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(JitAV, Jo.nksCo. May 10, U'j '
I'rRI.ICHKft Kvi ItV Tut •JtSDAY.
Stn8<'ItII , T[ON 1'HH'E, $1.
HOG AM) in riflN V TIMKS.
A writer iii the Katonton Mes¬
senger, signing himself- “Plow
Hov,” gays:
“I am -find tosoe thot.deturn-
mg. Our farmers are Hiving at-
font ion to something els- besides
King Cotton. The cotton crop
hint liocn <Ipc reused to some ex-
font in this locality, and hut very
littlf guano has been bought, ’i’hc ^
whole of llnlf Aero district seem,-
to . he i planted i .i in oats. i i Imi ., li-y, i coi ii.
melons and grotmdpcn—sonic- In-fore.
tiling I have never seen A
part of this Half Acre in about do
acres, and it looks like a variety
patch. ”
Tin to is n pleasant bit of fu c-
t iolisie js about this, but beneath
it is a gratifying truth, viz., tlx
(arms are becoming sell sustain-
Ihg. It tallies with the following
from a letter written recently by
Miss Kilen Dortch :
“Iletter times me just abend—
the best times by far the
lias experienced of these iii happy many eond years.
The Impe -
Rons is based in part on the n-
1 port of the Commissioner of Agri-
culture for Muv, which i • , shows .
a
d -crease of on.-htindred thousand-
jons of guano used in Georgia,
with a correspondingly decrease good show- j
ing in the 2<i per cent, in |
the cotton acreage ol tlm State,
which , • , coupled i i with -Vi u the assurance .. .......
Hint the crop will he from ten q, i
twenty da vs late < onseijiient on
the late spring, gives fair
i(.-of a largedecrease in the cot-
many years "post!* The'oommis-’
HlOlllTH report furthur sliows an
inm-itHi* in all small grain crops,
tlx- incn-itsc m corn acreage j
amounting to nearly H_> per cent.
pver that <>l last yea’ - . An in¬
crease of I per cent, is observed
in the number of bogs for this
year. Thus it seems that the far¬
mers are g( i ig to bring about the
“relief” for which many have
been wildly looking to the gov- |
eminent, in the only way that
“relief” will ever come to lie their
nlmling gm-st.. The bog and
hominy campaign in real which seems to in |
lie setting in earnest
Georgia will do more toward ma¬
king our condition better than all
the laws that will ever be passed
”
The observation of The
is that this is true. Wc have
era I times pointed out that Uu-
people on the farms were getting
inn better fix; and when that is
the case, everything else will im¬
prove. The farmers stood the re-
ccnl panic better than most
jicoplc, because tln'v had already
begun to make tlx- farm self stis-
taining. They have been
ing to that idea ever since, be-
cause they (ind it pays, and this
year tlx-v are in n tail way
make themselves comparatively
indepomlent of the prie.-of cotton.
(.makers may croak, but better
times are ahead.
\\ KI.L DUN’S.
Hie legislature of Tennessee
lias declared Heter Turnev elected
governor ot that Mate. I urney
was the Democratic candidate,
On the face of the returns, 11.
Clay Evans, nit imported Rcpuh-
licitn ot the high protection
force bill class, had a majority of
several lunulreil votes, and on this
account a good many people, with-
put investigating the matter, de-
dared that it would he a political
’’steal” for the oHice to he given
to Turpey. In this hastily
ed opinion some of them were
sided by the Atlanta
lion, whose political course for
several years has been somewhat
eccentric. That paper, claiming
to ... bo Democratic, ... has
never
•xl 'it a ehanee to . encourage r,v l u
• South .. t arolina, Kolhism i-n-
ism m
■
m Alabama ., . and .... Watsomsm m .
Georgiy, and its ehumpionship of
tin- Republican, Evans, need not
therefore create much
fiaent; but before Democrats come
to a tlual conclusion in the Ten-
nessee governorship matter, they
should make them,-elves
ted with the real facts.
It seems to have been the pur-
pose of Evans and his crowd to
capture the governorship by fraud J
I ii a
i rountl'* I
do what 111' V ph am
tln*»j counli'-s they fraudulently
obtained enough vot 4 U> give
JOvfliH n majority in the •Stilt' .
Immediately from I lie 11 mihli-
fan headquarter “offiditl” %-
tir begun to he >;< ut out, and ii
IS -nut tint" to
time then.; “n/ti< illl " liglll t. ei e
changed. Thi may l;e explained ;
l*y iho fact that in tin; trong He-;
- llljli(;aI| ( .„, II!lirs ,j„. , ,0 Wiis j
i" 1 ' 1 , «“’k '»y Hi-triiftioii ulil if
was known just how many \ o!
were n- oih-d to make a m.ijotii.y.
p, 'j’< nne f hoy cu j 1 (}< V.
'p unw , v .-opj j {,. j ;; a-f-li .
at. t lx-Ix-ml . . ol . tin- . hup! 1 1 m< court,
IM !111 h° t man w.t'i a bti -
hone, “(lid e”n!W how thiiiffis i
were bi-imr manipulated, 0
annoiined t hat if he had I>< j
let I governor, lie was going t i i
governor.
The legislature appointed an!
mvestigat,ng committ , and this!
eoimnittee visit* d <r < ry county in j
j t lie i - o where the *: i was a eon-i
test c itlmr ate, and it I
mndi -- full fair enrcli tor j
11 nth. 11 threw (,llt vote
hat were clearly rliown to lie il-
legal, and on its report tlx- h
lature declared Turney elected.
I lie . ,, Republleans . , not , contend , , :
1 no
dial under the law these vot os
were good, but that Urn law itself j
utional. ’
was uneoiist i 1 Thai..
| ]0 wcver, may or mav not he true ; !
t probability that, the , lav.
ie 1 is is
nil right, and at all events it is j
one ot t hose u title r which the eh-i -
tJon wns held. i
T|IK \ KW8 j s .somewhat of a par-1 :
,iwin il is I )olilics in favor - ,U of the “ g‘-*neinl Demo- j
in it contested case, and the I
|' iK -ts in this cc.se warrant its svin- |
U)il , s in lhn , direction, There j
is a good deal of wasted and weak j
seiitimiuitalify in a contest of this j
kind, ami some men are so con- |
stituted as to go against their j
party every time, under tlx-
tukon , . »»H'"ss.<m that ,, , they will
pose 1 m* io!(* thy public as vary j
honest men. Tlio hixst hind of I
honesty in these matter.- begins
i getting well posted. If i
i sonic-
of the magnanimous spirits who
were willing to declare at the j
jump that' K\ mis was legally < h-e-1
led hud started out with more in-1
format ion and less n-t, th-v
would hawsaved thcm-el ve.s from
the ehaneo of injuring their party. .
j AHH1CA\S NOTK I'GGK.
Mu. Enrron:—I am constitu-
| (jonnlly apposed to croakers and
c nmic gnimblonq and 1 admire
people who are trying to foster
iult-rcst of pulilic xpiritfd men
j w lm are trying to build up the
j eomdrv, and while 1 do not bc-
Vl > j (l parading one’s tfoubh s
j |„,f or ,. (he public, yet I must give,
uu i trut | lflll |v us Inv ( - x ,- U8c .
tol -manifesting any interest
in your worthy and laudable
cause, t he I net that tor the last
-i\ months I have devoted tfiv
entire time. 0 nergy and i-vt-rv
thought to the sufforim's ■ of those
w ho are nearest and dearest on
earth to tne. Hast experience lias
taught me that a good countv pa-
per does more to build up tin-
than nnv other enterprise
in it. and 1 have waited patiently
thinking that some one would
take an interest and would let you
know that wc live in Jones eoun-
tv, and was interested in her ad-
versify or prosperity, but I have
waited in vain, and until 1 have
become asshamed of the literary
young men of this place. 1
pose that their proernstinuti on * s
due to the fact that they think
“wcuns ain’t got much lan,in
through , here: , vet there , are s ( -v-
i ral lull lh-dgcd college birds , . , liv- .,
ing here. , ...... \\ ell Ih>vs, 1 never went
through , , a college „ but once, and 1
only went to see the thing then.
Africa lies between the Oenml-
gee river and the two Fallen creeks,
and some of the first men of Jones
county was born and raised here,
Such men as Dr. Chas. L. Ridley,
Representative, Dr. Rob?. Rid-
ley. Dr. Jim Ridley, He JU. H. R.
Ridley, Dr. Lawton Holland, ex
Representative, Dr. Renj. L. llol-
]am!> Drs. S. M. J. F. and J. \Y.
A i {;
j . 11
w ver r
wl O fol'OW 1: 1 m |.
1 hst fitli-f. i
Dr. Wudii Gl<> win
■
‘\W him
|Ti< e<l him among the !!:•
of this comity.
Thin is u country of I j;
1 nixn v. JU m j( t;nl
at the i) : i<* ’ “
mu i mj)
p aniin't', itnd :n v(*r
1)0 have had their sun
u into and con.-j < •!»
-to! i, find Jar r
now ii lu-r ! nu
iind'-rl.is bed. Very little
aim im.- l-eeii l-oi; J -t },» re {.hi-
son, and in faej i i
■
thiiig. The farmers nil
be trying to live at home.
We had the pleasure of
Goins’ Round Oak penciling^,
and our heart would have leaped
with jov if wo coulil hat e Ir-lieved
that his girl h i i a rnaiiia, >r \v*-
an willing to 23 ngfT Inin tIio
hut at Chnrliir WatclilclJ >: that
his girl can say “Our Fatla-r and
mother who art m . .... - C
that she don I take hear ' f - 5 !
Hocus Ri'i 't n and Jim Tavlor.
of Monn frequent
visitors . here, , mul ,
over 01)0 ,
.
'
thorn says that his girl puts on s<
many extra .airs that lie believes
us Hill M oiu- would say, { | ):l t
she lu 'i- )t the nrristocracyo f {(,,,
, brain. - im and Hoke are
all they can for poor Ham
laud, and the on 1 v tiling they etui
get out of him is “declared off.”
Poor he. Harden is dead. lb
was a great .suficror, and was con-
fined to hi- bed for over a year
before he died, and liis devoted
wife was with him to tlx- Inst. In
the promise of It 11S( ful and lx
ontble life, «ih oi £ ix.-hi -
men ha fallen, ^ ;k-'i < ii ! d be
said of his virtu--; ■ . if be
had any, h<- had Co:!(|ticn (i.
intercour. \t i 11) bis
llKUi, it (Mil (
practiced tho run 7S
times Mid und : dat.-
i (*
would lx Colli : i, ii-
charitable and
forgiving, lie lived mid died with-
out an enemy. iVae- to hi.-rrsh OS.
Now boys, v: % j> 1 the
ball to roii 11,,. t. i .-•! imp:- that
s.-mn- of you will 1 -ccp it going, for
we are sali.-:i-.'-d that v.v- have
oral young men who can wield a
facile pen *if they try.
for instance Richard Jar \\.
iJ - Holland, Jim K;:ell, no
G--o. T. Wright ct al. It
,u!d I’Jloi'd in - a great dtusl of
pleasure to help The News in this
x-ction of thi- co lody- I’ 1 ** H V -’’K
be impossible, Young men you
must ivnuunber (his and come to
The bright) st gems is
tho itnmlitvork of the hardest
(" w Ldty c.incetiUon
one's own personal worth, the
opiuma he’entertains ot his ca-
pivitie- and the possible extern
their developini nt, determine.-
in his career whether he shall re-
, , ortneli . that , hides i - i i *
an
head in (In- sand, or an eagle that
aves the storm clouds with
"'ings that cut their wav to tin
emporium.
Kditor, trusting that you
'-’souse me for intruding upon
so much of your space, I will bid
you adieu, hoping that you mav
make your paper a success,
Sioux.
HADDOCK MARKINGS.
'' if '' ‘ ' 1 ' Kiant.- ol Milledge-
v . >Ut’. shout several days last week
with IL J. Finm-v's family.
.Miss m- (.-orene (raw ford, . a bright ...
and , entertaining , little ML-s ol
Millcdgi-vdle, ,, -n i n spent baturday , and
Sundav s -, , with ... Miss ,, Maggie llarde-
'
man
-'t- . ’-aii, ot . .Tame.-.
* ll " s 1,1
wer a short while with
relatives in the village last week.
Mrs. \V. G. Mahone has
d horn-) alter sjiending soim-
We- ks with relatives in Augusta.
The friends of Mrs. McCrary
will learn with sorrow that she
has been quite sick for some davs.
Clover Tom Battle . representing;
iv (•:• ('■■., <>f Allan-
t i 1 .<
at this i
Mi.-s Julia, 1 1 '. :i
e-miity’- cl< v. rest young
Miicoit Just Friday.
u-v. John Whiff, an cl 00 . ‘lit
livi ••djarevillo, is j;. R‘(
» f.i Idivcr adore -s !:■ xl Frk:ny
1 1 i ts) » I >t* 1 1 ■ tin- Haddock literary ;
1 trust that my fric ill’s
a:ic cotir able 0< irre-ponilent •
from the different p< lints of J n
i i mu nty will pardon me for met -
line literary society a {.at in. J
will assure them t ! at I m an m
OjfiltllfV, and if they won’t any
in thing about i at mor 1
ill I ry to de.u.-il in the re.
Tin* (lav of picnics lias at last
arrived, and (;] !CG more the young
people are happy. We have had
aftair; , .
:w.» very nice m as many
r.-eeks, oik- given bv Prof. Ray .-
school and the other under tlx
auspices of the Pleasant Grow
Sunday school. Roth proved
quite a SUCCCS:-’, a:i( i every both
who \V mt rep-i ris a glorioujgood
time.
Mi SS I Ida Ltsl.r is Spending
Home days thi; week with Miss
'
Moughon, and thu . mdiea- .
1 1< 1 11i'
tu ■ , BjH* i .soon , I *
; ns ilOW a!<*
(tin:: home a certain young law-
: his
ver of (hi.-place mill move of-
I lice up about Walnut Level.
A fishing party composed of tin
lid lowing gmts. Joe Haddocks,
I Dan Mcicer, Van Clark, Chas.
Keller and Bill Christian, spent
last week at Black Lake. Tlx
| i boys report a good time and lot
fish was caught. Of course
th-v came in well loaded with tin
IiSUal fish stones, which we all be-
iicvoiintl listen to with inlcn-st.
as the truthfulness of these gents
can’t be questioned,
There was a r< union of tite old
v-tnins Ki-i'.dav at Walnut Level.
Genernl Coleman delivered a vi-n
eloquent and lengtliy aildrc.--s,and
a majority of tho vet-rans wen
gn-atiy ont!ius''d, or at huist tiie
was veiy out! usias! ic.
of 11.<- regiment disap-
point mi nt sonii' of. ihe v< t runs by
not delivering an address, but be-
j ing indisposed ai \< l suffering from
, wounds rec- ived in battle, vaunt-
[aide to comply v ith their expec-
| tat ions, hut ho is hooked to do-
i liver the ( losing addie-u at the
j ne>.; reunion, eireinnstaiiees, sur-
r nin-'ing.s and parties pennittimr.
NcccKsily is the mother of in¬
v:,-:itioi), and will power and do-
txrminntion will accomplish many
j things; and as the little poem
start ‘1 hive ladies from school”
i—and nu the old adage goes—a
drowning man grasps at straws,
So as 1 have given the prelude fo
; my little incident, will proceed t(*
relate it. A curtain young Doc¬
| tor ns he was slowly wending his
wnv doi-k, to tn ,> ilhistriouscitvof Htw!-
n few days ago, spied on a
. distant hill what he thought to
be a Gi'isy caravan. He brought
his lengthy steed to a halt iinme-
lark Imaginary foes seemed to
in every dismal spot that
• ain '"unded him, but bringing all
hismaiiiv powers to his rescue he
a t. ]. ls ( finally decided to solve the
mystery of that fantastic assoin-
lily, and as the lone horseman ad-
vaneed lx- could see that a distress
~‘ 1-11 M''" smoothlv to
,
, n ., rc< ] to” himself—now is the
time for me to make a name, and
lie dashed madly into thecarovan
—and what faces met his gaze
was three little maids from school
going to the huckleberry picnic at
Mr. \\\ G. Roberts. So the gnl-
hint young Doctor borrowed a
buggy, assisted the three little
maids in—their shoos also—and
q|,,, v aris-vedsafely at the picnic.
having a little jaded feeling,
like the way worn traveler.
OFFICIAL NOTICE.
Jones County Commissioners.
l lie regular sessions of the
County Commissioners of Jones
county will be held at Clinton on
t | )( , Tuesday in each month
until further notice.
April 20, '05. E. T Mortox,
Pres.
l’ ii'ii- - V vv '-din.r lUJ1 3 well VUJ wurk v lk OJ 01 .'•
'" ’ |
any kind of brick work will con-
suit their interest by seeing me. j
W.A. Shaw.
Orders left at The News office i
will reach me.
THE CROP CONDITIONS
|
Statistics Furnished by the State
Agricultural Department. j
I
r ,t n Apt y TO PREDICATE ON COTTON, i j
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Com I< Goirriilly Up »»nd Doing Moll.
llall show Up Unfavorably WUont
la Short In Aer. ittfr Coiuparrativo Crop ..
CoiiilDion «i,ie t or the Fast Fi»i> Yean,
Giving .1111111 Yiiluultl* Inform iilun. 1
10«5 i NoitTH '
A\k#;a«;j: 1‘A ni'ii'v
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I VU»Mm ’ % YIpug'i :i «. fit
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k«»k 'tHGM \ . j
ta r l
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s-j .11 VI i z :«i Acreage Year Compuretl w.tli Last J | I
r__________ Condition and I'ro.-if Com¬
jg^H’Ss hi
pared to an A\ V«i of ft l ears
Average Yield per Acre lor
he.-t K inner«
iivsSSS Acreage compared with la.-t
A^s£*s * Condition year.
&' jirohj»ect coin- OATS.
pare l to an *v*p* of ft ' ear-.
tj-,, L- centage oi clop sown ltifst
Average yield jier aero.
r: ~ ’""Acreage couipurcd witli iasc WHEAT.
VffHT.
~r I, fi (londTTif)Ti & pruH}»t (;r com
^ pared to an av’pe of ft Vfars.
: " OA
V .-\ci*fla 0 e coutpurctl with ias»i
ui’jVSi r r___yoar_______ tJoiuiilioll COTTON
& pruulHrCC '"Hi-
r ^.-r par»'«i to an av’tr© d •' years
S: and CMmipTm-tTwiiii u good
stand.”
f Average yield per acre.
Stand Acreage year. compared compared to with an aver¬ last avew
age of ft ; ea rs. z&y:
sun ____
Average yield per acre.
S?I3 Acreage last year. compared to Mint of B"
r 52 SI Acreage compared with last J J?
year- _____ . ■ « u*
3 c. 2 | Average yield per acre gals. f
2 *1 A verage"conijpared with last 2 o
ondl jc-ar.__ Ion anti _ ____
o j ( prospect in-
I pared to a n av g e of •*» years
-■'i j PEACHES. ?!
if.lssllj APW.E8. _ ^ St - FKUIT
PEAKS. II
GIJA’US ' s.
<c "-v -j S'- •/ yo ( s on<MM'»n <>f“ sht-cp eftm- STOCK.
' | pared lust
~ 4- - -« to year
?.Ss,5t«3i Condi; ion of work Mt nek com-
pH red with a -1 > e ar.
_
r Sci'Jwi .^’.7“ ^ - | | > ( m ared of Hoes, 1 th Ia< all t year.____ itjreS, coin-
p w
^| Ca.-li price of Corn May 1.
S3?22 *L* | Cro'lit price of Corn May 1. SUPPLIES.
f ,rj ."Ferued7age ’ of u"iul 1 supply
^ of Ciirnoiiluiitl
r
sui'ph _
ol lull ol
-j =• o-ic] HaV on li;i td
• IVrucn Ufo ‘of keridTlzurs
'.4 ji 11 r *v>m voe at lnnn.e.
4*^-f- “• * Fom/ntavre of ifigh* (»'
? r Guan o us ed
V. r i j, *-f IVroentaice of Domes tie Fer-
* tilizernsed.
COTTON.
This important crop is not yet in a
condition upon which to predicate plaiiting, any
estimate as to’’ yield. The
llow v;r, u front t ) i to 20 days lata.
T here is a rod action, in round numbers,
of 100,000 tons of gin.no in thi; stats
aloiia compare 1 to last year. The fall¬
ing off in acreage, compared to last
year, is fully 20 p -r coat. Thoss facts,
holding good in a greater or loss degree
in all tho cotton states oast of t ho
Mississippi river, warrant tho conclu¬
sion that wo may expect at least only a
moderate crop of cotton this year, and
const quor.tly the farmers may hope for
better prices than they received for the
last crop.
coax.
Corn, though pi ante 1 late, is gener¬
ally up an l looking well all over tho
state. The acreage, as reported by a
large number of correspondents, is
11 12 par cant greater than last year,
with land well prepared and stands
good. I cannot too often urgs upon
farmers the importance) and the abso¬
lute necessity of giving this crop es¬
pecial attention through all stages of
its growth. Corn will not, like cotton,
stand neglect and still reward the
farmer with a good crop. It must bo
well cultivated from the start, or a
good crop need not bo expected.
OATS.
Little that is fat orable can be said of
this important gram, which is of so
much value as a food crop tor stock.
The severe cold of the past winter to-
tally destroyed two plantings of the
crop, and the lateness of tho season,
with the difficulty of obtaining seed,
deterred a great many from plantiug
the third time. Those that did plant
have a good stand an 1 the crop is look-
sc wo--iy b q %he 1 ^osk P Sorted° t•-d 'from m ave^ fuch late d£
ph Lase the
in acreage ts 2, per cent.
wheat.
Wheat is planted only in the upper
portiou of the state, and the acreage is
reported at 4 per cent less than last
year. While the crop was injured by
the severe cold of the past winter, it
was not destroyed, as was the oat crop,
and the prospect is fair for an average
yield.
sugar cane.
There is a slight decl-ease in the acre-
age of this crop, compared with last
year, caused no doubt by much of the
seed cane being killed b f {he quid. The
crop is up. with fair stands atfll grow-
ing well.
Hies.
There is a falling off o' 4 per cent in
the acreage of lowland rice. There are
the aorep°rt8°n upland rioe-; though. from
large number of inquiriet received
by this department as to the best meth¬
od of planting and cultivating it, I have
no doubt the acreage has been largely
increased. ■
SORGHUM.
The increase in acreage CB
CD I
cant, with £cou stands and growing off
well.
CLOVE® AND OTHKIt GRASSE
The avr -age is repotted hSJk? as slightly fit
g™ S£ST
gw gg*, *£ “XS
Mato should titan be without there is at a goo.l present. pasture, No fuMj uW
tlten tite raising of more and better
stock would naturally follow.
FRUIT.
All descriptions of frnit give promise
of ^ (|l)nmlallt yield ,hi* year; and if
jjooi prices are realized, those engage l
lit raising frnit for the market will reap
a bountiful harvest. Not only will tne
large grower be benefited, but on every
farm throughout the will slate tite felt. blessing
of a good fruit crop be
STOCK.
Tiie reports on stock as a rule are fa-
voruble. In som3 sections the cattle
have been affected w th red water, and
in others with murrain, and at the re-
quest of the deportment the govern
meat at Washington has sent an expuit
to investigate the causes of these dis-
possible, eases, with in the a future. view of There prevention, is a grat* if
dying increase in tiie number of hogs,
which encourages the hope that our
farmers are determined to raise their
own meat tu the future.
SUPPLIES.
It is very gratifying to note the large
per centage of farmers who have a full
supply of corn ami hay now on hand.
Lot us hope that this is an indication
ot the beg uiling of h new era in our
good old state, ami that the day is near
at baud when Oeorgia will cease to im-
poit food for mail or beast from any
other state in the Union.
“RED WATER.”
Report on rn». Anion; Cntlle, tVlih
litniedus for Prevention Anti Cure.
Hon. It. T. Nesbitt. Commissioner of
Agriculture:
Red water (hoema alboinoaori
disease affecting the bovine tribe
niou to all sections of Georgia, and es-
pecially in the spring and summer
months—a disease very fatal in Its rav-
;ig es —the reports from different sec¬
tions of Georgia during the last year
wou'd indicate that it has destroyed
many entire herds of cattle with no
signs of abatement.
In my recent visit to Cherokee conn-
ty, I found three oases suffering with
it. A cow belonging to Mr. Coie, one
of Mr. Pitman’s, ami one of Mr. Davis'.
Mr. Roberts lost 14; Mr. Freeman lost
four, Mr. Barnes lost seven, Mr. Field
lost 12; and many others lost, varying
ill numbers by the size of the herd i.
The characteristic symptoms of the
disease are loss of appetite, standing
sometimes with the back arched, the
coat looks rough and strong, bowel*
may be constipated, or the opposite,
very loose, the discharges sometimes
covered with mucous and again streak¬
ed with blood; the emissions of urine
at tinios will bs red colored or coffee
colored; the pulse is quick and wiry
with high tempex-.tc.re, a good deal of
nervous twitching in some cates.
The treatment should be—Change
the animals at once to another lot; give
a complete vhUiige in feed; open tk»
boivels with a quart of lard mixed with
one or two ounces of spirits turpentine;
give all tue stock a tableepoonful morning hypo- anj
phosphite of soda iu feed
evening as an autiseptio measure; on*
ounce chlorate of potash iu a quart of
water every four hours; drench in
quart of water; give alternately with
(he potash every four hours a table-
■ pooui'ul of sulphate of ivou and unt^K
iered gentian. Support the hoTTis .
strength with flaxseed meal and
dozen anything raw eggs c-very day, will p ure water
and the animal eat.
This disease has bet-u very fatal to
successful raising of cattle in Georgia
for many year-, particularly the last
two years. That it is due to a bacoilli
ther - is little if any doubt. It certain¬
ly demands, iu the interest of all, that
a careful investigation should be mode
and the true cause iocatod.
Respectfully, J. N Cook,
Veterinary Surgeon.
reducing the cotton acreage.
Question 4.—What i3 your opinion
as to tho outcome of tho cotton hit un-
Lon? Do you think that it' the cotton
ucveaqo is materially reduced the crop
will command high prices next fall?
Answer 4.—Wu think that it is ex¬
tremely doubtful whether the price of
cotton will be at once affected by tho
reduced acreage, aud therefore tho
man who regulates his farm operation#
ou the hypothesis of high prices is risk-
ing serious loss, if not utter ruin. Thi#
is a mistaken view of the entire sub-
ject. The main idea in reducing tho
co tton acreage is to devote more time
t0 „ “lose crops which , . , will make . tho V
farinor independent. By producing
those home supplies wo don’t expect to
maka more ______ mouey \ but *° have . le "*
need for spending it. It is tho farmer
iu debt on whom tho hard times proa#
g0 heavily, because the prices of hi#
commodities have gone on decltnteg.
^ "'hi'WT ZZS
would pay debts of three times their
P re:,eIlt '-^ ue -
Formula for qroundpras.
Question o.—Please give me a good
fertilizer for groundpeas. I wish to
make the be-t crop of which tho lund
is capable. What proporiou of oil do
the groundpeas contain, aud are there
any accessible mills?
Answer a.—Acid phosphate, 1,000
„nn „„ P ^’ 1(ls
'
h tra e soda, 200 pound-i.
Sulphate of lime, oOO pounds,
There is 38 per cent of oil in ground¬
peas. As far as we can ascertain there
are only two mills in this country, on#
iu St. Louis and the other in New
York. Owing to the fact that other
oils are now oheaper, this industry ha#
been almost abandoned. During the
war, when we were cut off from other
supplies, there wWr# a good many of
these mills in the lOuth. Its uses #r#
the same as eottonieed oil, and the
cake ii also used for etook feed. Th#
after Spanish groundpeal oan be planted taken
the small grain crops are
off, and will mature fully before frost*