SOUTHERN PLANTER— ADVERTISING SHEET. 



ttro 6f ttfUs. The Learit mill, or Excelsior 



« i- dalles, was entered m competition by Me>srs. 

 H-.i-.-l & Alien. tt*hu are manufacturing ihem in this 

 u-a-'V/. Mr. Lea viu, the patentee, was present, and 

 St^Wi«ien4ed"JJhe operating his mill— who at first 

 wa-s unwilling ttJ have the trial made with old dry 

 cora, ?#r. Hedges, who exhibited the Little Giant. 

 ft&M&d 6a using the old corn, as he was unwilling 

 if- hare imly a partial test, which would be the case 

 fcf'Bbft, new corn was used. Finally, alter much 

 J»es*UH(Xi, they yielded to Mr. Hedges' demand. 

 The sfwidirig commenced with trie Little Giant, 

 wfbkh ground a gi ven quantity of corn in sixty-three 

 ••wrjkm'ons using two light horses on the No. 4 

 mmiU, which moved 6W easily and ground the amount 

 frt&xti stopping. A half bushel of meal was sifted 

 attd about one quart of the! amount was found too 

 eoapse to pass through the .sieve. The committee 

 tii*o had been appointed to sirpe rip tend and decide 

 ike &&Meat, then repaired to the Leavitt mill, when 

 defame amount of com was ground, which required 

 .73 {vvoju tions although Mr. Leavitt worked but 

 d&e -horse, whic-h was a very heavy stout one the 

 eM#gfct was, evidently too hard for him, a^ he stop 

 ped three times and was allowed to rest. On sifting 

 „fce meal there proved to be five or six quarts too 

 cwm$ to pass the sieve, instead of one as in the 

 aa£eo£ihe Little Giant. The committee after a few 

 mo-isaeats consultation ce.pt n id substantially as ahove 

 aad returned the cup to Mr. Fledges, who thai ked 

 ifoem ktndly, and remarked that it twice before had 

 bee* won over the Leaf t mill, and if a favorable 

 occasion offered it would be risked again. Mr. 

 "Hedges then called the attention of those present, 

 saving thai he would grind some shelled corn— then 

 ■put one bushel in the hopj>er, which was ground 

 otK in fourminufes at a moderate walk. Mr. Leavitt 

 grrnand a like qaa-ntity and was five minutes— his 

 terse being hurried to considerably more speed — no 

 sieve was ased but it was admitted by all that it 

 wa* faaoh coarser than that ground bv the Little 



Mr. H. then, at the request of pome farmers, 

 STowid some new com very satisfactorily. Mr. 

 Leavi+t ground some also, which appeared very 

 line — but upon taking the mill apart, it was found 

 to be go-rged with cobs, p.dmittiog only the shelled 

 earn *o pass. In the opening of the contest the Lit- 

 *te Giant had but few friends, all seeming to be in 

 faVor of" our Mill "-but the earnestness and assur- 

 as-ee vrhh. which Mr. H. pressed the contest gained 

 f<wr ft friends, although at one lime there was a 

 semblance, of hostile demonstrations, which our 

 good people soon quieted — and the matter ended 

 quite p4easaatlv, and the Little Giant came of! 1 

 tiwuopham. AN EYE WITNESS, 



* The Little G-iants are to be had of Messrs. 

 Fto-eiMN, & Bibb, Baltimore. Maryland. 



CRENSHAW & CO., 



COMMISSION MERCHANTS & GROCERS, 

 North Side of the Basin, 

 Richmond, Virginia. 



HAVE always on hand a large assortment of 

 Groceries. 



A No. I Peruvian Guano, direct from the Agents. 



A A and White Mexican do 



do 



do 



Clover, Timothy, Orchard, Herds & Randall 

 Grass Seed, all of which they will sell on the best 

 terms. We give our personal attention to the sale 

 of all descriptions of produce and make liberal 

 advances when desired. my 



TO THE WOOL GROWERS Oh' 

 VIRGINIA. 



AS the new crop will soon be ready for market, 

 we beg leave to call your attention to the advan- 

 tages of our depot system for the grading and sale 

 of wool. Notwithstanding the disadvantages under 

 which we have had to labour during the past season 

 on account of the dull state of the trade, we have, 

 made sales of all that we have received, at prices 

 not only very satisfactory but exceeding any others 

 that we have head of, for wool grown in this State. 

 We therefore confidently refer all interested to 

 those from whom we have had consignments the 

 past year. CRENSHAW & CO., 



my North side of the Basin, Richmond, Va. 



RIDGEWAY SCHOOL* 



THE next session of my School will begin on 

 £be first Monday in September and end on the 

 ias4 Friday of June, 1866. There will be a vaca- 

 tion of two weeks at Christmas. I charge $220 

 for a whole session, or $'25 a month for any period 

 less ihan a whole session. I furnish my pupils 

 board, lodging, light, fuel, washing, and all else ne- 

 cessary to comfort, and make ro extra charges for 

 anything, t have three assistant teachers and am 

 -prepared to give instruction in every branch of 

 oducation proper to fit boys to enter the University 

 of Virginia, For further particulars apply to me 

 Charlottesville.. Va. 



au— FRANKLIN MINOR. 



PURE GAME FOWLS FOR SALE. 



Bred from the best stock of English black breast, 

 Lord Stanley, Suwarrow, English Blue Breast, 

 Earl of Derby, English Game, Sumatra, Red and 

 Black Mexican and Creole Game. Fowls sent 

 to any part of the United States in good order 

 prices ranging from $2 50 to $15 00 per pair. 

 Fowls paid for when ordered. 



Address J. M. L. ANDERSON, 

 jatf Rulher Glen P.O. Caroline county, Va. 



DRAINING TILE. 



The subscribers have constantly on hand any quan- 

 tity of DraIning Tile of the most approved pat- 

 terns, which they will dispose of at the following 

 prices:— 1$ inch bore $12 per thousand, about one 

 foot bore each ; 2| inch bore $ 15; 4 inch bore ©35 ; 

 Gutter Tile $20. They also keep on hand the best 

 Sand Press Brick, $15, and Fine Brick, $25. 

 Samples can be seen. Orders left at the office of 

 American Farmer, or direct to the subscribers 

 RITTENHOUSE & CRAWFORD, 

 Briek Makers, W Pratt St., near the Cattle Scales, 

 jan if Bait., Md 



GRENOBLE HOSE. — A superior 

 Hose, manufactured of the finest 

 Hemp — a cheap and excellent substitute for Lea- 

 ther and. Gutta Percha. It is especially recom- 

 mended to Planters, Nurserymen, Fire Companies, 

 Steamboats, Manufactories, Dwellings, &c. It 

 costs less than half the price of Leather, is fighter, 

 stands as much pressure, is as durable, and is not 

 subjected for its preservation to the expense of 

 oiling or greasing, neither is it injured by frost. 



For sale, and orders for importation received in 

 sizes from 1 to 7 inches in diameter, bv CHARLES 

 LENZMANN, 54 Cedar Street, N. Y., where Certi- 

 ficates of its superior qualities can be examined, 

 from Alfred Carson, Esq., Chief Engineer of the 

 New York Fire Department ; from James McFar- 

 lan, Esq., Chief Engineer of the Union Ferry Com- 

 pany, and also from official authorities of some of 

 the large cities of Europe. m&r3tp 



