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way ; and when the season of harvesting came, I 

 had 50 hills of clean, upright growth, and 50 of a 

 bushy straggling appearance, having the suckers 

 all on as they grew. 



The former furnished large, well filled, and most- 

 ly sound ears, weighing 47 £ lbs. The latter, more 

 ears, but not as large or sound, weighing 47 f lbs. 



I regret that the stalks were not weighed, but 

 very well remember concluding that the increase 

 in good corn was more than balanced by the great- 

 er amount of stalks when left to grow natural, and 

 the trouble of cutting the suckers. 



HOW TO WINTER ONE HUNDRED SHEEP PROM 

 TWO ACRES OP LAND. 



We have been accused of inducing farmers to 

 try visionary experiments. We hardly know what 

 meaning those who use the word visionary would 

 put to it in this connection, nor do we care. We 

 have faith in the following project of producing 

 fodder enough on two acres of land to winter one 

 hundred sheep. But, says Mr. Doubtful, it must 

 be made very rich. Of course it must. That won't 

 hurt the land in the least. But how will you do 

 it? In the first place make the land very rich. 

 Manure it generously — plough it thoroughly — har- 

 row it fine — roll it smooth — put on the marker and 

 mark it into rows three feet apart, and sow Indian 

 corn in drills. Hoe it twice, and after the second 

 hoeing take your seed-sower and sow between each 

 two rows of corn a row of flat turnip seed. After 

 your corn has spindled, cut it up ; let it wilt, then 

 tie it into bundles and shock it up as you do 

 corn-stalks which you have cut in the usual way, 

 and let them stand until dry. It would not be 

 strange if you had six tons of fodder per acre 

 when they were sufficiently dry to put into the 

 barn. This will be twelve tons, (from two acres). 

 Now, to winter one hundred sheep you ought to 

 have twenty tons of fodder. You have got twelve 

 of them and want eight more, or four tons from 

 each acre. The turnips ought to produce this 

 amount. Let us see. Allowing a bushel of tur- 

 nips to weigh sixty pounds, in order to have four 

 tons on an acre you should raise 133£ bushels. 

 Will not your land produce this amount after tak- 

 ing away the Indian corn crop % 



So you will have your twenty tons of food from 

 tw* acres. But will the sheep eat the corn-stalks 1 

 Yes, we have tried that. Just run the stalks 

 through a straw-cutter and feed them out to the 

 sheep, and they will eat them all up. We have 

 tried it, and several others have tried it. Then 

 run your turnips through a vegetable cutter, and 

 they will eat them all up clean. The sheep should 

 be young and hearty, and have good teeth. Who 

 will try the experiment this year % We are bound 

 to, for one. — Maine Farmer. 



FINE CATTLE. 



A lot of the finest cattle ever fed in the county 

 of Rockingham, passed through Harrisonburg last 

 week, on their way to the Northern markets. 

 They were fed by Mr. Daniel Bierly, jr., within 4 

 miles of this place, and sold to Mr. John Bowman, 

 jr., at $5 per hundred, gross. Mr. Bowman paid for 

 the lot — consisting of 11 steers — $814, being $74 

 per head. In addition to the splendid beeves pur- 

 chased of Mr. Bierly, we understand Mr. Bowman 



has 50 others, of his own feeding, which are equal- 

 ly as good as those purchased of Mr. Bierly. 



Speaking of fine cattle, reminds us to say, that 

 Mr. Bierly is one of the few men in the county who 

 understand the true policy in the management of 

 his farm. His is "a little farm well tilled" — and 

 he always has, as a consequence, " a little barn 

 well filled." We venture to assert that he makes 

 more per acre, per annum, from his farm, than is 

 made upon the same extent of soil by any other 

 farmer in the county, notwithstanding his land is 

 not better naturally, than the mass of lands in the 

 county. If there is one who manages his farm bet- 

 ter than Mr. B. does his, who makes more than he 

 does from the same amount of capital invested in 

 this interest, we should like to hear and to speak 

 out. — Rockingham Register. 



]V/| ERINO SHEEP.— Having increased my flock of Me- 

 lt JL rino Sheep on my farm, in Orange county, to over 

 800 I am now prepared to sell a few choice yearling Bucks 

 and Ewes. To all who have any acquaintance with Col. 

 Henry S. Randall of New York, and the reputation of his 

 flock, it is only necessary to say that the yearlings I pro- 

 pose selling are the product of ewes purchased of him when 

 he sold put last year, and selected by him personally as the 

 best in his flock. I have his letters, saying that he was 

 offered the same price for his ewes by his neighbors, but 

 that in starting the growth of fine wool in Virginia it was 

 very important to have good sheep, and as he knew these 

 were superior, he preferred selling them to go there. I 

 shall sell no bucks except such as show marks of supe- 

 riority. All who want to raise their flocks to a high stand- 

 ard at once will do well to apply early, as I have but a 

 limited number for sale. Address by mad, or apply to 

 WM. G. CRENSHAW} or 

 CRENSHAW & CO., 

 june — tf North side of the Basin, Richmond, Va. 



WOOL! WOOL!! — Receiving, as we do, large quanti- 

 ties of wool for sale, we are enabled to offer induce- 

 ments to manufacturers and dealers to examine our stock, 

 and in that way can generally obtain better prices than can 

 be had for small parcels. We solicit consignments from 

 the Wool Growers of Virginia, with the assurance that we 

 can obtain the very highest prices for their fleeces, and that 

 no effort on our part will be spared to afford them satisfac- 

 tion. CRENSHAW & CO., 

 june — tf North side of the Basin, Richmond, Va. 



PERUVIAN GUANO.— Having on hand, and engaged 

 to arrive, a large supply of Guano, we solicit orders. 

 All who buy of us may rely on getting it genuine, as we 

 sell none except what comes direct from the Peruvian agents. 



CRENSHAW & CO., 

 june — tf North side of the Basin, Richmond, Va. 



PAYMENTS TO THE SOUTHERN PLANTER 



To the 4th of May, 1854. 



All persons who have made payments early enough to 

 be entered, and whose names do not appear in the following 

 receipt list, are requested to give immediate notice of the 

 omission, in order that the correction may be made in the 

 next issue : 



Mrs. Lucy C. Binford to March 1855 $1 00 



P. A. Taylor to January 1855 *j 



William P. Browne to January 1855 [ 3 00 



H. L. Taylor to January 1855 f 



Felix Pierce to January 1855 J 



Col. Thos. J. M. Cheatham to January 1855 1 00 



Capt. C. Breckenridge to January 1855 1 00 



Norborne Berkeley to January 1855 2 50 



John H. Ranson to January 1853 (in full) 7 00 



Messrs. Zimmerman & Co. to January 1855 1 00 



