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E H and H I' 1 IMMtSEIf, 115 to Clayton Street
ME. NESBITTS
MONTHLY TALK.
The Commissioner’s Letter to
the Farmer’s of Georgia.
IMPORTANT MATTERS DISCUSSED,
Condition of the CottonSßnrU
#t b ft Mrong I llnut ration of tlio \VUlo*n
•f Making on Rftcli Farm Homo Sup
lil Is the Month of Ituuuding
Vp Work.
AftRtCTI.TntAL DBP.IRTMKVr,
v- *"‘'Asi.\nta, Ga., Dor. 1, IHOS.
(irhn[ii tho wisdom of msikiii}? < n
each farin’abundant homo supplies for
family Jaltrtri; and stork, rotikl hava no
stronger illustration thou tho present
dondltlnn of the ootton market. Tho
crop ia exceptionally short and nil prr>-
doct and nil exportation would point to
•tuff prices, notwithstanding which tho
market Is wavering and at times pnn
lcky. Tlfct farmer, who hns provison
and other hills awaiting payment and
* wishes to settle his debts and bcgin.tlio
'New Year with nil old scores wiped out,
la compelled to let his hard earned cot
ton go, io matter what the condition
of the market. Judgment and calcula
tion oan hare no part in his plans for
disputing of his crop. When the cred
itor nresMW. the payment xnnst corn'*,
fend uus he is at the mercy of specula
tion and combinations, when it is his
' Privilege and should be his nim to be
ttractiealh- independent of both. C.'tn
baratlvelv -peaking the per cent of
farmers, who And themselves in this
(tampered rendition is small. Until the
past few y :os the self sustaining farms
were the r -epiions, but today the ma
jority of deorgia farmers have VvHl
filled bar.,.- and store houses and ml th
and porkers fattening for the slaughter.
During the past few weeks I have con
versed with fanners from the various
sections of the state, and the almost
universal testimony is that n blessing
has dew ended on "basket audjstojo.”
’ Bet strange to relate, although tholi
present satisfaction is duo t > their con
aerVatiVi. policy on this homo supply
question, w-tfe symptoms of a.egntem
•toifedlup ‘ntu the old and oft proven
mistake oi i.u immense area in cotton
anti aew a- emtailment of the iK-re
•p. cevi ■ id t - home supplies Fiom
the post ot obk iA ntion, which my 011 l
dal positbit afEiuiiti ine, 1 con see mom
plainly perhaps than the nmu, whose
Virion is bounded by the limits of his
own farm, the utter folly and suicidal
effect of such n policy. We would hart
no words strong enough to condemn
the man, who, after being quriied back
to haaitb and strength, snoxdtLdvliber
atoly plurge a knife into his heart, and
let out the life blood. And yet that
Is Just the agricultural suicide vritirh
tome Georgia farmers are tikiv >oe*
tomplating. Our cotton crop is the l'g
artery of < nr system of trade and com
maroe—kept in healthy euuilitiou, its
influence is sent throbbing through
•venr every avenue of business— it gives
life to every smaller Industry ; all draw
K tenants from its string pulsations.
tto perform these important func
tions it requires to be supported l>y tlio
subsidiary system of h me industries,
and home supplies. Withdraw these
and our whole agricultural system col
lapae. Wiuld that! could find words
atrong enough to bring this fact fully
to the comprehension of every farmer
in the state: At the risk of Is dug con
sidered tiresome, I would ngaiu urge
that each man in planning for another
year, consider first this question of
home supplies. Lay off ample for
every fotsl crop, and then onm and in nil
the cotton which can he thoroughly
prepared for and cultivated. It is con
ceded that mluoed cost of production
ia the lever on which the profitable
making of i-otton dejs-nds, while the
farmer can exercise very little direct
influence' on the market, the control of
the cost of ivsloction is immediately
in his power. If ha can by well e <•>
sidered plans of prepju-ation foilili/.i
tion and cultivation, the use of lab -r
saving machinery, and careful oe-uiomy
In all snialK r details, produce more c- f
ton on u smaller area, at less cut. lie
has mastered the secret nf sins css and
he comes cut. victor. Otherwise that
is if the corf of production comes rear
the selling price, the fir mcr has ■ imp y
spent bis t v>o o 0 b-b- .- e-d w -ev to
r- mi:. ,--iG! . :o< ~l .-U.: .'.n.. .
factnrer-s; v.-ho t.- tteu -n the • k
birs." wl i'-h thev get from b ’ ■<’
vam.-d l ales, while he retries bis !-••
til'S(-r .-.ad i.the; bills and carries his
en pty wag >u homo, "a sadder, if not
a wiser man.”
-A Wt'Wd ul*c kßiigogk to those L.j;*ucrs
who arc ennsiderfug (he advisabilify of
planting largely in cotton another year,
that the unsettled condition of foreign
powers may precipitate a European
war at- any time, which would deal a
very severe blow to onr cotton industry,
-in the event of a foreign war, food
atuffs would rise rapidly, and to the
man, who had lujuilioionsly curtailed
his provision crops in ordpr to raise
cotton, the disaster would fall with
double force, his cotton would be almost
worthless, and tho provisions, which ho
would lie compelled to buy, would cost
him perhaps double and treble their
original value.
BEmvntr.R
is the month for rounding up the farm
work of tho year. It is practically not.
n full working month on tu*ount of tho
Christmas holidays which 'intervene,
lint, while every honest working man
is entitled to enjoy, as far as possible*,
the good cheer which that season usu
ally brings, we cannot afford to devote
the whole month to festivity mid thus
entirely relax the steady * discipline
which should characterize the manage
ment of every farm."
PltOTBCrfoN lOR STOCK.
If provision has not lreadv been
made for the protection nud comfort of
stock, this should not be longr- neg
lected, that the severe "cold snaps/’
which wo usually have in January mid
February may not find them at the
mercy of the weather.
RBi-Ains os too in and impi.emkntb.
Farm tools and implements should
bo brought in and put under shelter,
•waiting the rainy days in which out
door work cannot bo done, when they
rail be put in order. To delay those
necessary repairs until flic rush of
spring work comes ou, when the tools
are needed for immediate use, is to put
ourselves at a decided dixadvanlago.
TERRACES
should b looked after, all breaks repair
ed and weak places ulroagt he.ied before
the heavy rains set in. As opportunity
occurs now lines may be run, and as
the proper locating of these lines re
quires a certain amount of engineering
skill, mole than the average farmer us
ually possesses, it is Well to engage the
services of a oompetenf man to do tho
work, otherwiso the farmer may find
that the result of his untaught efforts
may cost him more than tho price he
has to pay to get tho lines corre -Hybrid
off. The system of terracing is based
on well studied and correct agricultural
science, and should Imi mloptod in all
the J'liill country" of the south.wherev
er praci ioabUi. 11l the forrostry build
ing at the Cotton states and Interna
tional exposition thevo is an illustra
tion of the principles of this system
and its otfocts on our worn and gullied
hillsides which it would be well for
every farmer to study. It is th-vo
shown how by rr.refnl. systematic and
persistent effott, even the "old red bills
of Georgia” may lie again covered with
verriue, ami many ' vvustophe es." hcro
tofoig) irivcu over to the dei tru -tivc ac
tion of winds and floods, lvoorimo.l and
eventually made 1 1 cuutribato their
share 1 1 the general ugricoltural pros
perity of the stVe.
T.tE I'OMPOST HE VP
is another imp >rtat ii -m of farm oc m
omy, which cuu be uuuialui st insen
sibly to contribute t > or agricnlfuml
prosperity, lly n sy-tcvinfie saving of
much of thq. inr.tcri.il. wlp'-h is often
wastisl by even intelligent farmers, we
cau at huminal expense n'turu to the
soil mUi-h if that which k taken from
it in the difforcut gut hen. I crops. All
vegetable and animal nccumnlations
around the Ivarns and t tables, the fowl
houses, fence comer*, th ' wo< dpiie, even
the ashes nud sb ps from the houses, ami
the leaves, wliioa so oibm iMx-uinulnto
in unsiglitly heaps ar nud our dwel
lings. may Ik- considered so much ready
material from which we form com
pounds of equal value with any com
mercial feitih/.er that we buy at such
heavy exju-n.-e. In the present cnutli
tion of our agriculture we cannot dis
cni'd commercial fe.tiliv-rs. V.*- mast
►till rely on three, and. j.uii -i vvsly use 1.
they contribute largely io onr muvcss.
Our mistake has been that we have
del-ended too entirely on tlmse, audeon
kigmsl to useless icuc tivitr the rich
ib-res of plant fis.-d that ac< umnlate ou
every farm. TTiese should "constitute
the principal factor iu ray plan of fee
tilization. with the e nYi’-reia! :r<
r.s an atijunet, tatlier tl..ci :’u vin - • .
In making a iHinip st h> ap a r - -d plan
where 1--aves aiv abundant and ei ’so at
hand is to put a layer ef leaves ab ut 11
inches deep, then a lr- er cf numun-.
til* ut t> i- ch< s o > < ' -•
•in . u ...... c tV... • <. r:, | .
• ►*.-;! s-s .iVif 'i > '.tv.V.
sqti.ir. : cud tii giuidi -a L'th'l) • .
If there should u-t l>e sutfici nr non,
dnmpen the In ap by js.-uri-ig on water.
In t w spring, just before time to haul
tttjt t<u Ilia iLioj* tour dowu the ip-ap
and infx flu roughly? Tire rea} cost or
such a heap, say about 25 feet square,
would be equal to about a ton of guano,
but intrinsically, It would bo worth at
least twico as much.
HOGS
should be slaughtered and the. pork
packed away before Christina's. There
are two main advantages to bo gained
by attending to this branch of our farm
operations as early as possible. We
mivo the feed, which, after a proper
stage is reached, is only so much waste,
and, as a rule, meat which can lie killed
in December cures much liettap tbau
that put up later on.
PLOWING.
Fields which arc covered with a mass
of vegetable growth should ho turned
under as soon as. possible in order to
give the mass more time to decompose.
Do u< t turn under too deeply, tho decay
will take place more rapidly near tlie
surface. There are on an average many
more bright working days iu December
than in January or February, which is
another reason why the work should
not be delayed. If the plowing is to be
done in a cornfield, when the fodder
and corn have been pulled and tlie bur*
stalkis left standing, there is often much
difficulty in completely covering the
stalks. They remain partly on the sur
face, and becoming only imperfectly
decayed, the benefit of any plant food
they may contain is lost to the succeed
ing crop. There presence is alsqj hin
drance to thorough and neat worlc. As
long as we continue tho present plan Of
gathering our corn, and stripping
the fodder from the stalks this difficulty
will be encountered, and nntil wo settle
on some more economical plan of sav
ing the stalk entire we must consider
the best methods of getting those stalks
in condition, not only to benefit but to
interfere as little as imssible with the
cultivation of tho crop which follows.
A good plan, which has iK-en successful
ly tried, is to select a frosty morn
ing and run a heavy 2-horse roller over
the field. Tlie stalks being brittle, will
break off more easily, and tho roller in
passing over them not only forces them
into the ground, but the heavy pressure
flattens and breaks them apart in such
h way as to give freer entrance to mois
tvre and frost, twr powerful agents in
breaking down th'-ir structure.
’ 11. T. N'::sr>rrr,
BLOOD BALM.
c-A fioueakold remedy for *ll Blood and
. .„“ ,fi **** Cores without f*U, Srrsf
sls.llrers, Khssoistlsat.CtUrrh, Salt Khtsm
nd every torm of Blood Plseare from the
simplest pimple tothefoulest Ulcer. Fifty
y*r*’ us* with unvarying Lucre**, dem
onstrate* iu paramour.; healing, purlfy
lng and building up virtuea. One boUla |
has more eurntlve virtue than a dozen ol ]
any other kind. It butlda up th* health !
and strength from the tint doae.
jar 1
I X lE,®. 8 * T°ur local druggist, aeod I
I ri. for * l*i* bottle. Or It *0 for six bov 1
ISa.£ andB “* cln * will bo tent, freight j
K.oac BALM 80s, Attala,la.]
S2OO Offered Free!
Orrie* Ki*ar Naticusai. Bark,
Nashville, Tbisn., April 6, Cy
lor. J. F Da Atrtfoow.
TICAL BDMMSGS COM. EGB, N ASH VU-LIJSRW.
Daa* Si aThe titue for wliich you depot)tej
|ioo three months ago to-day at a forfeit aad-r
Tour proposition to give Jtoo to any charitable
institution in Nashville andsloo to any Butt nest
College south of the Ohio River, if you could not
•bow mere written applications for Bookkeepers
and Stenographers during tha PAST FIVH
MONTHS than any other BuslneasCollcge south
ortho Ohio River could show in the PASTFIVB
YKAgs, hat tbit day expired, and, no demand
havias been made, the same ia now held sublet.*
ta)our cheek. Respectfully,
VT. F. TV, Cashier.
N. B—A arrtiScate tf depoatt for the i rf-t
waa published in the daily papers of Nashville,
nt cin.xntcui fsfsirrr, the Atlanta ( ons/tfu
/i.hs, and thirty thousand circulars, giving tha
eolletes three months' time to accept.—.VosA
n IU Dk ti. v .iwmots, April 7, /Her,
Write P*op. T. F. neat) jmM, Nashvrile, Team
•r hta free Catalogue.
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' FURNITURE -
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TVe are th* recoignaed Uadera pt furniture ia JUrtk-east Oaorgra and
Uefy CSompetition.
Fxam iiQ **r atock an* a* will Maria** y*a w* kare tk* *k*ap*st and kaada*at li*
f Furniture in ti**rgia.
WB WILL ITOT Bl UNDERSOLD. ♦
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I /. fc.JKin at oece tak- ,
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I Neuralgia, Trouble*,
Constipation, Impure Blood, i
j Malaria, Nervoaa all me* to;
Women’s complaints.
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lines on the wrapper.
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1 Don't Limp
i Through Life
[ racked by Rheumatic paina. It
* handicaps your wbola career.
* Of course you wouldn’t if yon
i could help it—and you can.
*
JPaniNcUal^iO
l (UREr
f Uvar, whws
f Rheutnatiim, NsuieigL-, Dya
f pepaia, Headache and molt
/ other ills start.
It clans this crenn arl
w makes it active agiio—th acul
g leaves your blood, and yna*S9
f cared. Te*tLuo*lal below.
' I have b,n traatad for gvaeKl
. gebtutr and earonio tS- nnstfra tor
f Ss* fear* without aar relief Tire*
' bostli*; ot r-iarvowtlolntf tunndas
8. . CULB X. Warren 100. Ft*.
f Ask Yaur Don-gtrl r Msrshaat Fer IL
f CULLEN k NEWMAN,
1 4ete PnpMws,
j Knnrvtlto, TsmMMew.
SIBOO.OO
3IVEN AWAY TO INVENTORS.
slsxoo vory Koatli given away to any ooc who apt
gKas through ua for the moat QMritortoia patent during
Shr month praccdi ig.
We eeture Ute beet patents for onr clients,
Mkt the object of this offer is to caeourage inventors u
keep track of their bright idasrv At the same time wa
wish to impress up ua the public the fact that
rr ’S THE simple, trivul inventions
THAT YIELD FORTUNES,
■noh ss the “car-wiaJow ” which can be easQy slid up
and down wttheut breakirg the psascuMfs back,
"sause-pan,** “ t oUae-bution,” “fttUack,’' “bottle*
Stepper, snd a thousand other little things that most
aay one cmi fi -d n vrmy of improving; sad ttaa.* simple
ktvcmiv-n* are the on*, that bring largest rot;sms to the
Try to think o( something tu invea!.
IT IS NOT SO HARD AS IT SEEMS.
Patents taken out through us receive socdal notice fa
Mm H National Recorder, puhinhed at Washington,
D. C .which k the ocstnewspaper published in America
iji tLc mtrreafs >ff icvCntois. A e Tutnish a year’s sub
►fipuon tj icurnnl. f-.*e of coft, to %I1 our clitnv
Wc .rilto ace o: cost, \he invention esth month
ffhieh wiu* out fkse ru>*. a;. J Hundreds cf thcusr*nus
of copies t-f the Satie. i\*rccider ’
.- tch of thevrmne . rud a d*“*cr;pDon wliiiauention
•riil be scaiaercd thnuighout the c uited State* amoa
aud manufacturers, thus bringiLg to the
tt;r;.tioo she merits of the invention.
.AM commonicaaoos regarded strictly confidential
Address
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.litx . fngton. D. C
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rea ni>r-si-i v.
IKOWT> IIWX fifTTWK.
~ eaiar* kveo it, fit |>w tosfle Gvoaiu l-.-s
aw. inai* A-l craaH.it -“c Law ca wrsfpa
The wold‘s best cook stove
IS THE FAMOUS
IRON KING
Tt. has been eltl here for Tfciikj
r>d has always given .perfect natisfac-
I' on - If wee the l est Stove on the
niarket Thirty years age, it hae kept
ahrenat. of the tunes and is the lest
to-dy. Tt coiT* quicker, last. loagei
nod burns less wood llian any ether
ft will soon save its cost in wt od ansi
and you will never hear a complaint
abaut Lad wood, the stove wen’t bake
and a lae brtnkfast en account of it.
Ask your neightoi abwut it and in
spect it uraalf before you buy a ateve
e ,
Y o u try ene and fail to And it what we claim for it,w trill
y o ur money.
LARGEST STOVE HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.
T S Methvin.
ATHENS, GEORarA
WHEN YOU WANT BARGAINS GIVE
D. E. GIFFETH,
AT DANIELSVILLE, GA.
A chance at your trade. He carries a full and comole t
line of
DRY GOODS. NOTIONS, ETC.
Which were bought before the rie, and he is giv'n g
his customers the benefit of his lucky purchase. In
STAPLE GOODS AND COUhTRY PRODUCE
ft
GROCERIES,
He does net propose to bo undersold. He also carries
f:ill and complete lines of Hardware, Gassware, Tinware
V
woodenware, etc,
His prices are as low as the lowest, audallh* *ki ia
that you give him a call see hie goods and hear h is prices.
Remember the place
D. 1. GRIFFITH,
DANIELSVILLE, GA.
, The One Crop System
of farming gradually exhausts the land, unless a Fertiliier containing a
Mfk percentage of Potash is used. Bettar crops, a better soil, and a
largw bank account can oaly then be expected.
Write for our •• Farmers’ Guide.” a 142-page illustrated book. R
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