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scald under the superadded influence of heat and water. I 

 once saw the late Dr. James Davis, of Columbia, analyze soil 

 taken indiscriminately from the land that is liable to the 

 French, and the result was seven and a-half per cent, of carb. 

 of lime. Now, this is certainly a much stronger proportion 

 than even three hundred bushels of rich marl would give uni- 

 formly to the whole mass of an acre of soil, if thoroughly 

 amalgamated with it. The flat creek lands, upon which this 

 disease prevails, are not the alluvial bottoms ; these are of a 

 distinct character from the former, which lie between them 

 and the sandy ridge. 



I have found that late ploughing promotes the French, and 

 that compost manure is the best preventive. 



Yours, very respectfully, 



Fairfield, August 30, 1843. FARMINGTON. 



SECTION x. "BLUE COTTON." 



GENTLEMEN : I have been a subscriber to the Cultivator 

 for the past year, and have just forwarded to you, through the 

 Postmaster, the amount of subscription for another copy, the 

 receipt of which you will acknowledge by sending me the 

 first number for 1844. 



How does it happen that I have never, to my recollection, 

 seen in your paper a single paragraph in relation to Sea Island 

 cotton ? Can it be that you have so few patrons on the sea- 

 board, or that they send you no communications ? I have 

 waited patiently myself for such, and perhaps others have 

 done the same, from the same motive. Our lands yield in 

 value a large portion of our exports, and it is a matter of con- 

 siderable interest, to our small number at least, to give and 

 receive information on that subject ; and, although I am by 



