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THE ELLIJAY COURIER.
B. B. OMRR. | T. B. MtW
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ELLLTAY, GA., JUNE Iff, 1882 T.
OeFICIAD Or&AB vf FaSIIJN Cos.
Official Or<mk of Gil#**i* Cos
Official Organ" of PicfcßKS Cos
Culture of Broom Coni.
As lb# ctrft tffe of broom corn
is now attracting some atten
tion in tbe South, in connection
with broom factory enterprises
to be inaogtrrated i several
States, the following artide on
this subject will not be ont ot
place in our own columns :
Broom corn should be planted
sr little later than ordinary corn,
varying according to location,
from the middle of May to the
end of June, It is a native of
warm climates, and wants a
Warm, rich soil, such as Indian
corn does well in. It can be
sown either in hills or in drills.
The latter seems preferable, as
it makes the work of cultivation
easier. The drills should be
about three to four feet apart,and
the seed dropped three to four
inches apart. It will appear
above the ground m from fonr to
six days, if the weather is favora
ble. It should be well cultivated
tokeepdowu weeds. After the
plants are from twelve to four
teen inches in height, a double
mold board plow that wiii turn a
furrow both ways can be used to
advantage. The amount of seed
required per acre is from three
to three and a half quarts. The
average yield per acre is about
500 pounds, and the price per ton
ranges from eight to eighteen
dollars.
Harvesting should be com
menced while the seed is yet in
the milky state, as the early har
vested is the brightest and best.
This, of course, sacrifices most of
the seed. Harvesting is gener
ally begun by bending down the
stalks from two and a half to
three feet from the ground, and
leaving them to dry for a few
days. They are then cut from six
to eight inches from the brush
and laid in heaps to be carried to
the scraper. There a good many
different scrapers for taking out
the seed, some being simple ma
chines worked by hand, while
othees are run by horse power,
and can clear a crop of three
acres in a single day.
Outside of its value for maKing
brooms, the seed of broom corn
is an excellent feed for horses,
cattle, sheep or poultry. In feed'
ing it to cattle or sheep the seeds
should be ground and mixed with
Indian corn, rye, oats or barley.
Mixed with wheat bran, it is a
good food for milch cows. But to
be valuable as a food, the seed
should ripen and then be spread
out to dry, after being separat
ed from the broom. Before
grinding it should be run through
a fanning mill.
There is one drawback in grow
ing this crop, and that is the
difficulty of getting rid of the
tong hard stalks left standing in
the field. The best way seems to
be to break them down with a
Heavy drag, plow them under and
flbew roll the land well. The
breaking down is generally done
in-the spring, as the stalks are
more easily broken then than in
the folk
Fish Pond, Orduzds, etc,
It correspondent in the South
ern Cultivator says ; “It haa al
ways seemed to ike writer that
those who use the word culture
as applied to fish, in ponds or
elsewhere, were drawing it pret
ty fine. We am speak of corn
and cotton culture, because hoes,
plows and much labor are neees
sary to their cultivation. Not so
with fish. These are not caught
and fed by band, nor hoed around
or ploughed around. They eat of
their own volition, and their
growth is in obedience to nature,s
laws. The first thing we know
someone will be saying that
Barnum has gone into elephant
culture. Be this as it may, we
are glad to see so many of our
people starting fish ponds, and
trust that tbe home supply of
good, fresh fish will be increased.
But how many of Ihese ponds
will be remunerative, and hew
many in a short lime will be
wholly neglected? To explain:
Almost in sight of tire writer aTe
several ponds that for years
might have been bonanzas to
their owners but from tbriftless
ness, or perhaps worse downright
laziness, they bare been decided
failures.
The same may be said ol many
of the orchards and vineyards
that’s planted out in the wri
tere’s county lor years gone. llow
can it be otherwise when there is
no protection as against stock and
no attention to pruning, etc.?
Why not acl in Ihese little pur
suits in a rational and intelligent
way ?
Every one, if possible, should
enter into these industries, and
pursue them diligently and
intelligently. They reduce ex
penses and make homejife pleas
ant and agreeable. They enhance
our farms, ami, better still, en
dear the old homestead to the
little ones.
Gniteau’s Insanity Asserted.
His Examination by Commission
of Experts Urged by Medical Men.
Mr. Clark Bell, |President of
the Medico-Legal Society, read a
paper last evening at its meeting
in Mott Memorml.Hall on “Gui
teau.” He said a petition to Pres
ident Arthur was iu circulation
among the medical profession of
New York and other cities re
questing him to appoint a medi
cal commission to examine into
the sanity of Guiteau. The speak
er said President Arthur alone
could now stand between Guiteau
and the scaffold, and if he had a
public duty to perform in the
matter it was well for scientific
men to come to his aid. The
medical evidence at Guiteau’s
trial was far from satisfactory
from a scientific standpoint. It
was, with one or two exceptions,
giver, by men in the employ of
the Government, or who were
unfavorable to tbe defence. It
was evident, then, that in the ex
cited condition of public opinion
it would injure a physician if he
said be believed Guiteau insane.
A large body, and probably a
large majortty, of the physicans
of this country now believe him
insane.
Several members, among them
Gen. Palmer, declared that Gui
teau’s legal responsibility had
been amply proven. Dr. Beard
said : “If Guiteau is a sane man,
then we are all insane. I have
been so situated as to know the
opinions of experts, and there is
no case recorded where the mass
of expert testimony is so com
pletely on one side. The best
informed men of Boston, New
York, Philadelphia and Chicago,
of England and France, are unan
imous, as they have never been
before, in the statement that
Guiteau is insane.”
Ex-Surrogate Calvin said
America could not afford to hang
a man who was generally believ
ed by medical experts to be in
same.—N. Y- j Sun.
THE TABIFF QUESTION •
Washington, Jane B,—lmmedi
ately after the adjurnment of the
Senate to-day twenty-four of its
Democratic members assembled
in caacos to interchange views
on the fitnee of the President’s
nominees for Tariff Oommission
ers. No attempt was made at
caucus action on tbe question,
and at tbe conclusion of the con
ference every Senator was left
free to yete udoo it in executive
session according to hu own
judgment. It was developed that
the Democratic members of the
Senate are practically unanimous
in bolding that the Commission
is unfairly constituted,and should
be rejected. The ground was
taken by nearly all the speakers,
inclnding Senator Bayard and
some others who voted for the
Tariff Commission bill, that the
proposed membership of the
Commission is whollv inconsis
tent with the avowed purpose of
the bill, which contemplated an
impartial investigation, and look
ed fnr recommendations that
should be tree from the suspicion
of self-interest.
It was asserted that two of the
nominees, namely, Messrs. Hayes
ot Massachusetts and Garland of
Illinois, are salaried officers of a
high protective tariff association,
and that a third, Mr. Porter, is “a
stipendiary of the same organiza
tion.” Messrs. Oliver of Pennsyl
vania and Kenner of Louisiana
were criticised as being likewise
champions of protection for sp* •
cial interests, who might well be
expected to combine with the
above named members in the in
terest of high tariff generally.
Mr. Underwood of Georgia was
referred to as “an obscure mar,”
nominated at the instance of
Georgia protectionisms, and Mr;
Ambler of Ohio, when Senator
Pendleton declared he had never
heard of until nominated for a
place on the Commission, was
generally believed by the mem
bers of the caucus to be also a
friend of a high tariff. Mr. Wheel
er ot New York had, it was said,
a leaning in the same direction.
So far as can be ascertained to
night there are only two of the
Democratic Senators willing to
vote for the confirmation of the
Commissioners, namely, Messrs.
Brown ot Georgia and Jones of
Louisiana.
On the other hand, it is under
stood that Senators Van Wyck
and Ingills will vote with the
body of the Democrats against
confirmation. In this event the
determination of the question
will probably rest with Senators
David Davis and Mahone.— N, Y.
Sun.
Pea Raisin g.
The importance of the pea as a
food for stock is universally ap
preciated in tha south, and few
farmers, if any, will be found who
will deny that a crop of pea vines
is a great improver of the soil.
But how few southern farmers
avail themselves of the value of
this crop as they might and
should. The pea has been not
inaptly termed “the clover of the
south.” It is very similar to clo
ver in respect to the quality ol
the hay made from, the vines,
but the similarity is chiefly obser
ved iu tbe renovating qualities
of the two crops. In the middle
and southern portions of the cot
ton belt and southward. We
cannot hope to grow clover even
under the most favorable circum
stances with sufficient certainty
to answer as an improving or pre
paratory crop. Indeed in tbe san
dy lands of the lower half of the
Gulf states it is worse than use
less to attempt clover. But
while sandy soils will not produce
clover, of all others they seem
best adapted to peas, and at the
same time stand in more special
need of the ameliorating effects
of such a cron.
The middle of May is about the
proper time to sow peas intended
especially for improving the land
bat plantings may be continued
UDtill August.
Let evrey row have a corre
sponding row of peas, in the
middle and not by the side of the
corn row. From three to five
bnshels per acre may be secured
in this way, on fair land, with
very little labor. Indeed we
never charged up against such a
crop anything bat the valae of
seed and the labor of gathering
the ripe peas.
At the laying-by plowing, of
corn, peas may be sown broad
cast at the rate of half bushel to
the acre, with great benefit to the
soil, aud often yielding a fair re
tarn in Deas. The wheat and oat
fields afford a fine area for broad
casting or drilling peas, after the
small grain crops have been har
vested, and every acre should be
sown that may be possible.—Cul
tivator.
Beauty Regained.
The beantv and color of the
hair may be safely regained by
using Parker’s Hair Balsam,
which is much admired for its
perfume, cleanliness and dandruff
eradicating properties.
What the Papers Say of General
GartreJl.
Rome Tri'-ane.
And now does not Gen. Gar
trell’B candidacy brighten up
somewhat. aa an independent
Democratic candidate ?
Tbe Atlanta Critic.
We do not propose to antago
nize the Democratic party; we
simply endeavor, in oor modest
way, to build it np. This is the
reason we support Hon. Lucius
J. Gartrell, believing that he rep
resents the true Democracy of
the State.
Madisonian.
The Gumming Clarion will sup
port General Gartrell for Gov
ernor in preference to any man
in the Slate. We shall calmly
and patiently defer an expres
sion of opinion on this subject
until the Democratic State con
vention shall have voiced its
preference.
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