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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY VO I . XVIII. ULCERS, -SN, cap^cers, SCROFULA, \V' SALT RHEUM, 1 RHEUMATISM, BLOOD POISON. these and every kindred diseases arising from ixnpare blood successfully treated by that nover-foiling and best i f all tonics and medicines, SffiffSmaSSS Books on Blood and BUin \ Diseases free. Printed testimonials sent on application. Address T h e Swift Specific Ce., ATLANTA. CA. M BkIDFIELD’S '' ' CURES . DISEASES^fm^rW '>TO WOMEN* Ml Have used and recommended it to my friends. All derived great benefit from its use. Mbs. Matilda Larson, Peoria, 111. Best remedy I have ever used for irregular menstruation. Mrs. G. Jett, November, 1888. Selma, Col. I have suffered a great deal from Female Troubles, and think I am completely cured by Bradfield’s Female Regulator. Mrs. Emma F. Sword, Mansfield, O. Book “To Woman” mailed free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., For sale by all Druggists. Atlanta, Ga. I I iO!■ Es.slO VAI CA libs. d 1 810. M. BKVA>, \ I ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in ihe counlics comprising tlie Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and tlie United States District Court. yy.Tl, T. DH KI'.T, ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing imi-’Uiit Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court lonWugia and the United States District Court. apr27-lv ATTORNEY AT LAW. McDonough, Ga. W ill practice in all tlie Courts of Georgia Special attention given to commercial and other collections. Wili attend all the Courts at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over The Weekly office. a. bk»h \, ‘ ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in all the counties compos ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the United States District Court. janl-ly jOII3f 1.. TI E. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Natioal Bank Building, Atlanta, Ga, Practices in the State and Federal Courts. jj A. I* I.III*I.UN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hampton, Ga, Will practice in all the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the District Court ol the United States. Special and prompl atten tion given to Collections, Oct 8, 18 (• j|Et. ii. B*. CAMPaELI, DENTIST. McDonough Ga. Any one desiring work done can be ac commodated either by calling on me in per son or addressing me through the mails. Terms cash, unless special arrangements ire otherwise made. WESLEYAN FEMALE INSTITUtY STAUNTON, VA. Opens Sept. 6th, 1893. Climxte and surroundings ex ceptional. Handsome buildings, being remodeled, thoroughly renovated, repainted inside and outside, and refurnished with new pianos, carpets, Ac. Steam heat, gas light, bath rooms on every fl<>or. New Labora tory thoroughly equipped. 2»» experienced teachers. Advanced Courses in English, Latin. German. French. Ac. Special advantages in Music and Art. 141 board ing pupils from 18 States Terms moderate. For Cata logues of this celebrated old Virginia School, address WAV. ROBERTSON* Brea., Stauutou, Va- | PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM Cleanses and beautifies the hair. Promotes a luxuriant growth. Never Fails to Bestore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. Cures scalp diamtes & hair tailing. NSU M P TIV E| Y>e Parker’s Ginger Tonic. It "Weak Lungs, Debility, Indigestion, Pain, Take In time.so cts. HINDERCORNS. The only sure cure for Coras, fciopt all pain. 15c. at Druggists, or HISCOX Jc CO., N. Y. WHEN AT THE WORLD'S FAIR, , be sure to call at the unique exhibit of LIEBIG COMPANY’S EXTRACT OF BEEF in the northeast part of the AORI CULTURAL HUIfiDINfi, north aisle, in the Uruguay Depart ment, and get a FREE CUP of delicious, refreshing BEEF TEA made from the world known Liebio COMPANY’S Extract of Beef. Try Postell’s Elegant and you will want no other. It is the very finest flour to be had. Sold only at Maxwell’s. MiNOR MENTION. A Paragraphic Penciling of Pass ing Events. ~ October. *** Winter draweth nigh. * * * McDonough’s second nine is now first. * * * 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. » * # * • 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. * # * 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. * * * 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. * * * 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. Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea for Dyspepsia. mcdonougii, ga.. Friday, October <i, ihob. 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 all cases of Throat, Chest and Lungs, and has cured cases of Asthma and Hay Fever of long standing. Try it and be convinced. It won’t disappoint. Free Trial Bottles at D. J. Sanders’ Store. IcELREE’S WINE Of CARDUI for Weak Nerves. coins#™ MIT. 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.