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David Dickson on Cotton Planting.
The following is copied from a “ Treatise on Ag
riculture ” by David Dickson, Sparta, Ga., a work
that should be in the hands of every farmer. The
premium cotton crop, exhibited at the State Fair in
Georgia, in 1869, of eighteen bales on six acres, was
cultivated according to Mr. Dickson’s plan :
1 Lay off cotton rows four feet apart with shovel
plow, double furrow, and put in fertilizers eight m
* o Ridge with long scooter, five inches wide. Make
the beds with turn plow, subsoil the turn plow furrow;
split out the middles with shovel. I iant with a cot
ton seed sower, and cover with a board or harrow.
First plowing —run 22 inch sweep with right wing
turned down, hoe out to two or three stalks to the
hill every nine inches, ten days after plowing. Sec
ond plowing—use same sweep, the right wing tunic
up a little more. Third plowing— in samp way, run a
third furrow in middle to level.
3. Cotton standing thick in the drill wall be much
more forward in maturing.
4. Cotton only requires distance one way.
5 Be careful not to cut the roots of cotton.
6 Have a deep water furrow in the spring ; Work
flat by hot weather. . ~, ,
7. On level ground run the rows North and South.
8 A cotton plant to stand two weeks drouth, must
have four inches soil and six inches subsoil ; three
weeks —six inches soil and same subsoil; four weeks
—eight inches and the same subsoiling.
9. If vou prepare your land and carry out this plan
well, and manure liberally, you may expect from four
hundred to one thousand pounds of lint cotton to
the acre.
10. Fertilizers bring a crop of bolls on the cotton
eariv. , ,
11. aTo improve the cotton plant, select seed every
year after the first picking, up to the middle of Octo
ber, taking the best stalks and the best bolls on the
12. On all farms there are some acres that produce
cotton (letter than others. Seed should always be
selected from those spots.
13. Manure everwhere you plow and plant. Your
labor will be more certainly rewarded. It pays to
use manure, and it pays best on land that pays best
without it.
14. From the 10th to the 20th of April, is the best
time to plant cotton.
15. Apply one half of all the labor and land to the
making of full supplies of all kinds that are needed
on the farm, and enough to spare for those engaged
iu other pursuits, and you w ill have more money than
if the whole was employed in making cotton.
10. Leave no grass to bunch and cause a future bad
stand.
17. Plow cotton every three weeks, and let the hoes
come ten days behind, clearing it perfectly.
18. Continue plowing cotton until the 15th or 20th
of August. Once or twice during the season shove
out the middle with a furrow, to keep the land level.
19. The plowing of cotton requires one and a fourth
days per acre.
20. Cotton plants commence when small to take on
and mature bolls, and continue until they exhaust the
soluble matter or exhaust the full capacity of the land.
Two stalks will do that much sooner than one, and
will so avoid the drouth, caterpillar, etc.
21. Cotton will grow after cotton a number of years
in succession, with plenty of manure.
22. Make just the amount of cotton you want, at
paying prices. Keep out of debt, be the creditors,
make your supplies at home ; then, - and only then,
will you have power.
23. notation of crops, deep and deeper plowing
every year, incorporation of vegetable mould, return
ing the proceeds of the cotton plant, except the lint,
to the soil, making as much manure as possible, com
prise my system of improving lands.
24. One object in cultivation is to keep the surface
broken, so as to let in light, heat and air. Never stop
the plows for dry weather.
25. My policy has been to make the most money
with the least labor and capital, even if it appeared
to be wasteful.
26. The cotton planter should make his whole sup
plies, everything necessary to run the farm.
THE SMITH PRESS.
Read What the Planters Say of It.
TIIE SMITH PRESS
GIVES entire satisfaction, doing more work
with less labor and time than any
PRESS EVER SEEN.
Birmingham, Ala., April 16, 1875.
Mr. W. 11. Wood: The Cotton Dress bought of
you last Fall has given entire satisfaction, doing
more work with less labor and time than any Press
1 ever saw. The bales are neat and compact, the
Press substantial and durable, convenient and easy
to operate ; upon the whole, the Smith Press is a
complete aiccess.
M. 11. HIGGINS.
THE SMITH PRESS
the best ever seen, will pack bales weighing
FROM FIVE TO SEVEN HUNDRED POUNDS.
Ckawfordville, Ga., February Ist, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos. Gentlemen : This will cer
tify that 1 have usej one of Smith’s Improved Hand
l’ower Cotton and Ilay Presses the past season
in packing my cotton crop, and I do not hesitate
to pronounce it the best Press that I have seen.
In point of ease and rapidity, it is a complete suc
cess, as cotton can be packed on it by ordinary
field hands, with ease and rapidity, making bales of
sufficient weight, say from five to seven hundred
pounds. It is simple in construction, is durable,
has great concentration of power, is well adapted
to the want of planters of the South, and to be
short, it exactly fills the bill as a Cotton Press.
Respectfully,
WILLIAM R. GUNN.
THE SMITH PRESS
ALL THAT CAN BE DESIRED IN THE SHAPE OF
A PRESS.
Montmokenci, S. C., January 18th, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Cos. Gentlemen : In reply to
your inquiry of yes! erday, of our opinion of your Cot
ton Press, and a request that we express our opinion
of the same, we unhesitatingly pronounce it all
that we can desire in the shape of a Press, for
baling cotton, hay or any substance the farmer may
desire to put in the shape of a bale. We being
practical mechanics ourselves never cease to admire
the piece of mechanism in question, its ease of ope
ration, requiring little or no skill in the operations,
its simplicity of construction i#nke it all that can
be desired in the shape of a Press.
Yours Respectfully,
S. 11. & W. WOODWARD.
THE SMITH PRESS
I'NHi SITATINGLY RECOMMENDED UPON ITS MERITS.
Columbia, So. Ca., February 9, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard y Cos., Augusta, Ga. Gents : I
take pleasure in saying that the Smith Press I
bought from you last Fall has given me entire satis
faction, in asmuch as it does its work expeditiously,
and being simply constructed, can be operated by
labor with no experience whatever with any other
Press; besides its durability is equal to any I know
of. I unhesitatingly recommend the Smith Press
for its above excellent qualities, and know it will
sneak for itself wherever it may be introduced.
Yours Truly, S. J. GRIFFIN.
THE SMITH PRESS
IS EVERY THING CLAIMED FOR IT.
White Plains, Ga., February 22d, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos. Gents: I take pleasure
Latino- the Smith Press I bought of you through
Y, Turman, Mapp & Cos., is everything claimed for
U. 1 appaii, y ourgTruly> j. H . JACKSON.
it.
PRINTIJP, BRO. & AUGUSTA, GA., General Agents,
por tlie above Presses, Gins and Engines, and also for Bradley’s Standard Fertilizers and Fairbank’s Standard Scales,
~h . rH K othkk wmi. ——
CONSTITUTIONALIST—SuppIement
THE SMITH PRESS.
Read What the Planters Say of It.
THE SMITH PRESS.
FOUR HANDS WITH THE SMITH PRESS CAN BALE,
WITHOUT EXTRA EXERTION. FORTY BALES
OF HAY IN TEN HOURS.
Augusta, Ga., February Gth, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard §• Cos., Augusta, Ga. Gentlemen :
Y r on ask my candid opinion of the Smith Press,
bought of you last year. 1 have used it only for
packing hay, and it gave me perfect satisfaction in
every respect —four hands can bale without extra
exertion forty bales of hay iu ten hours. It is
easily handled with unskilled labor, simple in con
struction, has great power, and with proper care,
I see no reason why it should not last a lifetime.
I take pleasure in commending the Smith Press to
all who may need a Presstfor cotton or hay.
Yours Truly,
JAMES HENDERSON,
at Hardware House of John Bones Moore.
TIIE SMITH PRESS
PLACED AT THE HEAD OF THE LIST OF SCREWS AND
PRESSES.
Washington, Ga., February Ist, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Cos., Augusta: Yours of the
16th ult. at hand. In reply will say that the Smith
Press I bought of you last season has given perfect
satisfaction. My laborers, who had never worked
one before, learned to operate it in a few minutes,
and were as much delighted with the lightness of
their work as I was with the rapidity of it. For
simplicity, durability, concentration of power; I
place the Smith Press at the head of the list of
Screws and Presses, whatsoever.
Respectfully, WM. WYNNE.
THE SMITH PRESS
CONSIDERED BY ALL MUCH THE BEST IN USE.
Stevenson, Ala., February 2d, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard §' Cos., Augusta, Ga. Gents: We
have packed fifty bales of cotton with the Smith
Press, and consider it the best now in use. All
owners of other Presses of different make, con
sider ours much the best, packs faster, and w ith
the least trouble of any Press that has ever been
introduced iu our country.
Very Respectfully, OAPERTON & HAWES.
THE SMITH PRESS
GIVES GOOD SATISFACTION.
Athens, Geo., January 3d, 1875.
Pollard Cos., Augusta, Ga., Dear Sirs: Your
favor of 16th January, 1875, is at hand, but for
absence from home would received attention earlier.
I bought for Hamilton <& Sturgis, of Columbia
Cos., a Smith Cotton Press. So far as lam informed
it gives good satisfaction. Not living on the plan
tation, and seeing it in operation, I cannot give any
specific details as to ease and rapidity of operation,
&c., tfcc. A letter addressed to Mr. Wm. A. Stur
gis, of Winfield P. 0., Columbia Cos., would elicit
the information sought. Mr. Sturgis speaks w r ell
of it, and that is all 1 know.
Very Respectfully, J. S. HAMILTON.
TIIE SMITH PRESS
TWO HANDS CAN PACK A FIVE HUNDRED POUND BALE
OF COTTON IN THREE MINUTES.
Danburg, Ga., March 22, 1875.
Messrs Pollard Cos. Dear Sirs: In reply to your
inquiry how r we like the Smith Improved Hand
Power Cotton and Hay Press, purchased of you
last Fall, we take pleasure in saying that it fully
comes up, or goes beyond our expectation. We are
highly gratified at its simplicity of construction,
and the rapidity of the follower block in going up
and down; w hen operated only with two hands, we
can pack a live hundred pound bale of cotton iu
three minutes, and raise and adjust the block in one
minute. Some of our friends and neighbors have
been over to look at it, and their universal decision
is that it is the best Cotton Press that ever come
under their knowledge. Yours Respectfully,
SMITH & TRUITT.
THE SMITH PRESS
CHEERFULLY RECOMMENDED TO THE FAVORABLE
CONSIDERATION OF PLANTERS.
Madison, Ga., February 23d, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Cos. Gents: The Smith Press
bought of your Agent, J. Patterson, gives entire
satisfaction; it combines ease, simplicity and dura
bility. I can pack with ease bales weighing five
hundred and upwards, with three hands. I cheer
fully recommend it to the favorable consideration
of planters. ASA C. ZACURY.
THE SMITH PRESS
THINKS THE INVENTOR HAS CONFERRED GREAT
BENEFIT UPON AGRICULTURISTS.
Richmond, Batii, Ga., February 13th.
Messrs. Pollard Cos. Gentlemen: Having pur
chased one of Smith’s Improved Hand Power
Cotton and Ilay Presses of you this season, it af
fords me pleasure to testify of it most favorably for
the following considerations :
First. It is so simple of construction that it was
set up by the printed directions—is operated ef
ficiently by common farm hands without superin
tendence.
Second. It packs rapidly, and with such ease that
my Agent affirms one bale has been packed by a
single band. ’,
Third. It is well adapted to baling hay, and have
purposed using it for pressing tobacco next Spring,
which is considerably grown in that portion of up
per Georgia. Your Press is all you claim for it,
and I think the inventor has conferred a great benefit
upon our agriculturists. Respectfully,
Rev. P. C. MORTON.
THE SMITH PRESS
THE BEST MEANS OF PACKING COTTON EVER SEEN.
Madison, Ga., February 28th, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos. : I purchased, last Fall,
through your Agent at his place, Mr. John F. Pat
terson, a Smith Cotton and Hay Press. Professional
engagements would not allow me to witness the
working of the Press, in packing my crop of cot
ton, but Mr. Elisha Prince, superintended it, and
says the Press is the “ best thing for packing cot
ton he ever saw.” He is a man of large experience,
sound judgment, and entire reliabiltiy. Having
perfect confidence in the correctness of bis report,
1 adopt it as expressing my opinion of the merits
of the Smith Cotton and Hay Press.
Respectfully Yours, &c., J. A. BILLUPS.
THE SMITH PRESS
SUPERIOR TO ANY PRESS EVER SEEN.
Louisville, Ga., Feb. 4, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Go. Gentlemen; The
Smith Cotton Press 1 bought of von last Sep
tember lias given me perfect satisfaction. It can
be operated with ease and rapidity by ordinary
faim laborers, and is not liable to get out of
order. It occupies but little space, and has
great power, easily packing bales weighing
from 450 to 500 ponuds. Four hands are all
that are needed about the Press, and it may be
operated with two hands. It is superior to 'any
thing in the way of a Press 1 have ever seen.
Those who have seen the Press operate are all
well pleased. The Press seems to be strong and
■ durable. Respectfully,
C. D. ROBERSON.
THE SMITH IREIS.
Read What the Planters Sjty of It.
THE SMITH PRESS |
THE BEST EVER SEEN USErI
Warren Cos., Ga., February |‘th, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard §• Cos. : In reply to ysnrr inquiry
about the Smith Press. I have paektsl over one
hundred bales the present season—tiink it very
simple, and the best Press 1 have ever • c-en iu use.
J. L. & C. W. MAjTIEWS.
THE SMITH PRESS
TWO HANDS CAN PACK A BALE WEIG DNG SIX
HUNDRED POUNDS.
WiNTERvrLLE, Ga„ January Pith, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard 8f Cos. Dear Sirs : W| have used
“ Smith’s Improved Ilaud Power Cott an and Hay
Press,” the past season, and find that:
First. It can be operated very easily md rapidly,
even by hands who never saw a Press rTwo hands
can, with great ease, pack a bale weighing six (600)
hundred pounds. f
Second. Its construction is so simplcjjthat almost
any one can put it up, and operate it. 1 As to its
durability, we have packed four (400) biles on ours,
and it is, apparently, as good as when fwe packed
the first bale. It is, in our opinion, on<| among the
best Presses in use. Respectfully Yours,
WINTER & jTTTAIU).
THE SMITH PRESS jj
PACKS Cl 5 LBS. AND GIVES FULL SATISFACTION.
Richmond Cos., Ga , February l|th, 1875,
Messrs. Pollard Cos. Gentlemen : 'lours dated
January 30th, is at hand, asking our opfiion of the
Smith Cotton Press, bought of you in ISeptember
last. We have packed one hundred lldes of cot
ton on ours, some of which weighed its much as
six hundred and fifteen pounds, consequently, we
can safely say that, the Smith Cottcji Press is
everything you claim for it, and gives uj full satis
faction. E. O. & HENRYfUSHER
I
THE SMITH PRESS i
DECIDEDLY THE MOST CONVENIENT A>?!J USEFUL
HAND PRESS EVER SEEN. |
Craw'ford, Ga., February It'll, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard 8f Cos., Augusta, Ga* Gents: I
have used your Cotton Press one seasoif with per
fect satisfaction. It is decidedly the | most con
venient, and useful Hand Press I haves' ever seen.
I can bale faster w r ith the same amoufit of labor
than any Press I have ever tried. f
Yours Truly, E. L. JDHNSON.
1
THE SMITH PRESS
GIVES PERFECT SATISFACTION IN ’.VERY
PARTICULAR.
Delhi, Ga., February 16 h, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard <sf Cos., Augusta, Ga. )ear Sirs :
The Smith's Improved Hand Power C< tton Press
gives perfect satisfaction in every parti; alar for its
simplicity for packing with ease, and its durability.
lam perfectly satisfied with it; also, ali he farmers
in my vicinity gives it tho same recount) nidation.
Yours Truly, COHEN.
I
THE SMITH PRESS |
IN MY CANDID JUDGMENT CAN NEVER BHIMPROVF.D.
Ckawfordville, Ga , February Id, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos. Dear Sirs : I \fould have
given you some expression in regard tJ the Smith
Press before now, but I have been waiting on J.
Rhodes. 1 have packed one crop of cotton on the
Smith Press. I like it better than anything I have
ever seen in use, Screw or Press. £a my can
did judgment, there wall never be an* improve
ment made on the Smith Press. I
Truly Yours, &c., J. ill HENRY.
SMITH’S IMPROVED HAND-POWER
ABOVE CUT SHOWS THE PRESS*WITH BALE PACKED AND LEVERS REPRESENTED AS BROKEN OFF.
Two hands can pack readily a s*lo pound bale with it, and four are all that would be required
to pack veiy rapidly bales of that weight.
Messrs. Wm. B. Bement cb Bln, of Philadelphia , Builders of Machinist Tools, Machine
Shop, Foundry , Sm ith and Boiler ihuipments , have the entire contract for manufacturing the irons
for the Smith Press. The merited reputation oi said firm is a. sure guarantee that the iron work
of the Press will he perfect in every!particular.
Messrs. Pollard & Cos. now owr, the Smith patent covering the States of Georgia and South
Carolina, and have in process of construction, a very large number, all of which will be a
great improvement over all other Pr sses built after the plan of this, or any other patent. Messrs.
Frintup, Bro. A Pollard, are the < leneral Agents for the sale of the Smith Press, in the States
mentioned, and portions of Tennesse and Alabama.
Four years practical tests made y quite a large number of planters using the Press, suggested
to the inventor many valuable improvements, both in its construction, and the perfection of its
workmanship, and we now place u}i>n the market, the Smith Cotton and Hay Press, absolutely
without an equal in facility of operation, simplicity of construction, strength and character of its
material, durability and concentratejji of power.
Its perfect adaptation to the greyt want so long felt by the planters of the South in this line of
machinery, will surely gain for the it\nith Prc?g a character and popularity in the markets of the
country never before realized in tlie|sale of any similar machine. It needs only to he seen in the
operation of packing cotton to gain I'rom all impartial observers an unqualified endorsement of
every word we have said in behalf the merits of this wonderful labor saving implement. We
are not presuming upon the credulity of the people in what we have said of the merits of the Smith
Press, nor seeking' to effect sales at I: lie expense of truth and the best interest of planters. The
great cloud of witnesses whose expe|ience and testimony is of record opon this sheet, freely and
fully sustains us in every word wo lave said in this regard. We earnestly ask of all a careful
perusal of these planter’s letters, and*don’t forget the most important fact, that the Smith J*ress has
recently been greatly improved oveijjj the Press spoken of in such high praise in planter’s letters
referred to.
One-of the Smith Improved {Presses have recently been put up in our cotton warehouse,
and we can with the fullest truth uslure the public that it works perfectly splendid in every par
ticular. We will take great pleasuii! in showing the Press to any who may wish to examine the
same. If any part of the Press brosics during the first season’s work, we will replace the broken part
free of cost to the purchaser. j
Send for descriptive price list, :|nd don’t fail to buy the Smith Press, for it is the cheapest and
the best to be found in the market. *
IJPKINTIJIP, BRO. & POLLARD.
TIIE SMITH PHESS.
READ WHAT PLANTERS SAY OF IT
THE SMITH PRESS
HAS NO EQUAL.
Ga. 11. R. Woodville Depot, Jan. 20th, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos., Augusta, Ga. Gents: lam
instructed by Griffin cfe McWhorter, to say to you
in regard to certificate to the Smith Press, that
you w rite it for them, and sign their names. They
are well pleased with the Press, and think it has
no equal. * * * * * *
Very Truly, JOE DAVISON, Ag’t.
THE SMITH PRESS
THERE CANNOT BE TOO MUCH SAID IN THE PRAISE
OF IT. IT CANNOT BE IMPROVED,
Rutledge, Ga., February 3d, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos. Dear Sirs : 1 am giving you
our opinion of the Smith Hand Power Press.
First. It is the most condensed in its construc
tion, both in the application of p 'er, and the ar
rangement of the cotton box. \ used it beside
the improved Brook’s Screw. We found the work
could be done on it in much less time than on the
Screw, and less danger of breakage; it can be
managed better with unskilled labor, than any
other Press, from our experience with it.
Second. There cannot be too much said in the
praise of it —it would not he too much to say it
cannot be improved. Yours Respectfully,
A. G. VINING & BRO.
THE SMITH PRESS
IF OBLIGED TO BUY A DOZEN, WOULD HAVE NO
HESITANCY IN SELECTING SMITH’S.
Augusta, Ga., January 15th, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos. Gentlemen : It affords me
pleasure to give my testimony in favor of Smith’s
Hay and Cotton Press. Asa simple, reliable and
convenient Press, it has, in my opinion, no equal,
and if I was obliged to buy a dozen, would have
no hesitancy in making a selection of Smith’s.
\ r ours Truly, JAS. L. FLEMING.
THE SMITH PRESS
REGARDED THE BEST EVER IN USE. FOR TIIE
FOLLOWING REASONS.
Augusta, Ga., January 20th, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos.: Having used the Smith
Press, the past year, I take great pleasure in saying
that I regard it as the best Press I have seen in use,
for the following reasons, viz :
First. For the ease and rapidity with winch it
can be operated by unskilled labor.
Second. Its simplicity of construction, dura
bility, and concentration of power, and its perfect
adaptation to the great w’ant so long felt by the
planters of the South, in this line of agricultural
machinery. , Very Respectfully,
LEWIS JONES.
THE SMITH PRESS
THE BEST THEY EVER SAW.
Culverton, Ga., January 28, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard & Cos. Gents: Messrs. J. M.
Jones and Frank White are very much pleased
with their Presses. They both have instructed me
to say that you can give tlnm a good certificate, that
it is the best they ever saw.
Yours Respectfully, R. 11. MOORE, Ag’t,
THE SMITH PRESS
THE BEST HAND POWER PORTABLE PRESS IN USE.
Madison, Ga., January 18th, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard <£• Cos., Augusta, Ga. (Sirs: I
bought and used one of Smith’s Improved Hunt)
Power Cotton and Hay Presses, and found it in
my judgment to he the best Hand Power Portable
Press in use. Respectfully Yours,
A. D. WILSON.
THE SMITH PRESS.
READ WHAT PLANTERS SAY OF IT
THE SMITH PRESS
CONSIDERED THE BEST EVER BROUGHT TO THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
Sharon, Ga., January 21st, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Cos. Augusta : The Smith Cot
ton Press l bought of you last Fall, is considered
the best ever brought to this neighborhood I sold
it to Dr. M. J. Shehan, and he has authorized me
to send you this certificate. E. CROAKE, Ag’t.
THE SMITH PRESS
FOR COMPACTNESS. POWER, AND SIMPLICITY. HAS
NO EQUAL.
White Plains, Ga , January 20tli, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos., Augusta, Ga. Gentlemen :
In reply to your enquiry, in regard to my expe
rience as to the merits of the Smith Cotton and
Hay Press, 1 beg to say that in my judgment it
has no equal for compactness, power and simplic
ity of construction, and I think it is the Press for
the planting community. Yours Respectfully,
JOSEPH GRANT.
THE SMITH PRESS
IS THE BEST. SIMPLEST. AND MOST DURABLE
COTTON PRESS EVER USED.
Midvillk, Ga., January 18th, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard & Cos. Gents: In reply to your en
quiry as regards my opinion of the merits of the
Smith Press, I will say that it is the best, simp
lest, and most durable- Cotton Press that I ever
used. Any farm laborer can be taught to operate it
in a very short time, and less time and labor is re
quired to pack a bale of cotton than is required
when using the old Wooden Screw.
Yours Truly, R, 11. BURTON.
THE SMITH PRESS
THE MOST RELIABLE AND LABOR SAVING MACHINE
EVER SEEN OR USED IN OUR EXPERIENCE OF
MANY YEARS.
Atlanta, Ga., January 22d, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard and. Cos., Augusta, Ga. Dear Sirs ;
Having in use, during the entire winter, Smith’s Im
proved Hand Power Cotton and Hay Press, it
gives me great pleasure to express my unqualified
approval of same; for simplicity of construction,
durability and concentration of power, as well as ease
and rapidity in packing oottou, have never seen it
equalled. To any one requiring a really first-class
Press, I can conscientiously recommend Smith’s im
proved Hand Power Cotton and Hay Press, as the
most reliable and labor saving I have ever seen or
used in an experience of many years.
Yours Truly, A. T. CUNNINGHAM.
THE SMITH PRESS
CONSIDERED THE BEST PRESS MANUFACTURED.
Siloam, Ga., January 18tli, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard and Cos., Augusta, Ga. Gents:
The Smith Cotton Press, purchased of you last Fall,
has given me entire satisfaction. It is simple, du
rable, compact, easy and rapidly operated. I have
during the past season packed one hundred and
sixty bales of cotton, averaging over five hundred
pounds each. The hands that put up and worked
the Press were inexperienced, and after a few days
three hands could pack a bale of five hundred pounds
in a half hour, so I consider the Smith Press the
best Press manufactured.
Yours Truly, W. T. JOHNSON.
THE SMITH PRESS
FOR DURABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND TRICE IS
UNEQUALLED.
Harlem, Ga., February stli, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard d‘ Cos. Gentlemen : In response
to your inquiry as to my opinion of the merits of
the Smith Press, it affords me pleasure to state
that after packing three successive crops, it is my
candid judgment that the Smith Press, for durabil
ity, efficiency, and pi ice, is unequalled.
Yours Truly, WM. T. MARTIN.
THE SMITH PRESS
LIKED BETTER THAN ANY PATENT PRESS EVER SEEN
Lexington, Ga., Jan. 25, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard <s' Cos., Augusta, Ga.: In reply to
your question, will say that I have used the Smith
Press one season, and am very much pleased with
it. It works well, aud I like it better than anv
patent Press I have seen. Candor compels me to
add that with a sufficient force to work an old fash
ioned wood screw, I would prefer it to any other.
Yours, <fcc., E. W. JOHNSON.
COTTON 1 HAY PRESS
THE SMITH PRESS
IS THE BEST KNOWN.
Lancaster, S. C., Jan. 21st, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos., Augusta, Ga. Gentlemen :
The Smith Improved Hand Power Cotton Press
bought of you through Messrs J. & T. I. Jones, of
Camden, S. C., last August or September, we have
used this season (packing about 120 bales) to our
entire satisfaction. For speed, we know no better
Press, and in all that constitutes and fills up what
is needed by our Plauteis, yours is the best known
to us. Yours Truly,
TWITTY & BEATY.
THE SMITH PRESS
VERY LITTLE IMPROVEMENT COULD BE MADE.
Buckiiead, Ga., Feb. sth, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos. Gentlemen : Yours of the
30th ultimo at hand, and in reply l would say I am
much pleased with the Smith Press which I pur
chased of you last year. It acts admirably, and 1
think very little improvement could be made upon
it as a hand-power Press.
Very Respectfully, J. H. PERKINS.
THE SMITH PRESS
DO NOT HESITATE TO PIIONOUNCE IT THE BEST
HAND PRESS EVER MADE.
Edgefield, S. C., Feb. 9, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos., Augusta, Ga. Gentlemen :
Last Fall I purchased from you one of Smith’s Im
proved Hand Power Cotton Presses, and after a
full and fair trial, do not hesitate to pronounce it
the most rapid and most powerful, in fact the best
Hand Press I ever saw. It is all that you claim for
it. Respectfully yours, JAMES D. FRASER.
THE SMITH PRESS
CONSIDERED THE BEST EVER SEEN OR USED.
Thomson, Ga., Jau. 22, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos., Augusta, Ga. Gentlemen :
I am very much pleased with the Smith Press
bought of you. I consider it the best that I have
ever seen used. Yours Iruly,
HILLMAN MATHEWS.
THE SMITH PRESS
IN ALL RESPECTS SURPASSES ANY PRESS EVER SEEN
Lexington, Ga., Jan. 21st, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard £ Cos., Augusta, Ga. Dear Sirs:
Yours of the 16th inst. inquiring how I am pleased
with the Smith Cotton and Hay Press has been re
ceived and contents noted. lam of opinion that
it in all respects surpasses any Press I have ever
seen, and can be worked with ease by negroes on
my place entirely unskilled in complicated machin
ery. Yours Truly, A. OLIVER.
THE SMITH PRESS.
READ WHAT PLANTERS SAY OF IT
THE SMITH PRESS
THE BEST HAND PRESS EVER SEEN.
Harmony Grove, Ga., Feb. 10, 1875.
Pollard Sf Cos Dear Sirs : The Smith Cotton Press
you sent me last Fall is the best Hand Press 1 ever
saw. We can pack a bag of cotton in less time
than any Press I have ever seen, two hands being
sufficient to pack a hag of cotton weighing from
400 to 500 lbs. Yours Respectfully,
C. W. HOOD.
THE SMITH PRESS
550 lbs. HAY WITH ONE HAND ON A LEVER WITHOUT
TROUBLE.
Cornwall Iron Works,
Cherokee Cos., Ala , Feb. 18th, 1875.
To Pollard & Cos. Gentlemen: We have been
using one of your Smith’s Improved Hand Power
Cotton and Hay Presses during the present Winter
in baling Millet Hay, and we take pleasure in re
commending it to the Agriculturists of the South
and Northwest. It combines all the essential re
quisites of a first class Press. For ease, durability
and simplicity, we consider it the best that has ever
been offered to the farming community. Two men
can put it up or take it down without difficultv and
operate it easily either as a Hay or Cotton Press
We pressed 550 lbs. of Hay in a bale without trou
ble, using but one man to a lever.
Yours Truly,
RATTRAY & WINTER.
THE smtth press
WITH FOUR HANDS PACKED BALES COTTON WFIOH
ING FRO3I TWO TO SEVEN HUNDRED POUNDS.
ir a Ga ‘> Ma, ' ch l 8t > 187 5.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos., Augusta, Ga. Gentlemen :
In regard to inquiry about the Smith Press pur
chased of you, 1 will say that it can be operated
with ease by unskilled labor. I packed with two
hands bales cotton weighing from 400 to 700 lbs
and with four to five times the rapidity of an ordi
nary screw. It is simple and durable in its con
struction, and suits me better than any Press I, have
ever seen. Yours Truly,
‘ G. T. DEASON.
the smith press
CANNOT BE EXCELLED.
, r TANARUS, Ga., Feb. 6th, 1875.
Messrs I ollard Sf Cos. Gentlemen : I purchased of
you last I all one of Smith’s Hand Power Cot ton
1 resses, and after having packed about sixty bales
of cotton upon it, feel satisfied that for ease and
rapidity it cannot be excelled. It is simple in con
stiuction, and l think will be as durable as any I
ever saw. Yours respectfully,
SAMUEL R. CLARK.
Ulh nMTTH PRESS
EVERY W, y , noo ,, AND WELL PLEASED
WITH it
__ Windsor, S. C., Feb. J6th, 1875.
Messrs Pollard Sf Cos. Gentlemen: Your favor
bearing date of 16th January, is at hand, and in
reply 1 would say that the Smith Improved Hand
l ower Cotton Press, which I bought of you, I find
to be in every way a good Press. 1 packed, the
last season, about one hundred bales cotton. I
find it to be durable, and I must say 1 am well
pleased with it. Yours truly,
J. WOODWARD.
THE SMITH PRESS
CONSIDERED EVERY WAY SUPERIOR TO ANY COTTON
TRESS EVER SEEN OR USED.
Crawfokdville, Ga., Feb. Ist. 1875.
Messrs.. Pollard Sf Cos. Gentlemen : We take
pleasure in bearing testimony that we consider the
binith 1 ress as every way superior to any Cotton
Press we have ever seen in use. It is simple in
construction, durable in its parts, can be operated
with ease and rapidity by unskilled labor, and, so
tar as we or our neighbors are capable of judging
■\\ e aie compelled to admit that we can suggest no
alteration or improvement.
Respectfully, JOHN RHODES
J. R. HENRY.
THE SMITH PRESS
IS RECOMMENDED AS A PERFECT MACHINE.
Ninety-Six, S. C., Jan. 28th, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard <s' Cos , Augusta, Ga. Dear Sirs:
Your favor was received some days ago, asking us
to write something in its favor of the Smith Press,
if we could do so without varying the least from
what is really so. We asked Mr. B. R. Hill some
time ago how he liked the Smith Press he bought of
us. He told us he could recommend it to his friends
as a perfect machine, for which it was intended. He
says the Smith Press can be operated upon by un
skilled labor, with much ease and rapidity. *lt is
simple in its construction, durable, and possesses as
much power as is necessary for packing cotton.
Respectfully, 11. J. &C. L. KINARD, Ag’t.
THE SMITH PRESS
NO TROUBLE FOR TWO HANDS TO PACK AND TIE A
BALE OF COTTON EVERY THIRTY MINUTES. WOULD
BUY NO OTHER.
Alexander, Burke Cos., Ga., Jan.2sth, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard Sf Cos., Augusta, Ga. Dear Sirs:
The Smith Improved Hand Power Cotton Press I
purchased of you last September more than meets
my expectation. Has been in constant use and
continues to give complete satisfaction. Nothing
has got out of order, and not a cent expended for
repairs. It works as charmingly as it possibly can,
and gives no trouble whatever. I find no trouble
for two hands to pack and tie a bale of cotton every
thirty minutes. I cheerfully recommend the Smith
Press to planters to be the best in use. Nothing
can excel it in the way of packing cotton with
safety, i apulity and ease. Should it be necessary
for me to purchase again I will buy nothing but
Smith’s Press. Respectfully,
P. L. BRINSON.
THE SMITH PRESS
WE BELIEVE IT HAS NO SUPERIOR.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 17, 1875.
Messrs. Pollard &' Cos. Gentlemen: We very
cheerfully give our testimony to the value of
Smith’s Press. We believe it has no superior Our
hands understood and worked it without trouble
at once. Its compactness, power and simplicity
cannot bo too highly recommended. We have
packed about three hundred bales on our Press
and are entirely satisfied with it.
Respectfully, O. F. BAKER & CO.
THE SMITH PRESS
CAN PACK A BALE OF COTTON WITH EASE WEIGHING
SIX HUNDRED POUNDS. IT IS GOOD ENOUGH.
Brightwell’s Store l
Greene Cos., Ga., Jan. 18, 1875 j
Messrs. Pollard d' Cos., Augusta, Ga. Gentlemen •
Yours of the 16th inst., making inquiries as to my
opinion of Smith’s Improved "Cotton Press is be
fore me. In reply I beg leave to say, that \ have
given the Press bought of you a thorough trial and
find it all that is claimed for it. I find that it works
easy, and can pack a bale of cotton with ease
weighing 600 pounds. 1 hm satisfied it is good
enough. Wishing you great success, I am very
respectfully, Z. FREEMAN,