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MAY IS THE MONTH NOTORIOUS j
FOR THFTGROWING OF :
GRASS AND WEEDS.
FARn WORK MUST BE RAPID
Commissioner of Agriculture Gives
Some Valuable Pointers to Farm¬
ers on Handling Crops.
Atlanta, Ga., May 1, 1900.
May is notoriously the month in which
the work of cultivating tho general crops
begins, grass and weeds, as well as the
crops, will now spring up and grow, and
farm work must be rapid and frequent
to destroy the former and stimulate the
latter.' To this end we would advise
energy and skill in the cultivation for
the next 30 days if you would manage
your crop with ease and satisfaction.
In Middle anil North Georgia a large
part of the cotton area is yet to be
planted. This was caused by the late
spring and'too much rain iu the latter
part of Maxell and April. This can bo
largely remedied by putting forth our
best efforts iu the field and judicious
use of wide sweeps and cultivators in
the cultivation of cotton and corn. If
your land has been properly prepared
before planting, you can use these wide
stretching implements to great advan¬
tage, the object being to break the crust
and stir the surfaco to the depth of 1 or
2 inches. In this way yon eau run over
your crops every 10 or 12 days so that
by July 1 the fields of the energetic said
faithful farmer will show little signs of
the late planting.
Watch the May grass and smother
and stifle it at birth or even before it
peeps through the surfaco of the earth.
Continue this process until June 1 and
you will be master of the situation. If
you let the May grass got tho start on
you, lay down the harrows and culti¬
vators at once and take up your sweeps
or shovels; for the May grass must bo
conquered. Do as much of your work
as possible with tho horse and plow; for
“the man with the hoe” is a very costly
luxury, frequently doing as much harm
as good in the cotton field with a hoe.
Follow the plow at, intervals of six or
seven days, that he may not uncover tho
grass so well covered by the plow.
"Blocking” out of cotton is labor lost.
Use your harrow until cotton is ready,
then cut to a stand at once and lay aside
the hoe as far as possible, as it is too ex¬
pensive. Cultivate your cotton fre¬
quently while young that it may be
pushed rapidly beyond tho stage of
“Sore Shins” and darning insects. After
this period so work your cotton crop as
to keep it growing steadily, but not too
fast.
During the next three months we may
expect dry weather and the wise farmer
therefore will do his best to keep the re¬
served moisturo in the soil. To accom¬
plish this end, we adviso flat culturo.
High beds increase surface exposure and
thereby increase evaporation. We often
damage plants by throwing or piling too
much dirt around them. Let the sweeps
then be set flat and keep tkqm so. An¬
other means of preserving moisture is
frequent and shallow cultivation of the
surfaee to prevent the formation of a
crust . This acts as mulch and keeps the
soil beneath moist.
But after all that may bo said, each
individual farmer must determine, with
all tho lights before him, that which is
wisest and best to do for himself. Ho
must consult his own surroundings and
profit as best ho may by his past experi¬
ences and resolve to aet well his part
whatever others may do.
On account of the drouth that, was
pfevaleut during last year, which pre¬
vented in some sections of Georgia the
production of grain and forage crops,
and the extreme cold and wet spring
during this year, that prevented the
sowing of spring oats for feed, we advise
those who could not sow down their
lands and consequently would have to
pnrcha.se hay or other rough food for
their stock and cattle, that it is not too
late to prepare their land for corn. A
splendid crop of corn can be produced
on upland planted as late as May 15,
and bottomland as late as June 15. Of
course these lauds should be well pre¬
pared and manured, to insure a good re¬
turn for the labor expended. Wo ad¬
viso the use of tho earlier varieties of
corn for field purposes, such as "Dent’s
Early White,” or “Deut’s Golden Pro¬
lific,” “Blount’s Prolific,” or such other
seed of early field corn, as may be best
suited for the various sections of our
state.
However, if you desire green forage
for the months of June, July and Au¬
gust it will be necessary to plant some
succulent plant that will produce nutri¬
ment in its green stato for three mouths.
To do this, on small plats of land and in
order that you oan cut it three or four
times, then you must plant such crops
as will succor (that is, put forth new
shoots after being cut.) The test vari¬
eties are known as the “cattail" millet,
sorghum and Kafir coru. These differ¬
ent forage plants can be, raised to a great
advantage both as green food and also
as forage for the winter purposes. The
land should be well broken and sub
spiled and highly mauured iu order to
procure tho best results. The seed should
be sown iu 3-foot drills and cultivated
rapidly. The mode of cultivation should
ha the same as that of corn, usirur « k » r
low plows in order to give tho plant tho
benefit, of the feed roots that, are more
or less near tho surface of the earth. To
cut these roots only retards tho growth
and the g .tliering in of the elements of
plant food which are contained in the
soil by nature and artificial manuring.
Let it he understood that all succulent
plants are very exhaustive to the land,
as they are producers of fat and muscle
of animal life and lienee -require from
the laud elements of plant food to do
velop such nutrition-as will produce the
best resflltsinforming tijesoqualitiesof
animal life. It therefore tehooves the :
farmer to give sii'h au amount of manu
rial qualities anti iu such qualities as i !
will prodnee the highest results. When
this is done nature averts itself and re- I
tarns to the giver tenfold.
We also advise that German millet!
can be sown broadcast or in drills for an I
earty hay crop, or if preferable you can
sow the “speckled” (or what is com-1
monly known us the “whippoorwill”) pea j
to a great advantage. However, the last
two named plants can only bo cut once, j
They should be allowed to grow until
the heads oi the millet and the pods of
the pea begin to ripen, then cut them
alul cuv( , {or iliiy
All of these, plants will give good re¬
suit s if planted upon good land, prop¬
erly manured, iu proportion to the fer¬
tility and preparation of the same. Of
course meager manuring, bad prepara
tiou and i>oor land gives poor results
and dissatisfaction.
O. B. Stevens, Commissioner.
SESAME CULTURE IN SOUTH.
New and Lucrative Crop for the
Planters.
My attention lias recently been drawn
by a gentleman of this city to the plaut
known as the sesame or benue plant. I
have teen endeavoring to learn all about
it that I could in limited space of time,
and take this opportunity of giving those
interested such results as I have teen
able to obtain. T quote such facts as I
have been able to find in various works
of reference. The plant is valuable for
its leaves and its seed, particularly the
latter. The seed arc small, but full of an
excelled oil, known variously by the
names of oil of sesame or oil of benne or
gingelly or feel, principally, however, by
the uam< of oil of sesame. The plant is
grown largely in India for the sake of its
oil, which is pressed from the seed. The
oil is us-d largely for the same purjioses
as olive oil, mid (hough not so widely
known by name, is used for the same
purposes as olive oil, for cooking, for
eating and for pharmaceutical prepara¬
tions. The plant does not flourish in
Europe, but it is commercially import¬
ant there, from one hundred to one hun¬
dred and seventy-five million pounds of
the seed are imported annually into
France. The seed are sweet and oleag¬
inous, the oil pressed from them is bland
and pleasant to the taste, and is far su¬
perior to all other oils iu the length of
time it will keep sweet and pure, being
rarely ever known to turn rancid, being
thus fitted for use in medicine
and as an article of food. Iu Egypt the
seed are eaten strewn on cakes and also
used in confectionery. The cake from
which the oil has been Dressed, mixed
with honey aud citron, is esteemed as au
orieulal luxury. The oil is also much
used by tho women of some eastern
countries as a cosmetic. Tho leaves
abound in a gummy substance which
they readily yield to water, making a
rich, bland mucilage, which is used by
the negroes of the southern portion of
tho United States, who grow it in small
patches, as a demulcent medicinal drink,
the leaves and seeds being similarly
used by the natives of India for medic¬
inal purposes. The United States De¬
partment of Agriculture writes me as fol¬
lows regarding the plant: “This plant
is of very easy cultivation in the warm
sections of the United States. It does
not succeed well north of Virginia.
Where it is cultivated at all, the methods
are much the same as for growing pea¬
nuts. The seeds are planted in warm
soil of medium texture and fertility, and
the plants kept free from weeds through¬
out the summer. Even when left to take
care of itself in fence-rows or other out
of the way places, ns is the common
practice among the colored people who
grow it, it yields fairly well."
Now here is a new and valuable plaut,
the growth of which in the south is no
experiment, it having teen grown here
for a number of years in a shiftless,
careless way by a few darkeys. If intel¬
ligent, wide-awake farmers will take it
up, it may become a new source of
wealth to them and their section. The
oil is worth in Atlanta about 70 cents a
gallon, and the gentleman who first
brought the matter to my attention, but
who does not care to have his name
given, would be willing to pay that
price for about 6,000 gallons of the oil
per annum. With the production the
demand would grow, and it is quite
probable that those who are enterprising
enough to take it up at once, would find
a good demand for the first year’s crop
for planting purposes.
I have received the following kind let
ter from the United States Department
of Agriculture:
"Washington, April 16th, 1900.
Professor John M. McOamlless, Depart¬
ment of Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga. :
Dear Sir —Iu accordance with yours
of April 12th, I have mailed you a pack¬
age of sesame seed. We have about 40
pint packages of this seed imported from
Tashkent, Russian Turkestan, and these
can bo placed at tire disposal of your cor¬
respondents. Very truly yours,
Jared G. Smith,
In charge Division Botany.
The time remaining for planting is
short. Send iu your names aud I will
have the *«d sent to the addresses of as
many as possible, with the earnest re¬
( l nest that they sow them as soon as
practicable after receipt aud cultivate
carefully, aud report on same.
Respectfully,
John M. McGandless,
State Chemist.
Prolinlilj-.
“It must have taken lots of nerve for
him to laugh and joke with the doctors
while they were taking his leg off at
the knee. Didn’t he seem excited?”
“Well. 1 thought he talked in rather
R disjointed manner.”—Chicago Trlb
tine.
He Culled tllm.elf n Meteor.
The Rocky Gulch cowboy who broke
up a shove-in that town by shooting at
the actors called himself a meteor be
cause, he said, he was shooting star#.—
Now# ’
TUj* * P ‘ - AHH I “"I’* P A F-HURl Will,
IT IS PARTICULARLY BAD IN THE
NOR I ,I GEORGIA OUCK
AR l>S THIS SEASON.
PRESENT CROP THREATENED
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In Some Localities It May Be Par
tially Destroyed-Experiments
Show It Can Be Controlled.
[by w. m. scott, state entomologist.!
For the past several years this disease,
popularly known as “leaf curl,” and
technically known as exoascus deform¬
ans, has been quite prevalent in the
peach orchards of north Georgia. It is
particularly had this season, and in some
localities threaten the partial destruction
of the j sent fruit crop,
The inptoms of the disease are very
.
characteristic and any ordinary observer
can readily detect it. The disease most
commonly develops in the leaves, Jiut it
also attacks the tissues of the twigs. The
mycelial growth of the fungus in the
leaf increases the size and number of
the cells, causing the formation of a se¬
ries of irregular transverse folds. The
leaf is also greatly enlarged, both trans¬
versely and longitudinally; and one side
is usually strongly convexed, so much
so that frequently the bulging along the
midrib pushes the margins of the leaf
toward each other on the other side, giv¬
ing it au inflated appearance. The tis¬
sues of the distorted parts thicken and
the leaf looses its green color, changing
to pale, with yellowish tints.
The disease appears iu early spring as
soon as the leaves are out and develops
very rapidly. The function of the leaves
(the breathing apparatus of the tree) is
entirely destroyed by this fuugus, heuee
the vigor of tho tree and the develop¬
ment. of the fruit are materially im¬
paired, frequently eausiug the fruit to
shed and decreasing the longevity of the
tree.
All affected leaves are shed in the
early part of tho summer, aud if the
trees aro well cultivated aud fertilized u
now set of healthy leaves will come ont,
and nothing more will be seen of the
disease until the following spring.
The mycelium or vegetative part of
this fuugus is perennial and passes the
late summer, autumn and winter in the
tissues of the leaf aud buds, growing
out with the developing leaf in the fol
ing spring.
REMEDY.
Until recently very little was known
concerning the treatment of tho leaf
curl. On Jan. 16 of this year, tl«e writer
began u series of experiments iu tho or¬
chard of Judge George F. Gober at Ma¬
rietta, Ga., looking to the control of this
disease, both as to the substance to be
used and the time of applying it. The
results of these experiments are all that
could be desired. While the work is not
yet completed sufficient results have
teen obtained to show that the disease
can be easily and cheaply controlled.
The plan of the experiment is given in
brief below, but full details and ex¬
planation cannot be gone into iu this ar¬
ticle. Several thousand trees were in¬
cluded in the experiment and each row
represents from 50 to SIX) trees. The or¬
chard is seven years old and iu good
condition, except that the trees had been
badly affected with leaf-curl for the past
two years.
PLAN OK EXPERIMENT.
Row 1 On Jun. 16 sprayed with blue
stono at the rate of 3 pouuds dissolved
in 50 gallons of water. Nothing more
was done to this row.
Result—Examined on April 19—trees
in fruit aud nearly full leaf; 40 per cent
of the leaves affected with leaf curl. Re
suit unsatisfactory.
Row 2—On Jan. 16 sprayed with blue
stone as in row 1, and a second applica
tion of the same substance was made on
March 12, that is, just before the tree
came into blossom.
Result—Examined April 19—in fruit
aud nearly full leaf; 18teper cent of the
leaves affected with leaf curl. Better
than No. 1, but still unsatisfactory.
Row 3—The same as No. 2 aud the
same result up to April 19. The experi¬
ment is continued by the application of
weak Bordeaux (3 pounds Milestone, 6
pounds fresli lime and 50 gallons water)
on April 24, when the trees were iu
fruit and nearly full leaf. Final results
cannot be determined yet.
Row 4—The same as No. 3, .with an ail
ditioual application of weak Bordeaux to
be made later.
Row 5—Check. This row was left uu
treated, with which to compare results of
treated trees.
Result—Examined on April 19, in fruit
and nearly full leaf. Eighty per cent of
the leaves arc affected with leaf-curl.
The trees look sickly aud the leaves have
a pale, yellowish appearance.
Row 0— On Jan. 16 sprayed with
strong Bordeaux (6 {founds bluestone, 6
pounds lime to 50 gallons of water.)
Nothing more was done to this row.
Result—Examined April 19, trees in
fruit and ncarlv full leaf. Seventeen
per cent of leaves affected. Result not
satisfactory, but the disease was checked
considerably.
Row ft 7—On Jan. t* * 16 n sprayed , with •*.,
strong X* Bordeaux , _ tv —6—50 r m\ and i repeated a. j
the application of the same mixture on
March 13, just before the trees came into
.,
^ Result, >m ’...... examined April 19 trees in
fruit and nearly full leaf. Almost per
feet less than 1 per cent of leaves af
footed with leaf-curl.
Row 8 Same as No. < and result thu
same up to April 19; with a third appli
cation of weak Bordeaux, (3—6 50j on
April 21.
Row 9 Same as No. 8, with a fourth
application to be made later.
Row 10—On January 16 sprayed with
caustic potash—8 pounds to 40
of water.
Result—April 19. $0 n»r cent of
lea ™ affected with loaf-cnrl. Unsatia
factory results, but no damage to the
trees.
Row 11—On January 16 painted with
crude petroleum.
Result—Unsatisfactory,,50 per cent of
leaves affected with leaf-curl.
Row 13—On March 12, just before
trees came into bloom sprayed with
strong Bordeaux (6 pounds blueetone,
6 pounds lime to 50 gallons water.) only
one application was made.
Result—Examined on April 19, when
leaves were nearly out in full and a good
crop of fruit on the trees. The result is
almost perfect prevention of leaf-curl.
Only an occasional leaf can be found
diseased.
Other experiments were made but it
is not necessary for the object of this
paper to give them here.
CONCLUSION’.
The result of experiments Nos. 7, 8,
9 and 12 are practically the same, but it
is noted that in case of No. 12 only one
application is made and that this applica¬
tion is sufficient to prevent the leaf-curl.
Two points are determined: 1. That Bor¬
deaux made by the formula of 6 pounds
of Milestone and 6 pouuds of fresh lime
to 50 gallons water is the substance to
use. 2. That iu the spring of the year,
just before the buds burst into bloom, is
the time to make the application. In
the face of these results there is no ex¬
cuse fur a peach grower to allow his
trees to become seriously infected with
leaf-curl.
Other experiments are being conduct¬
ed to determine whether the leaf-curl
can be checked after the leaves come out
and the disease sets iu. It is probable
that weak Bordeaux (3—0—50) will
aheck it to some extent, oven after it
appears.
In case tho trees are badly affected
and no treatment has been applied, I
would recommend that, when the dis¬
eased leaves begin to drop, the orchard
should be highly fertilized with nitrogen¬
ous manures (which should not be ex¬
tensively used on bearing trees under
ordinary conditions), and thoroughly
cultivated, in order to push out a new
set of leaves to take tho place of the dis¬
eased ones and mature the ttan of fruit.
For this purpose nitrate of soda v'dthe
best fertilizer to use. It acts vgry la tely
and will soon produce a
leaves, which will be sufficient to mature
the crop of fruit. It should be scattered
around the tree from the trunk out as far
as the branches reach. It should then
be cultivated in. The orchard should be
cultivated every week or ten days until
the crop is matured. Iu thw manner
the entire fruit crop can be saved and
the trees will not suffer mute rial injury
from the effects of the disease.— Statu
Agricultural Dkpartmknt.
BEEF, BUTTER AND MILK
ITS PRODUCTION IS OF VAST IM
PORTANCE TO SOUTH¬
ERN FARMERS.
(
A VERY INTERESTING TOPIC.
The Agricultural Department Gives
Further Information on the
Feeding of Cattle.
A. B. C., Dear Sir—This subject of
beef, butter aud milk production out of
the seed, hulls aud meal of the cotton
plant is of such vast moment and impor
tance to the southern farmer, to the en
richmeut, aggrandizement aud financial
independence of this whole section that
j am no |; going to leave it yet at the risk
of wearying your patience. As cotton
seed meal and hulls are not always read
ily procurable by the farmer, aud as it
may, under certain conditions, pay him
better to use cottonseed instead of hulls
an(i meal, ^ for instauce where he has
» l<mg haul, and when the mills, owing
to Poor trade and demand tor oil, may
not be paying as good a price for seed
as their feeding value to the farmer calls
for, I will give you some rations for
feed,n „ 2' uslu » Koed ’ lustead of UulIs , wld
meal for feeding, anil recite some inter
esting experiments of the Mississippi
Experiment Station iu regard thereto.
Two lots of four cows each were ta¬
ken, and lot No. 1 was fed this ration
for each cow: Peaviue hay, 5 pouuds;
silage, 20 pounds; wheat bran, 4 pounds;
cottonseed meal, 3 pouuds. Lot No. 2
received as a ration for each cow, pea
vine hay, 5 pounds; silage, 30 pounds;
wheat bran, 4 pounds aud cottonseed, 16
pounds. The experiment lasted for four
weeks and at the end of that period lot
No. 1 had produced 1,237 pounds of
milk, aud lot No. 2 had produced 1,834
pouuds of milk, also lot No. 1 had lost
20 pounds each iu weight aud lot No. 2
had gained 12 pounds each in weight,
As a result of this experiment we see
that 6 pounds of whole cottonseed are
superior to 3 jiouuds of cottonseed meal
both as milk aud flesh producers,
experiment no. 2.
The same cows were fed the following
rations: Lit No. 1, to each cow pea
vine Uay 5 P° mids - sik *“ 20 P° unds -
wheat ,mm 4 P° unds< cottonseed meal
3 ’* P° uud8 > uud tQ lot No ’ 8 exactly tho
same ration except that in place of the
metil 0 pounds of whole weed were
substituted. At the end of four weeks
lot . ^. No. r 1 . , had , produced , , 1,403 , pounds , of .
... “nd , , lot . ^ No. 0 2, . 1,395 pounds The
pouuds of e ^ meal are just ^ about f equal
to six pounds of seed.
experiment no. 3.
Th(> gllmo eows were fed the foUow .
i ratious: ^ No . j received for each
cow peaviue hay 10 pounds, silage 15
p 0vulds> wheat bran 2 pounds, corn and
cob mea l 6 pouuds, aud cottonseed 6
j X , undg . Lit No. 2 received for each
oow precisely the same ration except
tHat 4 pounds of cottonseed meal were
given iu place of the cottonseed. At the
end of the period lot No. 1 had produced
1,809 pounds of milk, and lot No. 2 1,586
pounds, showing the 4 pounds of meal
to Iw decidedly superior to the 0 pounds
of seed. Summing up the following
oonolxusions may be drawn concerning
the rations: First, that 6 pounds of seed
are'snperior to 3 pounds of meal; second,
that 6 pound of seed are about equal to
pounds o. meal; third, that 6 pounds
of seed are not equal to 4 pounds of meal;
fourth, that one pound of meal would
therefore be equal to 1.71 pounds of cot¬
ton seed.
The Mississippi station then continued
its valuable experiments comparing cot¬
tonseed and cottonseed meal with corn
and cob meal as milk producers. The
same quantities of pea vine hay, silage
and wheat bran were fed as before, ex¬
cept that in these experiments cotton¬
seed was compared with corn and cob
meal in the first set of experiments and
in the second set cottonseed .meal was
compared with corn and cob meal. With¬
out going into the minute details of the
experiments as before I will content my¬
self with giving the conclusions reached
by the station as a result of their work.
First, that tho lot receiving the 6 pounds
of cottonseed gave a better yield of milk
than the one receiving 6 pounds of corn
and cob meal. Second, the lot fed 6
pounds of cottonseed gave better results
than the one fed 8 pounds of corn and
cob meal, and also that 6 pounds of corn
and cob meal gave just as much
milk as did 8 of the same meal. In
the second set of experiments compar¬
ing cottonseed meal with corn and
cob meal the following conclusions
were reached: First, that 3 pounds of
cottonseed meal are equal to 6 pounds of
corn and cob meal; second, that 3 pounds
of cottonseed meal gave as satisfactory
yields of milk as 8 pounds of corn and
cob meal, butethe latter caused the cows
to fatten; thml, 3>£ pouuds of cotton
seed meal are better than either 3 or 8
pounds of corn and oob meal in tho dairy
rations used; fourth, that in a well bal¬
anced dairy ration 3 isounds of corn and
cob meal are about equal to 1 pound of
cottonseed meal. Summarizing, the fol¬
lowing conclusions were drawn:
First, that 1 pound of cottonseed is
equal to 1.17 i^iuuds of corn and col> meal
or to 0.58 of a pound of cottonseed meal.
Second, that 1 pound of cottonseed
meal is equal to 1.71 pounds of cotton¬
seed, or to 3 pounds of corn a-d cob
meal.
Third, that 1 jiottud of corn and cob
meal is equal to one-half pound of cotton¬
seed meal, or to0.85of a pouudof cotton¬
seed.
Tho Mississippi station officer then
concludes as follows: “According to
these results, if com is worth 40
cents per bushel or $14.28 a ton,
cottonseed should he worth 27.8 cents a
bushel, or $16.70, and cottonseed meal
$28.56 a ton. If cottonseed are worth
10 cents a bushel or $6.00 a ton, com
should be worth 9.1 cents a bushel or
$5.10 a ton, and cottonseed meal should
oe worth $10.36 a ton. When cottonseed
moal is worth $16.00 a ton cottonseed
should be worth 15.4 cents a bushel or
$9.28 a ton, and corn meal should be
worth 14.3 cents a bushel or $8,00 a ton.
Thus you see that the three conclusions
above are valuable to you because they
enable you to calculate for yourself
whether you can afford to feed corn ut
all to your cattle, and from the above
figures it appears that you cannot afford
to do so at all at any price per bushel
that corn ever sells at iu this section of
the country, because its feeding value is
so far below its money value when com¬
pared with the feeding value and money
value of cottonseed and cottonseed meal.
Conclusion Xo. 1 also enables you to
tell token you are-getting a fair value fur
your cottonseed. For instance, in today's
Constitution cottonseed meal U quoted at
$22 a ton in Atlanta. If cottonseed meal
is north $23 then cottonseed should briny
21.3 cents per bushel at 60 bushels to the,
ton, for its feeding value as compared
with the feeding value of meal.
In the light, of these important facts it
strikes me as being astonishing that no
experiments appear to have been made to
see whether horses and mules will not eat
cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls, one
or both, ami if not voluntarily, whether
they could be gradually trained to do so
by mixing them gradually, and by slowly
increasing degrees with corn and oats and
hay.
I have been unable to find a record of
any such experiments if ever made, and
I am going to send a copy of this letter
to the Director of our Georgia Station
and teg him to make a test of the mat¬
ter at the Georgia Station. If it could
be done, even in part, it would have a
far-reaching effect in reducing our bill
to the west for corn and oats, aud sub¬
stituting a far more efficient feed in its
nutritive value at a less cost. I will he
glad if you will write me if you have
ever tried to feed cottonseed meal or
hulls to your horses or mules.
Tours truly,
John M. McCandless,
State Chemist.
— AtTlliTWord. -
Customer—You sell cracked eggs at
half price, do you not?
Clerk—Yes’m. We always make a 50
per cent reduction on cracked goods.
Anything else today ?
Customer—Yes; you may give me a
dollar’s worth of cracked wheat. Here’s
50 cents.—Columbus (O.) State Journal.
Home Manner..
The young wife’s Ideals begin to he
shattered when she sees her husband
put his feet on the best chair.—Phila¬
delphia Record.
A ml the Mtntflter Smiled.
The York (Me.) Transcript says that
a Portland minister recently called up¬
on one of the families in his parish.
He ascended the steps and knocked at
the door. Receiving no response, he
was about to depart when he heard a
window in the next house open and a
woman’s voice say, “Mrs. Smith, the
minister’s at your door.”
What was the pastor’s surprise and
amusement when he caught Mrs.
Smith’s, response wafted gently around
the corner of the house, "Sh, don't you
s’pose I know It!”
The next Sunday after service Mrs.
Smith met her pastor and expressed
her sorrow that she was away when he
bed called.
OUR NEW
Spring Shoes
have nearly all ar¬
rived and are now
ready for your in¬
spection.
There is a most
slegant display to
<n elect from.
Mr. W. W. Ward, the expert shoe
taker and repairer, is now with in
i-epared to do all work in that line
Kememher, then, that I make, sell
i‘pair and guarantee shoes, and wil
arve you gladly.
C. A. LANIER.
Notice to Farmers:’
I ani prepared to furnish my patrons and
the public generally with guano again this
season. I handle only first-class goods, at
reasonable prices', and respectfully request
you to call on me before making your pur¬
chases in this line.
Messrs. S. C. Allen and L.H.Kingery are
associated with me, and will take pleasure
in serving you.
W. S. PREETORIUS, Statesboro, G
'-MONEY TG LOAN.—
I have ari-auged to lead money in Bulled), Kill V
ham and Screven Counties on improved farm lai ids
on live (5) years' time at. eight (8) per cent iutereSL
Call pay back any amount of principal at any ttmi
No loans made on less than 100 acres: no amount
less than $800. Address
H. T. MATHEWS, Sylvauia, Gal
or A. F. LEE, Statesboro, Ga.
FARM LOANS.
Brannen & Moore, States
boro, Ga., negotiate loans
the lowest rates.
Shoe and Harness
Repairing.
I am prepared Shoe and to Harness do first
class
Repairing and at short reasonable notice,
rates on
Breeching other straps, tie reins
and parts of harness
kept on hand for sale.
Having added a stitching
machine, I am better pre¬
pared than ever to do first
class shoe repairing.
Respectfully,
^ T. l Wilson.
F.C. CORSETS
MAKE
American Beauties.
Latest i-.:
Models.
On Each Box.
X M AIAZOO CORSET CO,
. manufactubers.
•-OLD BY
R. SIMMONS.
Warning.
Amorim Grooms, my wife, having W
my h.-d ami board without, cause, I ter
by (ofHwe)n all parties from giving hi
board or sheller, or harboring her wilt
out tn.v perritissiou, uiutei j>,-unity of th
latV. This 9ih day of 4pril. 1900
Solomon Brooms.
S3
mm £
m
m h
) m 8
1S54 MILES
OF
SL WA Y
TRAVERSING THE
Finest Fruix,
Agricultural,
Timber, and
Mineral Lands
IN THE SOUTH.
THROUCH RATES AND TICKETS
FURNISHED UPON APPLI¬
CATION TO ALL POINTS
iSsrih, Smith,
East, West.
Central of Georgia Railway,
Ocean Steamship Cq.
FAST FREIGHT
AND LUXL to
PASSENGER OUTE
to New York,
Boston hi East,
Complete Information. Rates. Schedules el
Trains and Sailing Oates of Steamers Cheer¬
fully Furnished by any Agent of the Company.
THE0. D. KUNE,
Cenersl Supt,
E. H. HINTON, i.C. HAILE Ot’n’l
Traffic Msnager, Pass Agt
SAVANNAH, qa.