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Monthly Talk of Commission'
or 0. B. Stevens.
ITHE QUESTION OF LABOR.
Commissioner Gives Some Timely and
Valuable Suggestions to Farmora
of Georgia.
-rto question of labor la getting to
|>e such a serious one to our farmers
iUiat it is very essential to tbeir auc-
«ess to And some plan which will en
able them, with less labor and less
acroago, to raise as much cotton as
heretofore.
OI course It will require very selen
itic farming to raise aa much cotton
pa ten acres as used to be raised on
twenty. To do this will roqulre intel
ligence and diligence. Some in Geor
gia have done it; why not others?
There are farmers of our acquaint
ance who have taken land that was
considered exhausted and almost
(worthless, and by careful, persistent,
Hilgont farming on the intensive
'plan, have brought it up to tho point
Where It produces on tho average one
S ale of cotton to the acre. Thlb has
ean done by oaroful ntudy of the
beads of tho land, by a Judlciotts ro
tation of 'crops and skillful use of both
domestic and commercial fertilisers.
Success demands not only the ox-
r dlture of time and labor, but also
monoy. Put as much time on ten
•ores aa you did on twenty and spread
upon the ten as much fertilizer as
Epon the twenty and you aan double
the average production to tho ficro.
But no fanner can hope to obtain this
result who uses oldfashionod tools
and the oldtime methods.
Use the Best Tools.
In order to properly pulvorlzo the
poll and get tho right kind of a seed
bed, which is tho first. essential of suc
cess with every crop, and thou to prop
erly plant and cultivate, the larmor
must use improved plows, rollers, har
rows, planters, weodors nnd cultiva
tors. With Improved implements the
farmer will he able not only to plow
the laud to the ueceesary depth, hut
also with rollers to crush the clods on
a strip three to eight feet wide
across the field, with no clods loft un
broken, to require the extra labor of
going over the Hold and breaking thorn
one 'at a time. In order to irso this
Approved machinery the field must,
(if eourso, be cleared of stumps and
rooks.
Preparation and Cultivation,
Whan the farmer has thoroughly
Iprnetf tap his land with the plow, sub'
galling u necessary, and every clod
baa been thoroughly broken with har.
row and roller, he should thoa put on
the necessary kind and nmeunt of for
uUser by afther broadcasting or
by opening tha furrows and
bedding on tt, if It 1's put between tho
■m. When -ready to plant, he will
4a wen to distribute a email part oi
CartlUsar with the seed.
In the well prepared soil he should
out the seed In rows from three to six
Vest apart, and when the plants hsva
igrown to aufllclont height thin them
! iout to a dtatsnce of twelve or twenty-
war inches apart, determining tho dls-
j Stance by the fertility of tho soil.
Tho great thing to be desired Is
1 that the stalks, when grown, should
, (barely meet In the row, so that they
: pay tbua seeuro the strength of the
land tor the fruit.
Fertilizers.
<4 judicious use of fertilizers In-
- Greases greatly the productiveness ol
; the fields.
On every farm there are manurlal
' fftsources—from tho horse lot, the
Bow pen and tho barnyard. These
i ehonld all be gathered together and
saved under shelter for use at the
i proper time. |
|J! — compost of theme animal manures
with marl, rauok, coton seed and
commercial fertilizers will greatly re.
duco the coat of fertilization. As has
keen remarked by one of our most
successful farmers, the cow la
Che best fertilizer factory. If In the
lot which has been used as a
cow pest*re, tho ground Is turned every
month or so, and the cattle removed
Co another lot, the Whole farm may be
gradually enriched up to the point
■Wfcere It will havo double Its forme!
productiveness, and even more, pro
! Tided the farm Is well supplied with
live stock. Bvory up-to-date farmei
must so manage that, his farm shall
■be thus supplied. He should have a
Although we know thnr Importance
of tho well prepared compost, wo qleo
know how greatly a good, high, grade
commercial fertilizer will add to the
fortuity of even good land;
Wo recognise tho fact that' good
farm labor Is growing scarcer each
year, and aleo that there Is too great
a tendency to exhaust our lands by
requiring too mnch of them and in
return giving them only a half ration
of plans food. lot the farmer study,
the needs of his land and feed It as
he would his stock.
On account of the scarcity of labor
let him fertilize his land until he can
make ten aores produce what twenty
now supply.
8etsotion of Seed.
Even the best preparation and cul
tivation with the moat judicious use
of fertilizers will fail to produce the
best results, unless attention Is given
to the selection of . seed.
Tho former should carefully select
for his planting seed from some wall
approved .variety, and then watch the
growth of his cotton and aarefully se
lect for his next year’s planting seotl
from those stalks which have yielded
tho largest number of bolls of the
best quality, and which havo proven
most capable of Teststing any diseaso
that may have appeared- In his crop.
It Is a good plan to send somo^om-
psSent hand ever the cotton fields and
select the beet developed bolls from
eaoh plant. A better plan Is to go
with tho man who makos the selec
tion, and see that It Is well done. The
seed thus selected should not bo m-ised
with other seed and great care
should be taken that thoy should not
become heated during the process of
drying.
Personal Supervision.
Nothing makes everything upon the
farm succeed and pro3por as it ought
like personal supervision of tho mas
ter. Ho should see that his land is
properly prepared, planted an-d culti
vated, and that tho farm Implements
are properly cared for. It will not
do to leave such matters to tho most
trusted bond, Bnloss he bo a thorough,
ly competent white farmer, employed
to attend to all tho business of the
farm.
O. B. STKTVBNS.
Commissioner of Agriculture.
WE GI VE CASm
TEe ‘Vienna Loan Coi will list
nwnwy on improved farina- at
low-note of'.iinbrestioniaireasy lemm
as youiwant. If yomHavo any obi
or new accounts you:wish-, collected-,,
place them in my hansU-and I will
do all'within my ppwer: to> persuade-
“the hoys” to “come-across,” and.if
thc*‘plAiik” you-havois-not a- rot
ten one; I will-place it in. such- is
nice manner, 1 will be-very, apt to-
land thomisafely on the-sight-sido of
‘Jordan,.’’
Any business entrusted! in. my
care will, havo prompt attention.,,
and for-ail past-favors-I- hereby o»
tend my heartfelt thanks- and earn,
estly. soliciting a continuance- off
same. I.beg to remain - Gratefully
yours,. W. S. Christian.
P.'Sv. Call to.see or write uie-nti
Vienna,-,Ga, £17.-4, t
Ten Thousand Churches*.
I the United States h \ve usodi the-
Iknpman & Martinez Pore Paints.
Every Church will- bo given a
L; eral quahlity when they paint..
Don’t pay $1.50 a gallon lor Lin
seed oil (worth 00 cents-), whmh you.
do when you buy thin paint in a can
with a paint label on it.
8 and 0 make 14, therefore whan,
you want fourteen gallons of paint,
buy only eight gollohs- of L. & M-.
and mix six gallons of pure linseed
oil with it.
You need only four gallons of L.
& M. Paint and three gallons of Oil
mixed therewith' to paint a good
sized houso.
Housed painted with those paints
never grow shabby, oven after 18
years.
Those celebrated paints are sold
by Vienna Drug Co.. Vienna, Ga.
Sweet Potatoes.'
Sweot potatoes should bs gathered
before the cold Is severe enough to
Injure thorn. They should always he
dug when the soil Is dry and the day
oloar. It la bettor to dig them In the
forenoon, no that they may havo the
warm sun la which to dray out Tho
vlncB should he cut or dragged off with
a plow and taken out of the way, so
as net to Interfere with the digging.
A good potato-digger is the best
Implement to us*, where large quanti
ties are to be harvested, sinoe by its
use labor la greatly facilitated, and It
la not so apt to Injure the crop aa Is
the plow. Whoro the crop Is a small
one, If great care Is employed, a six-
lined took may ho used for lifting
thorn out ef tho soil after they har a
been barred off with the plow.
After being removed from the toil
thoy should be left on the ground fully
exposed to the sun and air to dry for
at least two or three hours. If they
aro cut or bruised In handling they
will decoy very rapidly.
Do not dig them till they have fully
matured.
Professor J. B. Hunnlcutt, editor oi
The Southern Cultivator, and author
at au excellent work entitled “Agri
culture tor the Common Schools,”
says: *
"There la no good In leaving them
In the field after maturity. It Is a
common mistake to bo governed en
tlrely by the frosts In the matter.
By cutting a potato and lotting It dry
and noting the color of the dried milk
we effn know when they aro ripe. 11
the milk dries white thoy are ripe,
otherwise they are not. They should
be dug regardless of frost.’’
Storing Swoet Potatoes.
One thing must bo remembered.
Sweet potatoes are full of water.
They must not be covored closely un
til th!» has d-ried out.
When it Is desired to store them
away for winter use, they are usually
spread tn a warm, dry sheltered place
and kept there for a week or two,
that the moisture from the tubers
may be absorbed.
There are several methods for sav
ing them. Sometimes they are stored
Fred’* tie.
Diunloy — There goes Fred’s
grandmother.
Corlisa—What - are you talking
about? That’s Fred’s wife.
Dumley—Then, what did he want
to. lie about it for? I asked him if
ehc was his mother, and ho said no;
grandmother.—Boston Transcript.
Nautical Jane.
“What time did that young man
leave last night, Jane?”
"About 11 o’elock, papa.”
“it seemed later than "that.”
“It might have been a little later,
but it wasn’t his faqlt. You see,
I gave him a liberal time allow
ance.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
says his -new
Dental = ©actors
Ml c Jj w o y
FOB SOLfOOL B®OKS*
New and second-band;
For Dooly County.
OLD BOOKS BOUGHT, SOLD
AND EXCHANGED.
PICTURE- FRAMES
■ to Order. Try us. Satis
faction Guaranteed.
FRAMED PICTURES.
Immense- line ati
Popular- prices.
PRINTING AND- COMMER
CIAL STATIONERY.
McEvoy
BOOK AND;
Stationery Co.
572 CHERRY ST.,,
MACON,, 6£0f«fi»A.
will be open at 018 Cherry street
Monday, October 12th.
They are to be the - largest, finest
and best equipped dental offices
South. Those who- need teeth
filled, crowned, extracted or new
ones made without plates, should
not forget the placo--018 Cherry
street, opposite
XTbe Empite Store,
flacon, Ga.
THE =:= LANIER
SOUTHERN BUSINESS COL
LEGE is doing much toward edu
cating young mc». and women and
placing them in paying positions.
0. E. Soloman.
8-. 8, Taylor
Soloman .&/Tay lur’sWartuaus,
MONTEZUMA, GA.
WE PAY THE FREIGHT
ON COTTON FROM MID
WAY, BYROMVTCiLE; AND
DOOLING. m ::: = ::
HONEST- WEIGHTS, HON
EST SERVICE, AND THE
TOP OF THE'. MARKET
FOR YOUR: COTTON.
What He Wanted.
First Boarder—I wish some be
nevolent monopolist would organize
a hash trust.
,. Second Boarder—Why?
First Boarder—Because I’d like
to see tho article out of the readh of
the masses.—Judge.
The Triumph of Reason.
“And you gave him your heart?”
“Oh, mamma, how could I with
hold it after he had confessed him*-
self utterly unworthy of it?"—De
troit Free Press.
Chestnut Custard Pie.
For a chestnut custard pie filling
boil and wash a sufficient quantity
of chestnuts to yield one-half pint
of pulp. Add ono pint of milk, tho
yolks of two eggs, a scant one-half
cupful of sugar and one tablespoon-
ful of vanilla. Turn into tho paste
lined dish and bake in a moderately
quick oven for twenty minutes. For
tho meringue beat the whites of
the eggs to a stiff, froth, add two ta
blespoonfuls of powdered sugar and
spread over the top of the pie. Re
turn to the oven and when a yellow
ish brown stand aside to become
cold.
ALL STUDENTS
ARE AMERICANS.
PARENTS:--Send your sons and
daughters to a college where every
promiso mado them will he fulfilled;
where they will bo taught by teach
ers of ability and refinement; where
the business men of Macon secure
tbeir stenographers and bookkeep
ers. We value a good name more
than riches.
$17.50 For a
Three Months’ Course?.
THE LANIER!
ON TLIK.FARM.
Do right farwn right a.nd you’ll
seldom get left.
Georgia Farmers.
THIS IS-WHAT YOU WANT.
The American
meinm
Field and Pasture Fence*
few .tat catllo to 9ell every year, and away In a warm, dry cellar. In some
I yot have an Increase of his herd. Sev- j places storehouses are built for them,
n toty-five per cent of the food which | tho walls being made double and filled
mWf consume will be returned to the j with sawdust or earth. In thlB store-
j land under proper management, and t hbuse the potatoes aro placed in shallow
'fclz herd will not only pay for the bins or boxes. Sometimes a potato
expense of their keeping, but give him I heap Is made In the open atr in tha
e. good profit besides. 1 following manner: A considerable
In order to bring his land up to the space ia dug out to the hard clay and
I ffighest point <Jf productiveness he will thon leveled, and then 'covered with
| find that after utilizing all the home corn stalks or straw. An up-
prepared fertilisers, ho will need te right pole Is placed in the middle and
onrekue lanralr of commercial tertll- tho ootoioeft heannt »raui><\ jhu to
For Carpets.
Although there may be many new
liquids for freshening and brighten
ing carpets, nothing will do better
work than ox gall, says an exchange.
Ueo ono gill to a gallon of cold soft
water, stirring the ox gall into the
water with a stick. With a soft
brush rub the carpet, making a
white lather. Two persons should
do this work, one following the oth
er and washing the lather off with
clear water. The water should be
changed often, and thon tho carpet
should be rubbed with clean cloths
until drv.
A Great Haul.
“Young Briefly had only been ad
mitted to the bar ,a week when he
made a fortune. He was caught in j
a railroad wreck in which forty peo- j
pie were injured.” :
“And he was one of those who j
got damages ?” |
“He was all of them. He got all i
the. victims to retain him.”—-Phila-
SOUTHERN - BUSINESS
COLLEGE,
PYTHIAN CASTLE BU.tLDIN.G-,
MACON, GA..
THE AMERICAN FENCE
a- no longer an experiment, bat a
NECESSITY.
t The Georgia pme that we have
relied on so long for fencing is well
nigh a thing af the past, and if you
should happen to have a few stray
pines left you can get more for
i them in lumber than is required to
buy
THE AMERICAN EENCE
Then, too, the American Fence
when once properly put up will last
a lale-lime.
ijMi.. L. BARFIELD, Sole Agent.,
Cor. 2nd and Poplar Sts.,
MACON, Ga.
i-G ARDNER HOUSE
H. N. GARDNER, Propritor
PATE SI DAY,
First class table. Rooms nicely
'furnished. Porter at all trains.
.Your patronaged solioited.
Rttcsntezuma; Ca>
V. A. B.sOrum J, Gordon Jones
CRUM & JONES,
Lawyers, >' Cordele, Ga.