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13 y the Eagle Publishing’ Company. VOLUME XL. 1899. lE. INDUE i CO. START THE New Y ear BY GETTING IN NEW GOODS. 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. ANI ( ins 14 Al nin lon 'T'ol <*l-*l* on |1 a Ave rain ’ inp- nay ~— —.you will the ease if ter Waterman, $ I EXCLUSIVE + the piothiel I (J GENTS’ FL,' ii GAINESVILLE, G-jA. S y o p E P r s f —'The Time to Plow. ! The season for sowing grain is now here, and it is to your interest to have the'very best implements. We have a large stock of s i '■■* I ifty X I ' f •’ *’ ItW ww ... . ■ ~ , -SCLARK’S CUTAWAY HARROWS,&- r Torrent Harrows. 0 1,2, and 3 Horse Plows: AVERY’S STEEL, SYRACUSE, SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL WORKS, OLIVER PATENT. * t®T’l 4 I) Ths largest lot ever brought to Gaines- c TT/'\fT’ A big stock. All styles—all prices.— *3 tSTUII \J 1 Vi Lll O» Breech and muzzle loaders. t F A new era in prices. Everything cheaper than ever before. u Come and see us. S. C. DINKINS & CO- THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE. citizen of BFliiuont, died last Thurs day at the ripe age of 87 years. His remains were interred at Mountain Scene church Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. Mr. Fred A. Pfeffer of the Amer ican Express Co., of Waukegan, 111, who has been in the city visiting his cousins Misses Louise and Fannie Pfeffer left for his home last week. While here Mr. Pftffer made friends who will be glad to see him here again. Mr. Phelps of the St. Andrews Brotherhood of Rochester, N. Y. war in the city Monday on his way tc, Jacksonville, Fla. The young me' of Grace church are considering tb‘ advisability of organizing a chapte” of the brotherhood in Gainesville. ® W. W. Lumpkin, traveling freiglj agent, for the Southern railroad, wM has for the past year resided in th city, has moved his family to Colun bia S. C. However, his daughter Miss Lizzie, will remain here to con plete her education. Judge J. B. Estes left Monday foi Jefferson where Judge Russell i holding court. He will preside i all of Judge Russell’s disqualifie eases. As the weather prove’ 0 '’ 3 p ular 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, 93 Nassau St., New York. Biliousness “I have used your valuable CASCA» RETS and find them perfect. Couldn't do without them. I have used them for some time for indigestion and biliousness and am nowcom pletely cured. Recommend them, to every one. Once tried, you will never be without them in the family.” Edw. A. Makx. Albany, N. Y. CANDY W CATHARTIC ynjacoilgfc) TRADE MARK RaOtSTERED Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. 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It requires nq >-Y~ > skill to operate it and repro duee the music of bands, or, chestrus, vocalists or instru- YSSrT mental soloists. There is nothing like it for an even ing’s entertainment at. Lome or in thesocial gath ering. You can sing or talk to it and it will reproduce immediately and as often as desired, your song or words. Other so-called talking machines reproduce only records of cut and dried subjects, specially prepared in a laboratory; but the Graphophone is not limited to such performances. On the Grapho phone you can easily make and instantly reproduce records of the voice, or any sound Thus it con stantly awakens new intcrcstand itscharm isever fresh. The reproductions are clear and brilliant. BrapWWsaißSßKHorsio*up a Manufactured under the patents of Bell, Tainter Edison and Macdonald. Our establishment is lien<l. quarters of the world for Talking Machines and Talking Alachine Supplies. Write for catalogue. Columbia Phonograph Co., “Dep’t 30," 919 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, ... - D. C, NEW YORK. PARIS. CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS. PHILADELPHIA. BALTIMORE WASHINGTON. BUFFALO. I— !^Jm^eoßQ,a sfa WHrW Agricultural SEA ’ ItUl!! College «, 1 Main Suilcing. 4?*^ Mil'! fH I' £ wu DAHLONEGA, GA. A college education in the reach of all. A.8., 8.5., Normal and Business Man’s courses. Good laboratories; healthful, in vigorating cli mate; military discipline; good moral and religious influences. Civ apest board in the State; abundance of country produce; expenses from §75 to $l5O a year; board in doimitories or private families. Special license course for teachers; full faculty'of nine; all under the control of the University. A college prepar atoryclass. Co-education of sexes. The insti tution founded specially for students of limited means. Send for catalogue to the President. Jos. S. Stewart, A.M. The Supreme Court of the state has issued a decree to the effect that ifter the completion of the Macon sircuit it will hear no more argument luring the present term. This means that after the circuit has been com pleted argument will be postponed until March 1. Don’t wreck a life! From girlhood to womanhood the monthly course should be regulated with Simmons Squaw Vine TTine or Tablets. Established in GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1899. WARNING TO FARMERS AGRiCL’I/l UK AL COMMISSIONER SI EVENS ON THE RECENT KI'K IN COTTON. ONLY DELUSION AND SNARE Dawn of Better Times in Sight If Farmers Will but Stand Firm and Diversify Crops. Atlanta, Feb. 1. It is to be regretted that many of our farmers are almost in despair at the outlook ahead of them, and numbers of them (particularly of the tenant class) are talking of abandoning the farms and seeking employment in the cities. This would be a fatal move to the great majority of those who might try it. The eities are already overcrowded with peo ple who cannot obtain regular work, and additional numbers would only ag gravate this already bad condition. Re member how your fathers acted at the close of the war, 34 years ago. Return ing as they did to ruined homes, with out money, without credit, many of them broken down in health, they went to work with the same resolution and bravery that had enabled them for four years to resist the overwhelming armies of the north, and out of that ruin they built up a great state, and in a measure restored their shattered fortunes. Ton are sons of those heroic sires, and should not be daunted by difficulties no greater than they met and overcame. Industry and economy are bound to win now, as they did after the war. While the results of last year’s opera tions have in very many cases been dis couraging, let us not lose heart, but with redoubled energy and with re newed hope let us strive for better re sults this year. “Where there is a will, there is away,” and if we earnestly de sire to be rid of the despotic rule of "king cotton," we can certainly find a way to do so. I think I can see the dawn of better times coming for our farmers. With the reports of largely increased seeding of small grain; of many flour mills being erected in the state (the largest in the south, now about completed in Atlanta, which will consume 5,000 bushels of wheat and 8,000 bushels of corn daily, and will fur nish a cash market at railroad stations for grain); of packing houses being es tablished, that stand ready to purchase every fat hog and beef that we will raise, lam sure there is reason for the “faith within me” that Georgia'has reached the last milestone on the downward road to poverty, and will frouu this point, steadily, and I hope rapidly, advance towards the goal of prosperity and independence. Do not be deceived if as planting time approaches the meet who control the cotton, permit it to advance a little in value. They want a large crop planted and are even now getting anxious, because of the prospective decrease in acreage. You have been caught by this attractive bait in former years, and experience should teach you to recognize and avoid it now. Don’t forget the caution that I gave in the January letter, viz: to repel the thought, that because your neighbors will plant; less cotton you will plant more In hope of better prices. This is most danger ous ground to take, for if generally adopted, the logical result would be an enormous crop, with still lower prices,. I know that advice on this line is sel dom appreciated, but being a farmer of long experience, I deem it my duty to put the matter plainly before my brother farmers, hoping that good may result from it. If my advice given last month has been followed, the fences on our farms have been repaired; new terraoes run off and old ones mended where nec essary; many compost heaps have been made; as the weather permitted, much grain has been seeded, and the prepara tion of the ground for other crops is fairly under way. While the season for wheat sowing is past, there is still time to plant oats, this being probably the best spring month for that purpose. As the period for rooting and growth of the crop be comes shorter as the the season advances, it necessarily follows that the land seeded to oats during this month should be richer, and if possible better pre; pared, than land seeded in the fait The root growth of the spring sown oats will not be as great as when seeded in the fall, therefore if a good crop is expected from the spring planting, there must be more available plant food in the soil.’ You also need a variety of oats that will mature quickly, and I known of none better than the “Burt.” While they do not yield as heavily as some other varieties, they mature very early and seldom rust. Do not fail to put in £ good acreage in oats while there is still time to do so, for you are likely to need them badly next summer, and you could have no better feed for your work stock. In the sontheru part of the state corn planting should commence before this month expires, particularly on the red lands of that section. These lands warm up earlier than do the gray lands, and can therefore be planted from ten days to two weeks sooner. Don’t make the mistake (so common among negro ten ants) of planting corn very close. I prefer 7 feet rows and 8 feet in the drill, with a row of ground peas or field peas in the middles. By this plan as much or more corn will be made than by closer planting, and a crop of peas also. What ever fertilizer is used for the corn should be strewn along the planting furrow— no fear but that the corn roots will find it. In planting ground peas in the corn middles, I advise the use of the whole ground pea, dropping one every 15 to 18 ini has. Planted with the hull un broken they will take longer to come up, but in my experience you get a bet ter stand. They should be planted in this way immediately after planting corn. Many, however, prefer shelling the peas, and in that case the planting should be done two to three weeks later. Some good farmers will doubtless differ with me in regard to such early planting of the above mentioned crops, but from long observation of results I am saAfied that early planting ot any crop dhes the heaviest yield. Great care s®uid be used in the selection of seed ®rn, as there is snch a large amount of damaged corn this season, much, of which is hard to detect with out careful examination. Many perfect looking ears have a rotten cob, with the gqjrm of the grain discolored and dead. You cannot be too careful in this matter of selecting seed, as the en tire Sftccess of your crop depends on it. In th&middle and upper portions of tho state.ylhe same general directions for planting will apply, save that the time gets later and later as we go uuthe country, until there is fully a motif’s difference between the two ex tremes of the state. When the moun tai“ section is reached ground peas would hardly be a profitable crop, and fiel<l peas should be substituted for them- The advice as to 7 feet rows for course, applies only to uplands. Thenver and creek bottoms will bear closer planting. Sugar cane should also be planted the lasjrof this month. The ground should be deeply broken and well fertilized for thia’ emp- If the stalks are long cut them in several pieces, and in planting let the pieces or the whole stalks lap, foFonq-third of their length. By this plain you will get a better stand. Commercial fertilizers are best for sugar cane, as stable manure heavily applied gives the syrup a dark color and an tin pleasant taste. There is very lit tle„ profit in making syrup to sell at 15 to 18 cents a gallon, as at present; but if greater care were used, resulting in a fine article of syrup, and the Mime should be put up in half-gal arifi gallon cans, attractively la beled, I believe cane-growing could be made very profitable. The maple syrup from the north is put up in this way, and readily sells for high prices, though not a whit better than our best cane syrup. There is great room for im provement here. Irish potatoes should be planted this month, also all hardy garden vegetables. Should a cold snap threaten after they are up, cover lightly with straw or leaves, which will afford ample protection. Don’t fail to make every effort to have a good garden, for no other ground on the farm will pay one-fourth as muoh on the investmdnt as wuJ a fertile and well-cultivated garden. is to be hoped that you have given ample oare to your stock of various kinds during the severe weather through Which we have passed. A good thick Md of straw or leaves, under shelter, is as mu* appreciated by your stock dur ing colt! and wet winter nights, as your own comfortable bed is bv yourself. “A merciful man is merciful to his beast,” and will provide for its wants, but many of our improvident farmers will permit their cows to stand all night in a wet lot, drawn up in fence corners, shivering With cold and hunger, while their hogs run around squealing for warmth and shelter, which they perhaps finally find 4n the dust under some old outhouse. This picture is not overdrawn, but oan be seen in every neighborhood in the state. There is no profit In such treat- Hment of stock, and if you can take no better oare of your animals, you had ill them to some neighbor who re for them. This mistreatment k is only one of the many curses t upon us by the all-cotton craze, 111 quickly disappear, when our learn that there are many farm ts that pay better than cotton, axcessive amount of wet weather th J st wo have had during the past three months has very much delayed the wbrk of the plow, but we must not on that account become impatient and plow our lands when too wet. This would be almost certainly fatal to the crop that follows and might diminish the productiveness of such land for sev eral years. The energetic farmer will always find plenty of Work on his place requiring his attention, whether it be wet or dry, and nothing is gained by plowing the land when not in proper condition. This applies not only to the top soil, but the subsoil as well. The passage of the plow through either, when wet, will simply puddie the clay and render it, when dry, impervious to the roots of tho growing crop. Q. B. Stevens, Commissioner of Agriculture. Rise of Foam la Churns. Question. —Why is it that sometimes in churning foam will rise in the chufh and it will take hours for the butter to "come?” Answer.—One of the best authorities on the subject gives the following rea sons for the condition you mention: 1. The temperature is not right—us ually the cream is too cold in the chum. 2. The cream may have been kept too long. 8 The cream of a “farrow” or “strip per” cow may be causing the trouble. 4 The cream may be too thin—get rid of some of the skim-milk. 5, The cream may be too thick—add a little skim-milk or water. 6. The churn is too full. To make good butter the cream when churned should have a temperature of between 55 and 75 degrees. If the tem perature is below 55 degrees the butter will not “come” readily, and if above 75 degrees the product is apt to be a white, spongy butter. Overchurning is also to be guarded against, and care must be taken to stop the churning at the point where the butter separates itself from the milk. Otherwise the granular ap pearance and character of the butter will be lost, and you will have a smooth, fatty product.—State Agricultural De p&rtment The Leopard and the Pan. One day a worthy Kulu housewife came out from her cooking and, stand ing on the ledge of rock at her door, emptied a pan of boiling water into the rank herbage growing below. It fell, splash, on the back of a sleeping leo pard, who jumped perpendicularly into the air as high as the roof of the hut. What might have happened next? Who can say? But the astonished woman dropped the pan with a clang upon the rock, and the leopard took one leap down hill. The pan followed, and the leopard’s downward leaps became lon ger and swifter as the pan bounded aft er it from rock to rock. When last seen the leopard had just achieved a leap of about 350 feet to the very bottom of the ravins, thousands of feet below, and the pan had whirled about 500 feet over it on to the opposite side. The leopard would have eaten the old woman with pleasure, but a pan which first scalded half the hide off him and then bounded clanging in his wake from the top of the Himalayas to the plains below was something which he could not face. —Good Words. The Conyers Banner-Weekly hits McDonough, Ga., (one of Conyers’ business rivals), this unique dig: ‘"Bob Burdette went to McDon ough to rest. Bob could have done no better outside of a cemetery.”— Echo. BOARDOFENTOMOLOGY RULES GOVERNING THIS BODY » ITS EFFORT TO STAMP OUT INSECT PESTS. NEW REQUIREMENTS IN FULL Laws and Regulations That Are of Supreme Importance to Every Fruit Sian In Georgia. Rules and Regulations For the Govern ment of the State Entomologist In the Enforcement of the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia Provid ing for the Control and Eradication of Insect Pests and Fungous Diseases Which Threaten the Fruit and Other Agricultural Interests of the State, and For the Prevention of the Intro duction of Dangerously Injurious Crop Pests From Without the State. Adopted Jan. 18, 1899. In pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, ap proved Dec. 20, 1898, amendatory to an act of Assembly approved Dec. 21, 1897, creating a Board of Entomology, and au thorizing and directing the same to take action for the suppression of certain hereinafter defined injurious insects and fungous diseases, and for the prevention of the further introduction, increase and dissemination of the same; the follow ing rules and regulations are hereby enacted and promulgated: 1. In accordance with section 11 of said act, the following insects, fungous diseases aud parasitic plauts are hereby declared individually and severally, to constitute infestation in trees and plants; this list to be revised at the will of the Board of Entomology: List of dangerously injurious insects, fungous diseases and parasitic plant: The San Jose Scale (Aspidiotus per niciosus). The New Peach Scale (Diaspis amyg dali). The Cabbage Web Worm (Hellula undalis). Black Knot (Plowrightia Peach Yellows. Peach and Plum Rosette. Mistletoe (Phorodendron flavescens) — parasite. 2. The State Entomologist is hereby charged with the enforcement of the said act, aud as Inspector is directed to lo cate by personal investigation, corres pondence and in such other manner as he may deem best, the above named pests so far as they exist in this state, and give proper directions, and take such steps in accordance with the above cited act as he may deem necessary to con trol or eradicate the same. 3. In accordance with section 5 of the above cited act, the State Entomologist is hereby endowed with power to condemn and destroy any infested trees, shrubs or other plants that in his judgment are not worthy of remedial treatment, when such infestation is, or is likely to become' a menace to the agricultural interests of any section of the state, or when the owner or owners of infested premises shall refuse or neglect to properly exe cute the treatment prescribed by him. 4. Any trees, shrubs or other plants, commonly known as nursery stock, shipped within the State of Georgia,' without each box, bundle or package in every car load, or less than car load lot, being plainly labeled with an Official Entomologist’s certificate, to the effect that the contents of the same hive been inspected and found to meet the require ments of the Board of Entomology, in accordance with section 10 of the act cited above, shall be liable to confisca tion upon the order of the Inspector. 5. Each and every box, bundle or package of trees, shrubs and other plants commonly known as nursery stock, shipped in car load lots, or less than car load lots, into the State of Georgia from any other state or coun try, shall be plainly labeled with a cer tificate of inspection furnished by the Entomologist, Fruit Inspector, or other duly authorized official in the state or country in which said stock was grown, and also with the official tag of the Geor gia State Board of Entomology, herein after provided for; said certificate and tag to be valid for only 12 months frojp the date they bear, in accordance with sec tions 9 and 13 of the act cited above. Such shipments not so labeled shall be liable to confiscation upon the order of the Inspector. 6. Upon the filing of the proper certi ficate as above prescribed in accordant with section 13 of said act, and upon re quest of any person or persons residing in states or countries outside of the State of Georgia, dealing ip or handling trees, shrubs or other plants in this state, the certificate of the State Board of Entomology will be issued to the same without charge, and official tags bearing a sac simile copy of such certifi cate, and the seal of the said Board, will be furnished such applicants at cost, viz: 60 cents for the first 100 or part thereof and 25 cents for each additional 100. 7. No transportation company or com mon carrier, shall deliver any box, bur • die or package of trees, shrubs or other plants commonly known as nursery stock, shipped from any other state or country to any consignee at aay Station in the State of Georgia, unless eaeh such box, bundle or package is plainly la beled with a certificate of inspection furnished by the Official Entomologist* f the state or country in which said rtOOk was grown, and also with the official tag of the Georgia State Board of Ento mology, hereintofore provided for. Such shipments of the nature designated above originating in the State of Geor gia, need only have the certificate of the State Entomologist, arid unless his cer tificate is attached to every box, bundle or package, of trees, etc., they shall not be accepted for transportation. 8. Transportation companies shall im mediately notify the State Entomologist (Atlanta, Ga.), when by oversight, neg ligence or otherwise, any shipment of uncertified nursery stock is received at any station or wharf in the state, and it shall be his duty to proceed as speed- i ily as possible to investigate and dispose .OO Per Annum in Advance. or sncn stock as provided tor iu the act ■ cited above. 9. The State Entomologist shall have ' power to require any nurseryman of the J state to fumigate his stock with hydro- I cyanic acid gas, when in his judgment, ! the presence of any pest in the nursery or in the neighborhood of the nursery warrants such treatment for the better protection of the agricultural interests of the state. Upon the failure of any individual, firm, or corporation to com ply with this requirement, the State En tomologist is hereby authorized to with hold his cirtificate from the same. 10. The State Entomologist is hereby authorized to publish in the form of bulletins, reuorts, or through the press of the state, any matter pertaining to the distribution, life-history, habits, and treatment of insect pests and fun gous diseases, or other matter that may be instructive, or aid in the suppression of such pests. 11. The Board of Entomology may ap point temporary deputy inspectors when it appears to be necessary to as sist the Entomologist in the enforcement of the act cited above, and such deputy inspectors shall have full power to enter on premises and inspect and report to the State Entomologist. 12. Appeals from the decision of the Entomologist should be addressed to the Commissioner of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga., who shall notify the appellant of the time and place of hearing such ap peal. 13. All inquiries relative to the pro visions of the above cited act and the subject matter of the same, should be addressed to the State Entomologist, Capitol building, Atlanta, Ga. O. B. Stevens, Commissioner of Agri culture, Chairman. P. J. Berckmans, President of State Horticultural Society. J. Pope Brown, President of State Agricultural Society. Board of Entomology. In order to bring the requirements of the law and these rules and regulations before interested parties, the following circulars were issued and sent out: Circular No. 1. Jan. 18th, *99. To Nurserymen and Florists of the State of Georgia: Your attention is sailed to sections 12 and 10 of the Act of the General Assem bly of Georgia, creating a Board of En tomology, approved Dec 20, 1898, which sections read as follows: Section 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 her stock inspected annually, on or before Nov. lof each year. If upon such inspection, such stock is found to conform to the requirements of the Board of Control, the Inspector shall fur nish a certificate to that effect, and any such person or persons making a ship ment before the filing of such certificate with the Chairman of the Board of Con trol, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 10. It shall be unlawful for any grower, nurseryman, or corporation, to ship within the State of Georgia any trees, shrubs, cuttings, vines, bulbs or roots, without having been previously inspected by either a State or Experi ment Station Entomologist, or Govern ment Officer, within 12 months of the date of said shipment, and certificate of inspection to accompany each box or package. Violation of this clause will, be considered as a misdemeanor and punished as such. Attention is also directed to rule 4 of the rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Entomology, Jan. 18, 1899, which rule reads as follows: Rule 4. Any trees, shrubs, or other plants commonly known as nursery stock, shipped within the State of Geor gia, without each box, bundle or package in each oar load or less than car load lot, being plainly labeled with an Official Entomologist’s certificate to the effect that the contents of the same have teen inspected and found to iqeet with th© requirements of the Board of Entomol ogy, in accordance with section 10 of the act cited above, shall be liable to confis cation upon he order of the inspector. Immediat' compliance with these re quirements must be enforced, and we trust that we shall have your hearty co operation. O. B. Stevens, Chairman of the Board. Circular No. 2. Jan. 18th, ’99. To Nurserymen and Florists who are shipping or may ship trees, shrubs and other plants into the State of Georgia: Your attention is called to section 13 of the Aet >f the General Assembly of Georgia, approved Dec. 20, 1898, en titled “an act to require the Commis-. sioner of Agriculture to establish a special department of Horticulture and Pomology, to employ Entofiaolegists, etc., etc.,’’approved Dec. 21, 1897, wflich section reads as follows: “Section 13. Each and every person residing in states or countries outside of the State of Georgia, dealing in cm handling mants, cuttings, trees, vines, shrubs, bulbs and roots in this state, shall register his name or firm, and file a copy of his or its certificate of inspec tion, furnished by the Entomologist, Fruit Inspector, or duly authorized Gov ernment Official of his state or country, with the Chairman of the Board of Con trol (Commissioner of Agriculture, At lanta, Ga.). Upon fai lure so to do, said stock shall be liable to confiscation upon order of the Inspector.” Attention is also directed to rules 5 and 6 of the rules and regulations adopted by the Georgia State Board of Entomology Jan. IS, 1899, acting in ac cordance with the above cited act, which sections read as follows: Rule 5. Each and every box, bundle or package of trees, shrubs or other plants commonly known as nursery stock, shipped in carload lots, or less than carload lots, into the State of Geor gia from any other state or country, shall be plainly labeled with a certifi cate of inspection furnished by the En tomologist, Fruit Inspector, or other duly authorized official in the state or coun try, in which said stock was grown, and also with the official tag of the Georgia State Board of Entomology, hereinafter provided for, said certificate and tag to be valid for only 12 months from the date they bear, in accordance with tac tions 9 and 13 of the act cited abpve. Such shipments not so labeled, shall be liable to confiscation upon the order of the Inspector. Rule 6. Upon the filing of the proper certificate as above prescribed in accord ance with section 12 of said act, and upon request of any person or persons residing ip states or countries outside of NUMBER 6. the state ot Georgia, aeanligin or nana ling trees, shrubs, or other plants in this state, the certificate of the State Board of Entomology will be issued to the same without charge, and official tags bearing a sac simile copy of such certificate, and the seal of the said Board will be furnish ed such applicant at cost, viz: 60 cents for the first 100 or part thereof and 25 cents for each aditional 100. It is not the purpose of the Board to interfere in any way with the sale of healthy, uninfected plants in this state, but it is insisted that these require ments must be complied with, and it is hoped that we will receive your hearty co-operation. O. B. Stevens, Chairman of the Board. Circular No. 3. Jan. 18th, ’99. To Railroad, Express and Steamship Companies and Common Carriers do ing business in the State of Georgia: By virtue of an act of the General As sembly of Georgia, approved Dec. 20, 1898, creating a Board of Entomology and authorizing and directing the same to enact rules and regulations for the prevention of the further introduction, increase and dissemination of insects and fungous diseases injurious to plants, and for the government of common carriers in the transportation of plants liable to harbor such pests, your atten tion is called to rules 7 and 8 of the rules and regulations adopted by said Board Jan. 18, 1899. Since no penalty is prescribed for vio lation of rules 7 and 8. it would be diffi cult to enforce them without your co operation, and inasmuch as the general interest and prosperity of the state in volves your interest, and since it is one of the objects of the Board to protect and build up the plants and other agri cultural interests along your lines of road, we request that you faithfully observe these rules, and we hope and believe that you will heartily co-operate with this Board in the discharge of the duties devolving upon them in the en forcement of the above cited act. These rules follow: Rule 7. No transportation company or common carrier shall deliver any box, bundle or package of trees, shrubs or other plants commonly known as nurs ery stock, shipped from any other state or country to any consignee at any sta tion in the State of Georgia, unless each such box, bundle or package is plainly labeled with a certificate of inspection furnished by the official Entomologist of the state or country in which said stock was grown, and also with the official tag of this Board hereiutofore provided for. Such shipments of the nature designated above originating in the State of Georgia, need only bear the cer tificate of the State Entomologist (At lanta, Ga.). When by oversight, negli gence or otherwise, any shipment of un certified nursery stock is received at any station or wharf in this state, it shall be his duty to proceed at once to investigate and dispose of such stock as provided for in the act cited above. Very truly yours, O. B. Stevens, Chairman of the Board. Ground Cobi as a Food. Question. —Are corncobs, ground into meal, or crushed into small pieces, of any value as a feed stuff for horses or cattie ? Answer. —Ground cobs are valuable as food, particularly for cattle, as the following table will show: Per Cent Digestible Matter. •E S I o a*M Cforn c0b...1 1.6 43.91 .3 Cottonseed hulls 1.0 26.2 1.8 Rice hulls 1.644.5' ,<J Sweat potatoes..-9 16.1: .1 Turnips 6 5.5 .3 Sugar beets 1.1 Oat straw 1.641.41 1.0 Wheat strawß37.9 .5 Corn silage.■ 1.3 14.0 .7 Corn and cob meal 6.5 ~>6.8 2.9 You will see from the above table that ground cobs are more valuable than a number of ether feed stuffs that are in common use. The protein substances in the above table supply the material for the mak ing of lean meat, tendons, ligaments, horns, hair, etc., and also the casein of milk. The carbohydrates, commonly called heat producing substances, include starch, sugar, gums, eta. The ether extract is the crude fat or ojl dissolved out by ether iin the analy sis of foods. —State Agricultural De fartinent. Hla Mongoose experience. “Although I sold tickets in a red cir cus wagon lor years,” continued the dime museum man, “I was badly fooled once in an animal deal. I mean by this that I fooled myself. I got. a letter from a collector, who wanted to know if I would bay a mongoose. I wrote back to have it shipped at once, and it was to be in the museum ready for exhibition one Monday morning I had a rather hazy idea of what the Least looked like, but I was sure that it was something big, with tusks, and I told our artist to go ahead on that idea and spread him self. “He did. The picture ho evolved would catch any one’s eye at any range. He took a whole frame of canvas and painted for a background a tropical is land, with the mongoose chewing up sailors on the shore “The picture was finished Sunday, and I couldn’t help but rub my hands when I looked at it The moment it : was hung cut people flocked around it, 1 and the early morning attendance Mon ] day was remarkable. The doors were opened before I got down, and as I went up stairs I could hear a subdued growl. “ ‘That’s the mongoose,’ I said to myself. ‘The idiots haven’t fed it.’ “It wasn’t the mongoose. It was the crowd growling like a Roman mob be hind the scenes. They had been lured by the picture, and when they got to the cage labeled ‘Mongoose’ they conld not see the beast at all. It bad buried itself in the straw.”—Chicago Tribune «. Trox Bankston of the Ringgold New South is evidently jealous of Atlanta and doesn’t want it to out shine Ringgold. He says it is under stood that a party of Atlanlians headed by W. A. Hemphill will visit Washington with a petition to have the Philippine islands annexed as a part of the city they represent. Nerves must be fed on pure, rich blood. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the best nerve tonic. By enriching the blood it makes tha nerves STRONG.