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II IKK I"iLI.A IIS 1‘Kli ANNUM IN ADVANCE.
ATHENS, GA, JUNE 23, 1871.
VOL. XL.—NO. 43—NEW SEllll-s. VOL. 4. NO. 35.
anncr.
n HliHMKV 'VKKKIY,
IjY s, A. A PKINSON,
XT THREE BOI.LAW PRH ANNUM,
ST/t/l'TI. y IX A It VAXCE.
Miscellaneous,
Address on Immigration berore tbe Ag-
cnltnral Contention at Maeon.
BY H. F. REESE.
> A>“, Broad oper J, H. Hoggin'.
KtTKS OK vnVKUTIMNG.
l»erii*ei*cs>* will be inserted alOne Dollar and
KifiT c*ht. per Square uf IS line*, forth* Brat.and
ti.re'ntv-Sv* Cents for oach subsequent insertion,
f,r»nr lime under one month. For a looser pvr -
rrutracU win be made.
Business Directory.
..Man conn. A. S. ERWIN. ili>WKM. conn
COBB. KKW1X a. COBB,
A ttorneys at law,
Athene, Georgia. OBee tn the Oeupree
building. - ' -
D. «T ANDliF.it,
A TTORNEY AT LAW,
LJL. Homer, Bank* County. On. Will pnictice
in ihi* count!?' of Bank*, Jackson, Hall, Haber
sham and Franklin.
JUSTIN Vf. UIDK\,
\ T T O R N E Y A T L A W ,
XI. aad Notar)* TubHc, Athens, Oa. Will prac
tice »u the W eater* circuit; will give particular
Attention t# the collection of claim*, and will act cs
net nt for the purchase and *ale of real estate and
M«y taxes on wild land*. _ __ lanlMt
j |t dKKI.TOS, «’• W. SKIDEI.I.,
SKKLTON & SKI OKI L.
4 T TORN E Y 8 A T I. A W,
A Hartwell, llarl County, Georgia.
PITTMAN k HINTON,
4 TTORNEYS AT LAW,
J3. Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga.
SAMUEL P. THURMOND,
A T T O R N E Y A T L A W ,
ZTJL A then*, Ha. Office on Broad street, oyer
Barry A Son** Store. Will give special attention
Common In Bankruptcy. Also, to the collection of
all claim* entrusted to hi* caro.
J. J. * J. <*. ALEXANDER,
I DEALERS IN HARDWARE,
Ir#n Steel, Nail*, Carriage Material, Minin®
mpleiuenta *Ae.', Whitehall*t., Atlanta.
M.VAX E.STES,
\ TTOR X K Y AT LA W ,
aT\_ Homer, Bank'* County, Ga.
j. u. rmsKEi.
T T O R X E Y A T L A W ,
Carncaville, Franklin county, <!a. Otliod
_4 crly occupied byJ. F. Langston, E*.p il-l
Notice.
To the Citlnensor Franklin aud adjoin*
lng Counties.
M Y. GURLEY,
Q U II G E O N DENTIST,
O lUi roccntlv l«*cat«*d nt Caroeavllle for the
parpoae of practicing hi* pr«»fe-**l
In* work in hi* line will give 1»
Inserted on tho»no<l improved ba*i* for from
to$ AS 00. OlHcc In Frank tin llou-c, over A. I>.
Fuller’* Store. Nov. 11, 187tMJm
a:
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the
Convention:—While fully aware of the
fact, that to appear before a convention
like this, of tie representative men of
Georgia—men of culture, (refinement
and learning—ahd attempt to discuss
any subject, is a task of no small un
dertaking; yet the kind and flattering
manner in which the request for my
ideas pp immigration has been made,
and the uniform kindness and courtesy
always shown me whenoverljiavc at
tempted to prove the importance of this
subject to Georgia and the Sooth, as
sures me that yon will beliove me when
T say (hat I am not now attempting to
speak for the sake, of argument, or in
order to have myself heard, but be
cause, as a foreigner who is proud of
his adopted State ami her people, the
beautiful South and her glorious re
cord, yet loves every atom of his native
land with a love surpassing, and would
fain see a practical scheme presented
to her people by which they could be
induced to come and take possession of
the fair heritage Georgia and the whole
South so generously tenders them.
I have no new ideas to present to
you. The relation of labor to capital
—the necessities of one and the arbi
trary rule of the other—is a subject
that has been handled by the master
minds of the world for years, and with
but indifferent results. But this much
is certain: Labor, like all other com
modities for sale, possesses a commer
cial value. The world is an open mar
ket through which tbe tide of labor
ebbs and flows, and if we wish to se
cure it, we, like other buyers, must go
there and ]>ay its price. It Is not
enough that we possess a valuable cur
rency to exchange for this commodity,
to-wit: A climate and soil unsurpassed
in the world, a perfected railroad sys
tem, c-asy access to market, churches,
schools and institutions of learning,
but we must make the world aware of
it, show labor how it is to its interest to
accept our ofTer. Interest, after all, gov
erns the world, and to the extent of giv
ing to Cuisar what is Csesar’s, is right.
The Northwestern Stales arc aware of
this fact, hence they not only publish
statisticsshowing the immense resources
eau’ nS Tos*h their respective States, but send
their agents to Europe, who scatter
these publications broadcast, and, by
the public press and individual lectures,
induce the emigrant to settle in those
States. We must use the same or sim
ilar means if ‘we desire the same end.
This tide of labor that flows iu a
steady stream to tbe West is compara
tively a stranger to our shore, hence,
if we desire it, we must prepare tbe
way ; to do this, we must, by securing
numbers from the same country, and
settling them in neighborhoods dose
together, form midcui around which
their countrymen would gather, ami
from which they would permeate the
whole .State.
A general settlement of our waste
places, by a hardy, thrifty and intelli
gent working population, would un
to none in the world, whose govern
ment* are tbe most limited monarchies
in Europe, granting their citizens pop
ular representation, hence are almost
similar to ours; whose religion is Pro
testant; who furnish as good sailors and
soldiers as the world ever saw, an in
telligent, thrifty, honest people, noted
for their industry and quick attempt at
individual and national improvement,
and not for bar-room or political broils.
I present them, as a Scandinavian,
proud of my race, to the South as a
among us, and as possessing^
ements desirable in our worEm^wpu?
lation. . Go, if you please, West, where
[they are numbered by the tens of thou-
and ask your own Araer:
sands, and ask yotir own As
people for their 1*cord; then
without a dollars ride through your Ac
tors in Macon and Savannah, but pos
itively at a greater profit than any other
investment you can make; and in a
way that will command the respect of
people at home and abroad. The sub
ject could be elaborated to any extent,
nut I have already trespassed on your
patience and space. My earnest desire
for tbe weal of my countrymen, Geor
gia and the South, must plead my ex
cuse.
A gentleman, but just now, expressed
people worthy of being introduced the idea that “ Georgia should .belong
among us, and a* possessing all the el- to Georgians.” I, too, would echo this
J. B. BENSON & CO.,
llAltTWKU.. <: I.
PHALLUS IN ~
EVERY _HTSSG,
Ai low rnirr.s mu cash
Except liquor*. |»l *vluj( nni« nnd tr»mt*-*tone*.
ian Mini
TOR*" 1 COTliS 1
XITKABK NOW I'llKPARED TO FURNISH
\\ the celchmtftd
“ Dickson Compound!”
it tho Athens lie put at #(i:i 00 per Ion, Cath, nr
fll 00 per ton on November 1st. Colton will be
tikea at lScenlsprr lb., classing New York Mid
dling, delirereJ In warehouse at A uguata on Nov.
1st, yet ta.ving it optional with the purchaser to
deliver the cotton or pay the money. A note giv- dnuhtreilv ',»nlv rWolr.r.
In* a rollon lien will be required. A good lot of the GOUDlCulJ not OniJ Cie\Clop OUF TG-
t ompound constantly on band. ~ '
sentiment, but, perhaps, in a different
way from his. It should “ belong to
Georgians” in this, that they should be
^ in the race for tH» advancement of
,e material interests cf their State.—
ng fields; Like their brave soldiers, my comrades,
see their school-houses and Protestant who were ever first in the charge, al-
churches, built at their own expense, ways present wbenevei duty called or
and supplied with educated teachers Georgia valor was to be illustrated,
and ministers from home, and tell me they should never allow their colors to
if they do not echo back the verdict of trail in the dust or allow them to fall to
one ot your own leading papers: “they the ground for the want of “Geor-
arc the best emigrants that land on our gians” to sustain and push them for-
shores.” Let me be understood—that ward, till they wave in triumph over
is his language, not mine. I cast no smiling fields and a regenerated, pros-
reflection on other nationalties, I merely perous, happy people. Virginia, North
speak of my own what I believe to be and South Carolina, Alabama, Missis-
true, and the facts will warrant. sippi, Florida, Louisiana, aye, even far
Can they be secured? Easily. I jet away Texas, are in the field, seeking
the large land owners of Georgia have this labor, bidding high for its posses-
such parts of their lands as they wish sion, attempting to conduct it to their
to dispose of, or would sell to emigrants, fruitful shores—shall it be said that
surveyed and laid oft' into small farms, Georgia alone,, of all her Southern sis-
form themselves into a Land and Eroi- ters, stood by with folded hands and
gratiou Company, with proper officers, allowed the golden hours to pass when
maps prepared of these farms, descrip- she could have s:oured with ease, what
tive pamphlets and statistics printed, they are anxious to accomplish even
send their agents to Europe authorized with Herculean efforts—the building
to offer emigrants who would come pro- up of their waste places, the securing
pared to buy alternate farms at a nom- of a healthy, honest, industrious, fru-
inal price, say from three to five dol- gal working population—the substratum
lars per acre, long time to pay it (hold- on which the prosperity of any country
ing the titles to the land and improve- or State must be built, if intended to
ments as security for principal, interest, be lasting. By proper efforts now to
and advances, they would of course be this end—a liberal policy on the part
secure), and eveiy assistance in their of our legislators, earnest, persistent,
power at the start; and to all who jjnited co-operation by our planters,
would come, whether prepared to buy we can take this “ tide at the flood” and
or not, plenty of work at fair wages, make our ports the ports of entrance
and granting to all an advance of their j for the whole South, and thus, even in
passage here, to be deducted from their j this way, add to the material prosperity
first year’s salary—and my word for it 1 and wealth of our State,
you would have plenty of the best kind ! Men of Georgia, a bountiful Provi-
of labor and to spare. Let me illus- i dence has bestowed on you one of the
trate : 1 finest countries the sun ever shone upon,
Suppose Dan. Hughes, of Twiggs, I a glorious heritage for you and your
should have surveyed and laid off, from j children. I repeat, you have it in your
the large body of land that he owns, 1 power to snpply the one thing you lack,
20,000 acres in 100 acre farms, making] to-wit: a thrifty, honest, frugal, intel-
200 farms, now worth, say, five dollars; ligent working population—the hus-
per acre, or §100,000, but among which! bandmen and tbe mechanic—on which
there would be lands worth more and I all countries’ greatness is built; will
some less than this general average.— | you make the effort ? Then organize,
Suopose he sends an agent to Norway j speak through your agricultural bodies;
ana Sweden, armed with maps, etc., ] use that great lever, the public press;
who, representing theirs as well as his I be np and doing, and you will soon
interest, would tell bis countrymen of j again take your wonted place at the
the splendid soil, climate, easy access j helm of the nation, and vour waste
to market, e*c., and make them the j places shall bloom like the rose, and the
offer of carrying them here, taketht-m, hum of skilled, intelligent industry be
as it were, from their homes in Norway! heard all over the hills and dells of our
and plant them in their homes in Gcor- beloved South,
gia, give them plenty of work on arri
val at fair wages, merely deducting
. Fowls—Their General Management:
There is a great diversity of opinion
in regard to the management of fowls,
the particular and desirable breeds for
all purposes, &c. First of all their
-- PROPER CARE AND KEEHTKG
is esseutiou to success, for a person
may have the best known breeds, and
if they are not properly cared for they
will, in nine cases out of ten, prove a
failure. Therefore we wish to impress
upon the mind of the breeder, in the
outset, tkat this needs attention more
than puri^g if breed or. superiority of
I cooiUQlly on htnd.
ENGLAND &0RR,
Jin 20 Joi Asonlm Athena, G».
SAVE YOURCOTTON SEED.
It is More Valuable than Corn.
Shaw’s Cotton Seed Huller,
UY RUBBING OFF THE HULL
of ro;ton seod, which 1* nava)nio.il value!cm
rjorjii a* manure. Rive* tho planter
1- BILLED SEED, in whole kernel*, clean a*
vheat ami worth almost almost a* much.
: rOTTOX SEED DEAL. more valuable than
a feci for Mock.
THE III'LLS. which contain all tho mineral
I'vrDof the seed for manure.
SHAW’S HULLEIt
If the Oulu Practicable Plantation Huller,
ir HAS TAKEN T11E1TKST PREMIUM
AT NEW ORLEANS.
COLUMBUS.
AND HOUSTON
STATE FAIRS.
Pllfc SMO coiopleto.
.■If 1 *Company al»o manufacture aix alien of Grl.t
i.i!. ’ 11 1 111 "' or power ue-, running In price from
Si- SO io $175 and In enpwrltv Prom *4 to 10 bushel*
per hour. ’
The** mills are very Blrongand durable, require
suite power to ran them, am aolf-iharpening,
"* T r liken tho Ont premium at most of tho
. isir tain „ Tfr n)Kn , competitor*. They also man-
OBCtnre Isr. .lies of Bono Mills, prlee 800 anil 8200.
•trenis wanted in every town and county.
.... . rrolsr* nr Hill information address
HU DIAMOND MILL MANiDCTORlKG CO.,
CIXC/XXA TI, OHIO-
sources, ndd millions to our wealth,
hence reduce our individual taxes, but
would also restore the political balance
and give us that voice in the affairs of
the nation of which we are now de
prived. Is not this of sufficient im
portance to Georgia, to the South, to
be worth an effort ? There can be no
doubt whatever about the fact that an
intelligent working population planted
in our midst, with their all, their wives
and little ones around them, would
stand up shoulder to shoulder with us,
and not only manfully second our every
effort at the ballot box, but cveryichere
clue. Our interest would lie their in
terest, our country their children’s fu
ture home, and every throb of their
hearts would prompt them to be its de
fenders. Unlike now, we would have
a responsible party with which to make
a responsible contract.
In introducing a foreign element into
a nation like into that of an individual
family, we should, as far as possible,
see to it that it is one that would blend
readily with the native, one that would
transportation money, already advanc
ed, from then- first earnings, and sell
to all those beads of families who come
prepared to buy, and the others who
Experiments.
Let ever}- farmer try some ex-
,—, — , periment on his farm this season,
would thus invest their earnings, alter-1 and rt its resulta t:>
nate forms at five dollars per acre, on . , , ...
ten years’ credit, with interest, he hold- i some agricultural publication for
ing the title till paid for in full. Does • the benefit of his brother fanners,
any one doubt that, holding out this If each one will thus add what he
S“Sa n 2c^ h 5,” “i d *aS r 10 ,he S'T 1 s,oct ° r : nfo r
what would be the result at the end of tloD » B r ca* good must result One
those ten years ? He would have had carefully conducted experiment,
reliaUr labor, with which he could and though not conclusive, is of more
would niaae a ratable contract to culti-1 , . .
vate bis own crops; the value of 10,-1 va * ue tnan even a large amount of
000 acres of land bearing 7 per cent j theorizing. If you are in doubt of
interest; the value of the remaining j the value of subsoiling, trv it on
SSSSSSrJL'a'JB !—■»—» of ia—
fields, and note the results.
If hauling muck on to your sau
dy lands, or sand into your clay
increased five times over, and without
the risk of a dollar beyond the salary
and expenses of the agent, which, on
a land value of $100,000, would amount
to less than a real estate agent would
charge for brokerage. And, mark you.
he could, through his factor in Savan
nah or Macon, say to the ship-owner in
Europe: “ When you land my settlers
in Savannah I will pay you the trans
portation,” as he would if he desired
any other cargo brought from Europe,
thus preventing the necessity of pa;
out a dollar until the arrival of
GROVER&UAKER
SEWING MACHINES! !
PKOXOI XI KD Til K IIKST IX ISK.
UY ALL WHO HAVE TRIED
■ ' them. These machines, with all tbe
IMPROVEMENT*
AND
ATTACHMENTS,
.M 11, *• manoftetarer’* price*, freight
BANNER OFFICE.
added, at the
. . A. B. FARQCHAR,
sagsasasa- ‘•sstews*
STEEL PLOWS. BlioVEL
PLOW BLADES.
CULTIVATORS,
Uoaxa-Powxns, Tubesii-
„ no M*cni*ra,Ac., Ac.
End for IHntntM Catalogs
Onion* Squasli.
WRITTEN THREE
(ke Jlcultivation of these vegetal)!-
i 1 "- wim.i. *” exxravinua, and go inlol
•- In.. I '’ail*, -o valuablelo llie beginner
J . . | by oraII f.r :» et«. fell 17-Sl
•••UV, .Mar <Vmnd. Ms--.
Point Hotel.
u Ointirr Jlourc—Xeic Manage-
..... IHCllt.
<ni the Georgia
***ithe them. ** ln,ln * will find a gmid dinner
A. J. BELL. Snpt.
Wall Paper.
<»f Wall Paner—a
fcaa will be Mid
h E&P*"u £ RHTi r K p* ur hou ««
winTn— ** *4a Book Stare.
readily fuse and form a harmonious i when he would have a responsi-
whole. We would secure harmony, ** le •»_ hold for their contract,
not diflbord. To do this, we should se-.
cure persons of our own race and color,
religious and social views. Persons
who would not only settle here tempo
rarily, but who, finding kindred senti
ments and blood, would indissolubly
identify themselves with our people.—
We should strive to improve the blood,
not deteriorate. Man is an animal,
and the general laws of the animal
kingdom govern him. You would not
attempt to win the race by coupling a
racer to a dray horse. Tarn a strong
believer in blood. Where are we to
find this element ? In .China? Will
anyone pretend to place the Asiatic on
a par witn the Anglo-Saxon race? Are
a people who, while we give them credit
for thrift, yet as a class, display that
thrift with the sole view of benefitting
themselves in China, whose every con
tract made stipulates that even their
bones shall not rest in our soil, but be
carried back home; who worship a
heathen God, and never expect to iaen-
tifv themselves with us, socially or
litically; are they an element of
cord, or of harmony, desirable to be
introduced among us ? They may be
de-imble as temporary laborers, to
build railroads, etc., because of their
numbers and small value, but can never
form, for our country and race, that
subutratum on which the social fabric
rests.
Without saying anything against
other nationalties worthy of being in
troduced amongst us, allow me to call
your attention to Scandinavia—that
great race of people who, while natives
of a faraway clime, yet, as Lyttoq.
Buhver says, “ is one of the parent
stems of the great Anglo-Saxon race;”
natives of a country whose educational
standard (taking your own American
Encyclopedia for authority) is second
hence would incur no risk. There
would be no desertion of the plantation,
just at the time when they were most
needed, to attend “ Loyal Leagues,” or
even Satuiday holidays, by that kind
of labor, but being satisfied to work for
fair wages, would invest their earnings
amongst us, build up happy homes in
our midst, and add to the general pros
perity of the whole country. Again,
the same vessel that brought them could
carry his cotton back to Europe, and
he would thus establish that direct trade
so much talked of, so easily accom
plished, of vast benefit, and yet never
done. Let us recapitulate:
Sale of 10,000 acres land at 85 per acre 8 50,000 00
Interest on above tor 10 yean, say, in
round numbers _..... 15,000 00
Principal and Increase of value of re
maining 10,000 acres eey 815 per acre,
at the end of ten yean. 150,000 00
looks like too much work for the
gain likely to be made, try it on a
small scale this year and see.
you have not saved your liquid
manure, get out a good pile of
muck or loam, use it in your sta
bles, and try its value on your land
or meadows.
If you have not been in the hab
it of raising roots for yoa t stock,
try a quarter of an acre this year
and satisfy yourself whether’ your
course is the best or no. If you
have had no fodder heretofore
carry your milch cows through the
dry season, by aH means try it this
year.
It seems to us that every fanner
should attempt to make some ims
provement iu his farming every
season, and we know no way so
satmfactoiy as that of trying exper
iments, one at a time.—Homestead.
Total 1215,000 00
Original value of 20,000 acres 8100,000 00
Agents’ salary and expenses 3,000 00
Interest on transportation
money advanced to, lay
150 settlers, at 850 each... 525 00
Survey, maps, etc. 1,000 00
Incidentals — 475 00
Total 8105,000 00-8106,000 00
Net profit at tbe end of ten years, with
out aey risk 8110,000 00
What is true of an individual is true
of a corporation, only to a greater ex
tent.
That this is a practicable plan, wit
ness the effort ot the enterprising plant
ers of Jones county, who have tried it
on a small scale, and are so well pleased
‘ with the result, that, for the second
time, their agent is in Scandinavia
counties, and they advertise them to
the world as the best labor they ever
had—industrious, honest, and frugal—
the hope of Georgia and the 8outh.—
Their plan is, to advance the money
necessary to prepay their passage to
this country, but as I have shown, with
proper organization, it can be done
good as any. Hens naturally love the
bush, and I lop young trees, but leave
a shred by which they live a year or
more. These form hiding places and
retreats for them. In such places they
prefer to lay. I have great success,
and it depends on three or four rules,
by observing which I believe a good
living can be made by hens and tur
keys. I give my fowls great range.
Eighteen acres belong to, them exclu
sively. Then the broods have the
range of another big lot, and the tur
keys go half a mile or more from the
house. The eighteen acres of poultry
%£ of said > “ yWftlfaSifiand, of little use for til
lage. It has a pond in it, and many
rocks, and bushes, and weeds, and
saiuly places, and ash heaps, and lime,
and bones, and grass, and a place
which I plow up to give them worms.
“ When a hen has set, I take her
box, throw out the straw and earth,
let it be out in the sun and rain a few
days, and give it a good coat of white
wash on both sides. In winter, when
it is very cold, I have an old stove in
their house, and keep the warmth
above freezing. There is also an open
fire-place where 1 build a fire in cool,
wet days. They dry themselves, and
when the fire goes out there is a bed of
ashes for them to wallow in. Summer
aud winter my hens have all the lime,
ashes and sand they want. Another
reason why I have such luck is because
my poultry yards-reccive all the scraps
from the Metropolitan Hotel. Egg
.making is no easy work, the hens will
not do much of it without high feed.
They need just what a man who works
requires—wheat bread and meat—
Even when wheat costs two dollars I
believe in feediug it to hens. As to
breeds, I prefer the Brahmas, light and
dark. I change roosters every spring,
and a man on the farm has no other
duty than to take care of mr poultry.
frequently turn off three thousand
spring chickens in a single season.”—
Lewis’ PracL~PouUry Book.
the measures which they pfopose to
bring before the Legislature to be en
acted into law. These measures are
various and important: the stock law
or fence law; the dog law or sheep
law; the fertilizer law, for protection
against adulterated or fraudulently
manufactured articles ; the wisest dis
position of the Agricultural College
fund; the establishment of chemical
stations in connection with experimen
tal farms; the practicability of estab
lishing manual labor schools. The
whole people are interested iu these
measures, and all should be fully rep-
Lice on Calves.—I observe in the
cattle column of the JRural New York
er, that a man who has lousy calves
rubs their heads and necks with oint
ment made of precipiate.
This is an usafe remedy. In my
fifty years’ experience as a farmer, I
have always successfully used soft soap.
Rub it on the top of the bead and
along the back bone. When calves
are infected with lice, they generally
take their quarters about the head
and neck and spinal column.—A.
Rick.—Ohio Farmer.
A son of Napoleon the Great and
of Georges, the well-known actress,
gets $96 a’year as an attache of the
National Library in Paris, while
the natural son of Bernadotte, King
of Sweden, plays tbe .big fiddle at
La Seals, Milan.
exists gross neglect of the poor birds
generally.” * This neglect is not con
fined to persons who have no fancy for
fine poultry, but extends even to many
who have the reputation of being fowl
fanciers. Still, as before stated, for
poultry to be remunerative there must
be good management. In
STARTING OUT IN THE BUSINESS,
pains should be well matured and di
gested before hand. A good, conven
ient poultry house should be properly
constructed, sufficiently large to con
tain the number of birds one desires,
warm and dry in the winter, well veil
tillated, and it should be kept scrupu
lously clean." The house should not be
over-crowded, but just large enough.
Nothiiig is mode by over-crowding the
hennery; on the contrary, it will prove
detrimental..' The fowls must be fed
regularly and at stated periods. They
mast have plenty of pure water at hand
at all times—this is of as much impor
tance to the health of the brood as
proper food. If possible, they should
also be given, in addition, a plat of
grass for a run. Place within the hen
nery a dust heap; this may consist of
wood or coal ashes, sand, or dust from
the streets. It should be kept under
a cover, so that it will not become
drenched with nun or snow, and to it
the fowls should have access nt all
times, to dust, and thereby rid them
selves, in a great degree, of the numer
ous parasites which infest them. The
habit of
GIVING TOO MUCH FOOD,
to poultry, in a short space of time, is
a very bad one. If one notices their
habit* fa6‘ wnfftepstvc ihdt th^process
of picking itptroS food nnder ordin
ary, or what we may call the natural
condition, is a very slow one. Grain
by grain is the meal taken, and with
the aggregate no small amount of sand,
pebbles, and the like, all of which,
passing into the crop, assist digestion
greatly. But in the • ‘ house-wife’s” mode
of feeding poultry, a great heap is
thrown down, and the birds allowed to
peg away” at such a rate that their
crop is filled too rapidly, and the pro
cess of assimilation is slow, painful and
incomplete. No wonder that so many
cases of choked craw arc met with un
der this treatment. Many other dis
eases which affect chickens might be
prevented by breeders, were a little
precaution taken in the simple matter
of feeding.
TO PRODUCE EGGS.
More eggs can perhaps lie obtained
from hens by mixing breeds than by
any other mode; and it is generally
conceded that crossing also promotes
the health of fowls for more than the
vile practice, as some are pleased to
term it, of in-and-in breeding. Little
trouble need be apprehended from
roup, gapes, cholera, and other diseases
in poultry, if that care is observed in
breeding aud crossing that is so essen
tial to all well regulated poultry yards.
POSITION OF TIIE HENNERY AND RUN-
. WAYS.
As we said before, the hennery
should be placed in a warm, dry loca
tion—(not in a damp, out-of-the-way
place)—with runway ample to allow of
plenty of exercise. Above all, care
should be taken that vermin do not
get a foot-hold in the hennery; for if
they once.make their appearance?, it is
difficult, to exterminate them. and.be
fore the breeder is aware ofit, his flock
is over-run with them. Let the hen
nery be thoroughly cleansed with lime,
(whitewash put on hot,) as often as
once a month. If any of the fowls
show symptoms of disease—which
frequently* the case when in confine
raent—see that they are removed at
once from’ the flock. Give good
wholesome food, with plenty of dean
water; have the laying boxes deaned
and renewed frequently with straw,
hay or shavings, "and, with the help of
the good housewife and children, there
need be no fear of failure to profitably
raise poultry. If one does not succeed
in the first undertaking, he should not
become dislieerteucd, but persist in his
endeavors to find out the cause of fail
ure, and ohjpate it in the future.
MR. LEI. A Xu’s EXPERIENCE.
In this connection wo give the reply
of Mr. Warren Leland, Bye, N. Y.
an experienced and extensive breeder
of fowls, to inquiries from u gentleman
who desires to engage in the poultry
business in his old age. Mr. Leland
says:—“ I have found that for every
hundred fowls yon. must give up at
least an acre. But rough land is as
Miscellaneous.
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
. —ON THE I'."
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
OI
Sfwiateairafa iHBee.' »
Ueorgla sad lima AAacaata UallnaU. r
Augusta. G»., Jnitrr 20,1871. -
AND AFtEB SUNDAY;'*
January 22.4,1871, thw (Voenger Tiain* will
run ns follow*:
Dag Passenger Train, Daily. Sunday
Excepted. , ,
Leave Augusta at 8 00a.m. ; A
Leave Atlanta a;. _7 10 a.m.
Arrive at Atlanta at :»p. in.
Arrive at Augusta at , “ > - *° 11: •
Night Passenger Train,
iguitaat i a.'. --8 :, 0 •>. m .
Leave Atlanta at AO 15 I>. ne.
Arrive trt Atlanta at-— - « U)«. in.
Arrive it Augusta at ........ 7 M*. us.
Fall Convention of the State Agricul
tural Society.
OfficeGa. State Ao. Society,)
Macon, May 30, 1871. j
The A/ottnty Agricultural -Societies?
will take notice that the Fall Conven
tion of the State Agricultural Society
will meet in Rome, Georgia, on Tues
day, 8th August, at 11 o’clock.
The same delegates who were mem
bers of the February Convention arc
members of the August Convention.
Where vacancies have occurred, by re
signation or otherwise, the name of the
individuals chosen to fill the same must
be furnished this office by the 1st of
July. At that time, tickets for the
passage of delegates over the railroads
both ways, free, will be forwarded to
the Secretaries of County Societies.
County Societies which failed to elect
delegates to the February Convention,
should hold elections at first monthly
meeting, and return the names of dele
gates to this office.
Counties which have not yet organ
ized Societies, may organize and send
delegates.
All County Societies are requested to
bring up a perfect list of their officers
and members for the use of this office.
Life-members of the Society are
members of the Convention.
Members of tho Executive Commit
tee are ex-officio members of the Con
vention.
Ex-Presidents are members of the
Convention.
Other State Agricultural Societies
are requested to send as many delegates
as they have members of Congress,
with credentials signed by their Presi
dent and Secretary. For delegates so
accredited, and who will in due time
give notice at th\s office, the Secretaiy
will make proper exertion to procure
the usual passes over the railroads of
Georgia. <*
To all above railroad passes will be
sent.
Delegates are expected to submit to
the Convention, in writing, full reports
of the condition and prospects of the
agriculture of their respective counties.
Messrs. C. W. Howard, Samuel
Barnett, and D. A. Vason, are a com
mittee to consider subjects suitable for
discussion in the Rome Convention, and
may appoint suitable gentlemen to lead
in discussion of assigned themes. Del
egates and all other persons are request
ed to give this committee the names of
gentlemen whose attainments fit them
for the disoussion of particular topics.
Address C. W. Howard, Chairman,
Atlanta, Ga.
All delegates and members of the
Convention are requested to reach At
lanta Monday or Monday night of the
7th August All who do so will be
conveyed in a special train on Tuesday
morning to Rome, in time for the open
ing of (he Convention, at 11 o’clock.
The President of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad has generously of
fered this and aU other necessary facil
ities to the Convention.
The approaching session of the Con
vention will pipbably form and shape
ations of the Convention. Then let
nil counties which have not done so,
form County Societies, and send dele
gates. ' ,
By order of
A. H. COLQUITT, Predt.
Dav. W. Lewis, Sedy.
When to Trane Trees.
We read (the Germmdown Telegraph
says) a great deal about the proper
time of pruning trees, and especially
the apple-tree. Some prefer fall, some
mid-winter, some spring, but scarcely
one recommends the very best time in
onr humble opinion—mid-summer.
Doubtless some old fogies will open
their eyes and hold up their hands at
such an innovation, and denounce it
as an absurdity; but we think we will
be sustained by a majority of the live
men of the day.
If wc desire to improve the form or
% fruit tree, and get rid of some of the
superflous wood, we should prune in
winter; but if we desire fruit, and a
perfectly healed stump, we should prune
from the fifteenth of June to the
twentieth of July. We have done
this often with the happiest results.
The fruit buds form after this, and the
operation suddenly cutting off its
growth, produce buds; while the winter
or early spring pruning will produce
only wood.
In pruning ornamental trees in mid
summer, the bark, instead of receding
from the stump, grows over it, and in
a few years will completely cover it,
and make a perfect amputation.
Leave Augutta at I 15p.m.
LoareBeneliiat 7 30a.m.
Arrive at Augusta -» 25a. m.
Arrive at Bemlia
..6 imp. in.
Both Day and Night Paaeeuger Train* will make
date connections at Augusta and Atlanta wltti
Passenger Trains of connecting ma^s.
. Passengers from Atlanta, Athens, Washington,
and stations on Georgia Railroad, by taking the
Down Day Paasenger Train will make close connec
tion atCamak with tbe Macon Passenger Train,
and reach Macon the same day at 7 40 j>. m.
Palace Sleeping Carson all Night Trains.
Schedule on Macon & Augasta Railroad.
To take Kffitt Jau. 2». 1871, ,
Dettceen Angrofa and Macon--l>ay Pas
senger Train Daily, Sunday Excepted.
leave Augusta at .12 on noon.
Leave Maeon at — ...6 00 a. tn.
Arrive at Moron et 7 40 p. tn.
Arrive at Augusta at I 43 p. m.
The day nuotengrr Train arriving at Mason ak
7 « p-aa^unkevtloKe connection* vritht Train* «iT
cotmeettig R«orh at Maw.
Passengrr* leaving 51»r— at 6 a. mu. wi-Y aiahe
close connections at Uintah with Upltay Pas-angt*
Train fur Atlanta, Athens, Washington, inti *■
points on Georgia Railroad, and will connect all At
lanta with trains for the \\ r*t.
jan.302 S. K. JOHNSON, rSupK.
NEWBOOKS,
T3LUE JACKETS, or the Adven-
A> tarts ot J. Thompson, A. It., among the
Heathen Chinee ; Illustrated. 81 50.
FAITH HAEUOWBY. or the StmaggMvV Cane p
illuetated. *1.
TBE SILENT PARTNER r By She- anther ot
“ Gates Ajar.” St 50-
THRUK PKOTEKU STORIES r Kitty'* Ihes-
day ; Aunt Kip ; Psyche’s Art. ArL.ai« X Al-
cett: 4 illustrations. 7.V.
HEEOIUK OF AARON Brill!. I.y Matthew 4*2 '
Davis. 2 vols. 85.
For sale by apG T. "A. BURKE. %
Coi’n Sheller.s
— AND—
Agricultural Implements.
TATE ARE AGENTS FOR THE
V V following atandard Machine. :
Hacker Reaper aad Hewer t
“ ii. io - - • • - -
mises, as well os upon those of otuefs,
many times. This pruning is done
when the tree is taking its mid-summer
siesta,” and then wakes up, refresh-
ed for another start, and the bark gradu
ally steals over the stump as if ashamed
of the shabby looking exposure.
When the tree is in full leaf, and
presents its full form to us, we can see
exactly where the pruning should be
done, in order that while the over
growth maybe removed,the symmetry
of the tree may be preserved. Espe
cially is mid-summer pruning to be
preferred, first, to produce buds on
fruit bearing trees, as before stated;
and, second, when large limbs arc to
be removed.
Hall. Entire A Backhand's Power k Thresher ;
Southern Sarsho Marliine 1V« _
Cane Mitts ant! Stiver evaporator* t
We also have a Tin Shop In the (car of the store,
where we keep all kinds of Tin, Sheet Iron and .
Copper wsrk. We also keep a gbotl stock of Tin
Ware on hsml, not “ tbe nest in Georgia," but’
none better than ours, and at low price*.
We most cordiaUy return our idnceiw thanks to.
our friends and customers lu Ath’ins and the conn- .
try, and hope, by strict attention to business, fo
merit a continuance of their custom.
AU commands from the country strictly attend
ed to. We will be happy topee all at omr stum#,.
wage
n'HESU B8CRIBER HAH
X a safe, comfortable and commodious Wagon*
Yard on River street, near the Uppvr Bridge,
where Corn, Fodder, and all other necessary ap
pliances, can be purr-based on reasosmble terras.—
Charges moderate. The highest anaiket price palp*
for county produce, and bank Mils received in eg
change for goods. WILEY HOOD.
Mrs. Hill’s Cook Hook.
J^-EW SUPPLY jus* remved^ljr
F 1
Howto Banish Fleas.
Fruit, Herb, Tree and Shrub,
and Evergreen Seeds, prepaid by mail,
with directions for culture. Twenty-
five different packet# of either das# for
81.00 The six classes, $5.00.
20,DOOlbs. Bvergrrens and Tree Seeds; Apple,.
Bear, Cher.y, Ac.; Gram Seeds; Beet, Cabbage,
Carrot, Onion, tiquasb. Turnip, and all vegetablu
and Flower Senas, in small or lame quantities:
also Small Fruits, Stocks, Belts, Shrubs, lloars
Verbenas, Ac., by null, prepaid. New Golden
Beaded Japan Idly, 50 r. Priced Descriptive Cat
alogue sent to any plain address, gratis. Agent*
wanted. Wholesale Lists to Agent*, Clnhtaad the
trade. Seeds on commission.
B. M. WATSON. Old Colony Nurseries and
Seed Warehouse, Plymouth, Mass. Established u»
The Maryland Farmer, a most ex- — Ian27-2m
ccllcnt monthly, published in Balti
more, gives the following useful recipe
for exterminating fleas:
The oil of pennyroyal will certain
ly drive these pests off; but a cheaper
method, where the herb flourishes, is
to throw your dogs and rats into a
decoction ofit once a week. Mow the
herb and scatter it in the beds of tbe
pigB once a month. Where the herb
cannot be got, the oil may be procur
ed. In this rase, saturate strings
with it and tie them around tbe necks
of dogs and cats, poor a little on the
back and about tho cars of hogs, which
they are feeding without touching
them. By repeating these applica
tions every twelve or fifteen days, the
fleas will flee from your quadrupeds,
to their relief and improvement, and
your relief and comfort in the house.
Strings saturated with the oil of
pennyroyal and tied around the neck
and tail of horses will drive off lice; the
strings should be saturated once a
day.
Red Clover for Cancers.—
Some remarkable cores have recently
been effected by tne use ot a strong de
coction ot the common red clover. Mr.
Truman Woodford, of Hartford, publish
es on. account of a cure effected in his
own case, of a cancer of twenty years
standing, which hod eaten out one eye
and spread over his face and temple in
such a manner os to confine him to his
bed, and lead his friends to expect his
early death. He drank strong clover tea
and bathed the effected parts with tbe
some for a few weeks, when it gradually
healed, and hu is now perfectly well and
hearty though eighty years of age. A
relative of Mr. Woodford, a lady, who
had a cancer in her breast was cured by
the eamc remedy. It is a simple and in
expensive remedy, and worthy the atten
tion of those suffering from cancerous af
fections.
ATLANTA
BUSINESS COLLEGE,
CORXKR WHITEHALL AXD HVXTKR RTS.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
YOU 8*0 MENAND ADULTS
Practically Educated for Ratine* Lift-by a Thor.
ough Course of Instruction in ,
dob: B:x£E>xi<ro.
In all its Branch**, as pweMecd by the best Bitti
ness Men.
P E X M A X S I! I P
Taught in a manner unsimrnsaetl. Specimens seat
on application.
Commercial Calculations
By the best and most rapid pnMiral methods.
BUSINESS PAPERsS,
BUSINESS FORMS,
Commercial Xtiw, Arc.
IT’ACIDITIES FOR OBTAINING
-i n thorough knowWgcisrtlw AutMaorslMbHUKI
(ng House sad Business Life ora equal to any simi
lar InsUtutlon in the country, ami worthy the |3T r
image of tb* young men of the CtuuUi.
Hon. Horace Greeley says:
“ I wish every man hod such an education -eve, y
yorag man esncrially. And If either of my -ona
bod lived, ootf I hod trained him. aa 1 should have
tried to do, tn be a gnat and good farmer, I should
have wanted to send him at La»t six months. to a
Business College lo give bint the aptitude, habits
and forma of a thorough buslnt m man.''
Students.may enter at any time. No teaching in
classes. Circulars mailed on application.
Xinf 29—ly II- F. MOORE, Princlisil.
Berkshire Pi?8 for Sale.
JN KENTUCKY WE HAVE
tried the various breed* of
White Chester and Essex, and
aa superior. The
Inrindiag tho
the Berkshire
unrivalled t
* An individual who was puzzled
to know where all the Smiths came
from has at hist solved the mystery.
At Waterbary, Conn., on a long
factory, appears a sign inscribed,
‘‘Smith Manufacturing Company.”
SSn^erWaUarrfX"
Cram those almost pure, up to the purest thorough
bred, with pedigree. I wql l*ox and deliver a pair
of pig* at the railroad depot ready for shipment,
with their pedigree accompanying, showing stock
accurately, at from 8 X0 lo $50 a pair, a. cording to
**}**»{t v utsywHi b.^, jSfo vrsssgy
Pcre-T
Wilkie Collins’ Novels.
A RMADALE ; piper, $1 60 ;-
cfA. cloth, 82. Man and Wife ; pap. r. }1 j doth,
81 59. The Moon-Stone; paper. SfV; cloth, 82.
NoName; paper. 81 50; efotfi: 2. Tb* Woman In
White; paper 8) »: cloth, 82 For r lo
New Books.
r PHE COMIC BLACK STONE; bv
JL Gilbert Abbot A'Bevkett. wit), illustrations
by George Cruikshank. One larp- volume. 82 50.
Why did ho not l«e? or, Got < .,11,1 from tho
Ebraergtmg._From ,he German; t.y Mrs. A ' L.
Heat.' Being volatile !ir»t of .Sdtoce for the
Young; by Jacob Abbott, with rumerotu illustia- -.
tions. 51 50.
CallirhcH . Br Maurice Sand (son of George
Sand). From the Frencfap by S. A. Dcpontc. of
New Orleans. 51 7*"».
Fun better than Physic; «r, Everybody’. Ltfo
Preserver; by W. W.Hnll, M. D. <150. , i
Tho llesiht-a Chinee; by Bret Uaru-.uilb ciyl.t
flmanoea. Price 25 ceats. For tS.-. ^