The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-26

1l,kSOI COT ron Slll !
n OFFER 70, sale DICKSON coTro.
i SEED. which were grown By me in ises
On nv s.Jim Thomas" place, near Nm, ~
|linp's plantation on the Island, Ia Onacb;,.
r. fish. and on the land near Monroe LEASED ~
me ircm Hon. John 7. Ludeling;-all Of whisi
are sound and unadultera. ed.
The seed planted last year wevs ohsaip.a
BY me, in March, 1869. direct from Dav;S
Hct.on. Of Oxford, Georgia, Of which n, :
have .bu ndsnt evidence In my possession. ia
GLIDING The following letter: - .stsist
OXFORD Ga. March .. ,sea
to l,y +. IS: Sssh.,. ~ az .,,$:
land have sesn e erowdsd a, With has!...s d.
e sssn .ssis::5 ssS s:s:is.:
'F's'v'a t 9sat. ss s1S', now DAVID D1cxsos
Th. "Dick:on" cotton has the came s,.,,.
a. tie ordinary cotton Of the country, bst i.
remarkable for ito extraordinary proli6eaev
II csnnot be orer-eTo,rdsd IN ne a'sA T6s
stalk, whether large or small, 10 loaded viii
fruit. E
.re the first Louisiana raised "Dickson" ned
ever offered for sale. In my opinion. ihey win
produce better cotton than the seed obtained
invipora,ed by one years growth in our own
soil' But in order to afford the fullest infor.
nation on this subject, an that every PENN
intending 10 plant The "Diekson Cotton, eas
b. posted how and where to buy 4, l will publish
extrvc.s from Dickson's advertisements asa
There are in Georgia two David Dickens.
whc "a cousins. One lives ut Oxford, c..
and is the originator and g.e.t PRO, prop. gator II
Sparta, Ga. and is.the great scientific est.sa
planter Of the South, whose articlee published
in the Southern C1llivafor, at Athena, O..
have attracted 90 much attention. The "Spas.
,a' Dickson obtained his seed from the ''ox.
ford'' Dickson, ~ appears from his letter,
published in the circular Of the latter, Aasei
November 7. 1857, as follows, (extrac'):
SPARTA, Ca. Aueuat -. lsss.
NJ. Di.l.on Since planting the .aea purshassA
yS' t.. ss': s: @h.s
before. and some the s.%e day the land asa =.
>. 81 Nag An
with me in this estimate. ,,~,o~
IN note to an article in the Southern Cal.
,ivatcr, on page l63 Of the number for Jsss,
1865, he says:
Cotton seed. All the credit hs5.tefors fog he h.
prefer s. should get the s:s.rd ~. A: - r. r
ss ~: III
southern o Dnv Il ks 81 H.a..
| And In the fall Of is6e he did advertise bic
! iced for sale. tho following being An extract !:
sELKcr COTTON sEpD.
- srAxrA, GA. Oct. I. lsoe
rbave engaged Young man to ship cottoa sasd
aud sosrs.posd th.s .ssjsst s !; n: Spas;
s:s s:s isi
Spart., Aaseock County, O.
And the following is an extract from bic
| presents .exson's advertisement. published in
the number Of the Southern Cult later fss
November. 1869:
THE DICKSON sRL 1cr COTTON SEED
Il the only seed that has stood the tsss fer ts.
years and ia In favor the present thu. IL ~
No. Is from seed selected in lass and Win b s'4
es'i them No because they are the be- ar:s prss.s
.s.I ar. ted in aaan,isy aud .hoss who say
them must correspond before RENTING money. 70
from the selection OF and from the No tplsns:d
in 1859 and viii b sold in two bs4hsl s;sk. e =
Per sashsl nAvIo OrICAsoH1
the circulars and advertisements Of the Oxfssd
Dickson for 1868 and 1859: -g
DICKSON SELECT COTTON SIRED.
have selected aud improved this cotton osal !
have aucceedsd in raising stalk with sd eoLe es
feet high.
! thicker in the drill than tho ordinary eotsea. !
takes fruit rapidly that it ehrcks the Pr
| duciDg 100 bolls with much less weed thansae
ordinary cotton. When planted on rich iandhH
wdo rows, with thick stand In the drill TO Pfevs1s
| too large we.d and to make it mature Early:
should be topped the frat Of August. Price OF ~
- per bnshe for 6ve bnshels and upwards d1resa
| me Oxford, Ga. DAVID OlCASo"'
Oxford. Ga Oct. 1860. .....,
QUINCY. Fla. August. 1917.
H.. Darsd Diekson: Dear siF-You wish t" sssv
| Tsur cotton will nearly double II. ,,reox
| Very respectfully. JOSEPH DlChSo''
| QrrrxAx, GA, Oct. e. lsss.
| 1sr. Dickson, Dear Sir-You wish to know whs'
difference thero is between yonr Heed ard ths eS@
seed in the yield of cotton. am fully sassnS.
| the common aeed WV
| You're truly, J. NJ y. AAAA
| The following are extracts from letters u
Messrs. Steele, Piuckard g. Co.. OF New Or
leans, gent for "Oxford" Dickson, from Pss-
tiers living on the Mississippi river:
GREExLEAp PLANTATION. Eoos PorSr: Aies:.
! Aug. ~, 1sO-
! The Dickson Seed yor sens planted in seSS'
Dick son cotton I regard the finest in tho Wei
for large crop. 1t looks botter than the semnns