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THE GAZETTE: TIFTOK, GA.. F RIDA £', AUGUST 9, 1895.
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Commissioner Nesbitt’s Regular
Letter About the Crops.
fei :
WHICH
18 VEBY EHOOURAGHIQ.
A. Monthly Hrnuitiv of the Work That Mae
Gone on In the State and the tleaulta o<
Labor aa Reported to tilin by HI* Corp*
of Wide Awake Corrkepondent* In
Georgia.
COTTON.
Cotton being somewhat backward,
plowing may pernaps bo continued
* longer than nsnal this year, but even
allowing for that, the first weeks of
'
is a
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very
clover will again take possession.' Of
the grasses, orchard grass under ordin
ary conditions gives the best multi. It
.will grow in ran or shade and is suited
to most soils, though the same require
ments as for olover, namely, thorough
preparation and rich land, are neoes.
sary for its successful cultivation. Fall
oat grass is fdr light and Herd's grass
for wet or low lands. Barloy and rye
should also be sown in September and
October, the first date better than the
second.
THE FALL OAT CROP
important one and unless
town early stands several chances of
failure. Oats, or other small grain,
gown in a cotton field early in the fall
are not only in a favorable situation to
develop a paying crop, bnt protect the
land againBt the conseqneuces of the
heavy winter rains, an important office
when we consider that a large part of
the fertility of our lands hak been
washed into the streams by our policy
of clean culture and subsequent expo
sure of tbo bare fields to the vicissitudes
of wind, and weather. The grain can
be sown either broadcast aud plowed in
with the cultivator or harrow, or put
in with a seod drill. The latter plan is
more economical of seed and also of la
bor. The sowing and plowing should
he done immediately in tho wake of the
pickers, aud will thus avoid waste of
the open cotton. In reply to an inqui
ry in another column will be found
formulas of fertilizers for oats, wheat
and other grains.
If a full crop of sweet, potatoes has
been planted, it is highly advisable to
begin feeding them to the hogs. They
aro highly nutritious and fattening aud
if aided by Spanish groundpeas aud
sorghum, will produce a fine quality of
cheap pork, very little corn being re
quired to complete the work. In view
of tho nsual difficulty of keeping the
potatoes in good condition through the
winter, it will be found most profitable
to convert them into first class bacon
and lard.
August will find the farmer more at
leisure than for six months past. Such
cultivation as the cotton may require
can be accomplished by one wide fur
row to each middle, adjusting tho plow
so that it will not cut deeper than 1
inch. On examination we will discover
that the bed, more or less elevated as
our cultivation has been shallow or
.deep, is filled with oountless little
fibrous roots, each one performing its
appointed office in sustaining the rap
idly maturing plants. If the crop is in
a proper state of development it should
be taking on fruit without interruption,
and if the plow is plunged into the deli
cate network of roots below the ground
the consequent tearing and mutilation
there is followed by a corresponding in
jury to the young squares and bolls
above. At this critical period of bloom
ing and fruiting we must exercise the
utmost care. All things considered, it
is better not to plow the cotton again,
even if it needs it, than to run the risk
of losing most of the young fruit and
squares already formed, whioh is the
inevitable consequence of one deep
plowing now. A very shallow furrow
in the middle is what is needed and if
this is impracticable let the cotton take
the chances with what fruit is already
developed, rather than trust to its form
ing a later crop after this drops off. As
a rule most of the squares which are
formed after the last of August do not
mature into perfect bolls before a kill
ing frost. Realizing this fact, we see
how important it is to avoid any dis
turbance which would tend to injure
the fruit already formed and forming.
CORN.
The question of fodder pulling still
confronts us as an unsolved problem.
Many experiments have been made and
tho results are still conflicting. Tho
present conclusion of tho matter seems
to be that each farmer must use his
own judgment. If ho has made amplo
provision for forago from other sources
he can afford to weigh the advantages
and disadvantages of fodder pulling
calmly aud coolly, aud decido whether
it is best to go into the laborious busi
ness of stripping tho blades from tho
stalks. If ho has not made such pro
vision, aud has to rely on this fodder to
fill out his supply, his decision can
scarcely bo considered an unbiased one,
as he has no alternative but to strip
off tho fodder even at tho risk of injury
to the grain. Considered from an eco
nomical standpoint, there is scarcely a
more expensive operation on tho farm
than tiffs fodder pulling. Whilo for
“roughness,” bright, well cured fodder
cannot bo excelled, it comes very high
when we consider tho cost of pulling
and curing each separate blado, and
the probablo injury to the corn oars if i
they are not sufficiently matured boforo
the fodder is taken off.
To thoso farmers who have triod it,
the plan of saying a sufficiency of hay
from other sources, oven using tho un
cultivated grassos for this purpose is
far rhoro remunerative, as well as satis
factory, and with tho increased and in
creasing care which is being givou to
saving
ENSILAGE,
we need have little trouble in securing
an abundant supply of the host winter
foods. This procoss of canning tho
greon stuffs, so to speak, instead of dry
ing them, is, with careful attention to
one or two dotails, practically certain.
It is also simple, and commouds itself,
from tho fact that so many crops diffi-'
cult of management when dry hay is
the object, are peculiarly suited to this
process of green curing—corn, sorghum,
pea vines, potato vines, all so easy of
production—give ns an almost unlimit
ed supply for the silo; and if tho pre
cautions of putting in not too largo
quantities at a time, thoroughly pack
ing, and allowing this to stand beforo
more is put in, then topping and weight-
I zing the whole mass down, are carefully
" attended to, there aro few farmers that
. will not appreciate the value of the
process.
In another column this wholo que-s-
, action is covered in an answer to an in- . . >■ „
■ quiry as to crops for tho silo, methods I* ' ’ ' * ’
. ' of gathering, curing, etc. Now is the A nr ' w fr "’”
time to look forward to tho coming
year, and make such arrangements as
are practicable for pasture aud also for
' forago.
GRASS SEEDS
! most varieties should be sown next
month. In the outset we must under-
* stand that wo cannot make either grass
be 5 feet high and 4 feet in diameter,
or of the shape of an oldfashioned bee
hive.
“All the hay that is cooked in this
manner should be well settled os it is
laid on the pile. /
“After having constructed it to its
proper height, rake the loose sorgknm
away from the sides, leaving a neat
pile of hay that will turn water in case
it should rain. Allow it to remain in
this.condition for two or three days for
fern'ientation to take plaoe, which is
evidenced by the heating and the de
posits of moisture upon the interior
parts of the cook. When thoroughly
warm and before the hay loses its nat
ural color, open the cocks aud exposo
the hay to four or six hours’ sun, ac
cording to tiie weight of the crop to the
acre and the size of the stalks.
“Then tho fodder is ready to haul to
the barn or be plaoed in staoks, wheije
it may safely be expooted to remain
without molding or heating further.”
CUT PRICES!
Money Saved is Money Made.
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GENERAL SUMMARY.
COTTON PICKING AND BALING.
Towards the latter part of the mouth
In the southern part of the state cotton
picking will begin. Necessary precau
tions should be taken in gathering and
baling the crop, that the loud com
plaints against American cotton in the
European markets be forever silenced.
THE COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION.
Now that the heavy pressure of the
busy season is somewhat lightened, the
farmer has more leisure to look around
him and fiud out what is going on in
the busy world. In the last month
there is an awakened and increasing in
terest iu tho exposition to be opoued at
Atlanta and continued from tho middle
of September to tho last ot December.
In this exposition Georgia lias an op
portunity for advertisement which she
lias never had boforo, aud wbiolr may
not come again for many years. In
last month’s “talk” wo touohod on
some of tho advantages to bo derived
from immigration, but until wo show
to the people of the world our unrivalled
attraction of climate, of fields, of for
ests, of orchards, of gardens; onr unsur
passed water powers, onr vast deposits
of coal, iron, granite, marblo, in othor
words, the numberless opportunities
for obtaining comfort aud indopond-
enoe, wo cannot expect tho better class entnely ceased
of settlors to pitch their tents within
our borders.
In tho Georgia state building will bo
gathered something from all tho differ
ent industries of tho state, anil it is
particularly desired that tho agricultu
ral exhibit shall bo especially full aud
completo. If, thoroforo, in any section
of tho state a farmer has any crop
which is particularly fine, wo would bo
glad to have specimens for exhibition.
They will be properly marked with tho
names of donors and the section from
which they came, and given conspicu
ous places in tho general exhibit.
1 Condition of the Different Crop* Through-
( out the Mete.
COHN.
With one or two weeks more of sea-
I sonable weather in tho northern part of
j the state, Georgia will harvest tho
, largest corn crop ever made within her
i borders.
i Iu almost every county in tbo state
the crops is as good as tho land can
make. The only disasters have been
some local hailstorms, and- the over
flowing and destruction of some of the
river and creek bottoms iu difforout
sections during tho latter part of June
and the first of July. Iu south and
southeast Georgia many farmers have
put tho land, from which the oat crop
was taken, into “Mexican June” corn,
which at this time promises a good
yield. This is a very white corn, most
excellent for bread and hominy, aud
much liked by tho people of that part
of tho state. This large corn crop,
flanked and supported as it is, by large
crops of hay, syrup, meat, fruits, eto.,
convinces mo that Georgia farmers aro
at last beginning to travel tho road that
leads to prosperity, independence and
comfort.
Let us continuo mid iuoroaso our
offorts in this direction, striving harder
anil hardor each year to cut loose from
our thraldom to cotton until wo raise
everything that wo consume within our
own borders and thus achieve absolute
independence.
Corn and moat, for sale, raised by
Georgia farmers, have coased to bo ob-
jocts of curiosity on tho stroots of our
towns, and I hope by another year tiio
importation of these articles will have
YOUR
DOLLARS
During the next 30 days we will offer
great Bargains in all Dry-Goods, Notions,
Hats and Clothing, at a
Come and see us,
and bo convinced.
L. S. SHEPHERD & CO.
-PKOPRIETOHS ()P
The New York Store.
COTTON.
There has beon somo gain in tho con-
| ditiou of this crop since tho last roport,
i though there is still much room far im
provement. Tho grass took such full
possession and such strong hold during
tho late wot weather that it was with
difficulty overcome and killed, and .n
many cases tho stand of cotton was in
jured while getting rid of tho grass.
Until tho last few days thoro has been
too much rain for cotton, especially on
sandy lands, aud somo cases of rust
have boon reported from south Georgia.
—o COME. TO THE <>—
TIFTON DRUGSTORE
And you will lie treated to your advantage, my motto being
FIRST-CLASS GOODS
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REASONABLE PRICES.
Fruits, grains, grassos, vegetables, ajl On tho wliolo, from the present out look,
field, garden and orchard crops aro in- 1 1 seo no reason to change my opinion on
keep a large supply of STANDARD Patent
icilies ami 'ire prepared to use, in filling your pre
scriptions, Frosli Drugs of the Best Quality.
eluded, as well as manufactured prod
ucts of the dairy, vineyard and apiary.
Wo hope tho farmers throughout tho
state will help us to illustrate Georgia
in tho grandest collection of her prod
ucts ever yet shown to tjjo world.
All packagos addressed to 11. T. Nes
bitt, Executive Offlcor State Exhibit,
Atlanta, will come froo of chargo.
These should bo plainly marked with
tho sender’s name aud tho name of tho
specimen. Tho exeentivo officer, R. T.
Nesbitt, Atlanta, should bo notified by
letter or postal card when tho articles
are shipped.
Ii. T. Nesiutt, Commissioner.
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or clover on poor land. Of tho clovers,
red is best suited to rod stiff lands, j
FERTILIZER FOR WHEAT.
Question 11.—What fertilizers would
yon advise for wheat?
Answer 11.—Tho following aro all
j good fertilizers for wheat:
1. Cottonseed meal, 500 ponnds; aoid
phosphate. !150 pounds; muriate of pot-
i ash, 150 pounds.
3. Acid phosphate,350 pounds; kainit,
! 350 pounds; nitrate of soda, 300 pounds,
3. Blood, 330 pounds; muriate of pot
ash, 105 pounds; acid phosphate, 335
170 pounds.
Apply broadcast from 300 to 500
! pounds per acre.
CURING SORGHUM HAY.
Question 13.—How shall I cure my
Borghuin for hay?
Answer 13,—Tho following taken
from the Southern Stock Farm covers
the entile process:
“After mowing allow tho sorghum to
tho probablo output of this crop, viz.: i
three-quarters of last year’s yield.
fruit.
From Tybee to Tennessee tho frnit
trees and vines in tiffs state are bend
ing down with their loads of luscious
fruit, and tho growers and railroads
aro working night and day to get some I
of tho crop to loss favored sections.
Long train loads of watermelons, grapes
and peaches are daily going north on
j fast schedules to supply tho peoplo of
the northern cities. Tho fruit industry
| .is a growing one, aud would Increase ‘
more rapidly if the railroads could givo
lower rates of freight, which they prob-
, ably will do beforo nnothor crop is '
' moved.
There aro more canning aud drying
I public plants than ever beforo, while
: every good wife in the state is busy
preserving, canning, drying and turn
ing into wino or vinegar ail tho fruit
she Can manage. In spite of this much
of the fruit crop will be fed to hogs or
! go to waste.
There should bo a canning or eyapor- j
: atlug plant in every neighborhood, and
' fruits of every kind should all be savo!.
| Tl*o world wants our canned or dri n d
I fruits, and is willing to pay a fair price I
for them; but we seem very indifferent
about tho matter.
Tho prices for watermelons, peaches,
grapes, etc., are much lower than in
former years, aud the profits of the
growers, therefore, will be much less
than usual.
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mil Sla-
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Full Line of Hawkes’ Optical Goods.
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Freshest and best Garden Seeds, all the year round. Call and sec
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Hats, Shoes, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Woodware, Etc,
Country Produce Bought aud Sold*
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Which should be either naturally rich j lie on tho ground sufficiently long to
or made so artificially. The crimson 1 dry out at tha end of tho blades,
and burr clovers are suited to sandy -if the crop is thick, it should be
igf asarfflrzss ^ - “»s°
food during the entire season and if tho 1
cutting or grazing is stopped in May,
sufficient seed will mature for another
crop. When those fall tho lar.d can be
: planted in late corn or peas and when
that crop is taken off in September, lhe
STOCK.
With tho exception of a few reports
i ot hog cholera, tho condition of stock
is good all over the state, and with no
i drawback this state will import but lit-
! tie meat next year. There is no roason
why wa should import any. Georgia
j should be a sellar of meat anil not a
j buyer, and I boliovo the day is near at
1 hand when such will be the case. When
j raising her own moat and bread, and
„ , , . ... i manufacturing her own cotton crop in
“Usually one day s snn is required to htr own will Indeed and in
dry it sufficiently to allow it to bo put truth merit her ninno of “Empire State
np into the cock. Tho'hay cock may of the South,”
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the bottom portion of the cutting to tho
sun for a short time.
Wal ker * I We
Main Street, Til'tsm, Gc-oi'jt
cut Meats of our own raising always on hand.
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eto 1*8,
Also a full
line of Fruits. Vegetables and Famih Groceries.
Always fresh.-and guaranteed to please.