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FLOWERS & WHILDEN. 1 CAR LORDS! 1 *-- '' ...One Car Load of MBIGAN If fiMTCfI IMIS, LATEST STYLES, SWEETEST TONES, FULLY WARRANTED AND JUST FROM THE FACTORY. ..ONE CAR LOAD OF BUGGIES, Best Styles, Easy Runners, Handsomely Finished, Just Received and put up for Inspection. These Organs and Buggies must he sold at once, because we do not wish to move them. As we go out of our premises in the Tanner block on the Ist of January, it is necessary for them to be moved. We want you to do the moving. Come and see us about them. Prices too low to quote. Competitors would say we stole them. We also have a full line of Sewing Machines, the best for the least money. If you need a piano, we can supply you. Instruments of best make, purest tones and handsomely finished. Come and see us, or write to us andyott will save money. FLOWERS & whildeh. • ■ DouGlas. Georgia. 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.