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About The Bulloch herald. (Statesboro, Ga.) 1899-1901 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1900)
WM OF CULTIVATION ) ; 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 - 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. 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