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N O crop can n ^ growwith= aiit Potash. Every blade of f ^"jap||t Gi'ass, every grain Mflill of Com, all Fruits H ; ^ ^ and Vegetables Wlf must have it. If LJiif __ enough is supplied you can count on a full crop—. if too little, the growth will be “scrubby.” Send for our books Celling all about composition of fertilizers best adapted for all crops. They cost you nothing. GERMAN KALI WORKS,93 Nassau St., New York, ABOUT THE VELVET BEAN. Information In Regard to a Valuable Forage Plant. / Question.—Piease'giva me som; in formation aboutjhe velvet beau. . AnswEe.—We have had no personal experience with what is known as the velvet bean,,and what£we shall.write will necessarily be taken. from others who have had snch experience. ■ Mr. A. P. Newheart’of Oconee, - Fla;, writes that the pea or velvet bean ha's been planted there for twenty years as coverings for trellises and unsightly places. The abundance of vibe and foliage; bo completely covering the gronnd after the frost, suggested the idea of planting the beau.in his orchard grove as a manure instead of, buying commercial guanos. The result was so ACREAGE AND PLANTING PREPARATION OF THE SOIL It Must Be Well Broken and Ma nured—Seed Make Good Feed When Mixed With Oats. !k * nifir IflP'llli, and content. ¥e have many f/77 ||" liljtpn handsome styles in par or and f. M§m bedroom suites, buffets, couch- - • v «i es, rockers, hall s lands, exten- ison tables and fancy chairs that we are selling ai bargain prices. Write or call. - Deab Sib—We have your favor ask ing information in regard to. broom- corn, and we reply as follows: This plant is a variety of “sorghum” and a.native of the East ladies. The introduction of this plant is attributed to Dr. Franklin, who, finding a seed on a whisk-broom that'had boen imported, planted it, and from this originated thp culture of “broom corn” in the United States. The average product of brash per acre is abont 600 pounds. There has been - produced from very fine soil' and locality as high as 1,000 pounds per acre. As there seems to be no substi tute for broom-corn brash, there is always a demand for it, and'it is a crop that can be easily cultivated. It is a. profitable one for the farmers to raise in those sections to which it is well adapted. The seed makes a very good feed for horses when mixed with oats. ' It is also a fine food for poultry, after the chicks are two or three weeks old, when fed with other food. When ground with our common Indian corn in pro portion to three bushels of broom-born ' of fresh"lime.flacked..in.& gallons of to one of Indian corn, it makes, good' water). This ’is an excellent proven- food for cattle, hogs or sheep. j tion for stink smut of wheat, and might Generally speaking, broom-corn grows be of some value against * corn smut best where our,, native corn grows best, —State Agricultural Department and the preparation of the land is sirni- ; \ “ “ lar to that for corn. Good river or W. H. Shipman, Beardsley, Minn., un- branoh bottom land is best suited to this der oath, says he suffered from dyspepsia plant; but any good land, well drained, for tweety-five.years. Doctor? and diet ing gave but little relief. Finally- he ,Atlanta,- April s, 1900. The cotton acreage for Georgia will .be virtually determined during this month and the' present price of this staple'makes the temptation very strong to plant too much cotton to the neglect of other crop!. We warn the farmers to pause and consider carefully-wh9:her the plans formed and which they, are- now about to -.-execute, .'provide fully foi ail the supplies needed on the farm fox both man and beast. Wuen this pro vision is made, let- the farmer .piaut as much cotton as he can properly cnlti-7 vate- and gather add he is bound to prosper,. the degre'e of • prosperity de pending only upon the price of the sta-, pie. Let us get back to the go id old days when the farm was a little world within itself, making almost everything needed by the family. - Our older read ers can remember the farmers were the lords of the land and the money lend ers of the country. Of recent years the scene has shifted aad now the merchant reigns supreme in the towns, while the farmer borrows and the land mourns, weighed do.wn with mortgage. The “all cotton plan”_ may not be responsi ble for the depressed condition of the cotton growing states, but much is Chargeable to this, cause. The trouble; is not so much that we have too much cotton but too few snpp’.ies. ..Our Jtarxnars got into the habit of pro ducing, all cotton to the,detriment.of food crops, immediately after the “war between the stares,” when there was an exorbitant demand for the fleecy stable, ou account of said war, and consa-. quently prices reached a “boom” value. away on the air. These spores may produce infeotibif on any immature [art of the host plant. The. most-dam- age is usually done to the ear, which is frequently converted into a mass of. my celium and. spores. No satisfactory remedy is yet known, and preventive measures have -hot proven altogether successful.' It may be partially con- FOftNiYURE COMPANY He was delighted with the showing. His groves showed up well with those on which he used fertilizers. The bean should be planted in April or May, in middle Georgia, or abont the same time yon plant field peas. Plant as you plant the field peas; say from three to five beans in a place, from 12 to 14 inches apart in three feet rows. When the bean begins to ran, use -the plow or cultivator; one or two plowing^ will be sufficient. The average yield per acre is from 15 to 25 bushels of the beans. The vines, which are abundant, can be used as a forage for cattle or horses, or they can be left on the land to be turned under in the fall, which is said fo be a very fine renovator of poor exhausted lands, even better than the pea vine. * Prof. A AJPersons, Director of the Florida Experimental Station, gives the following comparative analysis of the velvet bean and cow pea: VELVET BEAN. MACON, GEORGIA, -- % / CURED with vegetable . '£-J? V?, W R-'nicdies. Have ciireti ’i « vy S tj a many thors/nd ca-ex. called bopeU-ra. In ten vj n; jeast t wo-thirds of all symptoms remov . -.i a" ,nia]s arid TEXDAYS treatment fret S- E- SREElt-S-'SOHS, Box K. Atlanta, . | Morphine and Whiskey hab it* treated without pain or confinement^- Cure guaran teed or no pay.' B. H. VBAL, Man’gr J^:Uua_Springs San- | itarinm. Bear 3, Austell, Ga. To PATENT Good . may be secured by our aid. Address, THE PATENT RECORD, Baltimore, Md. atent Record $1.00 per *Tinmn A. K. HAWKS PPRDW TliA Famous Atlanta Optician Fine TaBIe Fowls ’ “ “ Are as easily keptas mongrel stock, gi Over 30 Breeds m Stock ' **■- —% j Ton increase your yield "of eggs and get better prices on the market for your fowls’ S Catalogue Describing all the Best Breeds Free Upon Application, g Bared and White Plymouth Rocks, White and Golden JWyandotts,. White, Brmrh. £ -and Buff Leghorns, Bufi.'Codhms, Black Langshangs, Black Monocicas, Light and Dar“ £j Brahmas, Pine Game Birds, Imperial Pekin Ducks, etc., ete, -- - - ' - S Southern Grown, Acclimated Fowls. THE GRiFWN^ BROSj CO>| @j Eggs for Hatching a Specialty. Jacksonville, Fla. 1 Gold Medal COW PEA. - Highest Award* Diploma of Honor For Superior Lens Grinding and Excel- .10.5(1 .14.30 . 2.60 .29.00 .43.60 lency in the Manufacture of Spectacles and. Eve Glasses. Sold in over 8,000 cit ies and towns in the United States. Est»t>llslie<1318 , rO. These Famous Glasses for Sale ty H. M. EOLTZCLAW, Perry, Ga. Eye Sight Tested. Free. will, with barnyard manure or a good fertilizer, make a good yield. The bet ter plan is to broadcast the manure, plow and harrow the same so as to pul verize the soil thoroughly. Plant in the drills or in hills. The rows may be from three to four feet, according to the - variety to be grown; the dwarf varieties in three-feec rows and the larger Varieties in four- feet rows. The hills may be two or three feet apart. When the seed are sound and well ripened two qnarts will be sufficient to plant one acre. Be sure to get good seed. Ton can use the seed- drills that-will plant small seed, or if only a few acres are to be planted,-you The cnltlva- Edueato Your Bowels.With Caacarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund-money djitemtc trademarks r AIEW1 onsr* ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY PIJPF Notice in “ Inventive Age ” fja Kas SO EH Book “How to obtain Patents” g bSbiB Charges moderate. No fee till patent is secured. - .«• Letters strictly confidential. Address. ; E. G. SIGGERS, Patent Lawyer, WashlngtonTp. C. The B3nd You.Have Ai;--a;"S Bctifli'% r.n& Whicii lias bees, in ii§e for orer SO years; lias bon:?, iho signature of ---—» n --d has been made under Ms per- . so.ral supervision., fiaeo its infaney. AUcwiio cr.e to deceive youia tills. "All Cdanterieits, Imitatiors and “ Just-as-good 35 are bat Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants’ aud Children—Experience against Experiment, olutions ’of. retrenchment. Let us. not lose what we have gained, blit let 1000 be a memorable year because of the great supply of “hog and hominy.” ■'Forjthe past two years we have made muoh progress along these lines. More CATABRH WASH ■“remedy ever discovered. Booklet and sample for 2 cents. ATLANTA PREPARATION CO. -j 113 N. Pkyok St., Atijemta, Ga. 1 . Next to Academy of Music, MACON, CA. Table supplied with the best the market affords. No more comfortable beds in the city. MEALS F25c. LODGING 50c- Mrs. A. J. Sparks, PROPRIETRESS. can plant with the hand, tion is similar to that of corn, only you have to use more care and skill because of the smallness of the plant. Thinning should be done when the plants are two.: or three inches high, leaving five or six in the hill, or if drilled, the stalks should be left three or four inches apart. The time of harvesting will depend upon the use to be made of the crop. When you plant only for the broom corn brush, you may cut much earlier than when the seed [is cue of the objects sought. When the blossoms .begin to fall, yon may begin your harvesting, that is, if the brash is the object sohght. The quality of the brash is better when cut on the green order, for the reason that it makes the straw tough and gives it a live color, and accordingly com mands a better price in the market. Before harvesting it is enstpmary to break down the stalks, turning down the tops of the stalks of two rows to wards each other, thus leaving a vacant place for the laborer to work in cutting. The stalks are broken about three feet above the ground, and when the stalks of two- rows are turned towards each other, the stalks of, one row will cross those of the other in such a manner as the top9 will project abont a foot on each side. Each two rows are then broken in the same way until the crop has been This will leave a space What I Castoria is a Harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops apxL Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its,age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It. cures Diarrhoea" and Wind Colic. It relieve^ Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. , keeping more stock on our farms. How can I best improve the breed with least cost? ’ Answer—Unquestionably the most raised by tb9 farmer. ‘Let the good work go on. Cotton mills are springing up like magic all over Georgia. The lumber and tnrpentine industries are, as well as the iron and gold ore, all do ing well. There is and will be a great demand for grains and grasses, cattle, hogs, poultry, butter and eggs. This will bring into circulation more money to buy^ more cotton goods than for years, hence we believe that cotton will be a good price next fall. Concerning the planting of cotton we advise that jnst as soon as the ground has .been prepared and all danger of frost is over, plant your cotton seed.-The early plants, as a gederal thing, prodnee the best fruit. Don’t wait until .the ground becomes too dry to prodnee germination of the seed. Bun a harrow over the beds, when they are not fresh, so as to freshen the surface. profitable course for the general farmer to pnrsue in improving the quality of his live stock, is first to buy first-class thoronghbred males. The calves got by a thoroughbred bull of any of the best breeds, out of a mixed average lot of cows, will posse33 much of the thor oughbred sires, and the females of these grades again bred to a thoronghbred will give animals equal to,,the average thoronghbred for all practical purposes except that of procreation. The same is trne of swine, sheep, poultry and all kinds of farm stock. Geo,, then, the purest lineage males and carefully select the best of the female produce for breeders and in a few years yon have ingrafted all the excsllenmes of the thoroughbred stock upon your flocks and herds. If you are not able to invest in a thor onghbred alone, then get one or a half dozen of yonr neighbors and together buy the maie. Georgia is far behind GmmmE CASTORIA ALWAYS ^ Bears tko Signature of ■ - • 413 Third Street, MACON, CA... I have recently returned in harness to meet my old -friends, and will endeavor to makb as many new ones-as possible. I am now prepared to FEED ALL WHO COME, and will give them a cordial greeting and satisfy the inner, man with the best in the market at mgst,reasonable prices. My MOBERNyRAfLWA Y TRAVERSING THE. Finest Fruit, Agricultural, ^ : Timber, and Mineral Lands - ,H THE ^ni iTM THROUGH RATES AND TICKETS FURNISHED UPQN APPLI CATION TO ALL POINTS *Sn Use For Over 30 Years, Ton can do this with but little loss of time if yon will arrange a small plow immediately be hind the teeth of the harrow so as to open a furrow for . the planter, or use the planter with an opener. The har row will not only freshen the bed. bnt remove clods and other obstacles and kill the germinating grass. When the-cotton is ready-to come up ran yonr haajpow over the bed again and this will aid yon in getting a good stand and besides kill another, crop of grass. We pWfer the planter that cod ers the seed with the double-foot bull tongn,e td .the hgard, used with some of Bestanrant is more ESPECIALLY fob LADIES,. having no connection^wit-h^saloons.... . .. i If you wantanythJng choice to eat, you will know That Isaac’s s the place to go. Old Veteran Caterer, of the live stock. Especially is this true as to “beef cattle.” The Short Horn is one of the best breeds for gen eral farmers. This breed will give jton a steer at three years -old that will weigh'from.. 1500 to 1800 pounds, and a cow that will give two to four gallons of milk under proper treatment. The very best breeds will not show any marked superiority over our native stock, if left alone to shift for itself in the lands of the average farmer, bnt the improved breeds do furnish |he means by which more pounds of- beef or butter, mutton or pork, qnd of a bet ter quality, than can be produced by a given quantity of fool, than from unim proved' stock.—State Agricultural De finished. through which the harvester can pass in cutting, the brash, which is usually done immediately after the crop is broken. The dwarf varieties do no't re quire the breaking process, as the stalk is low and the bunch is not so long and Cut the brash so as to leave For All Kinds of Shpofing. ’ j All Desirable Calibers and Weights - A FEW FAVORITES FOR HUNTINC. Model 1895. 30 Army caliber, weight 81-4 pounds. Model 1894. 30 W. C. F. caliber, “Extra Light,”. - weight 61-2 pounds. Model 1894. 30 W. C. E. caliber, “Take Down,” WcNg'i. ;f': weight 7 3-4 pounds. fiBRSfr Model 1892. 44 and 33 caliber, “ Take Down,” weight 7 pounds. . ‘. Model 1886. -45-70 caliber, “Extra Light,” weight ' 7 pounds. MootWinchester Ammunition. Made for all KindsofGuns. > FREE—Send Name and Address on Postal for!60-page Illustrated Catalogue. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS GO., - - HEW HAVER, CONN.- North, South East, West* Ouwht to KnowJ heavy. only 8 or 10 inches of the stalk below it and no leaves. These should be laid-in small bundles as cut and then gathered up and placed under shelter. - It Is best not to care it in the sun. Do not allow any rain to fall on the brush after ont- ting. Cure in the shade, under shelter if possible. When extensive craps are grown special barns are -built for this purpose, with extensive .shelving, so that the air can pass throngh the brash, that it may not mold or be damaged. Where the brash is harvested green the seed is generally separated from it be fore coring. This is done with a hand machine made for the purpose. It can also be done By the grain threshing -ma chine by holding the head to the cylin der and not permitting the brash to be drawn in. The broom corn stalk, when entat the proper time, makes a fairly good coarse forage and compares favor ably with corn stalk forage. In preparing the broom corn brash for market, it can either be baled in the com- An egg will settle coffee, but it takes money to settle a bilL-rNew York Weekly. Central of Ceorgia Railway, Ocean Steamship Co. 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