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1859.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 435
ology; Selection and Preparation of Food ; Se-
lection and Care of Stock.
Lindsay & Blakiston, Publishers, Philadelphia.
Having enjoyed the opportunity of examining
the manuscript of the above work, (which)
though ready for delivery, has not yet reached
us in print,) we can, with great confidence,
recommend it as eminently worthy of general
circulation among farmers, as a concise, accu-
rate and systematic treatise, calculated to im-
part the most valuable instruction in respect to
the science and practice of agriculture, and " re-
duced to such a form that it may be applied to
the daily business" of the farm. It is truly "A
Book for every Farmer and every Farmer's
Son." \
Southern Field and Fireside.
We have received the two first numbers of
the above paper, published weekly in Augusta.
Georgia, by James Gardner, at $2 per annum,
always in advance, and edited by Dr. Lee in the
Agricultural, W. W. Mann in the Literary, and
Wm. N, White in the Horticultural department.
Devoted to Agriculture, Literature and Art.
It is in quarto form of eight pages, folio size
each issue containing forty columns of matter.
It is executed in the best style of typography.
The high reputation of Dr. Lee, as an Agricultural
writer, will make the paper a welcome
visitor to the Southern Planters and Farmers;
and we have no doubt but that the other depart-
ments will be equally well sustained. We commend
it to the attention and patronage of our
readers. The Publisher offers the following
prizes to Southern Writers:
For the best Novelette, or Tale of Fiction, $100
For the best Literary Essay, 50
For the best Agricultural Essay, 50
For the best Poem, not less than 60 lines, 25
For the best Poem, less than 60 lines,. ... 25
Natural Agriculturist.
A new paper, published at Pittsburg, and
edited by J. T. F. Wright, proprietor, at $1 per
annum—a quarto of 8 pages, well filled with
original and selected matter. We wish it a useful
and prosperous career.
Acknowledgment.
We received from H. J. Smith, Esq.,—who is
already distinguished for the superiority of his
fruits and vegetables,—specimens of six varieties
of Raspberries—Allen's Hardy, Antwerp Red,
Pringle'l Orange, Pringle's Red, Cattawassa, and
Fastolf— all of which are very fine,—the two
varieties first named superb. We also received,
while they were in season, several remarkably
fine samples of the varieties of the Strawberry
cultivated by him. He intends to enlarge the
allotment of land for the growth of these luscious
fruits.
Scientific American.
There is no one paper to which we are more
indebted for valuable articles, with which to
enrich our own pages, than to the Scientific
American, and there is none, therefore, that can
have higher claims to courtesy at our hands, or
in whose prosperity we take a deeper interest.
It gives us pleasure to insert its prospectus be-
low, by which it will be seen that important
improvements and considerable enlargement
are in contemplation. Now is the time for new
subscribers to enter their names:
NEW PROSPECTUS
OK THE
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
enlargement.
Vol. 1., No. 1—New Series.
The Publishers of the Scientific America*
respectfully announce te their readers and the
public generally, that, on the first day of July
next. (1859), their journal will be enlarged and
otherwise greatly improved ; and at that time
will be commenced "Volume I., No. 1—New
Series," which will afford a more suitable opportunity
for the commencement of new subscriptions
than is likely to occur again for many
years.
The form of the journal will be somewhat
changed from what it now is, so as to render it
better adapted for binding and preservation
and instead of eight pages in each number, as
now, there will be sixteen, and in a completed
yearly volume the number of pages will be
doubled to 832, or 416 more than now.
The Scientific American is published at a
price which places it within the reach of all;
and as a work of reference for the Workshop,
Manufactory, Farm and Household, no other
journal exceeds or even equals it in the value
and utility of its information. Its practical
rectpes alone oft-times repay the subscription
price ten fold. Inventors will find it, as hereto-
fore, the mirror of the Patent Office, and the reliable
record of every claim issued weekly by
the Office, the li^t being officially reported for
its columns*
With the enlargement of the Scientific American,
we shall be enabled to widen the sphere of
our operations, omitting none of the features