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vi thIs new and int resting article the
New Orleans Tropic thus speaks The
introduction OF this remarkabIe staple is
regarded BY many as one of the most i'm.
portant occurrences in the history of cot
ten growing in the South. The effects il
VIII have upon cotton Interests cannot now
well be stated. But we have ceriainIy an
era m cotton raising. A few facts may be
stated from which the reader can draw his
own conclusions. We are assured upon
undonbted authority


F5rs, That il is much more certain
crop than The common cotton Of the coun-
try,


Second II requires no more expense.
land or labor to produce it. pound for pound
TIE difference IN prod Ictou is clearly
on the side ef The Mastod5n, on either up
lands OF tain bottoms.


TAsrd Its value in the market is more
thaa double the common Mexican cotton.
The staple is fa00 inches long, and of re-
msrkable frmness and strength. Good
Judges pronounce it fully equal to the Sea
L!anF.


Only one shipment ofanv size has as vet
come in. which was 80 bales from Mr. r..
A bbev, of Yaz5o Mississippi, the original
proprietor and introducer cf the Ma>todon.
which sold at rs cents round. This was
picked In an ordinary manner, and ginned
badly Other smaller lots have sold as low
rs t2 I 2 10 IA. A lot Of six bales in the
CITY, VIC learn. is limited al 20 cents


Not over about 200 bales, we learn. will
Be raised this wear, halfof which is the crop
Of Ms. Abbey Next year we expcctto hear
more largely from ihe fottunate culjiyators
of he N1sloGcn cotton