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THE X RAYS.
Ttere peetns to be no linoifc to this
X ray business, and unbke a good
mauv fads, this oue promises to be
most useful. Fresh discoveries in
Enslmd are daily announced in the
field first opened by Professorßoent
gen. That there is a possibility of
enabling the human eye to see with
ease concealed objects was demon-j
strated on Thursday at Kings*;c ,1
leoe, London. One <f the expert-1
menters there says: “Without the!
aid of photography, by the mean? if 1
a simple fi mrescent scre<n aud a
suitable leu/,' I could easily see all
the boues in my hand and wrist clear
ly aud sharply defined and the action
of the j 'ints. M-tallic objects w ( rej
readily seeu through a solid block of
wood two and a half inches thick,
such a? is u;>cd in paving streets. A
sixpence shut up between the page?
of Bradshaw WU3 clearly visible.
These results weie produced by tile
aid of anew vacuum tube designed
and made in the college. The re
sults can be readily seeu either by
daylight or gas light, no darkening
of the room being neeessarv.” An
other Loudon investigator, Mr. <L G.
Vine, announces says The New York j
Sun, that h has been able to photo
graph at one end of a wire object,
exposed between two vacuum tube*
at the other end of the wire, and de
dares that he will soon be, alls to
photograph objec r s at auy T distauce
by wire. He described the process
to me to day, but forbade making
public tbe details until the experi
ments are complete.—Ex-
“I have never had a day’s sickness
in my life,” said a middle-aged man
the other day.
“Whut a comfort it would be,’ sighs
some poor invalid,'“to be in his place
for a year or two.” Yet half the in
valids we see might be just as healthy
as he, if they would only take proper
care of themselves, eat proper food
—and digest it.
It’s so strange that such simple
tnings are over looked by those who
want health.
Food makes health.
It makes strength—and strength
wards off sickness. The man who
had never been sick was stroDg be
cause be always digested his food,
and you could become the same by
helping vour stomach to work as well
as his.
It will make you strong and heal
thy by making the food you eat make
you fat.
Druggists sell it. Trial bottle 10c.
CHARACTER IN HAJR.
Dark-brown locks are always loyal
Women with rich, daik-rtd hai r
are amiable and sweet,
Women with pale blonde hair of
the colorless, ashy niiid are impulsive
and loving.
Black hair denotes a high-strung,
tempestuous nature, full of senti
ment.
Women with fine light-red hair
can do anything well that they at
tempt, but are inclined to be nervous
and sensitive.
Women with fine brown hair, with
a tinge of gold in it, usually have
fits of despondency, but cheerfulness
predominates in such a tempeiamenr.
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rt i._ rrirkiic In its stages completely eradicated
byS.S.S. Obstinate sores and ulcers
0| n J yield to its healing powers. It removes
* OIULHi the poison and builds up the system.
Tp>„ • _„ M A valuable Treatise on “The Disease and Its
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THE ANIMATED STONES.
Now that the Curious and eccentric
‘jumping bem” ha? had its ruu its
‘ > ill nexi be in order tor smueoce t <
■ t ake an expeelition into the des it
region of Southwest Nevada and col
lect a car load of “animated ' or mov
ing stone?,, long since acknowledged
s being the greatest. geol gic-il <-u
ri sides in the world Tuev are de
crihed as being almost p ifectlv
round, t e majority ot Uinu as large
as a aalnut and ot thecdor, tt xruie
laud harduess of nodules of kidmj
iron ore. When Ji-tributed about
the fl ior, table or other level surface
and within two or three feet, ot each
• tner they immediately begiu moving
! towards a common c<-u er and u ver
'cease their curious iraveling opera
tion? until all gather around tbo lar
gest etone aud lie huddled togethei
Ike eggs in a nest. On the dea r
of Nrvada they are found most fre
quently in that pmtiou that is com
paratively level, tile surface being
otnposed <f bare, stratified roett.
■scattered over tliis barren and rocky
region are numerous little basins,
from a few inches to a rod or two iu
d.ttmater, aud in tnese the “animated
stones” are usually found. Tuestones
hemstlves average about as noted
above, but they are found iu all sizes,
from that of a bird shot up ;o G or 7
luebes iu diameter. Tbe cause ot
ike peculiar animated actions of
ibese stones is doubtless to be touud
in the material of which they are
composed,, which appear to be “lode
stone,’ or manestic iron ore.
In the Australian desert eim lir
tie. logical oddities are found. Tbeie
they are called “traveling stones. ’
W. J. Pierce, R public, la., says
“I have used One MiuuteCough C-ire
in my family and for myself, with re
sults so entirely satisfactory that] I
can hardly fiud words to express my
self as to its merit. I will never
fail to recommend it to other-, on
every occasion that presents itself.’
Dr. W. A. Wright.
THE IDEAL MAN.
Tbe ideal is a married maD, of
coarse, and be gives all bis salary to
bis wife. He belongs ti do lodge,
club or building association to keep
him out late at night - He carries no
latchkey.
He permits his wife to run the
house after her t.wa fashiou, and he
makes his trusted confidant ou all
occasions.
He neither smokes, chew?, drins,
swears, nor scolds, and he always
takes care of tbe babies when his
poor wife is neivous and tired, and
especially when she goes to her club
meeting.
He never grumbles or gets aDgry
when his wife orders him to do any
thing around the house—no matter
what it is.
He does not live in this ueigbor
bood, however; he dwells only—
in the imagination.
“Orange’’ Bloseom removes all ob
structions and creates a healthy na
tural flew of ail s.cretions. Sold by
J. H Blackburn.
MR. NESBITT’S
MONTHLY TALK
The Commissioner’s Letter to
the Farmers of Georgia.
IMPORTANT MATTERS DISCUSSED.
Fannprs Again Warned Against Foolishly
Increasing the Cotton Area, M lilch tha
Majority Now Determined to l)o.
The Man Who Succeeds this Year Will
lie the Man Who riant* Provision Crop*
and Midi ail Area In t otton as He Can
Prepare and Manure and Cultivate
Thoroughly.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Ga, March 1, 1896.
The farmers have been the recipients
of so much gratuitous advice oti the cot
ton area, question, that we ajmost hesi
tate to add another to the many warn
ings, which have been thundered into
apparently deaf ears. All the indica
tions point to an increased cotton area,
and notwithstanding the fact that every
argument has been exhausted to deter
them from this folly, the majority of
farmers seem determined to commit
themselves irrevocably to the conse
quences of an overwhelming cotton
crop. It is perhaps too late to change
the determination of the large body of
farmers, that, we have already endeav
ored to accomplish by every means in
our power, but we still feel it our duty
to urge the safe and more conservative
course. If only a few men are in
fluenced to choose the wiser plan, to
them at least disappointment and disas
ter will he averted. If is immaterial
what our neighbor does; it is, in a large
measure, immaterial to us, individually,
whether the cotton area be large or
small. Let us narrow this question
down to the boundaries of our own
farms, and there let us decide it. We
may set it down as a fact that the man
who succeeds this year is he who, re
gardless of outside influences, calmly
makes up his mind to plant pro
vision crops, ample for all possible
needs, and then as much cotton as ho
can afford to manure highly and cul
tivate thoroughly. In any event he is
secure. Short or large crop, high or
low price, he stands the first, chance to
win, and if the details of preparation,
fertilization and cultivation are so man
aged that he gets the largest yield from
the smallest area, he has mastered the
secret of successful cotton production.
It would seem that to the practical man
this would be so plain as to need no
demonstration. We can only stand
amazed, that, even the present price of
cotton can tempt those who have suffered
from the same mistake in the past, to
again plunge themselves into this sea of
agricultural and financial troubles. It
will be too late after this month is
passed to alter our decision. After this
we must follow out our policy, whatever
that may be, to the end. It is to be
hoped that some, if only a few, who are
now hesitating on the brink of uncer
tainty, may turn back to the safer
ground of more carefully considered and
successful business methods. A bale of
cotton and 60 bushels of corn to the acre
can be produced with less labor and
more profit than the usual one-third of
a bale and Bor 10 bushels of corn. These
higher results are in the reach of most
southern farmers, and the system which
brings them about means emancipation
from debt, and a return of the pros
perity to which we have been so long
strangers. The footh< >ld which the fann
ers have gained in the past few years is
due in large measure to a fuller under
standing and a more general adoption
of these principles, and it is to be re
gretted that there is a disposition to de
sert a well proven and assured certainty
for a mere probability, however tempt
ing. Iu the inquiry columns will be
found a reply to a Question which cov
ers this whole grmnd. Indeed, the in
quiries this rn< nfc'i cover such a wide
scope that there is little left to add in
the way of advice beyond the caution to
make the cultivation of our standard
crops as shallow as is consistent with
the controlling of all foreign growth.
R. T. Nesbitt.
THE COTTON PROBLEM.
A Pertinent Inquiry Touche* the Very Root
of the Question —Commissioner** Answer.
Question - . —Please tell me why, if I
have land, the stock and the supplies, I
would run any risk in putting every
possible acre in cotton, after I have
made provision for ample supplies for
home consumption ? I see a great deal
of talk about reducing the cotton area,
and I can understand that if a man has
to buy supplies, or to curtail his pro
vision crops in order to put in a big cot
ton crop, he is working on a wrong ba
sis, but when he takes neither of these
risks I don’t see how he would make a
mistake in crowding in every acre pos
sible in cotton.
Answer. —Your question touches at '
the very root of this cotton problem. If
a man has taken tho precautions you
mention, he has a right to put in every
acre of cotton which he can properly
cultivate. But just here is the diffi
culty. There are hundreds and thou
sands of acres of land devoted to cotton
each year, which do not pay the cost of
production, and in proportion as the
bales made on these acres go to swell
the general crop and thus reduce the
average price, they, to that extent, in
crease tho burden which their cultiva
tion imposes. In the spring, the season
of hope, the farmer is too apt to over
estimate his own ability and the fertil
ity of his land, and when too late, lie
finds himself over-cropped and commit
ted to the cultivation of acres which
had far better have been left idle, or
put in some renovating crop. Land
which, with the aid of commercial fer
tilizers, will produce only six or eight
bushels of corn, and less than a half
bale of cotton to the acre, will not pay ,
at present prices, or even if prices rule
higher. Some time ago we published
the results of certain experiments, show
ing that in proportion as the yield to
each acre was increased, the cost
was reduced, and consequently the
profit that much augmented. In
the contest for the prize acre of
corn, tho premium offered by the At
lanta Constitution was awarded to the
man who produced 176>£ bushels on one
acre at a cost of $9.70. The average
yield in Georgia is 11 bushels per acre,
and the average cost is about $5.00.
The conclusion is obvious. If the addi
tional $4.70, which is the differorxse be
tween $0.70 and $5.00, produced such a
vast increase, surely it was a good in
vestment. But in nil probability this
did not represent the entire investment.
No doubt the laud had been brought
into a receptive condition by a system
of gradual improvement and deep plow
ing. which enabled it to respond to the
heavy application of fertilizers. If wo
select our land carefully, prepare it
deeply and thoroughly aud rotate our
crops, using the legumes as renovators,
we may by the application of all the
farm yard manure we are able to make
and the use of potash and phosphates
in combination with the leguminous
crops, gradually bring these lands i
the point of profitable production. We
certainly do not advise that a man plant
his land indiscriminately in cotton sim
ply b'cause he happens to have the sup
plies and a surplus of well worn ai l
overworked acres. Put some of trie
land you intended for cotton iu peas,
planting them in May.
Destroy lug Wild Oniom*.
Question 14.—How can I get rid of
tin* wild onions which infest my pas
ture and ruin the butter and milk? I
have this troublo every spring.
Answer 14.—This inquiry comes up
with unerring regularity every spring
and we understand from experience the
annoyance of having to throw in the
slops gallons of milk, ruined by the
flavor of the onions which the cows
have eaten. Those plants are among
the first to appear when the spring
weather begins to encourage vegetation
and for this reason, as well us from the
| fact that cattle are fond of thorn, milk
I cows should not be turned into a pas
| ture in which thoy have gained a footing
The cows, so long deprived of tender
green food, will eagerly seek out the
onions and devour them. The only
j plan we know of is to plant some crop
:of superior growth, such as cowpeas or
crimson clover, which has a tendency
to supercede the onion growth and to cut
this crop before the “buttons" on top
of the onions have time to form. By this
plan we accomplish a twofold purpose.
The onions are prevented from forming
additional roots, and the “buttons” can
not mature to bo scattered for another
crop. If a cultivated crop is planted,
this will also tend to destroy the onions,
the roots being plowed up during the
course of cultivation, but the process of
eradication is necessarily a slow one.
If either of the above plans (or both,
because a cultivated crop may come af
ter the German clover), is adopted, we
must not expect to be at once success
ful. Where the onions have taken pos
session of the land, it may be some time
before their destruction is entirely ac
complished.—State Agricultural De
partment.
German or Crimson Clover.
Question 13.—Can German clover be
sown in the spring, and is it a good
crop to turn under for improving the
land? llow much seed to the acre?
Answer 13. —German clover is not
adapted for spring sowing. Tho best
time to sow is from the latter part of
August until October, though it may
be sown still later. Tho amount of seed
per acre should be about 15 to 20 pounds,
according to the fertility of the soil.
With the exception of the field pea, there
is no crop, which at the south, may bo
made of greater service in improving
the soil and its culture does not inter
fere with the growth of summer crops
on the same land. Unlike other clover
it is an annual and after perfecting its
seed in the spring, dies down. If tho
growth is good and care is taken to
cease pasturing and cutting soon enough
in the season, say about March 1, the
seeds will mature and if not gathered,
but allowed to fall on the land, a crop
of late corn may be planted and culti
vated, and when this is taken off tho
clover will spring up and the plants
again cover the land. —State Agricul
tural Department. •
Fertilizer For Cotton.
Question 20. —I have made a mixture
of three-fourths cottonseed meal, and
one fourth kainit. Is it a complete fer
tilizer, and is it a good mixture for cot
ton ?
Answer 20. —Tho fertilizer that you
have made, lacks a most Important in- j
gredient, and until that is added, it is
not by any means a complete fertilizer.
The nitrogen of the meal will give
I growth to the stalk and foliage of the
plant the kainit will give strength and
vigor to the stalk, and tends to lessen
the liability to rust, but to make the
plants fruit well, you must have phos
phoric acid in addition to the other two
ingredients. With tho addition of the
acid you will have a complete fertilizer,
without it you will grow a vigorous,
but poorly fruited cotton plant. I
would recommend a mixturo of 1,000
pounds of acid phosphate, 600 pounds
of cottonseed meal, and 600 pounds of
kainit.—State Agricultural Department.
German Clover Hay a. Stock lon !,
Question 17.—1 have heard that the
German clover hay is dangerous as a
food for stock. I would like to bo in
formed on this point and would also ask
■when is the proper time for cutting and
curing it ?
Answer 17.—The hay should be cut
before the seed begins to form. If left
later than this and the seed is allowed
to ripen, the beard of chaff may cause
trouble. German clover hay is now
used in large quantities and with suc
cess as a food f’oi both horses and cows.
It is, however, a safe rule to give a
mixed ration, combining tho clover
with either hay or fodder. It will
then be harmless, even if it was cut
when too ripe.—State Agricultural De
partment
Straws show which way the wind blows
Watch
them —and be
convinced.
/ When you see all sorts of
/ washing powders pat
when you see it imita
ted in appearance, in name,
in everything except merit;
oil find three persons using Pear line
i two used it a year ago ; when you
t as a household word with the best
keepers; .when you find its former
mies now its staunchest friends; —then
u may know the wind is taking you
ong toward Pear line.
Why not go with it? You are losing
■ trying to head the other way; mon
abor, and time and patience. Go with
—use Pear line —and you stop losing,
nto gain. Millions realize that there
to gain and nothing to lose —
ya a • Peddlers and some grocers will tell you, “this is as good as” ot
K I OYAZI nO* “ the same as Pear'.ine.” 1 T’S IA LSE—but what a puff for I’earline.
* VV JAMES PYLE, New York.
GREASE HEEL.
A Cure For This UlMeuso Given by til*
CominiMiloiiur of Agriculture.
Question 6. I have a 4-year-old
mare, which is suffering with what I
am told is grease heel. Her forelegs,
from her knees to her hoofs, are swol
len and hard, and her ankles are swol
len. Above and between the' ankles
it is cracked. I have washed her legs
every morning with warm salt water
and wiped dry. I have tried blue
vitriol, sulphur and lard, and various
liniments, but she gets no better. Gan
you tell me what to do?
Answer s.—Keep the animal in a
clean, dry stall. Avoid wetting tho
sores or cracks, therefore do not wash
them with water. Four or five times
daily apply liberally to the sores a lini
ment composed of one part of liquid
suboeetate of lead to three parts of ol
ive oil. Prersevero in this treatment
and I have no doubt you will euro the
animal, unless tho sores or cracks are
deeper than your description would in
dicate. In that case you will need tho
services of a veterinary surgeon. After
the sores have been healed, bandaging
and proper exercises will reduce the
swelling.—State Agricultural Depart
ment.
Oats Sown In Aliircli.
Question 15. Will oats succeed if
sown in March? If so, how shall I pre
pan! for them and what fertilizer shall
, I use? Also advise mo how deep to
I cover the seed and whether this should
be done with the harrow or ordinary
plow ? What variety of seed is best ?
Answer 16. —The successful sowing
of oats this late in the season, depends
on tho latitude, the fertility of tho
land and the amount and kind of
fertilizer used. In tho northern jwirt
of the state it may be tried with a ma
jority of chances in favor of its proba
ble success, in the more southern por
tions wo would not advise the experi
ment. All spring sown oats must run
tho risk of injury from two enemies,
drouth and rust. To fortify against the
first, prepare deeply and thoroughly, and
to escape injury from tho second supply
plenty of plant food, that the crop may
develop rapidly and mature before tlioir
can be any serious damage. It should
be kept in mind that tho lato sowing
has only half as much time as the fall
crop in which to attain its growth and
perfect seed. Conditions for rapid de
velopment should therefore bo made as
favorable as possible. For this purpose
tho “Ninty Day, or Bnrt Oat,” has su
perior advantages on account of its
quick maturity and comparative free
dom from rust. The seeding should be
heavy. If the land has been well pro- 1
pared, harrow them in and then harrow
in the fertilizer, which should he rich
in nitrogen. Any complete fertilizer
will answer, however, and the extra ni
trogen can bo supplied later by a top
dressing of nitrate of soda. Cottonseed,
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which is considered such a splondid fer
tilizer for fall oats, is not so valuable
for spring sowing because the need is
for something more quickly available.
Cottonseed meal is better. Use this
with phosphoric acid and potash iu
about the following proportions: Muri
ate of potash, 1 part; phosphoric acid,
4 parts, and cottonseed meal, 6 parts.
Mix thoroughly and apply to each acre
as much as you can afford. When the
plants are well up and begin to show
green all over the field apply from 50 to
100 pounds nitrate of soda, never more
•than tho latter quantity, as a top dressing
being careful to put it on when the
leaves are dry or it will scorch them.
A good time is just before-a rain or
after iv rain, when the ground is still
damp, hut. the plants dry.—State Agri
cultural Department.
Tlic < astor lli-uii In Georgia.
Question 21. —I am thinking of plant
ing some castor beans in the neighbor
hood of lioine. I am told that if I
raise them there will be a buyer hero to
purchase them. Will they grow in this
section, and how should I plant and
prepare them for market?
Answer 21.—1 see no good reason
why the castor bean should not be
grown successfully in your section. The
chief objection would be tho want
of a market, and if yon liavo that
assured, there should be, I think, some
profit in the business. Tho castor beau
requires a good loamy soil, deeply
and thoroughly prepared, and should
be planted in rows 4>£ to 5 feet wide,
and 4to 4)d foot apart in the rows. It
is best to plant throe or four seed to the
hill, to insure a stand, as the cut worms
are some times troublesome. As soon
as the plants are well started, take out
all but one to tho hill. Cultivate as you
would corn, keeping down nil grass aud
weeds. The largo variety grow in the
West Indies, is tho best seed, and pref
erable to the small lightcolored beans
grown in some parts of the west. The
seeds will begin to ripen in August, and
continue to do so until frost kills
tho plants. When tho pods on the
spikes begin to crack, they should be
cut and spread in the sun to dry in
the place previously prepared. Thlg
should he cither a spot of hard, clean
ground, or a scaffold. Thoy should
ho spread thinly in order to dry
well. There wiU be several gath
erings of tho crop, us the pods mature
and ripen. In sunny weather, two to
three days will dry the pods sufficiently
for tho leaves to shell out. When all
tho beans are out of the pods, tho latter
ore raked off and the leaves gathered
and cleaned by a fanning mill, or seed
cleaner. Thoy are then spread in a cool,
dry place to become thoroughly dry. It
is best to turn them occasionally during
tho drying process. Tho yield should
be from 25 to 40 bushels per acre.—
State Agricultural Department.
b\f\ COM- GEORGIA.