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NESBITT’S TALK
TO THE FARMERS
Monthly Letter of the Commls
sior*er of Agriculture.
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS DISCUSSED
Hie Cotton Crop Cat Offnt Leant a Third
1)T the Interne Heat and Dryn. s-i of the
Tant Two Month*— Farmer* Oouslderlug
the Expediency of Holding Thetr Cotton
For Higher Prloes, Eto.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Ga., Sept 1, 1890.
Looking over the cotton fields today,
one scarcely recognizes them as the
same which wore a month ago laden
with the promise of an abundant crop—
at that time the plants were in luxuri*
ant growth, although the crop as a
rule, got a late start in the spring, the
fallowing seasons were very propitious,
and thus the farmers had ample oppor
tunity to accomplish the first workings
promptly, therefore when the needed
rains in Jane began everything was fa
vorable, and from that time the crop
continued to improve so steadily that
the prospect for a heavy yield was never
more promising. On all sides the crop
was greeted by the glossy, dark greeu
of the rapidly maturing plants. The
bottom crop was maturing and the mid
dle and top crops fast forming, when
the drouth of July and August began.
This has been so fieroe and so long con
tinued thu-t in many instances, partio-
Marly in the late planted oottou fields,
the ground is covered with the forms
and young bolls of the middle and top
crops, and a large per cent of the more
mature bottom crop, which still clings
to the stalks, has been prematurely
forced open by the intense heat and dry
ness. The results are au inferior staple
and a stained sample. Under these
conditions, which are not confined to
onr own state, but are even intensified
In Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Lou
isiana and Arkansas, the certainty of a
6hort crop and consequent high prices
Beem a foregone conclusion—and many
farmers are considering
THE ADVISABILITY OF HOLDING COTTON
for better prices than are now quoted.
To give positive advice on this question
is as risky as predicting the weather,
cr standing security for the amiability
of a Georgia mule. Each individual
farmer must bo guided by his own judg
ment and by circnmstauoes, which ren
der his selling at an early day import
ant or immaterial to his own business
interests. '4?it%#visible supply of otton
is very flrtpcrop is certainly
cutoff athaasTa third, if not moi 7 but
OHwSmT btfi|r -Ttond spinners are over
many of the mills
or are working on
Wwfeirlsme, added to whloh the fiuau
jßfiP*3risis renders all predictions as to
• tne probable outcome extremely uncer?
tain. Speculation also controls tho
market to a great extent
. EARLY AND LATE PLANTED COTTON.
r What is of equal importance to us and
a lesson which wc can take to heart and
study with profit i3 the superiority of
the crop on tiro early planted and well
prepared cotton fields over that, which
was carelessly prepared for and planted
late. Evon the inexperienced aye can
detect the difference at sight. On my
own farm I insisted "that- a portion of
the cotton crop should be plauted early
—and thongh some of the tenant*, did
the work under protest, they are today
rejoioing, that in these fields at least, a
part of the fruit remains. Where the cot
ton was planted early, laud well and
deeply prepared and the manuring ju
diciously done, the par cent of grown
bo Is is very encouraging. The lesson
to be learned is that having attended to
the preliminaries of thorough prepara
tion, it is safer to make one, two, or even
throe plantings with intervals between
than to trust our entire crop to one
planting—and also that careless meth
ods do not pay. Wo not only take
greater chances on some portion hitting
the Bensons properly, but by planting
at intervals, the easo of handling the
crop is greatly increased because the
cultivations of each planting will fob
low each other in such order as to avoid
the unprofitable rush, wliioh is inevita
ble when all are pressing for attention
at the same time. The same may bo
paid of tho gathering.
INCREASING THE YIELD OJT LINT
to each pound of seed cotton, is an :
other subjeot for profitable study and
progross. By systematic work on this
line the sugar beet has been made to
yield doublo the proportion of sugar that
it once did. Wheat, corn, oats, barley,
pll have, by the same carefHl methods
of saving and selecting sped, jijdicionsly
applying fertilizers and thorough prep
aration and cultivation, been made tq
Increase the proportion of grain as com
pared to stalk, chaff, etc. Cotton is
equally susceptible to improvement. A
few farmers have realized the import
ance and the profit of this work, and
from much of the improved seed which
they have plaoed on the market, we
gain a more well balanced plant and 4
larger yield of lint, but the majority of
farmers, even those who have invested
in these high prioed seed, too often
suffer them to lapse into modioority—
through carelessness after selection.
The seed for the succeeding crop is
taken indiscriminately from the seed
pile—or if. certain pickings are selected,
there is no distinction made as to the
mature and immature bolls, all are
thrown into one common pile, and nat
urally when planting time comes the
inferior seed stand au equal chance
With the good. The hoe hand can mar#
no difference in the plants, which
spring from perfect or from inferior
6eed, and often the former is sacrificed,
in the process of bringing the crop to a
“stand,” to give place to the latter,
PAREFUL SEED SLECTION
is always important, but much more so
this year than usual, because of the
number of immature bolls, which have
been forced open by the loug drouth.
The average proportion of lint to seed
in the usual run of cotton is about one
third; that is, about 100 pounds of lint
to 300 pounds of seed cotton, although
we have known the amount of lint to
be considerably increased. Any process
of preparation, fertilization and culti
vation which will increase the ratio of
lint without a corresponding increase in
the other parts of the plant, will do
much to reduce the cost of production,
which should be onr oonstant aim. It
is known that an excess of nitrogen\
will produce a luxuriant weed growth
with a diminished yield of fruit. It is
also shown by analysis that the lint is
largely composed of potash. Keeping
these facts in mind and a so remember
ing that to attain its highest benefit the
plant food for cotton must be in imme
diately available condition, we must
concludo that the potash in onr fertiliz
ers for cotton should be abundant and
available, while the ammonia and phos
phoric acid, though equally available,
should be more restricted as to quantity,
otliorwise, we develop tho plant whore
we do not need it, that is, in stalk, fol
iage and seed and restrict its production
of lint, which is just the reverse of
what wo desire to accomplish. As long
as we have to use these artificial ferti
lizers to produce our cotton, we should
certainly study to use them to the best
advantage, in order to gain a large yield
of lint with a comparative small propor
tion of the other parts of the plank
Another subject to which we should
give more attention is tho
BALING OF OUR COTTON.
The Savannah Oottou Exchauge has
sent out tho following oirculav letter,
which is of importance to cotton plant
ers:
‘ ’For the past few voavs complaints
from Europe as to the condition of
American oottou bales has steadily in
creased, and so much so was this the
case this year, that the Liverpool ex
change issued a circular imposing a pen
alty on all cotton that was not up to a
certain standard as to condition. By
tho most urgent effort, tho penalty has
been postponed for another season, but
in the meantime all handlers and pack
ers of bales should strive for an improve
ment,
“At a convention hold in Augusta
in April last, at which Charleston, Sa
vannah and other cities were repre
sented, the following resolutions were
adopted as recommendations to the gin
neis and packers of cotton:
“That the bales should be well cov
ered with a good quality of bagging,
weighing not less than two pounds to
the yard!.
“That each bale should bo tied with
six ties of the standard size.
"That the bale should be made in
boxes measuring 38 inches in width by
68 inohes in length.
“A uniform bale of 38x58 inches cun
be easily attained at a very small ex
pense by nailing strips of wood in boxes
that are now larger,
“Bales of all one size will certainly
facilitate business and be a benefit, to
every one in the trade, but especially so
to the freight steamers, and suoh cot
ton will undoubtedly oommand a less
rate of freight, which really goes to the
eeller. You are therefore requested to
comply with the foregoing recommen
dations and thus assist in improving the
condition of the American oottou bales.”
The penalty referred to was imposed
by the Liverpool Cotton association and
was a deduction of 5 pounds from the
weight of each bale found to be covered
with inferior bagging aud ties, or in
otherwise bad conditi n. This associa
tion also recommends tho size mentioned
above, 28 inches wide by 68 inches long,
This uniformity in size will facilitate
handling and transportation, vessols
will be enabled to store more cotton in
the samespaoo, whloh will lower freights
and result in higher prices in our homo
markets. A reform in this matter would
thus result in direct boneflt to us, the
producers. Very few farmers realize
that til- re is at present a deduction mado
on account of the bad condition in which
American cotton reaches the Liverpool
market, aud that this loss falls directly
on b.missives. It is dodnotod before
the i'lco is fixed
THE COTTON TIB TRUST.
Learning that a combine is in force
to wring ftorn tho farmers a heavy ag
gregate expcußO in the increased prico
of cotton ties, I, as the representative of
the farming industry of Georgia, and in
comp lauoe with numerous appeals from
fiirmors, have sot on foot inquiries as to
the practicability of usiug wire as a sub
stitute. Had the trust advanced tho
Erico in moderation no complaint would
ave been mado, but to more than
double the price of ties, without any
corresponding advance in their cost, and
to endeavor to foroo this additional
prico from the formers when they were
considered powerless to prevent the
gouge, has excited universal indigna
tiojj. The wire tie*, while ooeting less
than the steel, are of lighter weight and
therefore bring the farmer less in the
final disposal of his ootton, but tho al
most universal feeling seems to be that
tho greed, which would thus scok to
rob tho farmers, should be rebuked, and
that the wire tie should he used, even if
it costs a little more. Tho following
will give the farmers a clear idea of
what has been and what is still being
done to circumvent the plans of this
trust, which is ondeavoring, by such un
fair methods, to foro-) over $1,500,000
from the cotton planters of the south:
Fur Sheri IT.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Sheriff to run on the independ.
ant ticket. I respectfully gsk the sup
port of the citizens of the county re
gardless of parly or color,
J H Anderson.
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Notice 'This.
1 Propose to
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all
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every Friday, and If necessary on Saturday.
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BOUGLAs GEORGIA
Hoyt Hardware Coipy
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Pearson, Ga.
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BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
A. Discussion of the
Currency Question
by J. W. Prince of
Pearson, Gra
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ho people of every section of the United States are discussing Ira
silver, and, offer several months of dilligcnt study, I have concluded to issua
this circular letter to the good people of my county.
1 do not believe, from the reiding of the Republican platform that they
will enact a free coinage law. No more silver coins will bo added to the vol
nine of our currency except that which is coined for the purpose of redeem
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how can wc use what money W? have in cirytfiation in Coffee county, to the
best advantage. ' 'W
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dise in Pearson, and am willing, yea anxious, to accept all 52 cent silver dol
lars in payment for my goods, giving as much and often more than you get
elsewhere for a gold dollar.
Those who have the cash to pay for their purchases can see their money
appreciating in value as soon as they enter my store.
1 have a pretty line of Shoes, Hats, Dry Goods, Clothing,
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Remember 1 have the goods and they are to be sold at real bargain
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Pitblhikers' Notice,
Some of the patrons of tlie Breeze
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arc laboring under the impression
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the case—that all accounts due the
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