Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser

We understand that Doctor Muse. of Dorchester county, in Maryland, has thirty acres of cotton, which has been visited lately by several gentlemen from the South, who all declare it to be not surpassed, if equalled, in their South Carolina climate.

His cotton (wholly Upland) is, one third of it, five feet high, the remainder from three to four feet, all heavily loaded with pods and flowers. He was to have a heavy gathering in a few days after the 6th inst much being then ready. It is believed that he will have thirty thousand weight of seed cotton; yet the season is said to have been peculiarly unfavorable, and he is at least six weeks later in his crop, from the drought, than in common years he would be.

Not more than three acres of ten of his Palma Christi escaped destruction from the drought and mole. This little animal has been said to be peculiarly annoyed, and even expelled by this plant. But Doctor Muse can offer the testimony of all his neighbors, that it is singularly attractive of the mole. which delights to operate in the hills containing it, and to feed on it. in all its stages of growth. The parcel preserved was fine, and nearly all ripe and sound on the 6th Sept. inst.-
Amer. Farmer.