THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



189 



sented, may by corresponding exertion in- 

 crease their membership so as to gain an 

 additional representative. But let it be dis- 

 tinctly understood and remembered that these 

 changes must be reported to the Secretary by 

 or before the first day in July next, because 

 at that time he is required to conclude the 

 arrangement of districts with reference to 

 then existing numbers anil no new mem- 

 bers enlisted thereafter can change the ba- 

 sis of representation for the present year, 

 although all such, who up to the close of 

 the elections, shall join the Society, will 

 have equal right with older members to 

 vote for as many representatives • to the 

 Farmers Assembly as may be assigned to 

 his district in the apportionment to be then 

 fixed and determined. 



Abstract of members taken from the lists of 

 members of the Virginia State Agricultu- 

 ral Society. 



■B i 



Albemarle 

 Alexandria (county 



and town) 

 Amelia 

 Au usta 

 Bedford 

 Botetourt 

 Brunswick 

 Buckingham 



495 5 



Barbour 



1 



Norfolk County, exclu- 





Bath 



19 



sive of city and inclu 





Berkeley 



2 



ding Portsmouth) 



4 



Boone 







Nicholas 







Braxton 



o 



Northampton 



13 



Brooke 



o 



Northumberland 



2 



Cabell 



1 



Ohio, (including Wheel 





Craig 

 Carroll 



6 





3 



5 



Page 



15 



Doddridge 







Patrick 



4 



Elizabeth City 



19 



Pendleton 







Essex 



45 



Pleasants 







Fairfax 



28 



Pocahontas 







Fayette 



o 



Preston 







Floyd 



c 



Princess Anne 



16 



Franklin 



22 



Prince William 



14 



Giles 



12 



Pulaski 



19 



Gilmer 







Putnam 



1 



Gloucester 



33 



Raleigh 



1 



Gra vson 



3 



Randolph 







Greenbrier 



18 



Rappahannock 



14 



Greensville 



26 



Richmond County 



3 



Hampshire 



4 



Ritchie 







Hancock 







Russell 







Hardy 



1 



Scott 







Harrison 



1 



Shenandoah 



25 



Henry 



18 



Smyth 



9 



Highland 



18 



Southampton 



10 



Isle of Wight 



7 



Surry 



21 



Jackson 



7 



Sussex 



9 



James Citv 



17 



Stafford 



21 



Kanawha 



7 



Taylor 



1 



King George 



14 



Tazewell 



4 



Lancaster 



6 



Tyler 







Lee 







Upshur 







Lewis 







Warwick 



1 



Logan 







Warren 



9 



Loudoun 



44 



Wayne 

 Wetzel 







Marion 











Marshall 







Washington 



19 



Mason 



5 



Wood 



1 



Mathews 



4 



Wyoming 







Middlesex 



6 



Westmoreland 



35 



Mercer 



5 



Wirt 







Monongalia 



1 



Williamsburg 

 York 



9 

 6 



107 1 Jefferson 

 212 2 King William 

 505 5 King and Queen 

 117 1 Lynchburg 

 65 1 Louisa 

 100 1 Lunenherg 

 132 1 Madison 



Mecklenberg 

 Montgomery 

 New-Kent 

 Notto vay 

 Norfolk city 

 Orange 

 Petersburg 

 Pittsylvania 

 Prince Edward 

 Prince George 

 Powhatan 

 Richmond City 

 Roanoke 

 Rockbridge 

 Rockingham 

 Spottsylvania, (inclu- 

 ding Fredericks- 

 burg) 102 1 

 Wythe 69 1 

 Counties in which the members under 50 in number, 

 and as yet too few to make separate electoral districts : 



Campbell, (exclusive 



of Lynchburg) 

 Caroline 

 Charles City 

 Charlotte 

 Clarke 

 Chesterfield 

 Culpeper 

 Cumberland 

 Dinwiddie, (exclu 

 of Petersburg) 

 Fauquier 

 Frederick 

 Fluvanna 

 Greene 

 Goochland 

 Halifax 

 Hanover 



77 1 

 150 2 

 55 1 

 315 3 

 51 1 

 292 3 

 85 1 

 149 1 



66 1 

 87 1 

 64 1 

 84 I 

 77 1 

 91 1 

 236 2 

 246 2 



Henrico, (exclusive 



of Richmond city) 466 5 

 67 1 

 79 1 

 75 1 

 144 1 

 297 3 



189 2 

 104 1 

 146 1 



64 1 

 50 1 



190 2 

 79 1 



146 

 374 

 118 

 273 

 78 

 167 

 1569 16 

 78 1 

 139 1 

 106 1 



Counties. 

 Accoinac 

 Alleghany 

 Amherst 

 Appomattox 



Members. 

 3 

 3 

 41 

 31 



Counties. 

 Monroe 

 Morgan 

 Nansemond 

 Nelson 



Members. 

 10 



Life members.. . 

 Non-resident me 

 Total members 



1,465 



mbeis 224 



of society 10,103 



CHEAP OIL FOR KITCHEN LAMPS. 



We find the following, says the New Eng 1 and 

 Farmer, in an old almanac, and think that if it 

 will operate as stated, it would be of some con- 

 sequence in our domestic economy. To keep a 

 good light at the present high price of oil is 

 quite an item of expense, any suggestion that 

 will put us in the way of reducing that expense, 

 and of obtaining a good light at the same time, 

 is worthy of consideration. Oil that could be 

 purchased five years ago for $1-25 per gallon, 

 now sells at $5, and the dirty whale oil that was 

 then considered unfit for the most common use, 

 is selling now at eighty or ninety cents, and 

 even one dollar a gallon : 



"Let all scraps of fat (including even what- 

 ever bits are on the dinner plates) and all drip- 

 pings, be set in a cold place. When the crock 

 is full, transfer [the fat to an iron pot filling it 

 half way up with fat, and pour in sufficient cold 

 water to reach the top. Set it over the fire, and 

 boil and skim, till the impurities are removed. 

 Next pour the melted fat into a large broad pan 

 of cold water, and set it away to cool. It will 

 harden into a cake. Then take out the cake, and 



