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8 THE SOUTHERN WORLD, AUGUST 16,1882. Southern Hffarld. Published on the 1st and lSlhofeach Honda BY TUB SOUTHERN WORLD PURLISUINQ CO., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Incorporated—Paid up Capital, 925,000. O. C. BALENTINE, President and Manager T. B. CAKTMELL, Secretary and Treasurer. W. G. WHIDBY, Editor. f:i: NEWMAN,’ } Contributing Editors. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION I One year, postage paid, ..... 11.00 Bubscrlptiuns can commence at any time during year. Sample copies aent free to all who send ua their ■(lilrw CIKCULATIOX, - - 20,000 COPIES. RATES OF ADVERTISING i Legitimate advertisements will be inserted at the following rates; UlCUt, 11 11UCS W tut! IUV.U, dV awa euw, The Houtukkn Would has the largest circulation and la the best advertising medium In the South. TO CORRESPONDENTS.—It Is our aim to make the SouTiiKKN World a medium for the dlnuslon of S ractlcal liilormation upon all Agricultural and [echanlcal subjects, and to this end we Invite com munications upon all rural subjects, experimental results, crop news, domestic economy, etc., aud upon topics of Interest to Mechanics, Manufacturers and Miners. Address all letters to SOUTHERN WORLD PUBLISHING CO., Atlanta, Georgia. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AUGUST 15, 1882. WEATHER BULLETIN In the Cotton Belt from July 23 to Aug. 9. Observer's Office Signal Service, U. 8. A., Kimball House, Atlanta, Oa. Ther. Ay. Max. | Av. Min \ lllgstMax \ Low’st Mai Atlanta Augusta.... Charleston Galveston. Mobile Montg’ry... Memphis... LlttleRock N. Orleans Vicksburg. Savannah. Wllmln’t'n 91 71 90on 7th 96 on 29th HI oil Uth 93 on 2d 05 on 30th 03 oil 28th 91 on 29th 92 on 30tll 95 on 301 h 97 on 28tli noon 25tl! 86 on 25th os on 25t b 07 on 8th 85 on 25th 35 on 25tll 86 oil 31st 8* on :uth 87 on 25th 87 on 25lh 83 on 25th 88 on 2d Average maximum of cotton belt from July 25tb to August Dth-90°. Average minimum of cotton belt from July 25tb to August 9111-70°. Note.—Average maximum means heat In the day g average minimum, heat before day. RAINFALL. Atlanta 4,(V> In, greatest Augusta ..2.72 In. “ Charleston 2.77 In. “ Mobile .2.28 In. “ Montgomery 1.93 In. “ Memphis 2.29 in. " LlttleRock 2.30 In. " New Orleans AM In. " Vicksburg..... 3.38 in. •• Savannah 2.89 In. “ Wilmington .A 38 In. •• _ sUt Total rainfall In cotton belt 31.61 Inches. Greatest fall at one place—Allnntu-4.05 Inches. Greatest fall one day—August 4—4.00 Inches. fall .98 on July 25. “ .88 on July '25. " .79 on July 25. " .53 on July 30. " 30 on J uly 27. " .35 on July 31. “ .68 on Aug. 6. “ .49 on Aug. 8. " .52 on Aug. 4. " .09 on Aug. 4. " .71 on Aug. 3. CHARACTER OF WEATHER— NUMBER OF DAYS. Atlanta Augusta Galveston.... .... Indlanola Key west Mobile New Orleans..... 6 Pensacola 8 Palestine 9 Savannah.... 12 Ntate and County Fain. Cyntliiana, Kentucky, August 22d—five days. i Shelbyville, Kentucky, August 22d—four days. Winston, North Carolina, August 26th— one day. Lexington, Kentucky, August 26th—five days. Paris, Kentucky, September 5th—five days. Bowling Green, Kentucky, September 6th —four days. Falmouth, Kentucky, September 12th— four days. Maysville, Kentucky, September 16th— five days. Hopkinsville, Kentucky, October 4th—one day. Owensboro, Kentucky, October 11th—one day. Raleigh, North Carolina, (State) October 16th—six days. LlttleRock, Arkansas, (State)October 16th —five days. Austin, Texas, (State) October 17th—five days. Columbia, South Carolina, (8tate) Novem ber 14th—six days. Will our friends throughout the south in form us as to the time and place of meeting of any State or county fair not appearing above. We have promised not to repeat the “calf story" on ’Squire G. M. Lacy, of the Eating- House at Lula, but we can say that he is perfectly at home in a hotel, and knows how to keep a good table. He has the best Gates in the country, too. We commend to our readers the first paper in this issue, of a series of papers, entitled, “Horae Life in Florida." They are written with a just regard to the "truth of history," and will be found not only interesting bat valuable to all who anticipate locating in or visiting the Lsnd of Flowers. The Southern World had a pleasant call last week from Dr. J. Hendree, of Callier- vllle, Chilton county, Ala. Dr. Hendree is a living proof of the healthiness of that section. He is thoroughly impressed with the great future of that region and promises soon to give us a description of its resources and advantages. At the recent session of the State Agricul tural Society of Georgia at Marietta, Dr. H. H. Cary, the Fish Commissioner, was expa tiating on the fondness Carp had for mul berries. Col. Tom Hardeman, with a merry twinkle of the eye, brought down the house by asking, “Do they climb the trees after them, Doctor?" The Doctor’s response is not recorded. The first annual fair of the Fruit Growers of North Carolina, was held in Greensboro on the Oth—over 2,000 people were present. The,attendance was made up of representa tive fruit growers from every part of the State and crowds of people from the adjoin ing counties. Col. Staples made an address of welcome. Col. Heck, president of the association replied and introduced Gov. Jar vis, who formally opened the fair. He pledged his administration not only to the support of every established industry, but to the fostering of every new enterprise. He welcomed an occasion when the citizens meet as friends and neighbors and forget dif ferences of opinion in the effort to advance the material welfare of the State. Col. Wharton J. Green delivered an address on the grapes best adapted to North Carolina, and Mr. J. Van Lindsay on fruit growing. The July report to Bradstreet's Journal' gives a fuller account of the cotton crop than any previous report. Replies from 892 corres pondents representing 522 out of 622 counties in the South are given. The condi tion of the crop as a whole is from fair to good. But for the excessive rains in some parts, notably in Alabama, the condition could be reported go3d, with the exception of Tennessee. A most critical month for the cotton plant is now on. The end of August may tell an extremely favor able story, while on the other hand irrepar able injury may be done. Unmistakably, however, the chances are now in favor of a full average crop. The replies tabulated show that 127 report the present condition of the crop very good, 367 good, 302 fair, and 43 poor. As compared with the condition of the crop at this time last year, 557 state it is bet ter, 179 worse and 76 the same. As to the blooming and fruiting, 634 report it good, 102 fair and 118 poor. There are 682 replies which tell of the condition of the fields with regard to grass and cultivation being good and 167 that Itis poor. The condition of the crop in North Caro lina is somewhat below good. Excessive rain is reported in some parts of the State. No damage has as yet resulted from worms, rust or shedding. The cultivation is gen erally good. The crop is from ten to fifteen days late. The weather has been more favor able in South Carolina than in North Caro lina. Blooming and fruiting was progressing well. Three-fourths of reports speak of a high degree of cultivation, with the fields quite free from grass. Sufficient rain has fallen in Georgia to in flict temporary injury, but it is not thought that permanentijumn will result. Thirteen correspondent^! Georgia report injury from shedding; feup iBay worms have appeared, and seventeen/ note the presence of rust. About two-tnirds of the reports speak of high cultivation, with fields free from grass. From Florida the reports are contradic tory, excessive rain having fallen. Frequent rains appear to have done moat Injury in Al abama, and serious harm is threatened. The condition of the crop in Mississippi is scarcely more than fair. In Louisiana the condition is distinctly good, the outlook in that State being extremely bright The reports from Texas could hardly be better. In Arkansas a surprising improve ment is noted. The outlook is distinctly the most promising in Texas, and the most forbidding in Tennessee. The State Agricnltnral Convention at Marietta. We had the pleasure of attending the Au. gust session of this body which convened as above on Tuesday, the 8th instant. The attendance was unusually large and every section of the State was well repre sented. The programme gave promise of an interesting and profitable time, and the Con vention soon got well to work in carrying it out in detail. The Report of Experiments at the University farm by Gen. Wm. M. Browne, was well received and showed valu able results in testing several varieties*of oats and wheat. Mr. J. 8. Newman read an interesting pa per in behalf of Hon. J. T. Henderson, Com missioner of Agriculture, (who was too un well to undergo the labor of delivering it in person,) on the “Influence of the Interna tional Cotton Exposition on Southern In dustries.” At this point an invitation was received from the authorities of the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad to take an excursion on that little road (narrow gauge) to Pickens county. The invitation was accepted and the time fixed for Thursday, at 9 a.m., after finishing the business of the Convention. It immediately became manifest that the ma jority of the members were determined that business should not interfere with pleasure, and that the Convention could and must get through with the three da^’s programme in two days. The deferred business from last session, a resolution on the subject of State Experimental Farms, a notice of change of Constitution to provide for annual instead of semi-annual sessions, and a resolution to memorialize the Legislature in favor of a general stock law, were hurriedly discussed and rather summarily disposed of. Mr. Livingston, of Newton, offered as a substitute for the deferred resolution on the subject of experimental farms, a resolution that the Chair appoint a committee, consist ing of one from each Congressional District, to memorialize the Legislature in favor of the establishment of one or more experi ment farms, to be under the direction of the Department of Agriculture. The stock law resolution was postponed to the February session in order to avoid com plicating issues at the October election for Governor and members of Congress and the State Legislature. No change was made in the Constitution. On the second day Prof. H. C. White read a very instructive essay on “Cotton Seeds and their Uses,” a copy of which we hope to secure for publication in The Would, that our readers may get the benefit of the full text instead of a hasty glance or very un satisfactory review. Prof. White is thorough ly familiar with the subject, having given it much study and analytical labor, and we anticipate for our readers a rich and in structive treat. The next paper was by Mr. L. 0. Bryan, of Southern Farmer's Monthly, on "The Farmer in Politics." We did not have the pleasure of hearing it read—having been called away at the time—but the essay was well received by the Convention. .The essay that “ stirred up ” the farmers more than any was one by Col. F. C. Fur man, of Milledgeville, on “ Intensive Farm ing.” The result of his efforts in that line on bis own farm of sixty-five acres, are as tounding even to one who is familiar with the methods of market gardeners near our large cities, or those of European farmers. Mr. Furman is a strong advocate of close succession of crops in the same year, and very high manuring. He sows oats, well ma nured, so as to cut 100 bushels per acre, fol lows these immediately with cotton, also heavily manured, both broadcast and in drill, and then sows peas in the cotton. We believe Mr. Furman is on the right line and that his experiments and methods will tend to revolutionize prevalent notions of farm ing. We hope to give at least a portion of tiie text of this valuable address. It was de livered off-hand and with eloquence and effect. Judge D. A. Vason, of Albany, then fol lowed in a very interesting paper on the “Probabilities of an Income from a Cotton Plantation in Southern Georgia,” in which he truthfully depicted the natural and in creasing advantages of that section of the State. Judge Vason is a forceful and ani mated speaker, and ia always listened to with attention. Having disposed of the previous part of the regular programme, the Convention then proceeded to elect officera for the ensuing year. Hon. Thomas Hardeman was re elected President by acclamation, and most of the members of the Executive Commit tee, were also continued. Col E. 0. Grier, the popular Secretary, was also re-elected for three years. We have written hastily and with due no tice of the limited space that is available in these columns. We will recur hereafter to the subjects discussed at the Convention. R. The August crop returns of the Depart ment of Agriculture at Washington, is the work of 6,000 correspondents from over 1,500 counties. Cotton.—The condition lias advanced from 92 to94. The average condition of the States are: Virginia and North Carolina 84 each, Tennessee 86, Florida 87, Mississippi 91, Lou isiana 93, Georgia 94, Arkansas 96, South Carolina 98, Alabama 99, Texas 100. Rust is appearing where rains are extensive. The caterpillar has appeared in the Gulf coast States, and the boll worm in several States. Wheat.—The condition of spring wheat is higher than for years. The general average for the principal States are: Iowa 94, Colo rado 96, Minnesota 98, Wisconsin, Dakota 99 each, Nebraska 103. The product of winter and spring wheats will slightly exceed fifty million bushels. Wheat in England promises an average crop of good quality; France a medium crop, slightly damaged; (Germany the qual ity of a fairly abundant crop is deteriorated; Russia and Austria will have an average crop; Hungary 15 per cent, above the ov erage. Tha European market is favorable for a medium product with some reduction in quality. Coen.—The averages of nearly all the Southern States are above 100. In the sur plus producing States, the averages are as follows: Illinois 59, Iowa 70, Ohio 77, Michi gan and Indiana 78 each, Missouri 01, Ne braska 98, Kansas 106. New England ranges from 87 in Massachusetts, to 06 in Connecti cut, New York 85, Pennsylvania 90, New Jersey 93. In England 83. OtherCrops.—Tobacco 87, Barley 95, Buck wheat 97, Potatoes 101, Oats 102, Spring Rye 120. Mr. Sol. liana. The Atlanta Constitution pays the follow ing deserved tribute to a worthy gentleman, which we endorse: "The promotion of Mr. Sol. Haas to he rtfe traffic manager of the Associated Lines of the Carolinas is an un precedented compliment to a man of his age. Only 30 years of age, Mr. Haas, by this appointment, has control of the traffic of over 4,000 miles of railroad and five lines of steamers. With the exception of Albert Fink, who lias charge of the pooled trunk lines in New York, Mr. Haas has the most important position—outside of the presi dents—in American railway circles. This is all the more remarkable when we consider that he has been in railway service only ten years and worked ills way up from the veiy bottom. One of his directors, talking to us, said be considered Mr. Haas the most com petent man in hiB department to be found in this country, and nothing is more cer tain than that he will be one of the most potential influencers in the rail transporta tion aud development of the next twenty years. We claim Mr. Haas as an Atlanta man, and are all the more proud of him on this account. He is certainly a Georgian, as he was raised in Newnan. His father went there before the West Point Railroad was built, carrying three sons, each of whom has grown up to honor him and the State. He has promoted to be acting general freight agent of the Richmon and Danville system Mr. J. H. Duke, an old Atlanta boy, who served os clerk in the Central office un der Mr. Schmidt, and who is accounted one of the most capable men in the service. He too, has worked his way up from the ground. The appointment of Mr. Haas gives the liveliest satisfaction throughout the South, No man is more thoroughly acquainted with the needs of the South than he, or more conscientious in respecting them. Upon nothing does the future of Southern indus try and trade so much depend as upon the adjustment of railroad rates, and that a young, sagacious, progressive man, whose fitness has already been demonstrated, finds his field enlarged and his powers so ampli fied that the whole matter is in bis hands is cause for great congratulation. Mr. Haas is already well in the saddle and with a staff of bright and competent assistants will give brilliant service to his road and proper en couragement to Southern trade and indus tries. The good effect of this promotion will be speedily felt by the roads and by the people. A better selection could not have been made.