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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1898)
REVIEWS t STEWARDSHIP r ConHtti ss i° lie1 ’ oi re to Farmers. IroB SUPP0R3 >f Resume of the Inna [etrenebments Inauga [e Took Charge of th< Sight Year# Ago. U (tlanta. OF Agbiccltubb, Sept- 1, 1898. perhaps be my las: i to the farmers of Geor accessor takes charge oi he agricultural medium depart t< rough this of the state and fcH< Specially iave “held for the mannei bands’ [build up my up the agricult | the state and to focus l on some of the more bltural issues of the day. iteful for the considers iy which I have received ijority of my fellow citi y administration of the igricuitural myself department, and ; owe it to tc hort review of my stew ey entrusted me with sc ling the wise and benefl Sts founders, some un | had found their way bral department fertilizers, through bf oils ( and bough in themselves, re¬ ly of purpose rather than id knowledge, bufwhich brtionately large emolu ftunate holders of such Ky Ke condition predecessors referred it should to Kwth of an unforseen ■reased consumption oi V fertilizers, for which ■ was made in the ■ the state. At leading ■re Km, Atlanta or Savannah, K as much as $8,000 or were received by indi ■s of oils and fertilizers, ■ B being at that time cou ft is, one inspector re¬ lr much as the entire su ftrge, of *the state. In 1890, the farmers, whoso ■specially I, to be served by having found a few k Kt abuu dance of wheat, K ranks of those who : ..1 • ’*. ra-iastU-a*! ■ lieen bnilt up mainly ■cticn and guidance. I Bm Bat assuming too much in the eight years of Iy the department has b Kl growing in favor with that my earnest efforts Iciively I and actively use Igislatnre even now bearing rruit. was in session marge in 1890, and I im losted and urged the al ol I system by which oil-in I receiving such exhorbi [act Iper month allowing out them of inspec- to re land requiring them to Iy til returns to the state sums in excess of I was approved Dec. I since then by this in POO from oil and $125,000 Is have been saved to the bd in the treasury. br, 1891, following the j retrenchment, 12 guano inspectors the fixed $125.00 were \ to $83.33 per M7 four of these were kept pole piths. year, Here the others from |ral thousand was another l dollars. The were also reduced by tho [clerk $1,800.00 annually, 1 the office duties have Ised until they have been fbled and trebled, the work fried on by the original rks, with a slight increase »u4inistration the whole ■izer^ 1 he inspection old plan has been leaving was in wn the factories. |. T 1C P is now the law, ■tuixy ,, planned to give Poth buyer full and seller. It I the inspecting shall bp fr points the fertilizer is shipped and pnt upon the fcrate packages. The pro P wil are such as to place I pipeT”ision Y a A to fhe judicious of her immense f I ;, force J in law, other as compared P is evidenced by states, is the fact P oave come on this epartment from differ her Sister states. has been ! fe eaDi^f^ te laboratory from \ Art? ^mg ■’ V/hore every the brand impor- I e 13 c amed put tY £tS , ;; msl0n . and on ins under [®mfe S xoner of , agriculture, Pec- , j the aed adv antages and I , Ch emist in ! s yST worWK- h i Ch , - has ihefeased 8 1 m blebfo thc°m medmmof has commn- “ade 1 „ ph atlor to the i Put K, tho e * tat t farm- '■ » « the sebstitn in rj’ f ° rni shed to the | h&sSsSZ SiS-S: ■ HALE’S BANNER-WEEKLY. VOL. XXIII. Furniture and Stoves. By the time you read this we will have received a half car load of stoves, which we will get car rates on and will give the freight benefit to our customers. These stoves are the New Enterprise, Art Enterprise and Black Oaks, which we have been selling for many years and we have never sold a one that did not give perfect satisfac tion. Ask your neighbor who has one, how he likes it. IN FURNITURE We Can please you both in quality and price. We can save you from ONE to TEN DOLLARS on eirery suite you buy of us, from Atlanta To The Ladies: We invite your special attention to our large assortment of Granite cooking utensils, on which wo have built such a high reputatien by sell, ingthe genuine granite ware. NOTICE: • y—i every something new and it WILL be the means of saving you money when you wish to purchase anything i m our line. Johnson £ Goode. # SCHOOL. BOOKS. < WE ARE HEAD-QUARTERS ! All Kinds of School Books, Copy Books, Writing Papers and Pads, Pencils,^ens, Inks, Slates, and Other School Supplies LIST PRICES ! TME GAILEY DRUG CO CONYERS, GA., SEPTEMBER. 2, 1898, NO. 31. connected wun uie iarm, tne garden, the daily, the orchard and kindred sub¬ jects, carefully arranged as to time and season of the year, are published in the weekly papers of the state. These go to the remotest sections each month and thousands of farmers, who are practi¬ cally cut off from fhe usual sources of information, are thus reached and placed in touch with the busy world and kept informed on many subjects most valua¬ ble iu the conduct of their farm, opera¬ tions. Besides these publications the de¬ partment has issued a handsomely illus¬ trated manual entitled “Georgia, a Fair Field For Homeseekers and In¬ vestors,’’ and in addition to this an¬ other larger volume has-i been prepared and issued entitled “Georgia, Her Re¬ sources and Possibilities.” The latter volume was intended as a sequel to “The Commonwealth of Georgia,” and not only points out the various advances made in the economic industries of the state, but shows by an exhibit of the resources of every county through¬ out her length and breadth what her boundless possibilities are. Both of these volumes have been widely circulated and widely read, and I be¬ lieve have been largely instrumental in j advertising which the enormous advantages our state offers to those seeking homes in a healthy section, where tHse laws are rigidly enforced, and where tho faithful laborer will iu due time reap the rewards of faithful work. To my record in the agricultural de¬ partment I can refer with a feeling of just pride. The department has been elevated to a high plane of usefulness, and the farmers throughout the stato are beginning to realize its importanco and close relatiou which it bears to every line of their business. The oppo¬ sition among them to the department, once so pronounced, has subsided, nnd it is with gratitude that I poiut to the fact, that my staunchest supporters have oorne from the ranks of the farm¬ ers, those who onoe so bitterly opposed it. I trust that the farmers will extend to my successor the same cordial sup¬ port that that they have given to me aud ho will rise to the full measure of the vast work yet to be accomplished through tho Georgia department of ag¬ riculture. It is the farmers who keep the life blood of our oountry in fresh, healthy condition. Tho business of farming feeds tho whole people. It is tho basis of the prosperity of oui; transportation lines iu railroads and ships, as well as of all the money transactions of tho oountry. It nays its own taxes and muoli besides that should bo paid by tho monied powers of the oountry. It sends the life blood coursing through the ar teries of trade and commerce. and’ It, lies at tho foundation of tho moral po¬ litical power of tho nation. Without its sturdy support all that is beautiful iu literature and art, and even in sci¬ ence, would languish and die. Statis¬ tics show that but for the infusion of fresh blood from the country into city 1 families the latter would die out in threo 1 Ul/tfn- P«a vow* nation is measured by the condition of its agriculture. Granting this to bo true, how all important that every means, agricultural stations, farmers’ departments, institutes, ex¬ agricultural periment and mechanical collegos, agricultural societies, farmers’ clubs, county and state fairs, in other words every educational c-ngino should be used to elevate and broaden our agricultural interests. I believe that Georgia agricult¬ is on the threshold of a wonderful ural era. May her people, from tho governor down to the humblest citizen within her borders, work harmoniously and together to-woura tho advantages which will accrue to each and ovary ono of them, when Georgia becomes tv self sustaining state, baying largely, per haps, bud selling NESBITT, more. Commissioner. It. T. The Peach Crop—Cunning Factories. Question.—C an you give me some idea of tho size of this year’s peach crop and its value to the growers? I mean its not value. Answer.—W e can only approximate the size of the crop, and the returns arc not yet reported can only form, a partially correct idea of ita value. Be¬ sides the large amount sold at home, and the thousands of bushels wasted from inadequate shipping facilities, and the long continued rains, there were shipped from Georgia 2,200 carioads of peaches. As each car contains 600 crates of 3 pecks each, this represents 450 bushels to the car, in round num¬ bers 990,000 bushels in all. It is gen¬ erally agreed that at least one-third of the fruit was wasted. The demand for crates was much larger than tho sup¬ ply. The peach crop matures and is marketed in a very limited time, and the delay in securing crates caused a heavy loss of the most saleable peaches, while thousands of bushed, of secSlid; quality, were either fed to the pf£s suffered to canning rot on^thq uic’tories ground. Had there been evap-' orators conveniently located much of this loss could have been prevented, and instead of paying larger sums tli3 i coming season for canned and evapo¬ 1 rated peaches shipped the into home the demand, state from outside sources, I always a steady one, could have been : supplied by people. Oanaing our own I factories can be so quickly erected that even after tho rop has become set, and i a rendered fair estimase of its anqoput workers is thus i possible, enterprising for' tna 7 get everything in readiness " the SBr P lns frn ifc > should tho . . promise of the crop ' no 0UC * a Y Under the conditions surrounding being peach production, Georgia tho * and shipper in the largest producer will certainly to “gather Union, it that nothing pay be lost. 19 up the fragments, the future adequate We trust that in arrangements will be made to utilize as nearly as possible every bushel of Geor¬ gia’s truly wonderful peach crop.—Stato Agricultural Department.
