SOUTHERN PLANTER— ADVERTISING SHEET. 



tao-es etne> our own drills, which, are afforded at one- 

 third the price of the best.fifigiish drill." 

 Extract of a letter from Mr. Brewer, of Qnejda co. 



Mr. SIcYM.puR : Dear.Sjr— \ enquired of the Hon. 

 Benj. P.,, Johnson, Secretary of New York State 

 iigiicvili^ral Society, wteere £ could get the,, tjpsi 

 Grata Of ill, and he directed ine to you. You will 

 therefore,; please send tne o&e, &c. 



O^AILcoiTimunications promptly attended to, and 

 orders accompanied with current funds, immediate- 

 ly filled. C: EI. SEYMOUR, Manufacturer. 

 . P. SETjVIOUR. Patentee.. 



East Bioomfield, Ontario co., N. Y., 1855. a plt* 



, tA .; ClKCtJLAR. 



DEAR SIR,— During the past year $ have jbeen 

 inquired of by several Short Horn Cattle breed- 

 ers, when I intended to issue a second volume of 

 the'. Amer jean Herd. Book. My reply h f is been, 

 "jVo£ v^itil the Short ,,. Horn breeders syquld coine 

 forw&rd, in sufficient number to patronize the work, 

 by furnishing the pedigrees of their stock, and to 

 buy the book to an extent sufficient iti warrant the 

 expense -of its publication." The '-first volume of 

 the Aiiierican Herd I?ook, which I published last. 

 1846, is still indebtedio me in the .cost. of the bobk. 

 itself throwing- in M$ time, and la^or' t spent upon 

 it.' JlI the late " Rational Cattle, Show," held at 

 SprlngneldyOhio, a, large number of .Short Horn 

 breeders were assembled, from te*i or twelve State-% 

 and the (panadas. , ,The subject- of a continuance 

 of, the publication Of an Aiaerkan Herd Book was 

 fully discussed by tto&m. It was agreed that, 

 with so- large a number , of Slyo$ Horn Cattle as 

 are now owned and bred in; the United States, 

 and the Canadas,, a Herd Kqbk, devoted teethe 

 registry^ of American vfkttle 'was imperatively 

 demanaed, The expejise and trouble of trans- ; 

 mitting their pedigregs Jo England, ' and the 

 purchase ,of the voiumh\qus English Herd Pook, 

 now costing at least one hundred dollars;: is no; 

 longer ^.cessary; tjiat as the , brel/ling of 



pure S*ifq>rt Horn blobd :\iust depend jnuch upon 

 having ^ domestic ixifcorj. at hand, whf n the requi- 

 site information, can Jbe obtained, and;, that of a 

 reliable character^ a 3rjer4 Book is indispensable. 



In pursuance of the unanimous request of the 

 gentlemen engaged i&, breeding. Short Horns, 

 above alluded to, .together with many in- 

 dividual solicitations, which I have received 

 from other breeders diiring the past, year, I have 

 concluded' to issue this, my prospectus for a second 

 volume of " The American Herd Boole," and to 

 request you, if you feel an interest in the work, to 

 inform me at your earliest convenience, whether 

 you wild aid in its, publication by, sending a record 

 of your animals for registry, and to designate the 

 number, of volumes' of the book ^o'fit, will take. 

 The size of the work will, of course, depend upon 

 the number of animals registered, which, if this 

 opportunity is embraced by the breeders generally, 

 will be several hundred pages octavo, and illustra- . 

 ted with the portraits of such animals, .^properly, 

 engraved, as the, owners may be desirous tp have 

 inserted, they furnishing the cuts for the .purpose. 



1. shall also give an account of all tine recent impor- 

 tations into,the United States. A copy of,. the Cat- 

 alogue of each separate, herd will be given, when- 

 ever they can be obtained, together with; the ac- 

 count of their sales, the prices at which they were 

 sold, purchaser's names, &c. In short, every mat- 

 ter of interest in relation to them, so far as it can 

 be obtained, will be given. 



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All papers relative to such information will be 

 thankfully received, sent to my Post'Offite address 

 at Black Rocli, New York. * v : - . j 



As it is necessary that I get to worfc ( ,b.y the first 

 j\I&reh next, you jvvill oblige me by replying imme- 

 diately and informing me whether you will have 

 your cattle recorded, and if so,, what the probable 

 number will d% and the number of volumes 

 you will take. The recording fee foneach animal 

 will be fifty cents/; the price of the b"ook five dol- 

 lar.?:. The recording fec 5 s , Will be Expected to be 

 remitted in advance, .j whHi the pedigrees of the 

 cattle are forwarded, and the book paid for on 

 delivery. : ,: / r ' j 



If, by any castialityj i\m bo oi^. should not be 

 .issued, the advance money will be promptly refun- 

 ded." j 



That there may he- as little uncertainty as possi- 

 ble, I wish that the repl^ jto thi$ may be as prompt 

 as convenient, that I maty know whether I shall be 

 justified in undertaking .the work; if so, I will 

 .give you notice of the Met as early as the first 

 of March, 1855, on receiving which, your pedigrees 

 and insertion fees wijl be required to be sent 

 immediately. Very respectfully yours, 



LEWIS F. ALLEN. 



Buffalo, ; Biack Rock R Q ? , N,, Y., Dec. 1st, 1854. 



P. S. As I cannot be presumed to know the 

 name and.address of every Short Horn breeder in 

 the country^ you will oblige me by sending one of 

 these circulars to every breeder with whom you 

 are acquainted, or to whom you have sold "Herd 

 Book" animals, and give me a list of others, that I 

 may send .thcin a circular] so as to give as exten- 

 sive information as possible- on the subject. 



_^ L ; L. F . A. 



OHELL LIME. — CTiave lof stile, and will keep 

 O constantly on hand, ai rny, lime kilns near Capt. 

 Goddin Vtai r ern, on. Bacon Cluarter Branch, a large 

 supply of the best quality of Shell Lime. Farmers 

 and others in want of this article, can yet their 

 orders filled by applying 4 at v my kilns or addressing 

 me through the city post office. 



ap iv .. i JOHN MOSS. 



1} U RE BRED STOCK AT PK 1 VATE SALE 

 . j Etheaoa. Earm.^- -VVest Neednam, Norfolk 

 county, Mass., 12 miles from Boston by Worcester 

 Railroad, -7>-T be animals lor sale in pur catalogue, 

 for HS54 have been sold to gentlemen throughout the 

 United States, whose names will appear in a 

 descriptive catalogue just issued. It is illustrated 

 by our piize ahiinals; consisting; in part of Jersey or 

 miscalled Alderney cattle, and Suffolk swine, whi<;$ 

 we imported from England, and took the first prizes 

 lor in 1 85 -1 and 1855" at the .Norfolk Agricultural 

 Society, Massachusetts. t 



Suffolk Pigs, -.3 to 5 months old, #3f) ,pe£p'air ; ; or 

 delivered to aiiy.ra tof the United Siatss," fiee of 

 charge, lor $40. Address as above, - ■ a 



JAMESM O RTON S O N, 

 Or GEORGE H. P. FL&GG, 

 apfi* Boston, Massachusetts, 



q11Tuei7s. cottrell, saddle and' harness 



O .MANUFACTURER, Wholesale and Retail, No. 118 

 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, having received the first 

 premium at the Fair of the Virginia Mechanics Institute, 

 feels confident he can"*please a [j p f . r aons in want of any ar- 

 ticle in his line. iely 



M'CONNEhl, «fc BURTON, 



DENTISTS, ..i, , 



Main Street, between 'Jlh and 10th Streets, Richmond, Va. 

 JOHN M'CONNKLL. W. LEIGH BURTON. 



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