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Atlanta, Go., July 8, 1880.
By the Commissioner Ordered)
Thai the report of Dr. J. 1C. McOend-
ieaa, state ohemUt, having thie day been
reoeived on Ulnmlnatlng oil* now being
•old in the State of Georgia, it ie ordered
that *atd report (hall be epread upon
the minute book of the department.
It ie farther ordered that a oopy of
•aid report, together with the attached
order, ehail be lent to eaoh inspector of
illuminating oil* in thie etate.
O. B. Stevens, Oommiieioner.
J*
TO THE OIL INSPECTORS OP THU STATE.
Enclosed please And the report of Dr.
X M. MoOandless, state chemist, on il-
laminating oils now being sold in the
etate of Georgia. Ton will note from
this report that he has good reason to
believe that a large quantity of the oils
placed on the market are not np to the
requirements of the law now of force.
The Are test is ISO degrees Fahrenheit.
It is therefore ordered that you con
demn, seize end hold every gallon of oil
within your territory thptdoes not come
up to the fire test as required by .the
laws of Georgia. When this is done
notify this department at once, an >
await further instructions as to the dis
posal of the same.
Yours truly,
Q. B. Stkvkns, Commissioner.
Attorney General's Office,
Atlanta, July 18. 1809.
Hon. O. B. Stevens, Commissioner of
Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir—Replying to yours of this
date, in whioh yon request my opinion
upon three questions relative to the in
spection of oils, I beg leave to submit
the following)
1. I think that under paragraphs 1
and 2 of seotion 1588 of volume 1 of the
oode, oil inspectors are authorized and
dlreoted to find the burning point in il
luminating oils or other fluids offered
for sale in this state under the formula
prescribed therein at ahy point between
05 degrees and 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. It is the duty of oil ihspectors when
-they find oil in tanks held by wholesale
dealers below the teet required by law
to condemn same and stamp upon such
tanks the words, “State of Georgia, re-
looted," as proscribed by paragraph 2
of seotion 1588, and place thereon the
name of the inspector and the date of
the inspection. I do not think an in
spector is authorised to confiscate such
oil, hut it is hie duty to prosecute any
person who Mils or offers for sale such
■ejected oil under Motion 507 of the pe
nal soda, whioh deolares that any per
son who shall Mil or offer for sale re
jected oil ehail be guilty of a misde
meanor, and that the fine Imposed
therefor shall be given to the public
school fund in the oounty in whioh
the offenM is committed. Tbo inspec
tor, however, may allow the owner of
such oil to raiM the standard of asi
up to the test required by law, but be
fore any rejected oil is offered for sale
a new inspection should be had show
ing that it oomes fully up to the require
ments of the law. In case a tank of re
jected oil be so brought up to the stand
ard the owner thereof would be liable
for the fees for the Moond inspection.
8. Under paragraph 2 of Motion 1588,
oil inspectors are required to um Tag-
liabue's or other well defined instru
ments prescribed by the commissioner
of agriculture. Under this provision of
the law you have authority to prescribe
whatever instruments in your judgment
may he best to insure safe oils to the
people of Georgia.
Very respectfully,
X M. Terrell, Attorney Gon’L
WILL THEY
COME?
Five
Prospective
Railroads,
Outlets.
Norh, East, Southeast,
South and West.
with all doors anil windows aloeed.
You shall avoid breathing against the
instrument while making the test of the
oil. In fllliug the Instrument with wa
ter, use water of the ordinary tempera
ture of the air. Use an alcohol lamp,
small flume, and heat as follows: Raise
the temperature until the thermometer
indicates 90 degrees Fahrenheit; then
remove the tamp until the residual heat
of the wate carries the temperature of
the oil to 95 degrees. Then try for flash
that the entire tank of oil comes fully
up to the requirements of the law. In
; oase the tank of rejeoted oil be so
■ brought up to the standard, the owner
! thereof will be liable for the fees of the
■ inspection.
• O. B. Stevens, Commissioner.
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ORDER NO. 14.
• TO THE OIL INSPECTORS.
• Ordered:—That by and under the
| advice of the attorney general, I am an-
! thorieed and have the right, under para-
■ graph 2, seotion 1583 of the oode of
{ Georgia, to presoribe some well defined
• Instrument with which to inspect the
■ illuminating oils in this state, and upon
{ the recommendation of the state ohem-
with small bead of fire on the end of a QQ*. i,t of July 8. it is hereby ordered that
string, passing the string steadily and Mwjthe oil tester of the New York state
with moderate rapidity once back and (S | board 0 f health be. and the is
forth on a level, with the surface of the O £
cup just as nearly as possible one quor- .ereby adopted as the official instrn-
ter of an inch from the surface of the ment by which all illuminating oils sold
oil. Now, replace the lamp until the 1° this state, or offered for sale, nre to
temperature is 09 degrees. Remove the te,te< i. to tuke effei-t on Sept. 1C,
lamp until the temperature is 102 de- J® • 1899 ' It is further ordered that each
J inspector on or before Sept. 15. 1899,
grees. Try for flash and replace the
lamp and so on.until you reach 118 de
grees, when yon try for flash nnd re
place the letup. Then test for flash or
burning point at 117 degrees, et 118 de
grees end at 119 degtees Fahrenheit. If
the oil dose not burn at either of these
point*, reiuov&the lamp at 120 degrees
and wall until the temperature reaches
128 degrees, when a new test is made 1
and lamp replaced, and this procedure !
followed at intervals of seven degrees f
nntil the h'f*burns, when the oil is •
branded at i he esaoi number of degrees f,
at which it buyned. 1 ” /
‘ A • O. B. Stevens, Commissioner. ;
Oj
a!
of
•upplv himself with suoli instrument.
A copy of this order shall be tuniied
to each oil in-pector in ibis state, tlial
he may have ample time to providu
himself with this instrument. Also, u
copv of this order shall be mailed til
each one of the oii companies now
doing business m mis state, so thai
OR^ER NO 13.
TO THE. OIL INSPECTOR!).
By the udviqe of the
era!, .von an
i
attorney gen. •
hereby ordered and’ ili
Mi^ingLin|iRailway.«\CLAYTON
! Department cur Agriculture,
Atlanta, Ga.. July 14, 1899.
; ORDER NO. 18.
•" to The oil inspectors.
Whereas, on July 8 the state ohemlet
at my raqueet made a written report to
thie department, and said report has
been ordered to be spread upon the min-
alee, stating, under the construction of
tho law, ae interpreted by many of the
oil inspectors, that unsafe oils were be
ing pat upon the markets below the
legal test of 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
It Ie therefore ordered, undvr the ad-
^ *be attorney general, whioh wo
bNewith enoloee to yon, that tho follow-
la# formula is authorised by the law,
aad that the same be and is hereby
adopted for your guidanoe in the fa-
tore, and you will prooeed to inspect
oodor tho same at onoe, and strictly on-
fotoe the law, as construed by the alter-
aey general. The following ie the
formula:
BUI the* glam enp of the TagllabuM
instrument with oil to be tested, eo that
tho earfaoe of the oU skull como within
erne-quarter of an inched tho level ear-
fooeoftbecup. The water in the hath
most surround the oil enp to ooo-quar-
ter of an inoh of the earfaoe of tho oil.
Ihobalbtf the thermometer ebnU be
Jot immowod below the ooifcoo of the
You (hell make teste in a room
rooted to condemn all illuminating oils
found in tanks In yonr territory whioh
are found to be below the legal test of
IN degrees Fahrenheit, and place upon
Mid tank the following words: “State
of Georgia, rejected," and place thereon
yonr name ai 'inspector, end the date of
the inapeotion. Yon are hereby further
directed and required to see that no
•noh oils ere sold, or offered for
Mle, in this state,' and if any be
•old, or offered for sale, then
to proMonte the person so selling,
or offering for sale, each oils, nnder Mo
tion 507 of tho' penal oode, whioh de
clare* “any parson who Mils, or offers
for sale, rejected oil shall be gnilty of a
misdemeanor,' and the fine imposed
therefor shell be given to the pnblio |
school fund in the county in whioh tho ]
offense is committed." However, If the i
owner* of the Mid oil desire to do so, f
they may ha allowed to raise the stand- S
ard of the same np to tbo teat required J
by law, bat before any rejeoted oil, j
after being railed, ie offered for sale, a*
new inspection shall be made, showing•
Subscribe For
The
they may have ample time in whioh t^
dispose of all oils in this state that ma®
not come up to the test of this instru
ment.
O. B. Stevens, Oommissioser.
Curing of Broom Corn.
Question.—I have seen the artiole,
which appeared in ono of your recent
“Monthly Talks," on the culture ol
broom corn. Will you please give ms
what information you can in regard M
the ouring of this plant, etc.?
Answer.—The time of harvesting
will depend npon the use to be made oi
the crop. When yon plant only for the
broom corn brush, yon msy cut mubli
earlier than whon the Med is one of the '
objects sought. When the blossoms be
gin to fall, yon may begin your haw
vesting, that is if the brush is the ob
ject sought. The quality of the brush
is better when out ou the green order,
for the reason that it makes the straw
tough and gives it a live color and ac
cordingly commands a better price in
the market. Before harvesting, it is
customary to break down the stalks,
turning down the tops of the stalks oi
two rows towards each other, thus leav
ing a vacant place for the laborer to
work in catting. The stalks are broken
about 8 feet above the ground, and
whon the stalks of two rows are turned
towards each other, the stalks of ono
row will cross those of the other in sncll
a manner as the tops will project about
a foot on each side. Each two rows
aro then broken in the same way nntil
the crop lias been finished. This will
leave a space through which the har
vester can pass in cutting the brash,
which is usually done immediately af
ter the crop is broken. The dwarf va
rieties do not require the breaking pro
cess, as tho stalk is low and tba
bunch is not so long and heavy.
Cnt the brash so as to leave only 8 or 18
Inches of the stalk below it and no
leaves. These should be laid la small
bandies as cnt and then gathered up
and placed nnder shelter. It is bestnbt
to cure it in the san. Do nut allow any
rain to fall ou the brush after out ting.
Cure in the shade, nnder shelter if pos
sible. When extensive crops are grown,
special barns are built for this pnrpoM,
with extensive shelving, so that tba air
can pass through the brash, that it may
not mold or be damaged. Where the
brash is harvested green the seed is
generally separated from it before cor
ing. This is done with a hand machine
made for the purpose. It can alto 1 o
done with tho graiu threshing machine
by bolding the head to the cylinder eud
not permuting the brush to be drawyti
in. Tue broom cornstalk, when cat n(
the proper time, makes a fairly good,
coarse lorage and compares favorably
with cornstalk forage. ■
Iu preparing 4he broom corn brash
for market, it can either be baled in tho
common ootrou compress, or iu a press
used for baling hay. When the brush
is baled in this way, it can tie much
more easily handled and marketed. The
prices for the same range from 5 cents
to 9 cents per pound, according to tho
quality.—State Agricultural Deport
ment.
Curing IV* Tine Hay.
Mr. I. K. Self of Linoolnton, N. O.,
sends u* his plans for curing pea vine
hay, and while the plan is new to us, it
certainly does well for him. We gi»
our readers hi* inode as follows:
The caring process of tho oley pea
Is when the vines have yellowed up
some 2 or 3 feet from the ground
and some of the pods are ripening. My
plan has been to mow them down in
the morning, after the deqr has thor
oughly dried off, and let them lie until
the evening of the next day, when I
rake them on shook. Then the evening
of the next day, if there hits been no
rain end the dew is dried off, 1 haul
them and pack them in a rail pen 10 foot
square and bnilt jnst like a fence. I
keep a heavyweight man on them all tha
time I am patting in. Be sure to pack ’
closely eronnd the edges, patting from:
6 to 8 2-horM loads in a pen, oovesiqg
them with e roof that ie rare not to leak •
end leaving no open spaoe between the
roof and the peM. After the peas ham
settled, a roof mode of wheat straw jjty.
what I use. When the peae begin heat
ing and smoking, whioh they will do in
tyotu three to five days, don’t disturb
them at ell; jnst let them smoke. If yon
let in air, thie spoils them. 1 .a
whippoorwill pee is of a shorter
growth and will not require yellowing
up so for; the rams proceu ns tho other
for onring end patting up. If them
should be a great deal of crab gra ■
mined with them it is so muoh tbs hit
ter; or if you should ehooM to sow pop
corn at tha rate of 2 gallons per eon, to
will odd greatly to tbo quantity 1 of‘tbo
toed. This being my prooess, far three
yean, of onring pen vino hay-
I em now feeding eosae of the finest
hoy tho oonntry ever nw, owed with i
the Iom of but eery fow leaves.—* State
Agricultural Department.
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