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>- - 1 ertiiizers! Fertilizers!
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Of the Highest Grade
In the meu kc«
These goods Rave been thoroughly tested throughout Geor¬
gia, South Carolina, Florida and Alabama, for the past twen
h years, with uniform success.
We want to sels you
your Fertilizers this
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season before
io get our prices
1’iTece in Dr. Lee’s Drug Store. Respectfully
SMITH & lifsey.
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CONYERS, GA„ SATURDAY, APR. 3 , 1897
WE HAVE A CORNER IN COTTON.
That we hsve a monopoly is attested
today by the fact that wo produce at
least three-fourths of the world’s oottou
crop. All the other cotton growing
countries, many of them with strong
government have backing and encourage,
ment, so far been able to produce
only one-fourth of the general crop. By
using every means at unur command,
they have, in a period of 27 years, in¬
creased their crop only 10 per cent,
while our increase during the same pe¬
riod has been over 200 percent. From
1867 to 1872 our average crop was J 107,
000 bait s of 4 10 pounds each. During
) crop <ho same average period of 2 live 337,000 years bales. the foreign From
was
1891 to 1894 our average crop was 9 484,
000 bales; foreign, 2,595,000. These fig.
ures show for the years mentioned: In¬
crease in American cotton, 0,317.000;
increase in foreign, 258,000; increase in
American over foreign cotton, 0,059,000
bales.
barely r„ , with ... such a monopo . y as that,
be “h 6 h nrf Utl -' tlie lual '
kets or the world. Why is it, then,
that the co.tou growei is at the nie.rcy
ot the buyer and must accept Ins ulti
maturn, whether it bare,y pays him
back the cost of production or leaves
him in debt. Let us examine into the
subject a lilt,',e. We find that Georgia
alone pays out annually over $3,000,000
for mules; that in the present year
Georgia farmers will use over 350,000
tons of commercial fertilizers; that the
importations of corn ami meat, while
greatly reduced in the last few years,
are still much too large in a section
where the facilities for producing these
items cannot bo surpassed.
In 1879. Alabama, Mississippi, Lou¬
isiana. Texas and Arkansas each raised
more cotton than Georgia. Now Geor¬
gia makes more cotton than any state,
except Texas, and more to the acre fclnfu
does Texas. We find that Georgia raised
in the year
Cot ten. Corn. Oats. Wheat
Bales. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels
478,000 17,00.1.0!) I 2 1 .‘7 00 )
1,191,00J 29,000,0110 4,700,000 l.oWS.000
The of bay, ,
crops sweet potatoes
etc., were ah increased, but the
is still short of what it
be, while Georgia's contribution
the biggest cottou crop ever made is
farmers only to the largest. Here we
struggling to force a cot¬
crop on the world, for which they
aieept less than cost price, because
arc compelled to have the money
pay for provisions, which con'd have
raised more cheaply at home.
Glancing over the tables wo Hud that
had iu
Milch ctm-s. Other cattle. Sheep. r i,5IHVJ0 Su-iim
w,u,u,
No material increase in any item ex-,
hogs, aud yet we have a country
natural advantages for stock
in climate and feeding crops,
and dry, cannot be surpassed meal, in
-world. Cottonseed hulls and
former for many years a waste pro¬
furnish perhaps the cheapest stock
known to man—and the sooth has
in almost unlimited, quantity—I have
known of a large lot of cattue
from North Georgia to England,
were in fine condition, sleek and
and which had been fed solely on
meal and hulls.
1 have in mind several other lots
and fattened on cottonseed meal
without any other feed, which
sold at a profit, leaving the ma
rich iu fertilizing elements, to
- .
credit side of the . account. My ,, ob¬
the these facts and
ject. in referring to
figures is to emphasize the importance the
of all these socallcd by-products Corn, to
success of our agriculture. oats,
forage crops, cattle, sheep, hogs from
import adjaucta to tlic success! ul , iai9
iuir of cotton, indeed, are the founda¬
tion on which it must rest in order to
make it absolutely safe. Jr., assistant
Dr. Charles W. Dabuey, widely
secretary of agriculture, in his
circulated and widely read article ou
‘The Possibilities of Cotton,’ states that
tho value of the hulls and meal from
765; in oil, $41,751,009; iu liucers, $8,-
100,000; in man mat value ot hulls, 540,
832.627, a grand total of $94,239,-
393, whereas wa get only $;jo,UUU,- loss of !
000 for tiieso products—a soutlierq
of $40,000 000 to the
ern farmer. A big leak somewhere!
The«e figuies aptly illustrate the point
under discussion, namely, that the
gcutlieiu farmer, in reaching out to an
uncertain cotton market, actuary
throws away a certain profit at home.
COTTON IS CASH.
It is true that cotton represents cash,
and the farmer can always sell Ins cot¬
ton, whereas be often finds it diilicu-t
to market his other crops. But where
is the advantage of a cash market for
cotton if, hv reason of injudicious man¬
agement, he is compelled to accept less
than it cost, him to raise it?
Mr. Dabney also estimates that m
the year 1910 ," the world That will need is long 20,
000,0u0 bales of cottou. a
glance into the future, bat I trust that
when that demand comes tne south
will be able to supply, as today, the
greater part of tho marketable cotton,
always provided that the demand is
a customs me to oftom
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tacturers in l
I 1,ac kert Dr a place ’winch will
tlle ii,r -e out-ay of capital and
j necessary to make that crop. Just,
! our chief concern should be to
j profit—auu our present this cotton cauuot prodncum ha done- a i>y .la¬
! ponding on ether markets for
supplies, ami putting nil our
land, our money ami time and labor iu
such an uncertain investment as cotton
has heretofore proved.
OUR cm IIP DUTY NOW.
r i.h’ re is 5 per ceut of lantl in
If oar cot¬
ton. wo wouitl expand the crop to
meet the iucreasiup: demand, let us zi‘>r
reacli out- to iucieaso the area, but
rather by judicious methods of prepa¬
ration auu lertiiization and regular ro¬
tation of crops, endeavor to increase
the production of the present urea. I,
for one, am in favor of each man’s
making all the cotton he can, after he
has taken care that his position is so
cured bv ample provision supplies at
homo. Cotton is undoubtedly our
mon °y cn> l ) ' but . like a 'iv other monop
oly, requires forethought and judicious
management. Oil buDposa the standard
company, or any other giant mo
nopcly, was so shortsighted as to over
stock the market to a point where it
would ho compelled to sell at a loss, in
order to pay running expenses, would
not such u course bo condemned as
wanting in the first principles of a
sound business polioy? And yet that is
exactly what the farmer ig doing when
lie loads himself with a cotton crop for
Which lie cannot fully pay.
It' he has allowed himself sufficient
margin to be secure of a clear profit on
his cotton, be it one bale or hundreds of
bales, be is in no nan gem I am con¬
vinced that, this i]uesti >n of the cotton
area is one which each farmer must
solve for himself, and once the great
body of farmers, each man aceoruing
to his surroundings and condition--, has
decided on the number of acres which
he, as an individual, can safely afford
to put in, the great question of how
much cottou to pi tut each year will bo
forever sett ted. L’.i better enable farm¬
ers to arrive at correct conclusions, and
to throw more light on all suhje sts cou
nected with our farm management,
farmers’ institutes, farmers’ chautau
quas, experiment work and every other
means of diffusing information should
be systematically used.
What we need is a more thorough
knowledge of the. conditions sutround
xng us. 11. T. Nesbitt,
State Agricultural Commissioner.
Snpet ior courl:
GRAND JURORS.
Jas II Peck, Robert L. Hudson.
Huff, Geo Hollingsworth,
M Kennitt, .Tas L MoCaHa,
W Tucker, Judson It Ros¬
Win W Swann, Jas D Ray, J J
A J Smith, D M Alinni'L
Goo W Walker, Jm 1 A O vens, M
IT IVeelej-, Jas 51 B Goode, 13 i j !)
Whatlv, Win A Cast ley, ffm U
Wallace, John L Pale, Jas F Milch
A!, I.J Boro, J R O’Neal, A N
Plunk* t, Jtio G StcplicuFon, Joa P
Eekles, Chas G Turner, Geo 11
Bryan, Zach T Aimand.
TRAVERSE JuItO'IS.
Thomas D Street 0 Humphries,
J O Bobamui, G W Cain, L J Al
m».nd ( D T Vaughn, J no F Ber¬
nard, P II White, John M Aimand,
D F. Clotfeher, Chas B Fanil!,
George W Ivey, Walter Wood.
Thomas J I>ay, 3m H K-nuiU,
b n i amia WaUin, Win F Stanley,
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Isaac S Treadwell, Jas , R 0 ,,, Lead- , i
wo l, Win A White, A S Wooley, C
R J-’ Watkins, J os L A bite, B !1
Bower, !d L Almaad, Gto N Sftfi"
ders, Thos H Bryrn, Jaa K White,
Wnrr n B Thrasher, John H Taylor.
•J.,o Wa kev Aimand, -Rio W VVp-.
liaais, -John S Thompson. M C W hi'C
Edvard li Aimand, Chas M Taj lor.
Court.
Next Monday our court will con- Re
veues and many people
in Conyers, We request ail
those who may coroo to town,
who are indebted to the V* bkk
ly, to come in and make set
meat.
OUR NEW MILLINERY
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For tlie Sdring Season has arrived and we can truthfully say
that it is a beautiful selection of goods.
OUR HATS, RIBBONS AND LACES
Can’t be excelled for the money in any retail
in the whole country. Those who have,examined our stock
delighted with it, and you will likewise be pleased.
COriE AND SEE US.
ncDonald <& Haygood.
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WE SELL THE BEST,
We sell the Highest grade Guano on the market, or that
has bet u here for many yt aye.
We are me L 1 leaders in
Joods and low prices,
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substantiate wl hat we say.
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If you Want tho !n-t GUANOS and Adi'S see us.
If you '.van!, the LOWEST PRICK > see us.
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Have the Largest, Boft and most, complete line of Buggies,
Phaetons and Surries manufaetuv* d. Such a display lias never
be en on the market here before. If you want' to buy you can’t
afford to miss this opportunity,
We also carry a full stock of Harness, Hardware and Under¬
takers goods. Be sure to call on us before you buy.
W- v- ALMAND & SON !i
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