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I hope the above may do some good, if no other but to in- 

 cite your readers to a closer attention in improving their seed. 

 My remarks are open for examination,. I give, to the best of 

 my ability, what I think is true ; and, as I have not $500 

 worth of seed saved here for sale, and not $1000 for the two 

 past years, I earnestly beg that the liberal of my profession 

 agriculture will not attach to me any desire to humbug ; 

 $1200 is too small a bait and I hope, by giving satisfaction 

 with these few seeds, to open a yearly mart for $500. There- 

 fore, I would not kill or injure the goose the rather I would 

 feed her high with good weights and sound seed. 



Excuse the great length, but, if I am right, the public ad- 

 vantage will be a sufficient excuse for 



Edwards, Miss., Nov., 1848. M. W. PHILIPS. 



SECTION VI. IMPROVED COTTON SEED. 

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MR. EDITOR : Having already received inquiries concerning 

 cotton seed, I beg again that you will favor me with inserting 

 my reply. It will save your subscribers some writing, and 

 myself a great deal. I have had more or less to do with a 

 printing-office for several years, and I have had advertisements 

 slided on me as communications. I do not do this; I send this 

 forth as an advertisement. It will aid me greatly, and will 

 aid your subscribers a little probably as much as myself. 



I will be prepared to fill orders to a limited extent, but will 

 not reserve as much seed as I did last year, unless orders come 

 in before Nov. 1. I will record orders as received. All seed 

 sent from here shall be thoroughly sunned before and after 

 ginning, and well cured before being put into bulk. My charge 



