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TSooiety.
R'8 TIMELY SUGGESTION
i Alliance of th# Society and the
bepartment of Apiculture Can and
VIII Do Material Good—Mr. Stevene
[in Hearty Accord.
Danvillo, Oo., Jan. 30, 1902.
n. O. B, Stevene, Commlesloner of
Agriculture, Atlanta, da.
or Sir—
the Georgia State Agricultural So
ciety and the State Department of
Agriculture ebould co-operate and uee
their combined efforts for the advance
moot of thla, the moot Important
branch of all Induatrlce, not only In
the aouth, but throughout the Union
I will be Installed on tho 12th pros.,
and do not hesitate to ask tho contln
uatlon of the great Interest you have
aVvaya manifested In tho succese of
—DOT- organisation.
It Is gratifying to note tho progress
of the last decade In rural life. Karm
en hare broader views; they have con
clusions determined by thought, and as
they conclude they execute. The best
method of preparation, fertilisation
and cultivation Is being adopted.
Homes are bolng made more comfort
able and wives more happy, surround
ed by their flowers to adorn and their
fruits and vegetables as luxuries to
their larders, laden with home-made
aubatantlala.
A future of surprising wonder awaits
thla southland of oura. We should
grasp It, keep the line of electric
thought ever ready, that by a touch
the light may flash In every rural
. homo., a -
A close alliance between the Depart
ment of Agriculture and tho Georgia
State Agricultural Society, which I
know Is your desire, af well as mine,
can and will do material good.
Appreciating your record In all that
pertains to advance tho farmers of
, Georgia, 1 am, yours very truly.
DUDLEY M. HUGHES.
Atlanta, Os., Feb. 4, 1902.
, Dudley M. Hughes, President of
Georgia Agricultural Society,
ferine, Ga.
Dear Sir
in reply to your letter of January
| 80th, permit me to say that you may
’ count upon the continued co-operation
of the Department of Agriculture with
the Georgia State Agricultural Society
In all efforts for the advancement of
agriculture, which you rightly charae-
torlie aa "the most Important branch
of all Industries, not only In the south,
but throughout the Union.”
Ever since my accession to the of
fice of commissioner of agriculture it
has been my aim to encourage every-
thlng'that would tend to promote the
Introduction of the very best meth
ods and appliances of scientific farm
ing employed anywhere In this pro
gresalvn age. Ilecognislng also the
. necessity of retaining upon the farms
the b««t Ihtellect and strength of the
sing generation, I have constantly
fJW'tne Importance of making the
y homes attractive, so as to bind
ily the.affections of the sons and
liters of our farmers to the old
idteatcad, for bright, .cheerful sur-
undlngs tend greatly to make a con-
ntad, t;appy rural population. Con-
Rlxpiis llw Georgia Agricultural So
ciety ono of the most powerful ageu-
Hea for the promotion of these ends,
l assure yon that I will heartily aec-
pd all yohr efforts to advanco the
vrlty and happiness of the farm-
/ Georgia.
rttfe'klnd regards for yourself. I am
- friend and co-laborer.
, B. STEVENS.
can be planted, anid for them a
:h, light loam la the beat.
Sweet potatoes should now be bed
ded.
The onion la a favorite vegetable
with many and may be planted any
time between February 1 and April
10. It needs a loamy soil, well fertil
ised with mock.
Other plants for the garden that
may be planted now are asparagus,
beets, pepper, spinach, okra, parsley
and vegetable oyster (salsify).
Garden Products,
have now, In all probability,
onr heaviest spring freese, and
f farmer can with lately make bla
den for home use or for supplying
■e demands of the neighboring towns
k cities. Com baa In tome places
planted, an also have radishes,
English peas, squashes, cucumbers
l lettuce. Those who have waited
attar the customary March
i had better plant now.
good vegetable dinner furnishes
only palatable, but very whole-
12 . diet br th* spring and summer,
'-■’above mentioned products
den will for the beat few
In great demand. ‘
ven a small gun
can add gVeatly to his
cash by careful culti-
tho tanner
a personal
The dangh,
can bain In
the garden,
own any
A light,
as It does
ited to
The Poetry of Farming—An Acre of
Southern Soil.
“There’s poetry in farming.”
It was a college friend of mine
who suggested that I try to meas
ure off a few acres in such a man
ner as to make a rhyme of form
ing.
“Why, fellow!” I said; “that's
cheap enough for college chops,
hut it won’t do to tell.me.” One
of us had been hemmed in by eol-
Jege walls for four years. The
other had been talking lessons in
the school of “experience,” shak
ing hands with the four corners of
the world, so to speak.
“1 believe,” he continued, that
A little farm well tilled,
A little wlfo well willed,
Are the happiest possessions given us
mortals here below."
I loft him in his original state
of mind 1 concerning farming. Ho
had been through college, and we.
all thonght he wonld be a mi nis
ter, but ho declared ho hadn’t
been "called to preach.” I was
intimate with the members of his
family, and we said to one another
that he’d never pay his college
debts by farming. But ho was in
for farming. We wero both young
bnchelors (ho twenty-two and I
just twonty), and he thought, per
chance, ho would win me over by
continually quoting “A little
wife well willed.”
Finally, tho farming season
openedanj I went to see the
“poet-farmer.” I found he hod
been busy for some time and had
made great chauges on his little
farm. Here and thore were little
lots fcncod sopuratcly, and it all
looked odd contrasted with tho
surrounding farms. A quarter
oore iu spring turnips for hogs,
half oore in watermelons for hogs,
quarter ot an acre iu maugel wurt-
zol beets for bogs. He killed
throe hogs on his little farm.
They weighed 604 pounds each,
1,512 in all.
His neighbor, with a thousand
acre pasture, killed eight hogs
which yielded 1,IH0 pounds total.
My friend owned five cows, his
neighbor nineteen. “I wouldn't
give three of mine for the bunch,"
he said, and I had no reason to
doubt him after looking over the
two herds.
It was interesting to watch the
measures of the "poet-farmer.”
He was soon selling a nice quan
tity of butter, and he had several
bee hives, all of which helped to
pay the college debts. He was
afraid to trust too much to his
owu ideas, so be plauted a big
field of corn, the well-known
standby, and when he finished
cultivating it he sowed peas iu it
broadcast. He did uot plant any
cotton except in an experimental
way. He had no time for eot-t-ori.
When his coru was gathered he
hired a mower and cut down his
peavinet and cornstalks aud all.
Afterwards he had all shredded
when the transient shredder came
through the neighborhood.
His oollege - studies had taught
him how to be patient. The dis
cipline had taught him to be me
thodical. But it is not necessary
to have an, education to do this,
•inoe so many of us have passed
the stage in which an education
figures. All iuforWtion we now
acquire comes und^^^k.e*d of
knowledge.
But my friend hi
tiou to aid him iu
knowledge. To
ducted in order to secure informa
tion for benefits to be derived in
person, the farmer should listen
willingly.
Now, here is the journal of our
"poet farmer, ” as given in his re
capitulation of his experiments
during the year, together with his
comments in parenthesis:
“My experiments for my own
use and for others who might be
concerned cqver a goodly number
of crops, many of which are not
cultivated here. My corn made
niueteeu bushels per acre (the sea
son was good); cotton (it is im
possible to say, for I did not at
tend to it) : wheat, fourteen bush
els per acre; oats, thirty-six bush
els per acre (the crop was as floe
as ever grows in this section);
sweet potatoes, 302 bnshels per
Jicre (I cannot see bow 800 bushels
can be grown on an acre, but I
have strong proofs that it is so;
however my crop suits me) ; cas
tor beans, thirty-five bushels per
acre (at $1.25 per bushel, a valua
ble crop); rice, upland, twenty-
eight bushels per acre (you can
laugh at the rains here; more rain,
more rice, and it does well in dry
times); sunflower, 1,600 pounds
of seed per acre (at 2 cents per
pound, but you are in danger of
competition ; yon should plant a
few for beauty); peanuts, 100
bushels per acre (here yon have
an article good all around the
world) ; mangel wurtzel beet, Gol
den Tankard variety, 1,250 bushels
per acre (something everybody
should grow); peas (I grow several
varieties; no farmer should be
without peaB); broom corn (this
can be grown profitably, and all
farmers should make thier own
brooms).”
There wns a lot more interesting
matter in the journal, but this
will serve to ehow what can be
done on an acre of Southern soil.
My friend now has a promising
lot of pecan and English walnut
trees coming on, aud will soon be
in a position to pnt money in the
bank. After my first visit to his
farm I became an advocate of
poetical farming, and every day I
think I am nearer the goal than
ever. It sounds a good deal like
"farming on paper” when you tell
of the results obtained, but bring
ing it down to simple words, the
poetry of farming lies in the.div-
ersification of crops. Try this
method. Bhea Hayne. In Home
and farm.
And Elsewhere.
By the sulphur ot the plue,
By the budding eglantine,
By the way the vloleta opes
Azure eyea on sunny (lopes,
' Bt the milkmaid’s evening psalm,
spring is on in Alaban.
By the dropping ot tho corn,
By the thiUling dinner horn,
By the imoko t’uU Alls the vale,
And the switch of Drncsn's tail,
And the far-off shout of Ham,
Spring has come la Alaham,
By the dovo that In the land
Coos of hotter times at hand,
By the lizard on the rail,
And the racer on his trail.
And tho bleating of tho lamb,
Spring's abroad In Alabam.
—Stanley Vann
It ia a mistake to suppose that
sheep will thrive without a regular
supply of water. Sometimes the
dew suffices in this reepeot, but it
cannot always qe -tolied on to do
so, aud conseqdeutly other and
regular provision should be made
to enable sheep to get water as
often as they desire it.
A writer in an English agricul
tural paper thus looks towards
giving the cow her dues: “The
Hindoo worships the cow. The
Irish peasant lives with hqf on a
footing of social equality.' She is
the friend of man in every zone,”
• gift “to lmmfeu nature in every
.clime.”
Winter is Going,
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To Preserve Eggs.
Lowe R. Case, writing in the
Home aud Farm on the preserva
tion of eggs says, to collect eggs
when they are plentiful and keep
them until they are at a premium
is what interests us all. Below
are given some suggestions which
will be helpful. Let mesay, how
ever, that.I hope this article will
encourage no one to preserve eggs,
and when there is a cWmand for
them, sell them as fresh eggs.
No objection can be made to sell
ing preserved eggs as such, but to
sell eggs in Jauuary and February
that were laid the previous June
(the buyer being under the im
pression that he is getting strictly
fresh eggs), is not treating others
as we would have them treat us.
Egg shells are porous', and, hence,
the egg cannot be airtight. The
main point to be observed is the
closing tip of these pores. Select
fresh eggs, and, aftsr brushing off
the dirt or dust, give them a coat
of varnish. If this is thoroughly
done, and the eggs, when dry
packed in a box of sawdust aud
kept in a cool_j^lace, they will
keep indefinitely.
Another method is to ’cover
yout eggs with vasilliue, to which
a little salicylic ao(d has been ad
ded, padk them in gait and store
in a cool, dry place, [ Still another
method is the use of\a solution of
lime. It is made fiy using two
pounds of fresh limei one pint of
salt, and four gallons of boiled
water. Eggs presented in this
solution give very satisfactory re
sults, although their flavor is not
quite so good as that obtained by
the use of either the firqt or second
plan given above.
A method (which is ofat of the
farmer’s road) is that af evapor
ating eggs. Hot air is twed to ex
tract the water from fh* egg,
leaving nothing but solid! matter,
which thus keeps for an indefinite i
period. Of course, - it it\ under
stood that preserved egg* [cauDofc
be used for hatching, but ojply l
nilinary purposes,
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