THE SOUTHEKN PLANTER. 



BOOK FARMING. 



Speaking upon this subject, the Hon. Ken- 

 neth Rayner, in his address before the North 

 Carolina State Agricultural Society, says: "At 

 the time this prejudice was first excited, I am 

 "inclined to think there was some reason for it." 

 It attempted (we do not quote his exact words) 

 to bring foreign practices into countries with a 

 different soil and climate, as well as different 

 wants. But science, united with practice, soon 

 exposed the fallacy of such book farming as 

 this. Because turnips and beans and hops are 

 among the most profitable crops in England, is 

 no reason why they should be so here. Be- 

 cause blue grass is so valuable' a crop in the 

 limestone regions of Kentucky, is no reason 

 why we should exhaust our energies in trying 

 to establish its general culture in North Caro- 

 lina. Such errors as these, such book farming 

 as this, it is the purpose of scientific agriculture 

 to point out.- — -Rural Neiv Yorker. 



CREOLE, BUTTER. 



The neighbors of a certain lady in the Fourth 

 District of New Orleans, have recently disco- 

 vered the nature of something that has seemed 

 a miracle, for months past. They knew the lady 

 had bat one cow, says the Crescent, and they 

 knew also that she lady's two little negroes ped- 

 dled as much Creole butter daily as could be 

 produced by half a dozen common cows. In- 

 quisition gol so high on the subject at last, that 

 the lady has let out the secret, and in its travels 

 it has reached us. She told a friend that her 

 cow was only a common cow, and did not pro- 

 duce any butter, but yielded milk enough in 

 which to re-churn any quantity of strong Goshen 

 butter, which she buys by wholesale at the gro- 

 ceries, and converts by ihe said re churning in 

 new milk, to that pale, sweet delicacy known as 

 Creole butter, which always commands the 

 highest of prices. She added, also, that by this 

 process she had made a clear profit, since June 

 last, of twelve hundred dollars! One co w is not 

 much, but one cow and Yankee ingenuity toge- 

 ther are considerable. Our authority in this 

 matter is indisputable, and the speculation is 

 worth imitating.— Petersburg E.vpress. 



For the Southern Planter. 

 CUT-WORM. 



Mr. Planter. — A friend of mine once informed 

 me that lie believed if you would tar your seed 

 corn add then roil it m fine salt you would find 

 a reae-d;/ a-r ainst the ravages of the %ut-worm. 

 1 frio I litis- recipe last year (1851) on a veiy low' 

 aft i we> brtttw, aiming to drop five grains to 

 the hi'l. Every grain, 1 verily believe, grew off 

 uud so continued until thiwied. Bo this at it 



may, not a hill needed replanting or setting. 

 This experiment, however, ! do not consider a 

 fair test. All the seed here used was "doctored" 

 as above, and non constat that the result would 

 not have been the same, if no ointment had been 

 weed ; but this it does, it settles that the prescrip- 

 tion does no injury. This is more than can be 

 said of every body's prescription. 



Of another field, neither so foul nor wet, which 

 was planted without preparing the corn, I had 

 to replant portions more than once, and then did 

 not secure a good stand. 



The object of this note is to ask the attention 

 of corn planters to the proposed remedy, in the 

 hope that some will try it and report the result. 

 The friend above referred to is not only one of 

 the best farmers in the county, but you will not 

 find a more reliable man inside of God's crea- 

 tion. What he says you may regard as a fixed 

 fact. I hope "Dick 55 may be induced to give 

 the experience of his warfare against the cut- 

 worm. 



S. Bassett French. 



WhUly, Feb. 7, 1855. 



HOUSEHOLD MEASURES. 



As all families are not provided with scales 

 and weights referring to ingredients in common 

 use by every housewife, the following may be 



useful : 



Wheat floor, one pound is one quart. 

 Indian meal, one pound two ounces is one 

 quart. 



Butter, when soft, one pound one ounce is 

 one quart. 



Loaf sugar, one pound is one quart. 



White sugar, powdered, one pound one ounce 

 is one quart. 



Best brown sugar, one pound two ounces is 

 one quart. 



Eggs, average size, ten eggs are one pound. 

 Sixteen large table-spoonfuls are half a pint, 



eight are one gill, four half a gill, &e. 



CONTENTS OF NUMBER III. 



PAGE 



Essay on the Morse, part I - - 65 

 Remarks on Growth of Sorrel, by E. Ruffin 70 



Growth of Pines - 73 



A good plain Curry ~ - 73 



I'pplb Jelly - - 73 

 Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato, by 



Prof. J. L. Campbell, - - * 73 



Live and net Weights of Mutton - - • 75 



Dr. Baldwin's Shade Theory - - 76 



Analysis of Soils - - - 77 



Useful Hints for Virginia Gardeners - 78 



Buckwheat - 80 



Cultivation of Indian Corn, - - 80 



Eggs, Convent Fashion - - 80 



Enlarging the Planter - - 81 



Horticultural - . - 82 



A certain cure for Scrofula 83 



Pay up — To delinquents - - - 83 



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