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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY
VO I . XVIII.
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A Paragraphic Penciling of Pass
ing Events. ~
October.
***
Winter draweth nigh.
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McDonough’s second nine is now
first.
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With public schools and a large cot
ton factory the highway that leads to
prosperity will have been reached by
our town. We are going to have the
first, now why not the last, also.
***
Cotton half out aud the crop nearly
all opeu, is the general report. Never
before has the crop opened so early
and rapidly in this section.
»**
More peas raised in Henry county
tins season than ever before known.
There is nothing that builds up land in
Middle Georgia more rapidly, aud our
farmers have discovered the fact.
***
Our town received a delightful sere
nade last Friday evening from the Mc-
Donough Silver Band. The boys have
made most gratifying advancement for
so short a season of practice. McDon
ough never does anything bj halves,
and its Band will yet rank with the
best in the state.
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A large party of young people from
this place attended an all-day singing
at Sardis Sunday. There seems noth
ing our young people enjoy more than
attending an occasion of that kind.
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The writer has noticed several small
bridges around town, but outside of the
incorporate limits, that are sadly in
need of repairs. The commissioners
should see to this matter at once.
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Isn’t it about time for another one of
those delightful entertainments the tal
ented ladies of our town so thoroughly
understand getting up ? We are of the
opinion that it is, and our opinion is
shared by others. Let’s
have an" entertainment by all means.
»**
Our section has been and is being
blessed with unusual healthfulness this
year. But few deaths, they resulting
principally from old age or chronic
causes, and little sickness beyond that
of a minor order. Epidemics may
rage in other localities, but the pure
water and atmosphere of old Henry is
a safeguard that has and will continue
to drive hack pestilence. If you de
sire to live out the space of human ex
istence allotted mankind by biblical au
thority move to Middle Georgia, and if
you desire to still further extend the
limitations of life move to Ileury coun
ty.
***
The colored population all congre
gated in grand conclave at the famous
“Mt. Ollie” church, in the sixth dis
trict, last Sunday. One of the strange
features of the occasion was that it
passed off quietly, without the usual
trimmings of a "barlow and razor” es
capade.
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The volume of business to he trans
acted at the next term of Henry supe
rior court, which convenes the fifth
Monday in this mouth, promises to be
much lighter than usual. To the coun
ty court much is attributable toward
keeping the docket relieved of minor
cases.
***
We learn that our little city will lose
several of its most valued citizens an
other year, business interests calling
them elsewhere. We are loth to give
them up, and hope they may yet find it
to their advantage to remain in our
midst.
***
The idea that the best horses in the
United States are raised iu Kentucky
is to some extent a mistake. Just as
stylish aud useful horses are being
raised right here on the berinuda
patches of old Henry as are bred in
the blue grass region. If you don’t
believe this statement we call your at
j tention to horses owned by Messrs.
| Mosely Cleveland, ’Lije Oglesby, Dr.
i Gideon, Alex Lemon, J. C. Calloway,
|R. H. Fargason, Florence Harper,
J. \V. Alexander, and numerous others
all over thp county. Our farmers have
learned the foolishness of spending
thousands of dollars outside of the state
yearly for stock, and in consequence
more mule an horse colts are to be
| seen in Henry county than ever be
fore.
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF K. SPLINT
WYNN.
Thy noble heart lias ceased In beat,
Thy voice no more we hoar;
No more ill life thy free we’ll meet.
So pure, so bright, so fair.
No storm can now becloud thy way.
No tears shall fill thine eye;
Thy life shall tie eternal day,
And there no soul can die.
To me thou wert a brother —friend,
Too dear for words to tell;
But here our earthly union ends.
With sorrow’s last farewell.
’Tis said a mother’s loving heart
Can only feel the pain
From loved ones here to s»diy part,
Their lives to cut in twain.
But in mine iwn heart-broken sigh
A love more dear than all
From me, 1 feel, has licen sweep! by
By death’s untimely call.
Sept. 29, 1899. b. G. S.
ON FUTURES.
A Noted Divine Reviews the Mode of
Cotton Speculation.
In the Nashville Christian Advocate
Bishop Keener reviews at some length
the works of "Unrighteous Mammon,”
iu the shape of cotton speculation.
He says that “the mercantile world
in the south and west lias been and is
now controlled by the wholesale gam
hling and massive frauds of cottou fu
Hires —that the centers of New York,
Liverpool and New Orleans have yield
ed to this colossal scheme of hazard
until the production of the Southern
staple lias no effect upon its market
value.”
The Bishop has made a careful study
of the cotton situation, ami he goes on
as follows: “Eight millions of hales
certainly do, and must have, a fixed
relation to the consumption and de
maud for cotton in the factories of
Great Britain and of the Northeu
States. Such relation should primari
ly determine its price in the markets
of the world ; but it does not. This
was clearly seen in the reduced figures
at which the last crop was stdd by the
planter. If the agriculturist cannot
have the benefit of the enchauced worth
ot a universal short crop he is at sea
in all his calculation.” • • > » -
During the past three months there
have been sold in New York and else
where 56,000,000 of hales of cotton, or
seven times the actual product of the
entire product of the year 1892. This
would he equal to the average yield of
twenty eight crops in one year. All of
which, beyond the eight million of bales
is purely au imaginary value, with
which the agriculturalist had uothing
to do. The counting house produces
this amazing harvest, while the farmer
was simply asleep. The actual cottou
ol this past year’s crop would yield
$28°,000,000, but the ideal cotton
would jield, at the same rate, $7,840,-
000,000. This is the figuring against
which the cotton planter has to make
headway.
That the Congress of the United
States should hesitate to adopt some
measure of relief, immediate and strln
gent, for the benefit of the whole coun
try, against this colossal fraud, which
is steadily undermining the national
credit and destroying mercantile confi
deuce in all departments of industry,
should be a matter of alann to all sohei
citizens. It is one of thoso disasters
which, like a tornado cannot bo meas
ured until its work of ruin shall have
been accomplished.
The Bishop sees nothing but fatal
consequences for the mercantile sol
vency of the entire country when such
a dropsy swells $280,000,000 to #7,
000,000,000. Futures are not a ques
tion of time, but of substance. One
thousand barrels of teal potatoes are
worth money at any reasonable time,
but "a thousand barrels of so-called,
marginal, spectral potatoes, more ethe
real than either, are woithless to-day,
yesterday and forever. They are a
fraud put upon the market for the pur
pose of gambling in “potatoes” rather
than with cards or dice. The mercan
tile sobriety with which these potato
futures are quoted and sold cannot hide
the essential character of a transaction
which diffets in no sense from the
chance* of a faro table.
I.n
During the prevalence of the Grippe the
past seasons it was n noticeable fact that
those who depended upon Dr. Kings New
Discovery, not only had a speedy recovery,
but escaped alt of Ihe troublesome after ef
fects of the malady. This remedy seems to
have a peculiar power in effecting rapid
cures not only in eases of La Grippe, but in
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HIS MONTHLY TALK WITH THE
GEORGIA FARMERS
On Subjects of General Interest Per
taining to the Farm and
Garden-Good Advice.
DF.rARTME.VT OF AGRICULTURE,
Atlanta, Ga., SopL J, 1893.
COTTON.
The month just passed has carried out
tie same weather conditions as that
which preceded it. In some localities
there has been too much rain for the
projier development of the fruit or cot
ton, although there is redundant weed
growth. Where these conditions exist,
the fields, to a superficial observer, pre
sent a most promising appearance, but a
closer inspection reveals the fact that
there are more leaves than bolls or
foruis. In other sections, which suffered
from a long continued drouth, the rains
have caused a most marked improve
ment, and plant growth and develop
ment have lieen rapid. In all t.ie drouth
regions, however, barring exceptionally
early plantings, the crop is backward,
and its ultimate size and yield will de
pend on the latoness of the fall.
RUST
is also making its appearance, showing
the want of a proper distribution of the
elements of planet growth. Sometimes,
however, after a long drouth, heavy and
repeated rains seem to produce a scald
ed condition of the plant, causing it to
shed its leaves and young Ixills, and*tliis
condition is frequently mistaken for
rust. Again, a highly nitrogenous ma
nure, not properly distributed, and com
ing in contact with the roots will;.pro
duce the same result. But the expe
rienced farmer can detect the difference
lietween these conditions and the fungus
growth of genuine rust. As explained
in last month’s report, the mo t effective
preventive of this destructive disease in
cotton has been found to be a judicious
rotation; that is, planting other crops,
which offer no encouragement ft >r the
production of the fungous growth, nota
bly, grains and grasses.
It has also been demonstrated that the
application of fertilizers running high on
potash has accomplished good results in
checking the disease. Fanners should
study these questions and in a
experiment <or tliemselyj* watehiisjfc
each result carefully! Per «te next two
months almost out entfo. ,(■ mb will be
devoted to the
picking f J
of this great money crop of the south.
Every energy apd every momont, when
the weather permits, should bo devoted
to the housing of the staple, the produc
tion of which has cost us so many
months of hard and continuous lalxir,
and upon the successful marketing of
which rest the hopes of not only our ag
ricultural population, but of the people
at large.
ITS WIDE INFLUENCE.
Besides those actually engaged in its
production and marketing, this crop fur
nishes employment to thousands of
others, clothes the world, and is of more
or less interest to every civilized nation
on the glolie. The magnitude of its in
fluence can scarcely be appreciated by
those who have not studied the various
reciprocal relations, which control and
direct the intricate machinery of the
business world. Within the narrow
bounds of our own state we produce #35,-
000,000 worth of the staple, and this
crop, though of late years made at an
actual loss to the producer, yet throws
life and activity into every enterprise
conducted within our own borders—and
extends out into the busy marts of other
nations. The eager eyes of the world
are now turned to the south, anxiously
awaiting tiding of the coming crop.
To say that atiove all others ours is
pre-eminently the most favored country
for producing this great staple, is but to
state a fact, which has been fully demon
strated. In Egypt, at one time consid
ered a formidable rival, the area on
which cotton can lie produced is limited,
and the same land is never planted in
succession, although this land is rich and
labor cheap, 10 cents a day being the
standard price. The expenses of prepar
ation and irrigation are such that every
pound costs the producer 10 cents. In
India the crop is of inferior grade, the
staple short, and although labor is cheap
and the plant perennial, the cotton bears
no comparison with that of American
growth. Our principal aim now should
be to cheapen the cost of production to
ourselves, and thus drive out these for
eign competitors. We know that we
can produce it at a cost of less than 10
cents, and each point that we gain in
cheapening its production but strength
ens onr position as masters of the situa
tion. If, hut 10 years ago, we hail de
voted to this ( uestion the study we ai ■
giving to it to-day, how different onr po
sition liefore the world! If, by a judi
cious rotation of crops and systematic
manuring were our lands now stored
with humus; if we had studied the ques
tion of home supplies and -its influence
on our money crop; in other words, i r
we had learned to raise our own provi
sions and make our cotton cheaper, the
present financial depression would not
affect us so painfully. Of course the
farmer is a fellow sufferer with the men
of other employments from the present
FINANCIAL PRESSURE.
But the careful farmer, who by judi
cious management and wise forethought
has made provision for ample home hu;>-
plies, while he may not escape the busi
ness depression, is, perhaps, today the
most independent man in the union. He
may read of the stringency of the money
market; of the heavy burdens pressing
upon the laboring men of other classes
he may realise that there is a cry going
np from the masses, not for bread, but
for work—work to help the counties.;
women and children, and give them
food; he may be told that men owning
thousands worth of property anil with
ample collaterals, vet cannot realize one
dollar on them. These rumors, reaching
his quiet home, excite his sympathy, and
may cause a feeling of apprehension,
hut they do not affect his personal se
curity. He has his home, he has his
provisions secured; his cotton has been
made at reasonable cost, and although |
he may not live in luxury, lie is a
stranger to the desperate struggle now
going on in the business world.
In that world there is absolutely stagna
tion of trade. The banker sits with his
contracted brow, and anxious expect
ancy, awaiting telegrams from the busi
ness centres, hoping for some improve
ment in the financial situation; the mer
chant sees liis trade diminished and de
pressed; the artisan ami the mechanic sit
inactive by workshop and bench; the fac
tory operative is suffering from enforced
idleness; every citizen of our state, be he
preacher, lawyer, doctor, merchant,
farmer, mechanic, artisan or day la
borer, feels the effect of our financial
condition.
Generally speaking, however, the
farmer’s lot is a happy one, when com
pared with that of the thousands of
j workingmen in cities, now thrown out
of employment. Of course there are ex
ceptional cases, Some sections of the
state have been visited by severe and de
structive storms, and over a large por
j lion of North Carolina a protracted
drouth off the yield of corn; bufc
as a rule, the grain crops are good, hogs
are more plentiful and the cotton has
been made more economically than
heretofore. Under usual conditions,
thoso facts would place the farmer on
this vantage ground, that he could use
his discretion in selling his cotton, and
not sacrifice it at a ruinously low price.
But lator, when his obligations mature,
if there is no improvement in the finan
cial condition, he, too, will feel the pres
sure to lie almost unliearable. llis cot
ton will be ready for market, but unless
times bright >n there will be no money to
move it; or, if ho owes, liis debts will
have to bo settled on a basis of five or six
cents cotton -perhaps li es. Under the;)
circumstances what can he do? Let
him,'if possible, save himself from this
tremendous sacrifice by placing his cot
ton with his merchant. This will pro
tect and maintain the credit of lxitli.
And then let him join liis voice with the
millions who are protesting against our
unjust financial system, which enables a
few money lenders to "corner” the
money of the country, the south and
west being the victims, while the shy
docks of tins east grow fat from their ne
cessities and sufferings.
SAVING SEED FOlt PLANTING.
In gathering the cotton crop care
should be taken to save only the best
seed for planting. If the farmer cannot
<lo this himself, let him select a careful
hand, who will gt* through the crop and
select the best Ikillh from the stalks, and
those from the middle crop are the most
desirable, as the top cyop is not usually
well matured aud the bottom < Tpp is
generally luofo or less injured, although
good seed saved from the bottopi ot first
crop generally mature earlier. The ut
most etire must be tukeu in drying the
H<'wd niud seem iugjthyn figainst all injn- .
rious influences. • " ‘ •
The seed com should lie selected in the
same manner, faking only well devel
oped, full ears from healthy, vigorous
stalks, storing} these carefully, and at
the same time resolocting, and using only
the perfect grains from the butt towards
the middle of the ear, rejecting the
ends. Iu storing away the corn crop, a
good plan is to sprinkle each layer, as it
is put in the barn, with salt water; this
is a preventive of weavils, often so de
structive in the lower part of the state,
and also renders the shucks more palata
ble for feeding.
FALL CROPS.
I would again urge, at the risk of be
ing considered tedious, that full crops of
grain, grass and clover lie put in as far
as practicable.
September is the month for getting in
a stand for winter oats. Rye and bar
ley should also be sown, and if we would
have a good start with clover and grass
now is the time to put them in. What
ever is attempted on this line should lie
done thoroughly. To succeed properly
the land should be naturally good, or
should Isi made so by proper fertiliza
tion, and the work should lie thorough.
We only court disappointment when at
the end of the fall we “scratch” in a few
seed on our poorest land. I again re
peat, that tins is one cause of the usual
failure of our fall sown grains. Noces
sarily this work comes at an inconvenient
time, when we tire absorbed in saving
the cotton, but the man who has fully
made up his mind to lay the foundation
for diversified crops aud improved lands,
will find some plan for carrying out his
intention. There will Ixi many days
when the cotton is not in condition to be
gathered. These can be used in turning
under flue pea vines anti in sowing these
fall crops. <)f course the man who lias
most of liis farm in cotton is debarred
I from these improved methods, for it will
lx; too late, when the cotton is finally
gathered, to attempt them with profit,
which is but another plea for concentrat
ing our cotton crop and reducing the area
and intensifiying its preparation, fertil
ization and cultivation.
A RECENT TRIP
through some of the most flourishing
counties of the state proved to me most
conclusively the great chauge which is
daily progressing in the minds of our
farmers in regard to the diversity of
crops and th importance of closer atten
tion to what might lx; termed the details
iof the farm. There is a growing inter
-1 est iu gotxl stock, a manifest desire to
raise more; care is tx-ing shown in the
selection of sires; the question of judi
j cions rotation of crops is being more clo*o
|ly studied. Humus is great ly needed in
I most of our soils, and intelligent farmers
are beginning to realize that one of thw
most important subjects for study is as
I to the cheapest ami most practical meta
! Oils of storing it there. Unquestionably
peas and clover arc the great nitrogen
; depositors and humus manufac
turers, but if any fanner will take tne
| trouble to turn under in the fall, even
i the growth of natural grass, he will lx;
I surprised at the increased yield of the
succeeding crops grown on this land over
1 those where the land has lieen in clean
j culture, thus denuded of every particle
\ of vegitable matter, and then hastily
prepared in the spring for another crop.
It is by such experiments that we dem
onstrate the correctness of tin; assertion
! that our lands almost without exception
i need vegetable matter. Fanners gener
ally are beginning to realize this impor
tant truth, and to one who travels
i through the state and studies its agricul
i tural conditions, the fact is patent, that
! an era of better methods has already
I dawned. R- J- Nesbitt,
Commmissioner.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U S. Gov’t Report.
Fh&feJ gating
Powder
ABSOLUTE!* PURE
INQUIRIES ANSWERED
*BY THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE.
Relating to the Farm Garden, Dairy,
Stock Raising, Etc.
Work of tlie Stations.
Bulletin No. 81, of the Georgia exper
imental station contains interesting ar
ticles on practical dairying, experiments
with oats, etc.
The bulletins "are sent to all persons
actually engaged in farming who make
request for the same,” and we would ad
vise our fanners to avail themselves of
the benefit of studying the experiment
work conducted at the station.
On dairying in Georgia the Director in
the last Bulletin says:
In Georgia, and the south generally,
the close and often the fierce competi
tion that prevails between dairymen in
other suctions is not manifest. Owing to
the small number of persons engaged in
dairying as a business, the high price
that dairy products command in the
market, and the inadequate supply, dai
rying has proved a profitable industry
near onr cities and large towns, in spite
of the comparatively crude methods aud
lack of intelligent skill brought to bear.
Very few who have embarked in this
line have failed of reasonable success,
and instances might lie cited in which
small fortunes have been the result of 10
or 15 years of indnstr' application,
joined to very little skill ..id knowledg i
of the details of the business.
Dairying is thus becoming more and
more popular, and every year witnesses
j tui increase in the number of persons
j who are.embarking iu it, and in cap
ital that is being devoted to it. As any
business grow* in i&iportuiife and in tfyo
number of its followers, competition ISC’
comes sharper and .closer, and the neces
sity for intelligence and skill becomes
more manifest.
In tho opinion of the writer, based
upon tho judgment and experience of
men who are familiar with the advan
tages of othor sections, and particularly
the experience of Mr. Wing, the Station
Dairyman, Georgia possesses natural ad
vantages of soil, wator and climate that
should enable her to take high rank us a
dairying stato. Wo believe that this in
dustry fumishos the most convenient
and promising field into which to divert
our energies and efforts from the past
jxiliey of southern farmers, which lias
failixl to result in that profit and pros
perity to which the climate and other
natural resources entitle them.
SMUT.
Wlmt is the cause of smut in wheat
and oats ?
Tho spores (seed of the smut) attach
themselves to the kernels of wheat or
oats and are sown with them. When
the grain germinates tho smut sixires
also germinate and enter the young
plants, growing and subsisting on the
inside of tho plant, until, when the head
appears, it is smut instead of wheat or
oats.
To kill the spores we recommend the
Jansen or hot water treatment, which
has been thus given ;
The farmer may use his ingenuity in
regard to tho treating of his wheat and
oats, and use whatever convenience* he
has at hand—anyway so that he accom
plishes the desired result.
One way we find convenient is to have
a kettle In which to heat the wator quite
hot, say 165 degrees.
Near this kettle place a barrel in
which to treat the seed. Fill this barrel
\ about one-half full of hot water from
the kettle and then by adding either hot
or cold water, the temperature of the
water in the barrel may be kept at the
desired height.
It will lie found very convenient to
have the barrel in which the seed is to
lx' treated sunk into the ground so that
the top is only a foot or so above the
surface.
Into this barrel dip the seed.
The dipping is easily done by placing
a. imt a bushel of seed into a coarse gun
ny sack, and fasten this sack to one end
of a long pole used as a lever hung across
a notched post.
The seed should be kept moving all the
time while iu the hot wator an.l Ly using
the pole this is easily done.
Oats may bo treated just before sow
ing.
After talking them out of tho barrel of
hot water it is best to throw cold water
over them to cool them off, and then let
them stand and drain two or three hours
after which they may be sown broad
cast.
Wheat dries much more readily, so if
spread out immediately after treating
and left to dry a few hours, it can then
5 CENTS A COPY
tie sown broadcast or in a force feed
drill.
As the grains will be considerably
swollen after their treatment it is well
to rognlato the drill to feed from one to
, two peeks more per acre than with dry
seed.
It will bo readily seen that this moth •
od is in the reach of every farmer.
All that Is required is one kettle, one
or two barrels, and a coarse sack.
Two mon in one day can treat enough
oats to sow 30 acres or enough wheat to
sow 40 acres.
Ono caution to be observed is that of
using no bags or dishes for treated seed
that have been used for the nntreated
seed, unlees they have first been seal'led.
Tho water should lie nt 185 degrees
when the wheat or oats are put in. Al
low the grain to remain in the water for
five minutes and keep the temperature
above 180 degrees. Keep tho seed mov
ing all the time it is in tho barrel by
means of the pole to iusure thorough
treatment of all the seed.
Aim to keep tho temperature ns nearly
104 degrees ns possible. When tho seed
iH first put in the temperature of the
water will fall rapidly but by adding
hot water it can tie raised quickly to 134
degrees,
SOIL ANALYSIS.
What will a soil analysis cost?
A soil analysis will cost yon about SSO,
and even tliis analysis would not bo com
plete so as to be * positive guide aa to
fertilization. We believe in soil analysis
as the basis of general deductions--that
is .that the character of tho soil in a par
ticular section may be the better judged.
But do not think that such analyses ure
practicable for the individual tanner.
In view of tho fact that much of our soil
is very variable, and in the same field
a great difference is found, experiments
enable the farmer to form a much better
judgment as to what the soils need. This
can be done witli no extra coet and with
but little trouble. If the fanner js ao
cfistomed to using the ordinary commer
cial fertilizer, by puttfruf a few sacks of
fertilizer material ou different pilots in
tho field, ho can vary' the percentages so
] as to ascertain in what the soil is defi
cient. By exercising good judgment as
to the previous crops and their yield, he
will, in the beginning, lie able to form
some opinion us to the demands of the
soil, and in applying his manure fertili
zer accordingly. Wo strongly advocate
experimental work on every farm rather
than complete reliance on tho work of
others or the chemist.
HOADS.
1. Would it not be well to have a dis
cussion as to tho best method of obtain
ing gfssl roads in the columns of the re
ports?
2. Does not the raising of cattle and
stock affect the farmer as much as any
crop? If so, why not have an inquiry
column as to number and condition?
A. R. 1., Gainesville.
1. We believe the road question to be
of the greatest importance to tho farmer
and to the prosperity of the entire Coun
try, and we would be glad to hear from
you and others on that subject.
2. Questions relative to stock, hogs and
work animals appear from time to time
in the circular sent out by the depart
ment, and we would appreciate full an
swers. Would also be glad to answer
questions relative to stock in the columns,
ABOUT TOBACCO,
1. At what height should tobacco be
topped?
2. Is there any way to hasten its ma
turity? If so how?
3. Should the sun ever lie allowed to
shine on tobacco after it is cut?
G. W. S„ Stueville.
1. Topping does not depend on the height
of the tobacco as this will vary greatly
with variety and soil, but should be done
when there is enough “button” to get
hold of.
2. Pruning, topping and suckering should
not lie done during a rain or when the
plant is covered with dew, for rust inva
riably results.
8. A hot sunlight in the middle of the
day will bum the leaves, therefore the
plant should not be left in the field be
tween 10:30 a. m. and 2:80 p. m., for be
fore or after those hours the sun is very
hot.
RUST IN COTTON.
To what is rust due?
Common rust is due to the alisence of
potash in the soil and an additional
amount of this element of plant food
slionld lie used. For land subject to
mosaic or common rust the fertilizer
should contain more jsitash than is usu
ally placed in a commercial fertilizer.
See that you use a fertilizer with a large
per cent, of potash.
TOBACCO BARN.
Please give me a description of a to
bacco ham.
Have sent you a description of a to
bacco bam issued by the department,
which will give you the information you
desire. Should others desire information
on this subject, we will gladly send it
by mail.
Huudreds of people write “It is im
possible to describe the good Mood’s
Sarsaparilla has done me.” It will be
fo equal help to you.