The Covington star. (Covington, Ga.) 1874-1902, August 17, 1897, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextQUESTION BOX •I ' FOB THE MONTH Inquiries Answered by tne , Ag- a rr : ricultural Department. HUGH INFORMATION FOR FARMERS — - -- i : °c.tt“ r , .. CS Food—How to Proteot rii^s— Uainaffed Vea vi.,e Bar Dangerous to Hnr... and M.tiea Fall Iri.h Potatoes —Winter Legumes and the West Way of Ratal ur Them. Question- —I am a great believer in cow peas as a renovator of our worn lands I know from experience how valuable this crop is to the southern farmer, but as these cannot be grown in the winter, 1 would like to know something of the winter legumes and the best manner of raising them. Answer.— Of the winter legumes clover, in its many varieties, is perhaps the most important, but at the outset it must be underssood that clover will not succeed on poor land, nor even on good laud, without careful preparation, On heavy soils the red and white and alsike clover succeed best. The latter is a cross between the other two. There is also the Japan clo ver or lespedeza, which is not so ex acting in its demands on the laud and which is called “the poor man’s clover,” because it seems to flourish with treat meul and under conditions which the other varieties will not tolerate. These varieties, when ouco planted, if properly treated, will furnish pasturage and hay for several years, and cover the laud summer as well as winter. A closer aualysis of your question, however, leads me to suppose that you wish to know of such legumes as grow in the winter and die down in summer, thus leaving the land free for other cropf. Of these, crimson and burr clover, also vetch and hairy vetch have been found most successful. The land should be broken deeply during this month and then harrowed and reharrowed until fine and smooth. If an incipient crop of weeds appears before time for plant iug iu September, harrow again. Apply from 300 to 500 pounds per acre of cottonseed meal acid phosphate and kaimt and aow the seed at the rate io pounds to the acre, har row or brush the seed in lightly and roll the laud smooth—this last is most important. These latter crops will cover the laud during the winter and furnish green food through the early spring. If the grazing or catting is stopped in the spring before the seeds mature these perfect, in .uitiuiiut qualities to re¬ seed the land, and after tho orop dies down the laud oau then be planted in late corn or peas. When those are taken off the dormant clover seod will again spring into life. The crimson clover is highly satisfactory in many sections. It is best suited to light lands. The vetch also has many enthusiastic advo¬ cates among those who have tried it.— State Agricultural Department. Fall Irish rotators. Question.—H ave the results of ex¬ periments with the fall crop of Irish potatoes been fully confirmed? Is it a certain crop and is there ready sale for iff Answer. —Like all other crops the fall Irish potato crop is liable to dis¬ aster, but if the directions for manag¬ ing it, which have been so often pub¬ lished, are carefully followed, we may calculate with moderate certainty on a good yield. As in all other marketable crops, tlie skill which commands success is as much iu knowing how to sell the crop as in knowing how to make it. These fall grown seed for spring plant ing at the south are so far superior to the norther’ grown seed that there is a good demand atnoug our. truckers for this fall crop. The spring crop grown from these seed is usually superior to that grown from northern seed. The keeping qualities of the fall potatoes also make them very desirable. They do not sprout iu winter. We have kept them all winter iu hills precisely as sweet potatoes are kept and with greater certainty. Also when planted at the same time they mature earlier than the northern grown seed. Another point iu tlioir fav -r is that the superior vitality of the southern grown seed enables the plants to survive reverses in the spring. A frost, which will ruin a crop from northen seed, will only partially injure the others. The stems are stouter and stronger. It is important if the fall crop is intended for seed that they should be green when the frost, kills the tops. If allowed to mature before frost. they will sprout too early, as the north ern grown potatoes do, and thus lose much of their vitality.—State Agricult oral Department. Flies on Cattle Question.—C an you give me a relia ble recipe for protecting my cowe agaiust flies? They are on my cattle in such numbers as to amount to a plague, and among the milk cows to such a degree as to materially decrease the flow of milk. Answer — Take of coal tar two parts, coal oil one part, and any kind of grease. one part, mix them with a small amount of carbolic acid One thorough applica¬ tion of this, using a cloth to moisten the hair, horns, feet and legs of the animal, will last, if the weather be dry, tor ten days or more, and will entirely protect the animal from flies. If the inixtnre becomes too thick use a little more coal oil; if too thiu to adhere well, use a little more coal tar. Carbolic acid may be bought iu crystals for 50 or 60 ■-— Biliousness Is caused by torpid liver, which prevents diges tion and permits f»od to ferment and putrify in the stomach. Then foUow dizziness, headache, Hood’s insomnia, nervousness, and, Pills if not relieved, bilious fever or blood poisoning. Hood’s pills stimulate the stomach, rouse tlie liver, cure headaehe. dizziness, con¬ stipation, Jhc etc. 25 cents. Sold Rood by all druggists. wily rills to take with s ban^patilia. pent* a pound, and is a most useful dls infection agent. Care should be ex* ercised in handling it, as its ao tiou is very powerful—properly di luted it is harmless. A little mixed with tlie wllitewastl for stables, piK p enSl chicken coops, etc., will materially aid in preventing disease and in check mg the propagation of insect and fun- | t £ ^“d in "“i“ a farm animals, , , but great . care should .Hi, be exer ’ **f>'**' , the , wash . , he made , toostroug. . , —State Agricultural Department Case of Too Muoh Cotton. Question.— I live in one of the beat counties of Midd.e Georgia—a county that has been noted tor producing cot ton. Now the yield of cotton per acre is falling off, much o the land seems dead and lifeless the ground when plowed has a tendency to clod, and a very moderate drouth produce* serious results. What is the matter? 1 Answer.— The trouble ari-es from the all cotton planting, in which too many of our farmers still persist. This re suits in the entire exhaustion of the “humus,” or vegetable matter in the soil, an element that is absolutely es sential in keeping up the fertility ot our lands, and one that cannot be re placed by any amount of commercial fertilizers. Most soils have the mineral elements of plant food in more or less abundance, but in the absence of "hu j mus" these elements cannot be made available for plant food. The vegeta bio matter, decomposing, generates oar bonic acid, which then dissolves the mineral elements of plant food, render iua them available for plant growth, Humus also loosens up stiff clay soils, r ndering them more friable and in creasing their capacity to absorb moist nre, and thereby enabling them the better to withstand drouth. Loose, gundy soils are rendered more compact i by humus, and are thus rendered moro capable of retaining moisture, as well as available plant food. Humus serves several other good purposes in nature's laboratory. It has been proved to be a source of nitrogen. It is known to be j u a measure destructive to insect life. j because of the carbonic acid gas which j s generated by its presence, and by darkening the soil it adds to its heat ) absorbing power. Now that you un derst.uid the value of humus, you road i|y 809 why such serious results follow its disappearance from the soil. A rein¬ ed y can only be had in a proper rot.p tiou of the crops, sowing peas, eto. Whenever our people will abandon the nil cotton style of farming (and they are fast doing it), then will you cease to hear about exhausted and worn out laud. Oil the contrary, our lands will then be gradually brought up to a state of fertility, surpassing that that they possessed when (list cleared by our fore* fathers.—State Agricultural Depart¬ ment. » •‘Root Hot.** Question. — I notice cotton stalks willing and dying in my field without any apparent cause. On examination 1 find the roots rotten, and some with a white mould on them. What causes this, and is there any remedy? Answisii.— The disease is the “root rot. ” and is caused by a fungus. This disease has been carefully investigated by the Toxas Experiment Station, it be ing very prevalent, in the central black prairie lands of that state, Their re¬ port demonstrates that all soils are more or less subject to it, though it is of most common occurrence in lands that are releutive of moisture and do not drain off as they should. The com¬ monly entertained opinion that only certain soils develop this disease has been entirely refuted, and it can and does occur on almost every variety of soil. The fungus has been found ou ) plants only a few inches in height, but * generally does not spread until the mid die of June, or even later,, when the ; plants are bit o nlng and fruiting. It is thought by many planters that dry weather checks this disease, and close observation partially confirms this. The j fungus is nourished by the living sub j stances of the roots, which after a time die. and the plants thus deprived of their means of support, wilt and die aiso. Experiments at the Texas Station havo demonstrated that this disease can not be remedied or checked by the appli¬ cation of any known substance to the soil The only thing to do is to resort to a ro tatiou of crops. Riming the land that is infected wnT ciie fungus, in such crops as corn, wheat, millet or other members of the grass family, and put | ting it iu cotton not ofteuer than ouoe 1 in three or four years, Some weeds, I such as the rag weed and cocklebur, are subject to the attack of this fuugm, but apparently only after they have been injured mechanically, Alfalfa or In j cerne is also subject to injury from this fungus. Among trees the china berry and paper mulberry are most subject to this disease, though tipple trees, elm, silver maple and others are sometimes attacked.—State Agricultural Depart meat The Glutton Sparrow, You can no more fill a sparrow up with crumbs than you could Jumbo with buns. A robin is soon satisfied and, satisfied, goes away. A spar j row is nothing if not excessive I The fat hoy in “Pickwick” might preach temi*erance to it. Like time, it is edax rerum aud insatiable. Be sides it has not the remotest idea of good taste or manners. It has neither self respect nor gratitude. though its little, gracelet ss ueces sities must he duly respected, its ex¬ cesses of appetite may be becoming¬ ly and, in a Christian spirit, out witted. —Contemporary Review. Noah’s Misfortune. , t , have always * felt sorry for Noah," ^ said the large hearted man. , "I don’t see the need for it,” said : the man of the shrunken sympa- 1 'Dies “Looks to me as if Noah got oif pretty well.” “But just think of it. When the waters subsided, there was not a boul left for him to ask. Now, what did I tell you?’ ” — Indianajiolia JournaL OUR FORBEARS AS BIBBFRS As a Rule They Deemed Water a Dan gerous Fluid. The colonists in America suffered much in the new world in the ear jj est jays from water drinking Bradford, the pilgrim governor, coni plained loudly, while Higgin Jg ^^SsTy^aTSuld in} eiomacn couai on ], r dieest ana and did uiu rpmiiw itqune unnli sucii drink as was both strong and stale, lean and ofttimes do drink New England water very well. As lie ebortly after writing this, his words do not carry their intended force. One bold New Englander says 0 f water. “I dare not preferre this before good beere, but any man would choose ch oseit it before betoio bad bud beere becie, w heay or buttermilk. Water drinking was held iff spe Cla l abhorrence in Virginia, for the potion arose that the groat mortal ity among tlio early immigrants was caused by the enforced use of water at that time during the scarcity of beer. The assembly in 1623 recoin mended all newcomers to bring a pluntii'ul supply of limit, to be used ip brewing, and thus not be forced to drink water “till the body became hardened.” Earlier still, in 1609, in the‘‘true and sincere declaration,” issued by the governor and council, brewers were asked for. boon barley and hops were plcn tifully grown in Virginia, and it be came no longer necessary to import beer from England. In 1652 George Fletcher obtained a monopoly in Virginia for 14 years of brewing in wooden vessels. Whether this affect cd the progress of brewing I do not know,but soon it gradually declined ■ as did tlie cultivation of barley. The Virginia planters quickly dis¬ covered the adaptability of the per¬ simmon for beer by making and baking pakes of tho fruit and then brewing from these cakes. They brewed beer from dried Indian corn, from potatoes, from pumpkins, from bran and molasses and from green stocks of maize chopped and mashed. They planted the Jerusalem arti choke like barley, to be used in brewing and distilling. The royal manuscript commission gives tho project of a chemist named Russell who fop £ 1 ,opq paid by tlie Virginia company agreed to demonstrate tho making of wine or beer from the sassafras tree. So there was no lack¬ ing for materials for brewing. New Englanders did not long con¬ tinue in a beerless state. They im¬ ported malt and learned how to make beer from Indian corn and quickly learned to cheat in brewin ( ~ * '■ using coarse molasses. In 1631 an ale quart of beer cost a penny at an ordinary, and a landlord could be fined if he charged a higher price or if bis beer was of a low standard. Tavern keepers also were enjoined to sell no more than a quart, of beer out of meal times. This was to pre¬ vent “bye drinking,” — Chicago News. CASTORIA, Tlo fas¬ It ti nils SB signature evtjy c; J wrapper. Cause Fur Pride, Fuddy—Saw Greggs just uow. He’s proud as Lucifer. Duddy—Why, what’s happened to him 5 Fuddy—The doctor says his trou¬ ble is the gout, and, you know, ho thought it was only rheumatism.— Boston Transcript. She Would Not Disappoint Him. Clara—Are you not afraid, Maud, to marry old Dodderly? I hear he gets horribly jealous without any cause. Maud—Don’t be anxious, dear. I’ll take care he never does that. Pick Me Up. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take <3. Cascurcte Candy Cathartic. JOcorMc. If C. C. fail to cure, druggist* refund Tnoiiuy. 3E c Established 1865. £ One Price l •0 Clothiers, Tailors l Hatters Furnishers . i S * Rseman gROS, ! 0 15 and 17 Whitehall street, ATLANTA, GA. l 0 cor. WASHINGTON, 7th and E. St., D N. C W. , Factory, BALTIMORE, 2t3 W. German MD St. , I The Only Manufacturers of Clothing in the South Dealing e Direct With Consumer. i THE-*-STAR A Year in Advance. $ 1.00 W ork done with Neatness and Dispatch. She Cut Off Ills Tall. A curious case of hostile hair cut ting resulted ill litigation in 1791. It is reported from York, Oct. 15 of that year: 1 » . A cause for cropping was tried last week at the sessions at Barns | ley , in Yorkshire, an action being brought against Mr. Poole and his attorney, of tor 1>lace an assault. ^ M^agg, Thechargo an lay J chiefly against Mrs. ,, Poole, , as in affray between Mr. Stagg and her husband it appeared she had cut 0 jf tfi e tail of the former. The in vestigation was a continued source of pleasantry to the court, though a verdict was given in favor of Mr. «ta gg.”—Notes and Queries. CAHTOniA fimiij iO- —" It erery ot » 1 e“ tar » J vrtpjer. of v; I French Restaurant j KATTEMIIIRN k VIGSJIX. Proprietors, j No. 4 Wall St. Next to Kimball House, ATLANTA, GA. Regular Meals, 15 and 25 Cts. Oysters in Season. OPEN AT ALL HOURS. \WpintPfl_fifl IfulllGU II lUGa lflP3 of^som<Mafmpie Protect your WfcimaUBbRN Ideas; they may bring you wealth. Write Wtt&biuRtou, JOHN fc CO.. Patent Attor ueys. list D C„ for their $1,900 prize offer rad of two hundred inventions wanted. Webster’s International^ „ Didiionary 6 The One Great Standard Authority, ™ So writes Hon. ]). J. Brewer, Justice U. 8. Supreme Court. Send a Postal lor Specimen Pages, etc. Successor of the “ Unabridged 1 1 . ' § j Staudard of the V. S. < '.ov’t Print¬ ing Office, the VS. Sn- the 1 renie Court, all m lute of Supreme nearly Courts, all the ■Aim ari'i Schoolbooks, y Warmly Commended ] ents by State of Schools, Superintend- ami other J.diioatora almost without number. THE BEST FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE It Is easy to find the word wanted. It Is easy to ascertain the pronunciation. It Is easy to trace the growth of a word, It Is easy to f?f?rn ^vhat word n*®«ns, The* New Orleans Picayune says: It stands now ft monument to patient Industry, and brilliant scholarship, and mechanical skill, one of tho nu-st complete and useful works ever pu blishc i iu this country. Tho Maleigh News & Observer says: anotherdi>-tio!i;.ry. Our iudividu:.l preferences better wero ucuuuintanee formerly with for 1 >utit tho later edition oi Webster (the International) busied us to regard it r.s the, most valuable, and to consul* r it ;.s tlie standard as far asanyohe di'/tionury should be so accepted, The Atlanta Southern Cultivator say r s : Webster's is the standard dictionary in our office. G. & C\ MERRY AM CO ., Publishers, Springfield, Mass., U.{5,A. Do not buy cheap reprints of ancient editions. |( 50 LD MEDALS V .*.wvwa tffcTW' I s -.'ll ^ g I :’v I’Ai s r rV» " $ DIPLOMA AWARDED OF HONORe.e TO A.K.HAWKES THEONIY AWARDED GOLD MEDAL TO ANY OPTIC IAN THE MOST | x itj the 1 j) LrkjTFS UNITED VTTrri-vsVw~...... 0000 SOLD iH CITIES\TOWNS NEVER PEDDLED. ESTABLISHED 1870 C. E. Cook and Pro. have a full assortment of these fa ITIOUS glaSSeS, in all the latest J I ctvlec StJ ICS, ('oil v_ail onrl anu cpb See tliom tneiTl. If your dealer does not keep a line of our Red Seal Serviceable Shoes, and you want the best wearing shoe that money will build, drop us a postal and we will tell you the name of the up-to date, cash buying merchants who do. J. K. Orr Shoe Co., Atlanta, Ga. Georgia Railroad. Stone Mountain Route. A. 6. JACKSON, JOE W. WHITE, 6en’l Pass. Agent. Traveling Pass. Agent. AUGUSTA, GA. J. W. KiRKLAND, Pass. Agent, Atlanta, 6a. W. C. BOYKIN, Land Ag 6 nt. Augusta, Ga., March 30th, 1896. All pStSOIIS holding lauds in the : CoUDtlGS traverSCU DV tU0 GEORGIA RAILROAD, vrbioh they desire to sell, will pleas# send descriptions and pi ices, so that •m li lands may be advertised in tha Noith and Northwest. Description blanks furnished oa ; application to W. C. BOYKIN, LAND AGENT, GEORGIA R. R. AUGUSTA. GA. m. CGEORGIA R’YCQ Excursion iickets at reduced rates between local points on sale after G o’cloek p. in. Saturdays, and until « p. ni. Sundays, good reluming until Mon¬ day noon following dale of sale. Persons contemplating either a busi¬ ness or pleasure trip to the East should investigate and consider the advantages offered via Savannah and Steamer lines. The rates generally are considerably cheaper by this route, and, in addition to this, passengers save sleeping car fare, and the ex¬ pense of meals en route. We take pleasure in commending to the traveling public the route referred to, namelyt via Central of Georgia Railway to Savannah, thence via the elegant Steamers of the Ocean Steam¬ ship Company to New York, Philadel¬ phia and Boston, ami the Merchants and Miners line to Baltimore, The comfort of Hie traveling public Is looked after in a manner that detles criticism. Sea-spray baths, electric lights, newly carpeted and handsomely turn islied staterooms, modern sanitary arrangements—all the luxury anil comforts of a modem hotel while on board -hip, affording every opportun¬ ity for rest, recreation or pleasure. First-class tickets include meals and berth on ship. The tables are supplied with all the delicacies of Eastern and Southern markets. For information as to rates and sail, ing dates of steamers and for berth reservations, apply to nearest ticket agent of lliis company, or fo J. C. HAILE, Gen. Passenger Agt., Savannah, Ga. ------ Excursion Rates to Nashville. Excursion rates to Nashyille, Tenn., on account of the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition, May 1st to October 30th, ]S97. For this occasion, tlie Central of Ga. Railway will sell from various points on its system, excursion tickets at groa ,lv l by reduced rates, such rates being governed | limit of tickets, This occasion pro mis'es to be one ot tlie most imnortant of its kind ever held inthe country, and every j.erson in the south slioulil take advantage of the cheap rates authorized and visit Nashville. For fuitlier parliculars in regard to rates, schedules, etc., apply to any tick¬ et agent of the Central system, or write to J. C. Haile, general passenger agent, Savannah, Ga. You Can Find l hat I’m ready to put your Clock and Wafch in First-rate order, for very little money. J* S. PEEK, Jeweler. Good Shoe. Is that wh.1t you want ? If it is, come and give me an order for a pair. AH I ask is > trial. Repairing done in the beat mariner. All work guaranteed. WILLIAM CLARK. bonanza sun.niNO, COVINGTON, <10. CHEAP PRINTING. If you want anything iti the line, call at the , ! »tar and get our price* \V« save you money. I FURNITURl AT CUT PRICES. f k ”>• Mi BS ft 5* life >■ * >£< This Suit Only $ 12 5o ; . Ss See my iX B CUT PRICES m Pa m on i BICYCLES: ■ “Imperial Wheels Now cut to < 1 Arabian” Wheels t I Now cut to “Ptogress” Wheels * Now • cut to Write for catalogue. BABY j* p 1V/1, kq m Z $5.00 tO ^-TW.UW. $40.00. Write for Catalojo, R. S. CRUTCHER 53 PCftClltUGC St., ATLANTA, > 1 m L=I a I ItFI Tl „ n j MSI Big fl IlMlUll gg j>';j a 111 A: j It, :!| I 111 L'tlt'ni : 11 r INE li lANT, 6 a. Winship Cotton Ginning 1?E£E BEST Engines and Boilers, Cotton Gins and Presses, Elevators Distributors, Shafting, Pulleys, Pelting, Gearing, Saw Cane Mills, Iron and Brass Castings. Write for WINSHIP MACHINE CO ■I Atlanta, : STOP AT THE | GREY HOI Si: ONE BLOCK AND A HALF FSOM THE UNION DEPOT. aSSt aim QuietSSt$l-00 . a Day Hotel III the City, J : You Get Hot affd Cold Baths Fill 454 Pine street, Macon, (Ja. SPECIAL RATES BY THE WEEK OR MONTH. Mrs. S. I. STEWART, Proprietress. to 0 DeLOACH w \|/ Variable frictiMoi $ Feed Saw Mills- » S « 1 Shingle Mills 1 and Planers, i \\t _,a Engines and ... Feed Boilers, Corn, y| \b m Flour and Mills, \h (Sfeja; Cane WaterWheels, Mills, * 8WB Baling Presses, jj * li/ Ad r MB Com Sheller* and Pea Hullers,Tk uij % Shafting, Pulley‘f .Tv -ilj BP?’’* _ REDLCtO PRHTS. and Mill Gearing-f ^ ik vV ^1 DeLOACH MILL MFG. COMPANY, ’ Atlanta Ga , ’ 1. S.A. u ^ ’ H, ' 103 Washington St., New York City. III S. Iltb St., St. Louis, Mo. GEORGE W. JOHNSON ) TONSORIAL ARTIST, Corner Broadway and Wall Streets* - - - - - Gr A‘ Geo. W. Johnson’s Parlor Barber Shop is located on the square, one door below the court house, where J ' u ‘ awaits ai! his friends and customers. New razors f Near Georgia Railroad Depot Wood and Repair Sh^P? COVINGTON, GA. I am better prepared to do work in line than ever prices my specialty cf ' re ; at very reasonable. 1 make a iece of Buggies and Wagons, and guarantee every of p ^ that leaves my shop, None but the very best ,-hich 15 a l use d. I have in connection a Blacksmith Shop H Tf)'^ charge of one of the best smiths in this section.