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CHOPS IN GEORGIA
HELPED BY RAINS
No Further Cultivation After
This Date Required.
WORK FOR COMING MONTH
Commissioner of Agriculture Nesbitt
Urges Continued Activity In Carry
ing Out All I*lnns Korinuia ted at
the lioginlSiiig of the Year.
Di:PAKTMNT OF AGIUCCLTCfKE,
Atlanta, Ang. ), 1898.
The widely distributed rains, follow
tug the long continued drouth, liavG
caused some shedding of the cotton,
and, in some instances, came too late tc
rescue the corn crop, but, as a rule,
crops throughout the state are in good
condition and further cultivation after
this date is not oiriy unnecessary, but
might prove actually hurtful. The
“laying by” of these standard crops
should not mean a cessation of farm
activity, nor an entire abandonment of
the plans so carefully formulated in t.iio
beginning of the year. Fortunate,y for
Georgia the strictly “cotton farm,” ex
cept in rare instances, is a thing of the
past.
In nearly all sections of the state
thcro is hay to be saved, orchards and
vineyards to be looked after, cattle and
hogs to receive the proper care, and
lastly, fall crops to be prepared for.
Another important branch of his work,
to which the average farmer lias been
6o far woefully indifferent, is the de
struction of the various insect enemies,
which aro beginning to infest our fields
and depredate on our crops. To keep
these in check it has become necessary
that each individual farmer wage
an incessant warfare on them. At
this season much may be done to des
troy their breeding, places. In the
stubble fields, in the fence corners and
in many byplaces they will bo found
entrenched, preparing for their winter
accommodation in order to be, ready in
the spring to start out on their destruc
tive work with the first warm days. If
neglected now the result will be an as
tonishing increase in numbers and in
the amount of injury to various crops.
in Tennessee in 1804 the chinch bug
was observed in different sections of
the state, but not in numbers sufficient
to cause any alarm and no precautions
were taken to prevent their reappear
ance. In 1805 a territory of nearly (100
non are miles was literally covered by
Iheso depredators, and (lie fitrmoy in
this section not only sustained great loss
by the actual injury to their crops, but
\Teie compelled to at considerable e.\-
P maj dbstroy the hordes of bugs which
uiu lu'A every part of their fields. Wo
liced not therefore lay the flattering
unction to our, souls that the season of
“lnyfng by” is a season of entire "rest. ”
While there may be a comparative let
up in-the driving work necessary to the
proper management of your standard
crops thcro aro still various farm oper
ations just as important which should
not bo ‘Maid by.” Indeed, after nearly
40 years’ experience on the farm, wo
have come to the conclusion that, for
the up-to-date farmer, “layingby tune”
cumcs only’ when life itself ceases.
FALL CROPS,
lie cause we have failed in one or even
two trials with crimson clover we should
not abandon the attempt 1 to grow it. It;
is certainly a most valuable adjunct to
our forage supply, besides performing
for our lauds during the winter the
work which the pea crop accomplishes
in the summer, namely, storing up both
humus and nitrogen for future crops.
The general mistake in planting full
oats and rye, two of our most impor
tant crops, is that they are put in too
late and the land is not made rich
enough. If the seed are put in early
and the crop forced forward by high
manuring, the result is usually most
satisfactory, lu very cold weather it. is
always the nob spots which escape,
sometimes when 'the poor thin spots
aro entirely killed out. The pres
ent year the spring oats were an entire
failure, while the fall crop was unusu
ally tine. August ts none too early to
liegin the preparations for all crops to
be sown in the fall. After the land is
thoroughly broken it should be har
rowed and reharrowed until smooth
and line. Time was when the prepara
tionjiud cultivation of our lauds, though
of the rudest and most im)ierfect
character, produced phenomenal crops,
because the virgin soil abounded in the
elements of plant food. Hut today,
thoughtful farmers realizetliofact that,
even in our incomparable climate,
whero we eon produce two or three
crops on the same land each year, the
time has passed when muscle can count
ngainst bruin. All over the state we
begin to see the evidences of this.
BRAIN WORK.
Intelligent energy is taking the place
of mere, plodding. The farmers who
have a well defined, thoroughly studied
plan, which they follow with unfailing
pertinacity, are the men who are forg
ing to the front in successful agricult
ure. Science, by its discovery of com
plete plant tc. do and by.its equally im
portaffl findings as to the food require
ment of different crops, points out the
means, but it remains for the fame r to
take hold of these means and by’ ju
dicious rotation of crops, thorough
preparation of the land and proper
cultivation, to promote the chemical
changes necessary to the most profitable
development of his business. *Some of
the results of such careful methods are
seeu in the yields of wheat and oats
reported to this department the'present
year, larger than ever before, in some
oases almost phenomenal.
THK STANDARD BALE.
Equally important with the careful
saving and baling of our cotton is the
necessity of meeting the complaints
made by the various transportation com
panics and mills against the different
sizes of our American bales. The loss
of space in storing these bales, and the
generally damaged condition in which
our cotton aches foreign markets,
have given rise to a general protest, and
as about three-fourrhs of our cotton is
handled by European buyers, it is to our
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interest to moot their demands in this
respect.
The diserimin itions which may be
made against our cotton on account of
those objections may amount in the ag
gregate to an incredible sum. It lias
been found after several tests that the
best size for convenience of handling
and storing is the bale made from a
press measuring 24 inches in width by
64 inches in length. This is the size ad
vocated by all tlie cotton growers’ asso
ciations. This size, 24x54, has been
found to press to a greater density, and
after being compressed for final ship
ment tho original bagging will entirely
covor the compressed bale and thus
much of tho injury from the rough
handling of onr cotton will bo pre
vented.
All this redounds to the interest of
the farmer, because all the extra ex-
I ponses from waste of spice, higher in
surance and actual waste of cotton ara
I charged against bis cotton in the gen-
I oral account, and any method which
j will reduce those expenses will add that
much to the price.
in a circular addressed to the ginners
of ihu south, issued by J. H. Sloan of
Augusta, (la., one of the leading cotton
| men of the south, be says that our cot
| ton, as a rule, reaches the European
manufacturers in such badly damaged
condition that they refuse to pay a good
price for it. He has made a study of
! this subject and is in a position which
! gives him every opportunity of ascer
taining its true status. In his address
to the giimers he says:
We take the liberty of calling your
attention to the importance of exerting
ull our efforts in favor of tho adoption
of tho standard sizo cotton bale, which
is a bale made in a press box, measuring
on the inside 24 inches wide by 64 inches
long, and deep enough to make a bale
weighing about 600 pounds.
It is well understood that the more
cotton that can bo stowed in a steamer,
tho less tho freight and consequently
the more the cotton grower will receive
for liis crop. It. naturally seems that
a few inches in tho sizo of bales would
make no difference, but a few inches
running irregularly through an ocean
steamer amounts to a great loss of space,
and in stowing bales of irregular sizes,
tjiey are so screwed in odd shaped spaces
as to often break, and nearly always are
torn and twisted out of shape by the
time they reach the foreign ports. Tho
lost spaces also form air passages and
mi case of a fire the damage is much
greater, consequently the insurance is
higher than it should lie. The samo
complaints are made by the railroads
and by the mills when they put their
cotton in warehouses.
We think we have fully explained tho
reasons for this change, and that it is
to your interest to do all that is in your
power to havo every one make this
change by next season. Asa general
rule, the press boxes will luivo to bo
made smaller, either one way or both.
Tills can be done with very little ex
pense by lining the inside with boards,
one lining on another where tho size is
to bo reduced several inches. Then the
follow block can be sawn off to lit the
box. The cost of making this chango
in most eases will not exceed $6.00.
Wo have received letters from a ma
jority of the ginners in our territory,
and they promise to alter their press
boxes to the standard sizo. We re
spectfully solicit the co-operation of all
growers and those interested in tho
cotton crop, to urge noon tiie ginners
the importance ol' nmkAg all bales of
the standard size, as the success of this
movement and tho benefits to be derived
from It depend upon them. We are
confident that a large majority of the
ginners will make this change, but it is
necessary that thu change boas near
universal as jxissible.
Let farmers interest themselves in
this, to them, vital question, and urgo
upon their ginners the importance of a
uniform sizo for press boxes.
K. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner.
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