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A MONTHLY TALK.
labor for tb«prea>
LET C8 AT' OXCX MAKE AB&A5GEMEXTS
TO SOW FULL SMALL GRAIN CROPS.
This will not only ure oar lands from
washing daring th* winter, bat will
tear* it in ao much batter condition to
rt and produce other crops. The
... fact of broadcasting the firtffirer
introdocea the true system of manuring.
We wfll never permanently improvs opt
lands while we continue to fertilize in
the drill and depend on one crop to meat
all« m|B|
Th« result* of
cat sisson will soon be known, and
wbsthsr MtiafactocT or the reverse, can
not now be changed. However this may
ha. a careful review of the year’s work,
noting and studying tbs causes, which
bavaled to either anrresss or failure,
will gradually aid ns in our preparation*
for another season. By applying the
knowledge gained from our experience
of the past year, we may be able to im
prove npon our sncceaaea. and even
glean benefit from o«r mistakes.
TH* r ARMFX. AS WKLL AS OTHKRS. MUST
HTTUT TO SCOURED.
In these busy, rushing days of rapid
transit, electric can. telegraphs and tel
ephones. the fanner who would succeed
must avail himself of every opportu
nity. watch the markets, watch every
chance, ami 1w willing to accept every
reliable guide which points him to better
methods. Many thinking farmers now
realise that
millions have been lost to the south
by ignorance and carelessness, and many
are applying themselves heart, head and
hand to the task of redeeming of land
from the curse and the consequence* of
the one-crop system—that gigantic mis
take which has well nigh ruined ns.
They realise, too. that this is a progrea-
aive age, and that the unthinking, sloth
ful farmer will necessarily be left hope
lessly in the liackground. Relegating the
political questions of the hour to the
rear, let ns calmly survey
AOJUCCI.TURAI. SCRKONDINGS.
IIow many advantages we have of the
situation, soil and climate, and how
lifhtlv. even indifferently, we have
valued them! That we have fol
lowed mistaken agricultural methods,
these scarred ami worn hill
sides liear inute witness. That we
are confronted by the gravest agricul
tural problems, no thinking man will
deny.
Producing as we do 75 per cent, of the
world’s supply of cotton, and thus hold
ing in oar grasp the key to the solution
of («r difficulties, why is it that
WE ARK NOT ENJOYING THE PROHTKJUTY
to which this monopoly entitles ns?
Why is it that this immense crop, which
should make ns rich, has brought only
poverty alike to the producer and to the
soil. So much has been said, and I have
already written so repeatedly on this
subject that I almost hesitate to address
yon again on a question, which has been
so exhaustively treated. Bnt when 1
look around over my own state, ami con
template the condition of onr fanners
ami their lands, and realize that the same
dirttmctiv.i policy which has lirought bnt
disappointment and poverty, may l*
continued. I cannot remain silent, and I
feel that 1 cannot rejieat too often or
urge with too much emphasis that nntil
we can come down to a
I.KGITIMATR SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE,
a self-supporting system, wo cannot
expect anything wore snlwtantial in the
future than we have have gained in the
past. We are straining every nerve and
exhausting every resource to produce a
rrop of cotton, one-third
THE GROSS VALUE
of which goes to the north ami west
for lireadatuffs alone. None of this is
for meat, for which we also spend mill
ions of dollar*.. Suppose one-third of the
land devoted to the production of cotton
the past season had been put in food
crops, and crop* on which tomttenhogs,
we would now have an ahnmlance of
everything to supply onr home demand,
and lantead of a crop of V,000.000 bales at
*4 rents, we would have had a crop of
§,000,000. worth anywhere from 10 to 15
cents. That I am light in this, is proven
by the recent jump in the priceof cotton
following immediately nnon the unfavor
able reports from the cotton fields which
point with certainty to a short crop.
The following figures also give the
same conclusion:
No. Acres
Planted. Bales. Value.
IMA ft;..... 15.000,000 2,233,000 #**97,SI 0,001
HW It 8.300,000 4,347,000 S30.tOn.iKO
KM) 81 18,000,000 8,000,000 330,000.OMI
JHtM-B! *>.000,000 8,600,000 4»,000,0ft)
1891VI... .23,000,000 0,000,000 333,000,000
1 have submitted these figures for
. your careful consideration. They show
that we have added immensely to onr
cotton acreage, which means also addi
tional gnano. meat and supply bills.
They also show that while we have
more than doubled our cotton crop in
twenty years, the price has been re
duced more than 100 per cent. Turn
which way we will there is no escape
from the stern realities of three facts.
Let every man who reads this article
ponder well over this question. Around
our firesides let ns discuss these grave
problemi, which are to affect the happi
ness. prosperity and future usefulness of
coming generations. Don't get disgust
ed and say you have heard this advice
until yon are tired of it. The hope of
the state, the stability of onr home in
stitutions. turn at last upon whether wa
make onr farms self-sustaining and at
the same time improve onr lands. At a
meeting of farmers last winter, the fol
lowing language was used:
••Some are fighting the wolf from the
door, while the wife ami little ones are
poorly clad, and the latter growing up
without education. Nearly all the mules
and horse* are mortgaged, ami a spirit
of unrest pervade* onr entire agricul
tural community. This lamentable con
dition confront* the town as well as the
country. If the latter die* from poverty,
a speedy dissolution of the former is
Inevitable.
“We are to solve a condition, not a
eurjr. Redact ' " *
_j» be summer
•Waste of time, money
the over-production of cotton and the
under production of an the necessaries
of life. .
Teach this doctrine diligently to your
children. Talk of it when yon sit in
yonr bouse and when yon walk by the
way. when yon lie down and you rise
up—bind it for a sign npon your
hand, and write it upon the
posts of yonr home, and on
yonr gates ana cany out its principles
ia your farm management
Bnt yon my. wears in debt Tell us
bmr to pay oot and save something. We
answer not by the planting of large crops
of cotton, hot by reducing the acreage,
increasing the yield per acre, and at the
same time planting an abundance of
food crops. Maks terms with yonr cred
itor, give him everything yon can pomi-
Uy spare, get him than to exercise a
generous forbearance — his prosperity
and yours art* bound together hr nudb-
auluhle tie*. Having done this, with
God's help in disnendng the earl
the later rains, and the exercise of
and energy, we can confidently look
forward tu a brighter future.
Go wlune you will, and show me the
man who give* his farm his individual
attention, who makes the raising of food
supplies his first consideration. calcu
lates carefully the cost cC his different
crops, consider* the need* of his burl as
wel 1 as the plant food which his aoU and
cultivated crop*n-qr
Ss&jaar
man thmmuU? fa Ur* wiU'htogOT
enuneut. Li* section, his neighbor!
Is not this end worth striYiiur ft**
DON'T FUT OFF SOWING TH* GRAIN.
Late sowing and hurried preparation
are among the chief drawbacks to onr
RAISING HOGS
Chamberlain’s Eye and Skin
Ointment
A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sore*, Eczema,
Itch, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipples
sad Pile*. It Is cooling and soothing.
Hundreds of cases have beea cared by it
after all other treatment had failed.
It is put op in 25 and 5ft cent boxes.
For sale at the Cash Drug Store.
for home nse be is r „
I have called yonr attention to the i
portance of this question in previona
talks. If one-third of our gross cotton
crop, that is over $100,000,000. goes for
breadstuff* along, what must be the
amount sent to the West for meat?
TO RAISE HOOS SUCCESSFULLY.
We must give them the same regular
attention and feed that we give to onr
bones; give them protection in bad
weather, keep them In uniform condi
tion. not first fat and then poor, keep
them free from vermin by the nee of
kerosene aa shown in this report. Give
each hog every week a teaspoonful of
beaten copperas, let them hare access to
pure water, and my word for it, yon will
nave sweet meat and lard, and plenty
of it. B. T. Nesbitt.
Commissioner.
previous . _
ports by correspondents for this year are
substantiated by the maturing crops in
nearly every instance. The decline in
indication of the yield of some crops is
dne to the fact that the injuries resulting
from unfavorable seasons were of such
a character that the extent of the damage
could hardly be properly estimated until
later in the season. -
cotton:
In this, onr staple crop, the one upon
which we depend to supply our wants
outside of what we are able to raise on
the farm, is shown the most marked de
cline. Excessive wet weather, followed
by dronth. and this drouth again fol
lowed by excessive vret weather, has
been the prevailing character of the
season. Such weather condition resulted
in shedding and casting of fruit, and in
nut and rot The fall extent of the
damage done was difficnlt of determina
tion dnring the early month, as innch of
the crop presents a fine appearance as to
weed, hut with maturing snows bnt little
frnit, with small and lightly filled bolls.
From many of the counties, especially
those located in Sonthwest Georgia,
comes the report that the yield in those
counties of that section will lie the
poorest ever known. When we consider
the fact that this is a great cotton pro
ducing portion of onr state, the ontlook
for a large yield is any thing hut flattering.
And when we note the unsatisfactory
conditions and discouraging reports from
all over the state, with the great reduc
tion in acreage and in the use of com
mercial fertilizers, we can safely predict
that during the past decade Georgia has
not produced so small a crop as that of
this year will be.
If the decrease yield promised ’
result alone of a reduction in the i „
we would have much cause for congratu
lation. and as it is. the gratifying redac
tion that was made will do’ much to
wards lessening the total yield.
The recent reiaort from the New Or
leans cotton exchange shows that the re
ceipts so far this year are smaller than
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE aaflfcn. I
TV KST SHCE ttTKftWBFOinCMMEl
mmStm
th* price, 'lLey equal Coo Uo;«rt«d
WAYCROSS HIGH SCHOOL.
THIf* SCHOOL WILL BEGIN ITS FIFTH YEAR
The Fourth II nday in September.
Additions have been made to
the building, which b now ca
pable of holding
MOO PUPIL-S.*
The building is well furnished throughout. The corjw of teacher* have lieen ad
ded to and strengthened, and the aim ha* been to get
The Very Best Instructors Regardless of Eipense.
No School in Georgia Holds a Higher Rank for Thorough
ness in the Branches Taught.
Vayeross is very
board may be obtained at
JOHN L. SULLIVAN,
The tirest Pugilist, has Iwen besten. but
The class of Groceries kept by
+ + A. R. BENNETT,
First Class Grocery Store,
< AX XKVKU BE BEATEN. HR HAS Al-SO ITT IX
A pine liine of Stoves.
'all and See The
REHSONHBLE RATES.
is a man of national reputation
Kates of Tuition Low.
r further information apply to the undersigned.
• H. W. REED, 1*rks. Board or Education.
i J. M. MARSHALL, Skc’y. Board of Education,
Try The New Cigar, “The
Waycross "Rifles Choice.”
FUR'S ALE BY
B. H. LEVY BRO. &CO
janl-ljr
GEORGIA SOUTHERN ARB FLORIDA R. R.
Suwannee River Route.
rhrdMle In FAfrl April 11 Ik, IKIW.
e acreage
The Brst Five (’em C
S" Thk M akkkt.
TERMS : STRICTLY CASH.
HIGHEST I'llK’E PAID FOB C'OFNTHV PKOHIICE.
Owens’ Block, Opposite Depot, Fourth Door from Corner.
Broad*.
at I'ulatka for St. Augustine ai
in East and South Kloi
WJIJIHim/,* «•« •’■•MHO “MU | |
those of any year since 1889. This indi- ' 11
cates that the reports on acreage sent
k-klawnha rlvci
are correct, also that the crop lias snf-
s iatel-
ried over from last year, and under this
influence the price has already advanced
over three-fourths of a cent from the
low price of the summer months. That
supply and demand govern onr great
product, like all other products, is em
phasized by this advance, and it brings
pointedly before the farmers that if they
want a remunerative price for their cot
ton, the yield must be reduced by cut
ting down the acreage, so that a small
crvjt will be the result of favorable and
unfavorable seasons. Speculation un
doubtedly influences the daily fluctua
tions or the market, and may
at times depress it or give
it an unnatural impetus, hut compared
by decades the story is one of increased
production and decreased price'. In the
monthly talk of the Commissioner will
be found a tabulated statement of the
number of bales produced and the value
of the crops for several years which gives
a comprehensive view of the whole mat
ter. The world, it wonldseem, has about
$100,000,000to pay for its cotton clothing,
this sum the cotton growers will receive
whether the crop be a large or a small
one. It is to he hoped that the present
upward tendency of the market will con
tinue nntil such figures are reached that
cotton may he made at a profit. While
the crop is backward, yet nearly all of it
will he ready for market at an early
date, for while the first hplls that
mature are ten days to two weeks late, yet
a* there is but little August fruit upon
the plants nearly all the bolls will soon
be open and ready for picking. This
may operate against the farmer by caus
ing a too rapid marketing and
a temporary decline in price. But hold
ing as we do the solution of the situa
tion within onr grasp, we should not
feel too much discouraged if we cannot
right the results of two years overpro
duction hy tha discretion of one year.
Diversified crops, renovated lands, awl
a yield of our money crop within the
dwnanda of the world’s consumption,
means to the South agricultural inde-
mdenosand profit.
Taught hy the hitter results of over
production. we trust that onr
fanners are now preparing and patting
largs v crop* of small grain,
that next year will see a huge in
crease in the yield of these crops.
CORN.
The large yield per acre promised by
the reports on this crop will hadly b#
fully realized. In many counties tbs
crop will he above an average, and the
falling off is dne almost entirely to the
damage to low land from excessive wet
weather. Throughout the state - the
acreage has been largely increased, and
the total yield will ha greater than for a
number of years.
noos.
The prospect of pork far this year is
not so good as that for last year. Where
hogs have remained free from cholera,
their coodition is perhaps better than
last year, bat more localities have suf
fered from the ravages of this disease
this year than last, thus reducing the
Tilton....
Cordele..
E as“
HAPPY!!
NO NAME FOR IT!
This Gentleman lias found the
most extensive and complete es
tablishment of any kink in Way-
cross. A regular
MULTUMIN PARVO.
Where they make anything in
wood from a Pine Plank to an
to an Elaborate Sideboard in the
highest style of art.
— GOOD SOLID ICE
^ Delivered at your door or shipped
in any quantity, anywhere.
RI ,R< TRIC T dG IITS
For Street, Store or Dwelling. We refer to the
Satilla Manufacturing Company,
WHOSE OFFICE AND WORKS ARE IN WEST
WAYCROSS.
Fancy Furniture, Moulding, all kinds of Wood Carving and
Turning. Two immense dry kilns. Bone Dry Lumber
Dressed and worked. Sto\e wood at your door at Ji.oo for
for two-horse wagon load. Agent for Fay’s manilla building
paper.
il fast West
crtsatMa-
iih all outgoing'it. in. trains C. IL K.
\V. It. <«n. R. IL K. T., V. « <i. R. R.
Xo. 2 leaves I'alatku after
India Mai! from Tampa and
' J.',
leaves I’ulatka after arrival
St. Augustine and points in East
South Florida, ami e
all <i
t-goiug a
R., M. A N. R. It..
. It. R. i
Is at Maeon with
. It. It.. S. W. R.
Land K.T. V. A
M. A It. It. It. ami M. A X. R. It.
Connection for vestibntrd train In-tween At
lanta and Washington 1>. C.
AH trains arrive ami depart -from Union
Depot* Ma.
ami i’alatka.
Elegant sleeping cars will l>e n
XO. 3 and Xo. 4.
For further particular* apply t
it train;
agei
% Trnv. Pass. Agt., Man
A. 1*. Kkait, Traflle Manager.
Mini MB BIBHIICBIH B1IUBM.
Schedule in Effect April 17, 1KM.
onnection in Union Depot. Maeon. fit.,
with fi. 9. A F. R. IL for Viklista. lake
(Sty. 1‘alatka,. 9t. Augustine and Points in
Florida: C. It. R. for Savannah. Milledge-
“Te and Eaton ton; N. W. IL R. for Anteri-
, Albany ami Eufaula: M. A X. It. R. for
ville ami Augusta, and all points beyond.
At Yatcsville with A. AF.R.R. for stations
on that line, and at Lautaage with A. A W.
I*. R. R. for Montgomery ami U-yond ami
intermediate station*.
r further infiwniati
H. HAMU*. Ticket
R. <5. Mto.nk. Ticket Agt.. LafG range.
II. Brass, Trov. Pass. Agt., Macon.
A. C*. Ks vrr, Traffic Manager.
R. B. KEENE,
Plumbing, Gas Fitting,
TIN. SHEET IRON AND COPPER WORK.
STEAM FITTING A SPECIALTY.
TIN ROOFING AND JOB WORK.
DKALHR IN
r*iin»i>j*», Steam. Gas
siii<1 Water Fitting.
Wells Driven at Short Notice, and Every Well
GUARANTEED.
Plant Avenue, Near Canal
"Wayeross, Georgia.
E. H. CRAWLEY, Sr.,
Brunswick and Western Railway.
Time Tatolo.
In Effect May 8th, 1892. Subject to (’hang* Without Notice.
IIKAIKIUAHTKUM KOIt
Furniture, Stoves, Dry Goods, Notions.
ALSO A COMPLETE LIXE OF
^ SHOES, HATS, gROCKERY AND HARDWARE.
give the |»eo|d^lie lu-iiefit of my rash trade, all Furniture and
low down for «$a*h. Parties desiring to purchase these goods
r that they intend to pay cash, so a* to get the l>ciielit of Cash
•ally
B. S.
11 20
dl 60
•12
>12 45
7 00; P. M,
7 30
8 oo;
Dally Daily;
A. M,
STATIOXS
P. M. A. M.
7 001 t; :->! R. A W. Shops
s 7 35 s 7 10L Brunswick..
7 41 7 luL.KT.V.At.’.Crossing
1 10 f 7 63If 7 »'...Eleven Mile Turnout
1 39 f H till's 7 38; Jamaica
2 On'f 8 21 * 7 60' Waynesvilli
2 10|f 8 2*1: '■ “*
2 25 L8 SrtL * ....
2 40jf 8 44 * 8 19
3 15 f 0 05 s 8 40 Holioken
P. M,
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tef Atkinson '*11 00 f :a ,
.l.nlaton JslO 68'f i;
Xahunta !sl0 50;fi; 14'
* 8 49; ~Sehlatterville— *10 20'f ,
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2 35; si 2 45
7 10 no :«I*10 50
7 60 *10 45 sll 17
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1 * 7 50; „ 4 22i 10 45 * 8 45
1- *7411 4 15! 10 2t»| 8 00
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11 45 fl2 45 * 2 < __
11 55 AS 52 s 2 10 Isabella 1
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IF.ASKD
> PHD
Court llousit; Square.
Western Furniture Co.
SABT ENJOYS SOUS CONFOET IN
“PATENT PALACE SLE3PIN0 COACH.-
The“PaUce Steep-
||'LHgg Furniture, Bsdding, Carpets, etc.
Installment Plan,
•p-Si’f.ciai, Prices For Cash.
HERSCHKOVITZ BROTHERS.
Deeenther 20-tf
... •> •*», » •»>; •* »*r......... s l .-w
'A. MJa. M.ll*. M.l I 1 45
J. A. McDUFFIE,
GILLON & HUDSON,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS.
WAYCROSS IRON WORKS,
WAYCROSS, GEORGIA.
The valuable clippings in this report
•retaken from the exchanges, which
come to the agricultural department,
and their suggestions, if followed, will
be worth money to the fanners. In
view of the growing interest in the dairy
and its products, the following sogges-
tions are especially appropriate.
killgermIs^
Benton & Upson,
Machinery and Hill Supplies,
EXOIXES, HOll.KltS,
Sn Mills, Skiigle Hills, Viii Wirt-
lit MuMiiry, Sign, tics, GittH
ut Guilig Hukilinr.
Irrigating Machinery
A SPECIALTY.
Omcc AXP WttEHMft. Machixzbv
Wffvavxs. Awwsijn
S.F. aw. mini Bipit,
octs-li’. JACKSOXYILLE. >*LA-
H AVING added all necessary Machinerj- to our shop, we
are now prepared to do all kinds of casting, repairing
and general work on Locomotives.
We also carry in stock Stationary and Saw Mills, Piping,
Belting, Pulleys, Hangers and Brass Cocks ofall kinds. We
make a specialty of
SYRUP MILLS AND KETTLES.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED. lilVE US A TRIAL JWU UK CONVINCED.
CASON & MILLER,
Groceries, Hay, Grain, Flour and Butter are
Specialties.
Court House Square. Waycross, Georgia
AN INTERESTING EVENT
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
li Frait Growing, is ts Bet Gaaft Fmt Trees fro® Reliable Dealers.
THE CHEROKEEE FARM AN]
NTURSEmES,
Have a Half a Million of the best Pear, Peach, Plum,
Japanese Persimmon, Apple and a hundred other kinds of
trees and plants at the lowest prices. Write them for cata
logue and price 1 oct3i-iy