The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-04-23
DICKSON C0TT0N sll1. |

r OFFER for sale DICKSON COTTON
i SEED, which were grown BY me in 1860.
on nv Jim Thomas" place, near Mrs. Ster:
!l,nr's plantation on the Island. in Ooachi,a
| Parish, and on the land near Moaroe leased b.
me tram Hon. John Il. Ludel.ng;--sil Of whic b
are sound aud unaJultera ed.
| The seed planted last year were eblained
nv mo- in March, 1869, direct from David
Dickson, OF Oxford, Georgia. OF which fact
have abnnda - evidence in my possession, il.
cluding the fsl!e&ing letter: -s-,-,Ss
| ~ OXFORD GA. March O. seea
! " Farmer Esq.,. Dear Sir--Y our O. With funa.
to pay Tor iss hush.l. cotton seed came duly e
have been SO crowded WITH a business that
parties. enclosed you .Rsiiro.a receipt. for he
'Fss've' Vow! xenrs st tsais Now DAVID DICKSON.
The Die kson'' cotton has the same stapl.
AS tie oydinary cotton of the country, but il,
remarkable tor it's extraordinary prnli6caey.
n cunnot be ore,-c-omded in the drill The
| thic ker the stand is left the better, as everv
stalk, whether large or small, Is losded with
| fruit. g..
| Nv seed, SO Gar as my knowledge ex.ends,
are the frs, louisa ma raised dickson" seed
ever offered for sale. In INV opinion" they win
! produ:>e better cotton than the seed obtained
! directly from Dickson himself, as they are
invigcrated by one years growth IN our own
| soil Bot in order to afford the fullest infos.
nation en- this subject. so that every person
int nd, ng to plant the .Dickson Cotton" can
he posted h"w and where to buy u will publish
r,c,s from Dickson's2 advertisements and
c,rc nars.
There are in &c ,rsia two David Dick.ons,
who are cousins. One lives at Oxford, Ga,
and is the crigina and great rroPa gator Of
| the "Dickson Cotton" The other lives 1t
! Spa rita Ga. and is the great srlentthc cotton
| ola nter Of the South. whose articles published
! in she Southern (uNirotoT ut Athens, Ca.
havc attracted so much t'entinn The "Spas-
GoI.v ot,t hi II
| ford" Dickson. as appears from his letter,
! published in the circular of the latter, dated
November 7. 1867. as follows. (e1sFae,}: e.
SPARTA. GA. August A. lssa
NJ D.e&-s" pse planting tie sack .!g psrsh.:.A
s:sa" tn. prettrsn over all others. What csttas
% ssSa h to Il s.. .y,
before ard the same day the lSnd and ms
st Of 'est asy An the
with in this estimate. ,c~so~
Very respectfully, Ia Al klCASo1.
ina note 10 am article in The Southern Cal-
tivator. on page lo3 Of thu number for Jaas.
1865, he says:
I get !. great many ders for tho pehsen ssless
p%sen ss' is Que NJ s'1 Dasd
and prefer h" SHOULD get the reward 1 hars 49,
ssei out nav: nov selected ny t,n:.
nx th* ri: haGi Ssoasrs t" Via .d,srs
in thy Southern cn',y11ST ii KS ,:s Of p.noo.h
And in the fall of 1853 he did advertise hs
seed tor sal-, the following being an extract:
SELECT COTTON SGDD.
SFAnrA GA, Ost.s, 1eee-
1ha.. .ngagsa yang man to ship e ct. 80
soaavs nsysf Offered snshsi Of cot: sd
reaizs DAVID Diekzoa. OF oxford do SO; so,.
E7arta Hancock County g.
| And the following is an extract freta HE
presents renson's advertisement. published In
the number of the Southern Cult |atss 81
November. 1854:
THE DICKSON Sell EGT COrToH SEED
years and i. more in favor .he present than in a.y
previous yf15 HEY Str, 70. 4. second time p
No. from seed selected in ists, and VIII ,. ss'4
esli them 10 l. because they are tn. ar.s
from s,lsetsl ssra Of The crop 9: .sss RI: sss.s
of them must correspond before romitti-g money. -
No. : is the sam. seca but the second produce
from the seec:ou Of leo! :nd frofn the No p:Es:S
per bushsL DAVID plthsOh,
The following are combined extracts re.
the circulars aud advertisements of tho Ozferd
! Dickson for Sbe md 1860:
DIcNsoS SELECT COTTON SIZED.
| Ihave selected and improved thi. cotton e.tn
i icst high nIis'@'e1 a. 'A''' '
takes frui, rapidly that it checks the growth p,e
I
! ordinary cotton. whe., planted rich land. hsrs
wide with thick stand in the drill to prevesv
| too large weed and to make II mature carly. ~
should he topped the first of August Price Of the
seed - p-r bUshei for i-Ss than five bushels. AnA
~ per bushel for hv bushels aud upwards Addres
! me AT Oxford, Ga. DAVID DICKSON
| Oxford Ga. Ccs. 1860.
| QCIScT FLA, Augnst 1907
! Ay. David Dickson Dear Sir-Y on wish to knew
how Sour cotton compares with the common cotton.
Your cotton viii ne.rly double it.
| Very respectfully. Joseph DICKSON.
| QuITMAN, GA. Oct. 9. 1869.
| Mr.. Diekse1 Dear Sir-you wish to know whaA
difference there is between your seed and the
seed in the yield of cotton. am fully satisfied
that your seed win yield my land nearly double
| the mon .eed.
Yours truly. J. N. ". HILL
TIE following extracts from letters fs
| Messrs. Steele, P,ncksrd g., Co., of New Or
| leans, gent for "OXford' Dickson, from PlaA-
ters living Oh the Mississippi river
GxEESLEAF PLANTATION, EoGs PorSr, Aiss-
Aug. 81, 1884,
Tho Dickson Seed you senc. planted in aeeep
dance with Ny. Dickson's directions. The
Dickson cotton regard as the finest in the world
for a large crop. ItIooks better than the mol
cotton from the word go it has more vigOr, and
houushrs better than the ordinary cotton through
the whole The nunib Der of forms" and bol!s
it produces il truly amazing. The Dickson have
raised this year is all 81 to feet tall and were
feet. with wealth of fruit perfectly xampled.