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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[September 



Loudoun Agricultural Society. 



We return our thaliks to N. Berkeley, 

 Esq., for an invitation to visit the Exhibition to 

 be held under the auspices of this society, at 

 Leesburg, on the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th of Sep- 

 tember. If it is possible for us to do so, we 

 shall, with great pleasure, accept it. 



"Share's Coulter Harrow." 



We call attention to the advertisement (in 



the father of this theory to our readers, beyond 

 the possibility of doubt or contradiction." Now, 

 had you expressed this in different language, 

 the doubt could have been most satisfactorily- 

 answered ; for while the theory is in conformity 

 with the opinions of nearly all who have written 

 upon agricultural chemistry — at this time with- 

 out an exception- -the Origination of the Manipu- 

 lated Guano is yielded to myself, with a unanim- 

 ity and fairness not customary amidst the rivalry 

 of conflicting interests. Your own article, re- 

 ferring to its benefits, affords the best solution of 

 the anxiety with which I desire to retain a just 

 and true connection with an enterprise, the 



our present number") of Messrs. Treadwell & i , , , , . 



1 ' , origination ot winch has not only proven ro be 



Pell, who have sold the Patent Right, for this 1 a g rea t public good, but which cost me the devo- 



implement, for the State of Virginia, to Messrs. 

 George Watt £ Co., of this city. 



We have already expressed, in the Planter, 

 our opinion that this is an admirable instrument 

 for pulverizing the ground, and for covering 

 grain when sowed broadcast. 



We refer to it now, because Messrs. Tread- 

 well & Pell, as well as ourselves, unintentionally 

 trod on the toes of the Messrs. Watt, in publish- 

 ing the advertisement of the harrow in our Au- 

 gust number. The present advertisement sets 

 the matter all straight, and covers up the inad- 

 vertence of the August advertisement as thor- 

 oughly as the harrow will a grain of wheat. 



Manipulated Guano Again. 



In our remarks, to which the following letter 

 from Mr. Kettlewell is a reply, we did not in- 

 tend to depart from the neutrality of our position 

 as hitherto maintained in relation to the paternity 

 of the manufacture of what is called "manipu- 

 lated guano," but simply to apprise our readers 

 that however honorable it might be, to be the 

 acknowledged "father of the theory," that yet 

 the claim to that honor .had not been established 

 "beyond contradiction." We are not called on 

 now to recede from our former position, or to 

 take sides with any of the contestants, but 

 we cheerfully accord to Mr. Kettlewell the 

 privilege of asserting his claim, through our 

 columns, promising that any suitable reply, 

 which others may desire to make through the 

 same channel, will have an equal claim upon 

 the courtesy of the [Editor. 



Baltimore, August 14th, 1860. 

 To J. E. Williams, Esq., Editor of the Southern 

 Planter : 



Dear Sir — The August number of your valua- 

 ble journal contains a most sensible and admi- 

 rably written article upon "Manipulated Guano," 

 in which you express yourself as follows: 

 " We regret that we cannot give the name of "Southern 



tion of some of the best years of my life, sub- 

 jected me to pecuniary sacrifices and difficulties, 

 and also a patient toil of which no man can 

 know but myself. If others are sharing the 

 benefits of this effort, exclusively my own, it is 

 more a subject of gratulation than of regret, for 

 whilst it is a demonstrative vindication, I am 

 sure they would be the last to refuse me what I am 

 justly entitled to, viz: the credit of being ,l THE sole 

 and exclusive originator of Manipulated Guano, in 

 name and substance. You will, therefore, not be 

 surprised at my requesting you to publish the en- 

 closed certificates and letters from among the 

 first men and agriculturists of Maryland, who 

 can be reached by mail in a single day, and to 

 further add, that I will present a fitting testi- 

 monial to any charitable institution of your 

 State, if any other party can make the same 

 claim, equally authenticated, antecedent to the 

 date of the enclosed letters and certificates up 

 to the period of time to which those letters and 

 certificates refer, of having used and sold Ma- 

 nipulated Guano, manufactured by machinery. 

 Most truly your friend and ob't serv't, 



John Kettlewell. 

 See certificates referred to above in the 

 advertising sheet. 



Notes on the Cane-Brake Lands of 

 Alabama. 



This invaluable treatise on the cretaceous 

 region of Alabama, by Edmund Ruffm, Esq., 

 commenced in our August number, is completed 

 in this. We have also published a phamphlet 

 edition, that those who may wish to possess 

 themselves of the most interesting and accurate 

 treatise on the peculiar geological structure of 

 this highly interesting portion of our country, 

 which has yet appeared', may be accommodated 

 at a cheap rate. It will be forwarded by mail-, 

 prepaid, to any part of the country, on the receipt 

 of four postage stamps, or it will be sent by ex- 

 press, prepaid, to any person ordering 100 copies, 

 on the receipt of six dollars. 



Mr. J. W. Randolph has laid upon our table 

 I South-Western Sketches" — Fun, 



