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planter’s Journal,
agriculture, hokticcltub*
NEWS, MEMORIES OF TUB LOST CAUSE,
LITERATURE, SCIESOK and ART.
HENRY MOOfiE,
A. K. WRIGHT.
PATRICK WALSH.
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A young nan who works on his
farm in the week days, but drives his
horse and buggy and smokes segars on
Sunday, and never reads an Agricultu
ral paper, is not in a promising way.
What- can he do with his evenings so
profitably as to spend them in residing
iabout his own business and 'gathering
the experience of others who have done
before just, the work he in now en
gaged upon ? Shall he work mechani
cally like a horse aver his task and
never think about his work T
The worth of a few dozen eggs will
pay for any of the Agricultural papers
in Georgia. One or twi bushels of
corn, or three bushels of potato©* will
do the same.
f Shall any farmer, theip be too poor
i> buy at such a price wyears subscrip
*jn to some paper that will tell him
what hU brethren of the plow are
doing, and what they have done ?
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i Fertilizer DeJejs in Council.
[• The Savannah defers in Fertilizers
I organized a few w»ks since into an
I association for nntual protection
iagainst bad debts, fid the resolutions
■adopted by them wire published at the
■time in many ol the papers of the
Htatc. We have lot a copy of them
Ht hand but can saw from recollection
Htat they set forth a bad condition of
Hte trade, a great want of faith on the
of planters wio purchased on time,
many losses tom bad debts. The
■theme proposed for relief embraced
Hie keeping of A "black list” by each
dealer, on wliiql should be recorded
the name and r widen ee of every pnr-
I chaser who frou any cause failed to
js pay nromptly ljs obligations for manti-,
■ These list were to be held open
/ inforaif ion of all members of
so that no one should
to cxjknd credit again, to a
hr l once failed to pay or
■imsefl unworthy of credit,
■gatifi of Savannah Fertilizer
Augusta one day last
w oeR, by appiintnieut to ask co-opiera
tiou of the ileilers in this city in their
protective ascieiation and to secure the
formation of) a general association, to
extend, as near as possible, over the
whole Stats with a view to the
common benefit of a central office, at
which all bad debts should be reported.
| id from which any seller of fertilizers
® . every city and town in Georgia
s?*t obtain information of those pnr
who had proven to be un
■Aof credit.
BANNER OF THE SOUTH ANlf PLANTERS’JOURNAL.
We have no official information f»f
the matter but this is the substance of
what we learn to be the purpose of the
Convention of Guano men called at the
time stated. i
We learn further that the Augusta
dealers did not unite in the scheme,
'and with one consent declined to go
into an organization of the kind pro
posed. A consolation among them,
i.at many were present, and
others not present afterwards endorsing
the proceedings) resulted in a resolu
tion to the effect that there were* no
complaints of consequence to be made
of bad debts in this market, the plan
ters of both Georgia and Bouth Caro
lina dealing at Augusta, having as a rule
complied with all their oblegations for
Guano, aud paid their debts in good
faith. And it was considered that an
organization for protection was there
fore only unnecessary, but also
was objectionable, because it would re
flect unjustly on the planters of this
section. Therefore there was no co
operation, and the purpose for which
the Convention was called, was not ac
complished. We refer to the occasion,
tliough now some days passed, and
although nothing was done that at all
affected the trade in commercial matu
res. It served to clict a generous com
pliment from the principal business
houses in Augusta to the planters of
the adjoining country, and a worthy
tribute to the integrity and honesty
with which their debts havo been paid,
in spite of short crops and lower prices
than were anticipated. The incident is
a pleasant one,’ and a valuable one—
pleasant to both sides, and profitable to
an agricultural community that will
treasure it its an evidence of the value
of fair dealing and honesty of purpose,
especially iq debts.
The EhMßzer trade is a peculiar
one in this respect —that while it re
quires a large araomil of capital to
cany it on, the sales are universally
made on credit, or with rare exceptions.
There are few' other branches of busi
ness that require so much ready money,
and no other in which so much credit
business is done. The risk of such a
business—the chances of loss—are
greater than a planter is apt to know
or believe ; —and these very features
add to the appreciation in which all
men of business hold prompt payments
and tair dealings on the part of plan
ters; and add also to the value and im
portance of the handsome testimony
the Augusta merchants have borne to
the character and faith of their eus
torners.
The planters of Middle Georgia and
South Carolina will, we doubt not, be
pleased with the incident, and never
do less hereafter to deserve a good
opinion than heretofore. Augusta of
fers them every advantage and facility
in location, in transportation and in
trade, for the transaction of their busi
ness ; and in addition, in the long list
of well known commercial houses are
the names of as efficient and trust
worthy men of business as any city in
the world can boast. The Planter
who deals with such men will never
be a sufferer, nor have cause of com
plaint. lie will find men ot brains
and of principle, kind, honest, and ap
preciative of good faith in others. As
a market for Guano and cotton Augusta
offes inducements second to none, in
every respect
Paint. —A barrel of ready prepared
paint would be an acquisition on any
farm. Houses, tools and wagons
painted up once a year will last five
times longer than without paint; and
the cost of it would not l>c great. The
labor and art of applying it amount to
little also, and the work would be pas
time f(.»r rainy days.
► Prices of FertiiizSs.
Looking over the GuaS> advertise
ment* in one issue Os ouißaily papers,
we note the following piSea attached
to some of the leading bands, such as
'have been best and long Jp known in
ithis section. Several deal, ta do not pub
lish prices and these, JBt cdmvi, we
(mast omit. The first figures indicate
the cash price, payabbfc usually by Ist
April or May, anfil the last figures
ire time prices payable November, Ist
text. /
Dickson Compound $55 S6O
Dissolved Boqfe .55 60
Soluble Pacific 48 55
Ktiwan..... * 55 60
Pendleton's/ 65 73
Patapsco 62 70
Chesapeake 55 62
Phospho Peruvian 58 60
Magnum Bonum 55 64
Whitelock’s Vegetator 60 70
Sibley's IXL 60 70
Carolina Fertilizer 55 65
These figures are some reduction in
most cases from last years prices, a few
only remaining as high as sixty dollars
which was about the largest rate during
the last season. The time prices are
more reduced than the cask, which is
of chief importance sindc not more
thnn one planter in an hundred buys
for cash. The difference in most cases
betweeq cash and time is now from
five to eight dollars instead of ten, as
formerly. This indicate* a more safe
and settled feeling in tie trade and a
disposition for mutual accomodation.
Safe fertilizers cannot be sold below a
certain limit, and the difference be
tween cash and time rates must neces
sarily compare with the bank rates tor
the use of money.
Sulphur Supply.
The Oatcusien Sulphur Company ot
Louisiana will soon lie prepared to
furnish sulphur in unlimited quantities,
from the immense bed of this material ’
lately discovered. In October, 1870,
while boring for petroleum, the won
derful deposit of sulphur was acciden
tally discovered at a depth of nearly
four hundred and fifty feet. The
stratum ot sulphur is ascertained to be
one hundred and ten feet in thickness,
the analysis showing au unusually high
percentage of pure sulphur.
Although%t so great a depth below
the surface, the richness of the stratum
will compensate for the expense of
mining, and the source of supply
promises to be very abundant and much
cheaper than any heretofore known.
The effect qf the development of
this bed of sulphur, on the agricultural
interests of the country will be very
beneficial, if it should lead toaclieapeu
ing of sulphuric acid, which is so
largely used in the manufacture of fer
tilizers. Heretofore the sulphur mines
in Sicily have beeu the chief source of
supply aud of course at great cost of
transportation to this country. The
Louisiana mines will be not only nearer
home, but the analysis of the deposit
is nearly three times richer than those
of Sicily, which will greatly reduce the
cost of working.
Pop Corn. —Parched pop corn is
recommended by New Jersey farmers
as a cure'for hog and chicken cholera.
It has been long claimed that it would
cure dyspepsia in human beings, but it
has not been previously known as a
cure for cholera in fowls and hogs.
The solemn advice of a venerable
Quaker to bis son- was as follows;
“Never get in debt, my son John, but
if thee must do it, let it be for
manure.
Anew French remedy for croup is
said to be the white of an egg given
in sweetened water.
Literary Notes.
BT PAUL H. IIAYKK.
SOME IMPORTANT PERIODICALS.
The Messrs. James Sutton <t Cos.,
publishers, 23 Liberty St. New York,
have successfully issued for upwards of
five years past, a monthly magazine of
Art and Literature, called “Tift Al
dine." The plan of this work resem
bles somewhat that of the famous “Art
Journal" of London. It is a folio l
sheet, each number being crowded with
engravings of the richest and noblest
artistic merit, while in general typo- !
graphical beauty the work is unrivalled.
Apropos of “The Aldine Wm. Cul-1
len Bryant, whose taste cannot be ques
tioned in regard to topics of this nature,
remarks; “In England and Italy we
have the best printed books, and I think
in England the best impressions ot en
gravings made j but I have never seen
anything comjmrdble to the work of I
“ The Aldine.”
This is no puff, but tlie literal truth,
since even the merest tyro in art cannot
examine “ The Aldine" illustrations
without seeing in them, as Mr. Bryant
elsewhere observes, “the slightest, slen
derest, most delicate lines impressed
with the greatest certainty, so that the
impression represents the original en
grai ing on the block, as it left the
hands of the artist, with as much fideli
ty, as a mirror reproduces the linea
ments of the human countenance!"
The January No. of “ The Aldine"
now before us, justifies every word of
this praise, high, and enthusiastic as it
is. Containing no less than twelve first
class engravings, (including a beautiful
ideal portrait of Maud Muller, and an
exquisite picture of Uk; minute, Pres
Hhphaelite kind, called “The Nooning,”
by Daily,) it is also full of choice origi
nal contributions, from such writers *s
Geo. A. Baker, Julian Hawthorne, Mrs.
Helen Conant, and. others of scarcely
inferior distinction. Indeed, we ought
to remark that its literary department
is destined hereafter, to be a specially
attractive feature of “ 7he Aldine."
The publishers have shown unusual
tact, and correctness of judgment in
arranging matters thus; for as they
themselves remark in their Trosjtfktus,
“where so much attention is paid to
illustrations, too much dependence on
appearance may naturally, beteared."
To anticipate such misgivings, let us
say, that the editorial management of
“ the Aldine" has been* entrusted to
that rare English schelpr, that most
suljtle, delicate, and artistic American j
Pott, Richard Henry Stoddard, who j
has received assurances (of practical co
operation and help froiij the most popn- j
lar (writers of the coui;fry.
'the volume for V-rt, will contain
30Cf pages, and about 150 fine engrav
ingj>. i
•very third ntimldr will contain a
beautiful tinted pictwe on plate paper,
inserted as a front ispice. ' .
./bid the annual fibscription price
forlthis magnificent /periodical, (with
an Oil Chromo premium) is only Five j
Dollars.
“ Appleton's Journal" is deservedly
the most popular of all the Northern
Literary “weeklies,” circulated at the
South.
One fourth at least, of its best con
trillutors are Southern men and women;
a f*t readily accounted for. when we
reflwt that from the birth of this “jour
nal’libout three years ago, to the pres-!
entltime, the fairness, candor, and
trieiSy cordiality of hs tone towards j
our Kfortunate section, lias been mark- j
ed, peculiar, and undeviating. The
prolies of the publishers for the conv
ing*-u', are liberal, and we know, will
bf fully carried out Those series of
Erative papers, depicting American
icapes, and places, (hitherto so
lar,) will be continued; while in
tke literary department projier, we are
t|D expect Biographical sketches of living
‘sad dead celebrities; brief tales, by
the brilliant author of “Morton House,”
I and the son of the great Romancist.
i Hawthorne; with serial novels by well-
I known English writers; not to speak
| of a host of miscellaneous articles from
<uch contributors as Prof Scheie De
i Vere, Eugene Benson, Geo. M. Towle,
i Albert Webster, Jno. Esteu Cooke, of
| Virginia, F. R. Goolding, (author of
j“ The Young Marooners") and many
l others of repute.
Briefly, but with all our heart, we
commend this journal to the patronage
of our readers.
With its illustrations, at once chaste,
and artistic, its vast variety of literary
and scientific matter, representing the
choicest culture of our time, and the
high, liberal, and generous tone dis
played in its editorial conduct, it ap
peals to the best intelligence of a com
munity, and would justify, even in the
comparatively poor—the expenditure of
the small sum, (only $4.00 per annum)
which is needed .to secure its treasures
of learning, wit, fancy, sentiment, and
artistic beauty!
“ 77te New York Eclectic Magazine
of Foreign literature ," issued by K.
li. l’olton, 108 Fulton St. and edited
by \V. 11. Bid well, Esq., begins its 15th
volume with the number for January.
It is an old favorite with us, as indeed
it must be with all who are acquainted
with the sterling merits of the work.
The creme de la creme of the best and
most smmertive foreign literature, as
embodied in the periodicals of Great.
Britain :(nd the Continent, is every
month transposed to its pages; thus
affording the reader a bird's eye view
of all that is novel and brilliant in scien
tific discovery, and general intellectual
progress. Moreover, “ The Eclectic"
is an illustrated magazine.
In the current number for example,
we have two superb steel engravings,
one representing “ Washington Irving
and his friends," aud the other copied
from John Gilbert's famous historic pic
ture of “Cardinal Wolsey, and the Duke
of'Buckingbam." The.A'r.sf of these con
tains no less than fourteen portraits, ex
cuted with a fair degree of success, ©f
Irving and his distinguished literary
contemporaries. Among the latter we
recognize Bryant, Kennedy, Cooper,
Bancroft, Prescott, Holmes, Longfellow,
Hawthorne and our own Simms.
We perceive, that the Editorial Sec
| tion of “7 he Eclectic," has recently
been much extended. It now embraces
five departments, (namely, “Literary
Notices,” “ Foreign Literary Notes,"
“Science," “Art,” and “Varieties,")
which are conducted with conscientious
correctness and ability.
We know of no cheaper periodical
than “ The Eclectic," (it is but $5.00 a
i year,) nor of a work which business
men of some literary taste, will find
more satisfactory and instructive, as
giving them in briefest compass, all the
information they could desire, in the
many departments it professes to repre
sent.
“Hearth <£ Home" published by
Orange, Judd & Cos. No. 245, Broad
way, N. Y., is partly an Agricultural,
partly a Literary hebdornidal, and
probably well enough known to the
majority of our readers. Besides the
practical information it embraces on all
topics of gardening, farming,
(departments, in which we of “Thk
Banner" especially sympathize,) and
besides the admirable wood engravings,