of seed-cotton where they now produce but 1,000
bales. We can see how greatly the annual income of the natives will
be increased. Such a plant is forthcoming.

Through selection and crossing of American and native cottons we
have obtained a new variety, which is satisfactory in every primary
respect. It is more hardy than the average American plant and
fifty per cent more productive than the average native plant. A
sample of the lint of this new, would-be variety was submitted to
the Chamber of Commerce in Berlin, and it was pronounced good in
every way, and brought in January, 1904, about twenty cents a
pound.

There is one feature that I would like to speak about before I have
done with the subject, because I know it will please you. In one of
the letters you wrote me some time ago you advised me to "labor
earnestly, quietly, and soberly, discharging my duty in the way
that would eventually make me one of the most influential persons
in the community." Being faithful in small things is one of the
fundamental principles of Tuskegee, and is what I am able to do
without even striving. It has become natural for me to be faithful,
it matters not how small or insignificant the service. I find
myself to-day possessing much influence in the work in which I am
now engaged.

In order to make secure the work begun and to insure a normal and
well-balanced progress for the future, it was recommended to
institute, along with the present undertaking, what I am pleased to
call "A Cotton-School and Plant-Breeding Station." At this school
are gathered young men from all over the colony, who come for a
two-years' course in modern methods of farming. The boys are to be
taught some of the simple rules and practises of agriculture. The
boys are 45 in number, representing the most intelligent classes;
the station consists of 250 acres of land, 8 oxen, 2 asses, 1
horse, farm implements, cotton-gin, press, etc. Such an institution
appeared to me necessary to the healthy progress of the
undertaking. There will soon be in operation 3 ginning- and
pressing-stations run by steam-power, besides a dozen or more
hand-gins. This, I believe, tells the whole story. My health is
very good. I hope you will write me often, because your letters are
always so interesting and helpful.

That my life has bee