SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR 
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COI'IOjX PLAW iiiR I 
Palmyra, Lee County, Ga., * 
March 12th, 1S56. J 
M THE SOUTHERN NURSERIES, m 
WASHING TOK, ADAHS CO .MISS., 
are now well stocked with all the varieties best adapted to the South, 
of FRUIT TREES and SHRUBS, VINES, STRAWBERRY PLANTS, 
&c.; and of ROSES and other ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS and TREES, 
EVERGREENS, &c , all of Southern growth, 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 ol the South, 
with scarcely a chance of their being injured. 
Catalogues will be sent on application. 
Nov— tf. THOMAS AFFLECK, 
To Cotton Planters. 
W E DESIRE to call your attention to a Machine which we have 
invented and patented for the PLANTI.NG OF COTTON. Its 
superiority over all others used for a similar purpose, consists in its 
gr^t simplicitv, 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 planting of the crop, but more especially in 
the cultivation of it. , x 
The certificates which we herewith presen^ to you are from some 
of the most respectable and intelligent planters in our country, who 
have thoroughiy tested our Machines, and sustain us in the above 
statement of the advantages it possesses. lYe are confident that : ^ 
when presented to the Cotton Planters throughout the Southern ' nv T“qrKn*"As'TT<ruV''ABOrT TUV nv vnVFM 
Sates, it will, in a short time, be universally used by them for | '^^^g^j^^^rlcenJ^ems -NOVEM- 
pl^ting their we have taken everv I AFFLECK’S COTTO.N PLANTATION RECORD ACCOUNT 
In bringmg the&e .lachines of bein? associated with i BOOK— New Edition, now ready— No. 1, for forty hands or less, 
precaptioyto free them fi-om the liabihties of being associated with | 50. No. 2, for eighty hands or less, 00. No. 8, for one hun- 
the mass-of P^^^^nted inventions, which do not sm ^ twenty, hands or le>s, 60. 
and wVi can assure all wio will try them that they wiU fully equal our PLANTATION RECORD AND ACCOUNT 
representations. ^ ! BOOKS— No. 1, for 80 hands or less, |3 00 No. 2, for 120 hands 
The Mac^inef^ffliRjje Bad of the following manufacturers:— ©r less, $3 50. 
AFFLECK’S 
SOUTHERN RURAL ALMANAC, 
handsome little volume, full of useful and interesting hints 
ULli.\L AFFAIllg IX THE KOLTH, 
'Thomas J. CHEEL-sf,.Ai^fti, Ga.; Brown, Clemens k Co., Colum- 
iRus, Ga.; J’.,H.f6VAtsoN,Leeco.,Ga. 
Wm W. .Cheewer, Esq., Albany, Ga., is our on^y Agent, who will 
contract fdVhis with parties wisliing to manufa«ture^he Machines in 
aSart of the unitk States. RANDALL k MERCER. 
C^rEes Randall, I 
Mercer, i 
*’j>iibNiDiS B. 
PaLmyra, Lee co., G)]k, Aug. 10, 1864. 
Gents Having planted your entire crops with our fcotton DnHli 
ive us your candid opinion of the Machines, 
please give us your c£ 
as to the advan^geS fo'E 
Yours respectfully. 
respec^uliy, v 
To Messrs. S. D.4 ^RcLenq^, H. 0 
opmion I 
be derived from 
.•.CRaWaLL it^ERCT 
s, Ro'bt. Lundy. 
Gents YoAJ 
you ourmpinion o 
are plea^d injve. 
advantages to p 
at least one hundr 
These Books are now in general use amongst Planters. They 
will be sepf by mail, prepaid and carefully enveloped at the above 
prices, and when five copies are ordered by clubs, and remitted for, 
an additional copy will be sent as commission to the individual mak- 
ing up the Club, Orders solicited from Booksellers and other deal- 
ers, to whom a liberal discount will be made. 
B. M. NORMAN, Publisher, 
Nov — tf 1 4 Camp street. New Orleans. 
CHEROKEE! 
. 1 VALUABLE LOT OF LASD FOR SALE. 
THE subscriber offers for sale a very attractive and vain- 
?F* able lot of LAND, situated between three and four miles 
from/'lfce flourishing city of Rome, Ga. 
The tract contains Three Hundred and Twenty acres of good up- 
land, well adapted to the growth of all the small Grains, Irish and 
Sweet Potatoes, Peas, the Grasses, such as Clover, &c., and peculiar- 
ly suitable for FRUIT-GROWING, as it is situated on an elevated 
plateau above the reach of ordinary frosts. A beautiful 
NATURAL POND OR LAKELET 
ofihe purest water, occupies the centre of the tract. The margin 
o^ihis Lakelet affords one of the most attractive sites imaginable for 
a Country Residence ; as the supply ef water never diminishes, and 
is of great depth and clearness. It is fed by subterranean springs, 
and has nB perce^lfible inlet or outlet. The tract is 
U' HEAVILY TIMBERED 
with Oak, Hi^forji, Chestnut, Ac., and an abundance of PINE, and is 
within a mile an'^ quarter of two good SAW MILLS. It also con- 
tains dh inexh^,ustible quarry of superior LIMESTONE, which 
may easily be made available for Agricultural and Building purposes. 
The Improvements consist of a very comfortable Log House, with 
1 hoe work may De aispensed j outbuildings— a well of good water, Ac., with twenty or thirty acres 
consider the principal advanta- 
Palmyra, Lee co., Ga., Aug. 12, 1S54. 
gust 10th, came duly to hand. In gi\f&g 
ujpwnlls, in the first place we would say, we 
rticular with their operation, and as to the 
:d from their use : — the first is the saving of 
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,^opping the seed and covering as it 
moves over the ground ; third^a more perfect stand may be obtain- 
ed with your Drill thanby planting in the common way ; fourth, a 
saving of one-third in the labor of chopping 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 caiiteide so close as to cover up the first 
crop of grass in the Dril^iti^j^U||jknjuring the stand of Cotton in the 
least. By this close sidiMgw 
with, after chopping out.^Bfe 
ges to be derived from the use of your Drills. On a retrospect of our 1 Xhe attention of Fruit-Growers, Stock Raisers, and all desir- 
last year’s experience we have no hesitation in saying that any Mrson I g,tuation in a salubrious and healthy climate, 
with your Drills, can cultivate at least twenty five per cent, more | easy reach of the best society, is particularly invited to the 
Cotton to each hand, with the same labor, than can be cultivated in ; ^j.i^ 
the common way of planting. We put that at a low figure so that no : * 'i:Forterm<,*Ac., apply to the subscriber, or to Col. J. W. M. 
one can say they have been deceived by ns. In the hope that these bbrRIEN, of Rome, Ga., who will take pleasure in r>"in(ti: ^ o ut the 
land. 
Septembur- 
Jotton Seed A. 
a,^wens A • ® , ‘r, 
i»,^igh ap- ; ^ rare 
lolpn CO. 
Machines may come into general use, we subscribe ourselves, 
Yours very truly, S D. McLENDON, I 
M’M. H. OVyENS, 
RO^RT LUNDY. 
Albany, Dongheriy co., GeotAUg. 16fA, 1354. 
Gents :— Yours of August 1 4th, with enclosed is bufore;us. In reply 
we would state that we''believe ^.nj- person usLag^yeur Cotton 
Drill, will realise every advmtage Messrs. BleClendon, 
Lundy speak of; and we fully coincide with th^ in theiv, 
predation of your invention. co 
DAVIS P.ACE, Dougherty c 
AV.AI. B. Mc’-ENDON, Randolpl 
B. B. DANIELS, Lee co 
Y. G. RUST, Dougherty CO. 
^ JAMES CHEEK, Lee co. 
JEREMIAH HILLSMAN, Lee co. 
To Messrs. Randall A Mercer. 
Palmyra, Lee co., Aug. 10, 1854. 
Messrs Randall A Mercer -.—In reply to yours of the 5th inst. 
in regard to the operation of your Cotton Seed DrUl, l a™ happy to Afifirp<s« 
say that after planting a portion of my crop m the old way, I wm paid letters. Address 
'Enabled to obtain one of your Drills, with which I finish^!. It is | 
what we have long wanted, and the beautiful work it perforcis has 
perhaps been attempted in a thousand different ways by intelligent , 
Planters, but with only partial success ; yours leaves nothing to be 1 
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 
planting, and one-third of the hoe labor in cultivating. All must use 
this Wm in self defence ; I shall, for one. 
Mdr^'cotton may be planted and cultivated, and if not the labor 
saved, may be turned other channels. Yours r^espectfuDy ^ 
April— tf 0 
nini^L 
D. l^DMO.'® 
j(B^ ugustii. Ga. 
EXTENSIVE COLLECTIO.N OF SELECTED^O^S A.\I) 
SOUTHERN R.ATSED FRUIT TREE37 ^ 
AL(il8T.4. XUIISEUV. ^ 
MAUGE would respectfully infmap thtiJH^ -urs of 
■Pcplli.cf^*of Di-W 
Roses, that he has now a supsrUcpll 
varieties, which he will be happyfe^pupply to ^uch 
servny 
will be as a-> 
hes will b - L'irn- 
lilition.'i to h;3 
of the follow- 
iiH s, .\pricot-, 
alnuu and Uazlc- 
as may desire them. His prices to Nurs' 
those of any Nursery at the North, and his I 
' erally of a larger size. He has also mad 
I stock of FRUIT TREE.S, and can now supply 
' ing varieties: Apples, Rears, Quinces, Peaches’ 
Plums, Cherries, Soft Shelled Almonds, English 
nuts. 
Also, GREENHOUSE PLANTS, such as Camelia .Taponica, Orange 
and Lemon Trees, Ac., and hardy flowering and Ornamental Shrub,-. 
Also, 60 varieties of the most rp-e and beautiful DAHLIAS. Orders 
from the country will be promptly attended to, and Tree,'- and Shrubs 
carefully packed and directe'l. 
Catalogue of Roses and Fruit Trees will be sent grati.< to all post- 
- F. A. MAUGE. 
Augusta, (,a. 
J. L. MERCER. 
P. D. GATES, 
COMMISSION M F. R C II .1 N T, 
A nd Dealer in AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS and .MACHIN- 
ERY, No. 12 Broadway, New York. 
Ketchum’s Mowing Machines, Hay Presses, H^rse Ilces, 
Cultivators, Plows, Straw Cutters, Corn Shellers, Reai ers. Horsey 
Powers and Threshers, Combined Threshers and Winnowers, and 
other Agricultural Machines. June55 — Clj* 
