The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-05-07
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OFFER for sale DICKSON COTTON
/ SEED, which were grown, by me in 1853,
on INV "Jim Thomas" place, near Mrs. Sfsy>
ling's plantation on the Island. III Cuschta
Parish, and on the land near Monroe. leased BY
me tr.m Hon. John i. Lude!'ng;-s4 OF which
are sound and unaLultera ed. s-s-s-x
The seed planted last year were obtAiped
nv me. in March, 1869, direct from David
Dickson, OF Oxford, Georgia. of which fact I
have abundant evidence in my possession, il-
Guiding the following letter:
OXFORD GA, March .. lsoA
W r,,n., ESQ.,: Dear sr-You,s with fauas
to pay Tor bushels cotton ss.H came duly =
rarti.s. enclosed you Railroad receipts, Tor tie
irsesTsd t Yours st trSy. DAVID DICKSON
The "Dickson'' cotton has the san'e staple
as tie ordinary cotton ct the country, oaeis
,rm.r.abIe for its extraordinary prnli6cacy.
n cunuot be orer-crowdea in the drill. The
thicker the STAND is left the better. IA every
x,r,k. v he1her large OF small. is loaded with
fruit. ~,
70 ne firs, Louisiana raised .Dick SOM. .esd
ever offered for sale. In INV opinion. they via
nrodu.e better cotton than the seed rhtafned
directly from Dickson himself. "a they ere
iuvicc rated by one years growth 10 our o~a
soil. Bnt.in order to afford Tie 1a'es' 'n'os'
nation ON this subject, 40 that every pesssa
i,te nd ne 10 plant the dickson Cotton. esn
he posted bow and where Ia bny, VIII publish
ex,r,cts IRON Dicksons advertisements And
c,rc ular-. -
Who are couein. One lives Ut Oxford, Ga.
and il the originator aud great PropSg.fer Of
the Dickson Cotton" The other lives 1t
Sparta, Ga. and is the great scientific GOTTEN
nlauter of the South, whose artlcIea puOIi-hS4
HhANa 20
have at,r.c,.d I'D mn, h attention The spar
,a'' Dickson obtained hia seed from the "Cx-
G,rd' Dickson as appears trom dts letter,
nnblj,h~d in the circular Of the latter. dxt-A
November Z, 1867, rs follows (extraetG
sYAErA, Ga, August r. 1884 81,
give
SEED" tn. prcisrcnce al ethsrss What sss.so
Oh sss s ssss, ssy III. ss
4sh Of 81 l.y An who have seen the cotton esps.s
Very respectfully, oA' ~ 14SASo
IN note TO ali article in .he Southern Cut
,ivator, on page los Of thu number for 1sns.
1855, he says: r
get croat many o'der. for the petsen a.. seisss
vr U:: ia du. Mr. David Dckson. Of oxf..4
yrsfr h. "oa, get the rssard then. As II. s.ss
wed selected my seed three =, si :r
s i" tn II II, ns s"uid to Win .drsr
uthe southern cn vip il '; Of
And in tho fail OF ,sSo tie did ndvert'a- his
iced tor SAL. the following being AN ext'sst.
aRLEcr COTTON 6EDD.
SPARTA GA. Ost :. 1oo4
.. ;ss t.
oz5ea sr.h: eli, IF CITE. :. -
foaiss D.,,a OieisSa OF o1'2,s d r. az n,cxeor
Sparta, Hancock CSsnty. g.
And the following il an extract fro,h hA
presents seasnn's sdver,,$sment. p"s'she1 "
the no,nher Of the Southern Culti <sssr fse
November. 1869:
rHsD1CKsoN sELEcT COTTON sE8D
l. tho onl- ssed that .s"od the ssa. for thky
wears ard more in favor tAe present rs. II a.ys
pci"ss tie b*.syn 10. 81.
No from seed selected IN rss ,n M. T ;. ~
cali then. no. l. because they the frat pred.es
rs ar: d If in aSan hs nd
Of them oorruspond before reuissInz money, :.
Ne. , ia The SAM. .e.a, but the .eeead predict
in p" iss So asi vii Dc .oid .;s1. =
Per bushel p Aarl D ceaasS
The following are combined ext'acts frasa
the circulars and advertisements OF the Cxfezd
Dickson for 1868 and 1893:
DICKSON SELECT COTTON sEKD.
have s.lected and improved this eotton uaHl
succo.d.d in raising stalk with s.s bells sn
Ny farRovxp corror rhenld be left one foa1.h
thinker in the drill than the ordinary cotton. I
takes fruit rapidly that it checks the growth pro
ducng , O 100 bols with much le@s weed ihAasAs
ordinary cotton. When 1lauted on rich land, b rs
rows with q thick stand ia the drill. prere.s
too large ~eei and make it mature sarty.s AZ
should he topped the first Of August Price of me
s~-i. s. per bushel. for leo than five bushss ana
81 per bu>hei for five unshels and urwar"s AadseA
me y Oxford. GA. OAS1D'O1CkSOA-
oxford Ga. Oct. 1860.
QUIvcY. FLA. August leeo.
A-. DarId Dckson: Dear 'Sir-You wish to know
how cotton compares with the common cotton
Your cotton will n+'rly dou BILE il.
Very respectfully, Joseph DlCReoN.
Qu1rMAs, Ca Oct 9, 1859.
fy Dickson: Dear Sir-You wish to know what
difference there Is between sesd aud the corn
seed the yield of cotton. am July satinhea
that your seed will yield my land nearly double
the common eeed.
YouIA truly, j. ID. W. Hill e.
TIE following are extracts from letters 70
Messrs. Steele, P,nrks RI & Co., Of New Or
leans, agent for Oxford" Dickson, from plan
ters living on the VI ississippi river:
Avg. ~, 1862.
TIE Dickson Seed you aan planted in aceef
dance with Mr.. Dickson's directions. The
Dick son cotton l regard the finest in the world
for a large crop. 1t looks better than the common
cotton from the word go" it has more vigor and
fourshrs better than the ordinary cotton through
the " hole easoH. The number of 'forms' and bols