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SOUTHERN PLANTER ADVERTISING SHEET. 



AaRICUIiTUHAZ. WAREHOUSE. 



The subscribers are prepared to receive Orders 

 for all kinds of Agricultural Machines and Im- 

 pletements of the latest and most approved pat- 

 terns, which will be made of the best materials 

 and of superior workmanship. They ask atten- 

 ion to " Cardwell's Double and Single Geared 

 Horse Powers and Threshers," which have ta- 

 ken a premium at every fair at which they have 

 been exhibited. Also, " Croskill's Clod Crush- 

 er Manny's Patent Reaper and Mower," the 

 best in use ; Fawke's Patent Lime and Guano 

 Spreader, highly approved ; Whitman's Corn 

 Planter, a superior machine; Rich's Patent Iron 

 beam Plow, of various sizes, &c. They subjoin 

 the opinion of the lion. Wm. C. Rives of these 

 Plows. 



BALDWIN, CARDWELL & CO. 



Richmond, Feb- 27th. 



Castle Hill, Dec. 15. 1854. 



Col. Wm. B. Stoughton : — Dear Sir : I take 

 pleasure in recording here my impressions of 

 the performance of your Plow (Rich's Iron-beam 

 Patent) at Cobham to day. The work was far 

 more thorough and complete than that of any 

 plow I ever saw in operation before. The fur- 

 row opened by it was very generally 13 inches 

 deep and about 20 inches wide in hard close 

 land, and most effectually and perfectly cleaned 

 out, none of the sod earth falling back into it. 



The trial of the ploAV was witnessed by many 

 of my neighbors, among whom I will mention 

 Messrs. Frank K. Nelson, J. H. Genell, J- II. 

 Lewis, C. B. Hopkins, Thomas Watson, of Lou- 

 isa, &c., all practical men and most excellent 

 judges of agricultural implements, and there 

 was but one opinion among them as to the su- 

 periority and unexceptionable performance of 

 your Plow. 



Wishing you equal success elsewhere in ma- 

 king this valuable implement &is^orably known 

 to our agricultural brethren, I remain yours, 

 truly, WM. C RIVES. 



Extract from a letter from a farmer in Am- 

 herst County, dated March 14, 1856. 



I have this evening made a trial of the Plow 

 you sent me. It meets my highest expectations, 

 too much cannot be said in its praise. Ap ly 



RIDGWAY SCHOOt. 



THE next session of my School will begin on 

 the first Monday in September and end on 

 the last Friday of June, 1857. There will be a 

 vacation of two weeks at Christmas. I charge 

 $220 for a whole session, or $25 a month for any 

 period less than a whole session. I furnish my 



pupils board, lodging, fuel, washing, and make 

 no extra charges for anything except lights. I 

 have three assistant teachers, and am prepared 

 to give instruction in every branch of education 

 proper to fit boys to enter the University of Vir- 

 ginia. For further particulars apply to me at 

 Charlottesville, Va. 



FRANKLIN MINOR. 



June 1 — tf 



Great Sale of North Devon Stock. 



THE whole and entire herd of pure NORTH 

 DEVON CATTLE imported and bred bv R. H. 

 Van Rensselaer, of Morris, Otsego County, N York, 

 will be sold, without reserve, bv public sale, at WA-. 

 TERTOVVN, on Thursday the 3d day of October, at 

 1 o'clock, on the jrronnd approj»riated to the N- York 

 State Ae^ricultural Society on the 30th September, 

 and 1st, 2d and 3d of Oct'r next, consisting of 



Twenty-thre : Females and Three Males, 

 which includes among the latter the celebrated and 

 imported bull •* MEGUNTICOOK," winner of the 

 first prize at the show df the American Institute in 

 1850, and also the first prize at the New York State 

 show in 1851. 



Nothing is risked in pronouncing this herd one of 

 the three best herds of North Devons in the United 

 States, and unsurpassed by any one of them. 



Catalogues will be furnished on application at the 

 offices of Secretary of the New York State Agricul- 

 tural Society. Boston Cultivator and Albany Culliva- 

 tor, by Col. L. G. Monis of Fordham, Westchester 

 Co., and the undersigned at Butternuts, Otsego Co. 

 Aug-2t H. STURGES. 



Scliool at Gordonsville. 



DELAWARE KEMPER, Instructor in Mathematics. 

 A. CHAPMAN WHITE, Instructor in Ancient and 

 Modern Languages. 



THIS School is desij3;ned to afford thorough 

 preparalion for the highest classes of the Univer- 

 sity, or for the business of life. The text-books are 

 for the most part, those in use at the University. A 

 superior set of instruments has been provided for the 

 use of the class of Civil Engineering. 



The Sessions commence on the 15th September, and 

 close during the first week in July following. 



TERMS,— For Board and Tuition, (including every- 

 thing except lights,) $220. for the whole session. Pay- 

 ment for a haff session is required on entrance, and 

 the remainder on the 15th Fe!)ruary. 



For further particulars, see printed circulars, to be 

 obtained by applying to 



WILLIAM S. KEMPER, 

 Aug. '56— 2t Gordonsville, Va. 



THE VIRGINIA FIRE AND MARINE 

 INSURANCE COIWPANY. 



CAPITAL ^5^00,000. 



Office No. 131 Main St., next East of the Dis- 

 patch Newspaper Office, liichmond, Va. 

 Chartered in the year 1832. 



HAS now been in operation about twenty-five 

 years, and has paid over ($1,000,000) ONE MIL- 

 LION DOLLARS for losses. 



Farmers and others in Town or Country wishinar 

 their Dwellings, Barns and other Buildings or their 

 contents insured against FIRE or their shipments in- 

 sured against WATER, RISKS can be safely pro- 

 tected in this long tried and responsible company on 

 fair terms withmd charge for Policy. All necessary in- 

 formation promptly furnished. Address either of the 

 undersigned. THOS. M. ALFRIEND, PresH. 



W. L. CowARDiN, Sec'y. Aug '56— ly 



