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EHENTS OF
plant food
tr From
the State thcmi
in Regard to '
lVS !5 OF A KSCH SOIL 1
Kariii^r H*< it -n Hit, ! ower U J
Imyrovi His Sol! *»V
Tillage HiHl l’Vi» |
tlllxiag.
L2TTF.lt NO. 2. j
’4 few farmers ever Cod each a ;
i soii as l liwori'oed to roo to cbo |
|Jr of aiy !aes letter, y*s every j
.j'Vjuj it iu lil-s power to improve j
31! ae starts with however poor it j
whatever its nature may bo,
.dioions t ilia art, fertilising, tiratii-
iitouitiif. liming, eaudiup, claying
lerracias. according as tho ecu-
„ his toil tuny Indicate. Ho
a espoihally consider h’.s soil and
r want crops is seeuis to bo bast
u. une then unvote 0I3 energies to
j,; tiiosa crops rather than others
n thrive poorly.
now we preened to analyze
ul ,18 ye did a plant a short
■ since, we should expect to
ia h some of all toe elements we
a ip tfci plant, more especially in
,sh oi mu plant. Let us to.ee the
pi, of quita a rich eoii; here is
it w bat we should hove; taking one
ired pounds of the dry soil, we
i, by mean of a careful end skillful
jioal analysis, separate it luto the
wing parts:
POUNDS PICK KtTVDUEDt
] Tlies- are elements
I wtiicli the ulant is on
ion I lilted to have but Is
12.ST j not depend-nt on the
g jU soil f ,.r them as it gets
| most all il needs from
j 1 ho air and the rain.
a 71 .V-1 The elements in this
mina. . <1,4 .part of tie soil are
5. t7 I .-it her not absolutely
nosia. l.U* ! essential to the plant
, . ii. i i | uf.-. or the plant could
jb’e acid 0.01 «rt. along with very
-—Ismail amouuts of
S5.U1 J them.
1 The plant .absolutely
nern 0,17 | must, h tve all of these
ihhIi’caeldu 4« I to grow ai d tlitive.
0.3i [and though they exist
1.2 jin the soil in small
— quantity. the plant
2.1a I ue-ils 1 hem in large
) quantity.
ow let us analvze ono hundred
ado id wtieat plants.
pounds ruu Hc.vbsEC t
liou— 17.07 j
iswn.. ( All of this conwofront
igtu . . 4i} - ue Htmut.piicre and
■ evua.
03. *>4 j
... li.W.|
. ■ •*■*<
0. at ! A; you see the«* ere
■ • U.04 I tioe.i ti> smftll q'i D try
• il, f lit t- “ pi Hit a id are
... 2. f> i sup.d ed '.u iJl'.i.osion
3.I
ill;
’’.•••'n.... i.Wl) Tb-se the Font must
li t aiddu. 15 j bavs or die. .Most
ii v.ft (soils- ir- driideUt in
d.2i ' ttim .mu the iai ni.-r
— , most «•' . iLi-rn to get
3.h< | quo. 1 crops.
'it' you sen, by a sturiv of these
Ms time yrn find ui the soil the
e | . , n.ai -iits wuioa wu found in the
i we maiysed m our fir,: Ic-uorunu
is this wheat pinuc. The carbon.
Irts'.-i: and oxygon which we dud m
fell an* .d little or ua nil as plant
■ i*caus.! liiu plant gets »w store of
10 oat. of the am •p^era It
■'s oirbou from ,ae carbonic
u. tan air. T. u will remember
wr,™ you 10 O oe c j my letters
year ah iur, tho importance of wafer
ourb nilo acid, and as t: is apt here
t the pnm.jiriiph!
he water from which the hydrogen
g«u come is given us tree in the
L '' rsm, and the o.irb-.i; also lu the
n of cnraoiiio acid which is breathed
continually into the atmosphere by
"dug animal on the eurftce of
i-artk; by every chimney am. uearth-
” b Wuicu wuruis a nappy lauulv; by
■•j iftciory smokestack and locotno-
wnicn minister to our wants and
- SE i.ies. Uarhonio acid forms the
! . r a! pm-tofaii chi-ismoke aithongh
u t tu 8 black part wlndi we see,
’7 s.'ivisible part widen is clear and
“ to ‘ u ‘ : ® the air. Vast streams of
1'icnng on: coustactly iaco the
r b; iocs It, not stiff and suffocate
** lt 'voul i if poured inti the rooms
"|'^ vre “ V v? 1; is because all plant
0 h, tut- great forests absorb
crops of wheat, corn and cotton
. 'V a ® **• llli.-a and the roses eat
crink is - They taks this de^iy
4 Ut0 CatIT wonderful little bodies,
k it over and over.Mgether wftn
a, er which they suck oat of the
CtI t J 18 T “tve separated the car-
oxygen with wnioh.it is
lives
i'he
ta ouiiQing tua ceii* oum
organs ot which the plant is coinjioseii.
This process 01 the p.aut ft) taking its
aarbou our of the wr is a most wonder
fulstae, and goes on only under the in-
ilueaoe of lignt or in the day rims, and
the ieaf of tno plant is the only derive
orgnn concerned m rakiog the cartenio
,i«;d out of tne r atr. The leaf of the
plant is formed of very nt;mercn3 little
oetis placed side by a,.iej on the under
side of tiie leaf there are .-nr spaces be
tween tin- cell*, and over the whole leaf
there is a tain sxtu. Iu this Ruin che.ro
nr« natncroui small holesthr.mgh which
the air passes. When it prssos into tuo
leaf whilst tne sunhxat is stuning upon
it, througa some strauge vita: power the
little ceils of tho loaJ', umisr these con.
ditious break up t he carbonic acid of the
air, retaining the oirbor. auasatcia.g'the
oxygen free, which nassi-n out again into
the air. VVneu night comes tho o.vrbuu
tlius obtaiueti uudorgoes a change and
passes into tee circulation of the plant,
goiuo to the various purts of tuo piani
\riicr© it may bo lumueti.
So wo sue that growing plants tend ro
purity tho dir by consuming ir- carbonic
acid gas, wmch is injurious to animal
life, ant by piviug off pure oxygen gas
la its place, which is bcuedcial to ani
mal life. Animal aau plant life thus
stand iu mutual and beautiful relations
to each other. Plant life inhales car-
bonio soni and exhales oxygen; animal
life tuholos oxygen and exhalesoarbouii'
acid.
The animal, in hts lurga and blood,
onuses carbon to unite with oxygen to
form carbonic acid; whilst the plant iu
its cells causes the carbon of 1 ho carbou-
ic acid to separate from us oxygen.
Analysis shows the percentage of car-
boula acid lu the nir to be small. Thus
a hundred gallons of air U composed of:
Oxygen 20 69 gallon*
K itrogsn .78 08 gallon*
Carbonic acid 00.08 gallon*
Ton say this is a very small
amount of carooulo acid. Tee, ii
teems so, bus *nen you come to
consider the enormous bulk of the air
it actual >y is very large. There is so
much of it that the volume of air which
rests on one acre of your farm, cal uniat
ii.-g n r it height of only P0 feet above
•he ltuui would contain 90 1 pounds
of carbonio acid gas, And this amount
never grows les* even when the crops
are feeding on tt, because it is being
constantly renewed from orhtr sources.
Therefore, whilst you need never feat
airy lack of ts'e esse cried element, car
bon, it is well for you to appreciate
where it opdios from and bow import
ant ir. is. I have said the oxygen and
kydiopu found iu the plant came also
irom tho air; really tney do not come
from tue air itself, bur, they come from
the water wbioh fl >ats in (he air in the
form oi c.ouds. These dooeena as rain
upon this soil and are druwu a? through
the roots of the plant, and me oxygen
and hydrogen, of which water ie coin-
posen. are appropriaKyi by the plant.
You, of course, apprecfntn the import
ance of ihese two eloaieuts of plant life
because you snow only t-oo well bow
crops 6ii{?er in a dry season. Vie will
consider tho other elements in our nest
letter. Yours trniy,
Jobs IL MoCssnuss*
tiato Obemis*
SEPTEMBER
CROP REPORT
Cotton Has Suffer ;d For Want
ut Sunshins.
PICKING GREATLY RETARDED
Cvm'.waluo Itruch iho t>ep«nir,entoi
Hum, U/*ulr.g and (lavages o*
tn« if oil Worm— KotUlar
W ill Be M'aroe.
I STEAMBOAT SCHEDULES-
August rain* A hirco psr cent of tne I
fnri/la. .»1 k— . , , tin anil after A|ml 3Dtli, 1WN, »n<1 until tnr-
io..Qer also has beaa damagedaby tho , tliernou.il-, the looal rotes of frcigliUastwe.m
same egencr an* rhis fn-noe will ha i !»'', ,l ltigson the niiiUiiluiiu-live, Mint. 4jm
t, mis lomce W1U DO IneliUola «mU lil|mlii riven, will be ns tol-
unn.-na.ly ic.irce the c-orniug year. ! !o-vs:
vr,„, .. ! 1 01 ton, SOupw bale; Klonr, lec per biivreli;
auwt 01 the cane, sweet potatoes, peas, : 4ertiUj!ers,*r.4o per i-ih. 'Ollier Heights u.
grtntnd ton-. u.Mand r.coanti the fmasses 1 f ,r<, i>"ri ion.
f rotn the
ibiaed
13 '-Rriionic acid, liberating the
*ud anurooriating the carbon
promise well
SOOTHXits Sectids—Appling, Bakvr,
Berrien, tfroosa, Bryan, Ba.iix;h. Onl-
koun, Oamden. Cuurlton, Gnasham,
0: littaboocheo. Clay, Cliuch, Coffee,
Co.quitt. Ducarnr.Donce, Dooly, Dough
erty, K.trly, Ectols, Effinchhtn, U-iyun.
H.-astou, Irwin, Lee,. Liberty, Lowndes.
Macon, Manou, McIntosh, Meriwetner,
Miller, Mitcneil, Montgomery, Pioroe,
Pulaski, Q lit muu, Rmiioiph, Schley,
Stewart, Sumter, Tattnall, Taylor, Tel
fair, Terrell, Thomas. WTioux Wayne.
Webster, Ware, Wilkinson, Worth.
The report oi rs-ops for this section is
os follews:
Cotton, compared to an average, 73 IS
per cum; corn, compared to an nvvrage,
7if 44 per ceur; rice, cotuparao to an av
erage, Si 24 per oent-; sngar oauo, com -
pareu 10 an uveraxe. Cl.60 per oen:;
-W!!<*t potatoes, coniijareu 10 un KVurage,
90.Si per tit-; tobacco, 00mpared to *in
average. 01.30 rv-r , 0:- r; uen crop, com
pered to ae aver'igv. Si kA per cent; pea
nut crop, oomp.ired 10 an average, 80 11
per cunt; 11 av crop, oomjmwd to an av
erage, 83 80 yur cent; number of stoon
nogs, oompared to last your, 1>1). 42 per
cent; oouiuaou of stock hogs, compare*!
wirh an aveiau-, 91.24 per Cent.
Middle Section — Baldwin, Bibb,
Burke, Batts, Carroll, Clayton, Oolum
bia, Coweta, Crawford, Emanuel, Pay
ette, Glascock, Groaus, Hancock; Harris,
Heard, Henry, Jasper. Jefferson, Jones,
Johnson, Laurens, McDuffie, Monroe,
Muscogee, Morgan, Newton, Pike, Pui-
natn, Richmond, Screven, Spabbug,
Talbot, TaUaferro, Troup, Twiggs, Upson.
Warren, Washington.
The report of orops for this section L
as follows:
Oottcm, oomparwi to an average, 74 it
per cant; ooru, compared to an average
72.C9 per o“nt; no-?, compared to au av
eragv, 79.20 peroem; sugar cane, 00m
Dared to an average, 84 £8 per oent:
sweet potatoes, compared 10 au avt-rag*-,
89 27 per cent; to bn coo, compared to or
average, 90:38 per ceni; jjea crop, com
pared ro on average, 90.10 per oeut; pt
nut crop, compared to au average, 94.'4;
hay crop, com;jared to on average, bWS:
per cent; number of st<->ck hogs, jona-
pared to last year. 02 IT p-*r cent' con
dinon of stock hogs, compared with ua
average, 90 83 per cent.
Northern Section-—Back* Dnrtow,
Campbell.- Catoosa, Oaattoof x, Cnerc
ke3, Clarke. CoW>, Dawson, lie Kalb
‘.-.•uglas. ElWirt;' Tauniu, D T-'yih
Praukliu, Fioyd,- Pi:iron, tUlmer, Gcr j
don. Gwirnett-, Haoorshnm, Barrai.-.ou
Hull, Harr, Jacks.m, Lincaln, Lnmukiu
AlmiiMMi, Milton, M.corny, Oconee, Okie
tnorpe, Paulding, Pickens,Pidk, rtulun,
Rockcnie. Town.-, Union, Walter, Wai-
ton, White, Whitheiu, Wilxue.
Thu repea t 01 urotio lor ir.is section i
«e ioilows:
Ootfou, com|iore(i ro au nven-tje, 7* 16
per cent; corn, com pared to un i.verag-,
bC por cent; rice, compared tu an uveo
age. 93.38 per ceu 1: sugar caoe. com-
ferren to un average, 88 percent; hv.m
potatoos, oompaiv.1 to an nterago. 93 if
per cent; tobacco, ccavpareu to an nver-
ago, 81.15 per '-eut; >ea crop, compared
to mi overage, 90.08 per cent; peatiul
crop, cotnonred c-j hii average, 91 f) per
cent: bay cr.-p, compared to uu average
>9.17 jo.- out,:; number of - oox hog-
compared in «i‘< year, 90 8!) nor ce.'it;
condition of «t<ks f nos-, compai^,i witu
an iivurage, 80.07 per cent.
notions t.'oiiHolltkiled
Cotton, (xunpira-.l to an average, 73 14
per cent; corn, otunporod toon average.
per ceti;; rice, compared to un a\-
eruge. 83.92 pur oant: hiigtir can* none
jian.ii to an avmwta, .KIWI per cent:
sweet,potatoes, ooirpnr-jd 10 an average,
31.03 per cent; roixicoo, comrered .0 an
average, 67 83 per cent: pci cntiyj, com-
iiareu to un avapige, 3H.&? \*'T cent; ;>ea
nut crop, conaparud ty* an ttveragv, 9i). co
per can r; bur crop, compared, to on av
erage, 83,02 per cent; number oi sn»k
hen-, com rami to lusty**-ir, 91 per ceur;
condition ot stock hegv. compared win.
an avt ruge, 80.61. per ccut.
Schedule—-Ltaue CchmbuE.
SU'Hir.or M. \V. KBI.I.KY, T. A. *Mar
vi 1111 . Tu»*>Ui-> , H» a. ni.
Ste»n> »»r Ol'IiiiN ( 1T\, K. Hj't. h. L. Miigiutler.
Ttimsiluy, »o a. in.
Moan i!t' W.O. lmAlU.KY, Cupt. A. A. UiHl,
- V rtt.\iv Iny iP h. ii .
AU Koala t<o via l'Mlnbrmtft* north h uml
sU'huiits t*tty Mail livucUy, mnnh
Hound, will tiHDfdtM to uoi lHbound tiOHtHut
•’Hh» f .:inooc*ho«, tudxht wild j»»iMBonin*vs for
lVunluiilKo.
Thin HuHmlnlo wiUHf obwivvtl, rivor, rtc ,
pnriliJttlfiX
W&rshonse Landings.
I'olumbuH, lia., 1*011 Jackson, Kla
Kloivnco. tin. I.MUouh, Hu.
1 Chat tuhoocHoc*. Via.
• 1;. A N. ii. U. roliilH.
1 s. a. L. li.n. Points
^ KainhrUliif, IS a
iCnfa
Ala.
AGIUCtXTUK.lL DePaKTSIHNT,
Atlanta, Sept. 1, 1901.
Tho characteristic feaiures of Angust
weather were very heavy rams in rnosi
of the counties of the state, while the
temperature rautred slighUy below toe
normal, us a result ot which the cotton
crop pollercd ninterlady for the vrauc of
stnuiime tyjii warmtr w* ath«r. Htnca
many ctjuiplnints nave reoched tho de
partment ooncirning injur.- from rns%
rotting oi bollo and ravages of too
tioli worm, .so that the crop condi
tions on Sept. 1 ore far from satisfacto
ry, The av stags condition of tne oouon
crop has fallen from 84 per cent on June
i to 73 per cent ou S»p« 1. 4 w-
In addition to the fact rba« the cotton
crop i* 15 days late, picking ha* been
very materially retarded, awing to *ne
August rain*
Th» condttkm and prorpec-v of oorn,
which on June 1 wWe 89 per cent, were
on Sept. 1 77 per cent. This de
crease in the prospects of the ooru
crop was cau-cd in —r.ny casus
General Sierchanfe
* Store! *
CLEAN STOCK,
CLEAN METHODS,
I have germine bargains
to offer YOU! 6 .
Small profits ami quick sales, lionetd
weight and Jnst measure, prompt
attention and courteous treatment
constitute my motto.
Can I Say More ?
Make it convenient to cal! at my
store and be convinced of theae
facts.
W- R. filSSFTT.
ELDOHENDO, GA
Ft. v.tnliH*'*, liti.
I’ppin t’olnu.bia, Alu. l
-V.n t ftvii U. K. »*uintH v
I ow«»r(..‘olnmbin, A lu, ' ,, ,
MitUUi* ttordun, Alu. I Ua Fim* F, 1C. iHjlntM
l.owcr («u:Hnn, Alu. I’lij cr Ibihtol.Vln.
Mu MMIhikI K Kor / irUmntHtown, ►fa.
Mfti'.i, Alu. wKxivi»t»l M MflJlwlbui •
Seal’s LuikIImk, Flu. Vliimv l*>titfHnulK>b Vhi
'tt'Miii Jitillri, ir}». l.uWHr KutilTmiNipi.
Furrunioi c’s, Flu. rov.Vrun’a, Mil.
t.n- OwniiH, Flu. Miiff uoUuor Helena Flu
l.axley*o Mill.
'onester’rt, Flu. ApulucHleoln, Flu.
Hoivt-N reserve th« riiilit of tu»t landing at
ny piiinl n hen ronuhltiveii tlmigeroiK-v 1-y Die
iipt.nl n.
• cults will not stop at any point noinnnuul
i the lHt o! lnmlingM Uduetl under ilnt.e of
April inoi.
Uni responsibility tor tmighteeuwea alter
tt Him boon Uncharged ut u lmuling whave no
pel non t« tlieru to reerlte It.
■'rcitfht.sa for ull points except warehonne
dings muht be pruimltl
\v. K. MuuliK, (icriei fU Manugoi*.
M. IUV1NUS, Soety A Trenu.
Oflue (iuvrad building, Tele)ihoue No. D
PLANT STEAMSHIP LIKE
3 SAILINGS EACH WEEK
—— F.KTWKKN
Pert Tampa and Havana'
Via Key West.
Plant System trains run direct to ship
ide connecting with Steamers leaving
Port Tampa 9:00 P. M. Mondays.Thnrs-
lavs and Saturdays
For any information as torate*. sched
ules, and reservations address
B. W. Wbkns.
Pass. Traffic Manager,
K. L. ToDl), Savannah, Ga.
Division Pass. Agt.
Montgomery, Ala.
CHUECH DIRECTORY.
PRESHYTKiriAN UHTJHCH.
Ucv. {'him ll. Nlrilu t, l*n«tor. Services
1st. 2r.il, 3rd and 5th Sunftnyn nt 11 ». iu
•»nd p, in, l*rti,yur meeting Wcdnentlny
7.JJ0 j>. in. jjHjodM.v nehool ut 5»:4. p )sl. ?».; J. s
lit ud well, 8u pc tin lendent. 1'ublic we'.couit
baptist uiutkchI
Kev.W. L. Kichardn, I). I>., l*n*»tor.—Ser
vice*f.very Snnduj- nt ll o’c lock a. ?n. 'iid
T.MOp. m, subhiith MchooJ ut u 4f>n. m. l*n»v-
r meeting every TJmiudny e\en4ng ui 7:$0.
ted to attend ull thet-e
eot
K every TJi
idlnlly inti
•ervieeu.
M. K. »’HU!U H.SOt Tll.
ilev. W. J*'. Smith, Fault.r.—Proarhing
evo7ySuhburb.it il u. m. ui»d 7-.K) p ni.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evcnli^g. .Sab
onth riQhool ut in u. rn. a11 are eoiuTnlly in
vifi'ft to iittmifl >iU the «or\ leen.
hEMRY VALGHN
Practical Blaclirmith and Weed
workman.
Always ready to servo. Lowest p’-ices
for best work.
street, near old
(SSrSliop on West
'l owiiseuil Warehouse.
BAINBUIDGK, GEORGIA
C.T.VHH9.LU1UU,
C. H. GKIFFI35T,
-—DEALER IN- —
ALL KINDS OF QOSILffiADL UAERESS-
ikil TTu”e»slx W-orv-blyr
agid !pTO«a.p\ly
STasac wfcad.
REPAIRING A SPE9IALTV.
UflrTEKMS: STRICTLY CASH-®*
North Broad S reet new Brackin’s
Stables.
BAINBIIIDGE, - GEORGIA
s(hu;tiu.\g worthy
OF OODSIDERATiOil.
A HEW REVOLUTION IN THE
BABBERJBUSIRESE,
An absolutely safe shave st. the new
City Shaving Parlor, a oonspioious stand
next dror to city Post- Office
Our plan of shaving is so complete
that we chn prevent Infection or inocu
lation by so called noxious or poi.loiions
grows. '1 hese troubles are ofllines con
tracted from cue to the. other bv 1 reason
of itsiuK the same rator or brljsli on ev'ero
body. Now how we prevent sncti tl-oi.b.,
les ire have a sterlliter. a iiickle plated-
uoneorn in which we ‘always keep h"t
bnilii’g msiliuir water. \\"e put a ce-rtaiix,
qnae.ity of Aiitiseptiqla, Iben everv Ioh-
bur lifter shaving each customer filiices.
his razor over ihu Steriliser into the
boiling water, Jolting it- lenrnin for a few
niinui.es. After shavin* w,i; Use a por
tion of that, Autu-O|)0oltt on em b eusi.o-
nier’p race. Uy this method we v«v a-
auiv. von a s:tt« sham. ,
Call and see us tu.d VIC Will oqnvinee
you llpvit our serviue 1» the best in the
city. Sk.ive HV.• Half Cut 2."c.
P, M. silis, Proprietoj-
UNLEETAKEES-.. —a j
Carry a full liutt <>f first class j
Burial Cases, Caskets, etc., oil
<he latest styles. Frioe© j
OllOapCX tiiaXl G'i?'63*j Deosaoti am! dried hoards at,''Ivid-,
TosfOl?©. & Son’s, near ilvqgit.
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Branch Ho*wes. Nashville, Teun., l^Jlaa, Tfx., Ri'.ioioyhani,
Ala., Montgomery, a\Sa.
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TON ANI) CmCKEKING ViANOS.
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3aa»r«l Ageiit
Dcnals:nnHij, Ga-
A FIRST CLASS-
•:g|'
* loy
I am devoting my best attention to the care of a limited number of fcorsea.
I have only experienced horsemen, and they are under my direct ent.ervbion.
My Dray Liae
M KBNNW® 0* TOLL TIME AND M' 101 HMB
ANI HAULING CALL ON ME.
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