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HUDSON'S LETTER TO
GEOF.GIA FARMERS,
Issued By State AgncuFUral'
Department.
MANY SUBJECTS DISCUSSED
Pfport of Commissioner Hudson at the
Last Gathering of Commissioners of
Agriculture of the Southern States,
Held at Richmond, Nfta
Atlimin, Fob. 1, l
The < ,1'in pis l »• -pHri nn-nt of Agn
cult tire Is iidI a hIiiii’Iiic to i*lili«:r the
(oinliil-slimiT hi Ills iisalataiil, or lo
I: IIV 'll till- <|l|k«, whllHI' lint > II Is III
look nftt>r 11h business. Wo uro ox
jnctoil in ho wldo awake to all tli
iiii, rests ill tin* fur mors, who mm mi
tin, in lur tlm larger iHii'tlnn of mu
lM>|iiil.itli,ii. Siii'li lias linen the In
i h um in ilio Halo uiiil iiho of iiiininof
i Ini lertlllzui* In Georgia ilmi by far
tin* greater port Inn nl mu tlnm intiMi
t>l neei-ssll) In ilovoloil In Ibo tegli
11 u i loti. 1 iih |ioi 'i ii in anil it mi I > ■-1 ■ of (In
In mill - nl |oi illi/oi; niiiniilMi i ui i il for
iiho upon the Inrmi nl nur Hlalo anil
Hall KI UK r opo/i nl Ilio huiiio.
I'niter i In* Iiiwh nl •, ogla the man
tilat'tiiroi nr niixor, whotlier n rusl-
ip ill lit iiiii own nr some nllior Slum,
b i*i*l|IIf 1 • I In I ■ I I < • I \\ it Ii I III■ I )'■
ji iiinont iii Aprlonltuii the nunio of
Ms liraml m hrmnb, i;i It,, ilio guur
iii'looil nnnl> Mr mill miroo from whim
Ilio pilin' I nut Is ih i'lvoil. Aflor ho
tinh oninplloil with till: law, llion ho
inn procuro from in- iii »lit* ruin of
|u oinl(h per inn nil tin li rilllzor tugs
t Inti to- limy mml Tim niaiiiifaoi in or
i: rn<|tilioil h) ilio Ilopmiiiu in in re-
port In iih all Mill" m shipments of
» noils, hi<i11iik whlllior they urn
shipped mnl in whom nml giving Ilio
iiamo mnl run rani noil ii nitly hIh of I ho
liranil IIiiih Hhlppod. TIiIh Ih pul nn
meoril, IIiiih enabling iih to hoop Irnelt
nl all foiltllzers Hhlppod anil Honil our
llIHlKIOtorH III KOt MllliploH.
Twelve liiHpootorH urn kept on duly
the year round bj the Uopariiunnt,
lull Hluen 11uiink tho bUHy houHim iIiIh
llillllMor Ih nnl Hlllllolont In do Iln
work pi'opoi'ly, wo are oompollnd to
put mi mi additional tiuiubnr to serve
tor Hhnri (urniH. Tlu* Inspector's ihi
hi Inn Ih mu nf Bl oat llllporlauon and
respnliHlhlllli and Hlimild ho lllloil lay
Intelligent and rellahlo mnn. So much
money Ih InvoHtnd liy tho lanuor In
lerlllliera Hull he Ih onlltlod to pro-
tootlnn against HpurlmiH unit worth-
Iohh fertilizers TIiIh securllj Ilio Do
liarlinnnt nf Agriculture affurdH him
t, rough II h Itiupooloi'H and Slate
(’homlHl. Hlnci tho farmer Iiiih not
the legal right to rofiiHo payuinnt f#r
n bogus fertilizer on tho ploa of fall
uro oi conHldnrallon, Ii would ho crlm
lmil In ilio Siuto uni in give him pro
tection.
We deem It well lo give hern a ro-
|iort nf Hiiluo nf tho things iIiiuo I>.v Ilio
(ioorglu Doparimonl nf Agrlcullure
(lui'ing tlu* piihi hiiHlnoBS houhou of
twelve mnntliH:
During tho pitHt year wn succeeded
In having u Ihw enacted giving tho
t'niiiinlHstoner nf Agriculture the pow
er lo employ a Veterinary Surgeon
when necessary, looking to the sup-
proHHion ol ull ooiiiagluiiH discuses
uiiinug tho live stock nf the Slate.
We have made Home progress la
the northern pari of our Stale In erad
icating the cattle tick (Hoophllus An
nulatus). Our State gives a small
sum for tills purpose, mid we employ
lour Inspectors during the spring nml
imutiner months who look after this
work. We need more effective aid
from the t’nltod SIhIor Government
in the progress of HiIh work.
The Department Iihm Bent out
through the weekly press six columns
of printed mailer, which has been
published In about one hundred and
fighlv itve county papers This print
ed matter bus not been hchi out reg
ularly every month, but from time to
time as in his Judgment the Com
missioner thought best. This matter
t'osis the Department about $185.00
per Issue
During the past year we Issued tlvo
or six thousand hooks, prepared by
Prof, J. T Derry, Historian and
Statistician, and It. F. Wright, As
sistant Commissioner, covering the re
sources and advantages of our State,
most of which have been distributed.
We have also Issued and distributed
about twenty-four thousand copies of
the commercial fertilizer Uulletln No.
42. for seuson of 1904-1905. This bul
letin whh in tIn* main prepared b>
our efficient State Chemist, Prof. John
M. McCandless. Within its two tiuu
dred pages are found the tables and
analyses of commercial fertilizers sold
in the Stale of Ooorglu during the
season 1904 1905. and we note with
pleasure that these tables show an
Improvement in the quality of fertil
izers so 1<I In this Stale, and they
further show that our farmers are
last learning the boneflts accruing to
them by the use of fertilizers of a
high grade. In this bulletin will be
found also ;he laws, rules and regu
lations governing the manufacture and
sale of fertilizers; letters on agri
cultural chemistry; comparative analy
ses of the soil und the wheat crop; a
treatise ou fertilizers and fertilizer
materials; fertilizer formulas for all
kinds of crops; feeding formulas; also
complete list of the quantity of cotton
ginned from crops grown In Georgia
during the past live jours by counties,
as taken from the United States Gtn
nets Report for this year. We have
also Issued a bulletin prepared by the
Stall- oil Inspector, Ur. W. C. Bryant,
containing the laws regulating the
sale of Illuminating oils and other
matters of Interest to tile Inspectors,
oil dealers und to the general public.
We have also distributed several thou
sand copies of a bulletin on the se
lee Inn and preparation of Seed Corn,
by Prof. Charles W. Davis, of the
North Georgia Agricultural College,
Dulilom-ga. Ga. Many other small
puinpJilelH and bulletins have also
been Issued by this Department.
All nl tlu above bulletins eutt be
found mi I he desk of our Secretary,
H. VV Kilgore.
I'li-- trull Industry Is now assuming
large proportions. We estimate that
(Jem --.l,i has more lliun 15,000,00-'
pencil tioes bearing fruit ami many
more young trees coming on. Much
attenllnii Is now being given to the
tipple, , peclally In North Georgia. In
a few curs many large apple orchards
will In yielding as line fruit us can
hi- found In any State, uuIi-hh wo ex
cepl famous Virginia. For the pant
.Min lunch attention has also been
given to trucking and tin- smaller
fruits
Mon- and better farm machinery ol
all kinds lire now being used than
Inritu rly. This partially lills tin* gap
caused by the gradually growing
si nn it.' of Itilior.
In 'i'li' of iIn* reduction of coin
in* i< ml fertilize!, used under cotton
and the decrease In acreage the past
Henson, our Slate will make, at least,
nn average crop of cotton.
Wo will make a good corn crop, lint
nur small grain and Held pea erops
lire tar lielow all average Our hay
•md Inrage Iiiim* yielded abundant
crops, which were saved In line con
dltlon.
Sweet potatoes, sorghum and can**
lire all good.
Our live stock are In line condition
llene,* we have much for which to be
thankful.
Our Dairymans' Association Is do
ing a good work in our State, to which
It gives us pleasure to bear testl
mony.
The sale of fertilizer lags for the
past season was about the same ns
the previous season.
Fertilizer Fund.—After paying all
the expenses Incurred on account of
the analyses ol fertilizers used In our
Slate, which Includes snlary nocount
nf Inspectors, tag account, office ex
penses, etc., the Department of Agrl
culture paid Into the Stute Treasury
f(if>,M 1.57, net.
Illuminating Oil Fund.—After pay
ing (lie expenses Incurred on account
ol Inspect inn of lllmninutluft oils, our
Department turned Into the State
t reasury 110,59:1.28, net.
It Is my Judgment that the farmers
of Georgia plant too many acres in
cotton. I do not mean that they are
making loo much cotton, but that in
stead ol planting 25 or ltd acres to
produce ton Imlos, they should by care
ful selection of seed and by thorough
und scientific preparation, fertilization
and cultivation make ten acres pro
duce ten or even more hales. There
are men In Georgia who have done
ibis, and why cannot hundreds of nth
ers on Just as good land do Hie same?
It will cost no more to make one acre
produce one hale of cotton than to
cultivate two, three or four ucreR and
get only one halt*.
Our Georgia farmers suffer more
limn scarcity of labor titan from any
thing else that I know of. Since 1(
requires twelve months (o make a,
crop of cotton, it is necessary to Und ]
a plan which will produce a crop with i
the least labor possible, and the plan'
suggested above will do It. Although
the negro continues to Increase tn
numbers, labor Ih getting scarcer.
This statement may sound strnngo, i
hut it Is explained by the fact, that .
the negro Ih generally his own boss’
and works when and how he pleases.
If he can bo made to work and be
directed in his work by u skillful mas-,
ter, he will ninke our best fnrm la-,
borer.
We have In Georgia an organiza i
lion composed entirely of farmers—
"The Farmers' Union." Such an or i
ganlzniton Is of great benefit to the
cotton growers of our State and every
farmer should be a member of ii.
I have in the past encouraged in
every possible way the farmers of my
State to Join the Southern Cotton As
aoclation. and 1 expect to continue this
policy.
A great work is being done by
Farmers' Institutes in Georgia under
the able and efficient management of
Hon. Harvle Jordan.
I expect to use my influence, as did
my predecessor, to impress upon out
farmers the importance of educating
their children, not for the so-called
learned professions, but for the farm,
l.et them teach their boys scientific
farming and make their homes beau
tlful and attractive. A country home
can be made so beautiful, that to the
tanner's children it will be the love
Host spot on earth and help to bind
their hearts to one of the most useful
and honorable of all professions (1
use the word advisedly)—that of an
intelligent and up-to-date farmer.
T. G. HUDSON,
Com. of Ga. Dept, of Agriculture
At
ITS
SALES
GROW
1905-
F. S. ROYSTER
Norfolk, Va.
Columbia, S. C.
EXPERIENCE OF A NEW
FARMER.
The "Farm and Kunch," published at
Dallus, I 'xaa, gives thus the expo
rtenen ol a man new at the busiuess
ot farming:
“Bristol, Texas.
"I nn an old hand at u new bust
ncsB—'turned farmer.' Forced to'. 1
No, uo—Just want to enjoy the rest
nl wy Ittc ami think the farm is the
real place of enjoyment. 1 begun the
new business last August—unusual
time of year to begin u crop, but I
begun us soon as I got foot loose from
a former occupation. How did I
stnrt? Well, llrst, I subscribed for
‘Farm and Itanch,' reud every line of
a few numbers, liked It, got a few
Ideas, then begun to execute them
This was in August, 1906.
“I wanted to grow alfalfa. I found
throe old disc plows idle which I
bought for 515 each, und began turn
ing Home low bottom land that was
growing weeds on account of con
tlnued rain Inst spring. The llrst
rain after breaking I would run my
disc harrow, then a section harrow
twice (both ways). About October K
wi got a good rain and on October
I began sowing alfalfa with a
wheelbarrow drill, 22 pounds per acre.
1 covered my seed with the disc nar
row, then gave the ground a double
harrowing with section harrow to
smooth the land. In this manner l
got forty-live ncrcs planted In October
ami now have a perfect stand ttin:
lias stood our usual amount of rniti
for Hie last six weeks anil at tuts
writing Is I Inches under snow. In
Novi inlier and December 1 continued
my disc plowing and harrowing anil
have forty acres more ready to sow
as soon as spring opens.”
The "old hand ill a new business"
(namely farming) living In Texas,
rigidly took tin* "Farm and Ranch.
A beginner in Georgia would do Jusi
iih well by inking and studying the
"Hunt hern Cultivator.”—Georgia Do
purl mom of Agriculture.
WHAT CONSTITUTES A PRAC
TICAL FARMER.
A practical farmer Is not always
one who Iiiih been working tijion u
farm all tils life. There are men who
have done that without going beyond
the most primitive methods ami who
In all their lives have never learned
anything new. Yet because they have
eked out u poor living by hard work,
getting out of their lund about one-
third us much ns the progressive ng
rlculturallst makes out of land no (ii'illiii News and Suit,
better than their own, they consider
themselves experts In the business
and scorn any Instruction from any
source whatever. The man who has
farmed but a year or two, making a
careful study of muthods used by
those who have attained the greatest
success In agriculture, and following
In their footsteps Is far more worthy
of the title of a practical farmer than
one who has spent a life In the same
old rut year after year, using old
methods and old machinery for no | hotrie. Carroll Free Press.
other reason than that his father did j
so before him.—Georgia Department’ We fear that Dr. Nitititally will |
of Agriculture. i feel after the primary like that I
Newnan .lew did who ran for chief
FARMERS BONE
Proved the Best Fertilizer
By a Record of Twenty Years’ Success
You are banking on experience when you fertilize with Farmers’ Bone. No
other fertilizer is so well balanced in the plant food supplied from sowing time to
harvest. Don’t take a substitute. Farmers’ Bone has no equal for any kind of
crop. It is the leading fertilizer of the South.
Works Freely In Any Drill
It has been proven by over twenty-one years of successive use that
Fish and Animal matter is superior to any other known ammoniate
for growing cotton. Fanners’ Bone is the fertilizer
MADE WITH FISH
1885-250 TONS
1890-1,500 TONS
1895-12,000 TONS
1900 58,455 TONS
).091 TONS
BECAUSE
IT GROWS
CROPS
GUANO
Tarboro, N. C
Macon
CO.
Ga.
| With the Exchanges t
V »*4*#*$*$*«*«<#*$*»*#*«*«
Mrs. Tulley Stanley, of Newnan,
(in., is the guest of her mother,
Mrs. Sue Longshore.—West Point
News.
Mis. A. P. Brewster, of New-
naii, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
T. K. Patterson.—Thursday’s
Dr. and Mrs, Z. Green, of New-
niin, are expected to spend next
Sunday here, the guests of Mr.and
Mrs. Will Woodyard.—West Point
News.
Mr, C. P. Bell, who has been
living near Clem for a long while,
will move this week to Newnan
where he will make his future
II. W. CAMP, Pkksident
H. ABNER CAMP, Cashier
MORELAND BANKING CO.,
MORELAND, GA.
Capital - - $25,000.00
Wo solicit your patronage and promise you the Lest
service possible.
THE SOUTHERN COTTON
ASSOCIATION.
It was my pleasure, us well as duty,
to attend tho recent meet lug of the
Southern Cotton Association at New
Orleans. It was a harmonious gather
ing of business men, who lutve at
heart the upbuilding of the South by
securing to our people that agricul
tural und commercial Independence
which ought to belong to those who
furnish to the world the greatest crop
known to civilized man.
The policy of holding cotton for 15
cents received the overwhelming en
dorsement of the convention, and the
lesoiution to reduce the acreage to 25
per cent less than that of 1904 met
with hearty approval. To President
Harvie Jordan and Secretary Richard
Cheatham is due u good share of the
success of the Association during the
pust season.
As we have said before, reduction
of the cotton aereuge by the farmers
will prevent an excessive crop and
consequent low prices.
Another beneflt of such reduction is
tho solving iti a measure of the labor
problem. The scarcity of labor has
been previously discussed and there Is
no need to go over the same "ground
here. With a smaller acreage the
of police on one occasion. But the
story’s old, and Newnan is good at
such tricks.-r-Campbell News.
The esteemed Newnan News
spells it “pollytics.” If the can
didates are “y’s” in their own
“i’s” they will endeavor to knock
“1” out of that word before the
c a in p a ign is over.—Campbell
News.
A letter was received here yes
terday from Chief of Police J. 1).
Brewster, of Newnan, asking that
\V. P. Bartow, a white boy about
14 years old, be taken up and held
until he could be sent for. He!
had run away from his parents in
Newnan and was arrested by Offi- !
cer Douglas yesterday afternoon i
and will be taken to Newnan this ;
morning.—Thursday Griffin News
anil Sun.
Afflicted With Rheumatism.
"I was and am yet afflicted with
rheumatism,” says Mr. J. 0. Bayne. I
fanner can readily dispense with a j editor of the Herald, Ad lington, Indian
part of the force of laborers. If by Territory, ‘but thunks to Cliaruerlaiu's
extra fertilization and cultivation he ! Pnin Balm am able onoe more to attend
can make one acre produce twice as j to business. It is the best of liniments.”
much as formerly, he can do without I If troubled with rheumatism give Pain
man> of nls hands and save a large Balm a trial and yon are certain to be
part of his expense. The reduction j more than pleased with the prompt re-
of cotton acreage will leave more I i, e f which it affords. One application
land for the various grasses and for- ■ relieves the pain. For sale by Dr. Puul
age crops and give the farmer a bet-; Peniston, Newnan, Ga.
ter chance to live at home without
sending money to the West for any
depends upon the life-long study
mid experience of the men who di
rect this hiisiiioss, and who mix a
fertilizer which "makes three (often
a dozen) blndcaof grassgrow, where
only one grow before." Tho nume
ol It Is
Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer.
By its very liberal use, a woek or
two before, or at planting, as well
ns second nppl teat Ion. multitudes of
farmers in the South have " in
creased thoir yields peraoro," and
with the largor profits which theso
Increased yields brought, paid otr
the mortgage nn their farms. Don’t
bo fooled tiy any dealer into buying
u "cheap" substitute.
Vlrglnim-C.rollna Chemical Cm.
Bicbmond. Va. Atlanta. Oa.
Norfolk. Vo. Savannah. Oa.
Durham, N. C. Montgomery. Alt.
Charleston, 9. C. Memphis, Tenn.
Baltimore. Md. Shreveport, La.
kind of supplies.
Those who have not yet done so,
ought to plant now their spring oats,
and get their lands ready for the
crops suited to the season.
Again we say, stand by the resolu
tion to reduce your cotton acreage and
thus avoid the risk of a bumper crop
and low prices.
By continued united action you will
retain the victory already gained and
win new triumphs for the future.
T. Cr. HUDSON,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
NYt* are going to make competi
tors in the furniture busiuess tired.
Excursion Rates to Atlanta,
Ga. via Central of Georgia
Railway.
Ou account of Taliernacle Bible
Conference and Baraca Conven
tion, March 8-18, 1908, rate of
fare and one-third plus 25 cents,
on certificate plan will apply.
Lemons as Medicine
Their Wonderful Effect
on the Liver, Stomach,
Bowels, Sidneys
and Blood.
Lemons are largely used by The
Mozley Lemon Elixir Company, in
compounding their Lemon Elixir,
a pleasant Lemon Laxative and
Tonic—a substitute for all Cathartic
and Liver Pills. Lemon Elixir posi
tively cures all Biliousness, Consti
pation, Indigestion or Dyspepsia,
Headache, Malaria, Kidney Disease,
Dizziness, Colds, Loss of Appetite,
Fevers, Chills, Blotches, Pimples,
all Impurities of the Blood, Fain iti
the Chest or Back, and all other dis
eases caused by a disordered liver
and kidneys, the first Great
Cause of all Fatal Diseases.
WOMEN, for all P'emale Irreg
ularities, will find Lemon Elixir
a pleasant and thoroughly reliable
remedy, without the least danger of
possible harm to them in any condi
tion peculiar to themselves 50c
and $1,00 per bottle at —
ALL DRUG STOKES
“One Dose Convinces.”
For Sale to'Merchants Only.
Out of town merchants will find
Our prices and terms will do the Certificates secured from agents at ! l ver Y convenient to call on us for
work. An absolutely new stock | starting pointe on any day March j reTTn^change 6 Car load'o^oil
to select from. Come to our store, oth to the 18th inclusive will be just received.
next door to the white barber shop honored, returning troni Atlanta D. T. Manget & Co.,
at one-third fare plus 25 cents. tf
in the Iteese opera house building
Southern Furniture Co. tf
Newnan, Ga.
For further information apply
to nearest ticket agent. 2t
Hides Wanted—Will pay best price for
greeu hides for next few weeks. G. O.
Carmichael, Newnan, Ga.
You'll lie pleased with the prices
■ and terms of the Southern Furni-
Money to loan on real estate pt 7 per ture Co. Store in Reese opera
cent. Apply to L. M. Farmer. ; house building, Newnan. Ga. tf