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•» t- . * TIE I ♦ 7 -5 . r-\, *ls^W JB < U > r I lire •": *1 n y? © i I I I ••'V n’ w- ■ * h g ; .- ■-.". . ■ & * * t ^■irr a person, one must become o ~ rt j. -1 Q ▼ q e r> ^ f To know a firm, one'inns cr Dcilxl t 5 a err? cm -> > j a '*• v ' - j- j r. ’» u reliability. 1 j 'Come and try us and satisfy yours: :lf in regard to our >. / 1 it ” U/E CAM DO, Vy e .can save you money on al JlS£\j ,C er anything you wish to buy. Wc, ■n gji show '* you an up-to " date Mue that can’t be surpassed as r price and qua 1 ity. r mm w 7 % VN -t-TV 1\\ i ! ^ % ! / i : 1 '■t /I RMH . JS» jtet jJ t A ± » A000T htSOOE GRASS A COER ESI’ON DENT GIVES HIS EXl’fCUlKV< K WITH THIS VAJ.UAilU: GitOP. PE0PE& SEASON TO PLANT If Properly fared Eor It Can Be Brought llrtlo a High Slate of Produetloa In (.ieor^ly*,. ! i C-’cnolO. B. I'luvons, Commissioner of OmGoLlhaVer.-.idwttlmuuvhiu. Am-icnltur 1 i ten- *. vonr article on R.-oue Grass’ pub* lisb-d'in otio <-f vour monthly tlatormbod talks acme time duw. 1 haw. Stoonltl to . . this this t-ll ‘in«l like aid kiwthor^t^SSii r Middle H6ping to hoar from you by Nov. Id, AKStVF.it.—"In reply to your inquiry we arc f:atisil'«d that wo cannot better answer your lott“r than by giving the oxncrioned of Mr. J. P. Baxter of Su wnuee, ua., and Mar »r i ^ w w. jonnson t i oi « At bntft ' „• I In , reply , , to an inquiry . . of , ours-JIr B ax tor wrote us as follows: - i c , , Y I ' Hon. It. 1’ Ung if. Assistant Ootpmiti*, hi oner of Agriculture, Atlanta,. Ga.: Dear Sir—I n reply to TlescW'GraW ybur ?«qu0M about my oxpeiieneo with i 1 answer t.iat . » r I tlniik .i it to uo.tlie .i; n «..»„* flnesf grass tor winter gracing .uml the rnps< prolific grass of southern, latitudes. Ra qulring a rich,' loamy © soil,,'coming lip In Septunb.i, o grouin., , m ,wi rapiyj raoMlv etieu dur- mir in;; the coldest winter flays,-<ofroraing rich pasturage of the most succulent atoms ««»-0 and lea: s from Doc. 1 to. May I, times duii.ig Ap.il ami Mu\, and then allowed to mature a crop-afYeed, which, in gathering, will shatter or leave ' • enough seed on the ground to reseed tha' laud, so that one sowing, it pro; e ly treated, will suffice. I have been growing ’ it for-five years ond times, , liau made ', a.t.r at the no.-mi, ,, rate tu^.or;bn.« of f tOO.to loi ; hti^hels of seed per acre. Got off of 1 rod, ’ measured, garnered and threshed . by others, , ,, 1 ; pecks, , equal , , to „, *tK v , , basa- , els per aero. .......—/- - The seed may bb sown from June to February There are some peculiarities about tho grass seed. They will not germinate iu summer, the colder tho weather iu win* tor the faster it grows, uulsss tho stems have commenced jointing ,when a will kill it down, only to come out again ia increased numbers. It makes a gradual growth when not grazed oi mown. Mowing it down only hastens its growth. I have had the same plat, part mown once and part twice,'all ma tare at the same time. I have three plats which mature about Mr.y 1 to 10. Owing to seed of heads not all ripening nt same time enough seed will be left on the ground to ro S8#d the land. Two of these plats I break up 1 about June 1 to 13, fertiliac -ami sow id peas, the other I plan: ia corn and field beaus. I think the grass by this process im¬ proved the last three years, and madf Splendid crops the of pea vine bay rk} qm^ -grjmnd corr and beans, seed loft; -op. ih May lying dormant* until the cool Rights in September. Tkfi eeftd we op ated b v sssdmso At ’*f _ per ponu.'t, but tiboat 100 ponmu may bo hnd of Dr. A. M. Winn & Sod of Lnwreucoville, Ga., ct io conts put pound, or 10 pv.ands at 12 coats, or oi umleniignad a small amount, say lot pounds, ftt same price. Koto—Thirty pounds will sow out aero. i, what m.t. Johnson says. Mr. Mark V/, Johnson, in an article which appeared in the Southern Culti¬ vator of Oot. 1, said: “This grasa is comparatively a et.ran gor to the ooutoii states, yet in’ some lo Ciiltti“H it is well known and lias been cultivated for many years. It has sev oral local names erroneously given to it, such as “Arctic grass,” “Winter grass,” Urn, Danish Hoscuo,”etc. Its proper boj'iuntul however,is Brooms Ki,cue grass ocuiadwi. and iff II uoumm* belongs ,o the Bromus tan-dv, otwiuen there »ro several vanette.,, viz: Bronmi u> cl inis. Bronms Mollis, brooms Pm More especially for pas,umge. Some oi Tuoy' will grow m^d T arid soils, whore wnmemoit moit orh- ,-orgr.i. r “raises se would ' .tui fail n. i “Among the periiumls the Bromns Inonuis is probably the best, as it grows t** 1 ? «« sr : ud >’> dr r and arid - where the batter grasses wo:ild tail. The Rescue is an animal, growing from } to V’° C 4 nn V% r reulark abl0 ’ luxuriant plant, with blades , an largi 1 as barley, affording exoeiient wint.et I pasture until the latter part- of Mayor Juno (according to locality), when it goes’ to seed afld dies down, which sbedding will ira need u[xm the gronud, ooma up again as soon as fall rains set in. After it sheds its seed the ground may be planted in some other cnltivatod P mh a* will be laid by not later than July, and will after cultivation In cease.1 the Rescue come again. order that if may reseed the ground the pas taring should cease about May 1. Apoi> tiou of t be crop may bo morved for seed, in which case the grazing could be continued much longer. “Bike all the Bronms family, tho Res from 30 to 80 pounds per acre, feuw on any soil that will make corn, oars or cotton; break soil fine, broadcast ami cover with harrow or a treetop drag. Rescue grass will grow well on the. gray and sandy soils of the cotton belt, where orchard, blue, Timothy and clover will not succeed, and the coldest winter does not iuiuro it at all. Its chief value is ff>r w i ut er gnming, or cutting and feed jag green, in such secrions where the oli mate ami soil are not suited to the finer K bite vaiiS all 0: other ^' hon vegetation "'inter's chilly off the front field p rass remains green and succulent rescuing the cattle from hunger, houoe j the name. ’’—State Agricultural Depart¬ ment. ' ! j An Ancient Biscuit. ‘ v },j SiCu i t twontv-bhneo rears old. Did you ever hear o! one be ing this old before? It may seem s(rav ,„ i> to you but it is true. Thir tbioe >' ■= ! s 11 K° Mrs. Belle 1 Charten*. then Miss Rede I’rice. visite } a re lat ive down at Milner. Ga., while a little chi. During ^ h -a visit .Mi s Bell prepared some dough and baked biscuit and a young bulv, Miss Martin’ , put , oi e awry for a keepsake. Right- recent¬ ly Miss Martin married, who sent lie biscuit to Mrs. Charters in a ttteo i tie box. r l lie biscuit bus ou r ti e dav a? delate it was made.— Dahlonega Nugget, Our line of COLLARS and CUFFS are the beet on the market. M A J e2S32^3S53^SKSSr HUPfl mym •» - --t, m mmm wmsA JEEE5? '.^a*?'56S-iSPS®S®3^32S3 V ssm Triangle Brand. • J Ton will find all the Vi 14 I • shapes for fal in our li ip, B mg -if 4NGF0RD & SONS. : ? Jr ♦ f . Three Papers a Week FOR ABOUT THE PRICE OF ONE. Thi« paper and tho Atlanta Twice-a- Week" Jour¬ nal for $L25. Here you got the news of the world and ail your local news while It is fresh, paying very little more than one paper costa liliher paper ls well worth *1.00, but by special arrangement we are enabled to put not equa i this anywhere else, and this combination is the best pre mlum for those who want a state paper and a home paper. Take *»». tural matter and other articles of special interest to farmers. 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