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respected old friend, the Doctor, of Mississippi. He has had 

 a great deal to say in the papers about the different kinds of 

 cotton seed, and, if I have not forgot, he, a few years since, 

 spoke of the sale of cotton seed as being something in the 

 order of a temporal saviour. He seems to be hauling off, and 

 is very careless on the subject of the sale of cotton seed. You 

 see what he says on the subject. 



I might have said something of the Multicaulus fever, the 

 Berkshire speculation, &c., &c., but have probably already 

 said more than will be acceptable. 



Yours, with great respect, 



Atlanta, Ga., Feb., 1853. JOHN FAEEAE. 



SECTION XV. SEA ISLAND COTTON PLANTING. 



MR. EDITOR : In the table on the opposite page you have 

 the success of a Sea Island cotton planter for the last eighteen 

 years, showing the amount raised per acre in each year, the 

 price received per Ib. for each crop, and the net proceeds per 

 hand ; also, for a part of the time, the appearance of the first 

 blossoms, and the time of the first killing frost. 



To the upland, and perhaps to the more successful Sea 

 Island planter, I may seem to have been doing a very small 

 business, still I think there are many who have not done any 

 better ; and as I know of no better way of measuring our suc- 

 cess than by comparing notes, I shall be gratified in having 

 the experience of any of my planting friends, for a longer or 

 shorter time. 



In the eighteen 3 7 ears my crops of cotton have averaged a 

 fraction over three acres per hand, and a yield of 137 Ibs. 

 per acre, and net proceeds per hand, $83. 



Liberty County, Ga., July, 1848. A SEABOAED PLANTEE. 



