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to the acre in the drill, but none this year; the corn stalks 

 cut up in several pieces, and with the pea vines turned under. 

 Both cuts of land are similar in quality, and have been culti- 

 vated alike with like seasons. The result so far shews that 

 the benefit derived from last year's manuring is greatly pre- 

 ferable to that of the present year. The stand on the ten 

 acres is very imperfect and very irregular in its size, and has 

 been much harrassed by lice. The fifty acre cut is a good 

 stand, quite regular in its size, has been free from lice, and 

 presents altogether a thrifty appearance, and bids fair to 

 yield fifty per cent, per acre more than the ten acre cut. 



From these remarks, you will readily perceive that I pre- 

 fer manuring with cotton seed for corn, instead of cotton ; that 

 we are better rewarded the second year to succeed it in cot- 

 ton, and well compensated the first for our trouble. I do not 

 pretend to say that the benefit is altogether attributable to 

 the cotton seed, but to the change in the crop, together with 

 the advantage of corn stalks and pea vines, restoring the 

 original susceptibility in the land to grow and produce good 

 cotton. If those who disagree with me will give results from 

 a better process of using this valuable manure, I shall be 

 greatly obliged. 



Prairie Mount, Miss., 1848. COWLES M. VAIDEN. 



SECTION IX. FEEDING HOGS WITH COTTON SEED. 



FOR five or six years in succession, I fed my hogs with raw 

 cotton seed. My plan was this : I put out such a quantity 

 that each hog would have the measure that a shelled ear of 

 corn would fill, of the seed, and gave at the same time an ear 

 of corn to each hog. While the larger hogs were eating this, 

 the pigs fed more fully on corn in a pen that the large hogs 

 could not enter. I am not aware that my hogs, in any in- 



