The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-12-24
PROCLA MATION
no THE LOYAL MEN OF IOWA

NNTHEREAs, The undersigned has located In the
wv city of Ottumwa and opened recruiting
and substitute Office, and as there Is to be about
10000 EN- taken from this State, am new prepar-
ed to furnish substitutes TO athose VINO desire th EN-,
not far planting batteries, but for Planting Corn,
kiSNh as the
. MISSOURI CORN PLANTER,
which has now been thoroughly tested, and found TO
be no humbug has been the case with most patent
pant ers that have seen palined of on the farmers
of this ell as other States, But this is the age OF
Improvement. few years ago this machine was
called hunbug but now hrs the reputation OF being
THE BEST AND ONLY RELIABLE PLANTER IN
USE.
Now all W ant is for you to give my Planter trial
al will warrant 1t to save more labor than any
other Planter now in existence 1t will save at least
xlUN year to every farmer that uses one, besiies
the amount Of corn that he will raise more
than by planting by hand or with horse machine,
and as wages very high and hands all you
have to do Is to plant your corn with the Missouri
Corn Planter, aud by so doing you can have your
cefh .F
En Ierrcct Rows both ways,
and then get one Of those buggy plows, and boy of
ten years old cultivate fifty acres himself where
you plant your Germ with one OF those horse plant
ers you can't pillow but one way, and thereby loose
half Your crop and IL your ground is not in the best
of der you can't plant at all with horse machine
This chine has been in use since 1851 loug enough
to crush anything that is humbug out of existence
but like avalanche. II gets stronger as IL gnes
| ahead. A good hand can plant from eight to ten
| acres per day, owing 10 The ground.
I TT NEVER CLOGS or CHOKES
in wet ground, aud works as well in sod as old
ground challenge the Id to beat it in all kinds
of ground with either horse or hand machine. Any
on wsaing 4 trial of machines can choose their
| place ard a. poi their time, and will meet them.
Nov ;,l before you plant your corn be sure 10
yet ths Missouri Corn Planter TO plant with, at
! be sur: that 1t has ''" 5. H." on each hinge and
mann featured ut 0ttumwa, Iowa. None genuine
| that he. We ct my initials each hinge.
pi, & this caution because there are some irfeS
spus ibie "a ties attempting TO sell machine some.
fling siE.ilar to min who have no more right ina y
tie lbrcrnr of China. and are too lazy to work. ahd
won't enlist for fear ofhurting some 81 their sourhari
brethren.
"A hy pofson seeing any spurious machines s2!l by
infornlin g me the fact will be Iibcraiy rewarded
/ l want agents in every county town IN the State,
both tray cling and local,
s@- County Rights for sale on rtasonable terms
| Manufacture by W. S. HUGHES,
I OtHatrd IOscd.
! The Missouri Corn Planter can he had at
| DAGGETT & EDGERLI. 8ttnmwa,
| A + sEEBERg Fix, OsRaloosa,
$ l. 4 l. 4 STUART, miles south OF Oskaloosa,
| L d Mc1LisS0N, Kirkvlle,
J BAhEI, fowavie, 9...ff
J ~ FISH, Eddyville
A J A.EA rs, tiosport Marion county, -.. s..t.
GEO NAHliCIf, Iconiuln, Appanoose county,
J II SHAW, Mt Pleasant,
: pa q y BsOWNS0N, Nandalia, Jasper county
W II saEEMAN. Bloomfield Agent for Davis Co.
ghUs j. HUGHES Travelling Agent.
| Nov. 10, lsd3-tillj june "a.