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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



done. It is remarkably simple in its construction, and very durable. It is easily understood and kept in order by 

 common laborers, or repaired by common mechanics, such as are at hand in nearly every neighborhood or town. 



The price is but little in advance of any other approved grain drill, and quite below that charged for many which 

 are far less adapted to the wants of the farmer or planter than this — and in view of its utility, simplicity, convenience 

 and durability, it is believed to be by far the cheapest drill in the world. 



When ordered the following extras are added to the Drill: 1. A "Feeder," to prevent clogging in sowing damp 

 plaster and other fertilizers. 2. A "Grass Seeder," which is a box and fixings for sowing grass seed broadcast, in 

 front of the drill teeth while drilling; or it may be used while sowing plaster broadcast from the main box. 3. A 

 set of "Horse Hoes," to cultivate the wheat in the spring. The drill teeth are removed and these are put in their 

 place. With these extras added, the Machine is capable of sowing grass seed, hoeing the wheat, (which also hoes 

 in the grass seed,) and sowing plaster all at once. 



Extract from the Report of the Hon. Benj. P. Johnson, Secretary of the New York State Agricultural Society, 

 who was the Agent of the State of New York, appointed to attend the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, 

 held in London, 1851: 



"There were various drill machines, very perfect in their construction and arrangement, yet too complicated and 

 expensive for introduction into this country. They do not possess any material advantages over our own drills, which 

 are afforded at one-third the price of the best English drill." 



Extract of a letter from Mr. Brewer of Oneida County: 



"Mr. Seymour: Dear Sir — I inquired of the Hon. Benjamin P.Johnson, Secretary of the New York State 

 Agricultural Society, where I could get the best Grain Drill, and he directed me to you. You will, therefore, please 

 send me one, &c." 



I have used several kinds of grain drills, among which was Seymour's Drill, and I find it to be the best one I have 

 ever seen. I have used it two seasons and it has never yet been out of repair. S. G. Patterson. 



Marengo, Michigan, 1853. 



Hon. C. H. Carroll, of Livingston County, N. Y. : Dear Sir — I bought of Mr. Seymour, of East Bloomfield, 

 one of his grain drills, last season with which I sowed my wheat last fall, my barley and my oats in the spring and 

 also drilled in a piece of corn, and in every case 1 found the drill to perform as I desired, doing its work as Mr. 

 Seymour has represented it to do in his advertisements. Very respectfully, 



July, 1853. S. C. Culbertson. 



Judge Carroll says Mr. Culbertson's word is as reliable as that of any man in the county. 



Mr. Seymour : Sir, — With the grain drill which I purchased from you my son, a lad sixteen years of age, has 

 put in about fifty acres of wheat for me, and with some of it about a bushel and a half ppr acre of ashes and hen dung 

 was mixed, and all to my entire satisfaction, and I must say I prefer it to any I have ever seen. Ira Peck. 



Mr. Seymour : Dear Sir,— The eleven-tooth drill you exhibited at the Ontario County Fair last fall, and sold to me, 

 I have fairly tested, in putting in my spring crops, and find it works admirably, and answers mv fullest expectations. 

 I have drilled in seventy bushels of oats and as much barley, and my buckwheat, which are now up, and growing 

 finely. Although the drill has eleven teeth, I do not think it ariy too large for a common team, and it is wide enough 

 to put in three rows of corn at once. R. Stephens. 



Hopexcell, July 5, 1852. 



SEYMOUR'S PATENT BROADCAST SOWING MACHINE. 



This Machine is well known in Western New York, also in 

 many other parts of the United States, and is universally acknow- 

 ledged to be the best implement in our country for the purposes for 

 which it is intended. It sows correctly all kinds of grain, (and any 

 desired quantity per acre,) from peas to grass seed, including wheat, 

 rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, rice, hemp, flax clover and timothy 

 seed; also plaster, lime, salt, ashes, bone dust, &c. &c. It is ca- 

 pable of dusting every inch of ground on an acre of land, with less 

 than half a bushel of plaster, and thirty or forty bushels of lime 

 may be thus evenly applied to the same amount of land. It sows 

 ten feet wide, or may be made narrower to order. This machine 

 has been much improved by substituting iron in several important parts, in the place of wood, making it a very durable 

 article. It has received the highest recommendations from hundreds of the best farmers in our country, and received 

 eight premiums from Agricultural Societies, besides the Highest Prize and Diploma at the Trial of Agricultural 

 Implements, held at Geneva, July, 1852. 



The following is from the Albany Cultivator of June, 1848 by the editor, Mr. L. Tucker: "This cut represents 

 Seymour's Sowing Machine advertised in our last. It has been extensively used in Western New York and is 

 much approved. We saw many acres of various kinds of grain on the farm of John Delafield, Esq., near Geneva, 

 last season which had been sown with this machine, and we never saw grain stand more evenly on the ground. Mr. 

 Delafield assured us that he could sow any thing — lime, plaster, poudrette, guano, &c, or any seed, from grass seed 

 to peas, or Indian corn, with perfect exactness, graduating the quantity per acre to a pint." 



Mr. P. Seymour : Dear Sir, — I have been familiar with the operation of your Broadcast Sower and your Grain 

 Drill for some years, and justice requires me to say that I think them equal to any machines of the kind, in all 

 respects, and far superior in the most important, viz. the manner of discharging the grain, plaster, manure. d/*c., 

 from the hopper. ' ' Yours truly, " Enos Boughton. 



Those who know Mr. Boughton will put the most implicit confidence in his commendation. These machines are 

 in use by many of the first farmers in the States of New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, 

 Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware New Jersey, Kentucky Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, 

 and also in Canada, to all whom we refer for their reputation, believing that all who have given them a fair trial will 

 commend them. 



frJr" Directions for using, accompany each Machine. All communications promptly attended to. 



C. H. SEYMOUR, Manufacturer, 

 East Bloomfield, Ontaria County, Nexc York 1854. P. SEYMOUR, Patentee. 



Prices.— Drill with 7 teeth $80 ; 9 teeth $90 ; 11 teeth $100. Broadcast Sower $55. Extras— Feeder $6 ; Horse 

 Hoes $2 each; Grass Seeder $15. ault 



