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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



above plan. Many of the colts are very fine 

 and remarkable for size — especially those of the 

 second cross — and I have ever}' indication so 

 far of the final success of this plan of breeding, 

 which was commenced and is prosecuted chiefly 



for the gratification of a passion for fine horses, 

 but at the same time not without ihe hope ihat 

 it may in the end prove of some public benefit. 

 Very respectfully yours, 



Philip St. George Cocke. 



STRAW CUTTER. 



Experience has long since demonstrated 

 that there was no implement upon the farm 

 productive of greater saving" than a good 

 straw cutter. Repeated experiments made at 

 the North and reported with the greatest accu- 

 racy, have shown a saving of one-third to the 

 farmer who cuts up all his long feed. Impressed 

 with the absolute necessity for one of these ma- 

 chines upon every well managed farm, we have 

 paid great attention to its construction, and had 

 some months ago brought it to such a state of 

 perfection, as not only to entirely satisfy our- 

 selves, but, what was much more difficult, to 

 satisfy ihe numerous purchasers of the article. 

 In this satisfaction our northern friends partook 

 in a very large degree, as was manifested by 

 the award to us, last fall, of the first premium 

 of the New Haven Agricultural Society, the 

 third premium at Albany, where it was broken | 

 and out of order, the first premium at Philadel- 

 phia, where it was exhibited in competition with 

 the very implements that were preferred to it at 



Albany, and again the first premium and a sil- 

 ver medal at the great exhibition of the Ame- 

 rican Institute in New York, where it again 

 met and defeated its Albany rivals and dozens 

 of other competitors. 



For this cutter, with the numerous testimo- 

 nials of its durabilil}', efficiency, and ease of 

 management in our possession, we claim, with- 

 out arrogance, the palm over every other made 

 in Europe or America. But there is* still one 

 difficulty. To make so perfect a machine, with 

 every facility of labor-saving machinery, with 

 every disposition to accommodate our prices to 

 the times, we are unable to furnish the cutter 

 for less than thirty dollars, whilst we continue to 

 make it up in a manner to sustain its well 

 earned reputation ; but we are constantly beset 

 by small farmers, who think they cannot afford 

 to give so much for a straw cutter, with the in- 

 quiry, "Can't you make us a cheaper cutter, 

 which, if not so good, will yet answer our pur- 

 poses V To answer this demand, we have just 



