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COMMONER
NESBITT’S TALK.
His Regular Monthly Letter to
the Farmers of Georgia.
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Dkpartmknt of Aonicrn-rratt,
Atlanta, April 1, 1895. j
At this writing, March 20, the pros :
poet for _ the . preparation and planting , .
of the crop of J8S5 seems most dis
iX)ura^inp. The few bright davs #nr- i
lM ,h.r.r„ »..h k .„
b«»en succeeded by almost- unint-cr
ropted cain, and larawrg who Were
beginning to see light ab*ad are again j !
overtaken . , , by despondency . and , gloom. .
The cases are exceptional where any \ j
material progress has been made in |
farm work. Hut, with a few bright 1
days, hope, that blessed boon to strug
gling humanity, will spring into life |
ngain, and all through the state will be
hoard the cheerful luitn of busy prepa¬
ration, tho land will once more respond
to the Invigorating touch of the plow
and hoo and all nature will awake to
life nnder tho influouce of tho wurin
spring sunshine. Incredible as it may
seem, there have been spring seasons
just as disappointing as this, perhaps
move so. At any rate, bemoaning onr
sad condition will not mend matters. !
The only remedy is contained in the j
aphorism, winch applies‘with for*' to '
-
farm a* well as other matters. “Turn |
to the right—then go forward.” How
ever much wo may differ as regards 1
what is the “right,” each individual !
has, lotus hope,decided conscientiously, 1
and the probable it is useless effect now of to this speculate decision as to j
on
our future. Wo have chosen our path,
and front this time until our crops are
all gathered, we tun-;t go “iorward.”
Whether we have planted much cotton
or little the duty is the same. We
must steadily press on to tho oompie
ttou of the year's work.
It is now too lato to sow oats, which
fact falls with heavy force on the man
who is short of corn, and who lias been
prevented by all these drawbacks from llut
getting the other oat crop under maturing way.
there are early crops
which can, in a measure, he made to
do duty in this important matter of
stock feed,
Sorghum, millet, pkas, foiiaos corn
ntnl , other , forage , crops, if planted , ,
early, the ground being chorouguly
prepared and highly manured, m o’der
to increase the yield and hasteii inatu
rity, will be found a wonderful help in
the late soring and summer when toed
runs short.
On this si. iject top Lo«is!»na expe
rimtjut stat has fli* f°llewtn%:
Pearl, or : at tall uiiTlee, w it is
sometimes called, is used as a “soiling
tew rows pi anted in rich soil
will afford sufficient green food in tne
spring for several head of horses. It
throws rapidly after being cut and is
ono of fue best early green feeds of its
kind.
The uon-saocharino sorghums make
excellent forage, and may be used as
Soil crops or cured as lmy. The bush¬
els of grain they yield per acre make
them valuable adjuncts to tho grain
producing Jerusalem crops. has
corn large, compact,
drooping heads of white grain. The
stalk is low, stout and stocky, and not
so good os the four following.
Yellow and white millo maize grow
large anil tall, making large tonnage of
forage, large, straight heads of yellow
and white grain, yielding in favorable
years ineuy bushels per acre.
Large African millo millet is very milch
liko the white maize, except it
grows much larger both in stalk and
seed heads. It is equally as valuable
for forage and soiling*, possessing the
advantage over oil of greater tonnage,
olid moro bushels of grain per acre. It
will certainly produce more forage per
aore than any forage crop ever grown
at the station.
The Kaffir com is low growing, but
produces well many heads of of white forage. grain, The
as as a fair t-ounage
iceds are excellent poultry feed.
SL’EUrtS." 5
is a valuable forage and soiling crop,
andshould be more extensively planted,
French millet boars a long, drooping
head of red grain and bids lair to out- |
rival the German variety iu produc- \
tU)C
Soja beau is a leguminous plant, and ,
aside from its qualities as a forage
plant, like others of the leguraiuous
family, it renovates worn land. It re
soaibles the beati, grows treelike, ■
inohes 3 feet high, and bears a heavy 1
crop of short pods well filled with >
small, round, wluto berries, resembling
very much the sweet pea of the garden,
If cut just as the pods begin to ripen it
eures These readily into a good hay.
crops or whatever are neocssa
ty to supplement tho shortage in feed
stuffs, being arranged for, we must
turn our attention to the principal crops
of thefarm. Ferhaps wo have never had
more forcibly illustrated the impor
tanee of fall plowing thau is just now
being brought home to our understand -
Ing. The almost unprecedented cold,
the long all continued rains, the late sea
ton, combine to crowd into o»o
mouth the work of two or more, and
on the fall plowed lan>is, p.-irticularly
if subsoiled, even where it has been
packed found by lighter, the winter rains, the work
is more rapid and more
satisfactory than in the fields, which
have remained unplowed since the
wops were gathered, and which have
-»jcs?&wsrsiv«12: tiou of
our sucoess in farming, yet how
few farmers study it beyond the mere
breaking and bedding, absolutely nee
Pitting iorop d!S F^r
it&pcrtaat to plow aooa deeper than
for others, lmt on how many farms dn
wo see any variation iu too depth ot
plowing, all crop- bi-inj,- prepared plow for
alike, Au ignorant or mdiifereut ,
man ha* uo iu’ea ot tit- importance of
his work. Crooked or uneven furrows,
varying as to the* width and depth,
make the work har t o:t tlie man and j
hard on the male, while a failure to as- !
Certain on this point the requirements
of the different crop- to be planted of- 1
wdi^Tiu^ar’iuade^ate^c.r^ Good 1
plowing not only a; requires prac- ’
b«« observation well, the close
scrutiny, wuich will enable the farmer
to profit bv error as well as by success.
In thei ; eagerness to push on the
work, farmers oft-n under present- ur
gsut conditions, are tempted to plow
the land when too wet. No greater
mistake was ever ma le, for while some¬
thing may be gained in present speed, and
the-end is no amount of bother
% '" rrv - La,1,t " noe »”<> »•*
docs not . recover during that rfrop sea
g 0 n, and •i’fcen its disastrous effects ex*
tend into the following year. A mis*
take almost equal gravity is io allow
sk’ssrsjstjs stua* &
possible run a heavy harrow ov«r lhe
surface before it becomes too dry. This
W1 ‘* prevent the crust from forming,
prevents evaporation and keeps the
j. u „( j„ KO od condition until the regu*
i a r plow comeg along,
Another important point is to re
member that at this season it is of no
benefit to turn any quantity of the
subsoil to the surface, that should have
been done in the fall. It is too late
now for it to be acted upon by sun and
air and rain, that it may furnish addi¬
tional plant food for this year’s crop. of
For corn, plow deep, but instead
bringing the subsoil to the surface, use
a subsoil plow, or follow the ordinary
turning plow with a Jong scooter in
the same furrow, thus leaving the
subsoil broken, but in the bottom
of the furrow. This may seem slow
work when ono is pressed for time, but
thorough work iu preparation pays the
biggest returns. It. has been repeated
ly demonstrated that half the area,
with proper and careful attention to de¬
tails, yields a gr.-ater profit and with
less hard work, than twice the number
of acres poorly prepared, insufficiently carelessly
manured and hastily and
cultivated. With the low prices which
now prevail should for all varieties of farm
produce, wo direct our energies
more than over to increasing the yield
of each acre, for the cost of production
can be decreased more effectually in
tins than in other,
Let ns glance for a moment at some
of the advantages of this plan. First,
less horse power and consequently a
smaller plow and blacksmith bill. Sec
olid, the improvement to the land,
which instead of becoming poorer and
poorer each year, is steadily application building
up under the heavier of
manure and the more judicious man
ageinent. Again, a smaller outlay in
the matter of labor, just now a very
heavy and risky item, also, the ability
to select better laud and better labor,
having the privilege of choice. In the
substitution of manure and improved
machinery and dpue. implements for labor
niuohoau alsobe Iu other words,
the true policy on the ordinary farm
lands of Georgia is to select the best
fee concentrate on them the effort and
manure which w« have been in the
h»ki« of spreading over twice the area,
fnio time for planting all crops has
( ,f course greatly delayed, but af
( er our experience of last spring, we
should nor bo discouragod. In many
sections of the state tho corn is not vet
planted; in others, this work is finished
and the cotton laud uow claims atceu
tlou
SWEET POTATOES
should not be set out- too early, though
the slips mav be ready tho latter part
of this month. Ir is better to put out
the main crop in May and June. The
labor of cultivation is less, the yield is
equally as good, an l the tubers keep
bettor. XVo can hardly overestimate the
value of this crop, and even with the risk
from loss in keeping, Hogs we would advise a
heavy crop. w il gather r and fat
tcu on them, and there is nlrTi iing that
makes cheaper or s .veetor pork thuu
sweet potatoes.
Again, 1 would call attention to bul¬
letin No. 25, on “Sweet Potatoes,”
from the Georgia experiment station,
which eau b * secure l on application to
Director K. J. Bedding, .Experiment,
Ga.
HOGS.
Don’t forget the crops for tho hogs.
A pasture of Bermuda grass cannot be
excellod; thou tho sorghum, roasting
roasting ears, Spanish ground peas,
field peas, eto.
R T. Nesbitt, Com.
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farm models for ttik cotton states
and international exposition.
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< ' a attention to the t.dnablo object
lesson contained in the following, which
we hope thousands of farmers will
gtn( i r
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One ot the . most interesting and in
structive features of the government
display iu tho forestry building at the
^ tion tton will b? a set anu ot International t . throe ,. models, . exposi- the .
one to represent a 160-acre farm iu the
hill lands of the south, which bv bad
'
management, antl especially , by ini- .
proper cutting of the forest, has become
gullied, furrowed and silted over, such
u duo c , ' u S0(s „_ prv y /‘ . afe f
, t r ue next model wn: show how with ’.,
bush darns, with ditching, proper
drainage, with terracing, with sodding
,,,.i 1 / 1 ,,, ‘ lo , ^ , ground , may , be
covered, while ?’ the third model,
reseating tho same 160 acres, is to show
how, finally, the farm should look
n„ii, '' " lta ... t ., ie “ „ e ^ds , , and , meadows ,
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ani * forest growth properly disposed, in
good condition, the roads mimin'’ at
proper f. levels instead of up ! and down u<
th e fences - reduced , , to the ^ smallest , extent
practicable.
It is hoped that this object lesson will
cost of fbodk tion ok cotton.
I* »s a fact not generally realireu
that production and manufacture of
cotton more
0B<i more intelligence and energy tlAo
wy stlm known crop,
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The great Columbia plant is working for
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CITY DIRECTORY.
Mayor, A <McCalla.
M *yor Pro I cm, J. Jl Irwin.
Clerk, George P. Tilley.
Treasurer, J. Stephenson,
Chtel Police, IV. H. M. Au->tiu.
Marshsl, E. A. Hap*r. W, Smith.
Street Overseer, 11.
COUNT ILMEN.
J P Tilley, Jl. C. Summers, J. J
ft Twin, J. 'V. Jones, L Al
mand, J S. Johnson.
STANDING COMMITTEES:
Street: L. J. Almand, J. R. Irwin
Finance: J. P. Tilley, J \V- Jones
Sanitaiy : -J. S. Johnson, M. C.
Summers.
School: J- R- Irwin, L J. Almand
Charier oti\; J. W. Jones, J. R.
Irwin
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Dr J A. Guinn,* J. P. Tilly. J.
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County Directory.
Ordinary, O. Sea mams,
( b>rk \Y T. A - Huson ***<*•
L lrcnsurer, ‘ ’ / d< , , hu * I, \\ nithker. ,
Collector E. F. Cook,
Tax Receiver, It. L. Hudson,
Kmvevoi -nr-r'i R. A. Guinn.
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S i Jt j, lst Saturday each mouth
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D o. to Prcachirg setoud SitturdeV
PrcHf-hiug VBmrn* 1st E-K- and B.pa*v. dr 1 bxiurdays e..ior,
aud Suinb ys. Saturday bet* re the
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A Foolish Man.
•Tames Fitzpatrick was n very foolish
man. Moro than 40 years ago ho fell iu
lovo. The lady of his heart for some rea¬
son did not fancy James. Perhaps sin
knew intuitively what a crank ho would
turn out to bo. So ho lost her and was
what is called disappointed iu love. Ho
turned his back on tho world and went
and livctl by himself iu a hut. IIo grew
dirty and disgruntled anil got worse all
the time. It was a good thing ho choso
to live alone, for he would have been a
sufficiently unpleasant creature for any¬
body else to live with.
Re hated the feminine sex with un¬
quenchable animosity. For 40 years be
foro bo died bo never spoke to a woman.
Being what lie was, women very readi¬
ly excused him from speaking to them.
Not long sinco tho old misanthrope was
found dead alone in his wretched hut.
He had, thrown away his whole life
on account of a silly emotion. It was
not lovo. There was no lovo iu him
really. He might have worked aud be¬
come well off and educated half a dozen
orphan children, even if he had wanted
to remain an old bachelor. Ho might
have found happiness in travel or in
cultivating his mind. There never was
a woman that was worth a man’s wast¬
ing his life over. Thero never will be.
Th: Silver Confercreei.
There havo been three of them al¬
ready. The one now iu prospect will be
the fourth. The peculiar feature about
the conferences gone before is that they
were every one called by the United
States. This time Germany does the
calling. The report of the most careful
observers is that there is a trend in
Europo toward silver. The first silver
or bimetallic international conference
was held at Paris in 1S78. The conclu¬
sions of that conference, from which
Italy aud the United States dissented,
were that each country should settle for
itself tho question of bimetallism or
monometallism, and that the differences
of opinion were so wide and so bitter
that there oould bo no international
agreement on a common coinage ratio
between gold and silver.
Again tho United States called a bi¬
metallic conference, in April, 1SS1. It
also met in Paris. Germany had taken
no part in tho first conference In the
second ono she was represented, as also
was India. Ent the delegates reached uo
conclusion whatever. Then came the
third conference, called by President
Harrison in 1892. It met nt Brnssels.
All tho powers of western Europe and
those of Turkey, Bonmania and Mexico
besides were represented. The delegates
talked an unconscionable quantity and
again adjourned without making any
recommendations. »It looks now as
though, if they meet again, they will
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From *1 to $3 saved over ether ^
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GDKAP | PRICES.
For the year 1395 we will he better equip¬
ped to do Job Wopk of every description
than ever before, and we are going to make
prices to'suit the times. If you want :
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Conyers Weekly.
Conyers, Ga , Mcli. loth. 1895.
GUANO FOR COTTON.
Thanking the people of Rockdale and adjoining counties
for their patronage in the past I respectfully ask a liberal share
of the same this season,
I represent the Geo. W, Scott Mfg. Co. Their celebrated
Gossypium and “A. A.” Guanos and high grade Acids arte too
well and favorably known to need any comment from me, more
than to say they are of the
sties! [Irade Goods mi the Market
I will sJl for CASH or COTTON and will meet competitor
in prices. fail before lmy.
Don’t to see me you
Respectfully,
Conyers, Ga., Feb. 20, 1895. J. A. L1FSEY.
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Also, High Grade Acids and Cotton Seed Meal. -We sell lor
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