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WHEAT CULTIVATION
Interesting Paper by Com¬
missioner Stevens.
VARIETY OF WHEAT TO USE
Valuable Suggestions and Timely Ai
vice which Every Enterprising
Farmer in Georgia Should
Heed.
The wheat crop for this year, owiug
to several adverse causes well knows
to all the wheat growers of Georgia,
did not come up to the average. But
this partial failure should no mom
cause a diminution in the area devoted
to this valuable grain than an un¬
favorable season for corn or cotton
should cause a falling off in the acre
age of those crops.
The same reasons which led to th'i
great revival of wheat growing ill
Georgia in 1899 and 1900 still prevail.
One ot the chief arguments in favoi
of wheat growing, so persistently
urged at the time, was that the negra
farmer by reason of his manner oi
life can make a living for his •family
at far less expense than is required
by the white man, and lienee can
afford to sell his cotton at a lowei
price.
Therefore the competitloh between
the white and black planter would
prove disastrous to the former unless
he could be self-supporting and have
cotton for his surplus money crop.
A farmer’s life should be one ol
financial independence; but, unless ba
can live in the main at home on. the
fruits of his own industry and supply
the market with those products that
are ever in demand, he is in danger o(
becoming a hewer of wood and drawer
of water to his more enterprising
neghbors. if he raises enough to live
.
upon, he can hold Iris cotton for good
prices.
An attractive looking home, a we))
filled storehouse and ready cash for
himself and family are necessary, ii
he would bind the affections of his
wife and children to their country
home. Diversity of crops is an abso¬
lute necessity for successful farming,
and no crop that can be raised adds
more to the comfort of a home than
wheat, which in its flour gives that
bread which by most people is pre¬
ferred to every other kind, and in its
bran supplies one of the most whole¬
some' feeds for stock.
No good farmer in North or Middle
Georgia should fail to set apart a por¬
tion of his land for wheat. What li
there is an occasional short crop?
Can he rats* anything that is not Bi¬
ble to the same misfortune?
Those states of our Union and thosa
countries of the world are the richest,
whose farmers raise abundance ot
wheat and oats, and grass for pas¬
turage aiu> for hay. Raise abundance
of these things for man and beast and
add to them plenty of corn. Then yon
can have the best of poultry, hogs,
sheep, beef and dairy cattle and all
your cotton will be a money crop, with
which to purchase the comforts that
should be found in every home, and
to provide a support for declining
years.
The Variety of Wheat to Use.
Knowing well the many conditions
affecting the yield of wheat, we would
again advise that you select a varle.y
most capable of withstanding the many
drawbacks attendant upon the ctiltiva>
tlon of this grain. A kind having a
strong, stiff stem and possessing the
greatest power of withstanding ex¬
treme cold weather is the best, A'l
other things being equal, that which
has a thin skin or bran is to be pre
ferred.
Soil For Wheat.
A soil, whose predominating charac¬
teristics are loam and clay, and that
having also an abundant supply of id
trogenous matter with sufficient phos¬
phoric acid, potash and lime, is best
adapted to the growing of wheat. II
these elements are lacking, use plemy
Of barnyard manure, if available, and
concentrate it. Ten tons to the acre
will not he too much. Also apply
plenty of wood ashes, for these corn
tain phosphoric acid, potash, lime and
soluble slllcia, all essential elements
for the growth of the wheat plant. For
most land some high grade commercial
manure is the best The soil must be
dry, under-drained, if necessary, for
wheat cannot be made on land which
has an excess of water. An excellent
soil’for wheat Is a gray, loamy top
soil, with an under soli of stiff red
clay.
Proper Depth to Cover Wheat.
We have from time to time given to
the readers of these talks the result!
of experiments made to determine the
proper depth to cover wheat. The re¬
sult of these experiments caused us in
one of our letters to advise that it is bet.
ter to harrow the wheat and fertilizers
in, from one to three inches deep, ac¬
cording to the character of the soil,
remembering that a thinner covering
is required in close, heavy land than
in that which is light or sandy. A
better plan, when practicable, is to
use the wheat drill after having first
thoroughly plowed, fertilized, har¬
rowed, raked, pulverized and rolled
the land. This process leaves the land
in excellent condition for the propa¬
gation and growth of the wheat plan*,
and gives, moreover, a smooth surface,
so important for the future harvest.
Mr. W. J. Bridges, one of our most
successful Georgia farmers, in telling
how he raised 65 bushels of wheat to
the acre, said that he put it in with a
drill, using about 400 pounds of a
special high grade potash fertilizer at
the same time. In planting the wheat
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LUMPKIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1902.
Ue put in 105 pounds, or one bushel
and three pecks to the acre. The blu *!■
stem vai iety is considered by. many
the best. It is claimed by those win
have tried It that the soaking of tha
wheat in bluestone will prevent smut,
a disease more to be dreaded
rust. The bluestone should be dis
solved in boiling water and about a
gallon of this water should lie used for
every two bushels of wheat, about one
pound of the bluestone being required
for each gallon.
Best Time to Plant Wheat.
The experience of our best farmers
is. that the wheat should be put in as
!m throw e J n out U ? & system ^ W of i U aU toots ? V H and
leaves large enough to cover the entire
surface of ground before the coming
of the cold blizzards. Our best Georgia
farmers plant from October 1st to No¬
vember 1st. according to latitude, soil
and climatic conditions. Some of mr
most successful Middle Georgia farm¬
ers think that wheat should never ha
sown until after the first big frost in
November, as it will then withstand
more successfully the ravages of the
Hessian fly or small grub. Of course,
the farmers of North Georgia plant
earlier.
How to Preserve and Restore the Fer¬
tility of the Soil.
After the wheat has been harvested,
it is an excellent plan to plant pun
entire acreage In cow-peas: for there
is no crop, as far as we know, that
will produce such permanent good ef
feet upon the soil. By this method
the land is put in good condition for
the next crop of wheat.
Much of our land In Georgia has
been run down by unwise cultivation
in the past. These exhausted lands
need nitrogen and available phosphoric
acid and potash, and, especially, lime.
To restore these elements to our wast¬
ed lands, sow cow-peas after grain nnd
turn them under in the fall after hav¬
ing first broadcasted barnyard manure,
ashes and lime. The repetition ot
this process from yea rto year will
steadily increase the fertility of the
soil and the wealth of the farmer,
Best Fertilizers For Wheat,
Some soils are naturally so rich that
no fertilization is required; but these
are the exception, and even the most
of these will, after a few years, require
some sort of fertilizers in the form ol
plant food. These should be in a
form for immediate use. Barnyard
manure, if pulverized very fine and
then applied, is very valuable,
The planting; of clover on wheat
lands in some sections, but of cow.
peas in most parts of Georgia, and
plowing these under several weeks by
fore sowing the wheat, as has been
said, will prepare the land well ftp'
this crop, in England, and in our
western states, the droppings of tlui
sheep and cattle have added much to
the productiveness of wheat land3.
But the majority of our farmers are
not stock raisers, and need a fertilizer
that is immediately available. There:
fore artificial fertilizers, or commer
mereial manures, must be used, for
the reason that farm manures cannot
always be had in sufficient quantity
and are rarely applied In a mechanical
condition to be readily assimilated by
the wheat plant. But the commercial
manures have been scientifically pre¬
pared with special reference to thj
needs of different kinds of soils and
crops, and. though they Involve soma
outlay of money, the increase ut (n-i
crop will well repay the expenditure.
Experiments have frequently proved
that a judicious application of $Pt
worth of the proper fertilizers will
often bring a return of from $20 to $50
worth of grain,
In the management of the Depart¬
ment of Agriculture, it has ever been
my aim to subserve the best interests
of the farmers of Georgia, After ma
ture reflection I still advise; Do cot
diminish your wheat acreage, Ferae
vere and cultivate your wheat lands
after the most approved method. Turn
not back; but go forward in this good
work, feeling assured that the final
outcome will be increased prosperity
for yourselves and for all the interoaU
of our beloved Georgia.
O. B. STEVENS,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
CROP CONDITIONS,
At this time the general condition
of crops Is far from encouraging.
The drought which has prevailed up
to the 2d of July, accompanied by high
temperatures and parching winds, hat
caused a material deterioration ol
most crops, especially cotton and up
land corn. Notwithstanding showers
of rains have fallen in many sections
of the state since the first of the
month, it is still true that a drought
which is becoming very serious, now
prevails over the greater portion ol
Georgia. In some sections upland corn
is almosr past redemption, while cot¬
ton in some sections la doing fairly
well, tile reverse is true in most of the
counties. The friut is below normal
conditions, and the watermelon cr-qi
is far below an average, both in quanti¬
ty and quality.
STATE AGRICULTURAL DEPT.
July 8, 1902., Atlanta, Ga.
TOBACCO.
The census reports also show thit
tobacco is getting to be a crop of soma
importance in Georgia.
The Increase in acreage in the dec¬
ade from 1889 to 1899 was 188 per cent,
Jad in production 319 per cent. The
average yield per acre show-s an in¬
crease suggestive of improved meth¬
ods of cultivation, being 479.9 pounds
per acre in 1899 as compared with 829.7
pounds in 1879. The tobacco crop of
1839 was 1,105,600 pounds, valued at
$159,659. This was grown by 3,52a
farmers, ami obtained from 2,304 acres.
Severe Earthquake in Califor¬
nia.
San Luis Obispo, Cal., July HI.
—A strip of country fifteen miles
long by four miles wide, rent with
gaping fissures and dotted with
hil]s . nnd kno)ls that sprung 1 up 1
fluring . t-Iitt night it by
as magic, a
in ruins and hundreds of
people fleeing for their lives, are
the results of last night’s seismic
disturbances in the prosperous and
fruitful valley of Los Alamos, in
the northern part of Santa Bhrhti
county. • During ° the last lour
days that section of country has
been shaken by a series of carlh
quakes that is without parallel in
the history or tradition of the Pa¬
cific coast and the continuance of
the disturbances and increasing
severity’ of the shocks have so ter¬
rorized the inhabitants that they
are leaving for other parts ns rap¬
idly as possible, and even now the
village is almost entirely deserted.
Another Tracey.
Frc.no, Cal., July 28,—-At Por¬
terville, James McKinney, ox-con¬
vict, shut five men and escaped in¬
to the country.
McKinney first shot out the
lights of a saloon and tried to
shoot the cards’out of the hands
of a player, wounding the latter
slightly.
He then went to a livery stable
and at the point of a revolver, se¬
cured a rig.
As he was driving out, a consta¬
ble, deputy and several citizens
tried to arrest him. He opened
fire, wounding four of the party
and escaped,
Officers in the surrounding coun¬
ties have been called out. Two
years ago McKinney killed a man
at Bakersfield, but was exonerated.
He has served a term in the state
prison,
Throw <ii i*Ih Mangled,
Charlotte, N C„ July 28.—Three
young girls, Annie Cousart and
Jennie and Mamie Nelson, aged 10,
12 and 14 respectively, were man¬
gled by a Seaboard Air Line train
yesterday morning on a high tres¬
tle over Richardson’s creek.
The girls were pro,sing the rail
toad bridge as the wagon bridge
had been washed away by recent
rains.
When they were flboiit midway
the trestle, the train dashed upon
them and they were mutilated and
their bodies thrown high in the
air, falling into the swollen crock
below,
Ail were dead when recovered.
A World Oil Combine.'
London, July fid.— 1 n its issue
of this morning the Daily Mail de¬
clares (here is no longer any doubt
that the three monster oil intir
estsof Rockefei|nr, Rothschild and
Nobel have mitered into a working
agreement.
“Thus,” says (he paper, ‘’with¬
out any publicity the greatest
trust the world has ever set'll has
sprung into being,"
IJurrisburg, Pa., July 30.—Gov¬
ernor Stone has ordered the Eighth
and Twelfth regiments and the
Governor’s Tr-uq s of the National
Guard of Pennsylvania, in com¬
mand of Gi in mi I J. P. F. Gobin,
to proceed immediately to Slienun
doali, the scene of to-night's riot
ing.
New York, July 28.—Chief Rab¬
bi Jacob Joseph, of the Cnited
Jewish congr<-gui ions, the highest
official in the Orthodox Jewish re¬
ligion in the United States, died
to-night at his home in this city of
paralysis, lie has been an inva¬
lid for two years,
_ , >. ... , .,
-oin on, , n y o \mg a wai s
progress continues to bo m every
way satisfactory. During the day
he slowly paced the deck o the
royal yacht Victoria and Albert,
without any assistance, and the
exercise is reported to have done
done him good.
Singapore, July 30.—In a colli¬
sion oil'Malacca Straits settlement,
between the British schooners
Prince Alexander and Bau-Ilin
Guan, the former vessel was sunk
and 40 lives were lost.
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[BLACK-DRAUGHT] [THE ORIGINAL! n
LIVER MEDICINE
r A sallow complexion, dizziness,
biliousness anil a coated tongue
are common indications of liver
and bowel kidney diseases. Stomach and
troubles, severe as they are,
give immediate warning by pain,
out liver and kidney troublip,
though much less painful at the start, an
harder to cure.. Thedford's
Black-Draught never fails to bene¬
fit diseased liver and weakened kid¬
neys. It stirs up the torpid liver
to throw off the germs of fever and
ague. It is a certain preventive
of cholera and Bright’s disease of
the inforced kidneys. With kidneys Black re¬
by Thedford’s
dwelt Draught immune thousands of persons have
in the midst of yel¬
low fever. Many families live in
perfect health and have no other
doctor than Thedford's Black
Draught. iu It is always on hand for
use an emergency and saves
many expensive calls of a doctor.
Mullins, S. C., March 10, 1901.
! have used Thedford's Black-Draught
for three years and I havoot had to tjo
to a doctor since I have Sen taking it.
It U the best medicine fee me that is
on the market for lives- and kidney
troubles and dyspepsia and other
complaints. Rev. A. G. LEWIS.
Western Earthquake (General.
Omrtha, Neb., July 29.—Reports
received to-day from points in
Northern and Western Nebraska
indicate that yesterday’s earth¬
quake was more general than at
lire reported, At Oakdale build¬
ings were considerably shaken up,
and at Battle Creek the disturb¬
ance lasted half a minute. Tilden,
Norfolk, Creighton, Plain View
and Pierce and Neligh report
shocks lasting twenty seconds, and
at Elgin three distinct quakes
were felt. At none of these towns,
however, was there any serious
damage, and breaking of windows
and dishes and cracking of plaster
being the extent of the destruc¬
tion.
Ifpigu ol’ Terror.
Shenandoah, l’a., July 30.—A
reign of terror, compared with
which the scene# enacted during
the riots of 1900, seem insignifi¬
cant, held Shenandoah in its grasp
to-night.
From C o’clock in the evening,
Center street, which is one of the
principal streets of the town, was
in th< hands of an infuriated mob.
1 wo of tin* borough policemen
were shot, one perhaps fatally.
Joseph llcddal, a loading merchant
and cousin of Sheri I! Bcddal, was
brutally clubbed to death and up¬
wards of a score of strikers, whose
names ooufil not, be ascertained,
were shot by policemen, and it is
expected that many deaths will
result.
Quality not Quantity.
Our public school system needs
some remedying in one respect
surely. J’lie number of schools are
too large for the Attendance. It is
surprising to note that of 6,056
county schools for whites, 2,658 of
them fall below the legal, ret]Hir¬
ed average attendance of 20 pupils
to the school. Quality not quan¬
tity is what we want in our public
school system. I would rather have
one good school live miles from
my door than five iudill'erent
schools within K)U yards.—Gov
A. J. Montague of Virginia.
tinging Torrents.
Dallas, Tex., July 30. —Advices
from the slate at largo do not
show improvements in the llo'od
situation to-night.
A report comes from Iliilsboro
that between four hundred and
five hundred men were chopping
m U)0 ()()Uon , 8 l)utwueu llichlflIul
und Po8t ()nk creek8| whfin Ul0
heavy rain Ml Saturdny, and it is
feare( , that gomo them w , r „
drownetl) ag „ () ciilntnul)icali()ll
hag b( , eu recejved fronl them .
Loiuion, July 28.—It is under
stood that soon after the corona
tion, August 9th, their majesties
will goto Balmoral Castle, aid
remain there for a few weeks. The
air there is expected to assist the
king to recuperate.
California i.s Shaken.
Lompoc, Cal., July 28.—Lompoc
Valley experienced a severe earth*
t»lioek at 10:55 last, night.
At that time a violent shock was
felt which lasted fully thirty sec
onds, and was so severe that dish
clock,, l.o™. pl.,,L .,,,1 other
articles were thrown from shelves.
The people were stricken with ter
ror and ran from their houses. An
other heavy shock was felt at 5 a.
in., to-day. A large water tank
was knocked over, the earth crack
<>d at many different places and
the Santa Ym-z river has slightly
changed at places.
New York, July 29. —Coronation
seats cannot he sold even at re¬
duced prices, and there is a steadi¬
ly increasing feeling of uneasiness
respecting the king's condition, ca¬
bles the London correspondent of
The Tribune.
Outwardly, there is every indi¬
cation that the coronation will oc¬
cur in a fortnight. Medical bulle¬
tins are favorable, rehearsals are
in progress, proclamations have
been posted, the processes of re¬
decorating the approaches to the
abbey have been resumed, and
preparations, are making for the
naval review; but, notwithstand¬
ing all these signs of optimism,
there are persistent reports that
the coronation will he deferred a
second time.
Omaha, Neh,, July 28.—An earth¬
quake shock which was general
over portions of Nebraska, Wes¬
tern Iowa and South Dakota, oc¬
curred shortly after noon to-day
The seismic disturbances were felt
at a large number of towns in the
three states-and lasted from ten to
fifteen seconds, No damage has
been reported thus far, although
the shock was sufficient to rali’e
dishes and to affect hell towers in
some places. Yankton, F. D.,
ports a shock of twelve seconds’
duration ; Santee Agency, in North¬
ern Nebraska, reports a similar
occurrence, and Battle Creek, Neb.,
was shaken for twenty seconds.
Santa Barbara, Cal., July 28.—
Meagre advices received from Los
Alamos, forty-live miles ninth if
this place, report that an unusual¬
ly severe shock of earthquake oc
curred about 11 o’clock last night,
doing damage to the property of
the Western Union Oil Company,
estimated at from $12,000 to $15,
000 .
At Harris Station, on the rail¬
road, a fissure is reported to have
opened and from it a stream of
'tut'-r two feet deep and eighteen
I net wide is now (lowing.
Macon, July :9.—News reached
Macon last night to tin; etVect thal
Messrs. Rosen Lucas and Jack Bee
laud, residing near Locket, Swamn,
not far from the Flint river in
Taylor county, had captured a 300
pound alligator. Tim ’gator is 1: J
feet long. He was captured on a
hook baited with a live pig. The
alligator had been destroying pigs
in the swamp for twelve years or
more, and many unsuccessful ef¬
fort# were made at various times
to capture him.
London, July 29.—Tim Gazette
to-night eoniains a rovnl procla¬
mation fixing Aug. 9 as the du’e
for Ilm coronation, which it Bays
’we were constrained to adjourn
to a day in August,” and adds,
‘‘which we have resolved by the
lavur and blessing of Almighty
God to celebrate on the aforesaid
date.”
L-itidon, lulv 29.—All accounts
to-day continue to state thal the
King is making excellent progress,
There is no suggestion of a second
postponement of the ''oronution.
Their majesties received a number
of visitors aboard the royal yacht
Victoria and Albert.
Gucklon’s Arnica Salve.
Tim bust salve in tin* world for
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Fall
Bln.uni, Fever Fores, Tetter, Cliap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. Jt
is guaranteed to give perfect satis
faction, or money refunded. Price
25 cents per box. For sale by
Forbes & Coxe Drug Co.
Terms, $1.00 Per Annum
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paper devoted to the discussion of po- fS
litieal, economic, and socnal problems,
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