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SPECIAL.
There are different
weights of this wag¬
on and we will bo
able to suit you in
this particular as we
lievo a full assort¬
ment.
SH 0 J 1 T CHOI’
IS NOW SURE
Commissioner Nesbitt Talks of
Cotton Conditions.
IK10ES AKE UJ3USUALLY POOR
Uespite I lie Probability of m Strong Da
wand, the Staple la Hriiiging a Cant
I.«m "I'li h ii at. tlia Same Time Last Year.
J«n porta live of faring First Picking* Be*
fore Fqoinoctlal storms In.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Atlanta, Oct. 1, 18?»7.
COTTON.
The cotton crop, which a few week*
ago promised to be the largest ever
grown, has suffered a severe backset.
^Notwithstanding this indisputable con¬
dition, as well as the fact that the
■world's surplus from the past season is
very small, both indicating the proba¬
bility of u strong demand, prices have
opened very low, ruling nt least a cent
Jess than at the same period last year.
The large surplus of manufactured
goods on haml will partly, but not en¬
tirely, account for this anomalous con¬
dition of the cotton market. It is cer¬
tain that a large supply of cotton will
be necessary to meet current demands.
It is also certain that the crop will fall
ehort of our August expectations, but it
is always a riskv Ills business for a farmer
to speculate on cotton crop. In an
experience of over 110 years we have
found that, generally speaking, it pays
better to soli the crop as it is gathered,
Losb of weight, and if stored, insnr
ance, storage, etc, run np the ej
petiRO account very rapidly, and
often, as was the caso lust year,
though there may be every reasonable
probability of higher prices, the farmer
is. m the end. disappointed. 1 he truth
i» no adv.ee can be given which will
suit all cases. A man s own judgment
his obligation his pccuharenviren.ne.it
and fl.iai.cial condition must all exer
mse a demd.ng influence as to when
and at what price he can afford to sell
A matter i.f tar greaer importance just
h 'r entire T W control, 1 ? » ' aS to . save U0 the m 1 '
irst pickings m nice, clean condition
befoie the equinoctial storms damage it
bevond remedy. The earliest picked
s'otlon folly usually sells tiie best, and it is
to leave it in the fieiii to waste
from the bolls, or to become stained and
spoiled .iv rain and wind. Jf handled
carefully ami neatly from the time it is
picked from the bolls until it is safely
landed at the nearest shipping station,
we will hear less complaint of tiie
wretched condition in which American
cotton reaches the markets of the world,
CORN.
The general corn crop will also he nti
doubtedly which, shorter than that of last year,
it will be remembered, was tho
largest ever grown. Corn is now ad
vancing and prices will, iu all protmbii
lty, be steady, which Is a strong addt
tioual reason for seeding a full area of
fall oats, and also for saving every part
of the corn crop. It has been often
stated in these columns, and in many
other agricultural publications, that a
very large part-of the corn cron is acta
ally thrown away by our mu .I method
of allowing the stalks to rot iu the
fields. We have been gratified bv the
number of letters of inquiry ou this sub
joct winch havo been received bv the
department. All over Georgia attention
is concentrating more or less on this
important matter. In my own county
I know of two shredding machines re
cently purchased, cue by an individual
and the other by a combination of farm*
ers. Their reports can but be fauirable,
and another year we hope to see the en
tire product of our Georgia corn fields
successfully is housed for winter feed. It
probable that corn will maintain a
higher price the coming year than has
ruled the past season, and this mav iu
duee some of our farmers to plan for a
larger area in eoru. A better policy,
however, would be to put in a heavy
crop of
FALL OATS.
.
In the more northern section# of the
■tate progressive farmers have already
seeded down the area intended for this
crop, but in southern Georgia there is
still sufficient tune to add to the nnm
her of acres originally intended for oats,
ihere is no tetter stock food than clean,
well developed oats, and the full
lug lias this advantage, that the cron
may lie of taken off m t be corn' anrin»"-nida'
crop peas or late planted aud
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B#gh:y S ren!,.-i and°--
We have a car load of the celebrated Mitchell
■,o pH » ). a « ,,j. These are the best and cheapest!
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wagons on the market and we bought to sell very!
'close. These wagons need no recommendation
' where they have been tested and we invite you to !
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see them before you buy.
D. M. ALM AND & SONS
4
Conyers, Ga.
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, literal eany seeding sec urea, tnat uie
plants may bo well set before cold
weather cheeks their rapid growth. A
better plan than increasing the area
will be to increase the productive «a
pacity of the land Ivy thorough prepara¬
tion and high fertilization.
w WWRAi.
October is usually the great wheat
sowing month, except in the far south,
where most of the wheat is sown
in November. It we could regulate this
matter accurately we should pefer to
sow just long enough before frost to get
tlie wheat well started, otherwise there
is danger that the dreaded fly may de
utroy the stand. The high price of
wheat may tempt some farmers to plant
more largely than usual, but we think
this a mistaken policy, because our
lands are not especially suited to wheat
and almost without exception, will pro
duco a better paying crop of oats, even
nt the high prospectiya price of wheat,
It is delayed and then hurried, and con
sequeutly careless often preparation both and seed
ing, which so causes these
crops to bo disappointing. Although
this year's crops are not yet all gath¬
ered, we may now regard our farming
operations Wheat, for another year other as well
started. oats and fall
grains and grasses, though seeded now.
belong essentially to another year, and
must be included in our plans and esti¬
mates fur Ti8.
REPAIRS BEFORE COLD WEATHER
Before cold weather sets in, examine
stable and barns and put in ail needed
repairs A small leak unheeded now
may become a damaging, even a de
structive, agent after the crops are
stored In our mild climate the need
for very close stable* is not so itnpor
taut as in higher latitudes, where the
rigors of a northern winter mnks it im
per alive that all farm animals be cave
fully protected from the cold weather,
r,_, <JV?ry w , , ,
dav9 jn winter, and the careful
fa ; mer will R90 that aililaalg are not
' d to uoW drauBhrt nr utiug
wi nds . NaU C11 aU loose boards and
t evervfhing about the farm in neat
, ortler foP tho winter
mHuths The livi h(ma ontlmild .
j fences, ditches7 terraces, all usu
|ie ,, d few touohes . It is 11;lrt ' icn
| 1#r i impomilt oll all ]alld s oyfu iu
grain that arrangements fc are made for
t , an . vi off „ n snrpllls water. Noth
j j g in jmious to a grain crop
t to allow aUoW water Watei t0 to stm- Sta! ' i 1 on 0,1 the the
Hi. lint. -ii.o.-, and saving shredded
rodder.
lu packing the green crops in the silo
do not be in too great haste to complete
the work. The whole mass will he in
better condition if the filling is done
every alternate day. If one is careful
in tilling and packing the corners,
and if, after the silo is filled and
tramped the contents are covered with
» layer 12 or 15 im-hos iu depth of
cottonseed hull#, chuff, straw or other
similar substance, ami this well sprin
kled with water, there need be no fear
that the whole will not consolidate and
seal up.the silage, effectually preserving
it from injury.
in saving the shredded fodder, that is
either the bare stalks shredded, or stalks,
loaves ami tops all shredded together,
great care must be exercised to have the
fodder froa from dampness, that is from
rain or dew. No matter how dry the
stalks may appear outwardly there is
always more or less natural moisture
inside, but this will not prove at all in
jurions, if the shredded fodder is care
fully packed and the air thus excluded.
The natural moisture will cause the
mass to heat, but this will improve
rather than injure it. provided it is left
undisturbed until the fermentation
ceases. If disturbed before the heating
is over, it will can«e the mass to
mould. We are yet novices in
new method of shredding or caring fo;l
der, but each year will add to our expe
lienee and skill nutil the process be
comes finally entirely perfected. A gen
oral adoption of this plan will work a
revolution ill southern farming. The
questiou of abundant forage will be for
ever settled, and more sti ck and better
stock will be a comparatively easy
achievement
DKMASD for seed Irish potatoes.
Conditions indicate that there will be
a good demand next spiiiig for southern
fall grown Irish potatoes for seed. The
drouth and potato bag# it. some sections,
and long continued wet weather in oth
ers. have greatly injured the general
MVl " K the crop to
take out all diseased or aamaged potu
a P re “rW^i" I ifthm,,*
tlwm ' T. Ne-*«ut. onmmUbiower.
THE CONDITION OF .CROPS,
( OTTOS.
Since my last report of Sept. 1, disas¬
ter has overtaken this crop all over the
Kate. Rust and shedding and drouth
have done their work, aided in some
coueities by caterpillars, and I think it
a fair statement to say that the prospec¬
tive yield is 25 per cent off from what
it promised to tie a month ago. I have
been in ail sections of the state during
September, I have observed the crop
closely myseif, and I have talked with
experienoed farmers from many ccftm
ties, and I venture the assertion that
Georgia will make no more cotton than
she did last year. .In addition to this
disaster, the price has declined more
than a cent a pound in the same time,
and our farmers are now faoe to face
with a small crop and the price in most
cases below the cost of prodnotion. Tne
crop is being rapidly gathered and on
many farms where rust appeared, early
picking is practically over. Should good
weather continue for a few weeks
longer the crop will all bo gathered, ns
there is very little top crop anywhere in
the state,
CORN.
Fortunateiv this crop is good, getter
fortuuate that our fanners will have
from the sale of their cotton. I advise
IndaUowmnmoTn to* be’“for
corn promises to be higher in price next
year tliRti it lias been for a year or two
past,
other crops.
Rice is reported good front the coast
eountles, where tli6 bulk of the crop is
iaised, and no severe storm having on
curred in September most of it is now
safely harvested. Sorghum and sugar
cane have made fair crops, though the
latter ha# been retarded in growth by
<i<T weather of in the_ early summer The
crop peas ts good ami they should be
gat here.x In spite of the pressing de
“-'nds of the open cotton. Peas sold
»“ .Atlanta from #1 to »1.3o
* busl l el - **«» ?™7 farm « r ‘bat has
*hem should at least save ht* seed if
«o more A great neai of flue fodder
K,u ’"'- T bM beel ! ,*“«} house.-,
ami this good.wow s should still go on
wherever rams have kept the grass
* r ?? u aM * ,mtl ' itl0 ? s '
Oronndpeas and sweet potatoes are
•" BTcrage crop, and will go a long
ways particularly toward# fattening South the killing
hogs, in Georgia,
where groundpeas are largely planted
for this purpose,
STOCK
Are generally reported healthy and
in good condition, and with plenty of
eorn anil fodder are likely to continue
so. Some reports of cholera, but less
than usual.
SandVatgh.
Question.—I tried a small plat in
laIld vetch as an experiment, hut it
spread so close to the ground that I ani
convinced o:i a Urge scale it would be
an f exceedingly is" difficult crop to gather
believe it as valuable as crimson
clover, as a winter cron it is better
adapted to dry soil, it'will and if this difficulty
can be overcome become one of
e n r most valuable crops. Can von sug
g« s t a plan for successfully saving * * it?
Ansh . ........ E*._It T . has . been , \ found , that . if ..
vetch is seeded with wheat or rye, the
latter will hold it up. and prevent it
from spreading so close to the ground,
It T . . nohar . , , in albummoids ., .. than .. clover ,
end stands the winter equally as well,
but it should be cut before it becomes
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iThe wise man profits by experi-
fence, but lie is still wiser who
profits by the experience of oth¬
ers.
When a man has a reputition
for wisdom he can say foolish
things and his friends applaud
them as sarcasm.
It takes the average woman
adout twice as long to mnke up
her complexion as it does to
make up her mind.
Some men are never satisfied
to remain at the bottom of the
ladder, they always try to get
farther down.
A man gets very little credi
for what he does in this world
hut he gets lots of blame for
what lie doesn’t.
If }'OU want to See the smart
est, cutest, sweetest, baby that
ever lived just get anv mother to
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The girl who tries to imitate
a ,Tian i s idiotic, hut the imita
lion is very flattering just the
same.
A man isn’t always to blame
for thinking more of his type¬
writer than he does of his wife,
for he can dictatejto his type¬
writer.
Some of us have more ups and
downs in this life than others
but when we get to the ceme¬
tery will all be on a dead level.
J jorralm - IjodhIh.
Cotton picking is taking the
day in this section.
We arc glad to note that the
sick are doing well this time.
Miss Hulda Cook was buried
last Sunday at the Parker
Grove yard.
Several of our young people
atteudod the baptizing at Ozias
last Sunday,
Chicken Pox is raging in this
community,
A large crowd attended the
croqulte party at Mr. John
Browning’s last Saturday even¬
ing and report having a nice
time.
Dr, J. T. Grace can be seen
and heard at most any time,
day or night, these times 1
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