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FARM AND GABDEN.
Kkttan That WIU Internet and In-
■tract Soil Tillers-
Carrse*>S<ISII et Bxpcrltnced M«n ■
MHMtt Wrom Oar Agricultural
btbum.
V. —
Boil Ferments in Agriculture.
No. r».
ny IIH. H. W. WII.KY.
Chief of the Dlfblon of ('hemtetr.v; If. H. lie*
pnrtment of Aarlcnlturr.
AIISOJtPTION OF NtTHATKS HY l’l,ANTS.
Evidently the very best method of
utilizing the produots of the activity of
the noil fermenU la to have them ab-
aorbed by a growing crop. For thla rea
son, aa well aa for others of an economi
cal nature, the farmer should have an
little waato land aa poaaUile. Every acre
which he possesses should either be de
voted to forest, orchard,grass, pasturage
or cultivated orops. Ily thus occupying
the land ho will reduce to a minimum
the losses whloh occur from the leaching
of the soil by water.
It Is well known that all agricultural
crops atom Immense quantities of or-
ganlo nitrogen In their tissues. As a
rule, the highest percentages of nitro
genous organic compounds are found In
the seeds of plants, but It must not be
forgotten that oertaln grasses which aro
harvested for hay also oontaln' large
quantities of nitrogen. This Is especially
true of clover It Is easily seen from
the above how wastof ul lathe pract'ce,
now happily almost cxllnol, of burning
the residue of cereal crops,as,for Instanoe
Indian cornstalks and the straw of wheat,
In order to prevent them from obstruct
ing subsequent tillage. In this wasteful
prooess It Is true that the phosphoric
acid and potash are saved and returned
to the soil, but all the nitrogenous oom
pounds aro. pracltoallv lost and dissipa
ted In the air. The quantity of am
monla and oxides of nitrogen which are
produoed In combustion Is Insignificant
when oompared with the total nitrogen
ous content of the refuse matters men
tinned above. It is far belter that these
residual matters be choppod as Hni-ly ns
possible tnd turned under by the plow
Although they may not decay with auf
fluent rapidity to be ol much benefit to
the nest crop, yet they will gradually
beoome decomposed and serve a most
valuable end In contributing fresh stores
of humus and nitrogen to the arable
soil. Combustion Is the most wasteful
and also tha least solentltlo method or
disposing of the reluse of the fields.
fallow muis.
In former limes It was a common
praetloe among farmers to allow a Reid
to lie fallow for one season in order to
Increase Us fertility. The advisability
of this prooe*s;ts extremely questionable.
During a moderately dfysummsMheri
sufflolsmly we!
i during the summer to pre
vent the growth of weeds. In the ab
sence of heavy rainfall the stores of
available ntfcogen In such a soil will un-
- doubtedly be inereased during the sum
mer, inasmuch ss the processes ol citrl-
floation wilt be coulinued and the stores
of nitrogen thus oxidized, In the absence
of absorbing bodies, will remain In the
soil. Even In case of rainfalls whloh
may oarry the soluble plant food below
the arable soil, there may not bo any
notable loss, especially If stioh a down
pour be followed by dry wealhor. In
tha latter ease by tbs evaporation from
tho surface and consequent capillary
movement of the soil moisture upward,
the available plant food carried bolow
the reaoh of the rootlets of plants wl 1
be brought again loward Ihe surface
and rendered available. It.it In case of
heavy rains, producing a thorough sat
uration and leaching of the soil, the
losses In a Reid lying L.llow during the
summer will be very great, and It is not
well at any time lo lake the risk Et
peoially Is this statement true of Helds
whloh have lain fallow during the sum
mer and whloh are afterward extoied lo
the saturating rains of the huluuui and
winter. In these cases the nitrogen wi'l
bo thoroughly extracted and all the
soluble matters whloh may have accumu
lated during the Bummer will be Inst.
H Is advisable therefore In all cases, in
stead of allowing the Helds In lie fallow,
to seed them with a (latch crop, such as
barley, rve, nr peas, which may retain
the products of iiitriRoalion. When the
time comes for seeding ihe Reid with the
Intended crop, ihe natch can be turned
under with the plow, and, to the pro
cess of decay, lurntHit again the niiro
genous food In an available fottn. This
practice ahotil 1 never be negleolcd In
fleldB which lie over during the wloter In
preparation for planting during llio fol
lowing spring. tM oourse, tills statement
does not apply so particularly lo Helds
whloh may be plowed late in the
am umn,after the aotlvltyol the nitrify
ing ferments Is praouca'ly suspend, d
for the winter. In a temperate climate,
Helds may bo plowed late In November
or during tho month of Dtoember. and
the freshly turned sill be exposed lo the
ao ion of the weather dining the winter
without great danger of lust.
In many localities even an earlier pc
rlod might be chosen for the autumn
plowing, which should be deep or no
com par ted by suhsolllng. The loosened
soli should be brought Into gcod tilth
and thus form an absorbent which will
hold large qu-tn'lli-s of moisture, be
oomlpg availtble for be following sea
son during the period of deficient rains
TUI. SUPPLY OF HAW 1IATKHIAL FOH TUB
ACTION OF HtHMKNTS.
A Reid Is as poor as .is m si deRoieul
fertilizing principle. A p ai.i, lin* an
animal, demands a balanced rat .o. I.
can not live uouu phosphoric acid alone.
In order lo secure the must economic
The Same...
Old Sarsaparilla.
That's Ayer’s. The same old
sarsaparilla aa it was made and
sold by Dr. J. C. Ayer SO wears
ago. In the laboratory it is
different. There modern appli
ances lend speed to skill and
experience. But the sarsapa
rilla is the same old sarsaparilla
that made the record SO yi-nr*
of eurcm* Why don’t we better
it? Well, we're much In the
condition of the Bishop and the
raspberry: “Doubtless,.” he
said, “Cod might have mnde a
better berry. But doubtless,
also, lie never did." Why
don’t we better the sarsaparilla?
We can’t. We are using the
name old plant that cured the
Indians and the Spaniards. It
has not been bettered. And
since tvo make sarsaparilla com
pound out ol sarsaparilla plant,
we see no way ol improvement.
Of course, if we were making
some secret chemical compound
we might.... But we’re not.
We're making the same old sar
saparilla to cure the same old
diseases. You can tell it’s the
same old narnaparilUA be
cause it works the same old
cures. It’s the sovereign blood
purifier, and—ft's Aycrm.
gotten that In the use ol a substance
like Chile saltpetre there it added to the
soil a material which oan lo no manner
foster tho growth and development of
nitrifying organism. To feed a soil
with a food of this kind alone, therefore,
would be to virtually produce a famine
In respect to tho nitrifying ferments
which It contains.
It Is therefore highly Important that
additions) methods of supplying the ni
trogenom foods of plants should be prao
Hood Hull manures and the rsfuse of
cattle and poultry yards furnish consider
able quantities of nitrogenous materials
suited to the needs of the soil ferments
and useful after oxidation lo the grow
Ing orop. In the growth of leguminous
plants, as has already been Intimated
another important supply of organic nl
trogen may be secured, some of whloh
at least, is a dear gain from the atmos
phere. Other Important forms of nl
trogenous materials are found In the
pressed cakes left after the extraction of
the oil front oil-producing seeds, such as
Hax and cotton seed. These cakes are
exceptionally rich In nitrogenous mat
ter, whloh may be seoured for the field
both by ths direct application of the
ground material to the aotl or by first
feeding It lo animal*, the part wblah
oicspeS digestion In the letters** tjtng
ahoiSJd not be forgotten flW-e II
some djiitger In feeding It, especially to
young cattle, on account of the poison
ous nitrogenous bases (oholln ani betatn)
whloh It contains. These poisonous
bases produce no deleterious effects
whatever on tho soli, although It Is
doubtful whether they are atteoked very
roadtly by the nitrifying ferments. Other
sources of nitrogenous foods for tho soil
ferments are found in the refuse of
slaughter houses Dried blood it per
haps the rlohest In nitrogen of any or
ganic substance that Is known, and ib
readily, attacked by the soil ferments.
The nitrogenous refuse of slaughtered
animals, after tho extraction of the fat
Is dried and ground and sold under the
name ol tankage. It is a substanoe very
rich In nitrogenous matter. The bones
of animals are not only valuable on ac
count of the phosphoric aold whloh they
contain, but also have a large percentage
of nitrogenous matortal which renders
them particularly will suited for appli
cation to a soil deficient both In phos
phoric aold and nitrogen. For this rea
son, burning hours before grinding them
for fertilizing purposes, whloh is done In
some localities, Is extremely wasteful
For a similar reason, alto, the oompost
Ing of ooarsely ground fresh bones with
wood ashes it not lo bo recommended,
broauee of the tendency of the alkali of
tho ushoB to sol free. In the form of am
monia, at least a part of the nitrogenous
content of llio bones.
OONTnniUTlONS FKOM TilK OCEAN.
Tee farmer, happily, is not confined
-1 me to the land for the sources of or
giinio nitrogen with which to supply the
demands of die nitrifying ferments of
his Reid. The ocean Is made to oon
tribute to the stores of nitrogenous
matters lo whloh the farmer has acoess.
The vast quantities of seaweed which
are thrown up annually upon our shores
ar rich in nitrogenous matters. The
value of this material, however, Is no
generally appreciated, but in some parts
of the oountrv It la carefully gathered
and utilized. The value of this product
gathered annually upon the shores of
Rhode Island aline is nearly *100,000.
While seaweed, for obvious reasons, can
only be successfully applied In marine
littoral agriculture, yet the extent of
agricultural lands bordering on the sea
Is so great as lo render the commercial
Importance of the matter of the highest
degree of interest. Seaweed is not valu
able for its uitrogenous constituents
alone, but also carries large quantities
of potash and phosphoric acid, and thus,
lo a certain degree, it may be regarded
as a complete fertilizer. Rut the sea
weed whloh is thrown upon our shores
method of fertilizing, tho peculiarities
of each field must be carefully studied
and Itspartlculardeflolency in plant food
determined. Id the case tinder consid
eration It may happen that a Reid will
have an abundant supply of potash and
phosphorous and bedeflolentonly In nitro
gen. In auoh a case Its pristine fertility
will be restored by the application of
nitrogen alone, provided the other con
dttions In the composition of the soil are
favorable to the development and activ
ity of the ferments which oxidize nitro
gen, Virgin soils- as a rule are ex
tremely rich Id nitrogen. This arises
from several causes. In the first placet
suoh soils usually contain a large quan
tity of humus, and this bumus Is excep
tionally rloh In its nitrogenous elements.
In the second place, a virgin soil Is apt
to be well protected from leaching.
This Is secured either by a forest growth
or on prairie land, by the grass In the
third place, there is a well-marked ten
dency In soils, especially those covered
by grass, and presumably those also pro
tected by forest growth, to devefop fer
ments capable of oxidizing the free
nitrogen of the air. When virgin soils
are subjected to cultivation, It Is found
that their nitrogen content, as a rule,
diminishes most rapidly as compared
with that of the other leading plant
foods. Hence 11 becomes necessary sooner
or later, If maximum orops are to be
maintained, to supply nitrogenous food.
Attention baa already been called to the
use of the stores of nitrogen whloh have
already been oxidized for fertilization
It Is evident, however, that only a very
small part of the nitrogenous needs of
arable Reids oan be supplied In this way.
Further than thlB, It must not be for
varieties of fish are taken alone for their
oil produot and agricultural value. This
is especially true of the menhaden, vast
quantities of whloh are annually brought
to land, and after being passed through
the oil factory are ground and distributed
as fish scrap to the manufacturers of
fertilizers. The praotioe ol using Rah
for fertilizing purposes is many ccn
turles old; but until recent years the
farmers residing along the coast were
the only ones receiving any benefit
therefrom. At the present time the
nitrogenous elements taken from the
sea find their way to the gardens, truok
lands and fields of the interior.
(TO BB CONTINUED )
AROUND THE WORLD.
Important Happenings.in All Parte
of the World.
Short stories Told by ths Telegraph About
Everything From Everywhere. Btorme.
Train Bobbers, Happenings to Notable
Personages, Kte., Etc.
Head-Bail ColUlon.
In a head-end collision in a curve
known as “Dead Man’s Dump,” three
miles north of Jackson, oa the Illinois
Central railroad, Engineer Quinn, of
McComb City, wad instantly killed. En
gineer Hoskins of the north-bound train
esc a [ted without injury, as did the two
firemen. The engines and several flat
cars were completely wreeked-
slued tho populists.
In the populiflt convention, at Ban
Diego, Cal., Judge W. A. McDonald read
a letter from Jessell. Grant, son of (len.
Grant, espousing the people’s party's
cause. The letter set the convention
wild with enthusiaam and the cheering
lasted eeveral minutes.
Kogtnoor Was Qumo.
The Southern Pacific eaatbound over
land express was halted at Webeter sta
tion, nine miles weet of Saeramento, last
night by three masked robbers.
Upon learning the Identity of those
who signaled blm, the engineer of the
express train shot one ol tho robbers and
palled out of the station.
As Armenian Kxodas.
The Parle edition ol the New York
Herald has a dispatch from its Oonstan
tinopte correspondent stating that tha
Armenian exodoe hi in fall swing. All
steebisrs tor ihe Piraeus, Marseilles and
Ale^rta are conveying batchy of d»
u." ■ ■ ' -
JMF>S,000 pounds of fine tobacco
grow ft at ft. Mead* halt of it will bo
made into earn pi* package* and dis
tributed among tho loading cigar
maker* In all parts of the country. The
remaining half wilt be manufactured into
cigars.
loo Reward too.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded dieeaee that science hoe
been able to cure in all ita stages, and
that ie catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires a conati-
tuii nil treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure Islnken internally, acting directly
upon tbe blood and mucous surfaces ol
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature iu doing
its work. Tbe proprietors have to much
faith iu its curative powers, that- they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any rase
that It fails to cure. Bend for list of tes
timonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY A Co., To
ledo, O.
Bold by all druggists, 7t> cents. Hull’s
Family Pills are the best.
By using flail’s Hair ttenewor, gray,
faded, or discolored hair assumes the
natural color of youth, and grows lux
uriant and strong, pleasing everybody
Stirred by Aaserlo*.
Thomas Ewing Moore, United States
Commercial Agent at Weimar, bos called
the attention of the DepartmoDt of State
to Ihe fuct that the British Government
hoe taken eteps to supplement its con
sular service by Ihe appointment of com
mercial attaches, Bo tar, two of these
attaches have been appointed, one at Ber
lln, whose field comprises Germany,
Netherlands and Scandinavia; and one
at Madrid, for Spain and Portugal. The
duties of these officials are to relieve the
consuls of the work of introducing their
goods into foreign markets, and tiie
beginning of the service f has been
noted by Germany, where the press has
begun already an agitation looking to
the reform of the consular service to
meet England’s action, involving a ape
cial education and preparation of yonng
mentor a cosntilar career. It Is demanded
that tbe consular officers be men com
mercially and technically trained, or else
that they may be supplied with specially
trained assistants. Mr, Moore attributes
tbis agitation In both Great Britain and
Germany for tbe remodeling of tbe oon
eulur service to the perception of the ex
cellent results attending the development
by the United States of a system of spe
cial consular representatives upon mat
ters calculated to benefit American pro
ducers and merchants.
There is nothing to prevent auyone
ooncoeting a mixture and calling It
“snrnepertlla," and there Is nothing to
prevent anyone spending good money
testing the stuff; ]but prudent people,
Who wish to be sjarc of their rem.
0"lv A
leans is the rate-cutting war in the South.
Still, tbe stock advances ranged from two
to five pointe. f.ord Salisbury’s firm at-
t : lnde towards Turkey is having a good
effect on foreign securities.
Fine Sorgkum-
Mr. A. H. Moss, of Mtddleburg,
brought to The Spring office last Wed
nesday a sample of ss fine sorghum as
we have ever seen. It was grown by Mr.
W. F. Wilson at the nine mile post on
the Mlddleburg road.
It Is now August, and this sorghum
was planted, grown and manufactured
this year, which suggests tbe thought
that there is another product which
would prove a money-maker In Clay
county, for several reasons, chief
among which are that It matures about
three months earlier than sugar cane, la
easier to cultivate and makes a syrup
almost as palatable. It could be put
upon the market ao long before any new
sugar oanc syrup could be obtained that
It would be sure to find ready sale .at
good prices.
Another thought is suggested; Bor
ghum is only one of the many paying
crops that can be grown In Clay county;
tobaoco is another, sugar cane another
and Sea Island oolton another—all staple
crops—and when these are supplemented
by fruit and vegetable crops, we can
see no good reason why our farmers
should not be thrifty. The main trouble
is to be found in the fact that many of
them plant only a small crop of corn and
sweet potatoes—neither of whloh Is
money crop—and trust to luck for
livelihood. Successful farming depends
not only on a scientific prosecution of
the vocation, but also upon a diversity
of crops, and we hope the day Is not far
distant when our farmers will catch the
spirit of this fact and grow more of the
money crops.—Green Cove Springs.
Jackson vines new gxs-proof hotel.
Hotel Geneva,
Corner'Foray!bland Cetar St«», Jackeeavll f Flvi«
Co u.pleted In 1«*6. Modern Improvement*, bath*, etc., on every floor. On* *nd tlectrlc light*
passenger elevator. Artistically and elegantly furnished. Rate* per day from $3.f0 to ft 00
Weekly rate* on application.
Ed. L. Owens, Proprietor.
Florida Fish-
When the dweller in the north wants
to go fishing in the winter or spring he
comes to Florida as the Mecca of all
lovers of the sport, and he is never dis
appointed In his success in angling.
Fish of every variety are to be had for
the simple trouble of dropping Into the
water a hook and line provided with the
proper bait, and the man who cannot
make a sucoess of a fishing trip has not
sense enough to oarry on any other mis
sion In life.
Rut the people of Florida do not seem
to realize the Importance of the oppor
Utility tn this particular industry that
lies before them. In no waters on earth
oan the pompano be secured In such
quantity and such perfection as on the
Florida ooasl, and the same may be said
of the trout, and many other varieties
of table fish that are common food
our people, but rare dellcaoles to other
sections of the country. With the
growth of refrigerating facilities In
transportation, whloh proves itself day
by day, Florida fisheries must become
institutions of national Importance. The
flsh are here for the killing, but hereto
fore there has been no profitable channel
through whloh they could be transported
to the markets In whloh there was a
steady demand for them. In time, it is
easy to sec that, instead of constituting
a source of sport to those who live upon
large fixed incomes, and a source of sus-
not the only source of nitrogenous t e „.noe to the poorer classes who make
food whioh we receive from the ooean.
In the animal life of the ocean are
gathered vast quantities of nitrogenous
materials. The quantity of albuminoid
matter in the water-free substanoe of
ihe Hash of flsh is enormously high as
compared with ordinary foods. It may
be said to be, approximately, 75 per
cent of the water-free substauce. Some
of them a chiel article of diet, the Flor
ida Hsh will one day become one of the
state’s most profltable products. The
supply is praclioally inexhaustible.—
Times-l'oion.
The more woman knows ulxmt lit
erature and urt, tbe less she knows
about housekeeping.
5,000.000.
BRICK.
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Will pay you for usual averages, 4 to 5 ft, 20 cents; 5 to 0 ft,
40 cents; 6 to 7 ft., 60 cents; 7 ft. and np, 85 cents.
tmmst
Actual measurement and prompt returns. Wo also buy lor the highest inarktl
price cow hides, deer skins, wool, beeswax, furs, etc. Oilers a specialty. Try us
with a shipment and we will convince yon. Send us card for quotations.
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KISSIMMEE, FLA-
o<ly
The eastern mortgage holders are be
ginning to demand payment in gold
In Kansas and are asking the fed
eral oourt lo suataln their demands.
Tbe firet case in tbis elate in which (he
demand was specifically mode wan hied
in lie United Statue district court, and
it woe stated that many similar suite
will soon be brought. Anna M. Bigelow,
a wealthy eastern woman, brought fore
closure proceedings against H, S. Lan
dis, of Barber county, and prays the
court to decree that the amount of the
mortgage and accrued interest be paid
in gold. According to the terme of the
mortgage, there is a law in this atate
prohibiting tbe malting of contracts on
such terms, and this law has yet to be
paesed on by tho supreme court. A
large per cent, of tho mortgages made
in Kansas stipulate that they shall be
paid in gold, but np to the present time
no particular effort has been made by
mortgage holders to collect gold. Attor
neys here state that, the effort to secure
payment In gold on the mortgages will
be made In several other western states.
An Old Houio Falla.
Isaao Smith’s Sou A Co., of New York,
dealers in umbrellas and parasols, have
made au assignment to Edward R.
Smith, without preference.
This is one ol the oldest houses in this
line in the United States, and the busi
ness 1ms been handed down from genera
tion to generation. It was established
iu 180*J.
Grossing Breeds,
Where the farmers fall ts in oertaln
experiments which seem to be universal
with them, the principal one being the
crossing of two breeds in the attempt to
produce something better than the origl
nals. Great pains and expense are un
dergone in the endeavor to get one or
two pure breeds, oneof which may be of
the Asiatic family and another of the
Mediterraneans—for Instance the Brah
mas and Leghorns—types very dlsslml
lar and adapted for purposes especially
characteristic of their kind. The
Brahma Is large In size, has a pea comb
feathered legs, and cannot Ily. The Leg
horn Is small, light In body, active, and
has a single comb, (some varieties pos
sensing rose oombs), - and It does not
thrive well In conflncment, preferring
to forage, being able to fly over a high
fence. The two breeds were produoed
by crossing, but are the results of a long
continued syntem of selection. The
farmer knows that the Brahma oan
dure severe winters anjl Is a persists
atttepflihea It feeoomes broody. • w]
l*g them
rate foF^FS^SfS 1 H occurs to the farmer
that by ([rowing the two breeds he oau
unite the good qualities of both and se
cure something superior to either ol the
parent breeds. That is where be ruins
his breeds, for instead of deriving from
the oross a bird combining all the desir
able characteristics of the two breeds he
slmp’y divides and reduce* the capac
ity of the bird*. He loses tbe eizeof
the Brahma, the advantages of the pea
comb, and the activity of the Leghorn,
no does not have in his cross-bred fowls
the prolificacy of the Leghorn nor tho
hardiness of the Brahma, and he also
finds himself stocked with a molly lot of
birds with no uniformity. After n ’—sr
passes he sllows his stock to run to
gether and his Hook becomes a lot of
scrubs. Now this crossing of two breedB
to get something superior has been tried
hundreds of times and by many. Ills
the same old story of attempting to Im
prove in a hurry and cannot be -tone.
New breeds cannot be made In a day.
All of our breeds now In us? resulted
from many experiments and it requires
a quarter of a century to fix the charac
teristics of a breed so that the birds will
breed true to a standard of points.—Mir
ror and Farmer.
England Tlr.d. If I- HAI.DF.M A
Sir Philip Currie, tbe British ambassa
dor to Turkey, who left London on his
return to Constantinople last Monday,
was directed before his departure to ob
tain an early audience with the sultan
and to deliver to bis majesty a message
from Queen Victoria protesting against
tho massacres which have taken place
and demanding that stringent measures
be taken to prevent farther outrages.
At the same time the ambassador will
present to the porte a formal note from
Lord Salisbury of a menacing character.
; iri*-ffTvnti.ouri
, ms
I Host rough Syrup. Taste* Good.
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In time. Hold hr druggists.
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nafli
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BBfji
> A. th.
ehlllH in my family after many other remedies
had failed. I do not lictrilaf# l i expiw my be
lief that yonr Chill Turn is a valuable specific
and perform* all that you promise for It
'•fry respectfully. \y. Hi i. brail,
Why not n.«c
tflntersmlth’s?
10 years suc
cess. Tried and
true. Sells on
it* merits, and
i»evcr fails to
hire. Take no
KihaUtute.
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TUITION. =
Cotton Reports Not Encouraging-
II. F. Dutton .V Co., recently sent out
1,000 oircular letters, asking for Infor
mation with regard to the condition of
the ootton orop, acreage, yield, and
amount of old oottonon hand. Answers
have been reoeived from every county
in Florida, and from many plaoes in
each of the other cotton producing
states. The answers are not so encour
aging as It was thought they would be.
The recent heavy rains and the exces
sive heat of the past few weeks have in
jured the growth, and very materially
decreased the yield. While the acreage
of sea island cotton Is reported twenty
five per ceut In excess ol last year, the
yield will not exceed five per cent. In
some places, and especially in southern
Georgia, the orop is early, and the bot
tom and middle crops are opening up
well, but on the whole the crop Is from
three to four weeks late. lndlo&Uons
are that in three weeks there will be
vast amount of cotton marketed. Very
little old cotton seems to be on hand any
where.
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