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TO GEORGIA FARMERS '
Commissioner Nesbitt’s Regular
Letter About the Crops.
WJIOFI IS VfiP.7 F.rcnURAGINQ.
A Monthly RfMiinn of tho Work That Fa*
fi one* on In tlio htale an<t tin; Rr*ult» of
I.;«bor n« Hvporti’il to ! fin by lit* Cnrpt
of WH* A nr;ike torr* »poii(lnnt« In
Goorgiit.
COTTON.
Cotton being somewhat backward,
plowing may peruips be continued
lougur than usual this year, but even
allowing for that, the first weeks of
August will find the farmer more at
leisure than for sir. months past. .Such
cultivation as tho cotton may require
can be accomplished by one wide lur
row to each middle, a 'justing tho plow
so that it will not out deeper than 1
inch. On examination we will discover
that tho bed, more or loss elevated as
onr cultivation has been shallow or
deep, is filled with countless little
fibrous roots, each one performing its
appointed office in sustaining tho rap¬
idly maturing plants. If tho crop is in
a proper state of development it should
bo taking on fruit without interruption,
and if the plow is plunged into the deli¬
cate network of roots below tho ground
the consequent tearing and mutilation
there is followed by a corresponding in¬
jury to the young squares and bolls
above. At this critical period of bloom¬
ing and fruiting we must oxercise tho
utmost care. Ail things considered, it
is better not to plow the cotton again,
even if it aeods it, than to run tho risk
of losing most of the young fruit and
Squares already formed, whioh is the
inevitable consequence of one deep
plowing now. A very shallow furrow
in the middle is what is needed and if
this is impracticable lot tho cotton take
the chances with what fruit is already
developed, rather than trust to its form
ing a later crop after this drops off. As
a rule most of the squares which are
lorined after the last of Augu-t do not
mature into perfect bolls be ore a kill
ling how trout. Realizing this tact, we dis- see
important it is to avoid any
turbnnca whioh would tend to injure
iho fruit already formed and forming.
COHN.
The question .. of . fodder pulling still
confronts us as an unsolved problem.
Many experiments have been made and
thw results are fltLl conflicting. 1 no
present conclusion of the matter seems
to be that each farmer must use In*
own judgment. It ho has made amine
provision for forage from other sources
ho can afford to weigh the advantages
mid disadvantages of iodder pulling
calmly and coolly, and decidn whether
It is best to go into tho laborious busi
ness of stripping tho libidos from the
stalks. If ho has not made such pro¬
vision, and has to roly ou this fodder to
fill out his supply, his decision can
scarcely be considered an unbiased oue,
as he has no alternative but to strip
off the fodder even at the risk of injury
to the grain. Considered from an eco¬
nomical standpoint, operation there is scarcely a
lucre expensive on the farm
than this fodder pulling. While for
"roughness,” bright, well cured fodder
Ctitntoo bo excelled, it comes very high
When we euntfirter the cost Of pulling
Slid curing each separate blade, and
the probable injury to the corn ears if
they are not sufficiently matured before
tiie fodder is taken off.
Th those liirmera who hare fried it,
the plan of saving a sufficiency of hay
from otiior souroes, even this using the un
culuvale i grasses for purpose is
fur more remunerative, as well as satis¬
factory, and with the increased and in¬
creasing care whioh is being given to
saving
rNsit.Arffi,
We need have little trouble in securing
hit abundant supply of the best winter
foods. This process of canning the
green stuff's, so to speak, instead of dry¬
ing thorn, is, With careful attention to
One It or two details, practically certain.
is also simple, and commends itself,
from the loot that so many crops diffi¬
cult of management when dry hay ia
the object, are peculiarly suited to this
process of green curing—ooru, sorghum,
p-a vines, potato vines, all so easy of
production—give us an almost unlimit¬
ed supply tor the silo; aud if the pre¬
cautions of putting in not too large
quantities at a time, thoroughly pack¬
ing. ami allowing this to stand before
more is put in, then tuppingaud weight¬
ing the whole mass down, are carefully
attended to. there arc, few farmers that
Will not appreciate the value of the
process. aaother column this hole
In w r ques¬
tion is covered in an answer to an in¬
quiry ns to crops for the silo, methods
of gathering, curing, eta Now is the
time to look forward to the coming
year, aud make such arrangements as
aro practicable for pasture aud also for
forage.
grass seeps
of most varieties should be sown next
“and^thw we oannlfmlke^w
or clover ou poor lam*. Of the clovers.'
red is best suited to red stiff lands,
which should be either naturally rich
or made so artificially. The crimson
and burr clovers are suited to sandy
lands, and if carefully furnish prepared for an I
fully manured, green wiuter
food curing the entire season aud if the
cutting or grazing is stopped in May.
sufficient seed will mature for another
crop. Wheu these fall the land can be
planted that in is iata taken corn or peas and when the
crop off in September,
clover will again take possession. Of
the grasses, orchard grass under ordin¬
ary conditions gives the best results. It
will grow iu suu or shade aud is suited
to most soils, though the same require
meets a« for clover, uatnely, thorough
preparation and rich land, are neces¬
sary for its successful cultivation. Fall
cat grass is for light and Herd's grass
for wet or low lands. Barley and rye
should also be sowu in September and
October, Mcond. the first date better than the
the fall oat chop
H » Tery iatporUnl one tad hq1»u
Perfect Health.
Keep \ the system in perfect or
, . ^ occasional . . rise ot r
c * er L e
Tutt's Liver rills. They rcsr
ulatethe bowels and produce 1
A- Vigorous ^ Body.
For sick headache, malaria, bil
iousness, constipation and kin
dred diseases, an absolute cure
TUTT’S Liver PILLS
sown early b stand* .-evornl chaud-s of
failure, its or o'oer sum 1 «r i.:i.
sowu in a cotton ti Id « irly in the tall
are. not only m a tuvorariip s inotioo to
doveiou a par in ; crop, but protect the
isk’isfj consnl.-r &;t5ksak of
wuen we that a incg-> ptrt
the te nitty or. our lands has b°«n
washed int » tnt* str-rims by our pol or
£Sr.s
oi wind »nd weather. The grain cm
be sown eiuior broadcast and j-.lowed in
witii tin: cultivator or harrow, or r.nt
in with a send drill. Tha latter plan is
more enohomi sal of seed and also of la¬
bor. The sowing and plowing should the
be done immediately in the wakeof
pickers, and will thus avoid waste of
the upon cotton. In reply to an inqui¬
ry in another column will bo found
formulas of fertilizers for oats, wheat
aud other grains.
If a full crop of sweet potatoes has
been planted, it is highly advisable to
bogiu feeding them to th > hogs. They
aro highly nmriiious and fattening and
if aided by Spanish ground peas aud
sorghum, will produce a fine quality of
cheap pork, very little corn being re¬
quired to complete the work. In view
of the usual difficulty of keeping the
potatoes iu goad condition througu the
winter, it will be found most profitable
to convert them into first class bacon
and lard.
fO TTON riCKINfl AND DAT,I NO.
Towards rho latter part of the month
tn the southern part of the state ootfou
picking will begin. Necessary precau¬ and
tions should be taken in gather ng
baluig tue crop, that the loud com¬
plaints against American cotton in the
European markets be forever siu-nced.
run COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION.
Now that tiie heavy prossnre of the
busy HeaMoii is somswliat lightened, tho
farmer lias more leisure to look around
him and find out what is going ou in
tno busy world, in tho last month
there is an awakened aud increasin'.; iu
terest in the oo.itii.uod exposition to be opened middle at
Atlanta and from the
of y epK)mbor \ t0 the tost of December.
Ju th s CS j,„ si tion Georgia has an op
p £ 0r ti U!lir y f 0r adrertisemont which slio
a s never had before, and widen may
again for many years. In
, t mont!l . s .. talk » we touched on
Bome of the advantages to bo derived
from immigration, but until we show
to the people 1 of tho world onr unrivalled
attracuou of climate, of fields, of for¬
ests, of orchards, of gardens; our deposits unsur¬
passed water powers, our vast other
of coni, iron, granite, marble, in
words, the numberless opportunities independ¬
for obtaining comfort and
ence, wo cannot expect the better class
of settlers to pitoh their tents within
our borders
In the tie >rgia state building will b9
gathered sum -thing from ail the differ
ent industries of the stats, and it is
particularly desired that the agricultu¬
ral exhibit sha l be especially full and
complete. 1 , therefore, in any section
of the state a tanner has any crop
which is particularly fine, we would be
glad to liav.i specimens for exhibition.
They will be properly marked with iho
names of donors and the section from
which they came, and given conspicu¬
ous pluoi.s iu the general exhibit.
Fruits, grains, grasses, vegetables, all
field, garden and orchard crops are in¬
cluded, as wall as manufactured prod¬
ucts of the dairy, vnioyar.l and apiary.
We hope the inriners throughout the
state will help Us to illustrate Georgia
in the grandest, collection of her prod¬
ucts ever yet shown to ih i world.
All package* addressed i_ to U T. N >s
bitt, Executive Officer State Exhibit,
Atlanta, will come free of charge.
These should bo plainly marked with
the sender's name and tiie n uue of tiie
specimen. The executive officer. It. T.
Nesbitt, Atlanta, should be notified by
letter or postal card when tha articles
aro Shipped. Nbsiutt, Commissioner.
It. T.
FERTILIZER FOR \VI1E\T.
Question It.—What fertilisers would
you advise for wheal?
ANSWER H- Tho following are all
good fertilizers for wheat:
1. Cottonseed meal, 5)0 pounds; acid
phosphate. 35) pounds; muriate of pot
ash, 150
3. Aoid phosphate. 350 pounds; kainit,
850 pounds; nitrate of soda, 300 pounds.
3. Blood, :>3i) pounds; muriate of pot
ash, 103 pounds; acid phosphate, 333
t;S; "^r, r "z ‘sn^»
pounds per acre.
curing sorghum hat.
Question 13,-Hew shall I euro my
Bor « :lu,u u,r h ‘ 3 ‘
12. Ih9 following f taken t .
Asswsu
from the Southern Stock Farm covers
e! ,tire process:
“After mowing allow the sorghum to
l' 9 0:1 the ground sufficientiy long to
dry out at the end of the blades,
“If tho crop is thiok. it should bo
turuod over oil the ground to expose
the bottom portion of the cutting to the
sun for a short time,
“Usually oao day’s sun is required to
dry it sufficiently to allow it to be put
up into t-iis cook. The hay cock may
be 5 fees high ami 4 feet ia diameter,
or 0 f t ^ a sU-tu-e of an oldfashioaed bee
hive.
•-AU the hay that is co-kad in this
maimer should be well settled as it is
laid on th 1 pile.
“After having constructed it to its
proper hsight, rake tha loose sorghum
v VJUl *il?
pile o; uar trial will tnra warer in case
it should rain. Allow it to remain in
1 this condition for two or three days for
fermentation to take plac*, which ia
CT i,i \, T t'm hunting aid the de
I I suits of moisture upon tiie interior
*"«* of f* °° 3k - ' Vhe !*
warm and ijifora trio f hay lose* its na«*
: ural co’or, open the cooks and expose
tile hay ro tour or SIX hours’ snn, ac
co!dim; to tne weight of the crop to the
, acre and the size of the stalks.
! ••Then thi fo l i«*r is rea ly to haul to
t’.e barn or bo placud in stacks wlwre
It may safely be exiteoce t to remain
without molding or heating further.”
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A WARNING TO YOUNG MtN.
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Thu Sad case of ... Mr. Jossu John- ,
*■>..«»«»■ <* - *«*by »**.
siriiri * cotloil uliilltev, should
Wanting to young IllOil Who nro
"t
Q f elJerlv single women, 1
SO0IIJS that Jesse , who is now
seeking a divorce, fell in love
with a g.irl at. home in Mississip¬
pi, l>tit his father objected to the
Ill itch and sent him to school at
Worcester, Mass, W hen vaca
, .
fcion CclliJC the old ni&ll sent Ilini
to .Ashury . , i ,, «tiK , , to Keep , ^ linn
away from his firstlove. At lire
l>.',vk he met. Miss Myueil.of New
Yol k, an old maid who was
many years his senior. ine
youngster says she hypnotized
him, and they were married, the
woman paying the expenses. A
few days after t^o wedding the
bride skipped out and the desert
eu husband lias notseen her nor
heard of hpr since.
With this new danger con¬
fronting them, the young meu
who visit summer resorts should
be on their guard. Just when
they least expect it, able females
of mature years may swoop
down upon them, hypnotize
them into marriage, carry them
oil' on a bridal trip and suddenly
leave their victims in a damaged
condition a thousand miles from
home.
We do not know what remedy
to suggest, but it might be well
to make it a penal offense for
any but young women to prac¬
tice hypnotism.—Constitution.
COMPOSING ROOM ETIQUETTE.
To those who are desirous to
learn how to conduct themselves
properly in a printing ollice, we
respectfully submit the follow¬
ing rules:
Don’t read copy over the com
positor’s shoulder while chaw¬
ing on an apple or a piece of can
dy. Y'ou are liable to become
tickled at a funny article and
the explosion always sprays the
printer’s neck.
Don’t read copy anyway.
Never attemp to show the
make-up where be can get “a
block to lit that column.”
T;y to get out of the habit of
setting up your girl’s name and
leaving it in your stick upside
down on the case.
Let the little “slats” in the
leml rae k ulone. Once bent and
they are ruined.
When you see a compositor
coming your wav for the dump
With a Slick ot lutU-picd ■ , nonpa- .....
rei.i, stand aside At Once.
Don’t pick up type from the
«“*■ r»‘.
where they belong. Ton will
sometimes get quads in the quad
box but generally in the wrong
case.
Don’t handle type.
Or push it to sec how tight it
is stuck.
Above all things keep your
hands off the presses.
Cut this out.carry it with you
and read carefully before
ill" . a printing office.—Lawrence
ville News.
Eila—You ought to have seen
Jack when he proposed,
Stella (meanly)—O, I’ve seen
him!
AuiM.aaAmfni Children CryTtll
PitCher’8 CaStOfla*
From LaGrippe.
How Dr. Atiles’ Nervine Restored
One of Kentucky’s Business
Aten to Health.
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leaves its victims so debilitated, useless,
sleepless, nerveless, as LaGrippe.
Mr. D. TV. Hilton, state a:_:cntof the Mut¬
ual Life Insurance Co., of Kentucky, says:
“In 1S8D and ’90 I had two severe attacks
of LaGrippe, the last one attacking my ner
vous system with such severity that my life
was despaired of. I had not slept for more
than two months except by the use of nar
cotics that stupefied me, but pave me no
rest. I was only conscious of intense mental
weakness, agonizing bodily pain and the
fact that I was hourly growing weaker,
When in this condition, I commenced using
cellent health since and have recommended
your remedies to many of my friends."
Louisville,Jan. 22 ,is®, d. w.eiltok.
Dr. Miies’ ftenlfiC Restores Hoallh.
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Pays for tL is paper and the
fwice-a-week New York
World for one year. This
is a most liberal offer, and
you should take advantage
ot it before It is too laie.
This paper comes onco a
week, llio World comas
twice a week; you get three
papers each week for one
year for only
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CITY DIRECTORY.
Mayor, A. C McCalla.
Mayor pro ton, J. R. Irwin.
Olirk, Goor-rs L Til ey.
Treasurer, J. C- Siepenson.
Uoief Police, VV H. M. Au-tan.
Marshal, E A- Harper.
Street Overseer, W. B Smitii.
GOUNC ILMEN.
J P. Ti’Jey, M. O. Sommers, -T.
R. I' wiu, J. W. Joies, L. J. Al
mnnei, J S. Johoson.
STANDING COMMITTEES:
Street: L. J. Alntand, J. R. Irwin
Finance: J. P. Tilley, J. W. Jones
Sanitary: J.S Johnson, M. C.
Summers.
School: J. R. Irwin, L. J. Altnand
Charter etc.: J. W. Jones, J. R.
Irwin.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Dr J A. Guinn, J. F. Tilley. J.
S. Johnson.
County Diretory,
Ordinary, O. Senmams.
t 'lerk, W. T. Hueon.
Sheriff, W. H. M. Austin.
Treasurer, John E. Whitaker.
Tax Collector, E F. Cook.j
Tax Receiver, R. L. Hudson,
Surveyor, R. A. Guinr.
Coroner, L. 1. Farnll.
Ordinaries Court first Monday in
each month.
Superior Courts first and secoud
Mondays iu April and Oct,obir.
J USTICE COURTS
Town, 4'hlMonday, ea- h month
Sheffield, 1st Saturday each month
Honey Creek. 2nd balurdav, each
month
Lorraine, 3rd Saturday, each
month.
Church Directory
Primitive Baptist: J. F. Ainmnd,
pastor. Freachiug second Saturday
and Sundav.
Baptist: B. D. RagsdaV, pastor.
preaching ^ anJ 3fd Suurdays
aB j Sundays. Saturday before the
1st Sunday couference day. Sunday
School 9:15 a. in. D. M. Alaisnd,
Supi.
Methodist:’ Dr. J. W T . Quil’ian,
past or. Preaching every Funday.
Sunday 8chooi 9:45 a. m. H. Y.
McCord, Supt.
Prsbyteriax: Rev. L. Ci. Henderson
pastor. Preaching 2nd aud 4th
Suuda' - School 9:30 a. m.
T. D. b’Kelley, Supt.
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Fashion says it is “good form.” Two
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Model 42 Colombia has been especially designed
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Mm Ladies’wheels also in Hartford Bicycles at lower
prices—$80, $60, $50.
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• j Send for BRANCH STORES:
Catalogue. ’
Tree ut any JJot-fcn
Columbia New York
Agency, or W Ws^BmgsmES V Chicago
by mail for Sh, ‘ *™*<-tseo
two 2-cent J 1 ' t/f Trovideuco
stamps. Buffalo
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Six handsome paper dolls, showing ladies’ bicycle costumes by
noted designers, will be mailed for five a-eent stamps.
MIDDLE GA. & ATLANTIC R. R
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Effective June 12 , G a. ir., 1895.
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Are headquarters and agents for the Georgia Melon and \ eg'tn
Association. Shippers of finite and vegetables jgll do well ton a « I
before shipping market. All corresponce ice regarding^ ir
us to our 1
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