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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
RlIfDALL’S C0TT^>3^ PLANTER ! 
Palmyra, Lee County, Ga., » 
March 12th, 1855. | 
To Cotton Planters. 
W B DBSiRB to call your attention to a Machine wh'ch webave 
invented and patented for the PLANTIaG OP COTTON _ Its 
superiority over all others used for a similar purpose, consists in its 
great simplicity, requiring no more experience for its use than for an 
ordinary plow ; the cheapness of construction, the great saving of 
time and labor in the p-anting of the crop, but more especially in 
the cultivation of it. 
The certificates which we herew th presen '• to you are from some 
of the most respectable and inte ligent planners in our country, who 
have thoroughiy tested our Machines, and sustain us in the above 
statement of the advantages it possesses. We are confident that 
when presented to the Cotton Planters throughout the Southern 
States, it will, in a short time, be universally used by them for 
planting their crops 
In brif ging these Machines before the public, we have taken every 
precaution to free them frr m the liabilities of bemg associated with 
the mass of patented inventions, which do not stand a practical test, 
and we can assure all who will try them that they will frlly equal our 
representations. 
The Machines may be had of the following manufacturers : — 
Thomas J. Cheely, Augusta, Ga ; Brown, Clemens & Co., Colum- 
bus, Ga.; J. H. Watson, Lee co, Ga. 
Wm W. Cheever, Esq., Albany, Ga., is our only Agent, who will 
contract for us with parties wishing to manufacture the Machines in 
any part of the united States. RANDALL & MERCER. 
Charles Randall, | 
Leonidas B. Mercer, i 
Palmyra^ Lee co., Ga.^ Aug. 10, 18*4. 
Gents : — Having planted your entire crops with our Cotton Drill, 
please give us your candid opinion of the Machines, and particulars 
as to the advantages to be derived from their use, and oblige. 
Yours respectfully, RANDALL & MERCER. 
To Messrs. S. D. McLendon, Wm. H. Owens, Roet, Lundy. 
Palmyra, Lee co., Ga., Aug. 12, 1854. 
Gents : — Your favor of August li' th, came duly to hand. In giving 
you our opinion of your Drills, in the first p ace we would say, we 
are pleased in every particular with their operation, and as to the 
advantages to be derived from their use : — the first is the saving of 
at least one hundred and fifty bushels of Cotton Seed, in planting 
each hundred acres ; second, a saving of labor in planting, of one 
horse and hand, planting from eight to nine acres per day, the 
Machine opening the furrow, dropping the seed and covering as it 
moves over the ground ; third, a more perfect stand may be obtain- 
ed with your Diill than by planting in the common way ; fourth, a 
saving of at least one-third in the labor of chop ing out ; fifth, the 
seed being put in a line notone-half an inch in width, the chopping 
out can be deferred, until the season for lice is passed, without injury 
to the growth of the Cotton ; and being in this narrow line with a 
sweep or narrow rooter, you can side so close as to cover up the first 
crop of grass in the Drill without injuring the stand of Cotton in the 
least. By this close siding nearly all hoe work may be dispensed 
with, after chopping out These we consider the principal advanta- 
ges to be derived from the use of your Dr’Ts On a retrospect of our 
last year's e’^perience we have no hesitation in saying that any person 
with your Drills, can cultivate at least twenty five per cent, more 
Cotton to each hand, with the same labor than can be cultivated in 
the common way of planting. We put that at a jow figure so that no 
one can say they have been deceived by ns. In the hope that these 
Machines’may come into general use, we subscribe ourselves, 
* Yours very truly, S D McLE n’DON, 
WM. H 0 YENS, 
ROBERT LUNDY. 
Albany, Pauglm'ty go.. Geo. Aug, lUJi, 1854. 
Gents : — Yours of August Mth, with enclosed is before^us In reply 
we would state that we believe >-.ny person using your Cotton Seed 
Drill wid realise every advantage Messrs. Metlendr.T^ ^ 
Lundy speak of; and we fully coincide wt+v. •’ 
preciatlon of your invev>*-'— 
, ....sa CO., Aug. 10, 1854. 
IX- iUERCER : — In reply to yours of the .*th inst. 
.IX regard to the operation of your Cotton Seed Drill, I am happy to 
say that after planting a portion of my crop in the old way, I was 
enabled to obtain one of your Drills, with which I finished It is 
what we have long wanted, and the beautiful work it perfor'is has 
perhaps been attempted in a thousand different ways by intelligent 
planters, but with only partial success ; yours leaves nothing to be 
desired ; it deposites the seed uniformly, and constantly on a fine of 
one to two seeds in width ; saves about one-half of the labor in 
planfng, and one-third of the hoe labor in cultivating. All must use 
this drill in self defence ; I shall, for one. 
More cotton may be planted and cultivated, and if not the labor 
saved, may be turned into other channels. Yours respectfully, 
April— tf J. L. MERCER. 
STPERIOE THOE lJ®e.BRSi> DfcVON CATTLE, ANI> 
l-SSEi: PIES for SA^E! 
T he Subscriber having this day PU' chased from Dr. W P. Wain- 
wright, his interest in the herd of D V N CATTLE, hitherto 
owned conjointly y them, wil- ( ontinue to give hi^ strict alien htj to 
the breeding and -aisii g of this inci easinglypop da .breed. Ha' ing 
no'vaherdof over tw nfy head, bred entirely f.om animaL of bis 
own importation, he is en .bled TO offer for sale a few young bulls 
and heifers of very superior quality. 
Also constantly on hand thorough bred EfSFX PIGS, descended 
from the best impor'^id stock. For full particulars as to ase, price, 
pedigree, &e., address C S. WaINWRIGHT, 
April— 8t Rhmebeck, Duchess C‘ UDty,N Y. 
FOR SALE! ' 
A SEA Island Cotton Plantation, containing 900 acres, of 
which is cleared and ready for cuUivation; it is beautitepy 
loca-te on the west end of Ski(tdaway Island, in Chatham county, 
on a held salt water river, the health of which is unquestionable, and 
the fa ility for manuring wi'h marsh and mud is unsuTpa^sab e the 
land lying three s des on the >iver. The place is situated 1 miles 
from Savannah. The lands of Skiddaway Isle, under proper culti- 
vation, produces equal to any, in Cor or Sea Island Cotton. 'Ihis 
place is situated eligibly to supply any quantity of fish and oysters 
and for stock raising. Price $3,50 . Terms acc mnirdating. 
Apply to S F DUPON, Savann h. 
Isle of Ecpe March 9, 1855. Ap 11— 
DEAN COTTON! 
T his new varety cf C tton in this section, not o’^ly mak’ s a very 
fair yield, bu i very superior in point of staple, as is te t fied 
by a written rep i't of Genera! Williamson, Jucge H rris, and others. 
Planters who raise large cri ps of Cotton vrould o well o plan' a 
large portion of ihtir crop w th this Cotton, as it wil wait much 1 ng- 
ger on the picker, w thout falling out ; y* t it ' icks easy, and he bolls 
are very large. It is ptcudar y adapted to thirsTy lano, as the roots 
sink deep into the earth. It should t e } lanted one-fourth wid- r in 
the rows than o!her cot on. Price of seed per peck, $1.5t- ; price ef 
seed per bushel, $5. 
TESTIMONY IN ITS FAVOR. 
The Houston Telegraph, (Texas ) speaking of 'his new variety of 
cotton, sa.\s : “Ail who have cultivated the Dean Cott n, so tar as we 
ar-" apprised, are delighted with their success, and re determi ed to 
extend its cultivation. The quality of this c< tton so far from det^^ri- 
orating, has steadily improved, and the dem- nd or it in the r arket 
steadily increased.” 
Extract from a letter from Messrs Dean & Cramer, Commission 
Merchants at Galveston, Texas : 
^ Galveston, Texa^, Ma-(Li 19, 1853. 
Mr. D. Dickson — Dear Sir ; — here has been about five hundred 
bales ean Cott n sold >n Ga veston this season. It usual'.? sells 
fro Tt 35 to 40 p”)- cent, more t an the common k nds of similar classs- 
ification. A lot of one hundr d bales shipped to Bos on .^old f r 15 
cents We could readily sell the first part if Mr. Geo. Dean’s crop 
for 16 cents, but held t for a better price DEAN & CRAMER 
Comvg'on, G Od . 3,1853. 
We have examined the growth of the Dean Cotton, introduced in 
this section b D. Dickson, of Covington Its yield is about equal to 
our c .'mm' n Cotton the bolls re very large, and the staple sUj.erior 
to any Upland Cotton we ever saw. 
Edw, t-. Thomas, Jho. N. Williamson, 
M. L. Kennon, John Harris. 
Coocingten, Ga Oct. F>, 1058, 
I planted, on the ■’4th d y of May last, of the Dean Cotton, on red 
thirsty la’ d; the stalks are Jar e, and the bolls are numeious and 
large, and the best Upland staple I ever saw, bting w-re than sn 
inch larger. Horace .1 Bates. 
[fi’roro the Southern Rec^rdprofthe26thDecniib r 
A lot of tfte n bales Dean Cotton 
was sold Itt New Orlea’'»s • 
Co , at ttr® ' 
±t. M. Hooke, 
.....teuton. j Chattanooga. 
McCRKERY & HOOKE, 
C OTTOB? FAC'?^OF8,COMMJ8®fOV A D FapWABO- 
MEBCH AWT', Brown’s Wharf, Charleston, S. 0, 
Strict attention given to the sale of all Country Produce and 
Manufactures, to the receiviug and forwarding of Freig t. and to >he 
filling of orders in this markel. Feb55 — C y 
IMPORTED GARDEN SEED, &c. 
T H’i’ Subscriber has on hand, A large and full assor'ment of *he 
best English GARDEN SEED of ev> ry var ety Also, Wh te 
and Red CLOVER; Lucerne, Herds, Blue and Timothy GRASS FE ’>; 
White and Red ON^ON SETTS; OSAGE ORaNGE aREGON 
PEAS; PARMER’S PLASTER; GUANO, &c., &c. For sale, ether 
at wholesa e or retail, by WM. HAINES, A gusta, Ga. 
N. B.— Orders from the country will receive prompt attention. 
Jan55— St 
