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SOUTHERN PLANTER— ADVERTISING SHEET. 



BOEUM & If GLEAM'S Improved Corn PLANTER. 



This cut gives a correct view of 

 our IMPROVED CORN & SEED 

 DRILL, and which will be found 

 the very I est Machine of the kind 

 ever offered to the Farming Public. 

 We have for several years been sell- 

 ing a similar Planter, which gave 

 very good satisfaction; hut the 

 principal objection to them was the 

 liability of the '"boot" or "tube," 

 through which the corn passes from 

 the hopper to the ground — to choke. 

 To prevent this difficulty it was ne- 

 cessary that the operator use great 

 care and caution to enable him to 

 deposit in the furrow at regular dis- 

 tances ; and even with this, to some 

 very serious objection, the Planter 

 worked so well in every other re- 

 spect, in saving time, labor, &c, and 

 in insuring a good stand, that a large demand was annually made for them, and the Farmers could not do 

 without them. We are happy now in stating that for the ensuing season (1858) we shall be able to place 

 before the Farmers of Virginia, North Carolina, and elsewhere, this Corn Planter, so altered and improved 

 that the slightest objection cannot be urged against it. 



We have now arranged the Boot or Tube to Conduct the CORN, PEAS, or other SEED, out of an aper- 

 ture behind, which will be found to work most effectually, and no clogging or filling up of the Tube can pos- 

 sibly effect or prevent the dropping of the Corn at the Stated Distances. 



KINDS AND PRICES. 

 No. 1 will drop 2 to 4 Grains in a Hill, at 6, 8, 12, 16, 24 and 33 inches apart. 

 _ No, 2 do 2 to 4 do do at 11, 15, -18, 20, 23 and 28 inches apart. 



There is no difference in size or appearance of these two kinds — the change of distances being made only 

 in the Chain Wheel. BP Explicit DIRECTIONS go with each Drill. 



Price of either kind, $21 50. Orders will meet with prompt attention. 



!£5P These Drills will also plant Peas, Beans, -or Siual^r Seed, with equal precision. 

 EP They open the Furrows, drop the Seed, and cover them, all at one operation, and are easily man- 

 aged in the present simple style by the most ordinary Farm hand. 



READ THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONIALS : 



Arck'd Cherry, Esq., of South Mill?, Camden Co., 

 N. C, says in a letter, October 6th, 1857 — 



" In answer to your request, I will proceed to give 

 you my opinion of your 'Improved Corn Planter," 

 which you sold me last Spring. It is with much 

 pleasure that I can say it ^performed admirably. It 

 is the first I ever used of any kind, therefore cannot 

 say how much superior it is to the first in use; but 

 several of my neighbours who have boon using: others 

 say that your Into 'Improved Planter' excelled any 

 that they had ever seen. It was noticed by nianv, 

 and all seemed pleased, and said they would buy of 

 you next Spring. I am satisfied that the advantage 

 my Planter afforded me last Spring was sufficient to 

 pay its co=t by allowing me to put my hands at t th r 

 work ; whereas, without it. they would have been em- 

 ployed i.i Planting the Corn the usual way." 



r, Esq., Enfield, N. C.,says, Oc 



X. //. B. Whit/ah 

 tober 10th, 1857— 



" Your letter asking my opinion of yonr Improved 

 Corn Planter, (one ot which you sold me last Spring) 

 was received a few days ago, and in replv will say, 

 I am well pleased with it. It is well adapted to the 

 Planting of Corn and Sowing Peas, in ground where 

 there are no stumps, and 1 think the purchase is money 

 well laid out." 



More testimony could be given if it were deemed necessary 

 of satisfaction if \ou will send us jour order for one. 



BOEUM & M'CLEAM, 



Manufacturers and Dealers in Farming Implements, 



FARMERS' HEAD-QUARTERS, NORFOLK, VA 



February 1858. 



Princess Anne County, Oct. 12, 1857. 

 Messrs. Borum M' Clean: 



Gentlemen — It gives me pleasure to inform you that 

 your Improved Corn Planter, which I purchased from 

 you last Spring, has proved itself to be, in my opin- 

 ion, one of the greatest labor-saving Machines in use. 

 Having put in my entire crop of Corn with it, I was 

 enabled to have other and important work done on 

 the Plantation at the same time. 



Very respectfully, vour obedient servant, 

 JAMES P. WRIGHT. 



Weldon, N. C, Oct. 23, 1857. 

 Dear Sirs — I purchased a Corn Planter from you 

 last Spring. I have used it in planting my Corn 

 and Peas. I am well pleased with it, and would 

 not do without one altogether, fir more than five 

 times its cost. Respectfully, your ob't serv't, 



G. G. LYNCH. 

 Borum & M'Clean, Norfolk, Va. 



Mr. James E Fulford, of North-West, Norfolk Co. 

 Va., says, 26th Oct. 1857— 



"I find your Improved Corn Planter just the very 

 thing eveiy tanner should have. I think it far su- 

 perior to the " Sinclair" Planter. In fact, mine more 

 than paid for itselt last Spring — and if I could not 

 get another, I would not sell it for a large amount. 

 " You may use this letter as you please." 



We can only promise you an equal amount 



