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plied after the heavy rains in August the lower leaves are still green. 

 For cotton that was from three to four feet high I put on 40 gals, water 

 with four oz. to the acre, which I found sufficient. On cotton six and 

 seven feet high I doubled the quantity. I am fully satisfied with the 

 results. 



1. It will kill all worms that are not fully grown. 



2. By applying it every two or three weeks, cotton can be kept growing 

 until frost. 



There is no danger in its use. I used mules for four weeks and their 

 sides were constantly wet with it, and it produced no bad results. 



To apply it, I had saddles made with pieces six feet long fastened 

 horizontally to the *' horn" and cantal, with ten gal. cans resting on each 

 end ; these were mounted on tall mules. With two of them I could apply 

 30 acres a day. 



Your preparation is soluble in water ; there is no trouble in mixing it. 



Yours truly, 



Charles Lewis. 



Lewis & Lewis, 



Bankers, Hearncs, Texas. 



FROM JUDGE HAECOURT. 



Judge Harcourt is one of the first jurists and most enterprising planters 

 of the State. He has for many years represented the State of Texas in the 

 Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows for the United States. 



Galveston, 26^, Oct. 1B74. 



Messrs. Preston & Robira: 



Gentlemen, — I have just returned from my plantation on old Caney, in 

 Colorado County, and, in compliance with your request, I report the result 

 of my experiments with your "Cotton "Worm Destroyer." The worms 

 appeared in patches on my place about the 1st Sept., and I directed the appli- 

 cation to be made of your compound, according to your instructions, with 

 the exception that it was applied with a hand " sprinkler." My manager 

 was taken sick about the time, and could not give it his personal atten- 

 tion : but the application was satisfactory, so far as testing the virtue of 

 your compound. 



When the application is made in the morning, or during the day, when 

 the hot sun is on the plant, I think the evaporation diminishes the eifect ; 

 but it should be applied late in the evening, and I feel assured that it will 

 in all cases destroy the worm, and save the crop. 



Yours, etc., 



John T. Harcourt. 



FROM AN OLD COTTON MERCHANT. 

 Mr. Quigg, the writer of the following, was for many years a cotton mer- 

 chant in Galveston. He has, since he resumed planting, been recognized 

 as one of the most successful in the State. 



