Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-18
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ih plant hkr iTaiI n1ami lr uu-hari
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hs cultivated Ia ihr Siairs in which
il grrw O. h,vimr a lnar, as hsriy
AMI pvronniai a. ilo Prsrh or AZ
pie tree, and tia, ils f0arIes Il
win ter c0nll nUi kiil il, That Whrn
il sh Guild be- UuHnnHi up IA that
grawi ia uhl harlih"ui, lho ihrc
w"uli be - much superior 4" Nhal
Il j. n0w, a. il the nul uf we'll al
tended pvarh "T applr'lrrrs &" that
grhwlh "a those which rcocivo nu
attention al all, liz said lho plant
as grown WAS a runt, and that the
system III oulllvalins a. pursuri hy
planters kept il a slunlri growln,
That liza syslcm was followed a.
develops the character IT the plant
until Il hcramo a p,rrnRial uhd a
tree, Hni the seed thrn taken L1om
IL was planted aHd lende,l ~ rare-
fully ~ now, the 1dshoul would ho
~ hardy ~ that irim ihr peach
kcrurl,
Perhaps this Mississippi cotton
planter, though one ufhul lew acr's,
aud new in his grave, was right IN
his prediction, The testimony al
the Alabama planter nhnvo referred
Ia, which we here s%uhlnin, gees Ia
strengthen tho currcclncss al the
bethel of the MisSissippian, II Is ~
Ollnws:
''ln tho Spring Of 1857 ! selected
spot of gguund about forty icct
square, planted ia the centre u cot,
ton seed, aud tended II carefully
In September | butt about il u pru
some eight feet square, and covered
il with glass kept II thermometer
in il, aud hy the all OF II small
stove, kept life aud growth IN tao
plant till May, lSGS, at which time
removed tho pen. During the
summer my plant grew until il he.
came II small tree. Ia the fall Oi
the year | picked eight hundred
pounds OF cotton seed from IL, and
built anot her pen on the same plan,
but larger than the first; followed
tho same process through the win.
ter, and again removed my pen in
the spring OF 1869. That year |
picked from what was then IL tree,
cotton that made Il bale that weigh.
cd four hundred aud scventy.siX
pounds. The tree had now grown
so large that | deemed it safe from
frost, and in the winter of lSG9-70
left it unprotected. In the spring
of 1870 il bloomed nj the same
sime with the peach tree, and
| made from it one thousand
two hundred aud ninety.thrce
pounds of lint cotton. At this wri-
ting the tree is in full bloom, and
promises ut least three bales of cot.
ton, and is the wonder of all who
see it.
at is some twenty or twenty-five
feet in height; measures ut the butt
nineteen inches in diameter; shows
nc signs Of decay, and will proba.
bly, live and bear fruit for years to
come. 1t this statement does not
settle the labor question, nothing
will. have e~ndeavored to describe
succinctly the result of my expert
ment; to have entered fplly into all
the minutim would have occupied a
volume; but if this short article
shall turn the attention of planters
TO the following up Of this marvel
GUS progress. my purpose shall have
been answered"
What Il whoppcr Tile South.
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