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MONTHLY TALK
WITH THE FARMERS.
BY R. T. NESBITT,
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE.
The results of our labor for the pres
rnt season will 8 <xm be kiiown, and
whether satisfactory or the reverse, can
not be. now be changed. However this may
a careful review of the year's work.
noting and studying tlie causes, which
have led to either suceesss or failure,
will for another gradually aid us in By our preparations
knowledge giuuod setwem. from applying the
our experience
of the past year, we may be able to no
prove upon our successes, and even
glean benefit from our mistakes.
the farmer, as WKf.fi as others, must
STUDY T,..«JODEEi».
transi^'electrhjcars^elm'raphs ephone’s 'would andtcl
wusTtrail the firmer who OT^tSoor^ sucee"l
talf fff watch* evJry
chance, inty, watch the markets,
and bo willing to accept every
*.-liable guide whichpoints him to better
my farmera acw
at
MILLIONS HAVE BEEN LOST TO the sot’TTi
by ignorance and carelessness, and many
hand are applying the themselves heart, head avid
to task of redeeming of land
from the curse and the consequences of
theono-crop take which system—that well gigantic inis
has nigh mined us.
rive They realize, too. that this is a progres
age, and that tho unthinking, sloth
ful fanner will necessarily be left hope- t‘he
b T ly in the background. Relegating
political let ns*calmly questions of the hour to tho
rear, survey
AGJUCw ltvral suRROXuixus.
How many advantages v.-e have of the
situation, soil and cjimate, and how
valnau lightly, even indifforentiv. we have
them! That wo have fob
lowed mistaken agriculteal. methods, hill’
these scarred and worn
rides bear nrute witness; That
are confronted by the gravest
tural problems, no thinking man will
den Prancing V
as we do 75 per cent, of tho
world's supply of cotton, and thus hold
ing in our grasp the key to tho solution
of onr difficulties, why is it that
r to which this ENJ0T,N0 monopoly , THB entitles PKOTCEniTT ns?
t _ vi, _ h
cr0T ?': “
jk> erty ahk-to tiie pi odfteer and to tne
•oil. so much has been said, and I have
already written so repeatedly on this
subject that I almost hesitate to address
you again on a question, which lias lieen
so exhaustively treated. But when
^ cwMbtwm own of stote,Mid'C(m
our farmers
and their lands, and realize that the same
dMapixnntment Ifrtw icriva policy and wluchhas poverty brought bat be
contmued, I remaiirsilent may
cannot and I
teel that I cannot repeat too of ten or
urge with too much emphasis that until
we can come down to a
LEGITIMATE SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE,
a self-supporting anything system, we cannot
expect; more substantial in tho
future than we have have gained in
past. We are straining every nerve and
SSI""'* Clop of cotton, one third a
THE GROSS VALUE
of . which .. , , north and
gixy. to tue west
for breadstuff* alone. None of this is
for meat, for which we also spend mill
ions of dollars. Suppose one-third of the
land devoted to tho production of cotton
the past season had been to4ttenhogs, put in food
crops, and crops on which
we would now have an abundance of
everything and instead to of supply our of 9, 000.000 home demand, hales
a crop at
6 * cents, we would have had a ciop of
6 . 000 , 00 (k worth anywhere from 10 to 15
cents. That I am right m this, is proven
by the recent jump m the pnc«,of cotton
following immediately upon theunfavor
able reports from the cotton fields wliieh
point The with following painty figures to a short also crop. the
conclusion: give
same
Xo. Acres
Bales. Value. -
l«Mtr.....«.««!,one .... ... ......IM . A 2.283,000 4297,810,000
)w)8l..... 16 ,<W 0 , 0 »W b,««>,CKK)
1 - ”1
23 fliXJ 9090 ’ 000 5 5 « s nO ’ *Hk»
2 faxTve 5 ul‘m lv..l
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED IN THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS OF STEWART COUNTY, GA,
rohfTrarrffi fhSfwnh-vroadlril rrm«t<>iwtion -hrtv 2Z
W.»™ w lr +„
trnim ]*nv S -rn ’ ' ,1.77mu,'
Thev show that otiV while we W
more riventv'feeTrice thin dor hkri rntfrn m,H n
y vio^ew tl"- has
dneed more rim tliiS t
which wav we will thofeftirif i ^
from theste”n mVitWf thfs mri'ele
Let every ’u-m Si- vir reads ‘4 Cl
ponder on? firt4«\w well war ’’I < na ‘- : n
Vt m s tW I
lwoldcins Ls imm^andfatmv which a. n tr. •-y ,,a tu ubmf
comiim Sera usef of
nd’4v hms l fmVTdviro
ed 1 von } u have heard t,Al ‘•• !a am i ce
until you are tired of it. The hope of
the date, the stability of our home iu
stitutions r’f turn eV at last ram whether we
make Minet‘moi«riwconr o n 4 ad ,t
the mLthig'of f“tfnmrs tiie
1 a t winter fol
^ ...a .^cu '
doo, u. do dm uue an 1 rntri httle one:, are
and horses are mortgaged", and a spirit
T;!;* 1 ■oM.u.md-}. W.rr lam. nia. con
tountrj. 1 *™ 3 It *JV»?»the loo latter town dies n« from well poverty, t.a the
C.ai m RLJiauv'.i up lii tins senlonccy
‘Waste of tone, money and energy in
the over-production of cotton and the
under production of all ihe moessuriee
of life.'”
children''TtUk^Pu udlKn Z
your ui^^YXr'a'd^i^uoory^r hm.se and. when y,.u walk by
bm>;L po^ts or >md your write nouFO. it upon and the
on
you* gales and. carry out its principles
in your fai-rn mmmgrinent.
But, you say, n»j we are in dobt. Tell us
now to pay out savesmiisthing. We
answer uot by the' planting ot huge crops
«> r cQtton, but theij-lnbl by rsdacing the acreage,
incroanng same Umo p.amuig p. an r ocrarnml ahm.dance at tin; oi
food crops. Make tonne wuh yonr
Jtdr, blf give him everything you cn.i jnx*;i
spare, get him then to exorcise a
getter ous ferbemunee togelhAyumlii. - Ids prosperity
cud yours are L- mil
^ 6 '- s U" l 1 1 d ": la ..... ■•<:< t:w .hi-, ocr^ with and
v ^e niter rams, , nod the edta,
Go w', r* von "ill nui is .Pn— indri'ilmd n-n the
man who gives his farm h
^;>r h T n -:• ' ,if ^ ;! ’ a
laUa cttrefrdly the cost of his
crops, considers the needs of his land as
well as Um plant fond which his soil and
cultivated crop, require, cultivates intel
will ligently show and markets with c.-.re. and I
vou a contorted mdividntil, a
man thoroughly Ids' in love with his "ov
ermneut. section, bin neighliorhood.
Is not this eiul worth striving for?
let rs vr oxer kuAfifi m *KS anura-w
To sow n».L oeaix
wilbhm This will rot ori^ «•>••'* mr 1 m-’s from
during the wintm- biit will
leuve it hi. i mw)i hziu.'v coiuljtio.il to
receive and produce oilier crops. The
very intveduces fact of k-smeerting th-'tydlixe.r mruTurin
Vw t.--tie -wsh , , , ; f
'muds We will while nev r pemkieiffly continue improve o
we to fertilize in
the drill and do^nd on oncer, q> to meet
*11 our wants.
don't pit off sownvo thk rr-aiN.
Late sowi’i" and a ‘, linrried »r<n>-*ration P'i p'-iUt-on
C • dra " baCjkS 40 our
success
n
fa4S?cceed has boco u» so unccmmon fa^ Sig that whore a
for home remarkably onough meat
use he is "lucky.”
I have called your attention to the
P* tRnt *, of thw question in previous
SSf/ffix 089 cot y >ri
crop, that is o v er ^ 1 00.009,000, goes for
breachu lifts alone, wliat must be the
amount sent to tae V/est for meat?
to raise hogs successfully.
We must give them the same regular
and feed that we give to our
horses; -give them protection in bad
weather, keep them in uniform condi
tion. not first fat and then poor, keep
them free from vermin bv the use of
kerosene as shown in this report. teispoonftil Give
,,ach hog every week a of
beaten wpperas. let them have access to
, rare water, and my word for it, you will
have sweet meat and lard, and plenty
of it R T Nf-sKTiT
’ Commissioner.
'
v -
Cenerei Bemarta.
largelyLthe The present report Icing |a(hered pr«lict«l
partly gattwgod yield from or
the acreagulooses much of
uncertainty that art.mis estimates
latsed uhme upon conditions existing
earlier in the season. The previous re
ports by correspondents for this year are
substantiated by instance. the maturing Sceline crops in
nearly indication every The iu
of the yield of some resulting crops is
due to the fact that the injuries ;
from character tinfavorablc seasons were of such
a tliat tue extent of the damage
could hazily he properly estimated until
later m the season. ,
cotton:
In this, our staple crop, the one upon
which we depend to supply our wants
outside of what we are able to mi-« on
the farm, is shown the most marked de
dine. Excessive wet weather, followed
by drouth, and this drouth again lbl
lowed by excessive wet weather, lias
been the prevailing character of the
season.. Such weather condition resulted
j„ giieddin" rT and ^The castin" of e™t fruit and in
«d fidl ofthr
, , ... \
tion. duiiULC Mie ?;iVi 1 munch* fW timcluot: 1
the crop pr, scuts a fine appearance as to
weed-, hut with uiatnringshows but.Iittio
LUMPKIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 , 1892 .
fruit, with small and lightly filled bolls,
From many of the counties, especially
those located in Southwest Georgia,
comes the report that the yield in those
counties of that section will be the
poorest ever known. When we consider
the fact that this is a great cotton pro
for ducing large portion yield is of anything our state, but the flattering. outlook
a
And when we note the unsatisfactory
saapsaefsta^aB xjiss&stizsgs&s
this year will be.
It the decrease yield promsed was the
rfeault alone of a reduction m the acreage
we would have much cause for congratu
lation, and as it is, the gratirying mine
ws»ls two **«?* iessenmg was made Oio tota! will yisld. do much
:, The r «f Rt re ? ort fra ™ the New Or
leans cottonexchange far this shows smaller that the than re
ceipts those so year are
: of any year since 1883. lms nidi
cates that the reports on acreage sent
: ont b >’ tUe heads ot the agricultural de
' P artmon t« of the vitnons cotUm states
f e correct, also that the crop has snf
? fff taU 1 ^. k™,'unfavorable ^ in seasons promised in all.the yield
: >« "'“kwiK itnel felt on the mavset not
i withstanding 1 !, the enormous surplus car
I'n mlhionco ov ' r the roul ! ibrt , has • vp:ir already 1 ' mv } mv advanced ' n ' «•*?
price
? ver ,J .* lv0 -tourtns of a cent from the
! low price of tne summer months. That
supply awl demand govern our groat
P !' 0! ‘-‘ I 1 0< 1,T 1 >lv, ' lll L* t! !; V 1
■ 1,h pointedly - a fu before 7 thotarmers , ^’ s
rmluasrativo that it tney
price for their cot
b«>. the yield mum be reduced by cut
: tmg <l..wu t:i.) aeredw, w. that a small
crop will be the result ot favorable and
uuv. tV orable seasons. Speculation un
^ 'buly lUictua
^an^dural&iAntcotnp^d tiin'<a 1w' it ‘'or
Ruction by decades the iTecreasod story is one of inerawed
■ aud price. Lithe
mouildv i ilk of the ( Vniiinissioner will
• ! t ei i< vcvM ,' ii \vi>u]<iru*r ! n lvs-llnnif -i,
(M) v ,,,i- i‘oca 'k-U- tloii Lqu :7 ’
this sum ''- n..t...,; the cot on Vk .o- V r
; vyhe'h ' ‘ t:, ” -i t -■ -f I
: , T ; ,
,
rotton nmv'bemmVnt SllJ^rt^cwlv a prefi'kKviiih
;
q ;tto , fl)1 . wiqu, the first bolls
i nL-it-u-apreton d-r. RU> two weeks iati» vm
tw-. nltmte Vbnt Slv little ^ thelvils \ti-'nst fruit vrtilTm mi m
! tim nickin''
- be open and realv for fanimrbV This
! may operate avainst ’ the * car,.
me a too rapid price' marketin'- tied
a temporary deeiin.' solutL in Biff situ:!- bohl
in g as we do tho of the
tion within our grasp, we should not
feel t?M> mnch discourifu'd "of' ifwocumot ovci
! nght the reshlm the" two veara oV uro
duction by discretion one year.
Biversified crops, renovated lands, and
« Yield of our money crop within the
‘ denumda of the worlds consumption,
maansto the South agricultural inde
puffin pendence and profit.
I 0 ' ^ 0 u °Tr J. ),a
4 of’''‘"s-uan ■ , ^'fif
; !^win m la e 'V.n^In
<Teas<! iu tao ylt ' 1 ' 1 * hesu ul ' op8.
I „ l n “® 1;,r , p yi< . ! ld I>or acre premised . by
I f E‘n . r ‘' 3 , °V-' s 0 {* H 13 crt 1> W,U ktiuiy lie
’
i r( ?„ :i man T counties the
I 7 , !?* .T ■'* a::0 ' ,( ' a " »'mra,g«, mid the
4; “bhng oft <v is ^ due almost entirety m the
!ll nyf to la, 1 U ro i“ ( iXC ty r ‘' H wet
earner. lnrongliout tao 1 state the
scr.vge lms been largely mertywl. and
4 bci 1 bc « rKiltur thau for 11
*>amntr ot j ea.s.
™°*
™ i-iiG pro^poet of iwn-k for Hu's . rnr i« .
tn.-it ior last year. \, here
uf.r Cr ^ l ch "^ m ’
b-ur cmliliou r is perhaps better ,. than
fmi 4! 1 !a llw ««« \ i Va ^ibes <!S ot have dls 0 snf- S* e
f f fchuS i r . aucl, « tlie
“
^ i(i.vL,ad.> ^
m- e „ • IV tabm ! A E sfivo ‘. tec ,, present
indication • of the total yield of mid
corn
cotton com piired with an average total
111 tho state by section:
:i -v==
Cotton. Corn.
' —
Nortll Gc „ , _ j;s
Middle Geori/ia............... 73
South went Georgia............ 05 05
East Georgia................... 71 M
Southeast Georgia............ 09 98
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The valuable clippings in this report
are taken from tile exchanges, which
come to tho agricultural department,
andth-iv suggestions, if followed, wil
be worth meuey to the fanners. In
view »nd its of products, the growing tfe interest iu the sugg-i- dairv
tions especially appronriaio. following
arc
B. T. N.
. Sh Dairy Hygiene.
__
impoktaxce of milk, butter and
cheese as pood products.
In the care, the feed and hourin- o'
coivs is where the toW.
feeffidry W the produ: is must al wavs
jnoper conditions exist here, they
»ill> the tyo very and apt to be followed conditions tip by
all the proper thikigh; necessary
way hut unless there is
such a foundation, no future exercise of
skill or careful manipulation can c-ffeet
the finest products. "
If these are all right, and every dairy
man knows what that means without a
irdegoneal that demands statement, the ndxt thing
attention is the care of
gBk through frow all th« tho time it is drawn of mauufac- and up
ture All elements processes
of uucleaiilinesa
«*"?* hs careful v exeliylod from the
mity and from all utensils of the dairy,
u> jmtonly themselves, liecanse but they because are objectionable they promote
fwnentation and decay. Every imint
about the dairy should bo so constantly
clean and well cared for that the owner j
would at a^II times take pride ms]howing
n cmMoncu customer around, and with the fnfi
that an inspection would add
to the good opinion formerly enter*
fetitipfl
; 1 - to,... }> ; 1 , . ... ‘,»l
quahtv. -
inferior . . . but at time,, they u- :
wnie :,c,.m,by ,mug, rolls as articles of i
unman food.
The reasoirgiveu for exercising this
extreme cleanliness is, that; it is now
known that all the changes of:
sition in the milk from healthful ani
mals, are due to the introduction
the milk, after it is drawn from the
cow, of low forms of life. These genus
cause Milk souring, make the milk ropy, blue,
etc. us'Ssi;£d^^?cS'ssaiSsfe drawn absolutely clean, into
o ““' ,Io ' 1 ■
issstsv^ys. m.+srsrzL, ssst ^
and fresh air are as necessary in a stable
to maintain vigor of cattlfe as in a
human habitation, Shutters-with mov
able slats which will darken the stable
while still permitting the circulation of
are very desirable for slimmer use.
2. Tho stable should be kept sernpu
lowly clean, if first-class daily products
are desire, and abundance of-straw, or
sawdust, or dried peat, and even of dry
eavtli, may be necessary to absorb all of
the liquid excreta, the effort being to
absorb this at once.
3. As disinfectants and purifiers of air
i, ; tables, a frequent use of white wash
on the walls and wood work, and of
ground plaster, sprinkled over the floors,
i s necessary. By tlm frequent use of
white wash and plaster wo may keep
the air of a stable sweet and pure. The
mangers should be kept thoroughly
washed clean. They with should he frequently
out strong suit and water
otherwise mold will grew in thorn, espe
ciallv in the corners. This mold taken
» lto the stomach may produce iuilamma
tion of that organ, aud it is also possible
that it may produce the disease known
aa lump jaw.-Independent.
good D.UKY MAXiata.
Tt I t H wt«r to b-«-A •. cow -4
b «f^« T
th «n to have one that will give you 200
SSm Wl-w v,m TSo nonwri li’hoifo-V'pclf e1.
lit Tt YR'liukal ‘or h-.v■• fT ~
du d but rt thruo. to,in
J , ijest . . b'at , llie _ gentleness
‘ Vl *° n COWS
than.to , saw oil: to their foil horns, for registered
bull calf than pay a
to have a grad# bull gi-en
' Cows fed modernhdy
»• on cotton
^ ' .’ftimd UMi rotw ‘ l “‘’V" dl ° of m “"
! te'^ 8 pnrta !l|,J of wc:,toillll mutton spot and
" !l laew
Bt-nmark has for the past twenty-five
^ u^’U'b'.mjU'e * l *' ut f,t W <l;ury 1 ’ h-cho.ds. a ™ ;ia35y As «* a % re¬
^ 10 bu tter i’ 11 .” of Yf'' the 111 country '” tJ T has inqvrovea 5n:ii ’ls
J? ''J na3> iy so greatly v. itbin twenty year:
f remf„ld 0 ,u.J to lo, 000 ,C 00
l ie r J® al -
, V s P en!3 , every surplus , dollar , „ m . an
SSntilMC ip roviu-^« W 7
, Ms of inS sto k ” ht U1 ^
y steaks MMt, Xom
». of nil Wmls a cab
mule, stooer,. heifer, lamb, kid riiriA and pig.
ihould never be allowed to io
til they arc matured v? for ^ market, -Todd. ^
bere to this ride would save the south
T 01 mdl ^
Much of the success of the dairy dc
mil.aing pends upon dona the maimer iu which Hi
is The udder, kats and
flanx should bo washed v.ith latfowawn
water, and rubbed dry with a towel h
filth fore milking, that not only to remove, tlffT(/v,'hei: th,:
may have got on
lying down in ihe burn or yard, but to
remove tho jir.rspiitvHoii which will form
a sort of scale or dandruff there, and
wbicb will rub off in miilang, and W! ;
lag into the pad gives a Htreug wa%«g -cowy
odor to ihe milk. This
eott^is J 12 u(Ulw and thi 1 .
labor o.. mi .aag idpch Wt.
giam JLt h-fo.e E !,»gmmng ”' 1 ,— lo to Mivo mdk. a few Many , Ot .
co.vs uill s.and more muotly aud .five
V't-m-v moic ..c.'.y v,lnle ea.
li! ty
J n , care, . however, ;tlxOa . ... , ‘.i bo not dp*iO to oxert vt\piuiy, to
lundi i;.rong.h m cubing the hand, so
as to bruise tho teals, or to thrust the
hand against tho udder. It dionld pro
ceod steadily until finished. It the am
mal w uneasy, work more cautiously,
with her g ‘ V6 UPt nW ^ °
When tlio milk U drawn it should be
taken out of tho stable at once, and put
where it will not l;o exposed to any foul
odors, even to the breath of the cattle.
The strong nmell ko often noticed m the
milk, is usually due to either the fine
uartieles of venldSi dust from the ndilm* sM nr the
lack of the in the and
a neglect to remove the milk at once.
If not to be traced to either of these, it
may be found that the cow herself is in
a feverish condition from some cause,
and has imparted tho taste to the milk
while vet undrawm.
If the milk in of that sort in which
the cream rises rapidly, it should be
strained at once.
Cattle are as much benofittod by daily
grooming as are horses, but it should b'u
done with a "entle hand
If farmers will break up any rich
basins or other good lauds that t hoy an?
not cultivating, from first smooth, of May till
15th June, harrow well and ami
."LS S-i tlmV^ll^
have so many v jpoor { scrub ,b .tattle> n nb, and
} u,d(W ’ a ' lfl wiilluxnnat,on rien milk a mi
butter during tho cold month* of winter.
oeorgiahay.
„ Mr. Culpepper _ , further stated th.r.:
cattle and horses would forsake the
western liay for the sweeter and more
« nt aml <:arod ^
“nUvo graces.
His statement is m accoid with ... tho .. .
^J 1 ^ ce J >t a ^ ®. f
ly Mr. r S. I. -p Saltei, a st,x raiseRfrf
, long and buj$e experience, both m this
aad mJSXIS
a to
the greet that om native KUWS cut aud
cured made the best bay m the world,
w«s ,R first r^eivca with a gram ««• two
f salt > V ”?i 1 1 1 77 e hai1
demonstrated that he evidently - ,
was cor
r ' ! L.y |
I here is . anabm«t Unbmff, 1< m«..t,J .
for hay in Albany at this season, and -:•!
our toners couldmit mid , ure a km.
onsuitJlY, ana tbc-y wild (jf u a :
re I
home planters manliest a disposition
to cut and cure mere hay, wmlo Other*
are disinclined to .cat me grasses from
their lands under soil. the linpreseion that it
impoverishes impoverish soil the It certainly
unless it is generously
fertilized. But that is the key to the
situation in this country. Wo rely too
much on the unstimulated production of
the soil. The soil is susceptible
erously highest it cultivation, is fertilized, and the larger more gen
the in
sartt?* Ilck ' “ J -......
JKstasa.faJteg svs&jssgsii s&sstsis
them drink in that which would enrich
thor minds, thor fieids, their graueries.
their pockets. Their wise, families useful, would
grow up more 'more and
society agricultural, would be vastly benefited and
resources would be de
volopsd at a more rapid aud profitable
rate.
Every farmer should produce as near
as his possible family and on his stock; farm all fertilizers supplies for
also t«>
maintain the fertility of his soils.
The time .has come when farmers must
be imgs determined observing, more thoughtful and
more to understand their
own best surrounding, that they may make
the use of everyUdng wiilna their
reach. Whoa they will do this success
Will no longer ho a .mention.
Our most non-productive lands, which
have grown up in sedge grass and alien
doned as worthless, can be made to pro
dues a good average crop of cotton o
corn the first rear It at little expense. In
the fall, with good turning plow aud
rolling other colhn. tarn under the sedge itromah gras:
and green mat cor. and 1 .1
so nil winter. The grass will alhbe
rotted bv spring aud the action of the
frosts awl rains will pulverize the worst
turf land then r7 bv rebeddi.e- ; ' J end ' the u«<
v : f
Mot 1»Trouble.I with grass. I have tried
“ 1Ve «^xnl.
Farm Manures
TIT? FARMER DEFRAUDS HIMSELF.
The average farmer cleaves to tho
ideas of bis fuicestom and feeds out hit
winter supply alike to his mixed herd,
equally surprised lyies. if this one gains or
that one Redoes not feed grain
•■because ho cannot a Coni to buy it,”
and he will not rah--, it, becun:;-' he can
buy it cheaper. I& "animal,-; are simply
machiner. for converting crops; into k vti
lizers, Instead of keeping ii. few at a
profit, he keeps many at a loss. U>ff
whatever our ready calling in life, we should
always this ruinous be to lift With a hand against
practice, things the ms,a
at our command, better are ex¬
pected footstep* of of tis than fathers. simply to Economy follow the in
our
if feeding do in net the (antribute great study of today, individual and
we our
support to its solution, reproach Will fall
our own heads.
«■ * *
Study to make manure—kc<-p such a
class as farm tmiiutda au wi best con¬
vert all coarse fodder, with tho least
amount of grain, into manure. Would
it not be'more profitable to feed out that
hay, stalk or straw stack tlmn to sell ft?
In computing few the value of burn-yard
manure, take into couPidcraliim
the humus mattor. which n'.'g.l^farras
nod i’f badly aa the chemical ingre¬
dients.
*
Farmers im a rule ore not careful
enough in the saving <<f manures': too
•nmiy lose almost eniirelv tho liquids,
which are worth quite as much as the
solid;, and the solid manure is often
permiti.ed deprives to !•• -it and burn to an extent
that it of half tho nitrogen it
c'llitaii'.::. 1 torse manure, which lias the
liquid burn mixed with injure it, will if very surely
so a*v to it nothing be
mixed with it. The bent and the most
available m aterial to use for an absorbent
is fine dry mack: not wet muck, but
well dried. It should be dug out sev¬
eral years before used, and to make it.
fine and dry, it should be spread on dry
i.iud, s-.:y two or three feet illicit, and
the plow and cultivator run over it
often enough to prevent tho growth of
grew or wm:K when it gels fine and
dry it riiouW * ; - ; .
ff' >>e handy to ;hocattle, and where
it v.'ill bo perfectly dry. With, such
material at hand the finnor can nave all
of (he waste inatericls of both the house
and barn tkat liave in them the elements
small of plant food. It requires lmt a very
tlio liquids quantity of of this material to absorb
tlie farm or to prevent the
escape of ammonia. But when the
fanner attempts to prevent waste by
carting to his barnyard large quantities
of green muck, lie makes a great mis¬
take, for it will not absorb the liquids,
and it, to :i considerable extent, injures
the solids; first, by delaying decomposi¬
tion when applied to the soil, and
second by filling the soil with an acid
that is in a state to injure rather than
benefit plant growth.
THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE IN
f,' A' .... ,.
tn nf iw !i w !» ^^g.ihle nuids
7 f -+ ?
vili 711 t Indiana
ti s ^- . T L s 7
« L, ,)iri t , « : /"‘L”''->mw makes
? SmntlS . Lq ™1^ f l ^
a bnrdou of overproduction . of corn mid
U‘jl l?wr t r 8 under VJ Alreadv'hi 3 ‘
“XWwnnf % i i° 0rn m i i '^"7
“
W fight times the |
arable land
Indiana—let them go to raisifi.-corn !
an ,i w h on t, and it is easy J to see wliattha
will be.
How dilTerenl is it with the farmers
S f t , fj, n ,th. Here we )«• voumo'rrr.lv
Iff ( .j,„ Indiann^uay go jj A territory- be'addul fifty times the 1
to onr farm
area, but it does not increase one poi-md
the viohl of cotton This in tlm Southern
farliicw ’ l!A " opoly. The South will aud I
mu st remain the world's supply for I
8tR «lW lo . Twenty years iuo
B of cotton was nearly equal to the
American supply. But the foreign sup
plv has decreased 3 , 000,000 l«les, and tlm i
American Egnyt; supply brazil, has increased 4,000 IKK)
bales . India, Itir-H
none of tlw*,, can compel,) with the
Southern Btat, * of America in supplying .
tho world with cotton. It is our moiiop
0 ^onclcd j y Rfi, wliat God slat's gave us Hi,,,'." wlmrt ho
that these 71.^ thehl.' 7,c
■
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si
Ilr ; Till!! UJm! ' Vsetfhivitt f r'mill
Hli/.i <»U 7 > NV'^Lli •; i ito, f ;#0
fawners todhe of Michigan, is valuable ana in proportion
crop, in G eorgia. It is
from Bulletin ST of the Michigan
Experiment Station:
motbod op treatment for smut in
Have two kettles wheat, of water
not more
t! ««n two feat apart. Kettle No. 1
should contain warm water (from 110
degrees to ISO degrees Fahrenheit.) The
zis
™ *“ e re s ® co 2 ,, 6 ’ es seed , to aB p bo 8 treated luoper should tempe 3i*a- be
-
Placed . «» . sack that will allow the
»
water to pass through readily (a coarse
frimny sack w good.) According to the
sme °f the kettle, the sack may contain
from lalf to “ le hiishel. A loss
mnount will make , the process dew and
a huger amount will be unwieldy, aud
some, of the kernels may escape treat
iLmg it .p out x P the and wheat plunging mt° kettle it m two N°. or 1,
ai rce times. Tins _ process will take but
a ln 1 u F- e so. Now dip it mto the
"ecomj he. ke.fle 'degrees; with keep water the at wheat 1.(4 degrees well
« t,rre ! 1 ' IVrham there u no better way
than oral times. to lift it This out should and ; pWe itmseV
bo continued ton
- OT ^fteea mmutes, according to the tom
Perature dry. ?x t.ie water, and then spread
to A second person should rag
late the tempertuve of the water aud do
nothing best to,have else. Probably it will be found
» under kettle No. 2
^fncmnt to raise the water to Ik. degrees
or P.D degrees Fahrenheit and then add
cold water to remice it to 1.(4 degrees or
1»«* b .a degrees 1 ahrenheit when the seed is
>*'•
If at-the „ end , often minutes , „ the tem
perature diiced bolow of the water has no!; been re-
133 degree^ the seed should
j* V'rtow leff tqS^do^, infc * ^inu^ven Fnlmnfiirit‘“it
longer if the temperature should fall
below lhOdcgroes.
FUR SMUT IN OATS.
The treatment, is essentially the same
for oaf s except that the temperature of
the water in kettle No. 2 should be 13y
degrees or Iff degrees Fahrenheit when
the oats /ire put in. If at the end nf ten
minutes the temperature is not below 135
degrees, dipped the oats should he removed and
into cold water: if below 135 de
invca they should longer be left in fifteen min¬
utes, or even if the temperature
falls below 135 degrees’ Fa" renheit.
When taken ont dip in cold water.
The hundreds of experiments con¬
ducted in Kansas, Indir.ua and other ex¬
periment stations with treated and un¬
treated seed sown side by side, have
shewn the practical value of this method.
Professor Swingle and Professor Ar¬
thur tell me that the farmers who have
tried it in Kansas and Indiana are en¬
thusiastic in its favor. Had all the
farmers of Michigan treated their seed
last spring, there would have been saved
to the state more than a million of dol¬
lars. The fanners who raised twenty
acres of oats with straw, promising fifty
bushels per aero.-received only forty-five.
In other words the farmer loses 100
bushels of oata. This is a low estimate,
for in no case where fanners actually
counted ihe smutted stalks did the per
cent fall below 3, and in many cases it
readied 20 .
The loss on the College farm this year
veill not be less than 350 bushels. The
cost of treating is very slight compared
with the damage done by the smut.
Three late the persons (a boy aud a girl to regu¬
temperature of the water, one
mail to uo the dipping and another to pre¬
pare the grain for dipping anil Spreading
it to dry) can easily treat enough seed in
a day and a half to sow twenty acres.
One man and a boy can bent enough for
ten acres in one day. The kettles and
tank of cold water should be
on one side of a post, equally distant from
it iu the following manner:
the One end Tho „f a polo should be fastened to
post. sack can be tied to the
pole so that it will come directly over
the ket tles as the man at the end of the
polo swings it from one to the other.
This will he found a very conveuie: .'. way
f< v lifting and plunging the seed to se¬
cure thorough treatment. The farms!
who treats his seed will save several
times the cost of treatment the first
year.
KEEFINO SWEET POTATOES,
The failures many farmers make in
keeping ter because sweet they potatoes first through lot them the get win¬ too
is
hot when first-dug, and afterwards allow
thorn to be chilled by cold—both condi¬
tions being dig fatal to the sweet potato.
First, tho potatoes at the right
time. We believe it is just an erroneous
to dig /in unripe potato for keeping, as it
is to pull an unripe ear of com for plant¬
ing-purposes. the “killing” It is best to dig just after,
first frost, if the potatoes
are ripe. time. They are generally ripe about
that Examine th an, and upon
breaking dark some of them the wound turns
to a or bluoish color, they are not
ripe, and ; I will not do to nig them. But
if a milky subahmee runs from tin
wound aud dries . oyer it, they * nro ripe ~
andsh and should , 7,11 aid be l be dug dug. b, ’
«tl or hy mm V or dew f F alter ■ c tney S ' ! i®' have
Sty,.; \\T f ru K u’ C fT t ’ 1 , vY™ ,
i i 7 ? " th f, biU ’I ut n
layer oi , f corn-stalks e.,i the smooth suv
tho ^ alwut r i four ■ inches • i ►-PlJ-fl otpm-.,
^cr s.a.i - .9
torLing ahoU-lT ^ in'euffi
side of this tolerably thick; stand it on
cud in tie, center of the straw aud pile
siraw the potatoes around Y.l it L., Pat a hirer of
ci,. , q„i
eorn-st'iiks stalks*‘with s'-tiui-- on dfa-t" enls r if it
Cov-r cCs the bm\k?tt’J? Hnadin-'
frow aromvl tho
fonuiu" a ditch Lure linn tin- i7t water ^7 from
tli-bom,la to tim end
of extend a little above the
ton of Ike |,-,„k I,eave ' the
too tin
until » rain or cold snap comes,
over with a niece of tIvs plank until tni^ the
weather mo,h rato;. hiflW
nislms a charnel 1 1,rough which air c
readily roach the potah«nill around tho
center, mid sli^nld be kepi open us much
a.: possib! • while the weather is moder
alelvce! but as winter 1
should be i a’sweat i,l clos-d. BohitafS always
go through after ls-ing lauked.
and air <lisiributj.l tiiioiigh them
v-ry es.ee! ial.
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n'iN ‘,1 \ -/ii mv G-iir,)";*' ’- 'i'iiv'l*i -- i
Uiv* iinuMv-x hu'uv.'Vri
lima lUh'tng tt-i) l;. v, r chiss; IU' >iv HH'ti
ht.r'; wiiifumi a i-mji. il reii'i, bochau: >tyYii
— 3
Terms $1 00 Per Annum
I 0 f Vood business in farming than in any
; other vocation.
i There is one; part of the farm tint is
1 no t bensfitted by draiuves; that is the
j manure lioan.
! REMEtinw for onoLEKA is noos.
A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
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j ^, :L°' 7 ™ ‘jo to,L‘ i ' ini w® «“=,
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to a strung liquid that decoction with meal
or any food the liog ; will eat. If he
is too sick to eat givo a drench of from
half a pint to a pint of the decoction.
The cure This seems remedy to bo quick intervals and effec»
tivo. given at of
ft few months seems to have m-ovented
the disease of hog cholera with me for
several years past. 1 raise to use and sell
annually 100 hogs or more. P.
John Fort.
LICE AND OTHER VERMIN ON HOGS.
To keep hogs free from lice and other
vermin, tako your kerosene oil can and
pour a little from the ear: all along the
back. will Two sufficient. or three applications a year
be
I always begin lie ivy fee ling early in
fall, so that ntypOrkorp are ready to kill
any time after the Middle of November.
My experience is that most of the pork
lost in tho south is that: which is killed
after the middle of December.
REMEDIES FOR WARTS AND SORES.
To tako off small warts from horses
and other stock, nothing is so good as
caustic. I Scrape always keep a thick or wart two
on hand. the crust off of
and will apply-every disappear. day or two, and they
soon
Honey will remove maggots from a
sore on stock better than anything
known.
KEEPING DRIED FRUIT.
China berries put in dried fruit will
keep out worms.
ONIONS.
To make “sets" the finest in and jnicest onions';
plant with tlie droppings September hen and ma¬
nure from house.
Put it on when sets are planted, and
again in the spring—liberally.
Fatal FI&liL at a t ire.
Dead-wood, S. IX. Oct. 5.—The Bap-'
tist church here, valued at $13,000, waa
destroyed have been by the lire, which is supposed to
work of incendiaries.
During Spurting the tiro a fireman named. Olein
and a physician named Naul
teous got into a tight;, in which the phy¬
sician got the whrst of it. After the
fire ho armed himself and, meeting Spur¬
ting in a saloon, resumed the quarrel
and was knocked down. As he arose
.
lie pulled a revolver and shot Spurting
twice in the body, killing him. The
murderer now lies at the point of death
with brain fever. The excitement is
intense, and the firemen threaten to
lynch rounded the by physician. guard. He is in Naulteoua jail sur¬
an armed
is it bad man. having, it is said, killed a
moval man at here. Hastings, Neb., before Ids re¬
George Klentz, of Wichita, Kna, ended
a spree by hanging himself.
A starving mob of poor peonleat Media,
Mexico, raided load, the city’s feed stores in
search of mid, in spite of bullets
from the soldiers, got what they wore
after.
Justice Ingraham, la the court of oyer
and terminer, New York city, sentenced
Biutoo C. Webster, murderer of Charles
E. Goodwin, to siatu prison for nineteen
years.
Edward S. Darin, wrecker of National
Savings bank, Buffalo, died suicide. Sunday Dana nignt
of opium poison. It was
v.avs to have appeared iu court Monday
for trial.
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phitea Oil, and tho pure of both
I,iver pelrmev
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