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The Search-Light. BAINBUIDGK* Al’KIL 2d, 1901 SEASON OF PROSPERITY UKSI TIIK KAKMKItt OK (iEOR* O.A HAVK KNOWN KOU MANY 1 K Vlll. FIGURES SPEAK PLAINLY Lur|t Increa.p. In Various Cri p -State btuuilt In l-ront Itnufe of Ail blue* et industry. The season of t89i) and 1900 was the best that the farmers of Georgia havo known In mauy years. Tuo cau*e of this prosperity is known >OaiL A large -percentage of ull supplies were raised at home and the cuinpnraivoly sh r; crop of oottou brought good piio's The United States statistician estimate' the ' crops of Georgia for IOCO as follows: Corn, 34,119,630 bnsbuls; wheat, 6,011,- ' 133 bushels; oats, 7,010,010 bushels, and hay, 190,£37 ions. The ootton crop was something over 1,700,000 bales. The average priori for theso crops were: Corn, 67 couts a bushel; whom, 03 cunts; coin. 49 cents, and hay. 119.76 % ton. | The average price for the cotton was 9 i cents a pound; bat this does not include j the good proric made on cotton seed. It U eiuceroly to be hoped that the acreage j of eotton will uot be iuoreased, and that, those who s^ek to run down the price of t our great staple will be foiled in their attempt. With a cotton crop not huger than that of last year, and with good seasons and a full crop of corn and the aiuall grains, the prosperity which a year ago began to dawn upon the agri culturists of Georgia will mount still higher toward the eenith. j Maks Kvcrj- Acre Productive. ' The effort of the farmer should be to make every acre under cultivation pro ductive To (his oud he should plant no more than he oau well oaltivate. By just so muoh as the cost of production is diminished, by so muoh Is the net gain iuoreased. Ii some men have by the best meth ods produced SO or more bushels of wheat to the nore, why oauuot others with ns good laud be just as successful Oar farmers are making wonderful pro gress in the Improvement of their lauds and the beautifying of their homes, and they are doing uiuoh toward confirming tim proud title “Empire State of the South," conferred upon Georgia before the civil war on aocount of her being far lu the van of all the south in the construction of rnlhvays and in the va riety nuil exient of her Various manu facturing enterprises, and still more de served by the fnoc that even In the gloomy period of “reooustruotlou" she maintained over almost all her territo ry white supremacy, and was among the foremost lu throwing off the oppres sor's yoso. : l.urga Inercu-e of (he Hay Crop. | Ouo of the most gratifying signs of agricultural progro-s in Georgia ie the fact that the tU),?C9 cons of hay harvest ed in 1873 hud iuoreased to 103,937 tons in IfltKl, vuiaad at #13 76 n ton, or (3,- 4-6.3Ji.73 for tbu cmiro. crop. This g'ves promise of more and bettor breeds of both dairy and beef outlie. There is no reason why Georgia should uot rails just as good boef, aud have just us rich fflilk and cream and as delicious butter as are furnished by the great grass growing states of tire west and north west. We have lands on which alfalfa, . Timothy, clover and even blue grass respond to the farmer's labors with abundant harvost*. At the same time there is no more nutritious food for cat tle tbau that tarnished by our own na tive grasses, crowfoot, crab and Berm a- d.s, and that marvelous restorer of ex- h-Kist -d soils, the peuvinu. A gentle- tuau who spent hie youth iu Baldwin Oouuty, often noticed on his father’s farm that when sheep were turned iu to gftae, the Timothy to which they hod free booms remained untouched so long as the Bermuda lasted. This is a strong wnuess to the superiority of Georgia’s favorite grass in flavor aud nutritious power. Increase your acreage for gra«s and raise both beet and dairy cuttle, but be careful to k.-ep the breeds dis tinct. Ilsyprod Being Counties Have ihe Ue»t t-tofk. While maintaining her high rank as • cotton preduoing state, Georgia enu Mid should press to the front > a the glowing of grasses and all forn?t« plauts. A • tidy ttaero is a marked difference fist ween the cattle. hogs .iu.i horses of the bar producing counties or Georgia i-aud those of other sv.-n.cis of the s ure! Kentucky, whose farm, are covered with a rich carpet of blue gnus, has long been noted for her beaut I ffu horse! and cattle. One of the friends of this department who two summers ago •peut several weeks In the far-famed blue glass section of Kentucky tells uj that while hit eyes were feasted' on many sleek cattle, end horses marked by beauty of form and grace of move ment, he bad seen ju-t as fine animal! on tome of the model farms aud also in several Georgia cities and towns More Her Means More end (letter lied, Milk mid Duller. Muoh bee already been accomplished by our most progressive formers The bay product of Georgia increased during the poet decode almost three-told. If during the next decade we could bavt a ton-fold increase on this line, It wouKI mean an almost inestimable advance in prosperity. It would mean abundance of the best beef on our farms and iu onr towns at cheaper tate! than ever before, milk and butter rivaling tiie best im portations from northern dairies and creameries, and an independence of for eign food supplies that would mike the farmers independent of the price of cot ton, which would then bo a pure money crop. No people havo been more richly blessed by the bouuty of the Almighty. The best way to show onr gratitude to the giver of nil good is to improve the opportunities presented with such lav ish baud. j .“Onwiirdf” Ii the Word. When Georgia in her hour of need summoned her sou3 to defend her fights aud honor, the offering of property aud life was spun raueous aud general. When the heel of the oppressor was upon her, her sous, amid appalling adversities, wrought by the blessing of Qpd her re demption. Will they prove -laggards now, when fortune smiles aud points the way to greatness and Wehlih? No. Already the onward maroh has began, and it will continue until Georgia stands in the frout rank on all lines of industry, inferior iu no particular to any star of our' grand constellation of sovereign states. j Cotton. So many of the farmers of Georgia understand the cultivation of cotton, (hot the priuoip.il thing to be said on this subject is to givo a note of warning against an increase of the acreage, with a consequent increase of the supply over the demaud aud the reduction of tho price of the staple below the point of reasonable profit to the planter. Many of our most progressive farmers have, by intelligent use of the best methods, restored exhausted lauds and caused them to show u production almost equal to that of the original virgin soil. In fact, such has bi-eu the advance of Georgia on this line ns to elicit, years' ago, from the compiler! of tho United States census the cornpli memary statement luat ‘’the nigh posi tlon of Georgia is dan, not to natural advantages, lint tc better cultivation of the soil, the use of fertilizers, aud the tbrlit of au industrious population.” The ouo thing that the Georgia cot ton growers need to learn is, how to avoid overproduction with its accompa nying low prices. If, however, tuey will raisa such food enpplios ns limy be counted among the ueoes.-itios of life, ami thus make cotton a surplus money crop, low priced will never again be «s disastrous a» they have been iu the past. But if, iu spite of all warning and iu defiance of all past experience iho farm ers persist in an increase of tho acreage in cotton, we may look for a crop much larger than that of last year and'of ne cessity a decrease iu the price. I Wbilo at the sumo time the produc tion of that crop will cost them more than it has in rnauy years, ou aooouul of the iuoreased cost of food supplies, mules, fertilisers, labor and other things Coinblontlen to lieduee the Price. There appears even now strong evi dence of a combination among cotton mills domestic and foreigu, cotton fac tors and cotton manipulators, that will prove disastrous to farmers iu ease of too large a crop- For then the settiug of the price of cotton will not be with the farmer, as it was last year. What, then, farmers of Georgia, is our duty to ourselves oud at the same time the protection of our great money crop? It is more corn aud liens, more sugar oaue aud potatoes, more food supplies, more boef cattle and more dairy products, and nfter these things as muoh cotton as we can raise. Then we c.ia still name the price of our sta ple. Tho war-nine has already been sound- ed from Liverpool to New York nnd from Now York to New Orleaus, from largo buyers to small, chat they will not auolher year pay the prices that have rouged during this season. They say this because they believe that the farm ers will greatly increase the crop of this year. O. B. Stevens, Commissioner. CONCERNING CASSAVA tfxo* titol* and-ncthods CROWING SWEET POTATOES Some Important Point* Ath>«t TUI* 10tb«. THERE IS NO l)OCBr ABOUT ITS ADAPTABILITY 1*0 ?-OiL OF bOUl'H GEORGIA. WOULD BE A PAYING CB0P Starch Factories Would l#e Started aid These Wou.d Pay Good ~ Prices Kor Product. Cassava is another important-product that cap be profitably raised in South Georgia. Professor Stockbrldge .of the Florida Experiment Station say% thal this plant furnishes au oxcelldfit faed for stock as well as for man. There are two species of the plant—one known a* the sie-ef, the other as the bit er cassava. The former is the one so highly recom mended by Professor Seockbridge. 1 '» The sweet cassava, which is already cultivated to a considerable extent in Florida, has this supreme advantage over the other species (the bitter): that it can be fed to stock in its natural state without risk of harm, but with great Advantage. It is also a very palatable table vegerab'.e. It has five-parted leaves and longer roots, but generally much lighter in weight than those of the bitter cassava, which is such an impor tant article of commerce in Brazil and orhor South American countries. The bitter ca-snva should never be used for stock, because its sap contains the highly poisonous hydrocyanic acid. But this plant is also a very important one iu South America. Heat dissipates the poisonous principle, and the concen trated juice is used at the basis of cas.-a- v. ep and other sauces, while from tho sliced and dried roots are produced sev eral food preparations, as Brazilian ar rowroot, tapioca, etc. Let it be remembered that it is tho street eaten ea that is so highly recom mended for South Georgia. Mr. I- 0. Wade oi the Southern Railway com pany, who has been to considerable pains lu investigating the adaptability of this y-Lint to Sonrh Georgia soil, is sat isfied that it will grow as well iu Geor gia as in Florida. Iu oompunsou with other starch vegetables one acre of South Georgia laud will produce 4,031) pounds of starch, while the best ooru or potato laud iu Illinois or Michigan can produce only 1,200 pounds of starch to the acre from these vegetables. Whenever a sufficient amount of cassava has been piuuted, starch facto ries will be started, and it has been esti mated that these will pay five dollars a ton loaded on the cars at any station within 100 miles of their factory. Cas- sara is easily propagated by cuttings of the stem and is of rapid growth, attain ing maturity in six mouths. The pi > dnotiou is at least sixteen times that of wneat. Dr. Wiley’s l.ot'er. Dr. Jons M. McOandless, State Chem ist, Atlanta, Gtw: D-:ar Doctor McCandi.e->s—I accord yon. with pleasure, the permission to publish tuy analysis of the Georgia wheats iu any way you may sec fit. Iu regard to the statement previously made, iu some of our bulletins, that the southern wheats were the pn irest iu the United slates, I desire to say this state ment had reference entirely to the con tents of nitrogen uud gluten in such wheats. Experience aua research have shown that the longer a wheat grows tho more toudeucy is sbowu to develop starch at the expense of gluten. It is well knowu that the apriug wheats, which mature lu three or fottf months, contaiu larger relative quanti ties of glu eu than tho wiuter wheats which grow seven or eight mouths. The analyses which I havo made of itae Georgia wheats certainly show that there aro localities iu Georgia where the glnten and nitrogen couteuts of the Wheat, which I presume is wiuter wheat, com pure favorably with similar wheats grown muoh further north. Therefore the statement previously mado should 1» modified as indicated above aud should uot I e made general of all localities iu the Southern states Yon aro also a; liberty to u~e this statement iu the publication of tho ana lyses Slucerely, 11 \Y Wiley, Ohomist. will by his Valuable Crop. *ve neighbor. While he a, of which every farmer nntrokea, or to be broken w good supply for hU family aud stock, ^ a^bor with Improved for there is nothing grown Which Isa fand to them more general favorite for the table, ^ then crushes the c while hores, cows, hogs and chickens OT g ( wt wide each trip can be fed on nothing more fattening or the same implement more relished by them. An acre that ^ surface the weeds acro*tj will produce 80 bttshels of corn will allowing one to readily afford *00 bushels of sweet po- i ^ erea j tatoes. Yields of 600 bushels to the The oM role o« 1 acre a acre ou some Georgia lauds have been reported by the Experiment Station at Griffin. Plants for sotting out may be pur chased from those who keep them for sale or they may be grown ior that pur- po-e. The beds should be prepared by putting stable manure at the bottom to the depth of 3 or 3 inches and then cov ering it over with 9 or 8 inches of sand. After the. seed potatoes have fceeu cut length wife they should be placed lu the soil with the cut side down, aud having beeb laid close to each other without touching should bo covered to the depth of 9 ft 3 luohes. While they should be kept reasonably warm aud moist, care must be.taken to avoid any excess of -either Treat or moistuta. When the sprouts have attained n height of .four or five inches, they may be carefully Separated from the tubers, one at a time, with the thumb and fin ger, so as not to disturb the potato, for if this be uninjured, it will in a short time send up other shoots. , s-vli-ct l arefulty. No diseased tubers should bo selected for planting, 'for if thrifty slips are se cured, they will grow very rapidly. If wef ds spring up. it is better to re move them by hand, siuoe the use of the hoe m&y injure such 1 ’ labors as lie near the surface. The cultivator oau be used do fbr these progressive times that much can be done br] toothed instrument made tot i pose.—State Agricultural Den Two million toils of sugar t ly imported for the sweet America. Porto Rico is a country of per cent of them worked by t era. Root* f or ucorgtn rurnuJ We note some good suggests late bulletin issued from ment station Manhattan, Kacs horse, cow or she -p will do thrive ou good pasture in sp summer alone. But if this , cut aud cured into good hay, alone to the animals they y,j their appetites tu a short time , come thinner and will cease \ well. Cause? The hay is a < the grass is a succulent feed, dy: Grow some succulent fe w '|| wiuter. After corn silage, we would i roots as perhaps the next best s« feed for wi- ter use. One of the)] root feeds Is the mangel warzdi gar beets hare been grown su by only a few Georgia os we know. Mangels can profitably lu our climate, between the rows to exterminate the j ® ood rich soil, with P' ent y °f 1 weeds, which should he kept out of the is select ^ Pre jf re “ < you would a garden* ana drop# The tendency of the vines, as soon as ' “ ** P ,ftnt £ rden boets ' 1 they are two or three feet long, to tako j inches a P ftrt ® x P° n ^‘ s 0,a root at many of the joints and thus 1 **«* air * d /?? an ac t re ' , Tho propagate new tubers ds well known. ‘ j“ 3U 8 e l nt 1 * B ' rr, V ij i _ j . ,, keeper. The golden tankard i This should he prevented by carefully nm £j une . Cultivate as von t loosening these vines from the soil ( Thiu wich a hoe t0 oue p ; aut t ,„ either by hand or with a wide fork. j uc u e s in the row. But iu doing this every precaution j The mangels are good to aid l| should be used to avoid bruising the teuiug your hogs; make your I vines.—State Agricultural Department, give rich milk, help the czitJ through the wiuter and spring. T acre. . Should be planted :roiu tlj ABOUT CORN CULTIVATION ^ of March to the lOth of A P Some Valuable Practical Hints to3he later.—State Agricultural Dtia Planter. | '*'»s Dreton Peaannt, Corn is the special crop for this Match ' If there Is a country where t , tlon of hatred of “the Kugli and April. The rich, loamy soils, espe- us a hereditary enemy still I cially along the creeks aud river bot- In Catholic Brittany. la the < toms, are best adapted for this crop, far f {rr ‘i' on peasants and £sb«- corn needs a moisture retaining soil, so ,s }** ^ ^ . . ., . , ’ , they have fought battles cm! will that it may be better able to withstand, them again, tfdrouth at theoretical period of tasseling That Is to say. the nngiUS aud silking. After the soil has been stands for the typical sailor of al deeply broken and thoroughly pulver* of-war or torpedo boat, whoa | ized with harrow and roller, furrows will fight when the time 3 to 5 feet apart, according to richness attack, but no one thinks c of soil, should be upeued with a «oooter ®s a man. The enemy Is n uni. o or shovel and .ha grain dropped into the fooethlngoutsldo ordinary h ft] „ _ . ... 1 ^ ... lug In uniform whom It Is gta well prepared soil. Then on each side k ,f,. He „ .. th * e enemy" -« of the grams not over them—should *.i,t cl) wIII do great mischief to f bo placed the amount of compost or if one does not take care, (oni br.ruyard manure deemed necessary, if "which must be much more terrli such is us-d. Then cover them over dangerous than thpy can imth ifl with a double foot planter. If, how- al * Ihe men of France lose -I evtr, the regular commercial fertilizer T p!irs their youth lu learning^ is nse.1, we would prefer to disribnto it tb * 3 eventual adversary, ail along the furrow and then follow i, 1 A with a ploA.so that it may betlior- kill people like themselves: If cv« ong'uly mixed with the soil before drop- soldier becomes capable of lon| ping the grain. j what the shock of two armlM 1 Lest Time For i’fantlng. , by what complicated series of It When we consider all sections of *“triguer peoples are brought I Georgia, the best average time for P«'at of killing each other, tire w planting corn is about March 10 or 16; a p . eart ' ' °, u peases will e . little earlier iu the southern counties. I ■'“PM'd-Contcmporary W little later in the extreme northern sec- RmIIM na n Care, tiou, iu some part* as late as April 5 or . The practice of reading aloud I 6. As far a* we can co ftrol such mat- ular Intervals Is of great keiifC 1 * ters, we should secure the most favor. on< * affected with a chest cciaq able condition germination i am secure the most favor. oni * affected with a cam >-;-n ou possible for rhe quick lu aH ‘ , ° SPS nf h,ns trnul,le ” IS J of the seed, aud for the tnnt t0 lnda,ge ,n ,Uosc 1 riiniii . which the chest is In part Ih'f'H vigorous and rapid development of the u "d of aFr.Tnd fading aloud. . . ... and whistling are three of th The corn must be rapidly worked, and else*. Haste Nut to ISet It'eh. Let our fanners ehnn caro’ullv the mad baste to get rich, which h :s seta -d upon so many people of all olnssT*. Careful atteutiou t) legitimate business methods will uot perhaps build up im- fortuues in a snort time, but it wiU hriug competence aud peace of miud, aud ihe iarmer who has built up pro,- perous esr:»re« for his old age un.i Mr ins heirs, iviug in the fear or Guo. iu oi> decliuihg years ei:j iy his . with dignity,'' while with u loi.-iu - min i he calmly waits for the ineviii.b. sun :et ot life.—State Agricultural L, partuieut. every effort must be made to prevent There are many who cauuotj the springing up of grass or weeds, and we do not expect the fa* whioh, if they do appear iu spite of the t histle, but reading nioud ran “ best eude&vors of the farmers, must not l> y all. Care must I e be allowed to remain for any length of >- ° ovp,do '*• < ‘ oursP ' nnd , J time. The cultivation of oora lik. -bou.d be In mob a position at >»« hat of other crop^ should be largely » ! 1 oue . ore p an mg, and, af.er the first to what we are doing, "dil n< M plowing, shallow surface cultivation be beneficial from the stanfipjl only should be used, aud for this pur- health, hut will also have the fa pose improved harrows or onltivators making us better speakers by ,f * are needed.—State Agricultural Depart- Rs Proper modulations of the vo» ment. by Increasing our knowledge. ' This Is where It has the aih 'll fiiil (l« inipre’ved Methods. Prop r preparation and cultivation f <> 1 arc impossible with the anti- •0)1-u-ed by our grandfathers. hi 1 ni ".vs, rol'ers, harrows, plant- and cultivators are abso- n : .',sof success in tkesf.,days. over whist'ing and singing. Wholesale tea p'auting on of laud near Charleston has l*t°1 by a coon any that expeers to , nr 3.0.000 piusuj O- lea a t :c ai .r-os.