The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-03-19

DICKSON m4l0n sllll
r OFFER for sale DICKSON COTTON
i SEED, which we're grown BY me in ls6a.
on nv Jim Thomas" place, nes! Mrs. Ster.
parish. and ON the land near Monroe lcssed b.
me ,r~m Hon John r. Ludelng;-an Of which
are sound and unaJuftera Cd.
The s-ed pIauted last year were obsaineA
BY me. in March, 1869. direct from Dxvi4
Dickson. OF oxford. Georgia. Of which fac,
I.va abundant evidence ia my possessioa, H.
lei udiup the following letter:a z4..t-
OxroRp O., 1sreh ., lssa
e,: :s:sss Il: III; s:::.:s::
a.x. so1 s' 1 = init =, ::
!Gspnsnt ., II. Cotton seed suppo'. yea ~.
azeess'a t 1sar. TROY tr%1S, DAVID Dickson.
TIL. "t1ickson" cotton has the same stapl.
"a ne ordinary cotton Of tho country: but i
,.m.r,b,e fer its extraordinary prOli6csey
h canuo, be orer-croudsd IN the drill The
thicker the stand is left The better. ~ every
s,slk, whether large OF small, II i"aoea with
fruit. ,,
Nv seed, 20 Ear ~ my know ledge extends,
. r. ,he fra, Iouisiaua raised ''Dick SOU" sesi
aver offered for sale. In nv opinion, they will
produce better cotton than the seed obtained
directly from Dickson himself. ss they are
}invigcra,ed by one years CROWN 10 our "*a
so;lesB But in order 10 afford the fullest infer-
matiaiS on this subject, 40 that every peFsoa
intendi NC to pla nj the "Dickson Cotton" can
he posted how and where to buy VIII puoiish
rx,r.c1s from Dickson's advertisements aaa
c,rcu lars. :,
wbo are cousjns Que lives at Oxford, Ga.
an, ,ns Is .p Die Cotton" The o,her ives 4
Sparta. Ga. and is the great scientific c"tten
planter Of the South, whose nrficfes published
| in the Southern Cullirator, ut Athens, Ga.
ave Mt, r.et4I % much attention. The "Spar-
! IA" Die son Obtained hi. seed from the "Oz-
ford' Dickson, a. appears from his letter,
uub,i.hed in the circular of the latter, dated
November 7. 1867. As follows. (extraeD:
arAnrA. Ga. AuHass -. lsss.
Pl:n:,1: ii: ;.es cs,;:.
SxsS" the rref.rsnes over all others: What eess.s
@
before. and some on the same day the Land AND ~
I'll. Of Of Al Who S.vs seem Ii.
with vsS M, in .e,: DAVID D1cxsoz
In . nc,e to an article in the Southern Cal-
,iva,or. on page It's Of thu number for Jsns,
Il SOS. he s.ys': -.
got great n.a, o. der. for he pistsen 1s;ss+
ssd i. al. ~ David 81
and prefer he should get she rewArd I A.ss -
: A.: a' out 'ss
In the RI sss to DO WI
in the Southern y :f H..se.
And in the fall of 1858 he did advertise his
seed for sale, the following being An extract !
SELECT COTTON sKDD.
! arAErA. "a. Oct. !. lses.
| 1havs engaged young nan to ship eetton sssd.
:SsresassG Se sa
::'f D s.: isi ~ wa
Sparta, Hapeosk County. g.
| And the following il an extract from hia
rresen,s se.son's advertisement. published q
1.-THE number Of the Southern CslN jasss fss
November. 1869:
| TIE DICKSON saL ret COTTON sRHD
I. the only seed :h-t he. :seea tho s"t 70. ss..y
pr:.isas Insw ole. for =; e.. :.e',a 'i.s ny
No. seed selected in ,ses. and vim Be 's4
| in two hu.t-l sacks at nve doiinTr per bushe,. :
from Affected seed Of the srsp Of isss The sbsy.
limited in an.nssy and .ss,. se .,:s ~.
s.s si II any s' are on on hand.
,re o." ,he .ess.ea Of .s1 asa rom tbs No ,pI:.sI
ssd will be ''la Ia pA saiasi Dcksx
spars =, Hsaeeek coa.sy. o.
The following are combined ext"aers FEN
|, the circulars and advertisements Of the Oxfssi
Dickson for 1868 and 1869: e. -
DICKSON SELECT COTTON SRBD.ss.
have selected and improved this cotton. !soI !
have auoeseLed in raianZ stalk nth 523 ooils -
! fset high.
takes fruit rapidly that checks tho growth pre-
ducing 100 bolis with much less weed thausao
ordinary GOTTEN. When planted on rich land. Asfs
wide with thick atand in tho drill. to pre~sat
| too large weed aud t. make 1t nature Early. ~
| should be topped the drst OF August. Price Of ths
seed IS per bunhe. for less than five bushels. and
- per bu.hei for Hvo Dnshels and nPwards AddTsss
| me nj Oxford. Ga. DAVID D1CkSO&.
Oxford Ca, Oct. 1860.
| QrrscY FLA.. August 1850.
NJ Dar:d Diekson: Dear Sir--Y on wish 70 knew
how our cotton compares with the common Gotten.
Your cotton will nearly double it..X,
Worry respectfully, Joseph DICKSON
| QurrMAx. Ca, Oct. 8, 1859.
HI. Diek.en: Dear str-You wish to know y Aes
seed tho yield Of cotton. fully satisfied
that your aHed will yield my land nearly dsss''
the common aeed.
Your. truly. J. N. w. HILL.
The following are extracts from letters to
Messrs. Steele, PInckard & Co. of New Or
leans, agent for "Oxford" Dickson, from plan
,ers living on the Mississippi river:
oxEEsLEAp PLANTATION. Eoss PoEsr. Hi.s.
Aug. "a 1884,
Tie Dickson Seed you g. planted in aseSs
dance with Mr. Dickaon's directions. III
Dickson cotton I regard 81 the finest In tho wois
for y large crop. 1t looks hotter than tho common
ri haa NOR