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This is to certify that I have used Preston &. Rohira's compound for des- 

 troying the Cotton Worm, and I am perfectly satisfied with it. I would 

 recommend it being used late in the evening or on dark or cloudy weather, 

 which makes it entirely effective. 



W. P. QUIGG. 



Harlem Plantation, 

 Aug. 8th, 1874. 



I take pleasure in stating that I have known W. P. Quigg for some 8 

 years, formerly as a citizen and business man of Galveston, and subse- 

 quently as a planter, and know that his word may be relied on. 



P. S. George. 



I fully indorse Mr. George's statement. 



N. B. Yard. 



THE TESTIMONY OF AN OLD SOUTH CAROLINA PLANTER. 



Sandy Point, Brazoria Co., Texas, 

 October 27, 1874. 



Messrs. Preston & Robira, Galveston: 



Gentlemen, — I have deferred writing to you as to the result of the ap- 

 plication of your Cotton Worm Destroyer, which I used during last ^.ugust. 

 I used one bottle of the prepared poison, as directed by you, to a barrel, 

 say forty gallons of water, and sprinkled on the cotton with the pumps 

 gotten from you for the purpose. The poison was applied on some very 

 luxuriant cotton, where the worms were very numerous and of every size. 

 I was disappointed twenty-four hours after in not finding the mall dead, as 

 I expected, but the next day, say thirty-six hours after the application, 

 most of them were in a torpid state and many dead. Still I found a good 

 number on the cotton, having survived the poison. A second crop of worms 

 never appeared on this cotton ; after webbing up, they appeared to have 

 died in that state. I considered the effect of the poison too slow, and con- 

 cluded to put one bottle and a half to the barrel, forty gallons of water, 

 which I did, and applied it in the same manner with decided success; in 

 thirty -six hours there was not a live worm to be found, and the cotton was 

 not injured in the slightest. In this cotton the worms were also very 

 numerous, five, six, and more to the leaf; the barrel of poisoned water gave 

 out before finishing this cut of cotton, but as there are but a few rows? 

 it was determined to leave them for comparison. These few rows were 

 in a few days entirely destroyed, while all the poisoned cotton to the present 

 day is perfectly green, luxuriant, and in bloom. I was for some time very 

 doubtful as to the efficacy and practicability of the application of the 

 poison, but from personal observation and the result of the past season, 

 clearly demonstrated everywhere that the poison was properly applied, 

 makes me a thorough convert as to the entire security of the cotton plant 

 from its great destroyer, the caterpillar. 



Very respectfully, 



C. M. Desel. 



