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Southern Agricultural Topics •?# Mo.i4rn Method* That Are Helpful to Fanner, Fruit Grower and Stockman. Dairy IIhits. Rely on cleanliness and coolness for keeping milk and cream sweet. Drugs are not permissable. Milk may be made bitter by the vessels it enters not being thorough¬ ly scalded and cleaned, when certain bacteria may develop that will make the milk bitter. If living near town and making butter a good trade may be worked up in buttermilk. The demand for it will he as steady as the demand for butter itself. Unclean milk is the cause of thou sands of Infants being buried every year; a^id that class of milk is pro¬ duced by a very large number who would be indignant if told that their milk was unclean. One practical dairyman puts a thin cotton blanket on every cow he milks In summer, putting it on for use during milking only. It keeps files from annoying the cow, causing her to lash the milker in the face with her tail. Bitter milk is not always due to cows eating weeds, Sometimes a cow that is along in the stripper class rather far will develop the bit¬ ter milk habit, for some unknown reason, Her milk should be kept from that of other Cows. Shade and water—they are two things that the milk cow must have for good health or for heavy produc¬ tion. It is strange, considering that they really cost little, that so many cows have to get along without them or have them in insufficient quantity. Cows that grow a very long bush may get their tails filthy from drag¬ ging in mud or manure, and it will aid the cause of cleanliness if such bushes are trimmed slightly at the end. They should be left as long as they can be without dragging in the mud, since the longer they are the better they can chase flies. You and your descendants for many generations will wait and wait to find a thrifty dairy section with impoverished soil. The dairy cow would, with the right man to help her, make the typical run-down cot* ton farm soil richer than it ever was before; and she would keep it richer and keep the farm profitable week after week for generations. Make it a practice to give cats milk after each milking, in a large pan near the bins where the grain feed anything is stored. else at Do a™ tept other feed place; them or do not encourage them in any way to stay about the residence, and they will help to keep the rats and mice from carrying off grain of much greater value^than is the milk eaten the by the dwelling) catMjr feed If a :hat cat is desired there and at one make her feel at home th.ere. Mr. Farmer, do not get too enthu¬ siastic and plunge into dairying on a large scale at the outset. Begin in a small way, read good dairy literature, apply it to the work being done, prove to yourself that you can make money from the dairy; then increase the size of the herd, secure a cream separator, provide facilities for cooling the milk quickly, put up a silo in which to store cheap winter feed. But do not, in any case, get a larger herd together than can be cared for well. The labor problem is a serious one, and neg¬ lected dairy cows and dairy work poorly done are quick means for emptying the pocketbook. — Pro¬ gressive Farmer. Plant Pure Bred Seed. In our variety tests we have had some varieties to yield from 500 to 800 pounds of seed cotton per acre more than other varieties in the same tests and grown under identical con ditions of soil, fertilization and culti vation. By increasing their best vari¬ eties by only fifty pounds of seed cot¬ ton to the acre, at four and one-half cents per pound, the farmers of North Carolina alone could add $2,250,000 a year to their profits. In a general way in all the tests that have been made it has been found that varieties having large bolls and seed and possessing well branched, vigorous growing stalks, covered thoroughly with bolls and leaves, as Russell’s Big Boll and Cul¬ pepper’s Improved, and some other similar kinds, are the ones that have generally produced the largest num¬ ber of pounds of lint cotton per acre, i. e., when they are grown under soil and climatic conditions that, will per¬ mit their complete maturity before frost. These are late maturing vari¬ eties and it should be remembered that late maturity in an upland cot¬ ton is a favorable factor to large yield if complete maturity is made. In selecting a variety one must not be guided entirely by total yield of seed cotton, for often between two varieties producing about the same quantity per acre, the one with the smaller yield should be chosen be¬ cause of. its production of a larger amount of lint and higher selling price of total products (lint and seed) . It should be remembered that | the times lint sells from eight to fifteen as much per pound as seed. It muse be remembered that for the Piedmont South and portions just west of it, on a red clay soil which warms up slowly in the spring, the larger boiled varieties will not as a general thing do so well, as they will not mature thoroughly before frost catches them; hence, an early ma¬ turing variety, such as King’s im¬ proved, will do best here, This Is also true for the average season, in a general sense, for any portion of the South having cold and poorly drained ' soils. Above all things, the practice of securing seed for planting at random from the gin should not be followed, for it cannot possibly be known whether the seed thus obtained are produced on stalks that bore few or many bolls. If seeds of the former kind are secured, then the tendency of these seed when planted will be to produce stalks that will bear a small number of bolls and henc« small yields and vice versa. Another serious objection to securing seed from the gin is that we usually wait till late and get seed from last pick¬ ing, which are the poorest of all pro¬ duced by the plants. It must be remembered that as in¬ telligent feeding and good care stand to animal Improvement, so does proper fertilization and thorough cul¬ tivation of the soil stand to plant im¬ provement. If proper food and care are not furnished both plants and ani¬ mals, Improvement will not only be impossible, but retrogression inevita¬ ble. With the same thought and care the results are obtained much faster with plants than with animals, as a completed growth is secured in one year with most agricultural plants, while with animals it requires several years.—C. B. Williams, Director North Carolina Experiment Station, Raleigh, N. C. ;; j Try Heavy Liming For Alfalfa. It has long been known that lime is necessary for sweetening the soil for alfalfa, and its success in the arid West Is largely due to the amount of lime in the soil, it having not been washed down as in the humid regions. But now Joe Wing, of Ohio, who has probably had more experience in al¬ falfa than any other man in the coun¬ try, and who has hundreds of acres of it growing, says that this sort of liming is not enough, and that alfalfa wants lime in such abundance that the soil would be unfitted for other plants. He claims that four tons of lime per acre is about right, and that with this much lime the crab grass will not bother it. Four tons would mean about one hundred bushels of lime per acre. The farmers in Penn¬ sylvania formerly used more than that in their ordinary farm cropping, till they found that they were liming too heavily, and now seldom use more than twenty-five bushels for most cropping. I have considerable confidence in what Mr. Wing says, and would like to have an opportunity to test his ideas if I were growing alfalfa. But any one can test the matter on a small scale by applying lime at rate of one hundred bushels per acre on a small part of an alfalfa patch. It will certainly do no harm and may open up the way to greater success 1 with this crop.—W. F. Massey. i ' Watercress For Spring Brooks. I Every man who has a spring brook ' get watercress set in it, since ought to it will give delicious green food every season of the year, A small amount ! set out near the spring will stock the Avhole brook in the course of a year, Watercress has a pleasant, pungent taste, somewhat milder than mustard or horseradish, and will take careaof itself if once planted in a spring brook where the water is clean. It may be eaten raw or prepared as a salad. It is as wholesome as it is agreeable to the taste. Sprigs with roots may be got from some neighbor, or the larger seed houses should he able to supply the seed. Either set¬ ting out plants in the winter or sow¬ ing the seed imbedded in a little mud and stuck into the edge of the water will give a good stand. Study Your Soils and Crops. The potato crop needs phosphoiic , acid anr P° as ai ™ or ® ‘ gen, an ,e eseon o „e earned i» i that we ” ust " t m 9 r I -rowing With a good second growth of clover turned under I would have ! ,, qpr1 nothing on the potatoes but acid phosphate and potash, and would doubtless have gotten a better crop than this man who was so lavish with nitrogenous manures and fertilizer, It all down j to , the ,, fact n , that , u i j comes farmers and gardeners should study their soil and their crops and then ■ their fertilizer to suit each. I mix own —Frof3ssor Massey. ai» oTJhg 9 ajzu CHINA SILK CURTAINS. Instead of Swiss or flowered mus¬ lin, some women are using china siik curtains in the natural creamy tone or dyed to harmonize with the room. It is made into double sash curtains, the top one dropping for two inches over the lower one, both finished with silk balls.—New York Times. ' TESTS FOR PURE BUTTER. To find out whether butter is pure, What To Eat gives the following method: Place a Bmall piece in a large iron spoon and heat gently over a flame. If tho butter foams freely on heating, it is butter, while if it sputters and crackles like hot grease without foaming, it is oleomargarine or renovated butter. Another way to examine sample is to put it in a small bottle, and then place me kettle in boiling water for five or six inmates. If the sample is butter tho curd will have settled, leaving the fat perfectly clear,‘while If it is a substitute the fat is cloudy or milky.—American Cultivator. GOLD AND SILVER LACE. Cold and silver dress trimming that has become tarnished can be cleaned and brightened very satisfac¬ torily by the followingmethod: Shake the trimming thoroughly to get rid of any dust; then tie it in a white lin¬ en bag made expressly for the pur¬ pose and lay the bag in a bowl of soapy water. Place the bowl over the fire and let It boil for a few minutes; then remove and rinse in cold water. After the trimming is taken out of the bag the tarnished parts can be freshened still more by rubbing them with a small quantity of spirits of ammonia.—New York Herald. THE BATHROOM. If possible the bathroom should ha fitted with tiled dadoes; where the expense is too great a sanitary paper should be employed. The paint must be enameled, and the bath itself should be one of those with a rolled metal edge. It is a mis¬ take to inclose a bath in a wooden case, neither is a ledge of polished wood advisable, for it is impossible to prevent the polish from becoming scratched and marked. The floor of the bathroom should be covered with cork carpet. A square of cork should be provided as a bath mat, and one of the wooden boards, which is made to fit across a bath on which to put sponges and soap dishes, should not be forgotten. It saves a considerable amount of work if there is a fitted wash hand stand in the bathroom, which can be used by the members of a family v.hen washing their hands before luncheon.—New Home. _ . ¥18 SET 1 V- __-2AJL. Crushed Wheat Griddle Cakes— One teacupful of cracked wheat, two. pints of flour, two spoonfuls of white sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt, two of baking powder, one egg and one pint of milk. Boil the wheat in a half pint of water one hour before mixing it. Bake brown. French Pancakes—Beat smoothly together six eggs and a half a pound of flour. Melt four ounces of butter and add to the batter, with one ounce of sugar and a half pint of milk. Put a spoonful at a time into buttered fry¬ ing pan and spread evenly on the sur¬ face Indian Pancakes—Take a pint of cornmeal, a teaspoonful of salt, one of soda, pour on boiling water to make a thick mush; let stand until cool; add the yolks of four eggs, half a cupful of flour and stir In as much buttermilk as will make a good bat¬ ter. Beat the whites of the eggs and stir them in. Bake in a well greased skillet. Bread Griddle Cakes—Put half a [ pound of bread free from crust in warm water to soak. Beat one egg, half a pint of milk and a tablespoon¬ ful of brown sugar mixed together; add a scant teaspoonful of salt and two of baking powder. Drain the soaked bread dry. and mix in the j milk> thicken with one pint of flour; and beat to a smooth batter. Bake | on a hot griddle. Sprinkle with pow dered 6Ugar . Silver Cake—Two cups sugar, four cups flour, one-quarter teaspoonful salt, two teaspoonfuls baking pow der, one teaspoonful extract of al mond, six whites of eggs, one eup milk, two-thirds cup butter. Cream , butter and sugar; add alternately the ] rmiir hihk anfl ana flour uuur inixpfl imxeu with wim salt sail and aim i hpkinsf naKing puwuer, nowder then iuvll the tue wuau extract and aim the stiffly whipped whites. Beat well i and bake bake in loaf nan pan in moderate nmdeiate Everything to Boild With. We have recently purchased the Harris Manufacturing Company’s lumber plant and stock and will devote our exclusive attention to the builders supply busines in tho future. Our very complete stock includes Brick, Lime, Sand, Cement, Fiber Wall Plaster, Paris Plaster, Laths, Framing—rough or sized to order; Weatherboarding—several grades; Sheeting, Shingles, Prepared Rooting, Kiln Dried Flooring and Ceiling, the kind that don’t, crack open—several grades; Doors— plain, and fancy glass front doors; Sash and Blinds— in usual sizes; Window Cords, Weights and Pulleys; Mantels, Columns, Balusters, Brackets, Mouldings, Wainscoting, Corner and Plinth Blocks; Turned and Sawed Work Made to Order; Door and Window Frames; Sherwin-Williams Paint, Oils and Varnishes; Guaranteed Roof Paint. IN FACT Evenytbing to Build lUitb J rinse us a list of the material that you want, or a plan of the house you anticipate building, and let us convince you that our prices are right. r S' ORT Valley Lumber Company. VICTOF A’S FANCY D U _ Occrsicr 1C44 lira Long B:en mcmLti’ed or CriLiart Affair Friday, February 6, 1844. The of the fancy ball has coma and /one. We had to work hard a. I day t0 complete our dresses, though Miss Ireland, our dressmaker, very oblig¬ ingly came to the house to finish ev¬ erything and dress us. At 2 the hair dressers came. Mamma wore a falsa front and had her own hair behind; I had my own hair powdered. Mamma looked uncommonly well. I did nor. fancy my coiffure, hut everyone said I looked very well, too. Mamma was dressed abev.t S and went tic to see our friends, who had mustered in great force. She had cn an oh’ brocade, with a dark purp'e ground and bright flowers and a gold figure all over If. Her petticoat was China rose damask trimmed with old lace; her stomacher was the same, covered with diamonds. In her 'hair she had a white feather and diamonds, also a diamond necklace and earrings. I never saw her look L< tter. I was rather belated about my dressing, and got down only ten minutes be¬ fore 9. My dress was a cherry and silver satin looped up with red roses, a while satin petticoat trim¬ med witl^ tulle, silver and roses, and a white satin stomacher with a bouquet of flowers in front. I bad a wreath of roses cn rne side of my head. Both of us had very high heeled shoes. After we were dress¬ ed we went up to show ourselves to our poor maid, who was too ill to get out of bed. Papa had a dark velvet coat trimmed with gold and smalls of the same. A gold tissue waistcoat embrcideml with flowers, point lace shirt, shirt frill and sleeve ruffles, high shoes with paste buck¬ les, also paste kr.ee and stock buck¬ les, a steel sword, a powdered wig, and a smart three-oernered hat com¬ pleted his attire. I never saw him look so well; the dress became him particularly.' You may guess the cost of all this finery. Mamma says this little chit of a queen will be the ruin of us.— From “The Everetts in England,” in Scribner's. Proclaim St Scarce* The United St;;ter, can supply all thr wants of its people for coal, iron, cop¬ per. petroleum, ami all the useful min¬ erals; gold and silver are also found in generous quantities: but of precious stones the diamond, the ruby, "the em¬ erald, the topaz, etc., it has practically none, except what it has bought abroad. In 1002 we paid $‘2o,G0d,t)C0 to foreign countries for precious stones that we imported, while during that year precious stones of the value of only $328,000 were found within our borders. These were principally sapphires from Montana, turquoises from New Mexico, Arizona. Novadi and California, a ml tourmalines ani ebrysoprases from California.—Na¬ tional Geographic Magazine. Caution Jiiiu r on.T»4c\ Boastfulness or flippancy is not sue cessful advertising for a printer. Claim ing everything is not convincing and excessive volubility fatigues. Get a good point and talk to it with modest confidence aim Ihe logic of common sense. And And don't don't forget forget the the period period in in punctuation, punctuation, knowing knowing when when-you you have have reached reached it it and and stop stop there. there. This This will will carry your render with w.th vou you over over a -• " iJl > jn u ' 1 - ^ 1 “ U1 !k "d' 1 1 meet you again- ihogre ss, ve Inn ter. - There is just as much chance fur r i S j n g generation as there has v been for r any generation, Insists 3 the j) tv e troit , ,, Free Press. tt Give n* them healthy v, n-v.tr b ? ’ well-stocked minds and a do termination , . to succeed , and , they wall ... make their place in the world. W. H. HAFER, DENTIST. j Fort Vcllley Georgia | Office over First National Bank. C. Z. McArthur, Dentist FORT VALLEY, GA. Office over Slappey’s Drug Store. I A. C. RILEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, WRIGHT BUILDING, I Fort Valley, Ga. Practice in all the courts. Money loaned. Titles abstracted. TirejfJfe D^kellie Insurance JL Office Phone No. 54. J FORT VALLEY, GA. C. L. SHEPARD, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Fort Valley, Ga. Office Over First National Bank. TONSORIAL ARTIST For anything in the tonsorial line don’t fail to call on WILLIAMS Next Door to Post Office. Experienced workmen and courteous ftfc tention to alL Everything up-to-date. — 1 - - wv , j' l <rn t m Bnke<l Mud ti. a Food. Consumption of earth ns food is said to be common not only in China, New Caledonia and New Guinea, but in the Malay Archipelago as well. In Java and Uumatra the clay used undergoes a preliminary preparation for con¬ sumption. being mixed with water, re¬ duced to a paste, and the sand and other hard substances removed. The clay Is then formed into small cakes oi - tablets about as thick as a lead pencil and baked in an Iron saucepan. The Javanese frequently eat small is ares roughly modelled from clay which resemble the animals turned 01 1 In our pastry shops.—Chicago Tribune. Caution and Counsel. Boastfulness or flippancy is not suc¬ cessful advertising for a printer. Claim¬ ing everything is not convincing and excessive volubility fatigues. Get a good point and talk to it with modest confidence and the logic of common sense. And don’t forget the period in punctuation, knowing when you have mtebed it and stop there. This will carry your reader with you over a short journey and he will part company with you reluctantly and be glad to meet you again.- Progressive Printer, Women Not Memra lhan Men. Are women meaner in giving the! Ben? It cannot rightly be urged that they are. Woiben, after all, in buying % SlVlDg ’ C0 ” m0n, f makin * ”? money that others have earned, They have been trustees for other peo e ,s ,' )10TK ’-' ti°eir V” 1 J iUVU couisf ,tpi. y i.n ‘ an . ’ ness... ol n certain kind ot won) 0 n have ai* lorded infinite . trinities , ... foi ~ w s oppoi \ „ men ,, ‘ s ' !ind , cont . mpt . ’ , but . tJl0Se .. p f tty meannesses are nothing in comparison ^ ^ me a„n« 8 e* cf realty. 6crd]d men< _ The spectator.