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that amount. In other words, we withdraw from market that 

 amount, diminish that portion of the supply reduce the crop 

 so much, which at 400 Ibs. per bag is 10.192 bags, and there- 

 by increase so much the demand for our cotton. In addition 

 to the large amount of cotton thus consumed, there is also a 

 considerable quantity converted into rope and twine. Will 

 not the farmers study these facts, and take the hint? Read 

 this article again, and see how you like my suggestions. May 

 not we reduce the price of bagging to sixteen or seventeen 

 cents, if we encourage entirely our own manufactures in mak- 

 ing it, and save commissions, profits and freights now made 

 by commission merchants, and ships and steamboat owners. 



PUTNAM. [Southern Recorder.'} 



SECTION II. COTTON BEDS A GOOD SUGGESTION. 



We find the following in the Albany Cultivator. Cotton 

 beds are becoming very much in use on steamboats on the 

 Western rivers, and they are considered superior to any kind 

 but hair : 



COTTON BEDS. We have received from J. A. Guernsey, 

 Esq., a copy of the Southron, published at Jackson, Miss., con- 

 taining some remarks on the advantages of cotton for bedding. 

 These advantages may be summed up as follows. It is claim- 

 ed that " It is the cheapest, most comfortable, and most healthy 

 material for bedding, that is known in the civilized world. 

 In addition to these, may be named superior cleanliness ; ver- 

 min will not abide it : there is no grease in it, as in hair or 

 wool ; it does not get stale and acquire an unpleasant odor, as 

 feathers do ; moths do not infest it, as they do wool ; it does 

 not pack and become hard, as moss does ; nor does it become 

 dry, brittle and dusty, as do straw or husk ; and in many 

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