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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1890.
fruits of griffin
liring *100.000 There In the Summer.
Mr. Hasselkus, of Gridin, thinks
tlie peach crop is not hurt, and that
it will not be seriously injured un
less the temperature goes down to
the neighborhood of zero.
£He is an enthusiast on the Geor
gia peach,
"Nowhere in tho country do they
grow any peaches equal to those we
grow in middle Georgia,” said he.
"There is something in the soil and
climate that gives them beauty and
flavor. I think the iron and other
constituents in our soil have some
thing to do with the quality, and
the climate does thereat. The. air
is of just enough humidity to give
proper juiciness to the peach. In
California they have a different
climate. Their peaches are as beau
tiful as ours, but in that dry air they
grow dry, and when you eat one it
seems to stick in your throat. When
you eat a Georgia peach you have
to wipe off your chin all the time.
"The fruit crop of Georgia is enor
mous. We shipped 110 cars from
here last year, and probaly ten cars
were grapes. Grapes are worth $1,-
000 a car any time, and one season
a man came here and gave five cents
a pound for them ou,tbe track.
That makes $1,400 for large car
loads.”
“Here is an evidence of the su
periority of the Georgia peach,”
said he, turniug to a July quotation
sheet of C. 8. Durling, the Duane
street, New York commission mer
chant. “You see, he quotes Dela
ware and Maryland peaches in one-
third bushel crates at 50 cents to $1,
while Georgia Elbertas and Craw
fords are quoted at $3.50 to $4 for
three-fourth bushel crates. Putting
the eastern peaches in crates the
size of ours, tho quotation would be
about in proportion of $2 to $3.50.
Some of the Delnware people wrote
to ask a commission house why
they quoted Georgia peaches so
much higher, and the merchant
wrapped up two or three Georgia
peaches in tissue paper and sent
them to the Delaware people with
tlie remark that when they raised
peaches like that he would give
them the same price.
“I have about 4,500 peach trees
and 35,000 grape vines, and I tell
you it takes work-in tho shipping
season especially. Last summer
Mr. Cunningham bought the fruit
of an orchard of 5,000 Glbertas.
They all ripened within two weeks,
ami lie had 200 people at work gath
ering and packing them. His pay
rolls were enormous.
“The returns of last summer
were generally satisfactory to the
fruit growers here. The crop was
enormous, and they got good prices,
there is an abundant demand for
nil the peaches we can send of the
quality we ship. It was nothing
for them to bring live dollars a
bushel. We ship almost entirely
free-stones. I don’t think the yau-
kees have much teeth for clings. I
dou’t believe they have much teeth,
anyhow.
“I did not ship any grapes, but
made wine—about 2,000 gallons. I
used several varieties of grnpeB for
wine—Delaware, Ives and others—
and it is the variety that gives the
wine its flavor, or ‘bouquet.’ I think
we cau do a great deal in Georgia
with wine by building up a specific
demand for Georgia wine. It lias
a distinctive flavor that cau be made
as famous and as much sought ufter
as the Georgia peach. I make a dry
or sweet wine that corresponds to
claret, but isdifferent from theCall-
fornia or Guropean wine because it
is from a different kind of grapes.
Tlie Guropean grapes as a rule are
more like Malagas, thougli in
1 ranee they have a grape of delicate
skin and fine flavor more like the
Delawares.
“We pay enormous freights to Now
'°rk—$175 per car and $100 extra
l°r the refrigerator.
“I think, as you say, thatit would
pay us to form a car trust and build
“Dy or more refrigerator cars."
A T 'bK WITH MB. W. K. II. SEARCY.
“The great point in farming,"
aaid Mr. Seamy,'“is to diversify our
crops and raise at home everything
ne< ded for the support of tlie farm.
1 hat is the key to success in farm-
"ig. If you don’t have to buy any
corn, oats, Hour, meat, lard, butter
milk or vegetables, you can just
write the word success on your
farming interest.
“Farmers on tho railroads, near
stations, ought to engage in fruit
culture to some extent. In the
■ine of fruit I cau give you a few
dots:
"In peaches they should plant
fruits that mature iu July and
August, and leave out tlie earliest
varieties, Peaches during these
mouths grow to great perfection.
They should be highly colored,
aud with the exceptiou of (lie
Chinese Cling, should be free
stone. Those I recommend most
are tlie Glbe'rta, Crawford’s early
and late, the Amelia, General L*e
and the Chinese Cling. These
peaches will always sell at a profit
and whenever we have peaches
hey will always be remunerative.
“Grapes are the most profitable
wheu other fruits fail. The proper
market grapes are tlie Ives, Con
cord, Niagara. My favorite table
grape is the Poughkeepsie Red. I
think we should include the Aista
Vallia varieties. The best wine
grapes are such as the Warren,
Louisiana, Norton’s Virginia. Of
course the scuppernong should not
be omitted from the list. Large
sums have been made on scupper-
nongs iu Southwest Georgia.
“Plums always meet a ready sale,
and the new plums from Japan, es
pecially Boian, will be found very
fine for this section. The Kelsey
is a fine variety and blooms early.
“In apples the Yates, Shockley
and Wine sap for winter, Mangum,
Buncombe, summer queen for early
and the yellow June and red May
will always give good results, and
fusuish all needed for home con
sumption. As a market crop I
don’t think they will pay. Nothing
stands the northern competition.
Apples should always be planted in
a rich Hat place and nor on poor
hills. In pears I think the Keifer
is best for upper Georgia.
“I suppose fruits bring into.Grif-
flu in the summer near $100,000.
Mr. S. D. Cunningham cleared $8,-
000 to $10,000 on peaches last year.
There must be 3,000 acres of peaches
around Griflln, aud all the fruit
men are planting new trees.
GRASSES AND THE DAIRY.
“I have got to growing herd’s
grass, which, on low, wet bottoms
makes a very flne pasture; but the
great grass for the country Is ber-
muda. I have tried Texas blue
grass aud think it would be a sue
cess on|secondjbottomjland bermuda
grass turned into butter aud milk
and cheese ought to form a great
industry in Georgia. Stock can be
raised here cheaper than anywhere
else, and the fact that grass is not
killed even till the first of Decem
ber or middle of November gives us
a groat advantage over the north.
There is no reason why we should
not raise our mules. I raised a
horse that did not cost me $5, and
I could sell him for over $100—just
turned him in the grass. For win
ter hay nothing is better than our
crab grass. If we plow up a piece
of land iu May and manure it
uature will do tlie rest aud furnish
as fine hay as we cau get, costing 15
or 20 cents a hundred. Then the
silos might be provided and mako
the cost of caring for stock very
little through the wiuter, and when
spring came the bermuda would be
on hand again.”
There 1b another point in tlie re
lation of crops. Cotton requires
very clean culture, and therefore
leaves no natural humus on the
ground. It should be succeeded by
graiu. Iu that way the soil will bo
provided with a natural humus,
and will be better acted upon by
tho guano we use in the country,
which is more or less ncid.
“Another point is iu proper ditch
ing. Lands ought to be terraced,
and when so situated as to require
the moving of the way, means
should be provided. It lias been
suggested to run the rows oblique
ly backward across tho terrace so
the water will descend in a zigzag
course, and its How will be so re
tarded as not to wash the terrace.”
NEXT SEASON’S COTTON BAG'
GING.
Hon. W. J. North‘‘ii, Chairman of the
Cotton Committee. Iunri a Circular
It is seldom that a politician car
ries tils political methods with him
into the Speaker's choir, but Mr.
Reed seems not only to have carried
all his with him, but also a few
new tricks of a not very reputable
character.
The Bibb Manufacturing Com pa
ny has ordered sixty knitting ma
chines, of which ten have arrived
and aie being put up in the Bibb
mills iu Gast Macon. Tlie cost of
the knitting machiues is$500 apiece,
so that the cost of the sixty that
have been ordered will represent an
outlay of $30,000.
Wheu Mr. Carlisle, with the aid
of other Democratic leaders, draws
up hiB address to the country re
garding Reed’s revolutionary rul
ings, there will be litttle left or the
present Speaker except his gall,
and even that will be weakened. >
The following circular letter has
been issued by W. J. Northej,
Chairman of the committee of cot
ton bagging. It will interest every
cotton planter in Georgia. Tho
circular reads:
At the session of the State Alli
ance, held at Macon, last August,
the committee on cotton bagging
was continued, with instructions to
provide a sufficient supply of cot
ton baggiDg for the crop of the com'
ing season.
As soon thereafter as an expres
slon could be received from the
different Alliances throughout the
State, endorsing this action, the
committee was called together for
the manufacture of standard cotton
bagging.
Since that time the national con'
ventlon at St. Louis adopted cotton
bagging as the covering for the
next crop and urged Its general use
y the members of the National
Alliance.
I am now prepared to report that
manufacturers in this State who
undertook the supply of cotton bag'
ging the past season will supply
farmers with standard cotton bag
ging, to be forty-four inches wide
and to weigh not less than twelve
ounces.
The manufacturer will not be
commenced until the mills have re'
celved sufllcient orders to justify
the necessary changesof machinery,
Orders will not be accepted unless
accompanied by sufllcient and satis'
factory guarantee for payment,
either in cash or negotiable paper,
Orders may be addressed to West
Point mills at West Point, Ga., or
Crown mills, at Dalton, Ga., or Sib
ley mills at Augusta, Ga. The&lb-
ley mills will supply the necessary
amount of bagging for long staple
cotton. I am advised that the Co
operative Manufacturing Company
of DeKalb county, Ga., John E,
Maguire, Llthonia, general man
ager, will fill orders for cotton bag
ging made at the mills of the com'
pany, on Yellow river. Prices will
be named as orders are received.
The officers of each county All!
ance aro requested to make these
factB known at once to the members
of their organizations and urge
prompt and proper action.
Delay on tlie part of farmers gave
much trouble and made much con
fusion during the last season. All
this can be avoided by Immediate
action as herein advised.
W. J. Nobthen.
Chairman Committee Cotton
Bagging.
SHEEP RAISING.
FROM ABBEVILLE.
Abbeville, Ga., Jan. 30th.—The
Abbeville guards have received
tlieir guns and cartredges and are
ready for war. The captain and
lieutenants received their swords
yesterday, making the company
complete. Tho company will go to
Rochelle Saturday afternoon, where
they will have u target shooting,
They will be accompanied by the
Abbeville brass band.
The Southern Home, Building
and Loan Association of Atlanta,
organized here last Saturday with
about one hundred shares. Abbe
ville lias two Building and Loan
Associations now, but the majority
of the citizens are somewhat disap'
pointed in the Columbus Associa
tion, as they claim that they can’t
hear from their abstracts, some have
made applications three months
ago, and have never heard from
them. No doubt but if the Associa
tion had been prompt, that there
would have been at least fifteen or
twenty new buildings now in Abbe
ville. Some of the stockholders
are actually selling tlieir shares
for one-third, and others have been
refused one-third.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Royal will
give an entertainment Friday night
31st, inst., iu honor of their sister,
MIbs Fannie Reid, who will leave
Abbeville Saturday for about six
months. Miss Fannie’sfriends wish
for tier a pleasant stay and a safe
return.
The new hotel of Jno. R. Allen’s
will soon be completed.
T. L. Holton.
If you don’t want to disgust
everybody with your offensive
breath, cure your Catarrh upon
which it depends. $500 reward is
offered by the proprietors of Dr.
Sage’s Catarrh Remedy for a case
of catarrh which they cannot cure,
ft a sold by druggists; SOcents. |
Mr. Phil Brown, Sr., of Wilcox
oouuty, a short account of whose
sheep range on tlie Ocmulgee was
recently published in the Record
er, was in the city again yesterday.
The years have passed lightly
over Mr. Brown, and lie stands as a
model specimen of the "contented
aud prosperous southern planter.
He owns a large plantation on the
Ocmulgee, aud looks upon his sheep
range as a mere appendage to the
other enterprises cf the place, and
not the principal one.
“It is about fifteen years” said
he, “since I first started with the
sheep. I had only a few. I believe
I purchased but fifty. I have pur
chased a few siuce then, but those
I pow have are mainly from the first
fifty. They arc not fast breeders,
and I have lost a great many.”
“How?” he repeated in response
to the query of the reporter. “Well,
I thlnkjthey were stolen, butl never
knew. At one time over four hun
dred were driven from the range
I always supposed that they were
taken into Florida, but I could
learn nothing definite. That was
years ago, however, and I suffer
very little loss now by such means.
“The wild an>mals destroy a great
number of the sheep. Notions ago
a neighbor was telling me of a fight
ho witnessed between a wild hog
ami a sheep, which was very inter
esting.
“I pay no attention whatever to
my sheep from spring to spring. In
the spring they are sheared and
turned loose, aud allowed to take
care of themselves until the next
spring.
"Thus you see everything which
I get from them is clear profit. Last
year I averaged about three and a
half pounds of wool to the sheep,
wkfehaold for 25% in Savannah.
‘JI really don’t know how many
sheep I own as It would be impos
sible for me to count them, but I
sheared about fifteen hundred last
year.
"Gariy In the spring we begin to
shear, and it lasts for about a mouth.
The sheep have a range of about
twenty five miles along the Ocmul-
gej, aud the flocks of all the neigh
boring farmers are together.
“During the winter the sheep
mate off, and go in pairs, v aud are
scattered all over the country, In
the spring time, however, they go
together in large bodies, and stop
at the same place every night.
“When wo decide upon shearing,
a party of the neighboring planters
assemble together and we go in
search of one of these stopping
places—wallows we call them,
"Hero wo generally find about
four hundred sheep. We find out
to whom tlie lambs belong by a
novel moans. Tho ewes arc all
driven into an enclosure, aud then
the lambs are let in, Every lnmh
will Bclect its own mammy, aud it
is a very rare thing for an owo to
suckle any other than her own
Iamb.
“The sheep are all separated ac
ceding to their brands, and the
1 stubs are branded with tlie mark
of bis owner, and arc driven home
to be sheared.”
Shis short Interview servcB but to
reveal the possibilities of extensive
sheep culture iu tho wire grass
country, where the natural advant
ages are such as to allow it to be
placed iir the leading ranks of the
wool-raising States of our country.
With proper care to the sheep, and
more attention paid to the breeding,
there can be no doubt but that the
present quantity of wool obtained
from each animal can be tripled.
The lands arc cheap, and a man
with moderate capital can readily
purchase a large raHge, and be sure
of a large return upon the amount
invested. The people of the wire-
grass country should arouse them-
seles, and let the outside world
kaow of their great possibilities.
PLAINS OF DURA.
Plains ok Dura, Feb. 3, 1800.
At this writing farmers are busy
with spriug work. At present out
look, crops cau be planted unusual
ly early.
On Thursday night last a party of
ladies and gentlemeu were invited
to attend a card party given by
Mrs. Heury Black iu liouor of Miss
Naomi Davidson, the accomplished
daughter of Mrs. W. H. Davidson,
of Mossy Dell. Having assembled,
the tables were brought in and our
amiable hostess bade everybody, so
inclined, enjoy himself. Soon dif
ferent gatneB were indulged in by
the company, those of whist and
cassino taking the lead. Those pres
ent were Misses Willie Cato, Naomi
Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Jennings,
Mrs. Mary Blaok, Messrs. George
Cato, Walter Parker, Clarence
Parker, C. C. Alexander, George
Oliver and E. S. Coble.
Mrs. Alex Chappell has been quite
sick, but is now convalescent.
The measles still hold possession.
Mrs. R. S. Oliver is sick with
measles.
L. D. Wise is confined to* his
home from the same cause.
Rev. H. Stubbs was presented
with a handsome girl baby last
week.
Miss Willie Cato, Mrs. Mary
Black and Mrs. F. W. Griffin were
shopping in Americus a day last
week.
Dr. Cato was absent in Americus
the 30th ult.
W. E. McTyier is convalescing
rapidly.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Journigan
spent Sunday with S. B. Glass of
the springs. .
Mr. and Mrs. James Hiller spent
Sunday with Mr. West.
The evening of the 29th ult. was
spent very pleasautly by our young
people at J. S. Stephens. Miss
Annamakes a charming hostess.
Quite a large number of hogs are
yet to be killed.
R. K. Webb is still moving his
house.
Your correspondent spent a cou
ple of days very pleasantly last
week in Americus.
C. C. Alexander showed us his
lost year’s cane patch one day last
week. We wero surprised to seo a
a regular stand, the shoots being
from two to six Inches high. The
cnuc was cut very low, then the
Boil was thrown on sufllcient to
cover and protect them. Those that
were near the surface are the ones
that have sprouted. Wo examined
those that were betterprotected and
found the eyes all sound and
healthy. Mr. Alexander feels con
fident of obtaining a good crop,
E. S. C.
FROM MOSSEY DELL.
FROM BRONWOOD.
There will be at least one centen
nial celebration in New York this
year. Gariy in February the 100th
anniversary of the establishment of
the United States Supreme Court
will be celebrated in that city. It
Unexpected that the President and
Ilia cabinet, the justices of the Su
preme Court, and the members of
the Senate and House Judiciary
committees will be present.
If we fail to have the article in
stock that you should waut it will
be ordered at once. Give us a trial
and we will please both i ' quality
and priues.
Fleetwood & Russell.
Druggist.
Bronwood, Ga., Feb. 6th, 1890.—
The weather is still warm and no
Indication for a change, some of the
oldest citizens have said, that they
never saw such a winter in Georgia.
It is fully equal to the Florida cll-
mato of ordinary years. Thero is
no use in going to Florida to spend
such a winter as this, the only ad
vantage is the orange groves, and if
this kind of winters are continual
long we will have them here.
Some of our farmers are planting
corn, they are taking advantage of
the old adage, “tlie early bird
catches the worm.”
We are sorry to say that our
friends Mr. R, C. Andrews, who
for some time lias been a sufferer
from the effects of measles, is still
very sick. Mr. Andrews has been
in the bed over six weeks.
Mr. J. H. Ellertou received a
telegram on Monday last, from
Sbellman, stating that his mother
who lives at that place, was dan
gerously 111. He immediately re
sponded to the call, aud has not
yet returned.
Mrs. W. E. Taylor, of Mllledgc
ville, is visiting Mrs. J. H. Ellertou
at tbe Barne’s house.
Our social choir held Its regular
meeting last night at the residence
of Mr. J. T. Ragan. A full attend
ance was on band. The olass is
rapidly improving and Increasing
in number. The muslo rendered by
several of the young ladies was
highly enjoyed, but tlicfrollo after*
wardsJs what the boys like.
The town council held its regular
meeting last Monday night. The
only business cf importance was the
election of the marshall and fixing
the license taxes, etc. J. N. Childs
was elected marshall, and nearly
every business avocation was taxed.
Mr. F. B. Pickett spent last Sun
day w ith bis “home fol
live miles from town.
Mossey Deli., Ga , Feb. 5tb, 1890.
—Mr. Jas. Forrest has been wear
ing a rather broad smile for a few
days, and, thinkiug that possibly It
was that "spook” tale that affected
him, we inquired aud found it was
that boy which made bis appear
ance Thursday night—Dupont.
Born to the wife of Mr. Neal
Chamblis; a boy.
Mr. D. P. Murray came home Fri
day. He will devote his time to
farming for the present, hut may-
return to business in the fall.
There are more measles In this
vicinity at present than at any
time heretofore.
The following are ou the sick list:
Messrs. Luther Wise, Allan Wise,
Sam Jennings aua Frank Webb,
are with measles; and Miss Fannie
Wise with diptheria.
Claude, eldest son of Mr. J. L.
Forrest, was stricken Sunday af
ternoon with muscular rheumattam
in his right leg, which laid him up
for a couple of days. At present be
Is able to hobble around a little.
Misses McWilliams and Logan,
of Tropic, spent Monday with Miss
Davison at Providence.
If some of the hunters who are
daily wasting energy, ammuni
tion, and time, in fruitless efforts to
bag partridges, will oome out here,
they can kill more black-birds in
thirty minutes than they can pick
in two hours.
Countless droves have been
around here since before Christmas
and some of our farmers express
the fear that they may remain till
after corn planting and do great
damage to the young corn.
Mrs J. H. Davidson and children
and Miss. Sarah Bryant are visiting
Mrs. Henry Wilkinson at Bron
wood.
There is a movement on foot
among our colored oitizens to form
a sub-alliance here. There is a re
presentative of the State Alliance
here at work among them, but we
learn there Is some difficulty In
getting a sufficient number of
the right kind as charter mem
bers.
If an alliance will, in any way,
tend to reform or change the moral
standing of the negro In Georgia we
hall the movement. “L. L. D."
The farmers are certainly having
rough times in tbe West.- Mr. W.
S. McDuff, a Kansas farmer, writes
from Atchison to a Chicago paper
stating that he cannot afford to con
tinue bis subsorlptiou. He says:
"It is with deep regret that I write
you to stop my paper, but the elec
tion of Benjamin Harrison and •
Republican Congress has resulted
in such hard times for the Western
farmer that he must do everything
to curtail expenses. Manufacturers
reduce wages, laborers have little
with which to buy, und, therefore,
beat tlie farmer down till ho does
not get the cost of production.”
Tbe home market theory is not
working well in the West.
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