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8 THE SOtrrgKRN WORLD, AtT&tTST 1,1882, jpr? Southern $$orld. Published on tbe lit and latbofench Month BY TUB •OUTHEBN WORLD PDBUSUINO CO., ATLANTA, GEORG LA. Incorporated—Paid up Capital, 1X5,000. O. C. BALENTINE, President and Manager T. B. CAUTMELL, Secretary and Treasurer. W. 0. WHIDBY, Editor. 8. NEWMANj ] Contributing Editors. TERMS OP NVBSCBIPTIOMi One year, postage paid, 11.00 Subscriptions can commence at any Ume during year. Sample copies sent free to all wbo send us tbelr address. CIRCULATION, - - 80,000 COPIES. BATES OP ADVERTISING! I Legitimate advertisements will be Inserted at the following rates; Inside pages, each Insertion, per line • • 26 eta. Outside page •• ••••■• . -35 eta. Reading Notices -60 cts. All advertisementsebarged by solkl Agate measure ment, 14 Hues to tbe lueb. No extra charge (or cuts. Tbe Southern Would baa tbe largest circulation and la tbe best adverUslng medium Id tbe South. TO CORRESPONDENTS.—It Is our aim to make the Southkbm World a medium tor the dimiBlon of practical Information upon all Agricultural and Mechanical subjects, and to this end we Invite com munications upon all rural subjects, experimental results, crop news, domestic economy, etc., and upon topics of Interest to Mechanics, Manufacturers and Miners. Address all letters to SOUTHERN WORLD PUBLISHING CO., Atlanta, Georgia. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AUGUST 1, 1882. WEATHER BULLETIN la the Cotton Belt from July 10th to 251 h. Observer's Office Signal Service, U. S. A., Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga. Thcr, Av, Mar, | Av. Min | I light Max | Low'at Max Atlanta Augusta.,.. Charleston Galveston- Mobile Moutg'rr... Memphis... UttleRoclc N. Orleans Vicksburg. Savannah- Wllmtn't'n 03 on 11th 05 on 11th 04 on 20th 08 on 12th 08 on Uth 05 on llth 07 on 17th 02 on loth 02 on 12th 03 on l«th 05 on 18th 05 on llth 82 on 22d 79 on 23<1 7(1 on 24th 81 on 22d 87 on 23d 82 on €3d 81 on 21st 85 on 23d 8(1 on 24th 85 on 23(1 78 on 24th 82 on 23d ^Averaje^maximum of cotton belt from July 10th Average *i to 25th-$9°. Note.—Average maximum means heat In the day ; average minimum, heat before day. rainfall. Atlanta....... 1.77 in. greatest Augusta 2.00 In. “ Charleston 3.47 In. " Mobile 4.28 In. “ Montgomery 2.80 In. “ Memphis 2.28 In. " Little Rock 1.48 In. “ New Orleans 6.16 in. •• Vicksburg 4.87 in. “ Savannah -.2.00 In. •• Wilmington ji 79 in. " fall .50 on July 22d. ** 1.03 on July 22d. '• 1.46oii July 22d. “ 1.51 on July 12th. " 1.11 on July 12th. “ .07 ou July 17lh. " .31 on July 10th. " 1.30 on July 16th. “ 1.41 on July 12th. “ .64 on July 23d. " 1.08 on July 22d. Total rainfall In cotton belt JM.98 inches. Greatest fall at one place—New Orleans—5.16. Greatest fall one day—July 22-9.10 Inches. character of weather-number of days. Clear, ............. 6 7 Atlanta.............. Augusta Galventon.......... Indlanola Key West Mobile Montgomery..... New Orleans.— o Pensacola— 6 Palestine - 2 Savannah 6 6 5 5 PREMIUM NO, 5. (Order by number.) SPECIAL OFFER. THE SOUTHERN WORLD POB SIX MONTHS and s handsome steel engraving entitled, ••SUNSHINE AND SHADOW, ” FOR FIFTY CENTS, (and a three cent stamp to pay postage on picture.) In order to leave no opportunity unimproved, we make this unexampled offer to tboee wbo may wish to take tbe Southern Would ou trial. Tbls picture. la very .handsome, and Is It by 24 In. In else. It repre- aentaa young farmer just putting aside bis work to enjoy noon refreshments. On the ground, near a tall ■tone fence, are his canteen, coat and spade. His wile has Just come wltb bis dinner, and the two chil dren, all looking happy and contented with ll(e. She Is turned with her back to the looker-on, bolding In one band tbe basket ol dinner, while with tbe other, ■be le transferring the Infant child to Its father’s arms. He Is taking It with tender care,while an expres sion of happy pride mlnglea with that of fatigue and almost overcomes It, so great seems to be bis admira tion for the little one. On tbe other side of ber moth er a little girl, apparently about four years of age, stands with ber dolly and a long bunch of grass In one band, and wltb the other pretends to assist mam ma with tbe basket, looking saucily up Into papa’s face, as If tossy, “You don’t know what's In here fur youl" Arouud them are growing wild flowers and tail grass, while tbe scene Is flooded wilb tbe bright beams ol tbe noon-day sunlight. In the dark background Is a grove or wood, where a silent, lonely figure, draped In widow's weeds, stands amid the shadows, and with a sad, downcast countenance, gases upon the happy group before her with a far-away look, as if recalling the days when she too, was happy, or viewing the contrast between tbls family and her own bllgbted life. It can but touch the hearts of both sides—the happy and the unhappy. Address SOUTHERN WORLD, Atlanta, Go. We are indebted to tbe Sunny South for the illustration ol Tallulah Falls.. The demand upon our space by adver tisers in this issue, compel us very re luctantly to omit several of our illustra tions. In tbe article on “Farming in Mississippi" published in number 17, the types spoke of cotton as “Beadcrs.” The market name of cotton raised in Issaquena county, Missis sippi, is "Benders" from the Bends the name applied to that portion of the Mississippi volley. We are indebted to Mr. James H. Ennis, of the Nortli Carolina Farmer, for a package of the seed of a new variety of turnip, the "Southern Prize,” which was originated in Wake county. It is a hybrid of tbe Norfolk Globe and the Seven-top. the latter a favorite Southern salad turnip and combines the valuable qualities of both, producing an abundance of spring salad, while it has a longer and firmer root than the Norfolk. We invite attention to the circular appear ing elsewhere of Col. T. M. R. Talcott, Gen era) Manager of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, and urge upon the people in the section traversed by tills line to co-operate promptly and heartily with him in making this exhibit at Boston as suggested. We commend the public spirit of this corpora tion as displayed ;in this movement to bring before the people of the East an exhibit of the resources of the South. It evidences'that the management of the Richmond and Dan ville Railroad is alive to the Importance of developing our resources, and no one is bet ter qualiiied to push it forward to success than Col. Talcott. Valuable Facts. From the official censna of 1880, and data fnrnlsbed the American Agricultural, we are enabled to lay be fore our readers, tbe following Interesting facts : NUMBER Or FARMS. Alabama. 1 135,864 Arkansas W.433 Florida. 23.438 Georgia 138,620 Kentucky 166,453 Louisiana 48,292 Mississippi 101,772 North Carolina 157,609 South Carolina 93,864 Tennessee 1G5.650 Texes 174,184 Virginia 118,517 An Interesting point Isdeveloped In relation to how these farms are tilled. Alabama Arkansas...;... Florida Georgia... Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee......... Texas Virginia............ I 1 s O IS 724115 22,888 65,2*5 9.916 16,198 3/ytH 76,451 18,567 40,761 19,272 am . __ 43.618 122,426 16^24^4303 31,286 57.214 191,887 46,645 6,608 10,337 17,440 27,118 8,644 44,078 21,974 25,245 122,15016,^00,27,000 The nlze of the farm* In the Southern States Is thus specified: Alabama.- Arkansas.... Florida Georgia Kentucky... Louisiana.... Mississippi.. N. Carolina. S. Carolina.. Tennessee... Texas .. Virginia 1.377 *652 3,491 (7,017 1,635 3,683 1,500] 4,084 44,254 20,447 39,87621,787 6,5621 4,381 . 53,635 26,054 1,112 3,802 09,472,40,594 1,319;2,159 15.031* 8 501 35.493 19,318 61,806 34,607 41,721 19,262 7,640 13,055 10,780 2,456 3,597 277 2,070 1(7 lAOll “ 30,673 13,728 6,759 12,6261 6,708 26,836 11,936 34,148,13,314 27,735 13,612 25,517(12,510 7,035 1,100 SAW 69,100 40,400 30,500,13,700 6 730 mlOflO 37*5001 3,000 j 2^725 2,175 1,563:5,5611 53,101.22,144 19,3221 9,663 7,012 FARM ANIMALS. We learn from the Aberdeen Examiner that the next Fair of the Mississippi Expo sition, in Aberdeen, will be held on tbe splendid grounds belonging to that Associa tion in October next, commencing on the 31st, and continuing five days. The Board of Directors state that the list of premiums will be larger this year, than ever before, and that no efforts will be spared to make the approaching exhibition more complete and attractive than any ever yet made. The people of Aberdeen know no such word as fail, and will not allow the next Fair to be anything but a first class entertainment We can recommend them for generosity, refine ment, and perseverance, and take a particu lar delight in speaking a word for the Aber deen ladies. They are ornaments in all tbe characteristics that adorn woman and make her lovely and honorable. Our Future. Bishop Warien, of the Methodist Church, who resides in this city, while on a visit to Cincinnati was interviewed by the reporter of one of the papers of that city, and replied as to our.future: “ There is a great future for the Southern States. Northern capital is pouring in, and the people are becoming inspired with Northern enterprise to a de gree surprising to those acquainted with the Scuth before the war. Tbe wheat crop was phenomlnally large this year, and the cotton crop, though 20 days behind, will be above the average. Good effects are apparent from the development of the mines and the open ing up of markets for Southern products. The devastation by the spring floods have made the abundant crops of this year all the more fortunate for the people. All the South needs is a continuance of the present spirit of investment and local Improvements and for helping on the cause of education. The building of pikes and railroads Is having a wonderful effect," Georgia Ntate Agricultural Society. Macon, Ga. Editor Southern World.—The pro gramme for Marietta has not been made out. I give you the names and subjects of the es sayists as far as heard from. Judge J. T. Henderson—"The Interna tional Cotton Exposition in its relations to Southern Iudustry." Prof. H. C. White—"Cottonseed and their uses.” L. C- Bryan, editor of the Southern Far mers' Monthly—“The Farmer in Politics." Gen. Win. M. Browne—"Experiments at University Farm." F. C. Furman—“Intensive Farming." TbiB is ail I can give you now. I hope to hear from Gen. Wilder on “The Mineral Re sources of Georgia,” and Prof. Pratt on "Chemical Analysis" or some kindred sub ject, and CoL D. A. Vuson says he will also discourse on some subject connected with agriculture, but I am to hear from him in a day or two. E. C. Grier, Secretary. Alabama Arkansas................. Florida Georgia ....... Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee ......a......... Texas Virginia. 119.950 ■22,636 198,520 372,648 191,428 112,309 133,686 60,000 266,119 806,099 (218,883 121,061 I 9,006 [132,078 116,153 176,674 128,778 ■ 81,871 167,005 173,488 132,681 75,531 401,213 a-».4l!|433.3!»2 10,141 409.055 50,026 514.812 30,100 505,746 41,729 282,41 N (11,7(15 387,452 50,188 375,103 21,507 199,321 27,340 452,462 HP! 90,603 3387967 33,598 54,7U9| 388,414 CD 1.252,462 1565,008 287.061 1,471,003 2,225,225 633,489 1,151,818 1,453,541 628,198 2,158,169 2,411,887 856,451 es Alabama Arkansas Florida. Georgia Kentucky Louisiana North i South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia 271,443 2i'j.4«7 142,174 316,073 301,826 146,464 268,176 232,133 139.691 303,832 OW.717 243,061 267,387 316,868 40,967 374,646 2,613,266 266,241 427.462 44,679 26,718 166,679 129,686 122,446 7,706,013 353,156 I 7,424,4m 18,211,904 910,666 7,464,667 7,212,507 3,196,831 17,886,369 13,910,396 11,470,923 26,301 2,406 19,151 68,468 7,618 4,239 67,380 16,618 98,740 68,466 85,535 Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana North i South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia 347,538 762.207 240,757 537,368 66,581 162,840 ■ 5*7,586 1,286,560 1,010,366 4,692,567 136,631 287,SW 461,638 118,886 672,117 2,411,887 406,678 734,643 617,760 272,758 1,917,268 63(28,129 4973186.1,836,073 Bermuda Grass Seed. “We And tbls heading to an advertisement of a well-known seedsman In a Southern cotemporary. The seedsman claims to have obtained a limited sup ply ol the seed of this grass, which he offers to sell at the moderate price of |2.50 per pound. Now tbls sounds very much like flrstclass humbuggery aud we would so clast It but for tbe blgb character which both tbe seedsman and the Journal which gives cur rency to the apparent swindle sustain. We presume that both have been Imposed upon, and that tbe seed of some other gnus has been palmed off upon the seedsman for that of Bermuda,” COMMBMT BY RI’RAL NBW YORKER. “We copy the above from tbe Boutbrrn World, published In Atlanta, Ga. How easy It would have been for the editor or the writer to have sent for a ■mall quantity of the seed and tested It before Indulg ing In surmises which are calculated to harm the enterprising Arm offering this seed as well as the Journals In which It Is advertised. Such Insinuations after appearance In print, are too often caught up by the press In general, and work no end of harm ere the truth can be made known. We have the true Bermuda grass growing from tbe seed above alluded to, started In flower-pots last spring and transplanted to other ground a few weeks ago, which we would be pleased to show to show to the editor of the South- kaw World or to anybody else sufficiently curious or skeptical to be willing to visit the Sural Grounds In order to verify or invalidate our statement. "We have never known Bermuda grass to furnish seeds In tbls country, though many apedmens of supposed seeds have been sent to us from different parts of the Southern States. But there are other countries In the world where this grass grows and where It seeds freely, and It Is from one of these that a quantity of the seed waa procured, tested, and then offered for sale by one of tbe oldest and most trust worthy seedsmen In Ameriea,afaclthat Is character lied by our cotemporary aa akin to ‘tint-class hum- buggery."’ odr reply. We are gratified to see that our venerable cotemporary sustains tbe views of our con tributing editor relative to Bermuda grass. In tbe article published in the Southern World, June 15th, he stated; “ The Bermuda has been grown in Georgia for more than half a century and has never, been known to bear seed! ” The editor of tbe Rural New Yorker says: "We have never known Ber muda grass to form seeds in this country.” This is an indisputable fact then. It was in troduced in Georgia from Bermuda by roots, and it is presumable that did it then seed in Bermuda, the seed would have been brought here instead of tbe roots. Our cotemporary further corroborates our contributing editor (indirectly) in the state ment “there is a grass which somewhat re sembles Bermuda (Paspalum Distiehum) but readily distinguishable from it, which occas ionally bear seed. It propagates by roots and joints like the Bermuda, and is often mis taken for it," by declaring that “ many spe cimens of supposed seeds” have been sent him from “ different parts of the Southern States." Our venerable friend imagines that the Southern World indulged in surmises when it intimated (with a knowledge of the fact that Bermuda gross never seeded in the South or this country,) that offering seed at $2.50 per pound," sounded like first-class hum- buggery,” and that but for the high charac ter of the seedsman and journal we would so class it We made no insinnations against either the seedsman or the journal, but simply called attention to the position they had placed themselves in, and asked for light in the following words; “ Has our seedsman procured seeds of this joint grass under the impression that he has the Bermuda, or has he found some region in which the true Ber muda produces seed?” Our venerable cotemporary says that he has the true Bermuda grass growing from the seed. Then we are to infer that the Bermuda growing in the South is not the true Ber muda? He explains the seeming mystery of the seed thus: “There are other countries in the world where this grass grows and where it seeds freely, and it is from one of these that a quantity of the seed was procured." This explanation, as far as it goes, is very satisfactory, establishing all the points made by the Southern World. Our cotemporary now owes it to itself and its readers, to state definitely the country where this grass flourishes and seeds, and all the information possible about it. This will settle the ques tion beyond all peradventure. W. H. J., of Alabama, claims that he has the true Ber muda grass seed. North Carolina Fruit Fair. The following gentlemen have been ap pointed a committee to prepare a catalogue of the fruits of North Carolina, to report at Greensboro, August the 9th: J. Van Lind say, Greensboro; Walter L. Steele, Rocking ham; R. B. Creecy, Elizabeth City; E. J. Aston, Asheville; C. W. Westbrook, Wilson# The catalogue will be the only one ever made i of North Carolina fruits. Col. Wharton J. Green has accepted an in vitation to deliver an address during the fair. His special topic will be “The grapes best adapted to North Carolina." Addresses on fruit raising, etc., will be de livered by Mr. J. Van Lindsay and Mr. C. W. Westbrook. The Month Carolina Affrtcnltnral and Mechanical Society. Pomaria, Newberry County, S. C. - Editor Southern World.—The annual joint summer meeting of this Society and of the State Orange, will meet in the city of Anderson, August 15th, at 10 o'clock a. m. In the change of week there will be no con flict with the meeting of the Georgia Agri cultural Society, and other meetings to be held same week in this State. A full dele gation is expected from your State, and I trust you may And it convenient to be with us also. The railroads will charge three cents per mile traveled. The programme has not been definitely fixed. The Orange will propose subjects for discussion, intervening those given below by the Agricultural Society. This session will last two days. Cotton seed—feeding and fertilizing value, by J. B. Humbert, Esquire, of Laurens. Cereals, Grasses and Forage Crops—kinds, with varieties adapted to the South, meth ods of planting, culture and preserving, by Capt. W. O. Childs, of Columbia. Farm Implements and Machinery—our wants, by Col. Wm. H. Evans, of Darling ton. Live Stock—varieties, economical feeding on Southern products, by Hon. Thoa. J. Moore, of Spartanburg. Yours truly, Thob. W. Holloway, Secretary,