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The Commissioner’s Letter to
the Farmers of Georgia.
IMPOBTAJfT MAT?£S3 DISGUo&EI). _____
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Question cf t.ie rreb >o.o ., „ ° „ , crc *
Ttie
age For the <mni»J te«r h Attracting
Attention on Al! Sides and t!ie CommSfi
sioner Fresents Some Facts on the Sob
jeet That livery runner Siionid Consider,
Department or Aop.icvliCSE.
\7i >,nta. Ga.. Feb. 1, 1896.
cotton *»> ,,™ acter.ge ,te ini tne c ot,ho -*-**“o P^ble ^ ar is
attracting worldwide attention, and as
this c«h'and is a vnbic -t of ’ fanner' rimarv importance
to 11 1 cverv in Georgia,
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wed the entire sout.i, we ..... proe.:. f
as as
a few facts for the careful consideration
of those who are contemniatiug the at
—,™, >». deceptive pr, ,r<« ot , Mg
cotton crop and remunerative prices, in
the monthly talks for December and
January we endeavored to expose the
fallacy _ of - such , expectations, ... and , urged
that our agricultural interests for 1*6 be
built on a stronger foundation.
The Cotton Growers’ Protective Asso
ciation is doing a good work in attract¬
ing attention to our fatal errors in the
past, and to exposing the costly folly of
a large cotton crop at the expense of the
perhaps more important provision sup
ply. To induce a concert of action on
this subject ^ among farmers is important,
but _ it can only , . be reached , , when - each , in- •
dividual farmer is convinced that year
In and year out it is to his best interest
to raise his supplies at home and make
his cotton purely a surplus crop and for
this reason we should bring every argu
ment to bear which wi’l help him to
this decision. Once his mind is thor¬
oughly made up, we will profitable see the bounds, cotton
crop curbed within
and while the income from this source
will be maintained, the other crops will
fee cultivated and gathered, and thus
represent an additional clear profit. The
south can raise cotton cheaper than any
other country, and therefore no rival
can successfully enter the field if we
manage car great staple crop on sound
business which principles. An American crop
forces the price below 10 cents is
certainly too large. We should plant
as near as possible to a 7,000,000 fair bale
basis, which will insure a margin
of profit. If by an increased acreage
and an increased use of fertilizers and
other expenses we produce 9,000,000 cr
10,000,000 bales, every bale will, accord
ing to all precedent, be sold at a loss
of at least 1, 2 or perhaps 3 cents
a pound. bring A 7,000.000 bale crop at 10
cents will 1360,000,000. A9,000,003
bale crop will bring at $815,009,663, the highest
only 7 cents a pound, or a
loss of $85,000,000, net counting tiro
additional cost of producing the larger
crop. If it costs ts cents a pound to
raise the 7,000,000 bale crop, which is
about the average cost of production,
that represents $280,000,001). This crop,
If sold at 10 cents, will net the farmers
$70,000,(8)0 over and above the cost of
production, for another with year—9,009,003 plenty of provisions
bales at a
cost of 8 cents per pound for production,
will represent $863,00(1.090 and if sold
for 7 cents will only bring 81o,09i).009, a
loss of $4.5,000,000 to tha producers,
Adding the profit on the lesser crop, tn
the loss outlie greater we have $115,
000,000 iii favor of a reduced area and a
smaller crop.
Facts and figures gathered from past
experience carry more weight than any
mere words of advice, and to thought
ful men the following will appeal with
unmistakable force:
It has been conclusively shown that
outside of the cotton grown and con
earned in other countries that is Asia,
Africa, South America and Mexico, the
United Staff's furuisb.es about 75 per
cent of the cotton of commerce. In
other words the world is dependent on
the southern farmers for three fourth ;
of the cotton which it uses and which
cannot be produced elsewhere. From
this simple statement it will bo seen
what a jiowcrwe hold among the na
toons of the world and what a lever to
lift ourselves and oar section into pros
perity. But when our cotton crop is made
wo cannot eat it, nor can we wear it
until if passes into : tlier hands. Now
if our necessities for food and other sup
plies are such that we are obliged to
part with our cotton in order to obtain
these, we are necessarily compelled to
take whatever price the buyer offers,
it tnus appears that onr lever is power
less in ,-u- hands, unless wo rest it on
the fulcrum ot abundant home supplies,
If a man has plenty of home supplies
Ca! L ilff i° rtl The world is
obliged nr to have his cotton. This was
aemoustrated during the civil war,
wnen the enforced suspension of cotton
production in the south caused the price
ot oue pound t° reach the astounding
nguie$ 2.8a—although foreign couu
tiles were making the most superhu
“$».?£» '? 8 ®PP 18 1 7 80 ‘*»° worthy demaud. of care
*ni 011 ff 1,1 tlle last 19
1 ; , years
to our doors
fc.tuo.uoo,000—that is, that enormous
aloiL witAnF im V eCO RlKm i Ve<1 l n for t llat this ouecr as com °P
mred t *
the value J of PX PRE ot!le t(>d r crops, from
the south in i<iv th«V^’rt °\ er< f per cel lt
greater than ?Afl alne f , ,
totol whole' exports LuVitrl of wliMt "; Rat and flour # for the
the total value of the wheat and flnnr
fess t rm the’ rt’ Tenth ^’ , or p-^.OW.OOO 1°**°* %
U'ried from the in
fudeiiulent, Ued aml miule her
Of this vast ndbf, wealth , h * remain . ?l
Hundreds ouTeiwh and I haV i ° , ^ e " 1>aid
vear ^ a for r P r - ,”' lslons and manu
bTvXL\ i abs,nbe'd , n \l hU ’^l S t ° C " 1
tivateat '
cotton cottou. The nio mistake ini f l V' has vs been that fW^asm the
yearly cotton crop has heretofore repre
.mmitlrii »*ucuituiai tone ^’duct of of almost the the combined entire
f r.th. It is only sin-"e a part of this
energy has been dive-:• ted to th-> iwir-.ing
«-f home provisions i v In 1 ■
a glimmer of agricnlturai h-»;<n a : : i tout
fanners everywhere: are bolter abi- to
eater on the work of a ant': r or •
This is the whole .••luntion in a not
shell, its universal adaption c /jip-.tt
herds the recta, lion of the acreage, tko
lessening of the cost of jirodn-rtinu rr.tl
the prosperity of ottr agriculture. Utt
like the ;turners ct many < uier • . ■
trior;, there is no power which caa c:i«
fate the comae of . outaera men in t r;
matter. The decision must be rer.er.o,’
th.T .ugh their own COJlVVii' : i ailtl i '
responsibility rests f it ; P!U k the to b Aid
nfiue whether they will r.
age of a large C.-ttO'l Crop, and pr. I s’,
debtor less cotton, ample provisions
and independence.
In making this decision, let us teen in
g*# cions preparation, and
maiinrinpr emu
other ration nearly double the; picking yi 1.1, and while
expenses, except Thebe:- on
Dingrt,n.,m about (hesumv
terme land the more rn r.'.nro itw.it
bear and we can thus, in a measure,
substitute fertilization for labor. As it
is net the number of bales, but the p:>
S5S‘55?aS^£AS&S£ of
every means to reduce the coat pro
fiu-ti on. Wo may manure good land
with less risk, indeed it does mt pay to
waste labor iukI mounro in raising cot
t(m 0D de . ld poor livud . Stlch h t „d
ghould either be reclaimed by judicious
treatment with legumes and rotation of
«f*ps or if that is iuipractible, left to
the kindly offices of Mother Nature.
We can then concentrate our force: of
labor and fertilizers on the more fertile
portions,
FOOD SUFFLI3S.
Under the prevailing condition of
European affairs nothing is more prob
F' le lhau an advance in the mice of
food , supplies of all kinds. A European
war would certainly annihilate cotton,
a ml xaise the price of all bread and
food stuffs. A short time since the
mere rumor of war between England
and Germany caused a decided advance
in breads tuffs in the Chicago market,
We should heed these warnings, and
prepare should the unsettled condition
of European affairs result in war, to be
independent of that disaster, which we
can only do by having a full stock of
provisions on hand.
That we aro learning to remedy our
past mistakes, the following will figures,
taken from the crop returns, bear
evidence. And that to these facts the
present improved condition of farmers
is largely due, is too apparent to re
quire argument: south’s grain for ’94
The crop was
611.003,000 bushels, vaim-l at $302,
003,more than the value of t-Iie entire cat
ton crop. The yield i i ’S3 will] rdably
reach 60,000,000 bushels more than for
’94. This fact, and also the interest in
manufactures, the diversification of
farm products, the development of the
fruit and truck industries are all unit
to retain at home a large part of
the mony that formerly for found its of arti- way
north and west the purchase
cles which we find we can produce
cheaper at home,
FEKTIUZSHS TTNWSK SATAKS.
To put the fanners on notice as to
certain brands of fertilizers, which are
being offered for sale uud'-r misleading
names, wo quote the following from
our last fertilizer bulletin. These
lot ins aro valuable to farmers, and to
obtain them it is only necessary to ap
ply to the Georgia Department of Ag
riculture, Atlanta, giving proper ml
dros.5. The department has hud a good
deal of trouble recently fro::: the. efforts
of companies outside the state to Ikh-iu
certain inferior fertilizers and Ins re
ceived hundreds of letters from farm
ors enquiring ' as to the merits of tbisno
brands.
The bulletin says:
“The sale of the above Bon Phes
phate Fertilizer, .Special Crop i- -niuila
and Paine’s Cotton and Corn Fertilizer
is forbidden under sueli names, as they
Tiolnto the spirit of the Fertilizer Act,
which requires a t ,t:d of 10 per cent of
availttble plant fooil.
“I’lie Bone Phosphate Fertilizer mu-4
be sold for what it really is, and not by
a name indicating a complete fertilizer.
It is sdmply of potash. a Floridasoftphesphuto with
a trace t
“Thi speoiai Crop Formula must bo
sold for what it really is, and not by
name indicating a complete fertilizer.
It is a soft phosphate with potash.
Bale’s Knst Preventive should bo sold
as mntou salt and m t masquerade
under the name Rust Preventive, which
the impression that it con
tains potash. It is 94.64 per ec.’it pura
salt.
“Low priced fertilizers are much to
be desired, used but make deceptive names must
not be to inferior goods ap
pear of average character. Bneh prac
rice works a great injury to tha farmer
in inducing him to use goods under a
position.” misapprehension as to their truo com
There is a material now being sold in
Georgia which is attracting considera
file attention on account of the exton
sive advertising which has been given
it and the broad claims which have been
made. This material is the Soft Uhoi
phato of Florida.
These phosphates onlv contain be
tween 2 and 3 per cent of availabl
phosphoric acid and in no way repre
sent the acid phosphates of tko market
which contain from 13 to 14 per cent of
available phosphoric acid.
This material has not been tried sufii
cieutly to demoustate with accuracy
whether it is in any way superior to or
dinary “Floats.” -Floats” aro simply
7 or v liilol T ground phosphate rock, and
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80 fal '(he Soft Phosphates otaitain
more available phosphoric acid than the
M.nsT, ‘SSriJf T wi,'m, bulk of «‘°
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that in the “Floats,” there has not yet
bwu sufficiout evidence to fully demon
can bc all secured by the plant the first
season. The evidence thus far has not
bcen (>{ » conclusive nature. The claim
3Wt;lill L aPROars an unwarranted one,
as positive proof is wanting the"
A ' id P«”sphak« of market usu-
11 contain from 14 to 18 per cent of
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total phosphoric ai'id, of which from 13
to 16 cise per cent is available This ha„„
: the and the Soft Phosphates o»W
i running phone about 20 per cent 'total ph os
acid, with about };t available,
mmmm m
li
for Infects and ©hsldrsn.
UUo 2 ? fW’.T'fr y«,isrg ! fib.vi rr.tl re. c-2 C'asfoTia witli ~-:hs p at ronage of
|fi rziiVj.o n'i r ? persons, pam tt »: to speak of it without gppgsing.
ft sH g.aq-soBtloaa.hly ihz host remedy for lafants a a d Children
Hho ws?Iu haw ever known, 7t io hatr-aalsgs. CM? Area like it. It
glrc.g Thom hcalia, Zi will save tiiaie liva?., in it others have
aostethiug which, is ahsalntoty sofa aad pmcGcafly perfect eg a
ehlM’s ra' dlciizs.
gfaotoyjta dezi?oya Wornte,
Castc.yj.a allays Fo?aglshu-ga.
Ca sterla pro-vesta TOndtii-s; Seng Curd,
Cnstoria cures Diarrhoea and Wiad Colio .
CMefc.r-ia rgiya; ‘ToctM;:g Troc.blsa.
Cantori s cares CoastfpaG o a and Tlat nfeH oy.
dn storia geutgaiigoa tbs effects of carb o nic ac id gas or poi soaons ale,
Caa'toria doea aat cmtaln moruhlao, epltan, or- other aarcotic property.
Caat ogig. a6sisnllnte3 tl‘.o food, ffeguiates tho [.icriaeh and bowels,
giving Wealthy aad natural sleep.
Ga ato r ia is put Tig in oas^e i ze hoitU3 caly. Tc i s no t gold ia bulk.
'Star’i’i- sdlow nray cue to ce ll you, anything elao an the plea or promise
ihlit at is >( just o good ” a nd -grill aaager ovary purpose.”
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Seg that you get C"A"S«T"Q”K,-£«A.
The Sac-shnlio ’'*** fsoa every
aiaag-tura of* C wrapper.
©hildren Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
ou say people don’t- read ad
Vertisemeilts. . , „ How 1T
IS it you
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bGfUl t.iiS Oiler
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fl nr.lin Hi ernnii I
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IAAUMT II I
Positively the one. Remedy * fer <i>* Ue
treatment ol
NERVOUS EXHAUSTION,
Simple and agaravateo forms of
-DYSPEPSIA am?---
Palpitati ct of t£Je-Hea fiT.
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GfJes.y-our food sour after eating?
0,1 confined and excited?
1 0 g 1 M P 1:1 •He morning tired and
u,1,, ‘yes ! »e(:, and with a bad taste in the
m 'Tvh?
is there a dull elondr sensation
jeicusi licat i.y dim-.; r.-eabie'fee’ff!-<s in’ * th •
and e; e-.
, , rest .tvs? ,
‘‘ ’
‘ ' <>s ’• our f, near' hiv.u tisump sn<l cause yen
>r h after climbing a
t.uld ot stairs ?
Docs it distress you to lie on the left
rid ■ ?
U-- V e you impaired mcino’-’r .timness AL
of virion donre.-sion ^ of V
gloom v foreboDF >
T( ” „ Uvr. . vou aiv
: -hy--i and Newers
k cp>i;t
“ - a,!,Sl •
i here 1# no other remry extant that
ha ” <h>nc bo much for this class of tron
h:es as
qfTelFl ,,, -R ftnl'hfl-h!i _ !C5Hlff'
v UltjCaUltC ,
“ “ v *‘
uORjOSOflU p .
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D onr cu-e has resisted the usual
methods of treatment we are particular
b’ anxious to have .you give this Com¬
pound a trill.
We guarantee relief to every ease end
will cheerfully refund vn --r money
should our reinedv fail f> produce the
most gratify in" results,
‘T,, ‘ lat ! ke appellation ,, .. .
p„, ‘ illeut Me,i ' cl,ie do “ 8 ilot »PP»r
Scoff’s Carbo-Die-petiVp l Igestive rnmmmvi Compound.
It is a prescription put up by a lead
physician who has made stomach
and nervous troubles a specialty for
years. We court investigation and
earnestly urge all physicians to write
us for tiie formula of SCOTT’S GARBO
D1GKSTIV E COMPOUND, which we
wii! nnil on application, Unit they mav
satisfy themselves of its l!a!in!e6s J chaf
aoter and excellent virtues.
Scott’s Caibo-Digestive Compound
is the most remarkable remedy
science has produced. It has succeed
ed \\ here all other im divines have failed
Sold by all druggists every where $1 1
per lottle. Sent to any address la
Vmeriea on > eceiot ot price.
fun . ,W ‘ >*« - drirfU,
I jour money if results a-e not sat-
1( i,>ur “ n,?
TV, VL **
A<Wres3 a11 orders , t0
TOPEKA, K AS.
^ _ sfcfe. ca-.e ter a*«tew
(tVier; she was a Caiid. she cried for Castorfa,
1'““*“* *“ , ^-^ChiMroa. , teeamc ' *** sho clur “ co
l,: she gave them Castcxia
THE
LITTLE
ONES
Are the joy and sunlight of our
homes. Use all care to keep the
little ones in health. Do not give
them nauseous doses. You can
overcome their troubles with Dr.
King’s
a! Germetuer.
They all like to take it because it
does not taste like a medicine,
but like a lemonade. It cures colic
in young children, overcomes all
^ owc l (roubles, gives good digestion,
and . healthful sleep,
quiet,
J ‘ ' 1 vea k cnildien ailu ,
aS a remedy for use in teethimr 1 t»
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the greatest in the world,
Sold by Druggists, new* package,
large bottle, 108 Doses, One Dollar,
Manufactured onlv ^ 1-v
Thfl Stjnqfa f.hpTRirnl vuwhhhu Tn w., autuiut, Jilautfl Pa Utt.
Write for tS-fogc Sook, Xeilcd Free.
FOR SALE BY
DR. W. H LEE
Arrest
disease by the timely use of
Tuff’s Liver Pills, an old and
favorite remedy of increasing
popularity. Always cures
SICK HEADACHE,
sour stomach, malaria, indiges¬
tion, torpid liver, constipation
and all bilious diseases.
TUTTS Liver PILLS
T06R MAN _,j
^ftll nofijtljeri)Ec<h 5ytip»t^y
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dealer in
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Medicintp —- *
Fancy V and 1 oilct Artiel
Stationery
Cigars,
Tobacco
Snuff
^‘Pes etc.,
All U Very ci,
s l «CT3P u
A full line of Faints, Oils, Varnishes, Paint Br ushes,
dovv Glass. and
harden Seed..
SCHOOL BOOKS and sappJ
WALL PAPER. TERMS
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Dr. W.H. Lee.
Filin; J n > B ! iir urn. )]
We will be in the maikefc this season representinj
Southern Fertilizer Co., suecessers to Corner Hull & Co.
W. Scott Mfg. Co. We will have some twenty-five diffl
brands and can give you any grade of goods you desire. Aj
our leading brands may be mentioned:
GrOsypium, Georgia Sta
Cotton Bo;
Old Reliable, Port Roy
And a number of others. Also several brands HIGHGR,
ACID with or without Potash.
Thanking the people for past patronage and soliciting
favors for the future, we are yours truly,
SMITH & LIFSff
.am-. ^ Dr. Lee’s Drug Store, Conyers, Ga.,
l T. J. Corley’s Book Store, Covington,
John Ij.
Banljgff, Conyers, Qa,
V'ault facilities for valuable papers
Solicits accents of firms and individuals.
Any accommndations, consistent with safe banking,fixM
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WAREHOUSEMEN™ Dealers Iff
Xj'o.o^CL'toer, Coal, SlLin^ 5 !
We keep on hand at all Braes I We carry a fall Blmdsaj
all kinds of Lumber, Shingles, etc. Doors, Mantles, Sash,
' Paints.
Always see us before buying- We can save you money.
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