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COMMISSIONER NESBIT ON
THE COTTON OUTLOOK
Commissioner Nesbitt Talks of
Cotton Conditions.
TBIOES MEE UNUSUALLY POOR
Despite the Probability <»t a Strong De
mand, 41ie Staple la Bringing a Cent
Lean Thau at the Same Time Laat Year.
Importance of having Firat Pickings Be
fore i;qaiuoctial storuaa set In.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Oct. 1, 1897.
COTTON.
The cotton crop, which a few weeks
-ago promised to be the largest ever
grown, has suffered a severe backset.
Notwithstanding this indisputable con
dition, as - well as the fact that the
world’s surplus from the past season is
■very small, both indicating the proba
bility of strong demand, prices have
opened very low, ruling at least a cent
Jess than at the same period last year.
The large - surplus of manufactured
€9ods on,band will partly, but not en-_
tirely, aocount for this anomalous con
dition of.-the cotton market. It is cer
tain th at a large supply of cotton will
be.necessary to meet current demands.
It is also certain that the crop will fall
short of our August expectations, but it
is always a risky business for a fanner
to speculate on his cotton crop. lii an
experience of over 30 years we have
found that, generally speaking, it pays
better to,sell the crop as it is gathered.
Loss of -weight, and if stored, insur
ance, storage, etc., run up the ex
pense account very rapidly, and
often, as was the case last year,
though there may be every reasonable
probability of higher prices, the farmer
is, in the end, disappointed. The truth
is no advice can be given which will
suit all cases. A man’s own judgment,
his obligation, his peculiar environment
and financial condition, must all exer
cise a deciding influence as to when
and at what price he can afford to sell.
A matter,of far greater importance just
now, and one which he has almost un
der his entire control, is to save the
first pickings in nice, clean condition
before the equinoctial storms'damage it
beyond remedy. The earliest picked
cotton -usually sells the best, and it is
folly to leave it in the field to waste
from the .bolls, or to become stained and
spoiled by rain and wind. If handled
carefully and neatly from the time it is
-picked from She-bolls until it is safely
landed at the .nearest shipping station,
we will hear less complaint of the
wretched condition in which American
cotton reaches .the markets of the world.
CORN.
The general .corn crop will also be un
doubtedly shorter than that of last year,
which, itwill.be remembered, was the
largest ever grown. Corn is now ad
vancing and prices will, in all probabil
ity, be steady, which is a strong addi
tional reason for seeding a full area of
fall oats, and also for -saving every part
of the corn crop. It has been often
stated in these columns, and in many
other agricultural publications, that a
very large part of the corn crop is actu
ally thrown away by our .usual method
of allowing the «tnlks .to rot in the
fields. We have boen gratified by tne
number of lettersot inquiry on this sub
ject which have .been received by the
department. All over Georgia attention
is concentrating more or less on this
important matter. Li my own county
I know of two shredding machines re
cently purchased, one by an individual
and the other by a combination of farm
ers. Their reports can but be favorable,
.and another year we hope to see the en
tire product of our Georgia corn fields
n successfully he used for winter feed. It
is probable that corn will maintain a
higher price the coming year than has
xuled the past season, and .this may in
duce some of our farmers to plan for a
larger area in corn. A better policy,
however, would be to put in a heavy
crop of
FALL OATS.
In the more northern sections of the
■state progressive farmers have already
.seeded down the area intended for .this
crop, but in southern Georgia there is
still sufficient time to add to the num
ber of seres originally intended for oats.
Poor
Blood
When a horse is poor in flesh,
a new harness won’t give him
strength. If a house is cold
new furniture won’t warm it.
If your strength is easily ex
hausted; work a burden;
nerves weak; digestion poor;
muscles soft; if you are pale
and worn out, the trouble is
with the blood. It is not so
much IMPURE blood as
POOR blood. Pills won’t
make this blood rich; nor will
bitters, nor iron tonics, any
more than a new harness will
give strength to the horse, or
new furniture will make a
house warm. For poor b’.ood
you want something that will
make rich blood.
SCOTT’S EMULSION of
Cod-liver Oil with Hypophos
phites is the best remedy in the
world for enriching the blood.
We have prepared a book felling you
more about tne subject. Sent Free.
For sale by all druggists at 50c. & SI.OO.
SCOTT & BOWNE, New York.
TMre is 'lni better sftocK roou vnarrciean,
well developed oats, and the fall .sow
ing has this 'advantage, that the crop
may be taken off in the spring, and a
crop of peas or late corn -planted and
matured on the-same land, thus real
izing two crops instead of one from the
same area. To get the best returns from
an oat .crop, the land should be thor
oughly prepared and fertilized and a
liberal early seeding secured, that the
plants may be well set before cold
weather cheeks their rapid growth. A
better plan than increasing the area
will be to increase the productive -ca
pacity of the land by thorough prepara
tion and high fertilization.
WHEAT.
October iis usually the great-.wheat
sowing month, except in the far-south,
where most of the wheat is sown
in November. If we could regulate this
matter accurately we should pefer to
sow just long.enough before frost to get
the wheat well started, otherwise there
is danger .that the dreaded fly may de
stroy the stand. The high price of
wheat may'tempt some farmers to.plant
more largely than usual, but we>think
this a mistaken policy, because our
lands are not especially suited to wheat
and almost without exception, will pro
duce a better paying crop of oats, even
at the high prospectiva. price of Wheat.
It is delayed and then hurried, and con
sequeutly careless,preparation aud-seed
ing, which -so often causes these
crops to be disappointing. Although
this year’s crops are not yet all gath
ered, we may now regard our farming
operations for another year as ‘.well
started. Wheat, oats and other fall
grains and grasses, though seeded now,
belong essentially.to another year, and
must be included.in our plans and esti
mates for ’9B.
REPAIRS BEFORE COLD WEATHER.
Before coid weather sets in, examine
stable and barns and put in ail needed
repairs. A small leak unheeded now
may become a damaging, even a de
structive. agent after the crops are
stored. In our mild climate the need
for very close stables is not so impor
tant as in higher latitudes, where the
rigors of a northern winter make it im
perative that all farm animals be care
fully protected from the cold weather.
But even here we have some cold
days in every winter, and the careful
farmer will see that his animals are not
exposed to cold draughts or biting
winds. Nail on all loose boards and
get everything about-the farm in neat
and convenient order for the winter
months. The living house, outbuild
ings. fences, .ditches, terraces, all usu
ally need a few touches. It is -particu
larly important on all land sown in
grain that arrangements are made for
carrying off all surplus water. Noth
ing is more injurious to a grain crop
than to allow water to stand on -the
land.
FILLING SILOS AND SATING SHREDDED
FODDER.
' In packing the green crops in the silo
do not be in too great haste to complete
the work. The whole mass will be in
better condition if the filling is done
every alternate day. If one is careful
in filling and packing the corners,
and if, after the silo is filled and
tramped the contents are covered with
a layer 12 or 15 inches in depth of
cottonseed hulls, chaff, straw or other
similar substance, and this well sprin
kled with water, there need be no fear
that the whole will not consolidate and
seal up the silage, effectually preserving
it from injury.
In saving the shredded fodder, that is
either the bare stalks shredded, or stalks,
leaves and cops all shredded together,
great care must be exercised to have the
fodder free from dampness, that is from
rain or dew. No matter how dry the
stalks may appear outwardly there is
always more or less natural moisture
inside, but this will not prove at all in
jurious, if the shredded fodder is care
fully packed and the air thus excluded.
The natural moisture will cause the
mass to heat, but this will improve
rather than injure it, provided it is left
undisturbed until the fermentation
ceases. If disturbed before the heating
is over, it will -cause the mass to
mould. We are yet novices in this
new method of shredding or curing fod
der, but each year will add to our expe
rience and skill until the process be
comes finally entirely perfected. A gen
eral adoption of this plan will work a
revolution in southern farming. The
question of abundant forage will be for
ever settled, and more stock and better
stock will be a comparatively easy
achievement.
DEMAND FOR SEED IRISH POTATOES.
Conditions indicate that there will be
a good demand next spring for southern
fall grown. Irish potatoes for seed. The
drouth and potato bugs in some sections,
and long continued wet weather in oth
ers, have greatly injured the general
crop. Be careful in saving the crop to
take out all diseased or damaged pota
toes and put up in banks jnst as sweet
potatoes are protected. Let them ma
ture as far as possible before digging,
but don't allow them to be injured by
severe cold. A slight frost will not hurt
them. ■ R. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner.
THE CONDITION OF CROPS.
COTTON.
Since my last report of Sept 1, disas
ter has overtaken this crop all over the
state. Rust and shedding and drouth
have done their work, aided in some
counties by caterpillars, and I think it
a fair statement to say that the prospec
tive yield is 25 per cent off from what
it promised to be a month ago. I have
been in all sections of the state during
September, I have observed the crop
closely myself, and I have talked with
experienced farmers from many coun
ties. and I venture the assertion that
Georgia will make no more cotton than
she did last year. In addition to this
disaster, the price lias declined more
than a cent a pound in the same time,
and our farmers are now face to face
with a small crop and the price in most
cases below the cost of production. Toe
crop, is being rijpidly gathered and on
THE HOME TlilßUN< SUNDAY. OCWBHIJ 3« .
mahy farms wnwre -rusu uppeareu, eany
picking is practically over. Should good
weather continue for a few weeks
longer the crop will ail be gathered, as
there is very little top crop anywhqre in
the state.
CORN.
Fortunately this-crop is good, gener
erally, though a few counties report
short on acoounit-of .local drouth. It is
fortunate that our farmers will have
but little corn to buy, for there will be
little or no money left in their hands
from the sale of their cotton. I advise
every farmer to save his corn carefully
and allow none of it to be wasted, for
corn promises to be higher in price next
year than it has been for a year or two
past.
OTHER CROPS.
Rice is reported .good from the coast
counties, where the bulk of the crop is
raised, and no severe storm having oc
curred in September most of it is now
safely harvested. Sorghum and sugar
cane have made fair crops, though the
latter has been retarded in growth by
dry weather in the early summer. Tne
crop of peas is good and they should be
gathered in spite of the pressing de
mands of the open cotton. Peas sold
thia year in Atlanta from $1 to $1.25
a bushel, and every farmer that has
them should at least save his seed, if
no more. A great deal of fine fodder
and hay has been cured and housed,
and this good work should still go on
wherever rains have kept the grass
green and nutritious.
Groundpeas and sweet potatoes are
an average crop, and will go a long
ways towards fattening the killing
hogs, particularly in South Georgia,
where groundpeas are largely planted
for this purpose.
STOCK
Are generally reported healthy and
in good condition, and with plenty of
corn and fodder are likely to continue
so. Some reports -of < cholera, but less
than usual.
Sand Vetch.
Question.—l tried a small plat in
«and vetch as an experiment, but it
spread so close to the ground that I am
convinced on a large scale it would be
an exceedingly difficult crop to gather.
I believe it is as valuable as crimson
clover, as a winter crop it is better
adapted to dry soil, and if -this difficulty
can be overcome it will -become one o c
our most valuable crops. Can you sug
gest a plan for successfully-saving it?
Answer.—lt has been found that if
-vetch is seeded with wheat or rye, the
latter will hold it up. and prevent it
from spreading so close to the ground.
It is richer in albuminoids than clover
and stands the winter equally as well,
hut it should be cut before it ’becomes
too woody. —State Agricultural Depart
tneut. *
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