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HIS MONTHLY TALK WITH THE
GEORGIA FARMERS
Oa Sub j acts of General Interest Per
taining to the Farm and
Garden--Good Advice.
The Wea'her and the Crops.
Agricultural Department,
State of Georgia,
Atlanta, Ga., May 1, 1803.
Up to the middle of April the weather 1
throughout the state was unusually j
warm, and was exceptionally favor
able for the preparation, planting and
germination of our staple crops, but
since thou the long continued dry
weather has seriously threatened the
oat crop, and although an opportune
rain averted ibis danger, it was suc
ceeded by st. h high and parching winds
that the ben .fit to other planted crops
was in a great measure lost. The rain
fall for the month has been very light
over the entire state, except in a few
counties, and in some localities the rains
followed by the heavy winds have pro
duced such conditions that tho
COTTON
seed, more especially', have failed to
germinate, and the •‘stands” will con
tinue imperfect until the weather and
soil conditions are more favorable.
Where the lands have a fair percentage
of vegetable matter, thereby preventing
compacting of the soil, and allowing a
free passege of the moisture from below
and a.r from the atmosphere above, the
“stands” are good, but in many locali
ties a seasonable ruin will be necessary
before we Sf a the continuous lines, liko
green ribbo is, stretching across the
fields. Every farmer realizes how im
portant it i. to
GET A GOOD ST A '
at the start, the cultivation is so much
easier, and the prospect in every way to
much more encouraging. In localities
where the sol. has become compacted or
a heavy crust has formed by the con
tinued and high winds following tho
rain. I would advise harrowing as the
most effective and satisfactory way’ to
secure the speedy appearance of the lit
tle plants, and at the same time exterm
inate any foreign growth which may
have presented itself. This plan insure i
"the destruction of thefirst crop of weeds
and grass and leaves the seed bed in ex
cellent condition to appropriate favor
'able atmospheric conditions. It is most
important that
W l DURING A DROUGHT
our Tafcds should be kept free of all
crusts or clods. Some farmers when the
SAmnd becomes hard, will put off plow
ing It untfl a rain falls. The time to
get ritjftjf . this crust is at once; go at it
with any implement yon liiay. have at
hand, which you can use ad
vantage, but tW) harrow Wußfejrr..-d,
Lb-OflflisrMt enables the
thoroughly i.iarge area in a compara
tively short time. The man who defers
this work under tho impression that a
few days’ delay can do no very great
harm, deceives himself, and if there
should be a protracted drought irrepar
able injury to the crops must result,
with consequent disappointment and
hardship to the farmer. Often during
a drought the seeds germinate, but from
absence of moisture haven’t the ability
to forue themselves through the soil, ft
is just at this critical period that the
farmer’s judgment aud energy must
must join hands and give the help so
much needed. In those sections of the
state where the cotton is will started
the
CULTIVATION
is progressing most favorably. In
localities where there is only a partial
stand owing to the dry weather, I would
advise the use of a small scooter with
I the left wing of a scrape attached; the
right wing can be turned up and act as
a mould board to protect the yonng
plants from dirt or clods falling on
them, llun the scooter near the plants,
allowing some dirt to fall on any seed
which may have been left uncovered ;
the wings breaks the middles, destroy
ing any weed growth that may haw
appeared and renders the subsequent
cultivation lighter and more easily’ ac
complished. A rake or light-running
cultivator will answer the same pur
pose. It should be the aim of every
farmer to keep his land not only free
of weeds, bet in the most perfect title
possible, thus giving its absorptive pow
ers full play’, and enabling the roots to
perform their full duty. It is in pro
portion as the little rootlets have a nice,
mellow, thoroughly broken soil, in
which to seek for the elements of plant
life, that the plant develops. When these
rootlets, the mouths of our plants, are
checked in sheir search for food, in just
snch proportion the growing plants
must suffer and their full ability be re
tarded or permanently destroyed. Ap
preciating these facts, how important
are soil conditions, and we can only pro
duce them by deep and thorough prepa
ration, and subsequent rapid aud intelli
gent cultivation.
CORN.
The stand of corn throughout the
6tate is an exceptionally fine one, and
although, in the northern part of the
state, a little injured by the cold, and
also by the bud worm, it is rallying, and
the prospect is an encouraging one. In
a quickly maturing crop, like corn, it i*
important that not one moment be lost
in intelligent cultivation. We havf
just jfo much time to do tnis work in
and any del .v i.s a risk. Air and moist
ure are absolutely essential to the life
and development of the plant, and every
means should be used to render these
natural conditions as effective as possi
ble. While the preparation and plant
ing of any crop is generally considered
about one half the actual work neces
sary to lie done, there are so many c n
tingencies. so many instances where the
nicest, judgment is required in order to
determine just the right policy to pur
sue, that tiie latter half is perhaps the
most critical, although where the prep
aration has been deep and thorough
there is less cause for apprehending dis
aster. Where this has been done the
CULTIVATION
should be on some plan that
will enable us to pass over tho
crop rapidly, simply breaking the
surface. I have found, in sandy’ land,
that a cultivator with the wing
! set so as only to break the surface soil,
is all that is needed. On red, stiff lands,
if the land has been compacted, “side”
with a small scooter, using the wing of
a scrape for the middles as directed for
cotton —the scooter to break the land
next the young corn, the scrape to clear
McDonough, ga., Friday, june 2, tsoa.
out tho middles. Another very good
plan on stiff land planted in corn is to
side with a long scooter and put ashovel
furrow in the middles. From this go to
the cotton, finishing that return to the
corn with a larger scooter, running
partly in the siding furrow so as to
1 reak the ridge between the small
sc otor furrow and that made in the
middle by tho shovel. If you can spare
tiie time right here, break the middles
thoroughly with four-inch scooters. On
lighter soils this plan will not bo neces
sary, but on red, stiff lands you will be
delighted with its effects on the growth
and development of tho y’oung plants,
»nd should a drought occur, your crop
will bo in condition to withstand its
effects. Every moment should be in
telligently and energetically utilized
now. Let us devote more time and
care to
l- ooD CROPS.
The millets, peas, gronndnoas (Span
ish) can be put on spare land. Let us
also see to i! that a larger acreage in
POTATOES
is put in. This crop is so easily culti
vated, so quickly made aud under ordi
narily favorable conditions, yields so
abundantly that it is a matter tor sur
prise that our farmers do not pay more
attention to its value. Of course when
a full crop is made tiie price in tiie fall
rules low, and just at that time tho
picking and homing of the cotton crop
requires so much attention, that the
necessary care in gathering and handling
the po atoes is often neglected. The
farmer feels that lie cannot spare the
time from the all important cotton, al
though the potatoes, if carefully gath
ered and protected, will yield a better
per cent on the labor and money invest
ed than the same in cotton. It is be
cause they possess to little money at the
time of gathering, that they are neg
lected and hundreds of bushels are lost
yearly from imperfect protection and
careless methods of housing. Make
them and save them properly, leaving
the smaller ones in the fields for the
hogs, and in the spring put them on the
market when the command a good price.
There is scarcely a farmer who, by pay
ing attention to these smaller crops,
could not command good prices for
them at a season when cash is so much
needed mid so hard to obtain. Or they
could he exchanged at remunerative
figures for sugar, coffee and such needed
articles ns we cannot produce at home.
This question of an abundance of home
supplies is one of such importance that
we cannot afford to pass over itindiffer-
Aiitly. And the opportunity of puttin
in these crops once gone, cannot be re
claimed until another year rolls around
In most occupations mistakes can bt
corrected and sometimes their effects,
eliminated, the injury sustained being
overcome by niaturer judgment, but in
farming the fact that ‘ time and tide
waits for no man’' is a peculiar force,
and the proper time for doitig certain
things being suffered to pass by, the loss
can never b remedied, at least in that
crop, and tl. year’s work, with all its
attendant e.\ lenses and worries, ends in
ignominious failure.
The best.
' ” v Till; tTWPiit ViITAViTTri
is well rotted stable manure, but if com
mercial fertilizers are used, one contain
ing a large per cent of acid phosphate
and some potash i., the best form in
which to apply it. Have the land
thoroughlr and deeply broken, put in
the manure aud bed out long enough
for the land to “settle” befere the slips
are put in. Don’t wait for a rain, b' ’
in the afternoon set out the plants by
opening a ole with a pointed stick,
putting in a little water, then the plant,
pressing the wot dirt to the root end
and drawing tho dry earth around
the top.
DON’T NEGLECT THE GARDENS.
Nothing adds so much to the comfort
and happiness, of village or rural life,
nothing so conduces to health and con
tent as a well kept garden. And from
an economic standpoint no part of the
farm pays so well. Keep the ground in
fine tilth, and continue to put out a
supply of all the favorite vegetables. Try
a May crop of Irish potatoes. Prepare
and plant as for the early spring crop.
If the planting for a later crop is put off
until summer it is usually harder to ob
tain a stand, on account of the hot, dry
weather. Potatoes planted in May are
said to have better keeping qualities
than those planted earlier. If there are
WORMS IN TIIE CABHAOE
scatter a little insect powder over them.
It is death to all insect life and is harm
less to man. A small outlay in this, put
on in time, will save your cabbages, not
only from worms but from the ravages
of the fly. Another good plan is to mix
together one ounce of paris green and
four ounces of flour, put in a small tin
box with muslin tied over the end and
sprinkle the plant while the dew is on.
Finely powered tobacco is also good, and
at the same time is a fertilizer.
FOR THE BARK LOUSE
on fruit trees or shrubbery, cut up fine
one-lialf pound of turpentine soap, mix
with two gallons of kerosene and beat
until perfectly smooth, to this mixture
add 15 gallons of water and spray the
affected trees. This is not an expensive
or troublesome preparation, and the re
sults of its use are most beneficial. The
large increase in the use of
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS
would, under ordinary circumstances,
indicate a large increase in the
COTTON ACREAGE,
but from our numerous reliable corre
spondents, covering nearly every militia
district in the state, we get a most com
prehensive view of the situation, and
from these lam convinced t.iat the in
crease in acreage is
NOT SO GREAT
as has been supposed. In very many of
the genuine cotton counties an actual
loss has occurred, so much more land
having been devoted to food crops.
These crops, including all the small
grains, corn, millets, ground peas, etc.,
have been largely increased, and on them
has been applied much of the large
amount of commercial fertilers which
have been used. Many farmers last
year, owing to tho low price of cotton,
reduced their bills for fertilizers, and in
some cases abandoned tin-iruse entirely,
but the plan was so unsatisfactory anu
so nnreinnnerative that they have this
season gone on the other extreme per
haps and applied fertilizers more heavi
ly to all their growing crops. To what
extent this can be done with profit re
mains an undetermined question, 8 1
much depending on the previous prepa
ration. the charater of the seasons and
the intelligent and skillful cultivation.
Of one fact our people may rest assured,
and it affords me genuine satisfaction to
publish it to them and to the world, nu.
farmers are fast arriving at the conclu
sion that their salvation and that of the
country at large, lies in tho abandon
ment of u-
THK OLD COTTON PO. medit o.
which seeks to produco on cv? su l’l,’ oil
with which to buy ull farm j u yilies.
Bitter experience has taught tiiein that
a farm policy which is not self-sustain
ing, is a mistaken and ruinous one, and
they have wisely decided on a crop
division this year, which, with favor-,
able seasons, means independence for
them, and more food in Georgia for tho
support of man and beast than we
have had for years. These evidences of
a better and more intelligent system of
farm economy nre apparent to even the
casual observer, and to one who,watch
ing closely the goueral drift of our agri
culture, the improvement is most
marked. An investigation of this sub
ject proves that in proportion as tho in
terest in home supplies is lessened, just
so much is the attraction for home and
home surroundings relaxed, and this
perhaps accounts in part i, ■ the decline
in tho profits once realized from tlie
crops of an average Georgia farm.
Another reason that the -estimate <>f
the cotton acreage, based on the use of
commercial fertilizers, is errouesiis. is
that the
failure in the iioo Crop
caused a heavy advance in the price of
cotton seed oil, whicli is largely used to
supply the deficiency in file lard market.
A corresponding advance in the price of
cotton seed caused thousands of fac
ers, even among those who had alwc s
approved the seed, to decide that #2O o
#2l) a ton, it was to their interest to dir
pose of them and substitute Commercial
fertilizers, which, in a large majority of
cases, was done, and thus the product
of oil has 1 eu greatly increased, the
price of lard has been kept flown below
the meat market; the oil mills have been
run on full rime, giving employment to
Hundreds of operatives; the railroads
have received increased tonnage, and
the farmers have an additional source
of income, at a time when most needed.
As I am closing this report rains are
falling, which will greatlv benefit the
growing crops and will simplify the
plans for their successful cultivation.
R. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner.
COTTON SEED ~HUHS.
THEIR ECONOMIC VALUE AS A
FEEDING STUFF.
An Address Delivered by Dr. fioni-.’c t .
Payne llefore the Convention of t
Georgia Slate Agricultural. Society o
Ausjftstn, Ga., Feb. 10, lSOl).
It is difficult to imagine anything ap
parently more dry, tasteless And devoid
of nourishment than cotton seed hulls,
yet within the last few years they have
c«me to the front as a most yaluahl-i
cattle food. Chemical analysis shows
us that although they appftar so m-.i.i
--viting and insipid they yet sontain sub
stances of much value. Thb producer,
of cotton seed oil formerly dmrne-.l t coir
seeds under the boilers and sold i.
ashes; such ashes are rich fn potass,
containing from 25 to 30 pot cent, b
as a ton of hulls only view ,V;>m ‘1 io
3 per cent of ashes, there will be oiPy
from 50 to 60 pounds of such ashes for
each ton of hulls burnt, this would omy
represent from 15 to 18 pounds of pot
ash. A ton of hull ashes if of goo l
quality can contain 600 pounds of pot
ash, which would be worth about #2l.
But as it takes about 85 tons of hulls to
produce such a ton of ashes it is far
more profitable to sell the hulls for
feed, eyen at tho low price of $4 per
ton.
Cotton. seed hulls contain in every
100 pounds :
Moisture 7.251 b
Ash 2.8811)
Crude fibre '12.831b
Fat 1.541’)
Crude Protein 3.751 b
Noii-nitrogenous extractive mat
ter. .. 41.7551 b
In a food analysis, such as this, the
moisture represents the absorbed water
in the material, tho ash indicates the
mineral portion remaining after the
substance has been burnt, and the nu
tritive ingredients are the crude fibre,
fat protein and non-nitrogen extiactive
matter. The crude fibre is the woody
substance or crude cellulose of the
food, the fat is the only matters, the
protein is the albuminoids and might
be said to correspond in character o
the white of an egg, and the non-nit >-
genous extractive matter is that portion
which is not water, ash, fibre, fat u>r
protein. It is conijiosed of soluble sub
stances and consists chiefly of such
carbohydrates as gum, starch, sugar,
etc.
While such an analysis shows certain
nutritive bodies it does not necessarily
follow that they can be all digested
and assimulated. In fact it has been
found by actual experiment that tl
digestibility of the constituents of the
various feeding stuffs are not the same,
but are nearest alike in those materials
which most closely resemble each other.
It has also b' en ascertained that to se
cure the her results in cattle feeding,
the amount . digestible proteiu present
must be always accompanied by a cer
tain proportion of digestible non-nitro
genous matter consisting of crude fibre,
fat and extractive. This is called the
nutritive ratio. The crude protein is
the nitrogenous portion of tho food, an 1
is the most oostly. Its chief work is
the production of flesh and muscle.
The crude fibre, fat and non-nitrogen
ous extractive matter furnish heat and
fat, and in adding their total digesti
bility together, that of the fat is first
multiplied by 2 \ to put it up >n an equal
basis with the others as its fat and he:
producing powers are that muc..
greater.
The nutritive ratio varies for differ
ent animals and for different conditions
under which they live. The following
are some of the most important rati's :
Milch cows—One part of digestible
protein to 5.4 parts digestible non-ni
trogenons matter.
Oxen (Fattening )ne part of di
gestible protein to 5.5 up to 6.5 parts
digestible nun nitrogenous matter, ac
cording to age and weight.
Growing animals—One part of di
gestible protein to 4.7 up to 8.0 parts
digestible non-nitrogenous matter, ac
cording to age and weight.
Any decided change from these pro
portions means waste of food, hence
the proper regulation of the different
ingredients of a ration is a most import
ant matter.
In discussing cotton seed hulls it is
well also to ipeak of cotton seed meal,
as they are tho natural concomitants
of each othe-. We have stated aiiov
that cotton seed hulls contained : \
pounds of erode protein in 100 pound.- -
26 per cent of this 3 } pounds is digs
ble. This gives 98-100 of a pound of
digestible protein, this is the unit u. -
the nutritive ratio of cotton seed hulls.
The crude fibre in the hulls is 42 83-100
pounds and 53 per cent of it is digesti
ble, this will give; 23 27-100 pounds of
digestible crude fibre. The fat pres
ent is 1 54-100 pounds and 27 per cent
is digestible, this figures to 42-100 of a
pound of digestible fat which is to bo
multiplied by 2 4 as described above,
this makes it figure up to 1 5-100
pounds. The non-nitrogen extractive
matter in cotton seed hulls is 41 }
pounds, 40 per cent of this is digestible,
which upon multiplication gives 16
7- pounds of digestible lion nitrogen
ous extractive matter. Upon adding
together the digestible percentages of
crude fibre, fat and non-nitrogenous
extractive matter as figured above, the
result will be 40 3-100 pounds, As we
have only 98-100 of a pound of digesti
ble protein, the nutritive ratio will be
as 98-100 is to 40 2-100, or as 1 is to 40
8- But as a nutritive ratio of 1 40
8-10 is much too low for feeding pur
poses, it should be corrected by some
far richer food and we naturally turn
to cotton seed meal which is too expen
sive and also has too high a nutritive
ratio to use alone.
t'otton S' d meal in a hundred pounds
contains 5 18-100 pounds of a crude fibre
of which 26 per cent is digestible.
There is 11 74-100 pounds of fat of which
91 per cent is digestible. The non-ni
trogenous extractive matter amounts
to 25 27-100 pounds and 91 per cent ,
digestible. Calculating these percent
ages and adding them together as in
the case of tho hulls given a total of 51
5-100 pounds of digestible non nitro
genous matter. The crude protein
present in cotton seed meal is 41 .}
pounds of which 87 per cent is digesti
ble. this yields 38 71-100 pounds of di
gestible protein. Hence the nutritive
ratio of cotton seed meal will bo as 38-
71-100 is to 51 5-100. or as 1: 1 3-10.
Here we have two materials widely dif
fering in their nutritive ratios, cotton
seed hulls being 1: 40 8-10 and cotton
seed meal 1: 1 3-10, a very rough food
and a very rich one. If one desires to
feed an animal for the host results in a
given case, whether it is for work, fat
tening or the furnishing of milk, the
nutritive ratio is secured for such an
animal under the given conditions.
The nutritive ratio for the milch cow
for example is 1: ft 4-10. By calculation
we find that it will take about 100
pounds of hulls and 32 pounds of cotton
seed meal to produce this ration or in
even numbers, and for a food rich
enough for most purposes 1 pound of
meal to every 5 pounds of hulls.
Home animals may not he willing at
first to touch the hulls containing this
small amount of meal, but they are
readily taught to eat them by adding
the meal very liberally at first and then
gradually decreasing the amount until
tho desired proportion is reached, when
they continue to eat the iftixture with
avidity and relish.
The use of cotton seed hulls for fat
tening cattle and for milch cows has
been very extensively practiced for
some time in the Mississippi Valley.
The demand at New Orleans by tho
dairies alone consuming all produced
by the oil mills of that large city.
A gentleman in this state who is en
gaged largely in the granite business
employs a number of teams of oxen.
These animals were always thin until
he put them upon cotton seed hulls,
now they are sleek and fat, they are fed
on hulls alone with only tho addition of
a liberal handful of cotton seed meal to
each bucketful of hulls. His b iness
furnishes another illustration of value
to the farmer, showing how little the
farmer’s interests are sometimes con
sidered. The railway whicli froigiits
this gentleman’s granite to tho city
charges him $8 a carload of 30,000
pounds, when these cars are returned
carrying 10,000 pounds of cotton seed
hulls the charge is #l2 a carload.
In actual practice tho proportion of 5
pounds of meal to 25 pounds of hulls
has been found very satisfactory indeed,
as u daily ration. The cost of such feed
ing is qnite small. With the meal at
#22 a ton and the hulls at #3. the daily
cost of such feeding would bo 7 # cents
a day, or #3.77 4 a month. Cattle fat
ten readily under snch feeding, which
is said to be cheaper than using corn
even at 25 cents a bushel. The manure
is also considerably richer than that
produced under the ordinary system,
and hence more valuable.
I would suggest to all farmers who
are in either the raising or fattening of
cattle, or the feeding or milch cows, a
fuller study of tho wonderful economy
and good results of feeding cotton seed
hulls.
How to I’reventCottun illicit.
BY B. V. H.
Among the bulletins of the southern
experiment stations, one of great value
to the cotton planter has recently been
published by the Alabama experiment
station, treating of “cotton blight.”
For the purpose of devising means to
cure tliis much dreaded disease, elab
orate experiments were instituted by the
station. A field of uniform soil was
selected for the purpose, which was
then divided into plats equal in size.
To some of these varioui fungicides
were applied, among them kainit; the
remainder were left untreated to serve
for comparison. Careful observatio, i
were made of the growth of the cotton
and of the appearance of blight, and
finally the cotton on each exporiin in
plat was separately harvested and
weighed.
The resultsarestrikingin demonstrat
ing that by the use of kainit (about 400
pounds per acre) “cotton blight - ’ may be
entirely prevented. At the same time
the yield of cotton is largely increased.
The illustrations of the bnlietin add
materially to its value. The cotton
plants presented in the illustration are
from the experiment field, representing
the plants as they appeared on an av, r
age. The l arge and vigorouly developed
co‘ton stalk shows plainly the eff , t of
kainit, and forms a striking coiirna,
with the liny, sickly-looking plants pro
duced upon that part of tuc fi« l i on
which kainu was omitted.
The bulletin contains also a review < f
the history of kainit as a preventive
against “cotton blight,” wnteh ?■ y
corroborates the results obtained by i >•
station, and a quotation from a North
Carolina planter is given, stating tlia;
“kainit is to rust, what quinine is to
chills—a specific.”
The pamphlets, “Potash in Agricul
ture” and “Potash and Paying Crops.”
which give results of thousands of ex
periments throughout tho country,
deserve the careful stndy of every in
telligent farmer who wishes to derive
profit from the use of fertilizers. They
may be obtained free of charge by al
- Dr. B. Von Herff, 93 Nassau
street, New York, agent of the German
Kali works.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U S. Gov’t R
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POINTS fJNTE®.
QUERIES AND ANSWERS UPON
IMPORTANT CROP FEATURES.
I The Most Reliable Sources Employed
In Securing Information as
Regards Crop Acreage.
Tho circular upon which this report
is based, embraced 64 inquiries and was
prepared with a view of obtaining as
frill and accurate information as possi
ble on crop areas, condition, etc., and
such other facts as would show tho sit
uation of our farmers ut tho beginning
of tho new crop year. To present all
the statistical information collected is
beyond the limits of this report.
We are aware that the correctness of
the various agricultural reports is fre
quently called in question and are grati
fied that the reports of this department
for last soason were so fully sustained
in detail by yield. As the large number
of correspondents of tho department are
selected with reference to their uosition
to have a knowledge of tho things upon
which they report, no matter how much
the compiled figures may conflict with
special individual views, their approxi
mate correctness can but bo sustained.
In those matters upon which corre
spondents report in regard to which the
department has other sources of inform
ation, the figures substantially accord.
We thus premise this report for tho rea
son that between it and tiie general un
derstanding of the situation, outside of
those directly interested, a conflict may
exist.
COTTON.
Under the head of our groat 11‘aple
crop the fol’ 'wing questions were asked:
Acreage c< 'pared to an average?
Acreage compared to last year? What
per cent of the total area in cotton in
your coun.y is manured with either
commercial fertilizers, home manure or
compost? What pjr cent of these was
home manure or compost ? What por
cent of the crop is up? What is the
staml compared with u good stand?
Condition of plants compared with an
average? How much earlier or later
than usual? Compared to tho whole
area in grain crops, corn and wheat, 1(4)
representing sue area, what is the area
in cotton in your county ?
Tiie matters of most importance to
the cotton growor and our entire agri
cultural interests raised by these ques
tions is relative to tho cotton acreage.
On this subject wo have had the benefit
of answers from about 800 reporters,
and in addition to this special reports
from interviews with a largo number
of fanners. If those reports can bo
taken as authoritative, and wo believe
they can, the cotton acreage of thestato
while showing a slight increase over
last year, is still not up to an average
as made by tho two great crop years of
1890 and 1891. In reporting the crop as
not up to an average and as exceedin';
the crop of last year by only 41 per ct-ni,
wo are aware that some may question
the accuracy of tho report on tho ground
that tho report for tho same month last,
year showed a very marked decrease in ,
acreage, which cannot by comparison J
be reconciled with tho figures of this
year. In making such comparisons it
should he remembered that the de
creased acreage of last year was as
compared to tho large acreage of'9l an i
not as compared to the average acreage
of the state. As shown by the tabulated
statement compared to an average, ths
area in the state planted in cotton is 97,
and as compared to last year 1044. Tiie
I greatest increase is in north Georgia,
while middle Georgia shows the small
; est. Tho condition of the crop through
' southern Georgia is fair, and, it- a rule,
average stands are reported in middle
\ Georgia, and in north Georgia tiie crop
j outlook is not so promising, the cold
■ weather having retarded germinal i n
! an 1 growth.
C msidered as a whole on the prospect
ive cotton production in the state, tin
news from correspondents is more sati •
factory than the pessimistic views i;.
dulgod in by many. We trust that tl
small acreage indicated will be sub ,
tiated, and that the price of our ; : it
nioucy crop may be allowance-! by pro
duction within the demjji-ls of con
sumption.
001: N.
It is pleasi.’i.; to bo able l a in re
port an incr use in the ac-eag - planted
in corn in the state, and ul-:o gratifying
' to note that more attention is btung paid
to fertilizing iu raising corn, as indica
ted by Hie large quantities of stable
manure, composted and commend I
fertilizer used under this crop. V iii j
( theiucrease is only 8 per cent as again-,
j 14 per oent last year, it demonstrates .
steady tendency on the part of o:;.-
farmers to raise their supplies at holm
5 CENTS A (d ; '
and to cease depending on th..-,
of the west for their food supply.
OATS.
The acreage planted in this «
1 mains substantially the same,
is little change in the relative q
j sown in the fall and spring. T.
pects for a fair yield over tii
! not good, though special local; it
port a fine outlook. Recent rttir .
| materially improved the pro: . .
1 we trust that the harvest m i !
than is now promised.
WHEAT.
We are glad to note from an
acreage that Interest in tit is ct
creasing, and that the full
acreage prior to last year i
!be recovered. All north C ■:
, much of middle Georgia ar- w. V,
ed to this cereal, and in.a r •
be bestowed on its cult, .
yield last year was go -’. : I i
counties this year the out had; i; < .
ising, though in localities injur.
rust is reported. l.ly sowing v!
profitable reduction of the cot: -n
ago can be made, nrid our i. r .
should study tho best methoil
ing, preparation of the soil and f-
FERTILIZERS.
Tho purchase of commcivi d
zers and their uso in the state
tliat of last year, but, except to
place of compost, the report
spondonts does not indicate tha‘ ;
ceptionallv large quantity ha- !
under cotton. Large iucrea .
use under corn, oats and wheat
ported, lint few cotton seed hav ,
used this year in making cutup.-Tl,
ing to tho high price they brought iu
tho market. A greater per cold than
for any previous year has been Bold
and in many instances fertiliz i s pur
chased to take their place.
CLOVER AND GRAB AS. ( j
Tho pasture and meadow lan is through
tho state are in a good coutlitiOa
and* for hav the acreage hi. 'A...
creased and other lands pood 1 r
and the grasses.
FRUIT.
It is gratifying to note tied. i. t
damage to tho fruit crop Inn i n
ported except in very liiniio l a -1
that tho outlook is for an : '
fruit year. A fair crop of ,g • I
poors have sot, and peachos hav .< ah:
entirely escaped injury from fro
The interest in fruit growim in
state is increasing, and from Ibe , o
number of enquiries received nt i
partiuent, the horticulture of
Is attracting tho attention of th > in
other states Who are seeking a i ::
healthful climate, and wish to ■
themselves to this industry.
STOCK.
Sheep, wool stock, and stock in ; a
In a better condition than at Ibis t
last year. The reports showing an ),<
crease in tho number of the 1 t
hand. The high price of nn at r ;rs
it more imperative that the s
•farmer should raise his o vu
Ho can then without detriment
a high price for cotton seed. : ,
of high priced hog products.
LABOR. SUPPLIES, ETi .
No complaints are made of a
of labor and wages remain a’-.-
same as last year. In a sun..’
counties a full supply of corn wit h •
to sell is reported and a largo pi
comparatively of meat on hand.
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years wo have hoen selling I>r. Kie
llx-overv lor Consumption, I)r. Ivn:
Life Tills, Uueklii.’s Artec.i Nidi
Kivctric hitters, and Kite mmi 5
remedies (lint sell a* well, o« tl
■n such unive.snl satisfaction 'U\ •;•• -
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