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By the Eagle JPulblisliing- Company.
VOLUME XL.
1899.
L E. AIM & CO.
START THE
New Year
BY GETTING IN
NEW GOODS.
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This week we are opening up a large
shipment of
SHOES.
To all our customers we wish to say that
this year our stock of Clothing, Hats,
Shoes, and Fine Dry Goods will be
the largest we have ever shown.
R. E. ANDOE & CO.,
14 iVlain St.
Telephone O. -■*- »
Waterman, Burnett & Co.,
I
Wiers, Tailors,
GENTS’ FURNISHINGS and SHOES, I
GAIHESVILLE, G--A-.
--rllie a Time to Flow.
The season for sowing grain is now here, and it is to your interest
to have best implements. We have a large stock of
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CUTAWAY HARROWS,-.-
Torrent Harrows.
1,2, and 3 Horse Plows:
AVERY’S STEEL, SYRACUSE,
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL WORKS, OLIVER PATENT.
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U^ => Qtr/\ r P A stock. AH styles—ill prices.—
I3?“OA1 JL vX U±l O» Breech and muzzle loaders.
A new era in prices. Everything cheaper than ever before.
Come and see us.
S.C. DINKINS & CO
THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE.
PLANT LIFE, to be vig- !
orous and healthy, must
have
Potash
Phosphoric Acid and Nitrogen.
These essential elements are
to plants, what bread, meat and
water are to man.
Crops flourish on soils well
supplied with Potash.
Our pamphlets tell how to buy and apply
Fertilizers, and are free to all.
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
©3 Nassau St, New York.
Sour Stomach
‘•After I was iuduced to try CASCA
-IXKTS, 1 will never be without them in the house.
My liver was in a very bad shape, and my head
ached and 1 had stomach trouble. Now. since tak
ing Cascarets. I feel fine. My wife has also used
them with benedcial results for sour stomach.”
Jos. Khkhlinc. I'xil Congress St.. St Louis. Mo.
CANDY
TRADE MARK REOiSTERZO
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do
Good. Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c, 25c.50c
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trFaWs foolease,
A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this
season your feet feel swollen, nervous and
damp. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes,
try Allen’s Foot-Ease. It warms the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweat
ing feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and is a certain
cure for Chilblains and Frost bites. Try it to
day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for
25c. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S.
Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y.
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES
Alien’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It
cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous feet
and Instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery
of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure fcr
Chilblains, sweating, callous, tired, aching feet.
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists a«d shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package FREE. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
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I J#' In stamp! for particulars, testimonials an 1
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It rests with you whether you continue
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removes the desire for tobacco, WJBWIjjS
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■ Eg vouch for us. Take it with
AVl|Fa will,patiently, persistently. One
box. SI. usually cures; 3 boxes, >2.50,
guaranteed to cure, or we refund money.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago, Montreal, Hew York.
DfsTrYDER & MERRITT,
DENTISTS .
GAINESVILLE. - - - GA.
Dental work of all kinds done in a
skillful manner. Crown and Bridge
work a specialty.
MONTHLY
SUFFERING.
*T*housands of
women are
troubled at
monthly inter- xA JgA
vals with pains
in the head,
back, breasts,
shoulders,sides
hips and limbs.
But they need «gj£|
not suffer.
These pains are symptoms of
dangerous derangements that
can be corrected. The men
strual function should operate
painlessly.
W«rdui
makes menstruation painless,
and regular. It puts the deli
cate menstrual organs in condi
tion to do their work properly.
And that stops all this pain.
Why will any woman suffer
month after month when Wine
of Cardui will relieve her? It
costs fi.oo at the drug store.
Why don’t you get a bottle
to-day?
For advice, in cases requiring
special directions, address, giv
ing symptoms, “The Ladies’
Advisory Department,” The
Chattanooga Medicine Co.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
••••«©©••»«
Mrs. ROZENA LEWIS,
of Oenavllle, Texas, says:
“ I was troubled at monthly intervals
with terrible pains in my head and bark,
but have been entirely relieved by Wine
of Cardui.”
JOHN MARTIN,
NACOOCHEE, GA.
REAL ESTATE.
Mines and Mining Lands,
Farms and Farming Lands,
Timber and Wild Lands
SOLID INVESTMENTS AT
TEMPTING PRICES.
Correspondence Invited.
EZstaJblished in 1860.
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 19, 1899.
ALL COTTON FALLACY
OLD BLUNDER THAT FARMERS
SHOULD AVOID IN THE
COMING YEAR.
RAISE SUPPLIES AT HOME
Time Has Arrived to Stop Relying p»
a Crop Which Sells Below 1
Cost of Production.
Atlanta, Jan. 1, 1899.
The beginning of the new year is upon
ns and 1898, with all its hopes and dis
appointments, is a thing of the past. It
will be well for each of us at this time,
before we commence our work for the
year, to take a calm and thoughtful
view of the situation, and then to act as
become sensible men.
What, then, do we find to be the con
dition of the average Georgia farmer at
this time? After working 12 months to
make and gather a large cotton crop,;
has he any money left from its sale? 1
say emphatically no. Those farmers are
fortunate indeed who have been able to
pay the debts incurred by them in mak
ing the last cotton crop, the vast ma
jority having unpaid accounts agains.
them either for guano, meat, corn or
goods of other kinds.
Has the average Georgia farmer a
supply of corn, oats, hay and fodder,
with which to feed his stock of every
kind until he can make another crop?
Has he plenty of homemade meat and
flour aud syrup, with which to feed all
bauds ou his farm for the next ten
months? Are his mules, and horses,
and cattle, and hogs, and sheep in good
order and well cared for, now in the
midst of a cold, long winter? Has he
an abundance of poultry of all kinds,,
well housed and well fed? Has he
plenty of good milk and butter from
graded Jersey or Holstein cows? Hal
he a rich garden from which he can’
daily gather the winter vegetable to add
to his bill of fare? To all these ques
tions I must regretfully answer no. Aqd
yet I assert positively that all these ara
within easy reach of every land owner
in Georgia who will throw off the curse
of all cotton growing, and return to the
ways of our fathers.
Shall we continue to grow aud sell
cotton below the cost of production (to*
the great delight of the balance of man
kind, who care nothing for our suffer
ings) until total ruin overtakes us, ox
shall we make a united aud determined
effort to raise our own supplies in abun«
dance, and thus make our cotton crop 1
an absolute surplus? I see no hope fox
our farmers save to adopt the lattex
plan and stick to it regardless of tlak.
price of cotton. Don’t delude yoursem
idea neighbors vvißj
diminish their cotton acreage and there
fore you will increase yours in the hope
of getting a good price. There could be
no greater mistake of judgment than
this, as the selfish farmer so acting will
find to his cost at the end of the season.
If Georgia made no cotton this year,
the loss would doubtless be made up by
the yearly increased acreage of rioh cot
ton lands brought into cultivation west
of the Mississippi river. We had better
prepare ourselves for a long period of
low-pnced cotton, for the outlook prom
ises nothing else, and being prepared,
we can better endure such a calamity.
For 83 years we have relied on cotton
alone with which to purchase every
thing else. During that time we have
made not less than 20,000,000 of bales,
worth at a moderate estimate, fully
$800,000,000. What has become of this
vast amount of money, which, if kept
at home, would have made us one of the
richest states in the Union? It has all
gene to pay the farmers and manufac
ti rers of the north and east for supplies
of various kinds, every item of which
w 3 could and should have produced
w Tun our own borders. Suppose wa
had made only 10,000,000 bales in the
past 33 years, and in addition
had produced all the supplies that
we have bought from other states,
is it not self evident that we would be
better off by $400,000,000 than we are at
present? The entire property of the
state, eities included, is now but a little
over $400,000,000, and the farmers of
Georgia ought alone to have been richex
by this vast amount, ibid they not been
deluded by the all-cotton fallacy.
Look around you in your different
communities and note the successful
farmers of your acquaintance; invaria
bly you will find them to be the men
wbo have diversified their crops and
raised their own supplies. No state ox
section can prosper that relies entirely
on one crop. Kansas tried it with wheat,
until most of her farms were mortgaged,
and she was only saved from utter ruiu,
it is said, by the “hen aud the cow.”
Now, with diversified farming, she is
again on the read to prosperity.
I write as a farmer to farmers, know
ing and appreciating the difficulties in
the way, but I believe they can all be
overcome by a persistent and determined
effort in the rignt direction. I by no
means advise the abandonment of cot
ton culture, for we have no other money
crop upon whieh we can with absolute
certainty depend; but I do urge upon,
and plead with each and every farmer
in the state, to plant no seed of cotton,
until he has planted such an acreage of
each and every other crop that will
grow on his land, that, let the season be
dry or wet, he will be assured of abun
dant and varied provision crops. In ad
dition to this let proper attention be
given to the raising of stock of all kinds,
particularly cattle, hogs and poultry.
With proper management, it is easier
and cheaper to raise a pound of pork or
a pound of any kind of poultry, than it
is to raise a pound of cotton, and yet a
pound of pork is worth as much and a
pound of poultry from two to three
times as much as a pound of cotton.
The papers stated that Atlanta alone
used 10,000 turkeys on Thanksgiving
day, and I venture to say that nine
tenths of them came from Tennessee
and Kentucky. What a commentary
on our method of farming I
A good beginning has been made in
thq right direction in the sowing of the
wheat crop probably in the late
giistory of the state. A fair crop of fall
-oats has also been planted, but the acre
age should be doubled or trebled with
out delay. Prepare to plant a good corn
| ?rop, not less than ten to 12 acres to the
, jlow; and be sure to either broadcast
i ield peas in your coru at the last plow
' ng, or drop them on, or by the side of the
. jorn rows at the second plowing. Then
not less than five acres to the
for such crops as groundpeas, po
tatoes, sugarcane, millet, etc. After
|that, put ten acres, and no more, in
regardless of who may advise
, you to the contrary. A crop like this
swill give you 25 acres to the plow, and
that is enough for North Georgia,
{though in Middle and South Georgia, a
,few more acres might be cultivated in
tcorn or groundpeas.
f Buy as little guano as possible, but
’ ase all the homemade fertilizers that
can get together between this and
planting time.
* Stop buying hoehandles, axhelves,
rhames and other things that you can
> and should make at home on rainy days.
Never go to town with an empty
wagon, but always carry something to
liell, if only a load of wood.
■ Buy nothing on credit if you can pos
sibly avoid it. Better suffer some pri
vations than go in debt.
we would be independent and pros- I
perous, we must farm on the lines sug
gested. No other road will lead us out
of the woods iu vvh sh we are now al
most hopelessly lost—but if we will fol
low the course I have endeavored to
Jalaze out, we will in a short time be a
prosperous and contented people.
■ In the laudable effort to become self
.sustaining, all must lend a hand. The
merchants and the landlords can greatly
, aid in the good work by not insisting
'that their customers aud tenants shall
pliant large cotton crop in order to get
‘supplies. This course, hitherto pur-
■ sued, has resulted in greatly increasing
Fthe cotton acreage, to the serious in
jnty—l may even say almost ruin—of
all hands concerned. If they would try
/the opposite course, extending aid and
’credit only to those who make their
food supplies, how different and how
‘gratifying would be the result. I ap
4>eal particularly to the merchants, who,
by their insistence on a large cotton
Mereage before credit would be extended,
luave practically “killed the goose that
•laid the golden egg.” Let them “face
jabout” and refuse credit to their cus
tomers who may cantemplate planting
large cetton acreage. If such a course
IshouM be adopted and carried out, it
Needs no gift of prophecy to foretell
amount of poverty and suf
ferifi t would be banished from our
than willing to help on this
by every meauajp my power,
and the greatest reward that the con
duct of this department could offer me
would be the satisfaction of feeling that
I had aided, even though in a very small
degree, in restoring to the suffering
farmers of Georgia, that plenty and
prosperity which they once enjoyed.
O. B. Stevens, Commissioner.
Work For the Month.
Start the plows as soon as possible,
and finish sowing wheat and oats. Take
advantage of every day when the ground
is in suitable condition and speed the
plow, that you may be ready to plant
the various crops at the proper time.
Subsoil, or at least double furrow as
much of your land as possible, particu
larly for such crops as corn, sorghum
and sugarcane. Arrange for a good
garden by heavy manuring and deep
plowing, and in South Georgia plant
the hardier vegetables the latter part of
the month. During the many days that
it will be too wet to plow, repair the
fences, gates, terraces, etc. Make your
composts; mix your fertilizers; haul
leaves and keep your stock well bedded;
put good homemade handles in all your
tools, and keep away from town. Too
much of this month is often frittered
away in comparative idleness, many
farmers thinking they have plenty of
time ahead in which to prepare their
land for planting, and then should Feb
ruary and March be very wet, planting
time will catch them unprepared.
Kalnit Dearer Than Muriate.
“Throughout the entire south we
notice a tendency among farmers to
purchase kainit in preference to the
other salts of potash, we presume be
cause It is lowest in price per ton,” re
marks a writer in Texas Farm and
Ranch. “A ton of kainit at $lB is dearer
than a ton of muriate at $45; while the
freight on each would be the same, the
former would contain but 240 pounds
of pure potash to the ton, while the lat
ter is half potash, or l>ooo pounds to the
ton. On the score of economy, if from
no other cause, this latter fact should
be borne in mind.”
Wanted Something Quicker.
Some few years ago I issued a policy
on the life of a man who was far from
being a model husband. I called for the
premium every week and rarely got it
without a grumble from the wife. The
last time I called she said
“I ain’t going to pay you any more.
There’s Mrs. Smith only had her old
man in M. ’s society three months, and
he’s dead and she’s got the money. I’m
going to put my old man in that, so
you needn’t call again ” —Liverpool
Mercury
The Time It Worked.
Little Johnny always wanted to sleep
in the morning, and finally Papa Mc-
Swatters wondered how he would ever
get the boy up betimes. At last he
struck upon the following
“Johnny, the furnace fire is all fixed,
and the ashes have been carried out,
and the leaves raked. Breakfast is al
most over and only three pancakes
left ’
Johnny forgot his ablutions in his
hurry. —Syracuse Herald.
An Antique Weapon.
“Yon are an iceberg!’’ exclaimed her
elderly but well preserved adorer, pale
with anger an d mortification. ‘‘A dozen
Cupids, with a hundred arrows each,
could never find a vulnerable place in
your flinty heart! ’'
“Not if they used an old beau to
shoot with, Mr. Wellup, ” coldly replied
the young and beautiful Miss Flyppe.—
Chicago Tribune.
TO AID FRUIT GROWERS
MEASURE PASSED AT RECENT
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
IN ATLANTA.
SIGNED AND NOW IN EFFECT
Bill Provides For a Commission to
Inspect and to Destroy All
Pest Infected Trees.
For the benefit of the fruit growers of
Georgia, the following bill was passed
at the recent session of the legislature,
and has now become effective:
Be it Enacted by the General Assembly
of Georgia:
1. That an act entitle! “Au act to re
quire the commissioner of agriculture to
establish a special department of horti
culture and pomology, to employ an
entomologist, etc., etc.,” approved Dec.
21, 1897, be amended so as to read as
follows:
Section 1. That from and after the
passage of this act, the commissioner of
agriculture of the state of Georgia, the
president of the Georgia State Horti
cultural society and the president of the
Georgia State Agricultural society shall,
ex-officio, constitute a board to be known
as the state board of entomology, of
which the commissioner of agriculture
shall ba chairman, which board shall
have full power to enact such rules and
regulations governing the inspection,
certification, sale transportation aud
introduction of trees, shrubs, cuttings,
buds, vines, bulbs and roots, that they
may deem necessary to prevent the fur
ther introduction, increase and dissemi
nation of insect pests and plant diseases.
Sec. 2. That the state entomologist
appointed by the commissioner of agri
culture under the provisions of the act
cited above, approved Dee. 21, 1897,
shall act as an inspector under the pro
visions of this act, and it shall be the
duty of the said board to promulgate
rules and regulations in accordance with
this act, for the government of said ento
mologist in the duties devolving upon
him iu the execution of the provisions
of this act.
Seo. 3. That the salary of the said
entomologist shall not exceed $1,500
per annum, aud that said salary shall be
paid out of the funds in the agricultu
ral department arising from the inspec
tion of oils. In addition to the above
appropriation the sum of SI,OOO per
annum is hereby appropriated out of the
funds in the agricultural department
arising from the inspection of oils, for
the purpose of defraying the expenses
of the execution of this aot, —the equip
ment of a laboratory, the traveling and
other expenses of the entomologist and
thj issuing of reportsand other publica
tions.
Sec. 4. The entomologist shall have
power under the regulations of the
board of centrol, to visit any section ot
the state where such pests are supposed
to exist, aud shall determine whether
any infected trees or plants are worthy
of remedial treatment or shall be de
stroyed. And he shall immediately re
port his findings in writing, giving rea
sons therefor, to the owner of the in
fested plantation, his agents or tenants,
and a copy of each report shall also be
submitted to the sa4d board. In case of
objection to the findings of the.inspeo
tor, an appeal shall be made to the said
board, who shall have the power to
summon witnesses and hear testimony
on oath, and whose decision shall be
final An appeal must be taken within
three days and shall act as a stay of pro
ceedings until it is heard and decided.
Sec. 5. Upon the findings of the in
spector in any case of infected trees or
plants, the treatment prescribed by him
shall be executed at once (unless an ap
peal is taken), under his supervision;
cost of material and labor shall be borne
by the owner; provided, however, that
in case the trees or plants shall be con
demned, they shall be destroyed by the
inspector, and the expenses of such ac
tion shall be borne by the owner. No
compensation shall be allowed for any
plants that shall be destroyed.
Sec. 6. In case any person or persons
refuse to execute the directions of the in
spector or of the board after an appeal,
the county judge, or ordinary shall,
upon complaint filed by the inspector or
any freeholder, cite the person or per
sons to appear before him within three
days, notice being first served, and that
the said judge or ordinary may hearand
determine all the cases in vacation; and,
upon satisfactory evidence, shall eause
the prescribed treatment to be executed,
and the expense thereof and costs of
court shall be collected from the owner
or owners of infested plants.
Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful to offer
for sale, sell, give away or transport
plants, scions, buds, trees, shrubs, vines
or other plants, tnbers roots, cuttings,
bulbs known to be infested with dan
gerously injurious insects or plant dis
eases. Any person or persons violating
this section shall upon conviction
thereof be guilty of a midemeanor.
Sec. 8. The said board of eontrol, its
agents or employes, are hereby empow
ered with authority to enter upon any
premises in discharge of the duties
herein prescribed. Any person or per
sons who shall obstruct or hinder them
or their agents in the discharge of these
duties shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor, and, upon conviction theiuof,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 9. The board shall have powef
to also adopt rules and regulations, not
inconsistent with the laws and consti
tution of the state and the United States,
for preventing the introduction of dan
gerously injurious crop pests from with
out the state, and for the governing of
common carriers in transporting plants
liable to harbor such pests to and from
the state, aud such regulations shall
have the force of laws.
Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any
grower, nurseryman or corporation to
ship within the state of Georgia any
trees, shrubs, cuttings, vines, bulbs,
roots, without having been previously
inspected by either a state or experiment
station entomologist or government offi
cer, within 12 months of the date of
4aid shipment, and certificate es inspeo-
si .OO Per Annum in Advance.
tion to accompany each be.x or package.
Violation of this clause will be consid
ered as a misdemeanor and punishable
as such.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, that
the members of the said board, any two
of whom shall constitute a quorum in
the absence of the third, shall, within
30 days from the passage of this act,
draw up and promulgate through the
press of the state the rules and regula
tions necessary to carry into full and
complete effect the provisions of this
act, carefully defining what disease or
maladies, both inssct and fungus, shall
constitute infestation in trees or plants
within the meaning and purview hereof.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, that
any person or persons residing in the
state of Georgia, dealing in or handling
trees, etc., shall be compelled to have
his or their stock inspected annually on
or before Nov. lof each year. If, upon
such inspection, such stock is found to
oonform to the requirements of the board
of control., the inspector shall furnish a
certificate to that effect. And any such
person or persons making a shipment
before the filing of such certificate with
the chairman of the board of control,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 13. Each and every person resid
ing in states or counties of the state of
Georgia, dealing in or handling trees,
plants, cutting, vines, shrubs, bulbs and
roots in this state, shall register his
name or firm, and file a copy of his or Its
certificate of inspection furnished by
the entomologist, fruit inspector or
duly authorized government official of
his state or county, with the chairman
of the board of control. Upon failure
so to do, said stock shall be liable to
confiscation under order of the in
spector.
Sec. 14. When two reputable citizens
of any county in Georgia shall notify
the board, from belief, that noxious in
sects or plant diseases exist in their
county, the said inspector shall be di
rected to ascertain as speedily as possi
ble by personal investigation, and in
such other manner as he may deem ex
pedient, the extent of the infection, and
shall act with all due diligence to sup
press and eradicate the said pests and
give notice to the owner, tenant or
agent of such premises to treat such in
fested plants according to the methods
he may prescribe, or destroy them
within ten days from date of such no
tice, and if after the expiration of such
period of ten days the infested plants
have not been treated or the treatment
has not been properly applied or is net
effectual in ridding plants of the pests,
the inspector* shall cause such plants to
be properly treated or destroyed as his
Judgment warrants The cost of the
work shall be covered by execution from
the owner, of the premises.
Seo. 15. It shall be the duty of the in
spector to make a monthly report es his
work, both as entomologist and inspec
tor, to the board of control, as well as
the expenditure under this act, and said
board shall report annually to the gov
ernor of the state.
2. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage, and all laws and
parts of laws in conflict with this act
are hereby repealed.
Approved Dec 20, 1898.
Refuse Salt on Compost.
Question —I have a lot of refuse salt
on hand. Would you advise putting it
in my compost heap, and if so, in what
proportion?
Answer —Strictly speaking, salt is
not a fertilizer, as an analysis shows it
to contain little or no plant food. From
ancient times, however, down to the
present day it has been applied to land
generally with beneficial results, so that
experience, our best teacher, indorses
its use. Ou lands that are near enough
to the sea to receive the salt spray,
which storms often cavcy to a oonsider
able distance inland, or on such lands
as contain chlorine and soda in any
form, salt would have no appreciable
effect, but on soils of an opposite char
acter an application of salt is frequently
very beneficial. By some means its
presence brings about a chemical change
in the soil which renders available an
additional amount of plant food for the
growing crops. Not only this, but the
great affinity it has for water causes it
to attract from the dews and the vapors
of the atmosphere an amount of mois
ture, which, in a drouth, enables the
crops to resist to some extent, the effects
of the dry weather. A liberal applica
tion of salt is said also to prevent rust
in cotton, though this is not well es
tablished. An additional benefit to be
derived from an application of salt is
that it kills the larvae of many noxious
insects, such as cutworms, etc. I would
advise you to use it in yeur compost
heap, in such proportion as that from 0
to 10 bushels will be applied to the aura.
—State Agricultural Department.
For Overworked girls and Feeble worn
en, Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tab
lets are nature’s greatest boon.
What is a Dollar?
An exchange asks: “What is a
dollar?” The que-tion is an easy one
to answer. A doWai is what some
men promise to pay for their county
paper. It is what a newspaper man
enjoys more in anticipation than in
reality. It is what the wife fre
quently needs, but seldom has. It
is the price of a day’s work for some
men and a night’s drink for others.
It is the power that makes or un
makes. It is the hardest thing to
get and the ea-iest thing to get rid
of known to mankind. It is a bless
ing in a small measure and a curse
in many instances. It is mighty and
scarce. No man ever bad more than
he wanted and no man eier will
have. A dollar is a snare and a de
lusion, and every one of us is chasing
the delusion.
If Gloomy and Nervous, and looking
on the dark side of things, take a few
doses of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Mtd
iains, and the gleona will disapper.
NUMBER 3.
REPLIES TO INQUIRIES
INFORMATION AS FURNISHED BY
THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE.
POINTS ON MANY SUBJECTS
Best Months to Sow Wheat In North
and Middle Georgia, Probable
Peach Output, Etc.
Question. —Please publish in yout
monthly “Answers to Questions” soma
formulae for making composts, and also
for mixing fertilizers.
Answer. The department takes
pleasure in answering the above re
quest, as it shows a disposition to di
minish the cost of your guano bills, and
it is to be hoped that the same intention
exists in the mind of every farmer in
Georgia.
FORMULAE for composts.
Stable manure 600 lbs
Acid phosphate 800 lbs
Cottonseed 400 lbs
Kainit 200 lbs
or
Stable manure 750 lbs
Cottonseed meal 150 lbs
Acid phosphate 800 lbs
Hardwood ashes (unleaehed).. 300 lbs
or
Stable manure 900 lbs
Acid phosphate 800 lbs
Nitrate of soda 100 Ibl
Muriate of potash 50 lbs
Kainit, or hardwood ashes.... 150 lbs
Total. 2 000 lbs
To mix, put down a layer of stable
manure 2-4 inches thick, on that place
a thin layer of cottonseed, or meal, or
nitrate of soda, on that a layer of kainit
or ashes, and on that a layer of acid
phosphate. Repeat the layers until the
pile is as high as you want it, and then
cover with 6 inches of dirt to prevent
leaching. Wet each layer thoroughly
&s you go along. If too much heat
should develop wet thoroughly again.
The compost will be ready for use in six
to seven weeks. Before hauling to the
field cut the pile down vertically with
hoes or spades and mix thoroughly.
A GOOD MIXTURE FOR COTTON, CORN, ETC.
Acid phosphate (16 per cent
available) 1 000 lbs
Cottonseed meal (8 per cent am-
monia) 600 Ibi
Kainit (12 per cent potash).... 400 lbs
Total 2 000 lbs
FOR SAME ON SANDY SOIL
Acid phosphate (16 per cent
available) 900 lbs
Cottonseed meal (8 per cent am-
monia) 600 lbs
Kainit (12 per cent potash).... 500 lbs
Total 2 000 lbs
FOR PEACH, PEAR AND PLUM TREES.
Acid phosphate (16 per cent
available) 900 lbs
Cottonseed meal (8 per cent am-
monia) 500 lbs
Kainit (12 per cent potash).... 600 lb'a
Total 2 000 lbs
Mix thoroughly with hoes or shovels,
on a tight floor, making sure to pound
up the lamps you are certain to find in
the kainit.
By mixing the fertilizers yourself you
will save not less than $2 per ton, and
such work can be done under skelter on
rainy days. State Agricultural De
partment.
SHADOWS ON THE WALU
When the room is tidy.
Toys are put away.
Eyes are growing sleepy,
Skies are turning gray.
Comes the children’s clauiot
As they round me throng.
Fairy lore’s exhausted,
Hung each nursery song.
In the mellew lamplight
Hushed th«sir voices all,
Whilst they watch me making
Shadows on the wall I
Through the happy silence
Rings their laughter low
As upon the wall there
Shadows come and go.
Nurse, unseen, unheeded,
Watches from the door,
Whilst the children’s voicefi
Plead for just one more!
One by one they leave me.
Till I sit alone,
Seeing in the twilight
Shadows of my own.
Long forgotten fancies.
Dreams hi olden guise.
Till from heart to eyelid!
Tears, unbidden, rise.
Happy, happy children!
Time has joys for all;
Only some are fleeting
Shadows on the wall!
—London Mail.
HOW HE GAINED COURAGE.
General Chaffee’s Way of Giving a
Recruit Confidence.
A youth of 18 who was in the trench
es at El Caney carrying a gun was so
badly frightened under fire that he
went flat on his face aud was roundly
kicked by his companions. General
Chaffee came along and called to him,
“Well, you’re a fine soldier!” Then he
looked at the boyish face of the hid,
and his face softened. "I suppose you
can’t help it,” he said. “It ain’t so
much your fault. I’d like to get hold
of the fellow that took you into the ar
my. ” By and by he put his hand on
the boy’s shoulder. “There isn’t so
much danger as yon think for, ” said
the general. “Now, yoh get up and
take your gun and fight, and I’ll stand
here by you. ”
The boy got up, shaking like a leaf
and fired bis first shot pretty near
straight into the air.
“That’s pretty high, ” said the gen
era). “Keep cool and try it again.”
In three minutes that kid was fight
ing like a veteran and cool as a cucuin
ter, and when he saw it the general
started on.
“You’re all right now, my boy,” he
said. “You’ll make a good soldier.”
“God bless you, sir,” said the young
ster. “You sav.ed me from worse than
death. ” And he was pretty close to dry
ing when he said it.
After a while the order came to re
tire from the trench, and soldiers had
to ool|ar that kid and haul him away
by the neck to get him to retreat with
his company. And at that he’d got a
bullet* through the fleshy part of his
shoulder an'hour before. In the rest of
the fights there wasn’t a better soldier
In the comnanv.—Chicaeo Journal).