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CONDITION OF THE PEACH CROP.
Reports from Various States.
The reports upon the peach crop
conditions given below have been re
ceived from tbe deportments of agri
culture of various states and they
show the a editions that existed about
the middle of April. Press dispatch
es indicate that the more recent freez
ing; weather has changed the condi
tions in some sections and that the
general prospects are much more dis
couraging than formerly.
These reports may he summarized
as follows:
California. April 22.—Peach crop in
tills state In a normal condition, with
promise'of an average crop, taking
the peach districts as a whole. The
indications are that all early fruit
will be unsually late in ripening and
will reach the market some two or
three weeks later than normal.
Delaware. April 18. From present.
Indications less than half a crop will
be produced and extremely unfavor
able weather prevails.
Illinois, April 17. There will he no
peaches in central and northern Illi
nois this yea', and hut part of a crop
is expected in the southern portion of
the state.
Massachusetts, April 18.—According
to best information hardly a peach
will be harvested throughout the state.
The sudden and intense cold in the
first week of December following the
almost summer temperature of No
vember not only killed all peach buds
but doubtless damaged the f ees as
well.
Missouri, April 16. —The prospects
generally not good and in many sec
tions even the most hardy varieties
are killed. However, in the southern
counties where the hulk of the peach
es arc grown, 25 to 50 per rent of
a crop is indicated. Taking the state
as a whole, not more than 10 per cent
of a crop will be'produced.
New Jersey, April 16. —General re
ports indicate 25 to 50 per cent of
aj. average crop, although at that date
it was too early to determine the ex-
Vnt of damage.
\ North Carolina. April 15.—N0 defi
ne information at hand, but general
Jjairts show something like 50 per
tent of a crop.
Ohio. April 17. — Reports made by
township correspondents on April Ist
showed the peach crop in Ohio to be
about 77 per cent of an average.
Texes. April 17.—A late freeze dam
aged the fruit materially and only
half a crop is indicated.
Virginia. April 17. —Reports coming
In at this date were conflicting, but
nothing like a full crop will be pro
duced.
West Virginia, April 13 —Not more
.Dbuglas W eekly Breeze, oif.ov ember 28, 1903.
than 15 per cent of the usual crop is
expected and the indications are that
all other fruits have been greatly
damaged by the cold wave.
Georgia—At present the crop In this
state is more promising than was in
dicated by reports received some few
weeks ago. In the northern part of
the state the yield will be very light,
although some individual orchars in
this section are quite well fruited.
About 25 per cent of a normal crop
may be expected from the Middle and
Southern sections. Although the per
centage of a crop will be small, a
largo quantity of fruit will be produc
ed. owing to the enormous number of
trees in bearing.
W. M. SCOTT,
State Entomologist, for Department ol
Agriculture of Georgia
Chloroform.
The first child horn under the infill
vnee of chloroform was the daughter
of a doctor friend of Professor Simp
son. who is credited with the discovery
of the drug, and she was christened
Anaesthesia to celebrate the circum
stances of her birth, as the first child
to be vaccinated in Russia was chris
tened Vaccinoff. The beginning of the
new era of chloroform was on a night
in November, 1547, when three men
sat around a supper table in an Edin
burgh dining room with glasses
charged with—chloroform! They were
I>r. Simpson himself, with Dr. Keith
and Dr. Duncan, and as they sat talk
ing all three began to inhale the fumes
from the glasses. Suddenly the talk
ing ceased, aiul three senseless men
fell like dead bodies on the floor. For
some minutes the room was as still as
a grave, and then Dr. Simpson awoke.
"This is good,” he said as he found Dr.
Duncan snoring under the table and
Dr. Keith creeping on to his feet. Elev
en day s later the first public trial of
chloroform was made at the Edin
burgh infirmary.
A Somnvhote.
"Is it true, Miss Gertie,” ho said,
“that there are just two things a wo
man will jump at—a conclusion and a
mouse?”
"No,” she answered; “there is a third,
Mr. Philip.”
After thinking the matter over a few
moments he tremblingly made her an
offer, but she didn’t jump at it. lie
was not the right man.
The Key to the Situation.
Husband—Darling, I’m too tired to
go to that dance tonight. Do you mind
going alone?
Wife—Why, no. But when I get
home where shall I leave the latch
key?—Smart Set.
THE CULTIVATION OF WHEAT.
Proper Depth to Cover, When to Sow,
Soil. Etc.
It is yet too early to plant wheat,
hut not too early to begin the prepa
ration of the land. This should really
have been commenced last spring on
land intended for wheat this fall.
Land which was well manured and
thoroughly broken up last spring for
some other crop, so soon as that crop
has been gathered, is already far on
the way to being all that is needed to
make good wheat land.
Soil.
The first essential Is to select for
sowing in wheat a suitable soil, one in
which loam and clay predominate,
which is much improved by a large
proportion of lime, furnished by eith
er nature or man. The soil must be
dry, underdrained if necessary, since
a large crop of wheat cannot be made
if there is an excess of water in the
land. A good wheat soil must also
have abundance of nitrogenous mat
ter. with a sufficiency of phosphoric
acid, potash and lime. If these ele
ments are lacking, use plenty of barn
yard manure. What we say about
cotton is also true of wheat.
It is better to put 500 pounds of
your commercial fertilizer on one acre
than to spread it over two, for thus
one can make the same amount of
wheat with less labor.
Preparation.
In preparing soil for wheat, one of
the chief objects Is to keep the veg
etable matter and mineral portions as
near or as much on the surface as
possible, so that the roots of ihe
plants may strike out horizontally, in
stead of going down in a more verti
cal direction. A thin, mellow stratum
of rich soil should be kept at or near
the surface. Subsoil, as the conditions
demand. j
A good* seedbed must he prepared
by thoroughly plowing, fertilizing,
harrowing, raking, pulverizing and
rolling the land.
Proper Depth to Cover Wheat.
Experiments have proven that seed
wheat must not be planted too deep
and it has been suggested by many
who have given the subject a careful
study, that It is better to harrow the
wheat and fertilizer in from one to
three inches deep, according to the
character of the soil, which, if close
and heavy, will require a thinner cov
ering than if it is light or sandy.
When to Sow Wheat.
It i> best to put the seed in as late
in the season as it can be. and stilt
hare sufficient time to throw out a
system of roots and leaves large
•uoutk to cor of the ground before the
cold blizzards come upon it. Mr. W.
J. Bridges of Spalding, one of our
most successful wheat growers, thinks
that wheat should not be sown until
after the first big frost in November,
since it will then stand more success
fully the ravages of the Hessian fly.
Our best wheat growers in Georgia
generally plant from October 1 to No
vember 1, according to soil and cli
matic conditions.
Continue to Grow Wheat.
Sometimes a farmer fails with his
wheat crop, gets discouraged and de
cides to plant no more wheat. Does
he act in that way about his cotton
or his corn? Every one knows that
he does not. Neither should he so
acj in regard to his wheat. It is an
exceedingly Important crop.
By growing his own wheat he has
his bran and shorts for stock food.
But what is best of all. he can have
the grain ground at his neighboring
mill, and have domestic flour, whir,,
will make' sweeter and more whole
some bread than flour purchase: from
the west, even if it is not quite sc
white.
GA. DEP’T OF AGRICULTURE.
HURRIED THE WORK.
Peculiar Experience of it Turkish
Literary Man.
Once upon a time a certain Turkish
literary man living in Constantinople
arranged to translate for a daily news
paper a novel, then popular in Eng
land. Each day he rendered a suffi
cient part of it into the Turkish lan
guage to fill the space reserved for it.
One day liis peaceful home was enter
ed by the police, who peremptorily ar
rested the man of letters and dragged
him ol? to prison. No explanation was
given for his arrest, the novel reflected
In no way against the polities of the
state, and he had broken no laws. He
was not even given time to bid fare
well to liis family, but he was com
manded to bring the work under trans
lation with him. Arrived at the prison,
he was given pleasant quarters, good
food and drink and sternly command
ed to complete his task. So for sev
eral days the frightened translator
worked arduously, says Town and
Country.
When the work was done, he was, to
his astonishment, instantly liberated
and presented with a large sum of
money. Upon further inquiry as to
his treatment It was explained that
the sultan had become interested in the
story ns it appeared from day to day
and was too Impatient to wait for the
end. He wanted to read all the rest of
it at once! Truly, there are certain
advantages in being a sultan.
Oats.
As for wheat, so also for oats the
soil should be plowed to a medium
depth and then well pulverized, for a
good seed bed is necessary in order to
produce the beat results with even so
hardy a grain as oats. It is better
that the soil should he dry and mel
low when they are sown.
In a moist season oats will do very
well on a sandy soil, but the best
yields, as a general rule, are made
on a fine clay loam, with good drain
age. '
When the seed bed has been well
prepared and leveled, the oats may ba
sown broadcast, or put In with a drill,
The latter method is probably better,
since when they are drilled in they
are in a sort of trough, and when a
freeze comes, the earth is not drawn
away from the roots, as the ground
rises with the freeze and settles with
the thaws, but is thrown around them,
This prevents the crop from being in
jured by a freeze.
The winter oat is generally sown in
October at the rate of about two bush
els to the acre. They afford good
winter and spring pasture. When the
stock have hen taken off this pasture,
an ample crop of grain will be ready
for reaping in June; but never allow
stock to graze upon your grain dur
ing wet or damp weather.
This crop, with comparatively littla
expense , aids greatly in making a
farm self-sustaining. Our farmer* will
do well to plant largely of oats.
GA. DEP’T OF AGRICULTURE.
Improve Your Farm.
Every good farmer should try to Im
prove his soil each year. Unless you
adid as much plant food as the crop
takes from the soil, every year you*
farm gets poorer and ywhr chances foi
profit grow less and less. While on
the other hand, if you will increase
the fertility of the land year by year,
you increase your profits continually,
Hence rotate your crops. Sow cow
peas aften grain. Turn them under in
the fall. Use bam lot manure and
compost made on the farm. If you
still need more plant food, buy a high
grade commercial fertilizer and judi
ciously feed all your crop plants, with
a liberal hand, Just as you feed you*
five stock.
Feed to cattle cotton seed meal and
hulls and fatten same for market,
They will pay you a profit and theif
voidlngs will enrich your farm. —Geon
*ta Agricultural Department.
