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um: 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