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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. f 1 s $ m s * I 1 I * 1 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. HBHHBHi