was Alphonsus, surnamed the Wise, 

 King of Aragon, who used to say, " That 

 among so many things as are by men pos- 

 sessed or pursued in the course of their 

 lives, all the rest are baubles, besides old 

 wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends 

 to converse with, and old books to read. 



DUN. 



This word, generally supposed to be de- 

 rived from the French Donnez, owes its 

 origin, according to the British Apollo of 

 September, 1708, to one Joe Dim, a famous 

 bailiff of Lincoln in the time of Henry 

 VII. He is said to have been so extremely 

 shrewd in the management of his rough 

 business, and so dexterous in the collection 

 of dues, that his name became proverbial ; 

 and whenever a man refused to pay his 

 debts, it grew into a prevalent custom to 

 say, " Why don't you Bun him 



Old English Christmas Pudding. — 

 To make what is termed a pound pud- 

 ding, take of raisins well stoned, currants 

 thoroughly washed, one pound eacii, chop 

 a pound of suet very finely and mix with 

 them ; add a quarter of a pound of flour, 

 or bread very fir.ely crumbled, three ounces 

 of sugar, one ounce of grated lemon peel, 

 a blade of mace, half a small nutmeg, one 

 tea-spoonful of ginger, half a dozen eggs 

 well beaten ; work it well together, put it 

 into a -cloth, tie it firmly, allow room to 

 swell, and boil, not be suffered to stop 

 boiling. — Harrishurg Telegraph. 



If you wish to have fine stock, feed them 

 well. 



