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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, ..I 12 10 VIS ,. *12 0tV„ 7 M.iA. M.lP. M. P. M. >1 :R|f « 52 ville. [sll 13f«:a; tef Atkinson '*11 00 f :a , .l.nlaton JslO 68'f i; Xahunta !sl0 50;fi; 14' * 8 49; ~Sehlatterville— *10 20'f , * i “I s ! “!*.? M WAYCROSS «*)_ »; 2 35; si 2 45 7 10 no :«I*10 50 7 60 *10 45 sll 17 o| •. 12 10 f 1 02is 2 21 01 12 30 f 1 13'* 2 35 j j 1 21 j......... 1 9 50 „.j 12 5»» 1 30 2 55 Jum-tfon 10 00 | 1 00 1 35 3 00 Albany- %. m.C..Dp. m.|a. m. 1 - MIIIwimnI McDonal.' Kirkland. d.~ S 8 10,f 4 3r| 11 20 » !» 20 1 * 7 50; „ 4 22i 10 45 * 8 45 1- *7411 4 15! 10 2t»| 8 00 9 4t»;* *12 28 —Kniknia >s C 34 f 3 23 12 37 Brookfield is 0 24i » j.V .Tiftitn —Ty-Ty {a 5 9ojt 2 41 i 11 :^R2 38* 1 •' 11 45 fl2 45 * 2 < __ 11 55 AS 52 s 2 10 Isabella 1 < 5 03.f 2 29; 7 10 . Willingham J* 4 32jf 2 00; « 44 ........ na Sniet*art ir. jj.t i 48i..”.™ JdtKtion ' 3 55; 1 40; OOj OOl ] a 3 51 saai. * 305 s 2 35 A* 1 d.Mi love* will l*c 'ill do well ti 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