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COMMONER NESBITT’S TALK. His Regular Monthly Letter to the Farmers of Georgia. ESOOURAOEMENr OFFERED ALL.. 1 --- •UECMti.n. foneernlnr th. Crop, of Thi. v ... . . r. ... ,, *"’* c.r.fnilT l>i B e.t-.i_Th« K..m,u iipn For »noce«»rtii t-annins— intere.t Id| Xopiet I>i>cui4hil. [ 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. —----------- farm models for ttik cotton states and international exposition. »**>-—• «™” u rT* < ' a attention to the t.dnablo object lesson contained in the following, which we hope thousands of farmers will gtn( i r ' ' 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 , '• ’ 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. 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BRANCH STORESi M Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, n Jfevr York, Buffalo, Providence. m ft tlesci the Columbias [ f ing clearly Hartfords, al! free new from Col- KgS / unil is any for umbia Agent, or is mailed two 2-ccnt stamps. "N m A CLEAR HEAD; good digestion; sound sleep; a fine appetite and a ripe old age, are some ofthe I I results of I the use I of _ I , Liver* Pills. A Single . Utt S , Will ... - r tilCir .i • j tiOSC COtlVlllCC YOU OT i ! wnrt wonaemu J er f..l efforts CIIt cl;s - ina nu 1 virtue vlru,e - ‘ - : A ffvHUWII wvl* A 2 An absolute cure for sick head¬ ! ache, dyspepsia, malaria, sour stomach, dizziness, constipation fever, . ,. torpid . , liver .. DlllOUS piles, and all kindred diseases. Tiitt’s Liver Pills 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. S. Jo be sou. 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. C T Firrill Ordtnfliies Gouit hret Monday r in .each moulh. Superior Courts first and second Moiuiaxs in' Arrit and October, oeonon i rciiri-' * ooi -r\j - I'-rs; iiio Town, 4 h Monday, each month ! S i Jt j, lst Saturday each mouth unnev Creek ie - -bid “ d Naturdav ‘ ■’ each ‘ n*ontu. n n nth Aorraine, 3td Saturday, each lUOCth. Church Directory Primitive Bkiti-it: J. F Aimaud, 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 l<t Sund i\ conference day. Son, av 11:15 a m. D. M* Alwaoti, feu F u % 8 fail! to Keep lip fill Hie Times? If you do the CONYERS WEEKL Y is just what w /,/ keep you postal. Subscription price one dollar per year. Methodist: Dr. J. XV. QuiIlian, pastin'. Preaching every Sunday. •Mindfiy S’cbcoll 9:45 am. H. Y McCord, Supt. Pbsbyterian: Dr. Henry Quigg, pastor. Preaching 2nd and 4th Sundays. 6'Kelley, Sunday School 9:30 a. m. T. D. Supt. 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 «q « ... ^ - i „ ©UCU Iw^SSsS e .& i m «****»^ mi !2 - , i. , -"tns'S[!tii«, 4)T ‘f-AOIE3 --rJPwgawsegt; flKT BesT» 0N5 «U - ° v " 0no ’ W. L. Douglas $3 & satisfied $4$^ All our shoes are equally T& equafeustotn fiSSS J From *1 to $3 saved over ether ^ 1£ join dealer cai-.r.tt supply you we cmS oldi An agent wanted. As soon asoi.l secured the name will “' e > „pp ear her DO YOU RIDE A VICTORY | 1 MJ. i l\ \f b': : The grandest outdoor sport is cycling; the best bicycle is a Vidor, iade in the largest and finest bicycle plant in the world. OVERMAN WHEEL CO. Makers of Victor Bicycles and Athletic Goods. BOSTON. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. DETROIT. DENVER. PACIFIC COAST. ^AM FRANCISCO. LOS ANGELES. PORTLAND. ar <r‘ IbJOl'i sf» ! \ —AT— 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 : LETTER HE AS, > NOTE HEADS, BILL HEADS, STATEMENTS, ENVELOPES. Or any other kind of Commcr or Legal Printing, Boo! :■ Pamphlet, send us your order. Kcmei :bcor ourprices will be the Vhry Lowest. 1. Cl tfuliv. 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. m Sells tbo following Standard brands of Guano * ETAVAH, .-OUIEEKN AUHONIATED GRACE, BREWSTERS COTTON GROWER, aud others. Also, High Grade Acids and Cotton Seed Meal. -We sell lor Cotton or Money As first-class It will pay you to see. cbe-.p ns goo an . ■'efoie \ ou buy. TUCKER & McELVAN 1.0 paj’S for thio paper one year *.