Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

8 THE SOUTHERN WORLD, SEPTEMBER 1,1882. Southern $$orld. Published on the 1st and 10th oreads Month BY TUB SOUTHERN WOULD PUBLISHING CO., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Incorporated—Paid up Capital, 929,000, O. C. BALENTINE, President and Manager T. B. CARTMELL, Secretary and Treasurer. W. G. WHIDBY, Editor. y a NEWMAN,’ j Contributing Editors. TEBHS OV NUIWCH1PTIOS l One year, postage paid, ti.00 Bubscrtptlona can commence at any time during year. , Sample coplea aent tree to all who eend us their address. CIRCULATION, - - 20,000 COPIES. BATES OF ADVERTISING! Legitimate advertisements will be Inserted at the following rates; Inside pages, each insertion, per lino • • 25 eta. Outside page “ “ " “ ■ -35eta. Beading Notices -so cts. All advertisements charged by solid Agate measure ment, 14 lines to the Inch. No extra cnarge tor cute. Tbe Southkbn Would baa the largest circulation and la tbe beat advertising medium In tbe South. TO CORRESPONDENTS.—It Is our aim to make tbe Southben Would a medium (or tbe dlBbslou of practical intormatlon upon all Agricultural and Mechanical subjects, and to Ibis end we Invite com munications upon all rural subjects, experimental results, crop news, domestic economy, etc., and upon topics oflntereal to Mechanics, Manufacturers and Miners. Address all letters to SOUTHEBN WOBLD PUBLISHING CO., Atlanta, Georgia. ATLANTA, GA„ SEPTEMBER 1, 1882. WEATIIER_BULLETIK In the Cotton Belt from Aug. 0 to Aug. 21. OnsBRVKB’e OrncE Sional Service, U. 8. A., Kimball House, Atlanta, Oa. TKer. AvMax Av. Mtn. JligntMcu Low'etitax Atlanta Augusta Charleston.... Galveston Mobile Montgomery.. Memphis Little Rock.... New Orleans. Vicksburg Savannah Wilmington... H® 67° 91 on I6tb.no on llth 94 on lOtb'M on 19th 95 on 9th 85 on 20th 91 on 16th 86 on loth 96 on 16th 88 on 21st 95 on 16th 85 on 11th 94 on 17th'81 on 10th 95 on Zid 182 on 10th 94 on 17th 85 on 20th 95 on 17th 81 on 10th 96 on 16th 85 on 2lat 91 ou 23d 182 on 19th Average maximum ot cotton belt from August 9th to August 24th—90°. • Average minimum ol cotton belt from August 9th to August 24th—70°. Note.-Average maximum means heat In tbe day; average minimum, heat before day. BAINVALL. Atlanta 1.66 In. greatest fall Augusta 1.70 In. " “ Charleston 3.01 In. " " Galveston 1.42 In. " “ Mobile 1.53 In. •* “ Montgomery 1.66 In. “ “ Memphis 1.44 In. •' “ Little Rock 1.70 In. •• •• New Orleans 2.54 In. •• “ Vicksburg 1.32 In. “ •• .43 on Aug, 17th .42 on •• 18th .99 on .40 on .33 on .62 on .32 on .72 on .52 on .53 on At on A3 on IHlh 13th 21st 23(1 18th Total rain (all In cotton belt 22.94 lncbea. Greatest (all at one place—Charleston—3.01 Inches. Greatest fall one day—August 13-3.77 Inches. CHARACTER OF WEATHEB—NUHBBE OF BATA CUta. Clear. Cloudy. Ihtr. Atlanta................................. 7 4 4 Augusta.. 7 6 2 Galveston..— 6 7 3 Indlanola... 6 3 6 Key West™- 6 6 6 Mobile 4 6 6 Montgomery ..... 4 6 6 New Orleans 6 8 2 Pensacola - 3 10 2 Palestine — „ 3 2 6 Savannah 8 2 8 Mr. Mark W. Johnson, of Kirkwood, has a fine crop of Ivory wheat. The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louia Railway is in splendid condition. The crop outlook in the South continues to be very fine, although worms have made their appearance. Mr. Thomas W. Holloway, Secretary of the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Association is a live worker and. urbane offi cial. We have received from Master E. W. Swann six stalks of Minnesota Early Amber Sugar-cane. Tbe stalks are 12 feet long and very fine. ^ The Rural A’eie Yorker says of the Man' chesterstrawberry advertised by Mr. J. Batey In the Southern World, that it avenges above medium. The preliminary meeting of the Southern Sunday-echool Assembly, at Tullaboma, Tennessee, was a success. The matter of location waa left to a competent committee. The September 2d issue of the Bartow (Fla.) Informant will be devoted exclusively to Polk county matters. A large edition has been printed for general circulation. Send Them In. Will our friends in the Southern States, send in at once, the names of the Presidents and Secretaries of each Agricultuml, Hor ticultural, Pomological, or Live Stock Asso ciation in their county, and officers of the Grange. We are in receipt of the Illustrated Cata logue of the Bookwalter Engine, giving description, prices and testimonials. Tbe book is complete, giving satisfactory inform ation and is handsomely printed. Those de siring engines should send to James Leffel & Co., 8pringfield, Ohio, or 110 Liberty street, New York, for a catalogue. Itradstrect's Commercial Agency esti mates that there are six million miles of fencing in the United States, tbe cost of which has been near $2,000,000,000 or about $325 per mile. This imposesa heavy tax upon farmers. According to the census returns the cost of repairs in 1877, was $78,629,000. In 1881 sixty thousand miles of wire fencing were erected at a cost of $10,000,000—a sav ing of about one-half. Even this cost can be reduced. A Young Bilk 4,'ulturlit. The editor acknowledges the reception of an instructive' little pamphlet on “ Silk and the Silkworm,” accompanied with a pleasant note from the young authoress, Miss Nellie Lincoln Rossiter, of Philadelphia. She is now fifteen years of age, and commenced tbe industry under the instructions of her father at the age of thirteen. In the fail of 1880 the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society awarded her their special and highest prem ium for that class, a handsome diploma for theexcellentqualityofsilkandcocoonsraised by her. Since that time she has been raising silkworms with considerable success, averag ing 100,000 yearly. Miss Rossi ter sets an ex ample worthy of imitation. Cotton Plainer*’ Convention. The Convention of the National Cotton Planters’ Association, which la to be held in Little Rock, Arkansas, on the 16tb of Octo ber, will be aided and supplemented by tbe annual exhibition of the Arkansas State Fair Association, which ia to take place at the same time. The session of the Conven- tioir promises to be of vast importance to the cotton interests of the South, and aa the counties of nearly all the Cotton States are moving in the matter, It is to be hoped that Georgia,.which carried the Atlanta Cotton Exposition to success, will be fully repre sented in the body. To give a bare hint of tbe importance of the Convention, it is only necessary to say that arrangements will be made for a moel thorough and complete sys tem of organization of the agricultural and industrial interests of the Cotton States. If this organization can be perfected, and there is absolutely nothing in the way, the Associ ation will prove to be the most beneficent organization that has ever been devised in the South. It is thought that the Fair to be held at Little Rock, will be the largest ever held in the 8outh, with the exception of the Atlanta Cotton Eposltion. Among other things, it is announced that the display will Include a plantation cotton seed oil mill, the first ever exhibited. Georgiaahould be largely represented there and it has been suggested that the Conven tion be invited to hold ita next session, in August, 1883, at Tallulah Falls for ten days. Aleabol from Acorns. Scientific American. It is said that alcohol equal to that made from grain can be produced from acorns. The acorns are freed from the shell and ground finely; then they are mashed with malt, and allowed to ferment. Acorns con tain about 20 per cent, of atarch, and 18 per cent, of gluten. They would be a valuable article for human food if it were not for the tannic acid (about 3 per cent.) which they contain. Vast quantities which go to waste every year, where bogs are not fed In the woods, might gathered by boys and convert ed into alsohol for use in the arts, thus free ing an equivalent amount of grain for use as food. Or some young student of practical chemistry might make a good thing for him self and for the world by devising an eco nomical process of separating the atarch, gluten, and tannic acid, the last for techni cal uses and the others for food. The fruit fair at Qreenesboro, N. 0., was productive of much good. Dried fruit has had a big boom ever since, and the heart of the producer waxeth glad. THE FABHEBS OF NOUTH CAROLINA. It was a source of pleasure to the editor of this paper to be present at the joint summer meeting cf the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society and the State Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, at Anderson, South Carolina, on the 15th and 16th of Au gust. While the attendance was probably not as large as at Greenville the preceding year, the delegates present were representa tive men and women and would have honored any constituency. Anderson is a thrifty and progressive town, and gives evidence of sub stantial prosperity. It was here that the famous stock or no fence law originated and its beneficial results are seen on every band. The stock all are in better condition than usual, and the farms and farmers far in ad vance of their class in other sections. The meeting was held in the Court House. Hon. B. F. Crayton, (who will in all proba bility succeed Gov. Hugh 8. Thompson,) in behalf of the citizens, welcomed the dele gates in his whole-souled liberal style. Hon. D. P. Duncan, President of the State Agri cultural and Mechanical Society responded in behalf of that society in a handsome effort. Col. E. M. Rucker, “the Demosthe nes of the mountains,” in behalf of Pomona Grange, of Anderson county, welcomed the State Grange in strains of melting eloquence. Hon. J. N. Lipscomb, Master of the State Grange, one of South Carolina’s most solid citizens and gifted speakers responded in a style that brought down the house. Col. W. H. Evans, of Darlington, delivered a very effective address on Farm Machinery. A man, he said, should not do by human labor what could be done by a horse, and by a horse, what could be done by steam. Ma chinery not only systematized and cheapen ed labor, but cheapened the cost of labor. Two things were to be considered in the se lection of machinery: fitness for the work and cost. The cost, and inability to use them, retarded tbe use of machinery. Ma chinery could be classified as follows: Ma chinery for preparing the soil; machinery for planting; machinery for cultivating the soil; machinery for harvesting; machinery for preparing for market. He amplified these several points, conclud ing with the remark that the shop and ma chines were too far apart, and that the shop must come closer to us, and we manufacture fer ourselves. This led to an interesting discussion. President Duncan stated that more ma chinery had been sold in the South since the Atlanta Exposition than for ten years pre vious. Hon. J. N. Lipscomb denied tbe truth of the assertion that man loved to labor. Man does not want to do himself what anybody else or machinery can do for him—machin ery was the multiplication of muscle. He had heard of sowing cotton broadcast, chop ping it out with a Thomas' Harrow, and gathering 1,800 pounds of seed cotton per acre. He expected next to hear of machin ery to mow and thresh it out. It was right to use machinery, but caution should be used in purchasing them, for humbugs were roosting among them thicker than buzzards over a dead hog. Governor Johnson Hagood briefly ex plained the principle of the Dowlaw Cotton Planter. W. G. Childs, of Columbia, South Caro lina, a young man of great power and prom ise, the largest grass farmer in the State, used improved agricultural implements as a matter of economy. Hon. B. F. Crayton used the Chicago Screw Pulverizer. With six horses attached to it he could put 12 acres in peas per day, sowing at tbe same time, thus dispensing with six hands. He could plow with it when it was too dry to use other plows. The land must be free from rock and stumps. It will go to the depth of from five to six inches.. Can prepare land set in Bermuda for oats. An Interesting discussion ensued upon the depth of plowing. Hon. J. N. Lipscomb questioned attaining a depth of six inches. Mr. W. G. Childs stated that he measured the furrows after the pulverizer and it was six inches, and could substantiate it by the statementa of the Governor and an elder in the Presbyterian Church. Gov. Hagood remarked that the pulverizer was not a turn plow. The weight (1,800 lbs.) drove the spiral screws into the ground. Hon. T. J. Moore, of Spartanburg, observed that it was not difficult to attain six inches. With a Syracuse Chilled Plow, drawn by three horses, a furrow one foot wide and six to seven inches deep, could be obtained. Hon. John 8. Richardson, a pleasing and interesting speaker, addressed the Conven tion on the interest and duties of the South. Her Interest lay in the performance of her duties. This was embodied in the education of her people in its broadest sense. He ad vocated tbe attainment of general knowl edge in every branch of farm life, and in everything relating to the rights, privileges and duties relating to citizenship. Mr. C. H. Moise, of Sumter, South Caroli na, urged the importance of educating our boys so that they will be fitted for the vari ous pursuits of life. South Carolina ex pends more per capita for education than Pennsylvania or Massachussetts. Mr. A. F. Edwards, of Darlington, said that man's true interest is in the discharge of his duty. One great duty devolving upon us was to educate and rear our children. Prac tical experimental knowledge is what we want. Hon. J. B. Humbert, of Laurens, read a very instructive essay on cotton seed and its uses. As it embodies pretty much the views of Prof. H. C. White, we omit further ref erence to tbe subject until we publish Prof. White’s address. W. G. Hinson remarked, that eight years ago, Dr. St. Julien Ravenel, of Charleston, had suggested the value of the branches and burs of the cotton stalk as plant food. B. F. Crayton stated that he had cut the cotton stalks up with a mowing knifeand turned them under with a Dixie plow, and on land that ordinarily would not yield over thirty to forty-five bushels of oats per acre, he had secured seventy to seventy-five bush- els of oats, and now bad a fine crop of peas on the same land, without the uSe’ of any fertilizer. A delegate inquired if the cost of trans porting cotton seed to the oil mills was not too great, and if the bulk could not be re duced by taking off the hull and shipping the kernel. Hon. T. J. Moore said, that in shipping the kernels in sacks, there was danger of heating them. The opening address on Wednesday, was delivered by President Duncan, on “Pro gressive Agriculture as aided by tbe Agri cultural University and the two Societies" then convened. It was an earnest, dignified and practical address. Prof. J. M. McBryde, recently elected a pro- lessor in the University of S. C., (a native of that State,) followed in a philosophical and pungent address on “ Agricultural Educa tion." He is eminently a practical man. As he has promised to furnish the Southern World with a copy of It for publication, we refrain from any synopsis of it. Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, Hon. J. N. Lips comb, C. H. Moise, G. E. Heard, ef Georgia, B. F. Crayton, and A. F. Edwards, discussed the subject in earnest and pointed speeches. W. G. Childs, of Columbia, presented an interesting paper on ” Cereals, Grasses, and Forage Crops," full of strong points. He will furnish the Southern World with a copy for publication. Hon. J. W. R. Pope, the gifted editor of the Columbia Register, one of tbe best statis ticians and orators of the day, considered the subject of transportation, in a very able effort. Hon. Thomas J, Moore, of Spartanburg, discussed “Live Stock—Varieties, and Eco nomical Feeding on Southern Products." As it appears elsewhere, we call attention to its elaborate and instructive character. Marion was selected as the next place of meeting. After discussion by Messrs. Lipscomb, Humbert, Rucker, Moise, Edwards and Ev ans, a resolution expressing tbe sense of the meeting that the Lien Law be repealed, was adopted. Gov. Hagood presented a resolution rela tive to the death of Dr. St Julien Ravenel, which was adopted. The Society took measures looking to mak ing it a more thoroughly representati ve body and thereby increasing the area of ita use- ulness. While there, we were domicilled at the residence of D. 8. Maxwell, the Mayor-elect of the city of Anderson. Mr. Maxwell ia a young man, full of life and energy, and will reflect credit upon the city. Mra. Maxwell dispenses the hospitality of her superb home with the grace of a queen. A visit to the residence of Hon. B. F, Cray ton, will repay a trip to Anderson from any point His place is the Hrad Centre—the starting point of the no fence law—and the thrift and pleasant surroundings fail to sus tain the allegation that where the stock law prevails agriculture is slovenly and stock is starved out We noted a Bermuda grass pasture on which were graxlng ten or twelve head of milch cows, all in fine order. The pasture yielded to its owner a revenue of $25.00 per month.