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C4»M 1 REDUCTION IN T THE COTTON AREA * €( ■ ■ • i • •> < • > [ISSlONKR OB’ AGKICUL1 1 . VBB 8TKVEN8 ESTIMATHIS A IS PER CENT REDUCTION. c > —-—a \ GOOD WHEAT BUT POOR OATS M.-il i'»" \ VankertlTrced to Utilize Every Avull- •ble Aci*e of Lmid Hy Planting r - ' P& *1* Cowpeus. » ♦\ , ", *1 * • • Department op Agriculture, 1 , 'A Atlanta. Jnne 20, 1899. ‘ Sines onr last letter manychanged have taken place'oil the fSfm, and much good work hat been done in moat all Sections of the state. The harvesting of wheat and oats began soirib woeks since In Booth Georgia with a fairly .'good yield of Wheat, but the oat crop will be ihdtt,' oWing ' to the fact that the Weather conditions for both fall and spring' were nnpropitions for seed- hg , and many sections have suffered for the want of rain in May. "From onr crop Reports It will be seen that the' acreagb 'in corn has been very materially in-' hr eased this year, amounting to'' 24 \pot cent Over last year.'' Wheat shows 4n Increase of Id per cent. It would have been much higher had the Weather Conditions for seeding last fall been fa vorable. We are encouruged to believe that in the future Georgia will raise her Own corn and wheat and have this grain ground into meal and flour by liiilis Within tho borders ot our own - State. Why not? Can we afford longer not to do so? • Mir. ir Now, when you hu^o harvested yodf small grain crop, we Would urge the farthers to utllizo every available afcre Of land by planting it in cowpeas. The bowpea is the salvution of our worfiont and wasted lands, it is thb salvation' of onr uplands, onr’ lowlands, our rich lands and onr poor lands—we' 1 belieVbV too, that it will be the solution 1 of ‘ the fertilizer Question. Plant one-half your land in peas and in five years you can burtail your expense tot guano one-half,' 4nd your crops will yield as" much aS they do under the present' system. ;Aft«r trying this plan foi*' ten' :i years We believe that ydn' would flhd it necessary to buy very littltf df’ thb' high priced ammoniated guanos, if Hny at all. In some way we mhst de crease the purchase of commercial fertile (zsrs, and this, in our judgment;'can be done by planting large' pfea crops and making your own guano at home. 'This cannot be done at onbe,'but coutd be accomplished in a few years. 1 Won’t yon begin now—this season—and plant yonr lands in peas? We can only bint at these matters, and cannot take space to elaborate them. Won’t'you tnake this a memorable year for h large ' pea cro|>. and thereby hot only Improve yortf lands, but obtain a splendid forage erog’besidsS? 1 REDUCTION 1 OF COTTON ACREAGE. We arb glad to announce" a heduc' Hon of the cotton aoreage, not only, in Georgia, bnt throughout the entire oob> ton belt. There has also been a reduction in the amount - oi! com mercial fertilisers Used. WhUe the xaduition of cotton acteagb has not been as large as we might havd wished, etill we have made ‘iagodd Showing. For the season of 1897 and 'IBM Georgia nsed np to Jnne 1, 1898, Ubohtjl28,000 tone of commercial fertil isers. ' For the season of 1898 and 1899 Georgia urnd up to June 1, 1899, about 886,00ty tons, or 21 per bent less thah last season. Last season Georgia spent the enormous sum, in round numbers, Of 18.MO,000 for commercial fertilizers. For this season Georgia speut about 96,760,^00 for commercial fertilizers. Thus abbot 91,760,000 have been saVM to the ffumers of this state. We mutt not forget that a considerable amount of the fertilizers for this season leaa used. in the increased acreage 6f wheat, end other ct'ope than cot ton, for by referenoe to onr crop re- . ifeorts it will be seen that the wheat and jeorn acreage has been very materially in ore aged. Hence we can safely esti- thsjjt the amount of ooumbfeiitt fertilisers has been'redhoed 26 per cdiit 'as applied to the cotton crop alone. We hote With pleasure that other states Ibavs also reduosd (heir cotton' acreage. 'In out judgment, the redaction of the hotton Sc reage fo 'some of ' the ■mtee is ^greater than 'is 'shown by Hie repents of the United States' Agricultural Department and those Issued by. Latham, Alexander & OcL Wo have - been in dirbot ! >oommnnl- wo are led (o otton acreage for the iS?S- £ other sources place 1 tiffs' snlyJO per cent, bu(We M Witt preys that wean iWmmW • v ...UJl' *ftMSifiSJiBtomgl. OF,. PEASw Norh, East, Southeast^ South and ttest {*$*■*•’ ■N ’S. i 1 ■. y l . ij .Tl\ ‘ “ MissiugLiny Barhrayr i^LAYTOX Vv\ bgy hasrecfntly Issued a bulletlu 3eal- iqg with the inseoi pests and fungous diseases, designated as dangerously in-' jurions to plants, with suggestions for remedial'worlt',"for distribution among the farmers and fruit gibWersof the state. This publication will' be setif free to all such Interested persons who make application for it to W. !m. Scott, State' £ntomologis tf,' Atlanta, Ga. The bulletin should be of great interest, not only to those who' are already troubled’ with these pests, but also to those whose premins ato at pVesSht appirently-rteu O. E Stevzmb, Commissioner. V Subscribe Interesting Article ou This Crop With Practical Suggestions For PlunU '' Dig and Cultivation.' • Much' has been written In shcoeH live 'ydttrs concerning the preservation and Upbuilding of the farinihg 'lands at the Strath. Necessarily 'this' qtieitiod is one ‘of great importance, as wd blave for years'been growing 1 cotton td the exclusion of Uther hkefUl crops-! paying so mobll' arteritfoU' tb* What Is balled “the moneyed’erbp of the south" ind giving hardly'any atteUtldn' to the Wear knd tear Wf our landk' Of tleUA'isity Kfae cultivation of a dotton chop" Ys one of blean cultnr , which' lets the sUmmer't sun add wfntdr’s'ralhs tileadh onr land! bf the elements of plaht food that 11 necessary to thC preservation of the land thus eultlvdted. ' ! ''The best inffirnfed and the' 1 most ■cientiflo farmers understand- that to preserve their lands ' they must fori hish such quantities of plant food as will replafcb that "whibh hat been taken ‘from them by the crops grown' during' the year. ” It' has been k favdrlte mothod' to’try- tb repaid ihe drain upon the land byfurnlshiogpo the crops in artificial plant? food com- ihonly known as v “Oomnier6iaf‘ Fertlli leers.'" We aterwiilibg to admit that the nsi of thpse “Oomihercial ^krfll-‘ leers" benefits the'growing d^ops, but at above 'stated, the clean culture' lets tht Stftnmer’s suu and wiuter’g rains bleaoh Wt the "remainder, so" thiit' we are dbliged tb depend upon artificial means to glvd' onr brops the Isupply ot 'plant food necessary for' tuedeeding brops. Each year requires rbore khd Tuort fSr-' HlizeV per acre In order to supply tha demand made by nature. ' ' 1 ' '-The qtiestion arlsbs bow cin Wb hdjte th'kebp'our lands hi a high'State Of Unii Hvatiou; how 'cad' Site giVe' in return more than We’liaVe taken a Way? 1 ' TTeaV’by year' etur land degenerates; and as a consotJaeiiCd wo bbccrmS pdbndr.' Whnt shOulif'We So to remedy this svil and All bar bariis? r ' ’ *»"/ «"» ’ ”The only abswor is, ‘tave what yoo all toady have and lajr‘ b^ sobietbikig lot posterity. 1 XbiH can’ be dibnb btf'thii farm (o' far better adthutage than in most aity'other jlhifessiou. f '" ’* ,v " This question'ShnSt'be looked ftfuareiy at' "the face, as any other business profession. "' " '' - ' ■ *- My advice to tho' farmers dt this seat Ion of the y'Aiir is to s plaht pDitt, udl 6Uiy for'feeding purposos, but ns a rsu- ovatdr of tiieir'lands ' v v ''" r '' ' f Pluut enough' pens in yodr ctfru ‘fttr teed ibr auoiher year and soW the Vest 6f your ' corn. u '611V trnd "whbisf lands brOiidcaft for mannring pUTpO.(es.'* n v * v Our common ■'penif am liiostlif lilt ail? | tlunt 1 They absorb (lie nVrogth froin i the dir dnd deposit Hid'same in'- tbit# foots,"so that they furnish utumonlalii Another nhajion. The 1 riues'bt yraoty matter' lurniHh poVush "and ToatBt lis well' as prevent " thb ’washing Of the'soil already 'miide". Yban'M 'Hsf pnriehbs (hoibs that this pladt hot oily renovates the land, bat is an exosllsal forage erbji. " 1 ' ' s " nn ft| '' 1 Now as to the'culfcivatibn of (Els vif- liable crot» I Would ^uggekt? for tbs'pur pose of raising seed for an'Uthe$ iIedkob, r that peds be planted In the middlai r ‘of the rows when you lay by yodr 'borif lit tbe third plowing. When the peas ars about 8 inches high take a short sedotki* at rippiet 1 with an 18-inch swdep'itfd rad in either aide, thflr giving the j>ead oaHf plowing, which will be sufficient, kathS dorn Will shade the ground'so af td pre- ifent the'grass Worn'growing’ tod? fredlyi' Or if yb'n desire not to moldHf joat born, th«h when you out off yout’gfdln plant yoUr peas In Afoot roWa and niW (Ivate as you do edrn or' cbtton.'' TWd plbwings will mEke them. Ghthibf (hem and 'let your' vinSs rot oo thd ground, thus building up youFiand shtl gathering enoUgh to plant another year and for feeding purposes. "‘"‘ i '"A ■'For manuring purposes sow broaddUf In the born when ybu Uy by,-nisei’AVer the athall grain lands, thorod^Uy bbhalf-g tog same. Siow froht 8 pecks to f bnahlr par note 1 . Allow 1 thd pent to' get 1 bughly ripe and turn same under during the’Utb fall. it ■‘If ybn deslr* td otti them forhay'ft bhou'ld be dboe when the pea-pods be gin to ripen. ' ' r 1 o t -r i- 1 I will writs an article 'lutbr obnbsrn- ing curing pea hay, as this article la In-' tended only to nrge -thb farmers to bad lbs nsbsasily of bringing np'thair lands and at the same time fllUk'^ 'theif bnrna. If we will only nee tho ws bars at hand and work with intrgj bad pattern* ws enn truly ntaka this tha gardMi spofof tbs world. •* 1 th4tM,of ttulufllHHugF—f Z2$XZHX“^* i ' Un ~°, Agaih'ler aae urge hvaty farmer td \ V*** »d U hmaan pmmnlii 4 - toti aow every foot of UVaUable-Ml ' fts thii (natWtt) snbsoUar—State An- J ttouMnm) Dapartaent.