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THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR
BEKIIY TANARUS, MOSELEY, Editor.
VOL XII.
'Hie Entire Stock of Merchandise of
uvx* "Vowr-oassE*. jtjenac, oq.
Is in the hands of a Receiver to be closed out at what it will bring. No rese3|||l
Everything in the house must be sold to satisfy the "creditor sand must be sc|l
at once . .
Wit Of® •'te $T 1 £>" fit- ‘Sf W Cfe la* 1 E ,<Tb
cl! 4a It. fsgS 4r i.
FinE Seasonable goods at Cost, three-fourths Cost, h-.if Cost, and any price jr.;
order to turn them into money at once.
rm ffa gn&j gjj W.|p ro, 4ss ' A; ' U km-'Cfe #*’ ~ s ■ ~ •** HjL
Ml Iftrfi 1 Salt? jLa I ml© <t*a. lilm <£&.
in tkit k*tis* whioh ba w*n u mink suluiiml atdmir.d'Vy all wg liar# seeu them will ba said iff.! ill
le of theivf value, No liner Stoek of CoUmLuid Rl.sok J.>rcs (SooJ* was ever brought to this inurkdt. llffi
this hoa*e there i* a big stock of
Cloaks, Jackets aad caps • 1
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that mast go at any price, also Shawls, Blankets, Comforts and Maisrifies Spreads. A big stock oil
Factoiyjgoods, such as Joans Cassitr.sres, Flannels, Tickings, S hiitings, Hirelings, TANARUS; backings and Cambrics. 5
.
A big stock of Notions, Corsets, Gloves, Hosiery,
• • .Bfim
Handkerchiefs, Underwear and Thousands of NDVeKlcslnsmall wear.
A big slock of Gents’ Furnishings.
Shirto. Hnderwoar, collars cuffs, nsek-woar, liightshiils, btudkcn-bisfs, glovos and umbrellas.
Tbo closing out sals will begin Monday Moraing Dec 10t!i, and cou.iaucs from day to day uati-1
everything in tho house is sold. And as it i* an a siness sale, liotbiug can be sold x for spot cash.
A . WW
COMMISSIONER
NESBITT’S TALL
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Regriiar Month'y Letter to the
Farmers of Georgia.
THE EXPOSITION AH 9 THE PEOPLE
the Uso of M:innren and Fertilisers—T he
D;'f>th of Flowing mill Length of Corn
Hoots—i'anuers’ Institute* anil Otiior
Points of IntercMts .Sngj'euteU—Matters
of Great Importance.
DePARTSIENT OF AORICULTtTRE,
Atlanta, Jan. 1, 1895.
Wirli the tlose of 1894 and the be
ginning of 1895 the farmer finds him
self confronted by conditions which
have been gradually approaching for
years, hut which he has until the pres
ent. time failed to fa ly perceive or ap
preciate, and flow that the hard reality,
with all its depressing influence; Ims
confi-, we find him almost overwhelmed
by the difficulties surrounding him. An
oversmoked cotton market, starvation
prices, financial depression, general
stagnation, such are the main points
of the situation. But, notwithstanding
.this discouraging outlook, ’conditions
are not hopeless. It is not yet too late
to retrieve our past errors. One most
hopeful sign is the fact that farmers as
a rule are more fully alive to these past
mistake.; and are more anxiously peuk
' ing for the proper remedies -than any
i time since the high price of cotton al
| lured us into false methods.
Another fact which temp :s the pres
ent hard reality is that, except in rare
cases, farmers have bread and moat for
another year, and the price of those
uecessaries, which they have to buy, is
also correspondingly low. Let us,
therefore, take courage, and work out
our agricultural emancipation. Forti
fied with home supplies, and with the
. light of experience to warn us away
from past quicksands and pitfalLs, there
is no reason why we should again XaU
into them, or why we should not free
ourselves once and for ail time from an
agricultural policy which lias brought
us to the verge of ruin.. It is not by
any very sudden or radical reforms that
we hope to do this. Over a very large
area cotton must remain tho chief
money crop, to abandon its culture
would bo the height of folly. Luc we
must adapt oursc.ives to changed condi
tions. We must, no longer allow cotton
to occupy the pivotal point around
which all the other operations of mo
form reyoive. Lot home supplies taka
that place and cotton will naturally fall
into line at the head of perhaps, half a
dozen other sources from which one
may reasonably expect to realize a good
interest.
Elsewhere in this report is published
by request the set of resolutions .intro
duced by tho committee on agriculture
and passed by a unanimous vote of tho
present house of representatives of the
Georgia legislature. Ir is an appeal not
only to tlie farmers, but to bird ness
men of all classes, and has met with al
most universal endorsement. These
'resolutions tiiso furnish a practical guide
for fatuu operations for the coming
year, and emphasize with peculiar force
the advice so often given through ibis
department; to plant largely ol a 11 foo l
crops in field and garden; to keep our
money at home by trading among our
selves, tho merchants and townspeople
, encouraging tlic raising of hone; sup
plies by buying from ns, rather lima
sending outside the state for s.u'bi
things as they need, and which wo
have for sale; thejuanafn: fur not only
of our cotton, but of our wo. ms, Lag
gies, farm implement*, sum;; and iur
jii! are, for all ol which wo have the
raw material, with wider, powers and
climate unrivaled. In other words, to
IpVac'ice diversity of in in ti. • in town
as well as on the farm. As to tho
’ use of
COMMERCIAL FEJ:'i'IUZi::;'S,
we repeat what wo have said in the
Southern Cultivator;
“I have recently been much inter
ested in an'hire, tigat-ion, which I have
been carefully conducing, in ,rd r to
find out the average yield per acre of
tho various staple cro; ; ra; •• -d in •. cor
gi a, ami also to a-e -rtain whether in
the use of commercial fertilizer.; we
have been permanent];,* building up our
lands, or have only been supplying food
for the immediate demands of the
crops, leaving the future to take care of
itself. This question is one of deep in
terest, involving as it does the very
foundation of our agricultural pros
perity.
“In England atfrl on the continent
the system of .agriculture adopted not
only prevents deterioration and ex
haustion, "but keeps steadily in view the
improvement of the land and the in
crease in the yield. Tlmt this is re asm i
for Madison oouwpy and tiie democratic-party.
DANIELSVILLE, MADISON COUNTY,- GA., THURSDAY, JAN. i Ith. 189).
abie agriculture is evidenced by more
than one fact and sustained by the
united experience of her whole farming
population. Foremost among tho reas
ons in its favor Is the fact that a large
yield entails scarcely more labor than
a small yield. ?n our section where
lands are so cheap and where labor is
the principal item of expense", this is a
mo-b important consideration.
“In tiie investigation just referred to,
I have had access to tho best compila
tion of statistics obtainable, and i re
gret to say t’nit these statistics show no
material improvement in the general
av -rages throughout tlie state. This is
not as it should be. Georgia lands are
noted for their susceptibility to im
provement. and exceptional cases,of in
tensive farming but prove this to be
true.
. “We have used commercial fertilizers
with lavish prodigality, but that tlioir
use has hot been tempered by judg
ment, those results undoubtedly show.”
On which the Southern Planter com
menting says;
“How strongly confirmatory is tho
foregoing of what Mr. Bellwood said in
our last issue upon the same subject,
and of what we have been ; aying for so
long. There can be no permanent im
provement of land and no retained and
enhanced fertility witaout. live stock
and the liber il use of ail the farmyard
manure which can be nyide. Given
th;.; fir t, then commercial .fertilizers
way be profitably used, but never to
the excli: : > : o£ farmyard manure.”
We nave ahv lys maintained t hat the
wonderful power of commercial fertili
zers is but faintly compr h aid ad by
those wh >se misfortune it has h-.en to 1
misapply them. Ath nghtfni man can
nor, expect to improve hi; land with
commercial fertilizers alone. Th com
mon practice of unking in a hundred
or two pounds to the aorj on laud des
titute of iwiuii.;, is a mittake, and has
p . riti( r t hau a b in j.
Bur fili the land with humus by turning
under vegetable matter, by careful ro
tation, by mailing and conserving all
home manure possible, and the profita
ble use of conijnercia! fertilizers will be
limited only by the amount we are able
tobuy. Tiie ini dig -lit use of tin -e
ie: .z-rs uwidi-.s one to <p; to
plant renovating crop.;; to raise and im
prove sloes. and k op more of it; to
make a hundred per cent, more of home
manures, and to double the producing
capacity of labor, now our most exuen
sivo item. Injudicious and careless
methods are worse than n-eiess. Unless
intelligent care mark; its use, it entire
ly fails to feed either the crop or tho
laud, and nothing is more dangerous to
the crop; ami more depleting to the
farmer’s pocket titan heavy amounts of
comm ircutl fertilizer rdbkles-.sly and in
discriminately applied to our worn and
exhausted soils.
1I AN.YI.XU FOR-AXOTTLJU YI'.AU.
Take an inventory of year suopliesin
band and decide as to tho number of
slock you car food without buying sup
plies. Don't decide t hat as you have
ample sup one i it will pay yon to buy
stock ©i* credit to ealar.M your ojasra
tiou, or'thui. cam is cheap now, it
will pry you to risk buying more, corn
for more stock. K“t p out of debt except
for the absolute necessities. Don't moke
your plans on the supposition of a short
crop and higher pric. s—wuicii arp sub
ject to a sctai! of deciding infinoucus of
jvhiph we have ao kuowWlg •. Trut
this snbj ci from a purely business
standpoint, and by care. and foresight
placo-your inymiug operations on a firm
basis. Consider what have been your
pro tits or iosaes in the par. what unde?
favorable crop >• ■ eons would be u fair
yield, ‘unyp t m ipso 'ii yours rtf o.#ty
inch olpm-n duns as nnd *r avoV.lge con*
ditwvis wit! give you it fair margin of
pru.it. *■
VIT/Sa. 5? Cl
'uicViVi aim tiiiifj mtficuiti'.H, and having
m ipp-cd o i.r hie wolie is nr p uvd,o> -
take udv.aut dt every ■favJbtfiSe op-'
port unity to past* it: forward.
•a - - Ev)V/j'vii oivr.s. .
If tl’a-ivfpjisite wa'outit vru-t not put
iu during.me full, sow any fnvomble
-sp'd bi'ttv :'a thialn.d h'S. miry, tcvowD
nip; to locality. It* th > sea-ions hit, very
fine 6rdn(t*ol!fen nv.r.lt, and if thr oats
are kifliu t'uo laud- is_rtili left in !•..
; coiplttxn ;fbr other .sncceodiinj' oropts ]
'Led th/iijsl&vyVturn over any staVUeor i
woecV'or stdf land, lvnutiuberbig ' tl|o
••pmeuatioa to turn each furwyfe' oTily
pnvily over, which pirn allows,An- the !
irosi (o act inoTe 4ii\*o lyAipou-rrie-vuge- j
table m liter null order elements,pipd
Avhcu Uie sidrscipuMit plowing is tlobe, j
tlirs vee •table' nionld baaopnv. more
thoroughly d.\ed with tho soil, in tend
fof remaining in a layer at the bottom of
the furrow. Thu iinp ns.sueo of good i
PJjOWQl'ft • . £'' !
: etnoiJf bn ovcresiiinatod. By good
piowing is niornt rhai which will best
subserve the ends which.wo have in
view, among others to lay up a,.t-.tore of
moisture for future nso; to Soonro bot
ter drainage; to prevent Wa .hiilg; to
' -promota'tbo action of the atuioaphera
on the vygecabie and minorai matters
in the. soil. It will thus’ lie uu Icr.stood
that different qualities Of land require
different, treatment, apd also that situ
ation and environment ' must exercise a
deciding iritbionoo as ta the time of
-. plowing, the •kind of • plow ami tlw
(tenth k> bo broken. .
fcilbi jjiaj Mi#-, -Vo < V lh i Sl'fM
go bn as long as Hut weather permits,
and if a subsoile.r follow each plow we
are taking long odds against injury
from drouth next summer. I: is only
by producing larger crops from smaller,
better prepared and better cultivated
areas that wo can hope for agricultural
success.
When we have leariD'd this, and also
to work up these products in o higher
forms —milk, butler, beef, p irx, cluck
eus, eggs, etc., thus carrying off as lit
tle fertility as possible, w.i will begin
to realize that farming pays.
COMPOST lIEAIM.
Gather up 'ail the manure and scra
pings of stable aad yard, and compost
with the utmost, care. 'J’ue greatest
fault of the tanner is procrastination.
These and other import nut mat: era an
delayed until they have to be hurriedly
aml carelec !y accomplish and, aid ciie
farmer loses the opportunity of huccoss
fully pushing his work, for when lie
finds'it pushing him it is then tea 1-un
to consider detail;. When the weather
does not permit the plows to run. the
teams cannot be better employed t'*n.i
in gathering up these ier;i;iv;ii>g ma
terials. Unfortunately on many farms
their hidden power of making money has
not boon fully appreciated, -Often the
manure is allowed to accumulate in tin
Sables until it becomes a mjnace to tho"
health of the animals, whkw are com
pelled to br • itiie its poisonous funi-s,
and then it is thrown in a heap at (be
door, to lrav its best element; wa-lied
away by the water from the roof. And
yet farmers lament rim they need
luore manure, and spend thousands ia
commercial fertilizers. J:i
of this r port is an article containing
several good reiyuus why commercial
fertilizers and barn yard manure should
bo inixbd. tho ope supplementing the
other, us it were. There are also formu
las for mixing fertilizers at home, which
for several reason; is the wisest plan.
Among the most 'important, reasons
in favor of le-ine mixing, as
Stated t>y the Unit- I State; depart
ment of agn.-ultiira arc reduction
in expense, a definite knowledge of the
nature ol the puiut food employed, tho
preparation of mix'urns snicbd to spe
cial needs of soil or crop, the indirect
edueatio ia! advantage;, b •causa it will
Aembtium to u.ly and apply the ro
agricultural r -search.
It T. Nesbitt.
The Home Tribune!, pul* it thus:
“Better timet are before us, with
in the grp of the heart attuned
for their welcome. Let us prep are
by hotter lives for tetter tiroes,
and for better brighter days Ivy
brighter dispositions. Let us set.
a light in the window for returning
prosperity and make mirth and mu
sic to his coming. And it the
doleful sorcerer of woes and bow
\ows breaks in Jpioii our festivity
-let’s seize hirn aud hold him un -
tier the pump! Wo must as ab
-.‘•hitely frown upon th** chronic
malcontent, the croaker and the
Jonah of the period, omnipresent
and lamentably plural, as in com
mon precaution we should he
bound to strike a viper from our
daily path.
Claude Long now works in th©
Monitor job department.
QUESTIONS' ANSWGREO
Relative -Vain s of Hot.® Ma
nn: es a..cl Fe.illizefs.
r.OIH AIE STEONfili , r jU?PjETnD.
TANARUS! Ins itfl) i { nc.y rf 'tltn Jlouf' Pro I net.
ForiCps Mjvoy .> 11... t?>:' Ot!.r—l>iir.vli;
:in<) tin Iw'Riirl l. *:c * of JuiUnloti.t Fued
iujj—.!.• V.-j* .• iWnt l*i:iu for Snvinjf uu l*
i’rliWi tins
D:trwutaKST <•> • Aouiorr-Tvan,
Asi..v.-. r a , Jan. I, l '>>.
QiTsrvoh’ pty Uw w t. u rljl
j y or ,va<* yi||
: rSwHtis to
".pwitidds, but tWo Sociiding of
,|lus puesh'-gi, Iflio. so many oth
’ eEs'iu fawn :\yg, depends in ft large-do
gr;V dn mi Uv In.Mpon lit!ons,aud cmvi
rohmunt. tJudouhtedly wliftfo both
In we to be bought, qsmmumal fefttli
/.rm yiel-.l it b-qror return oh tho smite
amount this the home manure, but if a
!/jtfawr is so ■et'i.rto.l that ha can fdad
! idsstoak for in.lk, butt *r, cluw.so and
I hour, ho can, r tlvo sanio time,, produoo
, mftiiurss.siv ih > iiighcist value, and thus
Utilise, every product of tho farm to
tho very best advantage. It is oil tuo
same principle that the small utorbhant, I
by sidling on a strictly cash bads, is 'en
abled to to gpliti capital over and over,
and realize .. larg :*int.oca;* on a mmail
er investment thaw his more wealthy
neighbor who takes the risks of long
time and doubtful e dleol Lons. • Wo hayo
always.maintain:;.l tlv:ifc tuo uo of farm
yard ua-i'aur • an-1 fortilizors should go
hand in hand. lit confirmation of this
position iho following frohr Professor
Brouk’a, of Amruftt Agricultural col-,
lege, is and complete. The
whole quiHtvm 33 laost intcrosting, as
. well as important, an l farmers should
lose no opportunity of gaining informa
tion from every source which may shod
light upon, it. Professor Brooks-a ajar.
■“■ 'a read or hoar language
which would load one to think that in
tlie minds of same thoro exist; a notion
that there ia something of a, conflict be
tween in inures and fertilizers. This is
far from my idea upon this question. It
is clearly the part of wisdom," first, to
mako the utmost of homo resources.
There may be crips or there may be
4 soiis or fields for which, uuder certain
circumstances, it is preferable to use
fertilizers rather than manures; and, of
course, when one must purehaso tiio
elements of fertility it is an Important
question whether they can bo more
cheaply obtained in manure or fertil
izer, and I believe tho decision must be
in favor of the latter; but those facts
really indicate no necessary conflict be
tween the two clashes of materials.
There is clearly room enough for both.
Upon most of our farms the supply of
manure is insufficient. The majority
of farmers use some fertilizer. It is
generally wise for the ordinary crop of
the farm to use the.-;:) in connection
with each other, rather than separately.
The physical effect of the manure is
generally desirable, and cannot bo ob
tiriuo Iby tho use of fertilizers. It pre
vent; in a manure tho cohesion of the
particles in heavy clay and thus lessens
the probability of baking and cracking,
and it seems to increase the capacity of
the lighter soils for moisture. The con
stituents of manure* arc also in many
cases less promptly available than in
fertilizers. It is dosiHklo to employ
the latter to give th > Crop a quick start.
And finally, the manure is more com
plete in its composition than the fertil
izer. Tiia inamiro replaces, at least in
part, th) si '.o’ . magnesia, silica, etc,,
removed in cro >;, while most fertilizers
do not. We hi iy, it is true, raise crops
for many yjar.i by supplying tho three
clem nts, nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
p gasll (in •idnaially in.inis applied with
tho p’iiosphaio).
JVrv-s and <lii!> -rt have raised wheat
50 c.-m-ioeu! ive years on ciis saute land
' on inuiiionia salts, Huperphotphatu and
! Bulpliat s of p aftd at the present
time tin' yie and it nearly it ; gmat oil this
■ laud as ou that which ha-; mteivod 14
ton* y.triy of farmyard manure for the
! same length of time; but the yield on
the fertilisers now begins to show a
tendency to fall off, and dtli'TO can bo
up doubt that the more complete coin
position of tho manure is proving an
advantage. Of course, in such mate
rials as common salt, sulphate of mag
nesia, etc., we may replace, if consid
ered desirable, tho soda, magnesia, etc.,
carried off in tho crops, but even such
roplaimnont would Rave ut without the
physical effect of manure—an effect
which we may, it is true, in part secure
by turning in a gr.u crop. Undpr
many systems of cropping, however,
green manuring is inexpedient.
QuiitmoN 2.—lu view of the present
• interest in dairying. I would like to ask
how much manure cm bo expected
from each cow? From careful reading
on this subject, J conclude that the main
profit is in tho manure, wh eh if prop
; erl” hind!- and, "i* to increase tho for-
EI)\Y. McCiQWAN, liesiNK## Masaukk.
tilfty of the funu. " •
Answru 3 —Recent experimonts have
•shown that a medium sized, well fed
cow will produce 14,d ll pounds of solid
amt G.4H pounds liquid manure in a
year, or about 12 1-2 tons. This does .
not include the weight of any-uiiisor*
bant which may be used to l*e'>' r -ora- .
serve the ma- ure. tVhcn the fit~>qer
re iliz ss mat vli|H 13 1 3 tons coutaiiis'b?
per card of tho l'ortil /.mg value of flid
food consumed, tiu irtityea qf
cioos fu. ding, and at saving this bta->
nure so as to put back on his laivl as!
much as po csiblo of this 80 per cunt, of
plant foo 1; is olearly seen.
‘g r-irics n.--What is tir: vi rv best.
o'-" •i'v.in away, and '
is cover Mi, \v 1 it.v-,, as pvrfcot cep
*dao!o - nhein ■ h and sinflMßMljs.
vestmuht p r. s for in cost sov'rif t
over in the s iving of elcmtuiif
wi ic wqstid. In our own. expeu|mH
we have found that a spit, whidh Tpp
have had dug just at tho badp of the :
stable, tho clay fiejor mado pdrf|Hß
hard and shaltered by a- close rod® an*
sv, its every |. ;rp.i- . Into this pit th
maimro is easily thrown through 1 tluf
buck stable door, and if carefully and :
■ closely-packed and on oach layer a lit
tle kainit, phosphate or plaster be
bpdnklcd, a comparatively small
amount, oertninly not more than 5 to 10
per cent of tho fertilizing properties,
will escape. • • ft
Question 4.—What of our formers’
instiiutcs, nud do you think they have
harp done any good or will bo of any
benefit to farmers?
Answru 4.—The question of farmers’
institutes does not seem to liav i taken
very firm hold on tho agricultnr.il mind
in’Georgia. If properly conducted there
can be no -doubt of their benefit. In
some of tho older states they have be
come powerful factors for adorning
knowledge and for a gc/nrnl improve*
inent coached*. The
"jPavbi and Home says: *
Now that th > liavvott season is over
and state and county fairs have been
hold, our readers should get in readi
ness to attend in larger numbers, farm
ers’ institutes and nil meetings of so
cial and educational interest. It i: true
that in many secti ms crop; or prie w,
perhaps in a few pine as Ixith, have been
unsatisfactory. No good can follow
mourning and bewailing. Tlie merch
ant who dec; not keep steadily pushing
ahead soon finds himself in tlie rear of
tlie procession Ju.t so with the farm
er. Now is tho time to instill n little
ginger into farm operations by a broad
ening of tin intellect. Study the com
mercial features of your business as
well as the cultural. Having determined
what crops to raise, plan to raise them
most economically, yet by modern, im
proved methods, as such a ft) invariably
cheaper in tho end.
In many states, an elaborate system
of institute work is laid out and tho
most successful farmers describe tlieir
methods. In nearly all states tho pro
fessors of the agricultural college at
tend and talk from tho scientific stand
point. Tims the practical and scientific
are offered at tho same meetings. Pre
quout hot discussions follow which are
invaluable to attendants. Theso meet
ings, wo regret to say, are not always
looked at in the right light. They are
not field for money making, but for the
good that can be done apj c I’ture' that
tho methods may be improved and the
work Auptified in tho section where
tho institute is held and that tho indi
vidual farmer may benefit by tho expe
rience of those more successful than
himself. We hope readers will shake
off ft cling; o’ indifference., attend these
molding ', inquire concerning points of
interest not clearly understood and eu
those soine of the dull minds into a
reality as to the pleasures, beauties and
profits of tho noblest occupation of
man.
If instil nt is are not held in tho coun
ty, we earn--,I ly recommend each reader
to write to the director of the state ag
ricultural experiment station of his
state and secure free the annual ropofts
and bulletins of the station. These are
sent free, when applied for, to each
resident of the state where the station
is located. With fewer hours of labor
winter season, no better use
can be made of mind, body and time
than to make oneself better informed
as to tho needs and requirements of his
chosen occupation.
I IVfC Agent wanted for tt-w book,
IbBVC Splendid teller. Hare oppor
tuiiity for nny active man or lady. s7t
per moiitli ensile earned. ISo expe
rience Paß
we give Glass I full niructions.
We pay etprex and allow 20 dove
credit. |.et us tell von about it. P. W.
SSOS£SS£WANTIED
ir ratm baQM Aenm%
BMtr.tAtk IRON HttbAb.
& vrlil crux® you cltaiw® your utn •sm
r aeon aDpeitto.
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