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Against Artificial Fertilisers. MORE COTTON to the acre at less cost, means more money. More Potash in the Cotton fertilizer improves the soil j increases yield—larger profits. Send for our book (free) explaining how to get these results. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. THE SEMI-WEEKLY OF ATLANTA, GA„ Is a twice-u-wook NEWS paper, published on Momhiy and Thursday of each week, with all the latest nows of tho world, which comes over tholr leased wires direct to their olllco. Is an m Farm, Field and Fireside' Everything reliable that bears on the question of tho use of the com mercial fertilizer is,now read with interest. One of the speakers at a recent meeting of the Uolumbus, Ohio, Horticultural Society stated that artificial fertilizers “seem” to diminish the bacteria and fungi, which are the great agents of con tinued fertility, and that barnyard manures were comparatively favora ble to their increase. Tho article by W. A. Kellerman, aB published, contains much that is valuable and important bearing up on elemental conditions of the soil. The paragraph relating to “Soil Bac teria” is somewhat technical in its terms, and makes use of words prob ably not familiar to one who has not been a scientific investigator. It would be useful to the lay reader if i the editor of the proceedings would add a glossary of the unfamiliar terms, some of which, are not to be found in ordinary dictionaries. ght-pago sovon-oidumn paper. , By aniingoments wo have (soourod a apodal rate with them in connection with OUH papeh, $2 and for wo will scud JFHh HQMEc JOURNAL, THE ATLANTA Sefni-Weekly Journal- and tho S otither n Cultivator ALL THREE ONE YEAR. This Is* tlio bust oiTor wo have ovor made our frlamlH and subscribers. You had bettor take advalitago of thin offer at onoo. for Tho Journal withdraw their apodal into to us at any mug time. Tho Somi-Wuokly has many prominent mon and women contributors to their columns, among thorn being Itov. Sam Jonas, Rov. Walk er Lewis, Hon. llarvio Jordan, Hon. Jolm Torn if “■ n ■■ Ml MMlM jnO Graves and Mrs. \V. H. Felton, besides their crops of dllolont editors, wiio take oare of tho nows matter. Their departments are well cov ered. ItB Columns of farm nows aro worth the the prloo of the paper. Send direct to this (ifflco $2.00 and secure, tho three above mentioned papers one yoar. Address THE HOME JOURNAL, PKUIlY, GA. mORODORA BANDS are of same value as tags from ;'STAR.* "DRUMMOND'Natural Leaf. wod luck: old peach mNEr •RAZOR and "ER/CE GREENVILLE' Tobacco. Trade Marks Designs Copyrights Ac. i and description may aion free whether an ntable. Communlca- landbook on Patents Eldest agency for securing patents. . —** *'— fc Co; receive sent free. Oldest agency Tor securim Patents taken through Munn & tpscial notice, without charge, In the A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest ^cir culation of any scientific journal. Terms, 88 a' wear; four months, $l> Sold by all newsdealers. In spite of this perhaps necessari- 3hni< ly technical phraseology, we quote this part of the report and bespeak it a careful reading. If the fertiliz ing elements that are actually need ed are restored and’ no superfluous ingredients are added, in accordance with a correct soil diagnosis, it is not likely that the needed baoteria and fungi would be eliminated thereby. Mr. Kellerman says, under head of “Soil Bacteria:” “Becent studies in - the biology of the Boil have clearly demonstrated the fact that baoteria and other fun gi are the great agents of eontinued fertility of the soil. These micro organisms 1 2 prepare plant food by de composing organio matter and other materials, and certain species fix the free nitrogen of the air. They are usually more numerous in cultivated soils than in woods and untilled lands; in sphagnous 3 swamps, where organio acids accumulate, they are either absent altogether or not abun dant, their numbers in arable soils are favored by the use of barnyard manures, but the use of artificial fer tilizers seems to diminish them. The physical character of the soil, large quantities of organio matter or hu- mus commingled with the mineral constituents, the proper amount of moisture, and the averge tempera ture are some of the faotors affect ing the occurrence and development of these useful organisms. It is in the upper strata of the soil, rich in organio matter and oxygen, that they occur abundantly; in the deep er and poorer subsoil these aero- bio 3 organims disappear. Moreover, mioroscopic fungi living in symbi otic 4 relation with the roots of many, if not most of our species of plants, are advantageous to them, perhaps even indispensable to their welfare. v Agricultural practices and processes, therefore, favorable to the organisms flourishing in the soil are to be classed as agenoies that di rectly promote the health of the plants. However important the physical and chemioal constitution of the plant in relation to plant de velopment, modern investigation has accorded the first place to its bio logical character. In reBpect to this phase of the subjeot Marshall Ward says: ‘The plant will have to run the gauntlet of a long series of vicissi tudes brought about by the pres ence or absence, relative proportion and vigor, and .specific nature of the organisms in the soil at the roots, and it is easy to see that many cases of disease may be due to the ab sence of advantageous bacteria or fungi, or to circumstances which fa vor their life, as well as to the pre dominance of competing organ isms.’ ” 1. Microscopic forms of life. 2. Abounding in bog moss. 8. Dependent upon air for life. -* Neoessarily living together. 4. Dangerous If Neglected. Peace in South Africa. Atlanta Journal. Though the war in South Afri ca is over, there are some difficul ties in.the way of a settlement. The Boers and their allies have realized the folly of further armed resisteuce. They have made one of the most marvelous struggles in history, but the result was a foregone conclusion from the first. The wonder is that they have held out so long. The war has cost Great Britain about one billion two hundred million dol lars and many thousands oi lives. The British public has long been sick and tired of the conflict, and the assurance that it is over caus es rejoicing throughout the em pire. An agreement has not been reached yet, and Great Britain has so far refused to grant some terms upon which the Boers in sist. The independence of the two South African republics will,' of course, be surrendered entirely. It is understood that the British government will repair the desola ted farms in the Transvaal and the Orange Free State and con cede a large measure of local au tonomy, subject to British over rule. The main point of difficulty is as to the indiscriminate pardon ing of the Cope Colonists who took the part of the Boers. These stand on a very different footing from that of the Transvaalers and the Free Staters. The latter were citizens of independent govern ments, wftile the Cape Colonists were British subjects,who rebelled against their government. The present government of Cape Colo ny was established in 1853, and has been maintained ever since, Fiven if the British cabinet were willing to grant general amnesty to the Cape Colonists who took up arpis in the Boer cause, the loyal Cape Colonists would pro test against it vigorously. It is not probable that penal ties will be imposed upon any of the Cape Colony rebels, except a few of their leaders, but it may be expected that Great Britain will insist upon the punishment of these in some form. On the whole, however, it seems that tho vanquished will receive easier terms than the Brit ish government was disposed to insist upon when peace negotia tions were begun. There is excellent justification for the alarm which is leading the re publican party to make vehement protestations of loyalty to the peo ple as against the trusts. Never be fore, since the evil of monopoly con solidation became a menace in Amer ican life, has public sentiment been so thoroughly aroused to the neces sity for overcoming that evil. Un happily, however, for the future of the republican party, the American people are equally convinced of the truth that the republican party is responsible for the trusts and that it is absolutely owned and controlled by tho trusts. No amount of be lated special pleading will disabuse the popular mind of this truth. The republican party must answer to the people at the polls for its great sin in creating and fostering trustism. —St. Louis Republic. Burns, cuts and other wounds often fail to heal properly if neg lected and become troublesome sores. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve prevents such consequences. Even where delay has aggravated the injury DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve effects a cure. “I had a running sore on my leg thirty years,” says H. 0. 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