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J ' i i Vj r J 7 -w.oesf" . - „ _ ________, _ jrtfa toc of the * 1 pape editor r of of The Miami Graphic, county, the writes lead* « M i'"* fivoetWetf , uHth heart 11 . t e am ** years, severe palpitations, short* of breath, together with such ex tremo nervousness, that, at times I would consulted the *ariy all night. We best medical talent. Thei/mail there least—hclj> forme, h * d disease of the heart tor which there was no remedy. I had read your advertisement in The Graphic and a year ago, as a last resort, tried one bottle of Dr. JZUe0 TJctc Cure foe the Heart, which convinced me that there was true merit In It. 1 took three bottles each of the Heart Cure and Restorative Nervine and jEf completely cured me. I deep well at Bight, my heart beats regularly and I have no more smothering spells. 1 wish to say to all who are suffering as I did; there’s relief untold for them if they will only give your remedies Just one trial." Dr. Miles Reart Cure Is sold on a positive guarantee All that the first atuZfi bottle will benefit. druggists sell It bottles for *5, or Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure Restores Health The Atlanta stitution and The Times, 1.50 a year. E. P. SIMPSON & CO • Corner Tugalo and Sage Streets. TOCCOA, GEORGIA Hachinery and Machinery Supplies WHOLESALE DEALERS in SHINGLES . Agents for Geiser Manfg. Co. Fire, Life and Accident Insurance We represent the following Life Compa ales: Liverpool, London and Globe; Hart ford,Home of New York jPhmnix of Brook i lyn: Insurance Company of North Amert Lancaster Fire Insurance Co. of Eng land Una.Greenwtcaoi Greenwich of New New York. xora. And the following Life Companies. New York Life and the Atlanta Mutual Life and Accident Co. Southern Railway. “SR* PIEDMONT AIR LINE. Cssfisnssfi Scfcs Mt of Pssssngsr Trstas Ves, FitC N*. 12 No. || NsrthboanS. Ns ft No 34 Daily ltu Jen. S. 1896. Daily toAily 13 00m ii is l »*Xt8EliS*fttSS*X2tKSgg Atlanta, U.T. 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NESBITT’S MONTHLY V 1AJJ A TALK X ’ £XJJJV The Commissioner’s Letter to the Farmers of Georgia. MPORTAHT MATTERS DISCTJ8SED ___ „ Correspondent* Aeke.t to Give the Com mlMliMief the llenettl ttf Their Knowledge SeTerml subject*—Two Typographical Emm Corrected—Ti»s Aiauxt Uupreco dsated Drouth of April. Agricultural Department, Atlanta, Ga., May 1, 1896. in 111 the tha qnestioua ____ ____ sent out *_ to corres poudents for this month, in additiou to the usual series, we have embodied the f 0 u 0 winv up* 7 mw borhood. , ii,^J ... h 4 in ere the *“V raising and in improving . . cows, ^*l )re sheep, f l of hogs. live stock, horses, mules, 80 * at *cccess, and what br ^ d8 “ re preferred , for your immediate * * „ er pcnment8 , been .____. made . f Iul1 ^’ «* different °. _ feed stuffs ? 4 ada br ^ ^ ed t ?y aud our grade, lo ® ttbt o*COWf y• “** au e “ ort t u e8 ”J ia.w> l&h hsh creameries, creameries, . and and if if so so have have they they suc- sue c 0. ^ mi What . . breeds , of . JzfSLS? sheep , are _ found ,___, foand best for mutton, what ~ for wool ? 7. What breeds of swine are found most Is profitable in your locality? breeds of 8. the raising of select what kinds are iViU found f B a 7 most att t Ut profitable? S hie»°’ TRUCK GARDENING, FRUITS. 9 R anr attention given to track gardening in your section ? If so, what success? 10. Does the raising of fruits form a part of your agricultural industry ? If so, what varieties, and have they been ra e8 K 1 r ftny° d ii there iusects or diseases which prey upon these and other crops ? What are they, and have any efforts been made to destroy them ? RESTORING LANDS AND ROTATION CROPS. 13. Have any experiments been made as to the best treatment of worn out lands ? 18. What is the experience of your best farmers as to the proper rotation of crops, naming those most in nse, and which have succeeded best? NEW CROPS. 0 M«t2n Te the n vaiue°o* S comparison with those with which we are already familiar? 15. Please report any matter your knowledge that bears on any qf these subjects, and which may be of benefit to the agricultural interests of tho state. Our object in introducing them here is to request that everv farmer, who feels RU interest iu the improvement of our general agriculture, aud who has any information on the lines here suggeted. will give us the benefit of his knowl edge, send us a few lines on a postal card tellln « us facts beariug on these subjects whioh may have come under his observation. yp 0 wigh also call attontion to TWO typographical errors. 1. In the , Animal . , , for <one 1895, issued . ,, from this ical Department, in tho article there on is •’Terracing, a typography error page 120 Through an error of the printer the fall feet. given The is eight latter feet is the in stead of three correct figure. A person with some ex perience in terracing would at once un derstand that the fall was entirely too great bat beginners might in the be misled. estimate 3. The second error is of the per cent of potash The necessary formula in fertilising corn, page 28. as printed reads: Nitrogen. 2 per acid, cent; potash. 7 per cent; phosphoric potash. It should 0 per oeut—too much be: Nitrogen, 2 per cent; potash. 8 to 4 per cent; phosphoric acid, 6 per cent the april drouth. The almost unprecedented drouth of the post month, while it has given op portuuity for carefully plauttug the SB and early cultivation and also retarded their growth. long The dp probablo spell will conse- be quence of the a wet May and much delay will in the fight with the grass, which inevlta bly come, and in full force. In view of such a contingency, and of the impor tance of rapid cultivation ofthe crons, the following plan, suggested by Di rector Redding of the Experiment Sta tion, is most opportune, and we give it place here, because its suggestions if rfjB opens. Every experienced farmer knows that if an effectual war is waged during During this moat** all our energies must therefore be directed to oombettiug its advances: RAPID cultivation. narrow farms of cultivating implement#, Progres involving much loss of time. sirs r«.^r£su'i?5^rett fanners very generally understand crop is planted; and that the oulttva tion at the growing crop should be shal low, the object being simply to keep the surface, to the depth of an inch or so, ia a mellow, pulverised condition. To do this effectively and eoonomi cally a wide spreading, shallow running implementJsrequirei others 4-foot that are oqually effectivn the “In a corn or cotton row, ■oil already well broken and in good, mellow condition, one trip with snob an implement «r one tone to each row, is easily go over ten acres, or arm more, . m***. Um.-in practically stir the eottre width of a 4 foot or 5-foot row, it would be trip to earii row, simply in order to In perfectly •side’ each row of ulante . a case fae ret u rn tnp wffl be thrown aw^. j proceed thus, in ttSsa^tHSHd S'SS^Sf^i p S^.'"ii« will stir and cover together a width of inches or more. First plan: Ron ££j,&S£ of avid ‘aide’ perfectly both sides every alternate row and stir the entire snrfaoe of the field excepting a narrow strip of only a few inches on each side of every alternate row, and each man and horse will «ro over not less than ten acres a foy. Second plan: Side tile east (OT cither) side Of trtry TOW. plowing “right and left.’ This ttlsopntsa fntTOW or trip in every middle and stirs the entire surface of the field, excepting a trip of a few inches on the west side of every row, and each mau and horse will also accomplish not less than ten acres in a day. ^ In a week the process may be re pe wd> this , ime alternating the rows or gj^es Q f rowg if the first plan be adopted, *11111 around* the rows that were left before; if the second plan be adopted, side the west side of each row. By either of these plans just twice the may be gone over in a day. com p-u^ y 0 tlio usual two farrows to the njw pi an and the essential object—the breaking, of the finest and stirring of the i ayer 0 f the soil—will bo prac tically accomplished with the expend- labor, iture of just half the time and enable the farmer to go over his crop twice as often and make tho inter yaig^gtweeu stirrings just one-half as lou .. Where the land is very rough or has become packed, of course other plans magt be substituted, and tho farmer gus¬ tains the loss in time and labor. R. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner, Murrain, Hoiiowhom aud noiiowtoiL Question. —What are the symptoms of forit? rr if“o! 1 wS!t e is fe^WhaTis 0 ^ remedy for hollowhorn and hollowtail? Answer.—M urrain is known by ra nftme9i aooordin g to the nature of the attack and the location .. of , the ais- ... ease. Thus it is called Black Log, Black Qaarter, Black Tongue, Bloody Mur rain, Oharbon, Oarbuncnlor Fever, etc. 1*1*“ common disease, contacious and ma’ihnant, and therefore to be dreaded. The symptoms are various; the follow tog are some of them: The animal gets suddenly listless, the ears hang down, swellings appear usually along the back or neck or on the legs, which, when rubbed by the hand, feel os though kir WM under the skin. The animal lies or stands quietly, refusing to move. The bowels become’constipated and the .. The pai^uquick, from ios to uobeats a minute. The animal usually dies Mi a few hours. The disease is most common , under , „ 3 years .. “B® amonK Very little can be done in the way of curing this disease. The best treatment is chlorate of potassium in from 3 to 4 drachm doses, dissolved iu water, and given every three hours. Wnufcy, ether and quinine are also weakness, given, where the animal shows great As a rule, all treatment is unavailing, and death is sure and *P® 6d y will quote from a prominent votei mory surgeon of Atlanta. “No time or space will be taken up with this subject, as it is really a very wrong idea. The cow’s horn would not be natural if it was not to a certain ex teut ho n ow; this depends upon the age. -Worm in the tail, or hollowtail. is onot h er wrong idea, aud the habit of cnt ti, w the tail is one of the relics of b axbarism. The horn may be bored and ta u mfly ^ gpiit and the cow may ^, better, which she would have done th out such treatment and left no .cars.”—State Agricultural Department - ■? Gray Land Good For Cotton, uuestion.—I have 20 acres of land T^« that has been in cultivation six yeafs. t year it was in com, and I broad castedpeas ft at the last pipwing good clay of snb- the corn . gray land with ^ 1 Can I moke a bale of cotton to . of y,e acre on it by the nse 500 pounds of guano, and if so, how can I do it ? Answer.—S uch land as you describe gh on ld make at least a bale of cotton to the ^ with M mU ch guano ae you (-pc * « p™*- >* - prepared and worked and yon have fair ge&son* upon it T make the crop y you J expect, first break . ... the land , ,. deep and thoroughly, Lay off your rows four feet apart, run n tog twice in the same furrow with a h l / plow ’ , to get weU down into the ground. In that furrow __ put 250 pounds of any good standard fertiliser. Then % i on g scooter plow run baric and iotih ^ the hotU)m ° f thl * which will thoronghl; ml. «w (.rttll ser with the soil, and also break np the x in bsoiL furrows, putting ’.25 ponnas of feriili ser lu each, shea Skaum bt iAlag out zz usual. method necessitate consid wort ,h.h the planting of the crop, but you will b* well repaid for the expense, ^ M your ^op ig up and will about every 15 to 18 inches, Cultivate shallow and often, then fair I will guarantee you a bale to the acre.—State Agricultural Department Qosstkw.—W hat properties as a far China berry? i b l AimwxR.—There is a oo m d e r a e amount of fertilising _ material . . ia . China _ . baffles, mostly nitrogen, and if they g^ba obtained cheaply and in large Uw™*,Um*i_ W .o them- I cannot give yon a ^ The berry, far as I know. ire to TM: m ■ * What is ' V--, V-/.* » YV CASTORIA Caatoria |g Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregroric, Drops, Soothing Syrups and Castor Oil. it is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years’ nse by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms mid a*-ays Feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves Teething troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency, astoria assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach ml Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Castoria is the Children's Panacea—the Mother's Friend. Castoria. CMtorls is an excellent medicine for children. Mothers have repeatedly told me of ita good effect upon their children.” Dr. G. C. Osgood, Lowell, Mass. " The nse of Castdria ia to universal and it* merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it Pew are the intelligent families who do not keep Caatoria within easy reach.” t Carlos Mum, D.D., New York City. *' I prescribe Castoria every day for children who are suffering from constipation, with better effect than I receive from any other combination of‘drugs.” Dr. L. O. Mokoak, South Amboy, N. J. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. VMS OCWT.US W.H.r, rr MUWWAV STSSSV, WtW VOWS CITV. r» N and THE TIMES p $i.6c; a ycfir. world comes three a week and The Times once a week, making four papers each week for $1.65. " ' TOCCOA REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE, Farms and City Property. / / Manufacturing: Sites and Water Power, Wild Lands We Invite Prospectors. Toccoa Real Estate Exchange, Toccoa, Ga. t p \ \ i i DYSPEPSIA t # f CATARRH . MALARIA 1 ftp f physicians, This great and remedy prescribed is indorsed by them by KIDNEY i all over the world. TROUBLES 1 Positively guaranteed to cure the most stubborn cases. The formul is published * plainly on every bottle. As a tonic it is PIMPLES , 1 Superior BLOTCHES TO ALL / SOLD SORES ■ Sarsapariilas BLOOD For Female G>mplaints and tems building it acts up like run-down magic. sys¬ Try POISONING _ a bottle and be convinced. RHEUMATISM READ THE TRUTH frotepb Art. -Wees EXTRACT FROM BOOK for Of TBBTtMOMIA S s JTSCROFULA&t ita eee I to-day a 0 tors - B ew rears, e toaadsetncribsd ocm l amf seearny tWore m sse/j^ "y~^3Jg XrtarT AT( PaHt* p, W0ND f- L SOLD BY H ALL DRUGGISTS SEND REMEDY., FOR , AN BROi PROPRIETORS.' m nA/tsAi ••«• 4 •: . m Castoria. '■ Cnatortn ia ao well adapted to children that I recommend It as superior to any pre¬ scription known to me.” H. A. Akchub, M. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. •'For several years I have recommended Castoria, and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results.” Edwin P. Paader, M. D„ New York city. “ We have three children and they * Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.' When we give one a dose, the others cry for one too. I shall always take pleasure in recommending this beet medicine.” Rev. W. A. Coo vex, Newport, Ey. li mmni«K4ii 1 ......— "PHYSICIAN, HEAL THE ADAGE ‘ {.From lh« Mi. Sterling, Ay., Gaxctte.) . In the mountains H. of who Eastern Kentucky! lives Dr. C. Porter, for 47 years hM l ministered to the sick i» the eoanties o Rowan and Morgan, and has daring that tint* suffered more than many of the patients on whom he oalled. He was at last mured, and; his ears was so startling and miraoafoas that it was soon tho talk of the mountains, and’ of; finally reached tho Blaegraas. A reporter the Gustt! oeaelodod to investigate hi the. of suffering humanity, and to his question the doctor replied j “ Twenty yean ago, while living fa Mor*. ran had county terrible and praotieiag shook my that prribssfoa, complete¬ I a nervous ly prostrated me, and from that untold time until, a few mouths ago I suffered agony, and ia foot never knew a well day. ] tried; sverything in tho way of medicine physicians that I* knew and consulted other f>r miles around, but I found no relief, end I redzned myself to the inevitable and await* - ed the end. A few months ago my son saw; so account William/Pink in your paper of a new medicine. sailed Dr. Pill; aud wanted nil to try it. I told him they would do »■>/. no good, but after taking n few doses I felt,, better, and again hope revived in my breast, f continued taking the pills, aud continued to improve, and now I believe I have finally recovered. That is about all of the story. I believe Piak Pills saved my life, and I never fail to recommend them ia my prac¬ tice. In foot, I can tell you of a man* that, you will pass no your road home who has been almost completely eared of years of suffering, Mr. 8. 0. Hailey^, is his name and you ean stop and see him.” After thanking Dr. Porter the CkueUi man started for Mr. Bailey’s residence. He wag found on his farm cutting some trees down. In Yes, reply to Porter our tola inquiry, the Mr. truth. Bailey I said t “ Dr. you fired for years with rheumatism, and only able to leave able my room do in good work. I and then was not to nay Pill*, wt* for. urged by Dr. Porter to try Pink several weeks I positively refused. H* finally* overcame my prejudice*, however, and I ate glad of it, for you ean see yourself what Piak Pills have done for me. Come to the and I will show you my crutch and odne which Pink Piib have enabled me to lav aside. I have ehild, also which been giving has scrofbla, these pills nad to it a is neighbor’s improving right along.” The address of all the gentlemen Kentucky, referred to and is Elliottsvillo,. Rowan have these County, statement* verified by anyope writing t» thorn. all * the Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain elements necessary to give new life and rich h^bvrnnll "««to tbs.bloodI and 7 restorepattered Whams’ nerves. from Dr. Company, Schenectady, N. Y., for 60c. pm box. or six boxes for $2.50.