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  AGRICULTURE. 
  

  

  unceasingly 
  for 
  several 
  years; 
  cotton 
  being 
  brouglit 
  to 
  

   tliom 
  continually 
  from 
  every 
  quarter. 
  It 
  was 
  frequently 
  

   packed 
  on 
  horses 
  in 
  sacks, 
  from 
  the 
  Ilomochitto 
  and 
  

   other 
  remote 
  settlements, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  twenty 
  or 
  thirty 
  

   miles 
  ; 
  the 
  seed 
  became 
  a 
  nuisance, 
  and 
  the 
  gin 
  holders 
  

   were 
  required 
  to 
  keep 
  them 
  inclosed 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  hogs 
  

   of 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  from 
  feeding 
  upon 
  them, 
  which 
  was 
  

   regarded 
  as 
  destructive 
  to 
  the 
  hog. 
  

  

  Attempts 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  the 
  seed 
  by 
  burning 
  

   in 
  the 
  heap. 
  No 
  suspicion 
  of 
  their 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  applica- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  land 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  entertained. 
  The 
  

   stalks, 
  also, 
  were 
  universally 
  pulled 
  up 
  and 
  burned 
  on 
  

   the 
  field. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  delivery 
  of 
  his 
  crop 
  at 
  the 
  gin, 
  the 
  planter 
  

   received 
  what 
  was 
  termed 
  a 
  cotton 
  receipt. 
  These 
  re- 
  

   ceipts 
  became 
  literally 
  the 
  circulating 
  medium 
  of 
  the 
  

   country, 
  protected 
  by 
  legislative 
  enactment, 
  and 
  were 
  

   recoverable 
  with 
  damages 
  for 
  non-delivery 
  of 
  the 
  cotton 
  

   after 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  forty 
  days, 
  if 
  not 
  otherwise 
  stipulated. 
  

  

  They 
  w^ere 
  received 
  by^ 
  merchants 
  in 
  payment 
  of 
  ac- 
  

   counts, 
  or 
  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  goods, 
  and 
  were 
  also 
  

   readilj' 
  disposed 
  of 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  five 
  dollars 
  per 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  pounds 
  of 
  seed 
  cotton, 
  thus 
  relieving 
  the 
  planter 
  

   of 
  all 
  further 
  trouble 
  and 
  charge 
  ; 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  pack- 
  

   ing, 
  hauling, 
  storing, 
  shipping, 
  &c., 
  being 
  borne 
  by 
  the 
  

   purchaser. 
  

  

  PREPARATION 
  OF 
  COTTON 
  FOR 
  MARKET, 
  EXPORTATION, 
  AND 
  SALE. 
  

  

  Many 
  meritorious 
  modifications 
  and 
  improvements 
  

   have 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  been 
  introduced 
  in 
  the 
  construc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  gin. 
  These 
  consist 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  

   cylinder 
  and 
  brush, 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  teeth, 
  and 
  

   the 
  form 
  and 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  grates, 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  

  

  