The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-02-19
new BOOKS" COTTON PLANTERS MANUEL"
PROPOSITION TO EDUCATE POOR BOYS.
TuHNwoLp, Putnam Co., Ga,
january 81, 1857.

.Nc$srS EHiiorS Please do me the favor
I" announce that have in press Il volume
which will prove very interesting to cotton
planters, and the southern people generally.
This book being com, ,ilatun merely, |
can speak OF it with more confidence than
| might under other circumstances. 1t is
entitled d" TIE Coti"M Piuntrry' M,nuci,"
a!rl is made up Of nine chapters. Chap
ter I>t, The Ordinary Method of Cotton
Culture y 81, "Dr. Clouds Improved
SYSTEM" I'D, "I'hc Natural History of the
Cotton Plant, its Species and Varieties ;"
lth, 1.-The Analysis Of the Cotton Plant,
with Suggestions as to the Proper Mai
murcs :" 9th, Discusses and Insects In IL
RIOTS la the Growth Of Co,,on;" 9th,
"Thc Different L scs Of the Different Parts
of the Cotton rIant;" 7tli, " Professor Nc
1879 To $780," Slh, "Rtport from the
State Department of the Cotton Trade
from 1880 to lS55;" OH, "llstory OF
Cotton and the Cotton Giu," Memoir Of
Whitney,"
AS TO the colturc Of cotton, simply
give, i'll the !Nun"oi, papers from the most
distinguished and successful cotton plan
Tors, such as Col. Chambers, of Georgia,
Governor Hammond aud Mr.. Summer, of
South Carolina, DIR. Cloud, Of Alabama,
DIR. Philips, of Mississippi, aud others.
The l':''ancc Of the chapters are compiled
from sources equally uncxccl,ionablc. The
whole subject Of cotton culture, cotton
manufactures, cotton trade, and cotton
everything is brought before the reader in
Il condensed form, and it will lc very diff
cult to raise any question concerning cot
ton in any Of It's thousand qualifications,
which does not lind Il solution in this vol
unc. The statistics embraced in it will be
found invaluable to editors, politicians ;ln,!
statesmen.
The book will be issued about the frs!
Of March bv McssrS. &. NJ. Sax,un IL Co.
Agricultural publishers Of New York, III
the low price of 81, sent to any address
p"-Iag" prepaid.
! Having long felt the necessity of Il NOR,
praciir:;! system Of c,Iu,:;l,iun for boys tl,:l
n"w exists in Georgia, have lately. in con
junction with another, established Il scl,"u
at hi, place, to whirl, | will give much "
my attention, i!iou"l, not actually engage,
in ir;,' hing. propose I" devote the i'll
trrr,t ni, AL tlir money make ly the pull
i:cati"n Of" Iii" C"iiom Pht"'rrs .N"uuci,
for The space oi five years, to paving tn
tuition OF rs many worthy boys who l,,v
not the m;nns Of obtaining an cduca,io
rs the interest the amount, whatever
may he, will warrant. The education G
boys needs some stimulus, since it i, gene,
ally overlooked in the mania for icln;.l
colleges, which So sorcly alllicts the cou
try.
Gentlemen Of the press i'll Georgia, All
! elsewhere. will ob!isn an cN-c'ltori;
r brother 10y the publication of this lctte
=. and calling attention to the book, or 10y
simple announcement of the fortl.comin
T. volume. By doing SO, and sending N
. two copies of their paper, to the Post off,
n from which this is dated, | am authorize
to say thu, they receive from the Mess,
+, Saxion :; copy Of the Cotton Planter
"a .No"uci, free ot postage.
!. \. TURNER.