SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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EiNDiLL’S COTTO.^ PLANTER ! 
Palmyra, Lee County, Qa., » 
March 12th, 1855. ) 
To Cotton Planters. 
OB8IRE to call your attention to a Machine wh'ch we have 
invented and patented for the PLANTI>G OF COTTON. Its 
superiority over ail others used for a similar purpose, consists in its 
great simplicity, requiring no more experience for its use than for an 
crdinary p'ow ; the cheapness of construction, the great saving of 
time and labor in the planting of the crop, but more especially in 
the cultivation of it. .. 
The certificates which we herewith presen*^ to you are from some 
of the most respectable and inte ligent planters in our country, who 
have thprougbiy 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 bri^-ging these Machines before the public, we have taken every 
precaution to free them from the liabilities of being associated with 
the mass of patented inventions, which do not stand a oractical test, 
and we can a-sure all who will try them that they will fully equal our 
representations. 
The Machines may be had of the following manufacturers : — 
Thomas J. Chbely, Augusta, Ga.; Brown, Clemens & Co., Colum- 
bus, Ga.; J. H. Watson, Lee co.. Ga. 
Wm W. Cheevkr, 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, j 
Palmyra, Lee co., Ga., Axug. 10, 1S''4. 
Gaits : — Having planted your entire crops with our Cotton Drill, 
please give ns 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, Robt. Lundy. 
Palmyra, Leeco., Ga., Aug. 12, 1854. 
Gents Your favor of August icth, cnme duly to hand. In giving 
.you our opinion of your Dril’s, in the first place we would say, we 
are pleased iu every pa”ticular with their operation, and as to the 
advantages to be derived from their use : — the first is the saving rf 
at least one hunlred 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 ; thi-d, a more perfect stand may be obtain- 
ed with your Drill than by planting in the common wav ; fourth, a 
saving of at least one-third in the labor of chop, ing out ; fifth, the 
eeed being put in a line notone-half an inch in width, the chopping 
out can be deferred, until the season for ^ioe is passed, without injury 
to the growth of the Cotton; and being in this narrow line with a 
sweep or narrow rooter, yon can side so close as to cover up the fir-t 
crop of grass in the Dri'l 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 I's On a retrospect of our 
last year's experience we have no hesitation in .°aying 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 low figure so that no 
one can say they have been deceived by ns. In the hope that these 
^lachines may come into general use, we subscribe our-elves. 
Yours very truly, S D. McLE^DON, 
WM. H O'VENS, 
ROBERT LUNDY. 
Albany, DottgJieriy co.. Geo. Aug. 16i^, 1854. 
Gents : — Yours of August Mth, with enclosed is beforejus. In reply 
we would state that we believe •• ny person using your ‘Cotton Seed 
Drill wi 1 realise every advantage Messrs. Meblendon, Owens & 
Lundy speak of; and we fully coincide whh them in their hi.h ap- 
preciation of your invention. Ycurs respectfully, 
J. H WATSON, Lee co. 
DA.YIS PACE, Dougherty co. 
WM. B. Me ENDOiN, Randolph co. 
B B. DANIELS, Lee co 
Y. G. RUST. Dougherty co. 
J'MF.S CHE K, Lee co. 
JEREMIAH HILLSMAN, Lee co. 
To Messrs. Randall & Mercer. 
Palmyra, Leeco., Aug. 10, 1854. 
Messrs Randall & Mercer In reply to yours of the .''th inst. 
in regard to the opei at'on of your Cotton Seed Drill, I am happy to 
gay 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 
whac we '•'ave long wanted, and the beautiful work it perfor's has 
perhips been attempted in a thousand different ways by intelligent 
planters, but with only ))artial success ; yours le ves 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 
plant sg, and oDe-third of the hoe labor in cultivat ng. All must use 
this drill in self flefence ; I shall, for one. 
More cotton may be p anted and cultivated, and if not the labor 
saved, may be turned into other channels. Yonrs respectfully, 
April — tf J. L. MERCER. 
GEORGIA RAILROAD. 
CHANGE OP SCHEDULE. 
PASSENGER TRAINS. 
L eave Augusta, daily at 6 A. M.and at 5 5 P.M. 
Arrive at Augusta dai'y at 8.25 A. M.and at 6.19 P M. 
Leave Atlanta daily at 8.50 A. M and at6.15P M. 
Arrive at Atlanta daily at 2.60 A. M. and at 8.86 P. M. 
CONNECTING WITH ATHENS BRANCH. 
Arriving and leaving Onion Poiit drily (Sundays excepted) at ID 
A. M. and leav ng at 2.80 P. M. 
WITH WASHINGTON BRANCH. 
Arriving at Gumming daily (Sundays excepted) at 9 A M. 
Leaving “ “ ‘‘ “ 8.80 P.M. 
WITH SOUTH CAROLINA TRAINS. 
Leaving Augusta daily at 9.20 A M. and 9.50 P.M. 
Arriving at Augusta daily at 8.o0 P. 'v'. and 4 80 A. M. 
WITH ATLANTA AND LAGRANGE RAILROAD. 
Leaving At anta, dai’y at 8.80 A. M. and 4.45 P. M. 
ArriVngat “ “ 7.65 A. M and 5.85 P. M. 
WITH WESTERN AND ATLaNTI ) RAILROAD. 
Leaving Atlanta daily at 9 A. (M.and 6 P. M. 
Arriving at “ 8A. '^t.andSP M. 
GEO. YONGE, General Superintendent. 
July 14, 1855. Aug.-^S-tf 
EXTENSIVE COLLECTlOl^ OF SELECTED ROSES AM> 
SOUTHERN RAISED FRUIT TREES. 
ACGC8TA NURSERY. 
F a. MAUGE would respectfully inform the amateurs of - 
• Roses, that he has now a superb collection of new 
and rare varieties, which he will be happy to supply to such 
as may desire them. His pr ces to Nurserymen will be as low as 
those of any Nursery at the North, and his Rose Bushes will be gen- 
erally of a larger size. He has also made recent additions to his 
stock of FRUIT TREES, and can now supply fine sorts of the follow- 
ing varieties ; Apples, Pears, Quinces, Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, 
Plums, Cherries, Soft Shelled Almonds, English Walnuts and Hazle- 
nuts. 
Also, GREENHOUSE PLANTS, such as Came’ia Japonica, Orange 
and Lemon Trees, &c., and hardy flowering and Ornamental Shrubs. 
Also, 60 varieties of the most rare and beautiful DAHLIAS. Orders 
from the country will be promptly attended to, and Trees and Shrubs 
carefully packed and directed. 
Catalogue of Roses and Fruit Trees will be sent gratis to all post- 
paid letters. Address F. A MaUGE. 
Nov — tf Augusta, Ga. 
RICH COTTON L®N»S OR SALE! 
T he Subscriber offers for sale Forty Thousand Acres of the most 
productive CO TON LAND, n the Sout e»n country, s'tuated- 
in thecounti s of Lee, Dougherty and Baker, in booies of five hun- 
dred and two thousand Acres each, a part of which is partially im* 
proved. 
For certainty of crops and durabVity theso T ards are unequalled 
in the Southern States i^imilar lands contiguous in cultivation, are 
yielding an average of seven bales Cotton, per hand, for a series 
of yea' s, and eight en to twenty-five bushels Corn per acre. 
Te. mshberal. If desired, a credit of one to five years will b© 
givn. WM. W. CHEEVER. 
AWann, Ga., March 15. 1855, April— tf 
m THE SOUTHERN NURSERIES, m 
WASmXGTOM, ADAMS CO ,MIS3., 
are now well stocked with ail the varieties best adapted to the South, 
of FRUIT TREES and SHRUBS, VINES, STRAWBERRY PLANTS, 
&c.; and of ROSES an 1 other ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS and TREES, 
EVERGREENS, &c , al' of '•outhern gro^’th, and of good size. 
The packing is so carefully attended to, that Trees and Plants, 
Roses, cuttings for hedging, Ac , are sent to all parts ot the South, 
with scarcely a chance of their being injured. 
Catalogues will be sent on application. 
Nov-tf. THOMAS AFFLECK, 
AFFLECK’S 
SOUTHERN RURAL ALMANAC, 
A handsome little volume, full of useful and interesting hints oo 
HURAL AFPAItlS l> THK *-OI TH, 
WILL BE ISSUED AS USUAL ABOUT THE FIRST OF NOVEM- 
BER. Pr ee Hi cents. 
AFFLECK’S COTTON PLANTATION RECORD AND ACCOUNT 
BOOK — New Edition, now ready — No 1, for forty hands or less, 
.$2 50. No. 2, for eighty hands or e-s, ^3 00. No. 8, for one hun- 
dred and twenty, hands or e s, $3 50, 
AFFLECK’^ SUGAR PLANTAi’loN RECORD AND ACCOUNT 
BOOKS— No. 1, for 80 hands or less, |3 00 No. 2, for 120 hands 
or leas, ^3 50. 
These Books are now in general use amongst Planters. They 
will be sent by mail, prepaid and carefully enveloped at the above 
prices, and when five copies ar • ordered by clubs, and remitted for, 
an additional copy will be sent as commi.ssion to the individual mak- 
ing up the Club. Orders solicited from Booksellers and other deal” 
ers, to whom a liberal discount will be marte. 
B. M. NORMAN, Publisher, 
Nov— tf 14 C&mp street, New Orleans. 
