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from Bryan. On Saturday, I visited the place and found one field free 

 from worms, on the remainder some two or three worms were on the stock , 

 but not eating. 



Yours truly, 



H. B. Stoddard. 



GAI.VESTON, Aug. 19th, 1874. 

 We, the undersigned, hereby certify that we are personally acquainted 

 with Capt. H. B. Stoddard, and know him to be careful and truthful, and 

 we have implicit confidence in the statement he has made. 



Braman Purviance & Co., 

 B. B. Eichardson. 



It is proper to remark that these worms were, as the doctors would say, 

 in ariiculo mortis, and that the next day they were dead as door nails. 



AN ACCURATE STATEMENT. 



Retrieve Plantation, Brazoria Co., Texas, 

 Septemler Uth, 1874. 



Messrs. Ball, Hutchings & Co., 



Dear Sirs, — We have had very heavy rains for a week, terminating on 

 Friday last. At the commencement of which the worm appeared. We 

 were only able to apply the poison to a limited number of acres, between 

 showers, but I am happy to say, proving, without a doubt, the efficacy of 

 Robira's patent. 



I will relate an instance of its success ; one party applied it to five acres . 

 the day before the rains set in, it is now in perfect preservation, while the 

 cotton to which it was not applied is entirely eaten up and up to the very 

 row. Had it not been for the rains I could have saved it all. I have 

 twenty acres in cotton which was not affected by the worm in August. I 

 applied it down here on the few acres of cotton on which any leaf remained, 

 with equal success, which has demonstratad that rain will not wash it off. 

 In my application I increased the amount to 12 oz. in 84 gallons of water, 

 and applied it to an acre without injury to the cotton. 



I remain, very truly, 



T. Lynch Hamilton. 



It will be observed that in this experiment the compound was applied to 

 the third brood of worms, and preserved the cotton despite the injury it - 

 had received from the first two broods. 



AN ARRAY OF NAMES. 



Galveston, Texas, Sept. Uth, 1874. 



Messrs. Preston & Robira : 



Gentlemen, — Feeling satisfied from personal observation, or from report 

 of experiments made by our planting friends in the interior, of the merits 

 of the Texas ^Cotton Worm Destroyer, we do not hesitate to give it our in- 

 dorsement and recommendation. As a destructive agent, we are informed 



