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About Conyers weekly. (Conyers, GA.) 1895-1901 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1897)
SPECIAL There are diifereut weights of tliis wng on and we will be able to suit you in this particular full as we huve a assort¬ ment. AGRKTI/iTIUI, IiRI’AIiTMENT Workings of This Branch of the State Government. HOW IT HAS GBOWtf SINGE Chang** mac liar* »ta<ta hr t ***’ rreieiit Commissioner—Nearly a Million Italian turned Into the Trenenry for tlie lit" n«/i S of the Sell mil Fund—Some Interest log Faot* mill Figure#. thousands o'rotherf-' VcYTuterested 'in the work pf the Department of Agri culture. Iu your monthly answers to questions give me some information on pense U or eC a sonroeVrrevenue' to state? This is not strictly an nral question, but it is strictly business, ami the farmers want information on it. Answer 1.—Answering your specific question first, tlie State Agricultural Department, so far from being an ex peuse to the state, lias paid into the treasury, for the benefit of the fuud, something like $i50,000. At first the inspection fee was 50 cents a ton. The fertilizer business had not reached its present magnitude, and it wa? thought that 50 cents n ton would about pay tlie expenses of running fhe depart incut. The idea of a revenue from tins iiource was not then thought of. But tho sale of fertilizers increased very rapidly, and the inspection fee was con¬ sequently reduced to io cents, an amount so small that the sellor cannot claim , . any and. ..... Iona . pnee for ,. the , fertd- . , izcrs aun yet it protects tue consumer and in the a^iegate (iio itepartmeut put* into the treasury a clear annual profit. That is after every expense, Inspector’s salaries, Inspector’s oxpen ses, tags, bottles, express charges, pub licatious, salaries of commissioner, his o'.evks, state chtmdst and two assistants, have all been paid, the stale is a gainer bv between $:.'0.000 and fjio.OOD each ▼car. This result has been ac mm 'plUliod by the exorcise of the utmost care and ecmlomy iu the nmiuigfimeti‘ of the affairs of the department. The business of tiie cilice lias increased Ire mcndousU since ]?!«), wiieti the present commissioner took charge. 1. The w.ork of the chemical depai i meut lifts more than doubled. In 18Bv I'O there were C8K analyses; in Jki'ti-i'l l,u.',.s analyses, and the number of brand s increased from 440 to 1,1 id. Doe of tlie iirst changes made by the pres’lit com¬ missioner wu*to bring the chemical de partmeut to Atlanta. The laboratory id now ill tho capitol and all the analyse* are conducted there. 8. Inspecting is no longer done in bulk at the factories. Tho system ' inspecting inaugurated by the present •oiumissicmer is the best of any state in the Union, although tho inspection fee of 10 cent* is the smallest of any state. Inspectors are forbidden fro take samples until after the fertilizers leave the factories. They get their samples from farmers’ wagons, on the cars, in the merchants’ ware¬ houses, etc., but always after the good* have loft the hand* of tlie manufactur¬ ers and are on sale. By this method tlie entire state is carefully covered, and it is an extremely difficult matter to sell spurious goods , la . Georgia. , But for this careful and thorough inspection the Mate would be flooded with worthiest fertilizers and the farmers suffer iu con ' i Auother , reform , inaugurated by the present commissioner was the reduction of the annual pay of fertilize- inspec tors from S...VJ0 to $ 1 .000 each, aud in «t«ad of ke^eninjj ^ larj>e f»>rce on duty all tho time, only four are appointed foi the full time, the others arc employed during the t-usy leasou, aud when the pressure is remove i they are discharged, Thus, though ti e sale of fertilizers and the consequent work of the inspector? have both increased tremendously, the <-"t is about the same, and until the We have a car load of* fhe celebrated Mitchell i Lewis wagons. These are the best and cheapest wagons on the market and we bought to sell close. These wagons need no recommendation ! ' i ! where they have been tested and we invite you to see them before you buy. D. M. ALMAND & SONS ,1.* ■ sf> Con Ga. * vers, w c ■ > t o* tr n ; • - r * ' unprecedented of feruiiiw'i tu* past season, the cost of inspecting was actually less char, fornjaiiy. 6. Under the present administration of the department, the pay of the oil in¬ spectors lias been so reduced fir ' whereas formerly the state did not re¬ ceive one cent from this source tu* pres¬ ent commissioner has been able to put f %'»,O'JO into the treasury after ail ex¬ penses hare been paid. 7. Although the office Work »t the department lias doubled and trebled the present commissioner to. k charge, the office expenses are several humlred dollars less each year now than then. The increased work is done by the same number of clf,rks ' a,1(i their combined 1 salaries have been re rluomi from 9-1. oGO to $.1, <20, an annual faction of $780 iu clerk hire. Until liwt y 0ar ‘l"* Si,vi,,s iu clerk hire was over $1,000 each year, but owing to in creased work and responsibility the sal av j eg 0 f two of the clerks were raised, ti, e "Monthly Talks and Answers to Questions,” which are pub lislied by the weekly press through out t j l0 s t ate , (j I0 commissioner lias proparoci and issued thousands of pamphlets and hooks, giving informs tion as to tlie resources of Georgia, q; llege hooks and pamphlets have been g@I1 (. throughout the north mid west, bur so great lias been tlie demand for them liiat it lias baeu impossible to meot 7. In tlie matter of buying tags the commissioner lias been hampered I is the fact that the state printer claimed this as one of hi* perquisite*, ami In this he was sustained by the tliis printing commUtM> N( , twiths t a „u.nK fact. commiss , 1191 . demauded a rednc . \‘ ... j 1 au,i , Md , 11 0n ' 8 1™* ■ uc ^ * " (luol »g it , from $8.00 to $1.60 per 1,000. Fi,mll V lm “PP« i » led *° ,he attorney - au<l *** advised that he could ,,,ake the purchase wherever he pleased, ^ roceedmg on tliis uuthonty he entered mto neKOtUt.ons.for obtaining the tags ‘‘heaper, and then advertised for sealed biJs ’ The first firm which received the f,ontr » ,!t failed to comply with the terms, so also the second, and after a third ad vertising for bids the contract was finally awarded to the Denison Manu¬ facturing company, at 45 cents per 1,000. —State Agricultural Department. siiixoi.ii.ir i.*.id. Question, Will you please answer the following questions i 1. Have you ever tested subsoiiiug land ? W ha r was the result-. cuhi you advise subsoiliug land deep? runs together ami gets hard in a dry time. Wifcld Subsoil is solid red clay. a. you advise subsoil ng dark gray and red clay lauds (solid red clay subsoils) 12 to lo inches deep? 4 When is the best time to subsoil, and how often f o. Are you sure that it pays to use amd phosphate and kainit on light sandy lands for corn, cotton, oats ana peas ? «. Do you advise the use of acid pirns phate and kainit with cottonseed on such land for oats to be sowed iu Octo¬ ber : There is a fair crop of pea vines on tlie land 7. When acid phosphate aud kainit are applied broadcast at the tints peas are planted and all covered at once, is the fertilizer immediately available? 8. Where peas follow oats would a liberal upplicitioii of piiosphate and g aillit , t0 the oat crop pay a. veil as to divide Application between oats and P*as? S. Where cotton is planted after peas would a liberal application of phosphate aud kainit to peas furnish phosphoric acid and potasii enough for cotton? Answkr.—1. I have tested subsoiling land iu southwest Georgia for corn and doubled the .yield. I have a friend in «l« k flVr5on county who, this past winter, turned his laud with a large 4- horse plow aud fo owed iu the same furrow with a snWiler pu led by five horses, breaking th stiff subsoil to a depth of IB to 20 ino„os. He writes that lie is well pleased with the result, the cotton planted on mu land being ahead of everything in that section. X. !. MS. 8. Yes. 4. Kow is a good time to subsoil (Oak, 1), and any tme will do through the fail and win,or when the ground is not wet When thoroughly done the effects will be risible for three or four years, and frequently longer, according to the character of tlie subsoil. 5. I am euro that it pays to fertilize all crops, if lone judiciously, and nitro¬ gen is usual.y needed as well as phos¬ phoric acid mid potash. 6. While the pea vines will furnish some nitrogen for the oat crop, I would advise the nse or a complete fertilizer for them, particularly as you are desir ous of built,..ig up your laud while you are making crops. 7. Most of tlie fertilizer is uiimedi ately available, and the rest becomes so gradually. The potash'iu the kainit is ell available (of course in the presence of moisture) at once, and so of what id termed tlie "available phosphoric acid" in a fertilizer. There is usually some phosphoric acid termed unavailable, which gradually become? available by the aotion of certain properties iu the sail. 8. If you wish to bring up your land rapidlv vou should fertilize each crop ' well. W. Of course a portion of the phoipho ric acid and kainit would remain in the •oil to be taken un by the cotton crop, but as I have said before, if you wish to bring your land to a high state of fer¬ tility each crop that you plant should be well fertilised.—State Agricultural Department. Pi»n For K ei>;«i,.i- »»««t r«i»f.oei. Question.-P lease publish in your >H.mfhly ,newer* to questions a good, cheap, practical plan for keeping sweet h otatoes f Answer—T he following plan isoheap I . !ld praoticu.. and if followed you wiil iiave no trouble to keep your potatoes through the winter: Dig your potatoes j , ho fi rgt bright sunny day after the Tines haVM beeil touched by frost. Han dle them carefully, rejecting all that are cut or bruised. Don’t throw them in piles while digging, as is customary, for by thi* plan many are bruiaed, but *imply place them by the side of the furrow as they are plowed up. Iu the evening gatuer them up, placing care fully in baskets holding from one to two bushels, and haul to the,; point where you wish to bank them. Make a bed of dry pine straw 10 or 12 inches thick, a ud on this place from 20 to 25 bushels of potatoes in as steep a pile as possible, xhen cover the pile 5 or « inches deep wtl * P uie • t 'V‘ w * a,,, ‘ 110 110 mors t0 them until the weather gets colder, Build a low shed over the batiks suffic ient to keep the rains entirely off. Be fore cold weather cover the entire bank with 7 or 8 inohes of earth, and your potatoes will’keep until spring. The: i mnor | an t points are these: Bank no brn , Md or cut pota t 0 es; keep the banks B^fecMy , , , P«* . on enough , earth to prevent the cold penetrating, but dot until the potatoes have gone through a sweat and dried off.—State Agricultural " The Henry County Weekly Sa.\ S tuI8 happened . 111 . Jacksoil. _ , ”A telephone message was ^GLBlV Ou ilGlG - JtlCKSon T , iroill stating that a tall, Slender mail, light mustache, "™ a girl -1 ..r-,,. about- , 1<> <> years „„ „ Old u ill the buggy, rode up ill front of the f, Star Store / g rrof ° out Ut ; tnnlr ^ ^ , ullule llOlll u hlS hoi'SG, exchanged it for a good Lew oneotl a mute winch Was Staud • , , , . ,n e IDtCliecl to . another , buggy 3 post, and without a word tO anybody drove OU Off in the* Henry County. mule and buggy belonged to a lady who was trading in the store at the time, and Mr Hainp Daughtry saw the man, but was totally unaware of what his strange action meant until too late. At last accounts the bold adventurer was badly wanted •” Mr. R. L. Guffin, who went fyom (Wei'S last week Vo Al bertville. Ala*, came home i Tuesday Ulgllt, but returned J S t 0 Albertville yesterday to open house . that i li P a music at place, j He Stated, however, that he, wou l(i no fc move his family J i theie, as lie did not like the | place well enough for that,— HnnuprslRfi ' 1 Finn nor .. r Guffiu , „ denies . . Jbe . 8tate— i tueilfc Of the Banner, and says ! the feasoil lie did not brill" his ' ° ■ family * on .. hlS return , here, , Ills baby child Was sick aild had been for some time, and his family physician advised him to wait until the weather was cooler before removing the child He will remove his family to this place soon, where he expects to reside permanently. Mr. Guffin is well pleased with this section.—Marshal Banner, Albertville, Ala. The above indicates that Mr. ----------- Guffin seriously thinks of UlOV 1 • ,• .. 10 AH)e,U 1,le Glen’ ,» 7 friends here Will regret ’ to lose them . Sale Day. Last Tuesday was sale day and gome valuable property was sold by Mr. D. N. Hudson, the crier. The O. Seamans estate was sold. The farm above town was purchased by Mr. Herd Allen for $979 The home place, on 3 mile below town, was knocked down to Mr. J - N Hnle for $801. Another house and lot ^ bought by Judge Simpkins for *1940. The Brodnax home place, on Mill street was sold to Mr. J. S. Johnson for $400.00. All of this is good {Tribes. property and brought fair Tutt’s Pills sy , (( I Liver Ills. ARE YOU BANKRUPT inhealtl., constitution undermined by ex travagance in eating, by disre garding the laws .of nature, or physical capital ai! gone, if so, never despair Tutt’s Liver Pills will cure you. For sick headache, dyspepsia, sour stomach, malaria, torpid liver, constipation, biliousness and all kindred diseases. Tutt’s Liver Pills an absolute cure. WE DO JOB WOBK. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. 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