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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1898)
from last week. Lgar [c&n Beets. beets ho grown L sugy and can the Georgia, faotured in a be » aOU est.* i oriST*» ,h<i depart ' no0I ZtTJ to grown J - - has shown that the sugar i S highest development m latitudes. So far as .,t e high ton of bests whh ^ ned, it is fouljd that l S ^in i “ish’ed far to localities the south, are E such and P less rich in sugar f ’ the manufacture of r farther north ose grown however, that .membered, and south do not QS north parallels of lati absolute isotbfcrxnfl*- lines, tther to obliquely to my cases run [of latitude, and m some them almost at right angles, if many years of careful ex L n it may be said that as irature alone is concerned et attains its greatest per- 3 zone of varying width, _ center the — - [neof 70 degrees Fahrem- _ . months of June, July and Igricultural correct department in the above at ■ Kmd is the they doubtless are, iare debarred from growing Ket Ky profitably, as spoken the south- of of the belt as ■ their cultivation, passes ■ central part east and west ■ania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, ■ebraska, and thence dips al | Eae Dt h authority, to the boundary however, of Mex- says: | doubtless many localities Bide of this belt, both ■south, in which the sugar I be found to thrive; will be due to some I I qualities of the climate not to any favorable influ Igker or lower the temperature.” beet ■on is that sugar I Ire suitable soil, temperature in the valleys of our north is and on the plateaus of our Kanges, IThe but of not growing elsewhere in larionsly cost sugar estimated at from 10.00 per acre, and the value of I from $40.00 to $70.00 pel Bing lie to yield and percentage matter in the beets. Ir Ired part of your question is by the Washington de¬ ls follows: bunt [and of the elaborateness of [which the costly nature of the jugar, is necessary to pro lieved even in a small way, that it could be profifc lin [r the way indicated. The [beet has no knowledge of any sugar factory of this fere |e is no country producing to quantity of beet sugar in land apparatus casting only a dollars has any ■ appre pence on the output of sugar, p been cited as an exception to but the average annual outpui ftory there is in round numbers cunds, representing an aver option of 25,000 tons of beets, not be right to encourage the cru rti far which they can dispose of iral factory for refining pur st of a firstclass beet sugar 'ith a capacity of not less than f beets per dav, will be from P $250,uOO. In 1896 and 1897 ‘ s production of cane sugar - to 2,747,500 tons, while of r the output was 4,960,000 tons. !ar the beet sugar made in the ates amounted to 40,000 tons, gricultnral Department. Season to Cut Timber. A'.—When is the best season ^to to cut be timber various for durability? M opinions on - 0n are entirely correct in Pent that there are various °a this subject, and even in 0 education and enlighten n ma y be found who will con cnt °* date almanac to find : r e and the signs are e*e they will cut timber of any “ or for any Of guides purpose. — are worthless and 't'n^ e ? aan ^ s P as t supersti- HALE’S BAMER-WEEKLY. VOL. XXIII. CHAIRS AND ROCKERS. A large shipment of all kinds of chairs just unpacked, We can suit you in a chair for the baby, the little girl, the young lady, the middle age and old lady. Prices the lowest. SPECIAL. For this and next week we wil* sellom 3 piece Toilet Sets at 98 cents. Regular price $1.25. These sets are heavy material and beautifully decobated. Come quick before they are all gone. NEXT. 10 piece decorated wash stand sets for $2.90, this price only for one week. These sets are of the latest designs and cannot be duplicated in Atlanta for less than $3.50. Re¬ member we handle a Irgh grade of crockery. AGAIN. 40 cents per set ftw the extra heavy Hotel goblet Regu¬ lar price 50 cents. 18 cents for a half gallon glass pitcher.. All glass ware cheap to make room for a large lot to be re¬ ceived in a few days. Come to see us. Johnson & Goode. SALE. A fine farm In a good settlement. Sale 1st Tuesday In November 1898. M t t s< S^?lf|P||BSfa|i I®§u ^ 2 . =i rs as B.|og g 0 grtgP' I s. I % 8 Hl S.O g f S-S'u■ ? ® Js.lfS-Egs »f s § •si'll| ^ SLAB'S o»ps s 8 ter 1 ® ® I? § 5 § effj-o 8 3 ? ■IIS ®I*a m © a m I . m m « mi m ml- im m m p m 0 © (D 0 w 0 0 r 0 0 n n W CONYERS, GA., SEPTEMBER. 9, 1898. NO. 35. ween tne sap is nen in sugar, tneier mentative process changes the sugar into an acid, which is the very first stage of decay, and thus eaily started, can it be wondered at that posts and crossties do not last as long as they would if cut when these conditions could not possi¬ bly exist. In 1860 in Virginia a fence was set with posts split from an oak cut when the leaves were of full size and vigor. Twenty-two years after¬ wards these posts were taken up and re¬ set elsewhere and most of them are doing duty yet after being used more than 30 years. Had these posts been cut in March or April they would not have lasted over ten years at the utmost. Away back in the time of Ju¬ lius Caesar u was found that ships were not durable when built of timber from trees that had been cut down in the spring. And the Roman architect, Vi trnrius, he.d that “trees should never be felled an ihe spring.” While at that time the want of durability in spring felled timber was attributed to wrong causes, stiii the effect was well known, and the people were notified of it. Now 7 as regards cutting timber to be used as fuel, doubtless the winter is the best time ore that purpose, for as an eminent writer on tlio subject says “any given number of sticks of winter^ cord wood that have been cut in the would naturally weigh more and con¬ tain more combustible beat producing matter than the same number and kinds of sticks cut in the summer, alter the starch, oto., had passed out from them.” Another valuable point is that trees cut in the late summer will send up but few shoots and sprouts as compared with those cut from December to March., This is important to those who wish to destroy auy particular kind of tree, or to clear land. To sum up: 1. Timber for posts, rails, building purposes, etc., should be cut in the late summer aud early fall. 2. For fuel cut in midwinter, and up to the putting ont of leaves in the spring. Where wish shoots 3. you to prevent and sprouts cut in midsummer.—State Agricnltu.-al Department. Tho Uour’i Head. Aside i rom its religious observance and sigijiihation Christmas has always been a time of feasting and jollification. This temperament has descended to ns from the days of the old Germanic and Scandinavian nations, when the time was set aside, for rejoicing and pleasure prior to the Christian era, but even as late as the seventeenth century in Eng¬ land and throughout continental Europo the delights of the table were para¬ mount. With our forefathers a soused boar’s head was borne to the principal table in the ball with great state and solemnity as the first dish on Christmas day. In the book of “ Cliristinasse Car¬ dies, ” printed by Wynkyn do Wordo in 152 i, are the words sung at this aus¬ picious moment: The boro’s head in hando bring 1 With garlandes gay and rosemary. I pray you all syngo inerrely— Qui ostia in convivio. The bore’s head 1 understand© Is the chefe servyee in tiiis lando, * Loke wherever it bo fando. Servite cum cantlco. Chaucer alludes to this custom in the following passage of tlio “Fraddein’s Tale:” James sitteth by the fire with double herd, And he drinket h of Ilia bugle home the wine. Before him standeth the branne of the tusked swine___ The Swedish mountain Gelivara is estimated to contain about 300,000,000 tons of iron. The standard hoight in the British R f/’ MWWfiUP. 1891. The costliest fin hat of the ot ter. A single skin of anim ft 1 1 i w ,^ fetch as much as $1,000. The first permanent military force in England was the king’s guard of yeo men, established in 1480. The necessary expenses of a Japanese student at the University of Tokyo are estimated at from $7 to $12 a month. Washing is done in Japan by getting into a boat and letting the garments to be washed drag after the boat by a long string. Indian wrestlers and athletes train on a diet consisting chiefly of milk, with a little goat’s flesh and plenty of farinaceous food. A horse can live 2§ days without food, merely drinking water, 17 days without either eating or drinking and only 5 days when eating solid food with* ont drinking. In the British museum there aro books written on bricks, oyster shells, bones and flat stones, and manuscripts on bark, ivory, leather, lead, iron, con- At. the close of last; century there were supposed to #33 be llgggfioo ‘abogig— ivea than in 100,000, Anna”! {hm are new In”? and a ’Oflg .2336 cannibaisg. , There is perhapa no more humane na: tion in the world than the Japanese, who have recently erected a monument in memory of the horses that fell in their war with China. ' Padlocks are being manufactured with an auxiliary chamber, which car ries an explosive to be fired by a ham mer inside the lock and give an than when the lock is tampered with. Scarpology is the art of reading char m: from‘ the shoe Iolel. According to I Swiss physician uymmetrbully wan, heel and sole inflate an energetic; W111. mum ohm. ‘ - Jerusalem M has n Dominion of
