LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. , 
REPORT FROM THE GULF STATES. 
Hitchcock, Tex , Jan 1, 1885. 
I. F. Tillinghast: Sir,— I moved from Galveston 
to this place (14 miles) in order to go into fruit-rais¬ 
ing. I have a pear and peach orchard of nearly 2000 
trees. I am raising cabbage for a year or so until the 
trees come into tearing, which will be this spring or 
the next. I am on a high piece of ground, but the 
whole surrounding country is very flat and low. 
There are only five or six in the whole neighborhood 
that do any gardening. 
Your cabbage seeds are first class, making much 
more uniform and short stemmed heads than Lan- 
dreth’s which 1 have been using. I shall be glad to 
purchase what I need of you, as I have tried Brill’s, 
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how many others, and must say that I never had as 
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Yours Truly, H. M. Stringfellow. 
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Muncie, Ind., Jan. 10, 1881. 
I. F. Tillinghast: The seeds we got of you last 
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THE SUNNY SOUTH. 
Round Rock, Texas, Jan. 13, 1885. 
Mr. I. F. Tillinghast: Dear Sir;—Ours is a rich 
country, very healthy though subject to drought. 
Cotton is the principal crop, though man}’ diversify 
with wheat, oats and corn. The majority of the 
farmers have to go on “tick” (credit) for their sup 
plies to make the crop, and after it is made but few 
of tbe farmers make more than enough to pay the 
merchants who take mortgage, <S:c., to secure them¬ 
selves. Of course where this mode is the custom, 
there is a general dearth agriculturally. The people 
of the South generally are opening their eyes. The 
severe ordeal they have passed through for the 
past twenty- four years is enough to increase their 
store of industry, economy and induce them to 
diversify their crops. “King Cotton” must stand 
back and let the cereals take the lead. 1 have only 
been here since November, was raised in Mississippi; 
am 50 years old, was a cotton planter for 26 years of 
my life, made the surplus grain, meat, potatoes &c.. 
pay the expenses. Therefore the cotton crop was 
held i nd sold at good prices and placed in bank or 
invested. The farming system is out of gear and it 
will take time to educate the farmers to diversify 
that they may have cash on hand. Pay as you go, 
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trees. I will make an effort to work you up a 
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with unreliable seed, and it will lake time to convince 
the people that good and reliable seed can be had. 
Yours Respectfully, J. B. Gay. 
A GOOD ENDORSEMENT. 
Pope’s Ferry, Jan. 17, 1885. 
I. F Tillinghast: Sir,— We have used your seed 
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who is editor of the Grange department of the South¬ 
ern Cultivator , which is the mo t widely circulated 
agricultural paper in the South, is going to write a 
notice of their reliability in the March number. Your 
packages are so much fuller than any we can get 
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Mrr. Sally B. Taylor. 
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Findley’s Lake, N. Y., Ja$j. 15, 1885. 
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remedy with me. Yours Respectfully, 
Maggie Klinshrote. 
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