The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-04-02
DICKSON COTTON SRlD !

DICKSON COTTON SRnDl
IL - = f7g - ----iSss 2s2e.t.al3s.rse
r oFrER 70, sale DICKSON 6oTrox
i SEED, " hch were grown by NE in 1860,
on nv ..Jm Thomas" place, near Mrs. S,er'
hup,s plantation on the Island, in Ousrki..
Parish, and on the land near Monroe leased bv
me lr.m Hon. John +. Ludehng;-all Of whiek
are sound and unsJoltera ed. >,--s..-
:l'he seed planted last year were >ob,aine1
BY me. in March, 1869. direct from David
Dickson, OF Oxford, Georgia. Of which fac,
have abundant evidence in my possessios, in.
cludipg the following etter: tt-.t~g
| -e OXFORD Ca, March . n.
Wv Far,ner EsQ Dear Sir-You1s With ma.
TO pay for iss bush.l. eo..os sses came das t e
seed s,ys s sas s%p to
i ssse:s.a them b.io5s now. p.v,n MO-. ..''
The "Dic kson" cotton has the came st,,l.
as tie ordinsry cotton OF the country. bsi i
remar.abe ter it's. extraordinary pru1ifie.rv
h euuuof be orer-crousled IN the SriA -1'E.
thicker the .tand is left the better. a. ever
stalk, whether large or small, 10 losded-uik
fruit.
Ny seed, 30 Ear rs my kno~ledge -x,e.d,.
y re- the fret Lonisiana raised dickson" ,e,d
ever offered for sale. In my opinion, they vim
produce better cation than the seed obtail,1
directly from Dickson himself, a. they IN.
invigcrated by one years growth m our ewA
soil. But in order to afford the fullest info,-
NATION on this subject, SO that every pssaon
he posted how and where TO buy will pubIi,h
extr,cts from Dickson's advertisements a.d
c,rc ulars. -.....--- --,rrs. $780,.
There are in Georgia two David DieksAas.
" no are cousins. Que lives at Oxf0sd, g.
1 ,hs Die Co,,on Fhs Other .,
Sparta, Ga. and is the great scientific enttss
planter Of the South. whose. ariicleG published
in the Southern C17firasov. at. Athens, Ga.
have att racted 30 much attention The "Spa,-
tn" Dickson obtained HIS seed from the :'Oz-
ford'' Dickson. as appears from his letter,
published in the circular Of the latter, da.ed
November =. ] s67, AZ follows. (extraci1: a.
syAnYA. GA.,Asgust ~ lssat
M Dek,en Since planting she ssck parehassa
Ct sou shi. Spring nus. give X"n. sslss. cs:es
planted from y:nr ssea thi; y.ar i'll :. make nearly
sd ' on IN.
nwrs being equal Your select ss.d we're planted q
with m. in hi. estimate '~',"' = -"
Worry respectfully, DAVID DICKSON.
In a note to an article in the S.'u,hern Chi
.ivatov, Oh page l63 of the number for 1sse,
1865, he says:
prevsm.ns. i. da. ~. David Dick:an. q o1asa
xis .><s Jor tsre,sty years consider them q.
ing II should conclude to do 30. via aassr,i.s
'h' o''''F1 cnaviiSl dSs Of H.neo..
And in the fall Of SSs he did advertise his
| seed tor sale, the following being an sxtsset !:
SELECT COTTON sEDD. --. .-,,.,
SrAnrA, Ga. Oct. !, ~
1have engaged young to ship cotton sssd
sk:saS!sss oas5sd ST:'.si e esss.s "a
rouise David Dickson OF Oxford q. ~;
.-. g. Sparta. 'naneoel Comfy. 4.
| Ard the following j. an extract fvom bio
| presents season's advertisement. published 10
the number Of the Southern Cult .asos IN
November. 1869: 1-'
THE DICKSON Sci Ecr COTTON SEED
Ia the only seed that has STOOL the test for thirty
years and is more il favor IL. prasea. than in asy
the bsisc ME- tue
No is from aeed sslected in res and viii be sd
cali them No L. because they ar. the first pro-.
from .rlcss! seed of the crop 81 1865 The sb.!s
of them must corrospon, before renitsing monsySS
No : is the same so-d hu. tho .econd pr.a.<s
from the selection of l.G7 ANA from, ts No 'p..t:a
in e69. aud will be sold in tw" bn..l sssks st ~
spart =, Hancock Comfy. d
The following are combined extracts htsm
the circulars and Advertisements of the Oxford
Dickso, for 1868 and 1859: e rF
DICKsOS SELECT COTTON SEED.
have selected and improved this tIal
have suceeeded in raising stalk with aj bolls -
teet-high. .7,F@
Ny TxrRovEp CorroS should be loft fourst
thicker in tie drill than the ordinary cotton.
kes fruit rapidly that it checks the growth pre-
ducing 81 or 100 bulis with much lens weed thspsn
ordinary cotton When planted on rich land has
~idc with thick stand in the drill to prevent
too large weed and to make il mature early. Is
should be topped the frat Of August. Price Of ~
aeed Is per buslcl. for less than five busheis $50
aSs 'D
QUrScY, FLA, August. 1870.
M. Darid Diekson Dear Sir-You wish to knew
how our cotton compares with the common esttsA
Your cotton will nearly double it.
Very respectfully. JOSEPH DIChsoS.
QrrrMAs, Ga, Oct 8. 1909.
M. Dickson Dear Sir-YOu wish to know Whist
difference thsro in between Rced ADD the con:
aeed in the yicid of cotton am fully satiseeA
that yorr seed will yield on my land nearly dsush
the common seed.
Yours truly, J. N. W. HILL
THE following are extracts from letters 70
Messrs. Steele, P,nckard e. Co. Of New Or
leans, agent for Oxford" Dickson from pias-
tiers living on the Mississippi river: sa"i
GREESLEAP PLANTATION, Eaos Pors1, h.!ss
Aug. %, 1863,
Tho Dickson Seed you G. planted in aceof
danes with Nit. Dickson directions. 80 Ire
Dickson cotton regard as the finest in the weria