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COMMISSIONER
NESBITT’S TALK.
«• Regular Monthly Letter to
the Farmers of Georgia.
THE CORN PLANTING SEASON.
No Poorer Fayl*ȣ Crop Thao Cotton for
ili« Farmer*—Cost of Ksiaing wheat
and Corn on One Acre of L •*»«!— F*7
an Tou Ho —A Few flint* on Uoiiij Mix¬
ing of Fertiliser*, Ktc.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Maroh 1, 1895.
As _ I glance , toward , the , outside world, ,,
, far as the eye can reach, I see noth
lg but bare brown trees, with here and
Here a green pine, and snow every .
.vhore—stretching liko a thick whits
mantle ovor the fields, piled up in high
drifts against the buildings and fences,
ompletely hiding the face of Mother
■Garth, and inflicting ranch suffering on
man and beast. As I turn from the
contemplation * of this most unusual
•jpnthern . I T realize ,, that . before , .
scene,
tjiis heavy layer of snow cap melt and
the land be ready for the plow, another
week must pass, which will leave only
a few more days in February in which
to complete the preparations for the
usual March plantings. As on many
farms the first furrow has yet to be run
^or tho necessarily, crops of 1896, be much those plantings delayed,
nnst,
This is is not altogether due *0 the uu
tavorable weather, for sine * Christmas,
there have been several days when
plowing could have bee.: done with
both dispatch and profit. But the ma
jority of farmers have fallen iutc the
habit of allowing thb first part oi Jan
4 m-v to slip by before any decided start
is made on the year's work—one throughout r-ason the
perhaps being that
fiouth farm labor is more or less tremor
alized after the Christmas holidays.
Since the rains set in, about tire min
die of Jauuary, we have had ai- unin¬
terrupted succession of snows, rains,
t.loets and freezes, finally culminating
in the almost uprecedented colri during
1 he first of February.
Where the laud was properly plowed
inring the fall or early in January, the
xtr 9 me cold, preceding the heavy fall
if snow, will put it in splendid coudi
ion, disintegrating and breaking up
he particles of soil and thus increasing
heir power both of absorbing and re-
1 aining moisture. Old farmers predict
phenomenal crop year. Anjid the
general gloom this iR cheering; indeed,
1 here is some comfort to be extracted
ven from present hard conditions. In
Edition to the benefit to Mm land, the
reeze was the death blow to many
roublesomo and destructive insects.
rmt trees were not sufficiently ad
unced to be injured, and the check
f hlnrid?™ wilMhe
bnndaut fruit crop. Tho intense cold
unniiiK ■ “ppv boJow i?r«“‘ z^ro, 5 U (1 furthbr south
' M?v?d C t™ds y of'bisect ^s'
,oth so destructive to the interest? of
i-uit growers While only this latter
ass can lay claim to all these advan
ages, the average farmer can appro
.riate his share, and though hhrraesed
’ y low priced cotton, delayed work and
■ eneral uncertainty and indecision,
jeod not despair. Let him gird him
self for the coming contest; let him ;
>ok ahead, and with clear brain and
uerring judgment, lay his plans for
. stored success.
In e recent report ol' the soate com
i.ijttee on analytical and applieu chem
i try in Virginia, occurs the following,
• hioh coincides so exactly with the
- ws we have always expressed, promulgated,
1 id it is so forcibly that we
t* ould like to quote at length, but have
< lly room for some of the leading feat
t res^
“When we consider the fact that the
Market value of our lauds and all the
products of agriculture the have materially
ceclined during past few years;
trmt the average decline in the prices
*,f our staple crops, to whioh fertilizers
gro applied, amounts questionable to fully 60 per
f»ntt and that it is wheth
«r any crop can be grown at a profit
*Oder existing conditions, is it remark
gble that our farmers are at their wits’
iojnlant, Ua4 *0 know how to proceed, amt what
if by chanoe they May make
kc*n ends meet?
la support of this position, p rm
Jie to quote from the statistician c.
fcgrkmltural O., March, department, 1893. At that Washington, date
p. wheat
y*s selling at 57 cents To and oorn at 86
Cents In Chisago. ascertain what
fibe f*”inera broadcast. were doing, Replies he sent out
Circular* *5,000 practical were re¬
paired of from wheat, 38,000 farmers, in in
#*ge ana revised case of
pom- These were and correct
fd by 4,000 replies from experts—1. e .,
graduates at colleges, etc., engaged in
farming, with the following
RB 8 U 1 .T:
Oort of raising an acre of wheat.... .*11.69
of raisin* an of com....... 11 73
. .
l^rhfcrre Thytatistician's and°corn K report- acrTonThe^hfrm for Deoem
Sr«t per
For wheat, $6.16; for corn, #8.31:
JTvwry %-Weh shows a virtual loss of $2.05 on
fa.W aore cultivated in wheat, and
per acre of oorn, iu 1895, leaving
vt* the straw, chaff and stalks.
SHell we draw what consolation we
gteu ftom. this unprofitable the condition of
t-uficultnre ■Threw in country 5 at large, and
np tho sponge ?’ Or shall we
taidTuas ourselves gravely to the sitoa
men and sco what can be done te ame -
|-<*at< this condition of things ?
Ftp To committee meet this discouraging situation.
recommends that:
1 . In the opinion of your committee,
Vie *xpeniiture of #4,500,000 for arti
trial fertilizers, is by tho farmers of this
jrsfe, firing conditions. unwise and improper We are forced underex
ie Conclusion to
r_ because we believe that
t Uy one-half of this outlay is a total
* **'
2 Tba second question is: Can this
w jtJBditnre 1 *™ «> anything to diminish this ex
of #4.500,000 for fertilizers
t St t!l9 sa “® time increase the
|.voLt*ot e , agriculture without injury
aeher to
f ay interest? W# think it can,
But It involves a totnl change of sys¬
tem. We believe that fully one-half of
this large auiu can be saved to the farm¬
ers of th's state, thaF the fertility of
their lands can be augmented at the
same time and the balance changed
from tho debit to the credit side of the
ledger. tSSZfigZSgf&gZXi
to stop this nnwise and reckless expen¬
diture, curtail the amount to be spent
this year to $ 2 , 000 , 000 , as follows:
1. Pay cash for everything. cultivated
2. Reduce the acreage to be
In “money crops” to one-half.
:s. Co-operate buying and mixing of
fertilizer ingredients. grinding of bones.
4. Collecting and
6 . The increased nse of lime.
6 . Manufacture your own nitrogen at
h 7Vr.
„„u«o» „ >«. —»
nuros. of
The first item Is ths most difficult'
occomp;if , hm9nt an ,i w hiks John Ran
, philoso
dolph may have discovered the
pher’s stone to be “pay themselves as you it
only those can avail with which or to
who have something in
pay. Take the matter of oats for
stance, many farmers have mot with a
heavy loss in the destruction of both
w ” hont means to'agaT’buy indeed fallen seed.
such the “lines have this
in hard places,” and in cases like
we would advise that the land be
planted in eatiy maturing com ana
f orage cropg> mi]let> fl 0 rghum, peas, the all
0 f which will help to tide over
difficulty, and if the millet is manured
highly and forced forward, it will or
course be ready to cut much earlier,
The second, with our preconceived hard under
ideas of fanning, will bo a
taking, but a strict adherence to its
recommendations would do much to set
us on oar feet again. repeatedly urged
The third, we have
as offering tho best solution of the ter
tilteer question.
The fourth, if earned out, would re
dnee the cost of this valuable fertilizer
at least oO per cant,
The fl’th but follows in the lead of
that eminent scientist, George Ville,
who classes lime along with nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash in forming
a complete fertilizer. Where lime is
deficient in the soil it is very import
aut that It be supplied. fact that in
The sixth refers to the
leguminous plants the farmer has a
certain and comparatively cheap meth
od of supply iug not only the most ex
pensive element of nitrogen, bnt potash
; and phosphorio aoid also, for he ean re¬
move the top crop and still leave in the
roots and stubble a largo amount of fer
tilizing material.
The seventh sounds the keynote of
all successful farming. As is briefly
said, home manure performs on the
farm, the same office that money does
In oommerco, it develops, utilizes and
brings into healthy aotion all the dor
nmnt resources of the soil,
typographical errors in last report
Th la lagt two mont serioug h'» typographical In the
report {, how much
nn3wer to the iuquiry M t
° ( n j tro "f g on e’ phosphorio aoid and with potash
hat a V r age of 00rn draws
from tho soil HhoQld read about Sl-7-7
j;
» «. _._|j l. i i i t*?
°f potential ammonia (not 7
,} s ca P* We of J^ing that
amou
Irish potatoes and starch factories.
There appears In this issue two arti
cles that were crowded ont of onr last
report. One, a reply to an and Inquiry as
to the preparation, both planting the spring saving and
of Irish potatoes,
fall crops; factories and the other on establishing
starch in the sonth. The snb
Jects are allied and pertinent The to southern
industrial development. ootton
factories for the manufacture of a finer
grade of goods are in a measure depeu
dent on staroh factories, and these three
industries are more intimately connect
od than a careless glauoe would reveal.
Tho cotton faotories will need the
staroh, the staroh faotories will need
the potatoes, and if our farmers can
learn to produce at remunerative fig
urea the proper kind of potato, whioh
suitability depends more on quality
than ou size, we have another money
crop to whioh our olimate is peculiarly
suited. Elsewhere I give Jeff Wilborn’s
plau for raising three crops, two of
Irish potatoes, one of peas, on the same
land, and also an article from Dr.
Payne on starch.
I have had several letters from parties
anxious to establish these starch faoto
ties. They are bound to come when
the cotton factories do, and before an
other twelvemonth there will be a de
njand for the manufacturing material.
The question is, will our farmers in
f or m themselves on this business and
manage It in such a way as to clear
money on it? The truth is that at 1
present prices
NO FOORER PAYING CROP THAN COTTON
can be found, and the farmer who
trusts to a large crop to meet the press¬
ing needs of nis situation is risking
bankruptcy. The present month must
decide this momentous question. Be¬
fore another monthly report is issued
from this office the decision as ‘to the
RBDOCTION THB corro * *««ag«
throughout , the state will have to b«
j^ly fannehedonthe sea’tJ’futnrUy'
1 <*o not assume to dictate as to how
“ lt ? no r a ^ l e eac waat > “f® 1 have sha11 so P often la , nt - 1 repeated, onl T re
whioh . , ample home supplies
is, aeoure
Planting a full provision crop, mak
dae allowanoe for unfavorable sev
, ! ,ons a P d P erfe °t arrangements far
’ aa
: *® P 0 ***"* 0 *° raise
HOGS.
Regard this with as mnch careful
thought, akill and and plan for it with bestowed as much
1 judgment as is
I other farm on
: operations. Provide a sue
cession of crops for them. Do not
trust their development to a few nub
bins thrown hastily into their filthy
feeding quarters, and then leave them
to slake their thirst at the first stag
nant pool. See that they are provided
with clean, comfortable quarters, that
they have pure water to drink. The
hog is naturally a healthy animal, and
ft is much easier to prevent the few
! malignant diseases to which he is sub
i ! ject, they than to stamp out the germs, once
obtain lodgment.
In the inquiry column will be found
j a remedy by friend for choiera, which was sent
u» a with the urgent request
.a
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The Old Friend
And the best ST-“B friend, that never
Ster
you hear at the mention of tbs
excellent Liver medicine, and
people should not be persuaded
that anything else will do.
It is the King of Liver Medi¬
cines; is better than pills, and
takes the place of Quinine and
Liver, Calomel. Kidneys It acts and directly Bowels on and the
gives new life to tho whole sys¬
tem. This i3 the medicine you
want. Sold by all Druggists in
Liquid, oriu Powder to be taken
dry or made into a tea.
Hai e-EVBRT PACKAGE'S*
the Z Stamp h in red on wrapper#
J. H. ZEID1N CO.. PhHadflrhte. Pi*.
that we have it published. We also
five the remedy published by the
United States department of agri¬
culture. We as yet have had no means
of testing the efficiency of either one,
bnt would like to hear from any and
*11 who should have occasion to use
them. If their olaims are sustained
and we can thus be seenred against the
fearful ravages of this disease, the
meat question is settled In onr favor for
*11 time to come.
sweet potatoes
Will soon require bedding. For par¬
ticulars as to selection, bedding, culti¬
vation, preserving, eto., I refer to a
most full and explicit bulletin recently
published by the Georgia experiment
station. Every farmer who expects bulle¬ to
raise potatoes should possess this
tin, number 25, which can be had by
sending application with your address
to Director Redding, Experiment, all
Spalding county, Ga. In planting
Orops be careful to
SELECT GOOD SEED.
In corn, this should be done before
the crop is gathered, taking from the
finest stalks the best matured ear 3 , and
•re planting, reseleoting the best devel¬
oped ears from the pile. In another
oolnmn full formulas are given for fer¬
tilizers for differont orops.
Law IN REGARD TO SELLING FORMULA*.
I must call attention to the fact that
no formula for makiug fertilizers can
be sold in this state, unless first sub¬
mitted to the department for examina¬
tion. Violation of this law subj eota
the party to punishment for misde¬
meanor, under a section of the code Of
Georgia. •hch We will reported esteem it to * this favor de- ^f
oases are
partmeut.
R. T. Xesbitt.
CITY DIRECTORY.
Mayor, A. (J. MeCalla.
Mayor Pro tena, J. B, Irwin.
Clerk, George P. Til ey.
Treasurer, J. C. Stephenson, M.
Chief Police, W. H. Austin.
Marshal, E A- Haper.
Street Overseer, W. B. Smith.
COUNC ILMEN.
J P. Tilley, II C. Summers, J
Rliwin, J W. Jones, L. J. Al
mand, J S. Johnson.
STANDING COMMITTEES:
Street: L. J. Almand, J. R. Irwin
Finance: J. P. Tilley, J W. Jone
Sanitary: J. S Johnson, M- C
Summers.
School: J. R. Irwin, L. J. Almand
Charter etc : J. W. Jones, J. R.
Irwin.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Dr J A. Guinn, J. P. Tilly, J.
S. Johnson.
County Directory.
Ordinary, O. Seamams.
t le.k, W. T. Huson.
Sheriff, W. H. M. Austin.
Tre surer, Jobu E VVhiti.ker
Ta t Collector, E. F. Cook,
Tax Receiver, R. L. Hudson,
Surveyor, R- A. Guinn.
Co .'oner, L. T. Farrill.
Ordiuaries Court first Monday in
each month.
Superior Courts first and second
Mondays in April and October.
JUSTICE COURTS.
Town, 4th Monday, each month
Sheffield, 1st Saturday each month
Honey Creek, 2nd Saturday, each
month.
Aorr&ine. 3rd Sai*rfi*y, each
month.
Church Directory
Primitive BkptI8t: J. F. Almand,
pas„o. Preaching second Saturday
and Sunday.
Baptist: B. D. Ragsdale, pastor.
Pi eao’nng 1st and 3rd S a turd a vs
and Sundays. Saturday before the
1st Sunday conference day. Sunday
School 9:15 a. m. D. M. Almand,
SupL
Methodist: Dr. J. W. Quillian,
pastor. Preaching every Sunday.
Sunday School 9:45 am. B. Y
McCord, Supt.
Prsbyterian: Dr. Henry Quigg,
pastor. Preacbiug 2ud and 4tb
Sundays. Srnuav School 9:30 a. m.
T. D. O’Ke’ley, Supt.
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ty
In Queen Mary’s Reign
There were troublous times in old
England and brave knights had
many perilous adventures. A par*
ticularly interesting romance of
that period is entertainingly told in
The Story of
Francis (Me
By STANLEY J. WEYMAN
Author of “A Gentleman of France,"
“The Man in Black," “The House
of the Wolf," and other his¬
torical novels that have
given him world
wide fame.
READ IT IN THIS PAPER
HOG CHOLERA.
Prescription and Directions for a Success¬
ful Treatment of the Disease.
Dr. T. J. Dodge of Hamilton, Illinois,
writes as follows to the Iowa Home¬
stead on the subject of hog cholera:
“As the price of Hogs is sufficiently
high to pay the farmer to use every
means of protecting them from the
ravages of the cholera, I deem it my
duty to give to the public, free, my re¬
cipe for the cure of what is termed hog
cholera. I have used this remedy for
85 years, and raised hogs on my ranch
in Nebraska and never lost a hog.
I have experimented by placing one
well hog with a lot of sick ones, and
keeping it well by the use of this reme¬
dy. You will confer a great favor upon
the farmers of our oountry by publish¬
ing this reolpe in full. I am now en¬
gage! in other bnsiness, and have been
for 16 years, and am willing to let oth¬
ers prosper by the long years of experi¬
ence of mine with a remedy I discover¬
ed myself for the oure of this dreaded
disease.
The prescription and directions are
ae follows:
Arsenic, one-half pound; cape aloes,
one-half pound; blue vitriol, one-fourth
if a pound; blaok antimony, oneonnoe.
Grind and mix well the remedy before
using.
The following are the directions for
using:
1. Sick hogs in all cases to be separa¬
ted from the well ones, and placed in
dry pens with only five large hogs or
eight in each pen.
2. Feed nothing but dry food, but no
water only the slop containing the rem¬
edy until cured.
8 . When hogs refuse to eat turn them
on their backs, and then with a long
handled spoon put the dry medicine
down their throats.
4 . Dose for large hogs: One teaspoon¬
ful three time a day for three days;
then miss one day and repeat amount
until cured. Shoats or pigs one-hail
the amount.
5. As a preventative, one teaspoonful
once a week will keep your hogs in a
healthy condition to take on fat. loan
place one well hog in a pen with 100
sick ones, and with this remedy keep
him well.
6 . Let no other stock but hogs hare
access to this remedy, as it is to them a
deadly poison.
Dr. Dodge adds that for many yean
he sold his recipe for $5, and treated of
hogs at the rate of #1 per head, paying
the owner 10 cents a pound for all that
died after treatment began.
W. S3 L. SHOE Douglas
13 THE BIST.
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Over One Minioaftsoirfemertte
w. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
All our shoes are equally satisfactory
ss&tfs&s Their dualities ss \° a T nnsnrpaised. £iv B v$i.
wearing uniform,—stamped ar» tot
The prices are en
Prom Si to $3 eered over other make*.
If your dealer cannot iupplyy<m we can. Sold by
An agent wanted. As soon as one is
ecured the name will appear here.
g^r GROW MS IRON BITTERS
Cures Indigestion, Biliousness, Prspepeia. Mala,
ria, Nervousness, and General lability- Physi¬
cians recommend it. All dealers sell it Genuine
has trade mark and crewed red lines oawrappoa
ICTOfl ilCYCLES; Si
Us
1MIGHEST IK1 GRADE
ONESTLY MADE
For beauty, strength, lightness, durability and easy
running qualities, no other bicycle can equal the Victor.
Buy a Victor and know you have the best.
OVERMAN WHEEL CO.
Makers of Victor Bicycles and Athletic Goods.
BOSTON. NEW YORK. CHICAGO.
DETROIT. DENVER.
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\ —AT—
\ v: CgEAP I PRICES.
A \ For the year 1395 we will be better equip¬
\ ped to do Job Work of every description
than ever before, and we are going to make
\ prices to suit the times. If you want
\ LETTER HEAS,
NOTE HEADS,
l BILL HEADS, STATEMENTS,
\ ENVELOPES.
\ Or any other kind of Commer or Legal
Printing, Book or Pamphlet, send us your
order. Remembeor ourprices will be the
Very Lowest. Respectfully,
Conyers Weekly.
Conyers, Ga., Mch. 15th. 1895.
i
TAKE YOUR CHOICE
ait Join. I Breen Foil
Thi goods the Club bought last year and guarantees to be the 8 ftl
analysis. Either one of these goods may be had for 340 lbs. of middiinf
cotton from car or 345 lbs from warehouse.
We have other standard brands of Guano, hLh grade Acids aci
Cotton Seed Meal for sale also.
We want your trade and will try to maxe it to your interest to se
as before you buy. Smith
A. J.
J.P. Tilley.
GUANO FOR COTTON
Thanking the people of Rockdale and adjoining council
for their patronage in the past I respectfully ask a liberal sh3,
of the same this season,
I represent the Geo. W, Scott Mfg. Co. Their celebiiate
Gossypium and “A. A.” Guanos and high grade Acids _ arc
well and favorably known to need any comment from me, 171
than to say they are of the
Highest tirade Goods on He fiffl
will Soil for CASH COTTON and will meet compel 0
I or
in prices. fail before buy.
Don’t to see me you
Respectfully,
Conyers, Ga., Feb. 20,1895. J. A. LIFSEY.
TDM Jill Ht TIT
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Sells the foliowing Standard brands of Guano:
ETAW DISSOLJtJEDBONE^^
SOTTHERN AMMONIATED q%0
BREWSTERS COTTON GROWER, and others.
Also, High Grade Acids and Cotton Seed Meal. ^ e s£li
Cotton or Money
It will pay ' ou - to «•
As cheap as first class goods <an besold.
before you buy. TUCKER & McELVAJig*