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Good stock M EneitlaJ-
And what are the native reai
denti of the South doing to for
ward it* agricultural interests? 1
fear but a little. It ie a fact that
no lection can proipor agricultur
ally and continuoualy without
keeping a due proportion of live
etock- Do we find it there? No;
that seems to be the last thing
thought of. An elaborate article
in the Cotton Plantere’ Journal
come time ago bewailed the fact
that the South had hot lived up (o
her privilege* In the motter of cat
tle railing, and *aya: “The South
ha* gone ou year after year grow
ing undersized runta, called cattle,
without paying any attention
whatever to economic or aenaible
line* of breeding." Probably Tex-
ua should be omitted from tbia
charge, for ahe ia uow Bending to
market many pedigreed beef cattle
that bring the top price. “Runts”
prevail in the South only cast of
the Mississippi river. Still, there
aro a few good animals, and mod
ern dairy cows are multiplying
rapidly. Aa to av.ine, they are far
from what they should be. Sheep
. are doing better. I have person
ally known of many pure blooda
being sold South and into all the
States between the Atlantic and
the Mississippi river.
The breed beat suited for that
region— the Rambouillets— has
got ao broad and firm a foothold
there, and ia ao well liked, that it
is uow a question of but a few
years when the South will be not
ed aa one of the beat and moat
prolific sheep sections in the Uni
ted States.
itely better to use it at home for
stock feed and domestic consump
tion.
Timely Suggestions-
The Southern Cultivator under
the above caption says: “Every
thing you ueed is high. So much
the better for vou if you have
something to sell as you ought to
have. The man who stakes every
thing ou cotton is the man
trouble now, as usual. Do not be
guilty of that folly again this
year. Plant a variety. Plant
anything to eat for man or beast.
P'ent largely of forage orops, such
as sorghum, peas, pinders, pota
toes, millets, velvet beans, cassava,
oorn and grass.’’
In all garden planting it is best
to use a garden line in order that
the rows may be perfectly straight.
They should also be of uniform
width, in order to give the garden
a better appearauce. But the
greatest advantage of planting by
line is that it saves hand work to
have the rows straight and the
seeds confined to as narrow a
space as possible so ns to ubs the
garden plow. If the rows are
made crooked and ill-shaped there
will often be a space of three
inches in rows which must be
weeded by hand.
Whitewashing the Rouse.
It is now time to give the pool-
fcy premises their annual spring
tk cleaning, and thus ward o(T the
P; ^dgngers threatened by breathing
g n u , the impure air of filth-laden -bouse
ttjsjhud yard*.
i -'All,-straw from nest* and
j scratching shed should be removed
I and burnt, and the interior of the
bouse should have a coat of white-
/ wash, into whioh has been put t
r few spoonfuls of keroseue ororude
carbolic acid.
1 The nests should be renewed with
fresh straw or hay. eud the roosts
should be painted with kerosene.
Unslacked lime should be iprin
kied over the floor and in the
I * yard*, and if there aro any mites
on the fowls they should be dus
ted with Persian insect powder.
; A little labor now will bear good
H fruit later in the aeaion, and next
* fall’s healthy flock of fowls will
; bear testimony to the care luwtow.
ed^non them during the early days
offering.
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Cassava as a Feed. (fa
For stock feed cassava posaca- (ft
aes a larger amount of fat-forming (ft
material than is found in any
other staple crop, but to secure (ft
the Seat results from feeding amnll (ft
quantities of cottonseed-meal, cow*
peaa or velvet bean* should be
mixed Vith it. Farmers that will
grow cassava cau have more meat
end more butter aud richer than
jsny they can possibly get from
any other feed.
For the supply of starch the
world has depended thus far upon
potatoes and corn as a raw mate
rial, but cassava proves today to
be the cheapest source of supply,
costing only about one-fourth aa
much as potatoes and oorn. An
aoro yielding forty bushel* of corn
would produce about MOO pound*
of starch, while an acre of cassava,
nrodnciug six tons, wilt yield
pounds, and owing to certain
properties not possessed by the
other starches the demand for
cassava starch is increasing rapid
ly and at considerable higher
prices than those commanded by
pother starches. But the Southern
planters need not raiie cassava
jjfor,starch; it will pay them infiu-
Good proof that great improve
ment has taken place in at least
one department of agriculture dur
ing the latest one hundred and
fifty years is found in the
fact that the average weight of
cattld and, sheep sold in ’.he live
stock markets of Loudon, Eugiand
is how more than twice what it
was at the outset. This improve
ment has beeu wrought by both
better breeding and better feeding;
the ability to feed better going
with improved farming.
A good receipe for whitewash ia
as follows: Slack ene-balf bushel
of unslacked lime with boiling
water, keeping it covered during
the process. Strain it and add
peck of salt dissolved in warm
water. Add also three pounds of
ground rice put in boiling water,
and boiled to a thin paste; one-
half pound of powdered Spanish
whiting, and a pound of clear glut
dissolved in warm water. Mix all
these well together, and let the
mixture stand for several days.
Keep the wash thus prepared in a
kettle or portable furnace, and,
when ueed, put it on as hot as pos
sible, with pointers’ or whitewash
brushes. This whitewash has
been found by experience to ans
wer on wood, brick, and ston*
nearly as well as oil point, and it
is much cheaper.
The Indiaua station by careful
experiment, has already proved
that to get a given quantUy of
milk from a cow she must be fed
25 pur cent., or one quarter, more
food when exposed to wet and
cold than she requires when com
fortably housed. The question of
comfort for the cow to get her to
give lots of milk is one on which
all dairy writers grow eloquent.
There is absolutely money in her
comfort and sure loss in her dis
comfort, and if you have thermom
eters about the stable they will
tell you this every tiine you look
at them. In other wordB, with
these little instruments in sight,
you will know whether you are ma
king or losing money, provided you
know where your cows are.
No part of the farm work is
more important than the garden.
It should be good enongh and
large enough to furnish much of
the supplies of the farmer's table
during the summer and fall; and
WOULD SMASH THE CLUB.
If members of the “Hay Fever
Association” would use Dr. King’s
New Discovery, for consumption,
the club would go to pieces, for it
always cures this malady,-and
asthma, the kiud that baffles the
doctors,-it wholly drives from the
system. Thousands of once-bope-
less sufferers from consumption
pneumonia, Bronchitis owe their
lives and health to it. It con
quers grip, saves little oues from
croup and whooping cough, and ia
positively guaranteed for all
throat and inng troubles, 50c, abd.
$1,00. Trial bottles free at all
druggist.
Notice.
GEORGIA—War* Coontv.
W. H. Booth and others having made
application for a first-class public road,
leading from Manor to old train road,
near Peter Thrift’s, which has been
marked out by Road Procession.™ and
,a report thereof made on oath by them.
All persone are notified that said new
road will, on and after the first Tuesday
In April next, by the Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of said county, be
Dually grauied If no oew cause be shown
to the contrary. This March 4th, 1002.
E. J. Berov,
Clerk Commissioners.
STOP AT
THE
Maine Hotel,
OVER
Hardy Brothers,
Plant Aienne, Waycross, Georgia.
Good Fare, Reasonable Rates.
Conveniently Located.
Patronage solicited.
Mrs. J. A. Adamson, Proprietress. |
Your Cold Cured for 5c.
Get nr. Milet’ Laxative Got* Cure.
A FEW DAYS ONLY!
Mr. Jos. Marks, of Valdosta, Ga., and
Mr. N. M. Rosenbloom, of the Baxley
Bargain House, have bought the . . .
D. B. English Stock of Merchandise,
and will offer it to the public at the
LOWEST PRICES
ever heard of in Waycross.
Come and examine the stock and get
prices, as this opportunity will only
last a few days. The goods must be
sold at once. . .
MARKS & ROSENBLOOM,
J. R. KNIGHT,
DEALER IH
Pianos and Organs
AND ALL KIXDS OF
Small Musical
Instruments.
VIOLINS,
CUITAR8,
BANJ08,
MAND0LIN8,
. ETC., ETC.
Also the Ball-bearing Domestic
Sewing Machines,
NEEDLES, OIL **■> ml
MACHINE SUPPLIES.
NEXT DOOR TO THE POST-OFFICE.
The Blackshear ManufacturingCo.,
INDEPENDENT MANUIACTUBEBS OP
HIGH GRADE ACID PHOSPHATE
AND COMPLETE FERTILIZERS,
BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA.
Our Br'&'nci®,
Baiter's Special,
Fire Per Gent. Potash Compound,
Blood and Potash Hiitnre,
Prolific Cotton Grovor,
imperial Pornrlan Fertilizer,
Good Land Manure,
Sea Island Extra Guano,
Faiorite Cotton Fertilizer,
, Sea Island High Grade Guano,
Bone and Potash Mlitnro,
Poor Land Gnano,
High Grade Acid Phosphate.
Ask for These Brands at Our Nearest Agency.
Whore we hare no agents we will be pleased to quote prices to
Clubs of responsible fanners wbo wish to buy in car load lots and give
their joint notes for sane. Strangers in writing ns should always give
the names of a few well known persons as references.
The analysis of the above brands, together with advertising matter
relative thereto will be cheerfully sent on request.
All inquiries will receive our prompt attention.
DAN AND OSCAR LOTT,
PRICES LOW.
114 Plant Ave.
See us before placing your order.
WE SELL'
Fertilizers,
The old reliable brands. See ns before buying
JEFFORDS & MILLER,
Waycross, Georgia.
At the D. B. English Store,
Waycross, Ga. $
y* sums
Is making 28 different flavors,
Their special drinks are not enrpassed even by tl^k imported goods.
Ben are some of the leading flavors:
Ginger Ale, Iron Brew, Damiana, Pepsin 01a, Celery Gob,
Birch Beer, Wild Cherry, Coca-Cola, Celery and Iron,
Strawberry, Lemon, Cream 8oda, Chocolates Cream Soda,
. Sparkling Dewey. Hail orders promptly filled.
The Waycross Bottling ^Vorks.
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