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ItkGRiCULTITRAL. L«U«r From Mr. David Dirk «on. We take the liberty of publishing the following extract from a private letter of Mr Dickson to us, which accompanied the communication be low : '■With my present business I cannot answer private letters, and at the same time contribute to the Cultivator. — What I do, therefore, must be for the benefit of all, through your paper I repeat, from actual observation, that nearly one half of the Agricultural la bor of Georgia is thrown away, from want of knowledge at and skill in its ap plication. There is as much for the farmer to learn about the use of the plow and hoe, as there ; s for the pain ter, concerning the use of the brush." Editor» Southern Cultivator :—There is a great demand lor mo to re write my plat, of cultivating corn, prepara tion of land, manure, &c., by new sub scribers, and by {arsons that are not subscribers, to your paper. In the first place, 1 refer them to my system of im[ rovemeot, rest and rotation, given in the Southern Cui i vator last j ear. Many inquire, what is the proper time to break up land. I write for this latitude, and every per son must make due allowance, as his farm may b« North or South of this line. The plowing must be commenc* ed tlie first day of January, to get it done in time, or as soon as you ai*e done sowing wheat. If I had my choice, and could get all the work done in one day, I would not have the plowing done more than ten days be fore planting, lor the following reaeons, derived from actual experience: If it is dry, cold freezing winter and spring, the fall plowing is the best; in some springs of this kind, as those of 1839 and 1854, I left belts through the middle of (be field, which were not plowed until a few days before plant ing, and I could distinguish the belts all through the year—the corn in them being from eighteen to twenty-two inches lower than the rest. For the crop and the improvement of tho land in about one winter out of seven, fall plowing is the best. In the cases where the belts wero left, when she winter was warm and rains abundant, the late plowing would beat the early plowing twenty five per cent, in the crop; besides, according to my expe rience, there is less less from washing Land must be well broken before planting, so commence in time to do it —the later it is done the better for the land, taking seven years together, but not quite so good for teams. Have good turning plows, and ac cording to your abili'y, use one or two horses, and sub soil; ride over the field, and lay ofi the land so that the horses will go round on a level, and the dirt will fall down hill —a team will break up the soil nine inches deep in this, as easily as they could seven inches, on a level piece of land. Con tinue to take the lands in the same way until the field is finished, one team following another—all the time going around the circle; and if you sub-soil, have one team between each turning plow, running in the bottom of the furrow. When you finish, the field is ready for planting, if the prop er time has arrived. In deciding this point, you must be governed by the weather—it varies from the 10th of March to the let day of April. Ac cording to my experience, a man only gains hard work and more of it, by very early planting Now for planting. Lay off furrows with a long shovel plow, on a level, seven feet apart. Commence at the opposite end, with a longer shovel, and open out the same furroyv. The rea son for this is, yon get up to trees and stumps, and make a better finish at the ends. This furrow should stand open seven or eight inches deep. Whether you use compost, cottoo seed or guanos, let each band have his three foot measure, and deposit the manure in the bottom of the furrow, just three feet apart. Then drop toe corn within three or four inches of the manure, one or more grains, as is your custom—dropping on the near side of the manure, as the dropper goes ; then with a very light harrow, cover the corn one or one and a half inches deep. The harrow should go the same way the dropper does, to keep him from pulling the manure on the* grain. If you cover deep, you lose all the advantages of low planting, (but not tbe deep breaking,) and for this rea son; Corn, in good weather, wil. come up from A depth of one to six inches, but will strike out roots about one inch from tbs surface of the ground, and all below that will perish. That is one reason why I atn opposed to dirti ng corn as Fnon as it comes up—it brings the root of the stalk to the top of the ground. My plan is to finish the first working from the 29th of April to the 10th of May. Sometimes I have not finished before the 25th of May. With the land well turned, very little grass and weeds will come up, except in the bot tom of the furrow, and this is easily managed. For first plowing, have a heavy twenty -two inch sweep, with the right wing so set, that its buck end will not be more than one inch above the ground. This is to n*i near the corn, and should fill the furrow within one or one and a hall inches of the general surface. Break out tho middles with the same sized sweep, with the back cf both wings .urned up; if the plowing is well done, four furrows will finish out —four hands completing fourteen acres every day, by going sixteen miles a day. Second plowing—have the wing ol the siding sweep turned a little more than half up; run close «o the corn, leaving nothing for the hoe; sot if all tho plowing is well done, there is no use of a hoe. Break out the middles with three furrows, to make a good place to plant peas From the first of June to the 20th, is a good time to plsnt | eas. Proceed in this manner After the second plowing, run a shov el furrow in the middle of a > trn row; drop one bushel of peas to every eight nt res—say six to eight peas to every hill. You can plant sixteen ucres per day, and will use two bushels for each plow—and cover with a har row. Third and last plowing—pair your hands, one to side the corn, and otut to side the peas; the band that si ies the corn will need a twenty-two inch sweep, right hand wing Well up, and it should run chse to the corn—not go ing more thaD a half inch deep ;me left wing should be nearly flat. The hand that sides iho p< as, will need a heavy twenty-six inch sWerp, with the right wing set at medium height, and should run it near the peas, and fill the pea furrow entirely up ; the left v tng should be up, to push the dirt near the corn. This is the last plowing, and il well done, the ground will be as smooth and leval as a floor, with not a spar of grass to tho two hundred aerss, nor a weed to be seen in the field. In old tirucß, I required every hand to clean the crop as he went—what the plow left, to be removed with the loot ar.d hand. From 13 to 16 miles, accord ing to the condition of the crop, was a day’s work. Such pine land os mine, (some of it very poor,) should average twouty to twenty-five bushels per acre; and wet or dry, if the work is rightly done, there is no such thing as a failure, as my many visitors, from all parts of the country, will testify. Messrs. Editors, I have been too lengthy in deecribiog the preparation of land and cultivation of crop, to give my reasons for a choice of manures.— I use, after a long experience, Peruvi an Guano, Dissolved Bones, Land Plaster and Salt, and have them mixed at homo. I wish the the Southern Cultivator was in every man’s hands. It would pay good dividends. Very liespec'fully, DAVID DICKSON. Sparta, Ga., Jan. Gth, 1868. Senatorial District Conserva tive Committees. By virtue of the authority vested in the Central Executive Committee, the following committees are hereby appointed for the sev eral Senatorial Districts in this State, and they are requested to organize Conservative clubs in their respective counties without de lay, and prepare for action when the Consti tution to be prepared bv the Convention now in session in Atlanta shall be submitted to tbe people for ratification or rejection : Ist District; . Chatham; , Brian; , Effingham, 2d ; , Liberty; , Tatuall, 3d ; , Wayne ; —, Pioroe ; 4th; , Glynn: , Cam den ; , Charlton. sth ; M A»bley, Coffee ; B F Wil lianis, Ware; J C Nichols, Clinch. 6th ; AC Martin, Eehols; 8 W Ba ker, Lowndes; H T Peeples, Berrien. 7th ; O L Bmith, Brooks; B B Moore. Thomas; D E Watkins, Cti quitt. Bth ; H G Crawford, Decatur; R J Bacon, Mitchell; J R Whitehead, Mil ler. 9th; B H Robinson, Early; G W Colley, Calhoun; W D William*, Ba k. r. 10'h; G J Wright, D ugbern ; G M S'okes, Lee; A J Macar by, W rth 11th; FT Tenoilte, Clay; PL J May, Randolph; Leroy Brown, Torrell. 12th ; J M Scott-, Stewart; G S Ros ser, Webster; D Morris, Quitman. 13th; T M Furlnw, Sumter; W J Sears, Schley ; W H lt bin.-on, Mac. n. 14th; R Redding, Dooly; Darling Johnson, Wilcox; N MeDuffic, Puiask\ 15th ; John Mcßae, Montgomery ; 16tb ; Robs Robinson, Laurens; T A ParsoD, Johnson; L B Boucbelle, Emanuel. 17th ; , Bulloch ; E B Gross, Seriven; UT Jones., Bui k». 16th ; L D Lallersteadt, Richmond ; J C King, Glasscock; Geo. Stapleton’, Jefferson. 19th ; , Taliaferro; M W Lew is, Greene; E A Pottle, W orren. 20 It; A If Kenan, Baldwin; 11 T ll’irrH, Hancock; Green Brantley, Washington. 21st; D G Hughes, Twiggs; WE Carscll, Wilkinson; It W Bonner, Jones. 224 ; Thomas Hardeman, Bibb ; 11. Phiniiy, Mrnroe; .1 J Caldwell, Pike. 23d ; K Warren, Houston ; B fl Na pier, Crawford ; W S Wallace, Taylor, 24th; W M Brown, Marion; EG Kaiford, Chattahoochee; J A L Lee, Muscogee. 25th; A W Redding, Harris; T D Weaver, Upson ; W A Little, Talbot. 26th; J D Stewart, Spald ng ; J S Haikacss, Butts; M. M. Tidwell, Fay ette. 27th; P Reynolds, Newton; Dll Walker, Walton; J Ii Carlton, Clark. 28;h ; G T Bartlett, Jasper; T G Lawson, Putnam ; J A Billups, Mor gan. 29th; H J Lang, Lincoln; W J Steed, Columbia; J T Wingfield, Wilkes. 30 h ; J D Matthews, Oglethorpe; DJ Chandler, Madison; J H Jones, Elbert. 31st; Wm Bowers, Hart; Thomas Mortis, Franklin; J II Wyly, Haber sham. 33nd; Francis Logan, White ; Wier Boyd, Lumpkin; A J Logan, Dawson 33'd ;J N Dorsey, Hall; D G Can* dhr, Banks; W PDeadwyler, Jackson. 34'b; T M Peeples, Gwinnett; M S Candler, DuKalb; Allen W Turner, Henry. 35'h; J 0 Ellington, Clayton; LJ Gienn, Fulton ; G N Lester, Cobb. 36 b; - J M Parks, Merriwether ; Hugh Buchanan, Coweta; W A Tur ner, Cam; bell. 87 th ; R AT Ridley, Troup; B D J .tinson, Heard; D D Th masaou, Car roll 38th; J Garnor, Haralson; J A Blanc*, P" k ; J F Dover, Paulding. 39 b ; , Cher kee ; O F Skel ton, Mi t>u ; H P B 11, Forsyth. 40 h; , Union; , Townes, D M Si* gleti n, Rabun. 41 at ; , F iuuiri; , Gil me*; , Pickens 42nd; W Aiken, Bartow; A K Wrigor, Floyd ; JO Sett, Chattooga. 43 and; G :M Thompson, Gordon; R E Wilson, Murray; I W Avery, White-Id. 44ih; M E Rhodes,Walker; Henry Bakor, Dade ; M>• es D dt- n, Catoosa. E G. CABAN 188, CbairmuU Central Ex-on rve Cun $lO 0 FOK TK> Only a few moie subscribers are required to imareihe »peedy issue of the Great Illus trated Paper— THE WEEKLY PRESS, which iu size amt appearance will resemble Uurpei’s Weekly, but in value w ill far tran* aceuil that publication. The PRESS w ilt be an embodiment of the spiiitofthe age. Each department will sparkle with the ge niousof the most emiueut writers of the day. An original SERIAL STORY of the most brilliant character will be com menced iu the first number. the illustrations will be entii fly original and of the most at- Uactive s'yle and nature. The great expense and labor involved in this enterprise render it necessary that we should start with an ENORMOUS CIRCULA 7ION. In order to do this we shall Jo as follows SIO,OOO in sums of SIOO, will be distributed through the tirst edition. To every given number ol papers SIOO will be allotted.— •Every copy of the FKESS will be enclosed in a stout wrapper, so that Ihe papers con taining the greenbacks will not be known by their external appearance, and all purchasers will have an equal chance lor the money and gifts. Besides the SIOO Bills, orders will be enclosed in certain copies of the edition for the following GIFTS; Each. 6 Grand Pianos (Stcinway’s). Value SSOO 5 Grand Pianos (Chickering’s). Value. 600 1 Carriage, fromC. Witty’s Repository. 800 10 Gold Watches 15!' 6 Mclodoons 175 10Ladie8’ Gold Watches 100 10 American Silver Watches 76 5 Music Boxes 45 C Elliptic Lock-stitch Sewing Machines. 60 3 Wheeler aud Wilson’s SewiDg Ma chines 76 4 Wilc.x &. Gibbs’ Sewing Machines 45 60 Photograph Albums 10 The balance to consist of Accordeons, Tea Sets, Silverware, Ac. No dollar Jewelry. No Gift worth less than Ten Dollars. THE PRESS will be mailed to any addree* upon the receip« ol pri.e, Ten Cents, or elreen copies for sl, twenty three tor $2, and sixfv for $5. Address STUART A CO., “NEW YORK PRESS,” No. 61 B'Oadwav, New Tork Ci ▼, i\o Wore Scratching! r UO he had bv all tho*c who will at otic» I supply themselves with that invaluable scientific discovery of Dr. Rtieit, who bv a Ohendcf.l process, renders that eld and valua ble m'dicinal remedy, Sulphur, into a conve nient liquid form, contbiumg it with one of the most valuable alteratives, found in the J/.tem Jfedica, which not only makes it a certain cur, for ITGB, but also tor all othe. cu'airous diee-sce, by applyii g externally to the putts affeted. Taaen internally, it. is an excellent remedy for nil of that numerous class of diseases, for which every one kn .«■ pul pit ur to be good. Increased in its medicinal effects by the ingmiuus introductien of this alter itive, it lias been pronounced by thous ands, the greatest medical discovery ol the age. For sale at the Drug S ore of PERRYMAN & MERIWETHER. Dawson, Ga. C. F. & H. E. OLIVER, Movfs amt Hollow M are, Pocket and Table Cutlery, Iron Pipe, Steam Fittings, &c,, WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF TIN WARE, No. 42 Third Street, November 15;3m .f/.IC'O.F, 6',/. Corn For Ssalc. IjMGHT Hundred )r a Thousand Bushels of U Corn is offered lor sale at the Musgrove place, cheap lor cash, by janistm ff*. McClelland. 1868. 18(38. PERRYMAN & MERIWETHER ARE NOW RECEIVING ONI OF Till MUST in BIST Selected Stocks of FORI MEDICINES, Ever before offered iu this market. They havo been STCf ESSFIL FRAf TITIO.VERS, Os Mtdicine in South Western Georgia, for the last seven or eight years, and have purol ased their Stock of In sccordtnce to the necesisties es tb. People, and the. peculiar diseases of the country with which they are pcrfoctly conversant. All wishing PUKE & FRESH DRUGS, CHEMICALS, DYESTUFFS, _ PAINTS, OILS, PERFUNERY, FANCY ARTICLES ETC. Will find it to Their Advantage To Call on Perryman dc Meriwether, At their Drug Store in LOYLEBB BLOCK, Next door to T. J. Pratt’s, Ff AS OJT, G E OH LOOKOUT BELOW! Leroy Brown, W A REHOUSE —AND— Commission Merchant (At Sharpe & Brown s old stand) DA WSOy, - - GEORGIA IS trow teidy to receive C’OT'/O.V, Sto*e it, Sell or Ship it lor the planters, tie will make every effort in bis power to be i mi amt assist all ihase who may see tit lo tavnr bim with their patronage. II ' i-, and will keep constantly on hai • supply of BACON; FLOUR, BAGGING, • and TIES, for the accommodation of his customers, which he will sell at the lowest market pricis FOR CASH ! IT.-still retains in his employ. CnDt. Joht A. Fu'ton, who will always be found at hi post, and re idv to attend to customers at all times, either in the office or the yard. Tlie* “Uri>v«»iecn Piano Forle’ Kec’d the higlicetaward of m crit at the cele brated World’s Fair, where were exliibi ed instruments front the be.-t makers of Louden, Paris, Gerinanv.Pliilade phia, Baltimore, Bos 'on and Ntw Yo k and also at the American Institute for five successive years, the Gold and Silver Medals l orn both of which can be seen at our ware-rooms. * • rly the introduction of improvements we make a still more perfect Piano-foite, and by manufacturing largely, with a strictlv cash system, are enabled to offer these instruments at a price w hich will preclude all competition. Our prices are from SIOO to S2GO cheaper than fits el <ss Piano forte. TERMS. —iNkt I’asii in current funds. Pe acriptive circulate rknt free. Aug 17,lyear BROWN HOUSh E. E. Bium n A SON, Fourth St., Opp' sife Passergrr Depot. ufSitcoii) Georgia • 37*ROM h Is of Jul* the ,bnsi pss of hi* 1 House v:l lie etiitriuct d<» E E B own s .ii, tii** hivin. o« ij»» e*i hi- »ou, Wm. F U OW", in management and in te«pß» if the Hotel. The hou e contains tfxty rooms, which are eserved chi. fly for the use of r av* llera and transient guess U< mpeient awdsttintp have been se- cur. and i 1 every and partmeor, and eve y attention w»U *»» -ui 10 eiisuie eoinfor *> their tui*r« nu*rs Room**«le tr» and airy, »nr) *e table ahv ys -up; lied with il e best rh* ••ouutrv affo <L. l'« r era H l<e fi effrival and •h partu*e of ;tii trains to conve> begone iful conduct piissengeis across th** srrect t< heir quarters. jul>27,tf NATIONAL HOTEL, Nearly opposite Passenger Depot MACON CIA. f. (Late of Granite Hall,) Proprietors. STEVbISVS house, 21, 23, 25 & 27 BROADWAY, N. 1. Oppnnite Bowling Green. OY.THL EllllllEAN PLAN, HE STEVENS HOUSE is well and widely know., to the public The location is es n cialty suitable to merchants and business men; i is in close proximity to the business part ol the city—is on the highway of South ern and Wes', rn navel—and adjacent to ail he prit cip 1 Railroad and Steamboat depots. THE STEVENS HOUSE has liberal ac commodation for over 2(10 guests —it is well furnished, and possesses every modern im provement for the comfort and entertainment of its inmate*. The moms are spacious and well ventilated—provided with gas and va ter—the attendance is prompt and respectful —and the table is generously provided with .-very delicacy of the season—at moderate rates. The rooms having been refurnished and re. modeled, we are enabled to offer extra facil ities for the comfort and pleasure of our Guests. GEO. K. CHASE & CO. Proprietors. GitOYESTEEJT E Cos., Piano Forte Manufacturers, 499 Broadway, JWeu> York. r |' , HE!?E Pianos received the highest award JL ofnierit at the World's Fair, over the best makers from London, Paris, Germany, the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baiti more pnd Boston ; also, the Gold Jltfdal at the American lustitute, for Five Successive Years!! Our Pianos contain the Fiench Grand Action, Ilarp Pedal, Overstrung Bass, Full Iron Frame, and all modern improve ments. Every Instrument warrented five v«ars. Made under the surpervision of Mr. J. 11. CiKOVIiSTEILM , who has a practical expetience of over thirty five years, and is the maker of over eleven thousand pianofortes. Our faeili'ie* for matiufacturins enable us to sell these instruments from $ 100 to S2OO cheaper than aoy first class piano forte. Aug. Sl lyr CROVESTEEN&CO., Piano Forte Manufacturers, •199 Broadway .1 '(tv York. flvtlK artel ti >i. ol tl • pnbl Cni.d the us.'e is I invited t<. nut «tfi r Settle, Seren Oclavc , Iloftftcuod Clano M'orlen which tor volume and pun y id tone are un livalled hy any hi'herto offered in this mark er. They contain all the modern improve ments, French gtand action, harp pedal iton frame, over strung bass, etc., and each in strument being mad- under the per-onal supervision of Mr J. 11. Gsovestxvn, who has a practical experience o' over thirty rears in them mat ufactufc, is fully warranted in every particular. “TlCifllt I.II.II>” A Novel, hy FIDSEtr LiNlKß—Price $1,65 For sale by HAVENS & BROWN, ■9l Cherry street, Maeon, G». HAVfcNS & BriOWN, Wholesale and K»*iuti B OK*ELLERS, M AIIONLRS, And General News Oealegj—j/iatigulu Block, Übeiry Street, .Baton. Ga. Ui.ro of p.n.r For sale at Pickkvmaj* A Mkrivvkthbr’s Drug Store. 1868. V©l.3. 1868. SUBSCRIBE FOB TIE DAWSON JOURNAL PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY MORNING, BT PERRYMAN & MERIWETHER, At the enterprising and rapidly growning Town of DAWSON, Ga. THIS Taper has just entered noon the TMMMMt O y'Fvi Mt of ita publication, aa4 il has met with a decree success rarely attained by like enterprises; and in point of CIRCULATION. INFLUENCE. ABILITY AND VALUE. ITS RANKS AMONG THE FIRST Papers of the State, And confessedly stands far ahead of any of i's Cotemporarios in this entire station. Th# Editors are encouraged to make arrangements for Adding Greatly to its Cwefulness as a Family Journal, Ihe Present Tears TH£l is THE CHEAPEST AND THE BEST PA PER PUBLISHED IE THIS PORTION OF THE ST A TE, JED IS A Fopcr for the Farmer, A Paper for tho Ladle*, A Paper for the Family Circle, A Paper for Everybody. 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Editors “Journal, ’ Dawson, Ga.