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SOUTHERN BANNER: JUNE IS, 1878.
Consolidation of the Reports
of Crops, etc. For the
Month of May, 1878.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
ATLANTA, GA., .TUNE 10 1878. CORN.
The reports from the State, at large
show that this crop was very prom
ising on 1st June. In every section,
excepting Southeast Georgia, it was
in better than an average condition,
and much better than last year at the
same time. The rains have not been
sufficiently copious to secure such
rapid increase in size of stalk and
curly maturity as we anticipated, but
no material injury has resulted, and
he promise is but little short, o the
most sanguine expectations. In
Southeast Georgia, the prospect is
not quite so good as elsewhere, ow
in'; to cool and dry weather in the
early part of {May, and dry, hot
weather the.lattcr half. This section
usually has several inches more rain
annually than the mean for State, but
in the past month the rainfall was
nearly three fourths of an inch less
than the mean for the State.
In the remaining sections, the seat
sons for the month were reported—
with one or two exceptions—as fa
vorable. The condition of the corn
crop for the State at large was 7 per
cent, better than an average, and 10
per cent better than last year.
OATS.
This all-important crop has yielded
—where harvested before 1st June—
1 per cent, less than an average, and
the portion still to be harvested
promises 5 per cent, less than an av
erage. It has not entirely escaped
rust—the injury from this source
amounting to 6 per cent. In a large
majority of cases, “ no rust in oats’’
is noted, and it is quite probable that
in nearly if not quite a’l these cases,
the variety sown was the red or yel
low rust-proof oat.
In Southwest and East Georgia,
where this variety is almost exclu
sively grown, the injury from rust
was respectively 3 and 2 per cent;
in North 8, and Middle Georgia 9
per cent. The falling off in the oat
crop is due chiefly to the compara
tive failure of the winter and spring
sown. Many correspondents say
“ foil sown oats fine—spring sown,’’ a
failure or “cutoff by drouth, won’t get
high enough to cut,’’ and generally
the rust is confined to the spring
sown.
The experience of the la-t several
years has demonstrated that the va
riety known as yellow or red rust
proof is all that is claimed for it—
parctieally rust-proof, and that spring
sown oats are too uncertain to be re
lied on for a crop. On the one hand
is the danger of drouth in May, and
on the other, rust, which is generally
developed under circumstances not
otherwise unfavorable to a good yield:
i. e., when the air is moist and warm.
Farmers should profit by these teach
ings, and sow the oat crop in- No
vember, October, or September,
according to latitude—as they plant
corn in February, March or April ;
that is to say, where the main crop
of corn is plain ed in. April, oats
should be sown in September; if
corn in March, then oats in October;
■and if corn in February, oats in No
vember, or eat tier.
By early fall sowing we reduce the
-danger of winter killing to a mini-
-Tnum, and at the same time secure
anore rapid growth and earlier devel
opment in the spring—so that the
-crop is practically safe, so far as it
depends on seasons, before the mois
ture from the spring rains has disap
peared ; and that critical period of its
growth—when it is most susceptible
to rust—:s sooner passed, and the
•danger of rust, greatly li kened. It
may be safely affirmed that no crop
we grow in this climate is more un
certain than spring sown oats, and
none more certain than fall soviet.
WHEAT.
The yield of wheat—so far as har
vested up to 1st of June—is less than
an average—Sin JfoVtj£>Georgia, 25
per cent-; in Middle.* Georgia, 16 per
cent.; in Southwest Georgia, 4 per
cent., and in East Georgia, 5 per
cent. The usual order is about re
versed. North and Middle Georgia,
usually the most certain, have fallen
further below average yield than the
other sections named. This result
may depend on two causes. 1st. It
appears by metereological observa
tions made in this city, that during
the month of April (though the rain
fall was less than an average quantity)
the temperature was higher and the
moisture in the atmosphere greater
than the average for this section—
two circumstances favorable to the
development of rust. 2d. The wheat
growers of the Northern and middle
sections have not been so careful in
the selection of early and hardy va
rieties of seed wheat, as the farmers
of the Southern sections of the State,
where repeated failures, on account
of rust, have more effectually taught
them the importance of selecting such
varieties.
The “ Nicarauga,’’ a variety intro
duced several years since by Mr. C.
D. Black, of Campbellton, has again
vindicated its claims as a rust-proof
wheat. It has not rusted in the last
six years. The “ Early Red May,”
the Purple Straw,’’ and the “ Rainey,”
are also mentioned by reporters as
having escaped the rust. The last
named is a small grained, very early,
white variety—the result of careful
selection by Hon. T. F. Rainey, of
Ellaville, Georgia.
The average yield in the State is
87,—13 per cent, below an average
about tlie same as last year; but as
the acreage was 18 per cent, greater
than in 1877, it is safe to say that
the aggregate yield is materially
greater.
7 hose farmers who have seed wheat
ou hand of the varieties named above
or others that have uniformly escap
ed rust, will benefit the public, as
well as themselves, by reserving and
offering for sale their entire crops.
COTTON.
The stand is somewhat deficient in
North Georgia, but in the state at
large is good, and tlie condition of
the plant as to size, work, etc., is 6
per cent belter than an average.
7 lie seasons have beeu very pro
pitious, and farmers generally have
their fields in good order.
The plant is earlier than usual, by
perhaps 8 or 10 days. Cotton blooms
were reported as early as 20th May
in Southern Georgia.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The crops of millet, rice sugar
cane, chufas, potatoes, etc., as will
appear by consulting Table II, are
generally in good condition—exeeps
ting millet and rice.
ORCHARDS—DRYING FRUIT.
The peach crop is unusually fine
throughout the State, ami is already
beginning to ripen. Fully ripe
peaches were in market in Atlanta the
18th of May.
The Commissioner agar: calls
attention to the importance of
drying large quantities of the surplus
crop.
It is only by giving attention to
the smaller industries on the farm,
and carefully utilizing every resource,
however small, that we can reasonably
hope to become prosperous and inde
pendent.
Could tlie entire surplus of culti
vated fruit and wild berries, which
ordinarily goes t>» w.i te, be properly
preserved for fntnr use and market,
the result would be absolutely as
tounding. The atteir.ion of fai'mers
is again directed to the different ap
pliances for evaporating fruit, now
offered by manufacturers. The pro
duct of these evaporators is much
superior to the ordinary sun-dried
fruit—commanding three or four
times the price in the market.
“ Whereas, we have been reliably
informed that traveling agents of dis
tant nurseries are imposing upon the
credulous in this section by selling
trees and vines at exorbitant prices—
from four to five limes their cost at
home nurseries—under talse repre
sentations; and whereas, we d ,j siie to
protect the uninformed from such im
positions : ^ OD Jh:
"..Resolved, 7’hat we, as a society,
caution our people agajnst purchasing
trees or jvirofs from Unknown parties
representing themselves as agents of
distant nurseries, since the trees are
not so well adapted to our climate as
those grown in our own State, while
their cost is from four hundred to
five hundred per cent, higher than
that of better stock at home nur
series.
“ Resolved,That this action is not
intended to reflect upon honest nur
serymen at a distance, but only upon
unreliable traveling agents who im
pose upon the uninformed.
“ Resolved, That the Commissioner
of Agriculture be requested to print
these resolutions in his next monthly
circular, and that the secretary be
directed to furnish him with a copy
of the same; also, that'the Constitu
tion be requested to publish it iu full
for the benefit of the truit-growers of
our section.”
SHEEP.
There was an increase in the clip
of wool of 2 per cent, over last
year. -
The reports show that 8 per cent,
of the stock of sheep were killed bv
dogs, and 3 5 per cent, died of dis
ease in the last twelve months. This
loss of 8 per cent, by dogs, though
still leaving a very large margin of
profit, has the effect to prevent in
vestments in sheep, and thus keep
this most profitable branch of hus
bandry constantly iq,. the back
ground. f
There is now no constitutional
obstacle in the way of sueli legislation
for its protection, as has long been
needed, and ?f the farmers of the
State desire such legislation their
wishes should be made known to
their representatives.
Thomas P. Janes.
< niissioucr ot Agriculture.
Athens Foundry & Machine W ores.
ATHEITS, GEORGIA,
UFACTTJIRJS
I
sum cit
designs just received and for sale at
M. G. & J. Colu n’s.
fiST’M. G. & J. Cohen leaders of
low prices.
Railroads.
Schedule Northeastern
Change of Schedule.
Ou and after Sunday, June lOfti, 1878, trains
on this road will run us follows. Trains daily
except Sunday. ...
Leave Athens 7.00 A. M
Arrive at Lula...; '.... 0.15 A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta .t.12.00 M.
Leave Atlanta via A. L. K. R 2.40 P. IT.
Leave Lula. 5.25 A. M
Arrive at Athens 7.45 A. M.
Thin train makes close connection in evening
with trains on Air Line Railroad gaiug both
East and West, and in morning with trains
eoumig from East and West. In addition to
above, a special train will leave Lula every
Saturday at 9.00 P. M., arriving ut Athens at
11.15 P. M. aud leave Athens Monday at 4.00
A. M. arriving at Lula at MO A. M. This
special train connects at Lula with trains both
East and West on Air Line Railroad.
J. M. EDWARDS.
je5-tf Superintendent.
TIMES!
ATLANTA 4 CHARLOETT
Air-Line.
CONDENSED TIME CARD.
ATLANTA
—TO-
E3A.STJiijR3Sr OITXJHteS !
VIA RICUMOND.
Leave ATLANTA 4.00 r u
Arrive at Charlotte ”..6.15 p m
Arrive at Danville . ”.1.16 p u
Arrive ut Richmond ”’.”8.23 r n
Arrive at Washington, D. C.. Via. R..
F. & P. R. R i.io A M
Arrive at Baltimore..: ; 3.15 A jj
Arrive at Philadelphia.; .'.! 6.40 a \i
Arrive at New York. *.””9.45 a <j
An ive at Boston.... !”s.S0 p w
Leave Atlanta !!!;”4!oO p M
Arrive at Charlotte/. .’.”.”".".*”6.15 a m
(VIA. VIRGINIA MIDLAND ROUTE.)
Arrive at Danville j.j3 p M
Arrive at Lynchburg, " ”400 p n
Arrive at Washhigtoq City .4 *.”’. ’*1.80 a u
Arrive at Baltimore . 3 15 a u
Arrive at Philadelphia.”o'40 a u
Airive at Now York «L45 a 11
Arrive at Boston .".".".V.S0 p m
. Passenger Trains 011 this road going East ar-
nve at Lula, 5.25, P M Leove Lnla, 5 26. P M
Going West, arrive at Lnla, 9.25, A. M.
Leave Lnla, 9.26, A. M. ,
Local Freight and Accommodation Train,
InT® 9^ ’p m M; 8 “ Lu ' a ’ l0 ’ 5 > P * Lcave
Going Ivest, arrive at Lnla, 10.28, A. M.
Leave Lain, 10.40, A. M.
rhronjrh Tickets on sale at Union Passenger
Depot. Baggage Checked Through.
W T u'gitiQT?vv K ‘^ CRI )\ Gcue ™ Manager.
W .J. HDl .STON, Gen. Pass. & Ticket Ag’s
TIMES.
The best Cook
Stove ever sold in
Georgia. Over
6 0 0
now in use in North
east Georgia, and
not a word of com
plaint.
v t-i-50. Over 100 latest Novelties HB 3l
Ag u united. Sa.SoppljrCa Nt-liv !Ue,Ttaa/
RON and Brass Castings, Mill and G : n*Gcaring, Mining and Mill Machinery. Steuri Ermines
Saw Mills, Bill Arp and Athenian Horse Powers,
EXCELSIOR
THRESHERS,
IMPROVED
gwpjifr
SOUTHERN
Cheapest
Cook Stoves
Tin Ware
Granite Iron Ware,
and House Furnish
ing Goods, at
A. K.Childs & Co’s
(Opposite Reaves & Nicholson’s)
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
jan8 6n:
FAN MILLS,
ALSO MANUFACTURE itfaZ
brated Power and Lever Cotton and Screw Presses, Portable Sterm Engines, Separators, Iro»
lending, Grave Enclosures, Balconies, Etc. 0,1 *
For Descriptive Circulars and Price Lists ol any of tlie above articles, Address
R-. SFIOkEReOSTp
may 28, 1878-6m. ATHENS, GA
T. MAitETWALTEB,
MAR BLE# W OR K S,
Broad St., Near Lower MarketAUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Monuments, Tombstones & Marble Work
GENERALLY, MADE TO ORDER.
A large selection always on hand, ready for lettering and delivery.
may 5>l.ly,1878.;
FOREST CITY
Foundry And' Machine Works,
170 Fenwick Street, opposite Water
Augusta, Georgia,
GEO. II. LOMBARD & CO., Proprietors,
Manufacture Portable and Stationery Steam Engines, and Boilers,
Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Shafting Pulleys, Gearing, Hangers, etc., Iron
aud Brass Castings, Plantation and Mill Work of any kind, Cane Mills
and Kettles, llorae Powers, Graham’s Improved Solid Rim and other
styles of Gin Gear. Special attention given to Repniring and Over
hauling Machinery. Promptness and good work guaranteed. Send
for Catalogue of Mill Gearing. Agents for the Celebrated Elipsc
Doublet Turbin Water Wheel," the Judson Governor, the Niagara
Steam Pi mp and Nordike, Murmon <fe Co's Plantation Mills.
Send for Cireulur.
GEO. R. LOMBARD & CO , Proprietors.
may.2l.ly.1878.
PENDLETON & BROS.,
fss
fOUNORY JkWB
Augusta, Georgia.
PLANTATION
Engines, Smith’s Superior Hand Cotton Presses
AND
WROUGHT O N SCREW PRESSES
|Kor Hand, Horse or Water Power,
Cane Malls, Evaporators and Hetties,
Cheap and Strong, with or without pans and lhantc’s.
Having bought all of Mr. George Cooper’s cor- pletc stock of Patterns, etc., we are better pre
pared than ever to furnish Iron and Bras-a Castings ot all dcseriptions.on:ehort notice and e’leap-
fits old patrons can be accommodated with duplicates and repaint by letting us know wlr t they
want. * / V ’ uay21.ly.1678
AUGUSTA MOSIC HOUSE
PIA1TOS &c OTftC3-A.3vTS,
40 To 60 Per Cent. Discount.
iqW JTRICES
UICK
From Catalogue Prices of,
the follow.ng celebrated
makers:
Ch ckering, Mathushek,
Knabe, Stieuway, Hallet A
Davis, Mcl’liail A Co.,
Simpson A Co., Haines
Bro., Billings A CoJ<W3fe£l
Parlor A Church Organ!
Mason A Hamlin, Pleou-
bet A Pelton, Prescott Or
gan Co., Clough A Warren.
Attracting Purchasers from
tae Mountains to the Sea.
'testimonials from parties
who have corresponded
with several of the largest
Piano and Organ dealers,
established tlie fact that
prices are lower in Augusta
than elsewhere.
©ALES.
$50 to $100 saved in p
chasing from tx. O. ROlil
SON A CO.
Low Prices Quick Sales,
is the motto of the Music
House of the South, which
is Competing Successful}-
with New York and Boston.
Goods fe:,t by Ex
anywhere i i the’ Soui
O. D.,011 receipt of ad
Express Charges one
witli privilege of exai
lion given if so requi
Tiinino; and Repairing
P;anos, Church, Pip.- and Rc-d Organs, and nil kinds of Musical Instruments Tuned and Ke .ire
by M.-.C. H. TAYl.OR, the only authorized Tuner for the Augusta Music Ilo-.-e. may 2t.6ui
