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mattock sfi bold be need, and 'one blow
now is worth a half dozen struck in the
spring. August is distinctively the
month for doing this work.
AUGUST MEETINGS FOB FARMERS.
August is a mpnth of comparative
leisure from the heavier farm work.
The grain crops have been harvested,
the corn “laid by,” and the cdtton
should be in condition to complete its
growth without much more work. The
farmer can now afford to allow himself
a little time to devote to other duties,
equally important, but up to this sea
son of the year, held in abeyance by the
exacting demands arising from the pre
paration, planting and cultivation of
his various crops. He now has an op
portunity of meeting with his neigh
bors, and while enjoying the social in
tercourse which this opportunity affords,
he has also a chance of studying his
neighbor’s perhaps more progressive
methds, or of learning the reason for
snch failures as have overtaken him.
The farmers’ institutes, the farmers’
clubs, the various agricultural meetings
being held at this season, bring about
an interchange of plans and opinions,
which is of inestimable value to the in
dividual farmer and to the country at
larga Here should be discussed not
only how to produce the greatest yield
of crops at the leastcost, but fcli8 market
and the market requirements should
also come up for a share of attention.
It is important to know how to make
the crops, but it is equally important to
learn how best to dispose of them. A
mistake here often .marks the profit or
loss for the year’s work.
Among the oldest and most success
ful agricultural countries on the. globe
agricultural fairs
Have always been considered Me among
the most powerful agents for pro
moting agricultural good and welfare.
, Here We see illnstrated much of the
beauty and comfprt, as well as the
utility, of farm life. To check the tide
of , emigration which of late years has
turifed so strongly towards the cities,
we need these striking object lessons.
Farm life should not be all dull drudg
ery. Along with the hard work there
should be opportunities for broader cult
ure, for progress, for uplifting to a
higher plaue. These agricultural meet
ings offer the impetus for snch forward
and upward movements. We see the
progress made by others, we are stimu
lated to renewed efforts—we realize the
dignity and the magnitude of onr call
ing—and so the machinery is put in
motion, which lifts our work from the
mere dull routine of daily toil, and in
vests it with some of the beauty and at
tractiveness which God intended, which
is so necessary for the happiness of our
homes and the welfare of our children.
If we could only realize how much this
means in so many ways; in keeping our
boys on the farm; in counteracting the
influence, which are yearly drawing our
children to the questionable success of
city and town life; in fostering that
love of home, which becomes the
strongest governing principle of our be
ing, we would deem uo effort too great
for its attainment.
These facts have been impressed upon
me with pscnliafcfflrfti r ,Jm . Jast^qgr
Veettsi wiion by the courtesy of various
organizations through out the state I
have been invited to address gatherings
of farmers and have been studying ag
ricultural and industrial conditions as
seen among the people and as shown in
the field, orchard and garden exhibits
of different sections.
In the inquiry columns will be found
many questions bearing on fall crops—
preparation, fertilization, etc.
_Ji. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner.
certainty. Also when planted at the
same time they mature earlier than the
northern grown seed. Another point
in their favor is that the superior vitality
of the southern grown seed enables the
plants to survive reverses in the spring.
A frost, which will ruin a crop
from northen seed, will only partially
injure the others. The stems are stouter
and stronger. It is important if the
fall crop is intended for seed that they
should be green when the frost kills the
tops. If allowed to mature before frost,
they , will sprout too early, as the north
ern grown potatoes do, and thus} lose
much of their vitality.—State Agricult
ural Department.
Flies on Cattle.
Question.—Can you give me a relia
ble recipe for protecting my cows against
flies? They are on my cattle in such
numbers, as. to amount to a plague, and
among the milk cows to such a degree
as to materially decrease the flow of
milk.
Answer.—Tgke of coal tar two parts,
coal oil one part, and any kind of grease,
onq part, mix them with a small amount
of carbolic acid. One thorough applica
tion of this, .using a cloth to moisten
the hair, horns, feet and legs of the
animal, will last, if the weather be dry,
lor ten days or more, and will entirely
protect the animal from fliea If the
mixture becomes too thick use a little
more coal oil; if tod thin to adhere well,
use a little more coal tar. Oarbolic acid
may be bought' in crystals for SO or 80
cents a pound, and is a most useful dis
infecting agent. Care should be ex
ercised in handling it, as its ac
tion is very powerful—properly di
lated it is harmless. A little mixed
with the whitewash for stables, pig
pens, chicken coops, etc., will materially
aid in preventing disease and in check
ing the propagation of insect and fnn-
gns pests. It is also' a remedial agent
in treafiug : sores and injuries on farm
animals, but great care should ba exer
cised, ,p=.°dgtoo strong.
—State Agricultural Department. •<-,...
Case of Too Mooli Cotton.
Question.—I live in one of . the best
counties of Middle Georgia—a county
that has been noted tor producing cot
ton. Now the yield of ootton per acre
is falling off, much of the land seems
dead and lifeless, the ground when
plowed has a tendency to clod, and a
very moderate drouth produces serious
results What is the matter?
Answer.—The trouble arises from the
all cotton planting, in which too many
of our farmers still persist. This re
sults in the entire exhaustion of the
“humus,” or vegetable matter in the
soil, an element that is absolutely es-
xentM up iBSlTWHft'nif
our lands, and one that cannot bo re
placed by any amount of commercial
fertilizers Most soils have the mineral
elements of plant food in more or less
abundance, but in the ab38uce of “hu
mus” these elements cannot be made
available for plant food. The vegeta
ble matter, decomposing, generates car
bonic acid, which then dissolves the
mineral elements of plant food, render
ing them available for plant growth.
Hamas also loosens up stiff clay soils,
rendering them more friable and in
creasing their capacity to absorb moist
ure, and thereby enabling them the
better to withstand drouth. Hooso,
sandy sbils are rendered more compact
by humus, and are thus rendered more
capable of retaining moisture, as well
as available plant food. Humus serves
several other good purposes in nature’s
laboratory. It has been proved to be a
source of nitrogen. It is known to be
in a measure destructive to insect life,
because of the carbonic acid gas which
is generated by its presence, and by
darkeniffg the soil it adds- to its heat
absorbing power. Now that you un
derstand the value of humus, you read
ily see- why such serious results follow
its disappearance from the soil. A rem
edy ban only be had-in a proper rota
tion of the crops, sowing peas, eta
Whenever our people will abandon the
all cotton.style of farming (and they
are fast doing it;, then will you cease
to hear about exhausted and worn out.
land. On the contrary, our lauds will
then be gradually brought up to a state
of fertility, surpassing that that they
posseted when first cleared by onr fore
fathers-—State Agricultural Depart
ment. '
“Root Rot."
Question.—I notice- cotton stalks
wilting and dying in my field without
any apparent cause., On examination
in three or four years. Some weeds,
suoH as the rag-weed and cocklebur, ore
subject to the attack of this fungus, but
apparently only after they have been
injured mechanically. Alfalfa or lu
cerne is also subject to injury from this
fungus. I Among trees the china berry
and paper mulberry are most subject to
this disease', though apple trees, elm,
silver maple and others are sometimes
attacked.—State Agricultural Depart-
are now having. The yield promises
welL
The aoreage in potatoes is not up
to the average, the dry weather of May
and June interfering with the planting.
Enough slips, however, have . been set
out to supply the wants of the state,
and there will be no scarcity of this
product.
The stand of sugar oaue is generally
reported poor, and the growth back
ward. The yield of syrup and sugar
may still be fair, however, as the cane
continues to grow and mature until
frost.
Pastures which had almost dried up
in Juue are again green and flourish
ing, much to the delight of the dairy
men and all who have stock to feed.
FRUIT.
The growers of most all fruits have
been disappointed this year. Water-
melbns from ■ t .he shipping section have
been small in size and few in number,
compared with former years, and prices
have not proved remunerative.
. The peach crop has proved a failure
save in a few favored localities; and the
total ship«noii68 from the state will not
exceed one-fifth of the usual quautity.
Plums yielded well all over the coun
try, and the grape crop, now being har
vested, is a good one.
Apples are doing well, and the crop
will be an average one.
STOCK.
The condition of stock is fairly good,
considering how mnch western corn
(much of it-damaged) has been used in
the state this year. There have been a
few cases of glanders reported to the
department, some cholera among hogs
and red water among cattle, but these
reports arq. fewer than usual this year.
Sheep are holding their own about as
they have, ih the past, receiSdng little
answer—As a rule it is dangerous
to use stook food of any kind which is
hot perfectly sound, particularly in the
case of horses and mules. Ia the case
of pea vine hay, it has beau demon
strated that where it has fermented or
become moist after being stored, salt
petre is formed in sufficient quantities
to produce violent irritation of the kid
neys, and if the feeding is persisted in,
death often results. Mouldy hay is also
regarded by experienced feeders as ex
tremely dangerous.—State Agricultural
Department.
Black and Red Rait
Question.—Will you give me some
information about the diseases our
farmers call “black rust” and “red
rust?” Can they be prevented in any
Surely if the word REGULATOR is not on
Nothing else is the same, it cannot be and never has"
been put up by any one except
“Green Maturing.”.
Question.—On a field which is sandy
and deficient in vegetable matter, I
have a fine stand of field peas, which
promise to make a luxuriant growth of
vines. Would you advise me to turn
them under green or not?
Answer.—Oh sandy land in onr cli
mate the best results are not attained
by turning under a green crop of any
kipd. This “green manuring,” as it is
called, can be done with advantage in
more northern latitudes, but should be
avoided in our climate, And particularly
on sandy lands. By turning under a
heavy growth of pea vines, say in Au
gust, you would no doubt do your land
more harm than good. The active fer
mentation of the green vines would pro
duce a sourness of the ground, which
would be injurious to the succeeding
crop; and the upturned soil would cer
tainly not be improved by the hot sun-.'
shine of August and September, to
which it would then be exposed. Leave
your pea vines to shade the laud, while
the roots continue to gather nitrogen,
and after frost, when they are all killed,
turn them under and you will have all
the vegetable matter that the leaves
and stalks furnish as well a3 the nitro
gen accumulated by the roots. Should
you wish to sow the field in oats, say in
October, before a killing frost, yon need
not hesitate to do so, as the vines by
that time will have reached maturity
aqd .would not injure the land by being
tqrned under. Where ..you have a
choice, however, leave them alone until
,.a later date, if only for the reason that
plowing will be suxvigr after a kill
ing frost than before. —State Agricul
tural Department.
Fall Oats.
Question.—Is August too early to
put in fall oats? Please give me some
directions for managing this crop. Is
i^s feeding value equal to corn, and
Otfonld you advise-sowing largely of
oats'or would you depend on the corn
erop for stock feed?
Answer.—There is no good reason
for the opinion so generally entertained
that com is better than oats as a stock
food. Oats, pound for pound, is actually
^e^psrior-as a feed for both horses and
cattle. August is too early to sow the
crop, but it is none too early to prepare
for it. The mistake so often made in
managing an oat crop is that we at
tempt to grow this crop on land too
'poor to produce a profitable crop of any
thing else. It will pay to give thorough
preparation and heavy maiiure. Piow
deep and concentrate the seed, the labor
and the fertilizer on a limited area,
rather than weaken the chances of suc
cess on extended fields. If the land is
. deficient in humus, cottonseed or cot
tonseed meal will help to supply the
deficiency, and if, during the winter,
even a light top dressing of farm yard
manure can be used, the yield will be
wonderfully increased. For fall oats it
is important to plant winter grown
seed. Sow from 1>£ to 2 bushels to the
acre, and cover from 2 to 8 inches deep.
They should be sown as early in Sep
tember as the land can be gotten ready.
The object is to give them a- good start
before the early frosts. If the planting
is delayed the crop, is often severely in
jured by the first freezes.—State Ag
ricultural Department.
Winter Grass For Hay.
Question,—Please give me some in
formation in regard to the'best winter
grass to sow for hay. Something that
will not injure the land. How to pre-
f are and plant. My land is fresh, should
take out the stumps and. “grubs?”
Answer —There are several„ grasses
which might be sown for .hay, but tak
ing everything’ into consideration I
should prefer to sow one of the legumi
nous plants, such as orimson clover.
You not only get from it a good crop of.
hay, but you enrich your soil at the
same time, and the clover is ready for
cutting in time to make a crop-of
corn o£- cotton on the same .'land..
It is somewhat difficult to cure, as it
matures in April, but that is the only
objection. Break your , land as deep as
possible and harrow until it Is thor
oughly pulverized. Apply and plow in
200 pounds cotton .seed meal, -100
pounds muriate of potash and 100
pounds acid phosphate. Sow 15 to 20
pounds of seed aboutr“the middle of
September in your county (Carroll) and
harrow in lightly. 'By all means take
out the stumps and "grubs” before at
tempting to prepare the land. '-By fol
lowing directions yon should take off a
good crop of clover in April, leaving
the ground in excellent condition to
make a fine crop of cotton.—State Agri-
. culturalDepartment.
Nitrogen In Manures.!
Question.—Please give me in pounds
the amount of nitrogen, potash and
phosphoric acid in a ton of chicken ma
nure, and also a ton of stable manure.
Answer. —In a ton of chicken manure
there are 67 pounds of nitrogen, 41
pounds of potash, and 48.60 pounds cf
phosphoric acid; A ton of well-rotted
stable, manure contains ll pounds of
nitrogen, 10 pounds of potash, and 8
pounds phosporio acid. Thus you see that
the chicken manure contains six times
as much nitrogen, four times a3 much
potash, and eight times as much phos
phoric acid as does' well rotted horse -
manure. Chicken manure being so
valuable, more care should be taken to
save it—State Agricultural Depart
ment. *
FseinnK Unsound ! r ea Vino Hay.
Absolutely Pure,
Celebrated for its great leavening
Assures
strength and healthful ness,
the food against alum and all forms of
adulteration common to the cheap
brands. Royal Baking Powder Com
pany, New York.
THE B. & C. MILLINERY
into two classes—the white or
village clergy, who must all be
married, and the black clergy, or
monks, who are vowed to celibacy.
The higher dignitaries of the
church are invariably chosen from
this last class. The greaj, majori
ty of them have no particular du
ties to perform, and a movement
is on foot for utilizing them as
assistants to parish priests in vil
lages.—Chicago Times-Herald.
Another Chicago alchemist is m
the field. He claims to be able
to make pure gold out of base met
als at a cost of not over ten cents
a pound. This particular Chicago
an claims some right to recogni
tion, since he affirms that he is
the inventor of oleomargarine, and
possibly other spurious things.—
Savannah News.
The X-rays are now used in the
Queen’s kitchen. They are an'in-
stant and in fallible detective of
stray fieh bones, plum stones and
what not, that may accidentally
get into the roj’al food. The ray
jUfts a great .weight of responsibil
ity fronHdkK* cook ’a-mind.
“blaok rust.” The causes of the dis
ease are not well understood as yet, but
.it has been demonstrated tnat the fun
gus organisms do not originate the dis
ease, and that they only hasten the de
struction of the already diseased plants.
Trials of various fungicides have proved
that the disease cannot be prevented by
their application. Experiments at the
Alabama Station showed a reduction of
the disease where kainit Was used as a
fertilizer.
Miss BURRESS has purchased the entire stock, and will continue the
is more pro
nounced in seasons of drouth, ’followed
by copions rains, than when'rains aro
frequent enough to keep the soil con
tinually moist, and is doubtless due to
the action of the kainit “in binding
more firmly together the soil particles,
so that it is more retentive of moisture,
or more able to draw it up from below.*’
“Wood ashes and salt are known to
produce much the same results in Hie
soil.” The "red rust,” or "red leaf
blight, ” which is so conynon on thin
At the new stand, next door to D. Alexander’s.
Inquiries Answered by the Ag
ricultural Department.
ished soil, showing particularly a lack
of nitrogen, and probably of potash and
phosphoria acid also. The remedy for
this is by proper rotation of crops, to
fill your land with hamua or vegetable
matter, and then with properflwtilizing
and cultivation you will .no longer be>
troubled with the “red rust. ’* Much of
our land, by continuous planting in
c ton, is exhausted of all humus, and
MUCH INFORMATION F0S FARMERS
Oats as a Stock Food—How to- Protect
Cattle Against FHoi— Uamujed Vea Fins
Bay DancoriXi to Horses and Mules.
Fall Irish Potatoes—Winter Ln^ainsa
- and tlie lSe-t Way of Raising Them.
Question.—I am a great believer in
cow peas as a renovator of our worn
hpidi ,1 ho’*;espsRyuice .how
only by its restoration first of all can
proper fertilizing and cultivation be
earriedon.—State Agricultural Depart
ment
Topping Cotton.
Question.—Does it pay to too cotton?
If so, at what time should it Se done?
Answer—This question has been
discussed pro and oou for years and no
satisfactory conclusions have yet been
reached. In some experiments made at
the Georgia Experiment station the re
sults left the question as unsettled as it
has always been. In other words, some
rows that were topped showed a slight
loss in. yield, while ethers showed a
slight gain over the untopped rows.
The generally acoepted theory is that
it does not pay to top cotton, though
under certain condition^ it might prove
profitable. It is thought by many that
it hastens the maturing of the bolls al
ready set, which would be an advant
age with an early frost , Others think
that it tends to check the shedding of
the forms and young bolls, but this
olaim.I think unfounded. Toppingoot-_
ton, when considered advisable, is usu
ally done when the plant is well fruited
and at the same time growing rapidly.
This condition is usually found about
the first of August, when the seasons
have been propitious. As a general
rule, I would advise against the praptioa.
—State Agricultural Department.
Diainfeotioc Stable*.
Question.—Please give me directions
for disinfection of stables, where ani
mals with, contagious disease have been
kept.
Answer—Remove all litter and rub
bish of every kind and burn. Haul out
all manure to the field, scatter and plow
under.
Dissolve two ounces of carbolic acid
iff a gallon of water, heat, and with it
wash thoroughly all feed troughs, wa
tering troughs, fodder racks, and other
woodwork.
Whitewash everywhere, inside and
out, adding to the wash one pound of
chloride of lima to every four gallons of
water.
Remove and burn all rotten , wood
work about the stable. In cases of
glanders, all harness, poles .and Bhafts
should” be carefully washed with hot
water and soap, and then rubbed with
oil, in which put one part of carbolic
acid to ten of ofl. If you have plank
fence around .lot in which the animal
has run at large, whitewash the same
as stable. If you have rail fence, re
place with new rails, burning the old
ones. In cases of glanders only the ufc*.
most care will prevent contagion, and
where stables axe inexpensive, the safest
plan is to build anew in a different
place, burning up the old premises.—
State Agricultural Department.
“Follows” In roach. Trees.
> .Answer—•'Very many . efforts Save
been made to cure this apparently mys
terious and most destructive disease,
but all without avaiL Even the cause
of the disease ha* not yet been deter
mined with certainty. We do know
that it is highly , contagions, and liable
to attack the most vigorous trees of any
age, especially e when in bloom. It is
also known to be hereditary. The only
plan so far used successfully for fighting
this disease is to out down and burn the
tree, root and branch. By this heroic
treatment the disease may at least be
held in check. Good care and thorough
cultivation appear to render the trees
less liable to attack, though they by no
means secure immunity from it. This
disease is very common in the orchards
of the east and north, but as yet has
done but little harm in Georgia. Want
of proper cultivation, and the work of
the “borer,” will frequently cause
valuable this crop is to the southern
farmer, burns these canuot^be grown
in the winter^ I would- like to know
something of the winter legumes and
the best manner of raising them.
Answer—Of the winter legumes
clover, in its many varieties, is perhaps
the most important, but at the outset it
mnst be uuderssood that clover will not
succeed on poor land, nor even on good
land, without careful preparation.
On ’heavy soils the red and white
and alsike clover succeed best. The
latter is a cross between the other
two. These is also the Japan clo
ver or lespedeza, which is not so ex
acting in its demands on the land and
which is called “the poor man’s clover,”
because it seems, to flourish with treatr
meat and under conditions which the
other varieties will not tolerate. These
varieties, when once planted, if properly
treated, will furnish pasturage and hay
for several years, and cover the land
summer as well as winter. ^ closer
analysis of your question, : however,
leads me to suppose that .you wish to
know of such legumes as gtovr in the
winter and die down in summer, thus
leaving the land free for other crops.
Of these, crimson aud burr clover, also
vetch and hairy vetch have been.found
most success fuL . The land should he
broken deeply during this mouth and
then harrowed .and reb&rrowetj. Until
fine aud smooth. If au incipient crop
of weeds appears before time for plant
ing- in September, harrow" again. Apply
from 300 to 600 pounds per acre
of cottonseed meal acid phosphate
and kainit and. Sow the seed at
the race 15 pounds to the -acre, har--
ro\? or brash the seed in lightly and
roll the laud smooth—this last is most
important. These latter crops will cover
the laud daring the winter and furnish
green food through the early spring. If
the grazing or cutting is stopped iu the
spring before -the' seeds mature vthese;
will perfect iu sufficient -flTian ties th re
seed the land, and after the crop dies
down the land can then be planted in
late curat or peas. When these are taken
off the dormant clover seed will again
spring into life. The crimson clover is
highly satisfactory in many sections.
Tfc is heal; nnited to light lands. The
m OUTLOOK
VERY BRIGHT
Prompt Delivery I
The Recent Heavy Rains Have
Done Great Good.
OAMEJH^T IN TIME TO SAVE CORN
CONDITION OF THi CROPS,
Cotton Prospect Is Exceliout—"'orii 1m-
provi*!g—Fruit* l£tc.
COTTON.
The prospset at this time for a good
cotton crop is most excellent throughout
the state. While a few small areas
have bseu injured by drouth aud others
by wind and hailstorms, and others
still by- excessive washing rains, the
general prospect is first rate. The plants,
though a little late, are growing finely
aud fruiting rapidly, aud with season
able rains through August (the critical
month) the crop will be a good one.
There has been some appearance of
“root rot” ..ana “rust,” or “yellow leaf
blight,** but as yet these are not serious,
and probably will not materially lessen
the crop. In my experience, the stand
never was better, and the crop never
was cleaner and better worked tiiau it
is at this time, and I sincerely hope that
the farmers will this year reap a fair
reward for their labor. The world s
supply of the staple is so nearly ex
hausted that, even with a large crop,
cotton should command a good price. I
would urge upon the farmers of the
state to gather and market the crop as
rapidly as possible, L3 experience has
proved that in the long run it pays to
pursue this plan.. Only in the event of
a shortage in the total crop can we hope
for better prices later iu the season, and
if "a bird iu the hand is worth two in
the bush.” we had better gather and
sell as rapidly as possible.
CORN.
In consequence of the frequent an 1
general rains iu July, this crop has im
proved wonderfully, and with season
able weather for two or- three weeks
more, Georgia will raise sufficient corn
for her own use. In the lower part of
the state the crop is practically made,
and in some places fodder pulling has
commenced. In upper. Georgia the crop
is in full “silk aud tassel,” the stalks
gi-sen and vigorous aud the prospect
very fine for an abundant crop. On
jsome of the river and creek bottoms
high water has done much damage, but
this has been confined to small areas,
and will not materially diminish the
yield. The latter part of June the corn
crop was'seriously endangered by ex
cessive heat and drouth, and there was
fftuoh uneasiness'-felt as to the outcome,,
but timely rains have averted the
threatened disaster, and we can rejoice
in the prospect of plenty of “hog and
hominy” for another year.
PEAS, POTATOES. SUGAR CANE, ETC.
: 7 The high price of seed peas has to
some extent purtailed the acreage sowed
this year. This, the best of all soil ren
ovators for our climate, should be sowed
on every acre of stubble laud, and at
“laying by” on every acre of corn lane?
.inthe state. When -this.is done, we
will hear less of worn out and ex
hausted soils. Where sowed, the crop
is good, - growing fiuefy under the influ-'
lllwnll flu There Been Finer Prospests
For » Beautiful-Yield Tli.ia K* Promised
Tbia Year—-Farm Work For tlie Month
of lociut—Coinmluioner of Ajjricalt-
_ fue jffobilt’8'Monthly Letter,
VC:, i -• > *
t Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Aug. 1, 1897.
| The bBttvy- rains during the latter
of July have, in some sections of
$jie state, worked injury to the bottom
|iand corn, -and in some cases have
'broken over ■ terraces and ditches, but
ihey came in time-to save the upland
ecfn; -which iwas beginning to suffer 89-
V merely from protracted drouth, aud also
4o greatly benefit every growing thing.
■SYe have just returned from a rather
extended tour through thf> state and
there hss ‘rarely been a finer prospect
for bountiful crops than is promised the
present year. Almost without excep*
[Y jlUik, whejrelja man has given his per-
| spnal attention to his business, and has
| farmed rationally, he is now about to
I reap the harvest of his skill and Intel-
I Ugeuce. It'is only where the ruinous
I Recant system prevails, where the owner
I has. trusted. his interests to unreliable
I \ indifferent renters, that we mark
evidences of neglect and of haphazard
North Side Public Square. 3
’ NOTICE:-All accounts of W. H. SUMMER not paid
within 60 days from date will be placed out for collection. Here
after goods bought of me must be paid for at the time contracted to
be paid, or within 30 days. Thereafter it will be placed out for col
lection. * . H. SUMMER.
One, two and four-horse Turn Plows, Hill-side and Sub-soil
Plows, Harrows of every description, biggeststock of Wagon Material
in the State, Blacksmith’s Tools in largq quantities, Guns from $1.25
up, best line of .Lap Robes in the State, complete line of Heavy and
Shelf Hardware and Mill Supplies.
All of the above goods can be boughteither at' wholesale or retail
from us cheaper than from any oiher house in the State. Call or
write to us. ‘ ’
ids. It is in suoh localities
iults of careless preparation,
>us manuring, of hasty plant-
jshod cultivation, are' appar-r
stunted corn* stalks, which
tad sufficieni depth of well
in which send down their
tearch. of food, aud where
»ply of surface fertilizer has
linos exhausted. The cotton t
give evidence of mistaken
id crop starvation in the puny
sh oover acres aud acres of
in It is also on snob
i neglected farms that no
i is being made for another
i wheat and oat stubble fields,
tm have been harvested, are
not dram off as they should. The coca-
manly' entertained opinion ' that only'
certain s soils 'develop this disease has.
been entirely refuted, and it can and
does occur on almost- every variety of
soil. The fungus has been found-on
plants only , a-few inches in height, but
generally does not spread until the mid
dle of June, or even later, when the
plants are blooming and fruiting. It is
thought by many planters that dry
weather, checks this disease, and close
observation partially confirms this. The
fungus is nourished by the living sub-
Tort having been made to plow
, of peas, that great renovator
oru lands. On. fchesa fields the
M hushes now .hold full sway,
p the fertility of the laud, per
iods whloh will soon be sent
I on their missions of mischief,:
xing a mass of roots, stems and
vhick will greatly mnder tne
mt preparation of the land for
bps. Dis. too often the case,
41 Otherwise well conducted
iiat this habit of turning over
ble fields to the dominion of
md bushes until the spring
ions begin, has been allowed to
i>m year to year. No one neg-
js the farmer greater trouble, or
as. indicated above, in .more
raste erf fertility. Whore this
t allowed and the land is now
with a rank growth of weeds
aes, a goodplan is to _rmi_the
>ver the fields before tne ,tffeeas
but after ^they begin
just where it falls when cut.
ict as a beneficial mulch to the
ring the blazing, hot days of
Onr Work Advertises Us all Over this
stances of the roots, which after a time
die, and the plants thus deprived of
their means of support, wilt and die
also. Experiments at the Texas Station
have demo’nstrated that this disease can
not be remedied or ch ecked by the appli
cation of any known substance to the soil.
The only thing to do is to resort to a ro
tation of crops, planting the land that
is infeoted with the fungus, iu Buch
crops as corn, wheat, miilet or other
members of the grass family, and put
ting it ip cotton not oftener than once
