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  AGRICULTURE. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  stated 
  by 
  Major 
  Stoddard 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  culti- 
  

   vated 
  in 
  the 
  colony 
  in 
  1740; 
  and 
  Judge 
  Martin 
  quotes 
  

   from 
  a 
  dispatch 
  of 
  Governor 
  Vaudreuil, 
  of 
  1746, 
  to 
  the 
  

   French 
  Minister, 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  mentions 
  cotton 
  among 
  

   the 
  articles 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  boats 
  which 
  came 
  down 
  

   annually 
  from 
  Illinois 
  to 
  New 
  Orleans. 
  This 
  period 
  is 
  

   some 
  thirty 
  years 
  prior 
  to 
  that 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  claimed 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  cultivated 
  in 
  Georgia. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  cotton 
  plant 
  may 
  be 
  

   enumerated 
  the 
  Sea 
  Island, 
  the 
  Upland, 
  the 
  Tennessee 
  

   green 
  seed, 
  the 
  Mexican, 
  Pernambuco, 
  Surinam, 
  Deme- 
  

   rara, 
  Egyptian, 
  &c. 
  &c. 
  

  

  The 
  four 
  first 
  named 
  are 
  those 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  

   chiefly 
  cultivated 
  in 
  Mississippi. 
  

  

  The 
  Sea 
  Island 
  is 
  confined 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  plantations 
  on 
  

   our 
  seaboard. 
  It 
  is 
  superior 
  to 
  all 
  others 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  

   fineness 
  of 
  fibre, 
  and 
  is 
  on 
  that 
  account 
  in 
  much 
  request 
  

   on 
  the 
  continent 
  of 
  Europe, 
  for 
  delicate 
  and 
  costly 
  

   fabrics, 
  such 
  as 
  laces, 
  and 
  for 
  intermixture 
  with 
  silk 
  

   goods 
  ; 
  it 
  bears 
  a 
  high 
  price, 
  generally 
  thrice 
  as 
  much 
  

   as 
  the 
  best 
  Uplands; 
  but, 
  being 
  necessarily 
  prepared 
  for 
  

   market 
  in 
  the 
  roller-gin, 
  at 
  a 
  heavy 
  cost 
  of 
  time 
  and 
  

   labor, 
  and 
  being 
  more 
  difiicult 
  to 
  gather, 
  is 
  upon 
  the 
  

   whole 
  not 
  more 
  profitable 
  than 
  the 
  short 
  staple. 
  

  

  The 
  Upland 
  first 
  cultivated 
  here, 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  in 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  blossom, 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  form 
  of 
  

   the 
  boll 
  or 
  capsule, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  length 
  and 
  fineness 
  of 
  the 
  

   staple. 
  Both 
  have 
  the 
  smooth, 
  black, 
  naked 
  seed. 
  All 
  

   other 
  varieties 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  this 
  

   by 
  long-continued 
  cultivation. 
  

  

  The 
  Tennessee 
  cotton 
  has 
  a 
  seed 
  invested 
  with 
  a 
  thick 
  

   green 
  down, 
  adhering 
  firmly 
  to 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   gather, 
  and 
  superseded 
  the 
  latter, 
  or 
  black 
  seed, 
  for 
  a 
  

  

  