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T L Preston, Jan 1856 

 J R Quarles, Jan 1857 

 J S Perkins, May 

 J Ruffher, June 1856 



WEBSTER'S DICTIONARIES. 



WEBSTER'S QUARTO DICTIONARY, 

 WEBSTER'S ACADEMIC DICTIONARY, 

 WEBSTER'S HIGH SCHOOL DICTIONARY, 

 WEBSTER'S PRIMARY SCHOOL DICTIONARY, 

 WEBSTER'S POCKET DICTIONARY. 

 Affording, in tlii-ir various sizes, all that is desirable 

 in a Dictionary for the Library, the Counting Room, 

 the Family, the School or Private Student. 



The estimation, in which Dr. Webster's Dictionaries 

 are held, as authority in Definitions, Orthography and 

 Pronunciation, will be apparent from the following 

 among other facts : 



1. Nine-tenths of the School Books issued in this 

 country recognize Webster as their general standard, 

 and of the rest very few recognize any particular 

 standard. 



2. Ten times as many copies are sold of Webster's 

 Dictionaries in the United States, as of any other simi- 

 lar work compiled in this country. 



3. Where present good usage sanctions more than 

 one mode of Orthography. Dr Webster's works now 

 present usually both forms, thus obviating any honest 

 objection on that score. 



4. Nearly every Stute Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction in the Union, or corresponding officer, where 

 such an. one exists, has recommended Webster's Dic- 

 tionaries in the strongest terms. Among these are 

 those of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu- 

 setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jer- 

 sey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Alabama 

 Louisiana, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mich-' 

 igan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, California, and inclu- 

 ding Canada, twenty-three in all. These gentlemen, 

 occupying this high educational position, can of course 

 exert a very commanding influence in securing that 

 uniformity in the. use ot language, and in the orthogra- 

 phy and pronunciation of words, so greatly to be de- 

 sired, and to such a great degree already secured by 

 Dr Webster's Dictionaries. His conceded pre-eminence 

 as a definer, the convenience, siinplicily, and svmmetrv 

 of his system of orthography, and his scheme of pronun- 

 ciation, alike free from the extremes or" affectation and 

 vulgarity, present the strongest claims for the adoption 

 and general use of his Dictionaries, as well bv the 

 scholar and the man of business as the pupils m our 

 common schools and higher seminaries of learning. 



t3P We have the pleasure of appending two or 

 three official State recognitions of Webster, received, as 

 will be noticed by the dates, during the present month. 

 The universality of an uniform usage thns beins at- 

 tained, can but be gratifying to every intelligent edu- 

 cator who appreciates the advantage of such uniformity. 

 From the State Superintendent of Alabama, 



Wm F. Perrtj. 

 " Montgomery, Ala., April 10, 1856 ) 

 " Office of State Sup. Pub. Instruction. \ 

 " The high opinion entertained by me of Webster's 

 Dictionaries, has induced me to recommend their intro- 

 duction to all the public schools of Alabama. 



WM. F. PERRY. 

 State Superintendent.'' 



From the State Superintendent of North Carolina, 

 Hon C. H. Wiley. 

 4 Greensboro,' N. C, April 14.1856. 

 'The Unabridged Dictionary of Noah Webster, re- 

 vised and enlarged by Dr. Goodrich, should be among 

 the first standard literary works bought. It is invalua- 

 ble to the student ; and to all who wish to become good 

 scholars, it is the most important work on the English 

 Language now extant. I find that Web -ter's 'smaller 

 works of the kind are much more extensively used, 

 * * * while his Spelling Book is on my list of works 



Gay, Jan 1556 1 00 



/iggenton, Jan 1857 2 00 



vans, Oct 1856 1 00 



Hughes, July " 1 25 



recommended, and his Unabridged Dictionary is also my 

 preference among the higher works of this kind. A 

 new aud more convenient abridgement of Webster's 

 large work called the High School and Pronouncing 

 Dictionary, has made its appearance, and hence, there 

 is not now the necessity for recommending a work not 

 so well known to our people as those of Noah Webster. 



C. H. WILEY. 

 State Superintendent." 

 NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

 The New Hampshire State Board of Education, at 

 its recent meeting in Concord, March 28, 1856, 



•' Voted, unanimously, that we do recommend * * * * 

 Webster's Series of Dictionaries, as standard text- 

 books in the schools of this State, to the exclusion of 

 all others. JONA TENNER. 



Sec'y N. H. Board of Education." 



G. & C MERIAM, Springfield. 



HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. 



MASON & BROTHERS, New York. 



D. APPLETON & CO , New York. 



J. B. LIPPINCOT T & CO., Philadelphia. 

 Sold by J. W. RANDOLPH. 



June 9 — It Richmond, Va. 



GRAIN CRADLES. 



Cosbys, Grants Wire Brace, and Saunders Superior 

 Grain Cradles, Grass Scythes, and a general assort- 

 ment of Agriculture implements to suit the season. 



Agricultural Peas of several kinds for sale bv 

 June 1— It WM. PALMER. 



CONTENTS OF NO. VI. 



Essay on Irrigation, Page 161 



Gapes in Chickens, 172 



Circular Self-Acting Gate, 173 



Preparing Food for Farm Stock, 174 



To Delinquent Subscribers, , „ 177 



Sale of Devon Cattle, 178 



The Guano Convention, „ 178 



Use of Kelp as Manure,. . 181 



The New Esculent Boot, 18] 



Princess Alice Maud Strawberries, 182 



Guano Attachment to the Wheat Drill, 182 



Gardening for the South, 182 



Mr. Crenshaw's Land for Sale, 183 



The Wheat Crop, 183 



Harvest, Drink, Diet and Medicine, . . . .183 



Hay Covers, 184 



Half-Bred South Downs, 185 



What Pennsylvania Farmers Pay Annually 



for their Horses, 185 



Tidegate, igg 



Hollow Horn, , 137 



A Herd of Heavy Cattle, 188 



Number of Members of the Agricultural 



Society of Virginia, 188 



Cheap Oil for Kitchen Lamps, 189 



Pea Wevils, 190 



Wool— Cleaning and Carding, 190 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



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