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An OrdinanrP
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Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun
cil oi the City’of Griffin, That from and
after the passage oi thia ordinance, the fol
lowing rates will be charged for the use of
One finch opening for subscribers’
use only.s 9.00
Each additional spigot, sprinkler,
bowl, closet or bath 3.00
Livery stables, bars, soda founts and
photograph galleries.24.oo
Each additional opening 6.00
2. Meters will be furnished at the city’s
expense, at the rate of SI.OO per year
rental of same, paid in advance. A mini
mum of sl-00 per month will be charged
for water while the meter is on the service.
The reading of the maters will be held
proof of use of water, but should meter
fail to register, the bill will be averaged
from twelve preceding months.
3. Meter rates will be as follows:
7,000 to 25,000 gals, ffionlh. .16c 1,000
25,000 “ 50,000 “ “ 14c “
50,000 * 100,000 “ “ 12c “
100,000 “ 500,000 « “ 10c “
500,000 “ 1,000,000 “ “ 9c “
The minimum rate shall be SI.OO per
month, whether that amount of water has
been used or not.
4. Notice to cut off water must be given
to the Superintendent of the Water De
partment, otherwise water will be charged
for full time.
5. Water will not be turned on to any
premises unless provided with an approved
stop and waste cock properly located in
an accessible position.
6. The Water Department shall have
the right to shut off water for. necessary
repairs and work upon the system, and
they are not liable for any damages or re
bate by reason of the same.
7. Upon application to the Water De
partment, the city will tap mains and lay
pipes to the sidewalk for $2 50; the rest
of the piping must be done by a plumber
at the consumers’ expense.
An Ordinance.
An ordinance,to prevent the spreading
of diseases through the keeping qnd ex
posing for sale of second hand and cast off
clothing, to provide for the disinfection of
such clothing by the Board of Health of
the City of Griffin, to prescribe fees for
the disinfection and the proper registry
thereof, and for other purposes.
Sec. Ist Be it ordained by the Mayor
andCouabfl of the City of Griffin, that
from and after the passage of this ordi
nance, it shall be unlawful for any person
or persons, flrm or corporation to keep
ana expose for sale any second hand or
cast off clothing within the corporate lim
its of the City of Griffin, unless the said
clothing has been disinfected by the Board
of Health of the City of Griffin, and the
certificate of said Board of Health giving
the number and character of the garments
disinfected by them has been filed in the
office of the Clerk and Treasurer'of the
City of Griffin; provided wothing herein
contained shall be construed as depriving
individual citizens of the right to sell or
otherwise dispose of their own or their
family wearing apparel, unless the safne
is known to have been subject to conta
geous diseases, in which event this ordi
nandi shall apply.
Sec. 2nd. Be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, That for each garment
disinfected by the Board of Health of
Griffin, there shall be paid in advance to
said board the actual cost of disinfecting
the said garments, and for the issuing of
the certificate required by this ordinance
the sum of twenty-five cents, and to the
Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Griffin
for the registry of said certificate the sum
of fifty cents.
Sec. 3rd. Be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, That every person or
persons, firm or corporation convicted of
a violation of this ordinance, shall be fined
and sentenced not more than one hundred
dollars, or sixty days in the chain gang,
either or both, in the discretion of the
Judge of the Criminal Court, for each of
fense. It shall be the duty of the police
force to see that this ordinance is strictly
enforced and report all violations the
Board of Health.
Sec. 4th. Be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict here
with are hereby repealed.„
An Ordinance.
Be It ordained by the Mayor and Coun
cil of the City of Griffin that from and
after the passage of this Ordinance:
Sec. Ist, That it shall be unlawful for
any person to damage, injure, abuse or
tamper with any water meter, spigot, fire
plug, curb box, or any other fixture or
machinery belonging to the Water Depart
men tot the City of Griffin; provided that
a licensed plumber may use curb service
box to test his work, but shall leave ser
vice cock as he found it under penalty of
the above section.
Sec. 2nd. It shall be unlawful for any
consumer to permit any person, not em
ployed by them, or not a member of their
family, to use water from their fixtures.
Sec. 3rd. It shall be unlawful for any
person to use water from any spigot or
spigots other than those paid for by him.
Sec. 4th. It shall be unlawful for any
person to couple pipes to spigots unless
paid for as an extra outlet.
Sec. sth. It shall be unlawful for any
person to turn on water to premises or add
any spigot or fixture without first obtain
ing a permit from the Water Department.
Sec. 6th. It shall be unlawful for any
person to allow their spigots, hose or
sprinkler to run between the hours of 9:00
o’clock p. m. and 6:00 o’clock a, m., for
any purpose whatever, unless there is a
meter on the service. Spigots and pipes
must be boxed or wrapped to prevent
freezing; they will not be allowed to run
for that purpose.
BSec.8 Sec. 7th. The employes of the Water
epartment shall have access to the
premises of any subscriber for the purpose
of£reading meters, examining pipes, fix
tures, etc., and it shall be unlawful for any
person to interfere, or prevent their doing
so.
Sec. Bth. Any person violating any of
the provisions of the above ordinance shall
be arrested and carried before the Criminal
Court of Griffin and upon conviction shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars, Or sentenced to work on
the public works of the City of Griffin for
a term not exceeding sixty days, or be im
prisoned in the city prison for a term not
exceeding sixty days, either or all, in the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 9th. The employees of the Water
Department shall have the same authority
and power of regular policemen of the
City of Griffin, for the purpose of enforc
ing the above ordinance.
Sec. 10th. AU ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict of the above are
hereby repealed. -
CROPS IN GEORGIA
HELPED BY RAINS
No Further Cultivation After
This Date Required.
WORK FOB COMING MONTH
Commissioner of Agriculture Nesbitt
Urges Continued Activity In Carry
ing Out Ail Plans Formulated at
the Beginning of the Year.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Aug. 1, 1898.
The widely distributed rains, follow
ing the long continued drouth, have
caused some shedding of the cotton,
' and, in some instances, came too late to
rescue the corn crop, but, as a rule,
crops throughout the state are in good
condition and further cultivation after
this date is not only 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 the
beginning of the year. Fortunately for
Georgia the strictly “cotton farm,” ex
cept in rare instances, is a thing of the
past. ’ , > ' ■
In nearly all sections of the state
there 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 has been
so far woefully indifferent, is the de
struction of the various insect enemies,
which are 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 be found
entrenched, preparing for their winter
accommodation in order to be ready in
the spring to start out on their destruc
tive work with tlft 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 1894 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 1895 a territory of nearly 600
square miles was literally covered by
these depredators, and the farmers in
this section not only sustained great loss
by the actual injury to their crops, but
were compelled to at considerable elf>
pense destroy the hordes of bugs which
infested every part of their fields. We
need not therefore lay the flattering
unction to Our souls that the season of
“laying by” is a season of entire “rest. 1 *
While there may be a comparative let
up in the driving work necessary to the
proper management of your standard
crops there are still various farm oper
ations just as important Which should
not be “laid by.” Indeed, after nearly
40 years’ experience on the farm, we
have come to the conclusion that, for
the up-to-date farmer, “layingby time”
comes only when life itself ceases.
FALL CROSS.
Because we have failed in one or even
two trials with crimson clover we should
not abandon the attempt to grow it. It
is certainly a most valuable adjunct to
our forage supply, besides performing
for our lands during the winter the
work which the pea crop accomplishes
in the summer, namely, storing up both
humr.s and nitrogen for future crops.
The general mistake in planting fall
oats an.l. rye, two of outmost 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. In very cold weather it is
always the rich spots which escape,
sometimes when the poor thin spots
are entirely killed out. The pres
ent year the spring oats were an entire
failure, while the fall crop was unusu
ally fine. August is none too early to
begin 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 fine. Time was when the prepara
tion and cultivation of our lands, though
of the rudest and most imperfect
character, produced phenomenal crops,
because the virgin soil abounded in the
elements of plant food. But today,
thoughtful farmers realize the fact that,
even in our incomparable climate,
where we can produce two or three
crops on the same land each year, the
time has passed when muscle can count
against brain. 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 foods, and by its equally im
portant findings as to the food require
ments of different crops, pointy out the
means, but it remains for the farmer 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
seen in the yields of wheat and oats
reported to this department the present
year, larger thhn ever before, in some
eases almost phenomenal.
*HR STANDARD BALK.
Equally important with the careful
saving and baling of our cotton is the
necessity of meeting the complaints
made by the various transportation com
panies 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 reaches foreign markets,
have given rise to a general protest, and
as about three-fourths of our cotton is
handled by European buyers, it is to our
Interest ty meet their demands in this
respect.
The discriminations which may be
made against our cotton on account of
these objections may amount in the ag
gregate to an incredible sum. It has
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
54 inches jn length. This is the size ad
vocated by all the cotton growers’ asso
ciations. This size, 24x54, has been
found to press to a greater density, and
after being compressed for final ship
ment the original bagging will entirely
cover the compressed bale and thus
much of the injury from the rough
handling of our cotton will be pre
vented.
All this redoends to the interest of
the farmer, because all the extra ex
penses from waste of space, higher in
surance and actual waste of cotton an
charged against his cotton in the gen
eral account, and any method which
will reduce these expenses will add that
much to the price.
In a circular addressed to the ginners
of the south, issued by J. H. Sloan of
Augusta, Ga., one of the leading cotton
men of the south, he says that our cot
ton, as a rule, reaches the European
manufacturers iu 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 ginners he says:
We take the liberty of calling your
attention to the importance of exerting
all our efforts in favor of the adoption
of the standard size cotton bale, which
is a bale made in a press box, measuring
on the inside 24 inches Wide by 54 inches
long, and deep enough tb make a bale
weighing about 500 pounds.
It is well understood that, the more
cotton that can be stowed in a steamer,
the less the freight and consequently
the more the cotton grower will receive
for his crop. It naturally seems that
B few inches in the size 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,
they 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. The
lost spaces also form air passages and
in case of a fire the damage is much
greater, consequently the insurance is
higher than it should be. The same
complaints are made by the railroads
and by the mills when they put their
cotton in warehouses.
We think we have fully explained the
reasons for this change, and that it is
to your interest to do all that is in your
power to have every one make this’
change by next season. As a general
rule, the press boxes will have to be
made smaller, either one way or both.
This can be done with very little ex
pense by lining the inside with boards,
one lining on another where the size is
to be reduced several inches. Then the
follow block can be sawn off to fit the
box. The cost of making this change
in most cases will not exceed $5.00.
We have received letters from a ma
-jbrity of the ginners in our territory,
and they promise to alter their press
boxes to the standard size. We re
spectfully solicit the co-operation of all
growers and those interested in the
cotton, crop, to urge upon the ginners
the importance of making all bales of
the standard size, as the success of this
movement and the 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 the change be as near
universal as possible.
Let farmers ihterest themselves in
this, to them, vital question, and urge
upon their ginners the importance of a
uniform size for press boxes.
R. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner.
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
Fresh Growth and Vigor Taken On
Since Recent Heavy Rains.
For the past two or three weeks rains
have been quite general over the state,
and in consequence the growing crops
have taken on fresh growth and vigor.
COTTON.
In most of the counties there has been
too much rain for this crop, and unless
there is very speedily more sunshine
and less moisture the damage will be
very serious. Complaints are coming
in from various points of rust, black
rot, blight, shedding, etc., and all these
are aggravated by excessive rain, par
ticularly on the light lands of the state.
The fields are generally too wet to plow,
and grass is getting troublesome in
some localities. The crop is just at its
critical stage, and the next few weeks
will decide as to the result. At this
date I think the outlook poor for a full
crop in Georgia. Fair weather, with
occasional moderate rains, is what the
plant needs now, but in place of these
we are having cloudy weather with
heavy rains.
CORN.
This crop has improved wonderfully
in the past few weeks, and the state is
now almost sure of a plentiful supply
of this, our most valuable grain crop.
The very early corn in South and Mid
dle Georgia has been seriously injured
by ths dpr weather of May and June,
and yet in many cases this corn, with a
dwarfed stalk, and looking as though it
would make nothing, has been revived,
has put out bold shoots and will make
three-fourths of a good crop. The very
early corn is but a small proportion of
the crop, and the rest is making all that
the land and cultivation given it renders
possible. Some reports state that cer
tain counties will mgke double the crop
made last year, and all report excellent
prospects. A large crop is now assured
in South and Middle Georgia/and two
more weeks will make the crop safe in
North Georgia. There has been some
injury to bottom lands from excess et
moisture and inability on that account
to work them, but in the aggregate this
does not amount to much.
FRUIT.
The watermelon crop, most of which
has been shipped, has proved rather dis
appointing. ■. The crop has been abun
dant and the shipments probably an
average in the number of- carloads, but
the melons have, as a rule, been small
and the prices therefore low, leaying
but little profit Tor the grower. Soire
fine melons are now going north, i n
which the grower, should realise tell
profits.'
The peach crop of the- state ia th*
and the
worms and other insects and diseases.
The mistake made by most of the grow
ers was in leaving too much fruit on th*
trees, and this with want of rain in
June causes the peaches to be smallei
than usual. The growers have in som*
cases met with much loss by inability
to obtain crates, the crate manufactu
rers being unable to supply the enor
mous demand. The growers should b<
prepared for this and like emergencies
by having at hand drying and canning
plants, and when it is either impossible
or unprofitable to ship their fruit they
could then can or dry It There should
be no waste of a product for which the
demand is gffgreat.
Grapes are fine and abundant all over
the state and are being largely shippe 1
to the northern markets. The peat
crop ia short, owing chiefly to blight,
for which there has as yet been found
no remedy. Georgia apples will be
scarce, the crop being very poor in most
of the apple counties, only here and
there a fair crop being foufid.
POTATOES, CANE, PEAS, BTC.
These minor crops, as they are called,
(though of great importance and service
to the farmers) are all doing well, now
that the rains have started them to
growing, and the prospect is excellent
for an abuudaut yield of each
of them. The area sowed in
peas is large, and it is evident that
Georgia farmers have learned that there
is no cheaper or better method for keep
ing up the fertility of their lands than
by sowing annually in cow peas every
available acre on their farms. Past
ures have greatly improved in the past
few weeks and are now very fine. Gar
dens doing well also, as regards the
later vegetables.
Grain Weevil* and Moths.
Question. —Please give me some in
formation as to grain weevil* and moths.
Answer.—The granary weevil, which
is probably the one to which you refer,
is an indoor insect and on account of
having lost the use of its wings does
not venture out into the grain fields.
The mature female punctures the grain
with its snout and inserts an egg, from
which is hatched a white, fleshy, leg
less, larva, which feeds and develops
within the hull. The adult weevils
also gnaw into the grain and devour the
mealy interior and probably do as much
damage as the larva.
The Amgoumois grain moth is un
doubtedly one of the most injurious in
sects that we have in this state infect
ing the grains. It does not confine it
self to the grain stored in cribsand bins,
but also attacks standing grain in the
fields. The first White, but soon red
eggs, are deposited between the rows of
grain of the ears of corn either singly
or in clusters of about two dozen, both
in the field and in the granary. From
these eggs are hatched, in four or five
days, minute caterpillars which burrow
into the kernels and devour the starchy
interior. In about three weeks this
caterpillar reaches maturity, enters the
chrysalis stage, and in a few day*
emerges as a winged moth, the female*
of which proceed to deposit eggs for an
other brood. There are five or six
broods during one season, and they
hibernate in the grain as caterpillars.
A cheap and effective remedy for in
sects injurious to stored grain is fumi
gating with bisulphide of carbon. The
bins should be made as nearly airtight
as possible by the use of boards and
heavy blankets; then the liquid should
be poured into several small dishes dis
tributed over the grain, using from 1
to pounds for every 100 bushels of
grain. The liquid evaporates very-rap
idly, and the gas being heavier than the
air descends and permeates the whole
mass of corn, killing all insect life with
which it comes in contact. The bin
should be kept closed for six hours or
more, and then the covering removed
and the doors and ventilators qpened.
Bisulphide of carbon is poisonous and
highly inflammable and fire in any shape
should not be brought near it. It, how
ever, does not injure the edible or germi
nating principles of the grain unless
used in great excess.
Hoping that this is the information
desired, I remain,
W. M. Scott, Entomologist.
Fertiliser Terms In Use.
Question. —l. Is the term (very
handy) “ash element” now in use
in the fertilizer trade and does it
mean acid phosphate and kainit, or any
form of potash?
2. I read about ‘ ‘South Carolina rock* ’
and don’t know if it has been treated
with sulphuric acid or not. Am I right
in saying that “floaty” is the finely
ground South Carolina rock and acid
phosphate the same (floats) treated
with sulphuric acid, not necessarily
ground so fine?
8. Is “acid phosphate” practically
identical with the old “superphosphate
of lime,” except that burnt bene was
used instead of South Carolina rock?
Answer.—l. The term “ash element”
never has been used in the fertilizer
trade. It simply means the ashes left
upon burning any plgnt. Such ashes
contain some phosphoric acid, some
potash and also other salts that have
been taken up by the plant from the
soil. There is, of course, no nitrogen
in the ashes, that element being driven
off by theheat of combustion.
3. The term “South Carolina rock’’im
plies that it has not been treated with
acid. After such treatment it is known
as acidulated South Carolina rock, or
acid phosphate. Floats is the natural
South Carolina rock, ground to a fine
powder.
3. The term “acid phosphite” simply
means acid phosphate of lime, and is
identical with the term superphosphate
of lime, it being immaterial from what
source the phosphoric acid is derived.—
State Agricultural Department.
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