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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1894)
r J TV; / l' r Timely Suggestions to the Melon Growers of Georgia. AN EXHAUSTIVE ADDRESS. Thu Hamarkii of Dr, Oeoriro F. Poyna, F. C. 8., Situto CheiuDt, Mi.(t« Bvfora Ilia timorgim Stata A »rful * uml Socl.ty in Hrun.wlok, Fab. 14. Mr. President and Members of the Georgia State Agricultural society: Last summer our attention was called to i> Statement which appears to be pretty largely acknowledged as a fact, that, w;i teriuelons cannot be grown successfully a second or third season upon the same land, even with the nse of fertilizers. V belief is entertained by several growers with whom the matter was discussed that if the vines of watermelons w- r« not allowed to wither and decay in th field, a good crop could easily be raise tho Becond season; but even it’ the drain age water from such fields of decayin'.' vines and melons, runs over land as yet unplanted in watermelons, the lnnrl so Impregnated will fail to produce a crop if in melons the succeeding ye r. Then are parties, however, who raise •ncces •ive crops of watermelons oti the same land season after season, with very small amonnts of fertilizers. Thinking it might possibly be a de fieucy in some particular fertilizing mu terial which was quickly exhausted from luost soils, a watermelon was re luced to ashes to find out how much available matter is removed from tlio soil by a fa.r crop. Burning a large watermelon to ash -s would not be an easy job under any cir cumstances, but when it must be do te in a dish only holfing a small cupful, snd not a drop of jnice, not a single seed, nor a piece of rind must tie lost, t and not a particle of foreign matter must get into the ashes from any source, it becomes indeed quite an arduous matter. A fine, handsome, luscious watermelon Is a very tempting article when sliced wide open on a hot day in July, but md a particle of it was tasted. The juice was evaporated to a syrup, an l the syrup evaporated to a dryness and the residue burnt to ashes. The rinds were heated Until thoroughly dry. when they would take fire and burn like so much wood. The juice, pulp, rind and seeds were fir.ally reduced to ashes and the ashes thoroughly mixed. The melon selected weighe 1 25 1-4 pounds and was a handsome fellow of the Augusta or rattlesnake variety. I! was sold as having been r vised within 10 miles of Atlanta. The ashes obtained from this large watermelon would not Ttiiiko more than two good heaping table spoonsful. They weighed a little less than two oun> ,n s. Over lid pounds or the bulk of the watermelon consisted of the materials extracted from the air and soil water, it i-t uot necessary to repro duce the many figures and calculations. Only tlie lesson they teach will be brief ly stated; and, tor comparison, will be given the amounts of phosphoric add and potash taken from tlie soil by average crops of cotton and corn. A common yield of an acre in cotton is 200 pounds of lint cotton and 400 pounds of see i, or 600 pounds of seed cotton; 15 bushels of corn per acre is a frequent crop, and that of watermelons about half a car load. Upon such crops as a basis are the following figures cal culated. Supposing that tlie cotton, cctton seed, corn and melons only arc removed from the fhdds. and that the remaining p;;rts of the plants are plowed u Kier. 200 pounds of lint cotton and 400 pounds of seed carry away from an acre of land 4 1-4 pounds of phosphoric acid; 1' buslmls of corn 'carry away from an a, reo: land 6 pounds of phosphoric acid, and half a carload of watermelons car ry away from an acre of land 3 3-4 pounds of phosphoric acid. This shows that tho watermelon does not take axvav front the soil scarcely as much phosphoric acid as eitlier the cotton or the corn. But 200 pounds of lint cotton and 400 • pounds of seed carry away from an acre of land 6 pounds of potash. Fifteen bushels of corn carry away from an acre of land 3 1-2 pounds of potash. Half a car load of watermelons carry away from an acre of land 17 3-4 pounds of potash. This immense quantity of potash re z;l away by three crops of cotton and cot ton seed, or five crops of corn. If tho cotton seed were returned to the soil and only the lint sold, over 13 crops of lint cotton would be required to remove as much potash from the soil as the one cron of melons. 0CKLBY cotnrrr kutb. The nitrogen removed by the melon crop is not as large as might be Inferred. Tiie jnice contains about 1-50 of one per cent, the pnlp about 7-!)0 of one per cent, the rind about 12 50 of one percent, and the seed about l 1-4 per cent of nitrogen. The juice constitutes about one half of the melon and the seeds are a very small proportion. A crop of cotton and cotton seed may remove 20 poundB of nitrogen from an acre. A crop of corn may remove about 14 pounds, and a half car load of melons about as much as the corn. The great demand then upon the land la for potash. Some soils natnrally con tain much potash, clay soils being formed by the decomposition of feldspar or gran ite contain more or less potash, those clays being richest in available potash which have not been too thoroughly leached. Sandy soils are not rich in pot u h t an j when it is applied to them it is readily leached out by the rains. The sol l a Q f the upper half of the state should as a rule contain more potash than those 0 £ the lower half, as tbo clays of the lat ter portion have been subjected to more washing and transportation, and hence leaching, A common amount of fertilizer u«ad to an acre of ground in Georgia is 200 pounds. Fertilizers average 10 per cent available phosphoric acid and 2 per cent of potash, so this would be an application of 20 pounds of available phosphoric acM and four pound* of potash, or in other words over four times as much phos phoric acid is put back as the water melon takes off, yet it would take over four years of such fertilization to put back the potash taken away by the one single crop of melons. No wonder mel ons do not do well thus starved to death. As potash and available phosphoric acid cost about the same, chemical ma nuring can be done much more advan tageously and fully as cheaply by using more potash and less phosphoric acid. The potash should be used in tho form of sulphate of potasb and not as chloride or muriate of potash, as the watermelon prefers the former, as there was only a minute amount of chloride found in th' watermelon upon analysis, but a consid erable quantity of sulphates. The following is suggested ns a form ula tor a watermelon fertilizer, which will furnish a liberal amount of potash and other fertilizing material per acre: Arid phosphate... . .100 lbs. Fulphate of potash .. 50 lbs. Dried blood....... .. 35 lbs. Of courso a much larger quantity can be used per acre if the land is well pre pared and a large crop is desired. M. Georges Ville, the eminent agricultural chemist of France, states as a general projiosition: “Return to the soil by the aid of ma nure more calic phosphate, potash and lime than the crops have talon out of it: restore to the soil about 50 per cent oi the nitrogen of the crop.'* The acid phosphate in the above for mula furnishes ample cafic phosphate and lime. Cotton seed meal can be used in tin above formula in the place of blood, ll this is done, the quantity should be doubled, as cotton seed meal contains only a little over half the percentage of nitrogen found in blood. These investigations were undertaken in the hope that tt–y might be of some direct benefit to our people. If they should prove so, the time spent upon them, which was principally at night after office hours, will not lie regretted Dr. Payne adds these additional sug gestions to those who desire to raise very early melons, nitrate of soda furnish ing nitrogen in a more quickly available form th^n either llood or cottonseed meal, its use is desirable lor very early crops. The following will make a good proportion: Acid phosphate ..ion lbs. jyJied liVood P ° taSh .’ .. 50 11 is. .. 2-‘> lbs. Nitrate of soda .. Ill lbs. The following are the proportions per ton instead of per acre as above: Acid phosphate.... 1080 lbs. Sulphate blood........ of potash 270 540 lbs. lbs. Dried ilis. Nitrate of soda 110 One ton, or 2000 11»K. With acid phosphate containing 14 per cent available phosphoric acid, sul phate of potash containing 50 per cent available potash, dried blood containing nitrogen equivalent to 16 per cent of ammonia and nitrate of soda containing nitrogen equivalent to 18 per cent of am monia—tho percentage of available plant food in such goods would lie: Available phosphoric acid... 7.56 per cent mourn.................... J.l.ipercent. 7 The cost to the manufacturers of such goods would bo: 7.5rtx .80—I 6.05 for phosphoric acid. I 2.60 for mixing sacking,etc. Cost. S2T.64 oar ton. l^cgal^etpcrtitJtng All matter to lie printed under this headin ' must be piiid for in Advance, We most emphatically will not deviate from this rule If you dont lielieve what we say give us atrial. We cannot run the risk of collecting' SHERIFF’S SALES. IDA TA Y LOR 1 Libel for divorce in Schley V n -Superior Court Oct. ti-riu JOHN TAYLOR ) lwiil. To John Taylor Greet ing by order of the Judge of Superior court You are hereby required to he at the next Superior court to l>e htdd in and for said coun ty on the 2nd Monday in April 1MH to answer Plaintiffs Complaint in default thereof the court wll 1 proved us to Justice shall appertain. This January 3rd 18H4. J, M. Murray C, 8. C„ S. C. Georgia Schley County. Whereas J F Daniel. Adinr. on the Estate of Julius Daniel deceased, represented to the Court, that he has fully ad ministered the Estate of said deceased. This is tiicrefore to eito all persons concerned to show cause, if any they have’ why said Adm’r, rdiciild not be discharged and receive letiers of Dismission on the 1st, Monday April 1«H» T It Myers, Ordinarp. Georgia I To whom it may con Sculey t ouNTY I eerii, Z T Mott having in due form applied to the undersignd for letters of guardianship of the person and property of Katie C Mott. and Lucy A. Mott, minor children of 7. T Mott, Notice is hereby given that his application will lie heard at my office on 1st Monday in Fell. 1894 Given under my hand and official signa ture, this Dec. 16lh 1894 T B Myers. Ordinary S C Georgia Schley County-Will be sold before the Court House door in tlie city of Ellaville tuid enuuty, on the first Tuesday in March nexi between the legal hours of sate; the following property to wit; Lot of land No. 1,7 Lot No, 1,. North half of Lot No, 174, South hulf of Lot \o. 14H in all containing t>C0 acres more or less, and all being in the 0th fist said countv .in state,said being levied on to satisfy a tux ti L ssued by tho tax collector, said county, ns the property of A. T. Hurt. Levy made by I*. H .Smith. L. C. Tenants notified in terms of tin law. This Jau. 12th V894; William Allen, s'lcritt Also at the same time and place will be soil the following described property to wit: I OIL acres of land, more or P ss, being one half oi Lot No. 21 in the 20th Didt of Schley County Da; levied on as the property of O. A . ('oleiniu.f vgt.to satisfy his state and county taxes to he year 1S03- Levy made by P. H. 8mith L. t enaiits notified in terms of the law. Thi i Feb. 0th. Ibtt4. William Allen;Sherifi Georgia I To whom it may concern .Schley County 1 J. W. Snipes having n proper form appliet to me for Permanent Letters of Adicinistratioi on the Estate of J G Snipes late of said count; leceased. This is to Cite all mid singular thi creditors and next kin of JG Snipes to beam appear at. my oiiico on the first Monday in Apr. next and show cause, if any they can. why pe. uaneut Administration should not be grunted to J W Snipes on the Estate of J G Snipes de ceased. Witness my hand und Official signal ur* This5th, day of March 181)4- T. it Myeif Ord'v 8. C. Executors Sale. Agreeably to an order of the court oi Ordinary of Schley county, will b« sold t o the highest bidder, at the court nous door of said county, on the 1st Tuesday in april next within the legal hours oi sale the following property to.wit three acres of land off of lot no. 101: One acre ojf of lot no. 110 in the 29th. Dial, and light of way for mill race or ditch through the lands of J. M. Gay All in Schley county, also gin, feeder, c ndem er. rotten press, grist mill and apperti nances thereto. Sold : s the property o! Dupree Peacock late of said countv de ceased. Terms one half payable Oct. 1st and one half Dec. 1st. 1894. This March 5th.1894 B.T. Peacock and Z. T. Mott. Exrs BUCK LKN.8 A RNICA SAT.VF,. Tub Bust Aai.-k in the world for Cut*. Itruises. Sores, rulers, Hit It. Rheum. Fev fei 8<*res, Tetter, Chapped Hands, chilblain? Corns and all 5kin Eruptions, uurt positively extres Piles, ctv no way required. It Js guaratt eed t» gix’o perfect, satisfaction or money r» vud Prplce 25 cents t-ev lo. For sale b* Tt e ■ (Ter made iu this issue of a free tcholarehiu in the Georgia Alabama Bu - tunity >»• - ......- for son e of our young »* rz^r Dienes tn to secure an education in the best institu t j,, n 0 f its kind in the South. The prin ,. 0 ,.,!.^ stands at the head of their proles .».! tl.cr devlareJ >oe,lu rate some worthy boy or girl in every count y cannot fail to command tbc high est piiiise. C. B R. of Georgia. Montgomery – Eufaula Ry, AND Mobile – Girard r. r. h. k. C r mer-R. cs. Hayes. Receivers Savannah – western R. R. H. M*. Comer Sc R- J- Lowry. Receivers Tickets at reduced rates betweeu local points on sale after 6 pm. Satin day, goed returning till Monday noon* If you are going to New York, Boston, Philabelphia or Baltimore on business or pleasure you save Sleeping Car fares, and the expense of meals enroute by going via Central Ky, Savannah anvi thence by Steamers, and at the same time enjoy the benefits of an Ocean voy age. Tickets include meals and state-room. For full in formation write to or call on nearest ticket ag^nt or to. - Tlieo. d. Klme, Genl supt. W. f. shellman. Traffic Mgr. 7 . C. Haile, Genl Pasngr Agt. savannah, Ga, Jan. 80-94 H EALTI1 AN D S l’REN< !TH If you are not feeling strong and heal hy, try Electric Bitters. If "La Grippe ms left you weak and weary, U8€ Elec trie Bitters. This remedy ac's diiectly on Laver, stomach and Kidneys, gently aid e tho organs that pertorm their func tions if you arenffiicted with sick Head ache, you will find speedy and perinanani lief by taking Electric Bitttrs. On- tri al will convince you that this is the rem edy you need Large bottles only 00c, a' or. J. n. Cheney – Cos., l>ru store (MIL-1 -HOTEL Under New Management Lite Central Hotel, at Columbus Ga., b rasl becoming a great resort for the traveling public. This hotel has been thoroughly renovate .aside and out and put in first-class order, an the fare, as w 11 astheaccommoduttoi s, isal i hut could be insured. This hotel is contrail, nutted, lavge rooms, well ventilated and fur lislie-’in modern style. Polite and attentivi •wants. Too table supplied with all the di caeies of the season, making it a most popi -irresort for drummers and the travelin ul orlly saiiiia kutu X> 4 u t. 0 2 •*n f uoT%«»Sipui jo -ao jo j FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS. Mrs. Winslow’sSoolhing Syrup has been use I'm- over fifty years by millions of mothers fo’ their children while teething, with p-rfectsue cess, it soothes the uliihl, softens the gums.al lays all pain.curse wind eolie,snd is the bos' remedy tor Diarrhoea. It will relieve the pool little suffareriminetUat.-Ijr. Sold by Druggist* every part of the world; Twenty-fix e ce»' t W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. And other specialties for Gentlemen, Ladies, Boys and Misses arc tlio Best in the World. ■I Seo de-terlptlvn advertise. A which will ia r L. .j mrut appear j this paper. Take no Substitute, but Insist on having W. L. DOUGLAS’ SHOES, with s nama and prioe stamped so bottom, gold by LDDTltw siem-t, or «)»Udr#a vy • y.bofiA irx tic iOioulrl tsk< RROWK S iROS BIT'K ntlM. U ia jil-oMv' t« n»k«. m w. Malaria, ladt tvtw- 041,1 a-BtMna 4 ,mrcJ l ^trsricrM,( BAPTIST Preaching every fir* 811 . 1 , 1 * 5 - , nrl Sm . unlay beforo, Itev. D r . 1VI at nr. Sunday school each Sabbat 1 * ** I ]>■ ir>. Dr. W. D. Senti Sap* Prayer meeting; ev. rv Tcoatlav bi^ht, Mite Society holds its meet inns ^ first Saturdsiy niternoou *" *'* M 'h iiioini,. Mrs, H.T. Arrington. Pita,i. R' F* METHODIST:—KLLAVlLLK, Williamson Past or. PreachInt; 2 nd. am! 4 th Stmd *•>•* ih each month, at V) a. m. und 7 1 f> v M . . Prayer meeting every W,,] llt ,,| Sy night. Sunday School each Sunday at it) A M Dv. . H. Smith. SuperiuD ndent. The Childrens Juveni-e Minimi ar> So ciety Anna Muse," meets a; tlievhureh the 2nd. Sunday at 8, p m y,i vv Myers, Lau.y , Manager. Woman’s Missionary Society niee.s i n the churcl - «n 3rd. Sunday at V. a Mrs . 0 H SUtHM , President. Tlie ladies Union prayer meeting mertu at Dr. . H. Smitlrsevery VedaeMiavaf ternoon at 8 o’clock. xyi tile liioeifix/ of the town are invited. Andrew ch.vpki.. Preaching 1st. Sunday m each up-ntb, at 11 a. M. Also Saturday before ar 1 a. a. Sunday School each sabbv.tb it « r. « G D Hays, Siipt. IIOPEWKLl Preaching 3rd. Sunday in each c.enth at 11. A. M. and Saturday bet nr d 11 a, M. Sunday School at 8 . p. ii.;— Superintendent. TOWN. Mayor...... .. T. A. Collins, Couucilraeu ........W'. O. '■ it n'v ......H. S, LIm, i y, ......H. S. Munto. .... Arthur Hill, .......O. L. Foucock. Recorder....... .......A. A A vein ton. Mai shell........ ........J. V. Hu Non. Treasure..... ....... Claud Dixon. Ccuncil meets first Monday night iu month. UoUntY. -*■ Ordinary........ ..... T it Myers. clerk i-upr. Court....... J. M, Murray Sheriff.................. t\ itlhm xV leu Jni er................... i 3 , < i ajrler Tax Collector....... ......C. 11. Wall. Tux Receiver...... .. ... 1>. W. Rainey. Treasurer...... .... P. F. idxoti. Surveyor,..... ... IS. S. Baldwin. County School Coiuinis’r . .. .), ;>i- ( oiomj. Coi-oner, G. W. Marshall Superior Court ——Com ones the second Monday in April and October. \V. H. Fish, Juiltre. ... L. liud--u Sol.Gen eral. Ordinary’s Court. First Monday in every month. County Commissioners........ W. 1). Murray ............................\ . U l omic-t ............................ .1, V. Bridges. ............................ A, M. Caskey .... :....................... G. T- Walker. Court first Tuesday in each quarter. MASONIC. Washington Lodge No. lion will hold its com munications on Thursday ufternoon.o’ clock P. M. before the lull uk. or. in each mouth. W. 1), Murray. W. M ^uSiNes.'i GEORGIA CQLLEae;^ . r^mk C ^ (tb. __' ■ r Ifyjf'gjj II II MBS8 .ills M lill * 1 ■ !" ». m ft m IN T rr ilUtUCiOl THE OUL FOUR COMP.ETE DEPARTMENTS. Declared by the Chicago Trade Jotmid 1 * toeiip.v tin? smne relative position ttxitne i . .■omnlina llusiiiess Colleges ns the Great > versify of Chicago to the primary si lie land." This institution assists its gruduutf.s not ion and positively guarantees ,,n q, r lu-in u more thorough training' than un.t " ■ol!i g-e, but to sin e them time sodium - (oirigso. Write for particulars to WYATT – SfAHTlN Macon, bn
