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COnMUNICATHD.
If you will give mo space
wnnL to say something in
<n the trotting and coach
imeiests of this section.
lit .h been some little
manifested m that line
hi t the pulsO seems to heat
ret her weak now. The errone
iclcrt he<Mns to prevail with
OV H
pome tli'il to own or take Stock
* allj ,V u’HV " in 1 the trotting " horse
J'l - immoral, , Io'A
tiiean- 1,1 yotl are
• with , the
arid classes . ,,
bi d, you
’ lint such is not th
r i-r ;Uh 1 if that class of thinK
„ , ..... .a UI) lib, , itK l post them
pi ve t hey will dunk ntdifferent- mrrertnr
ly- If to own a trotter was as
' people
fll . t athinL , an \eliore some
would have you believe. what Wlidt a
mi-take the French government
i ifnle in offering $300,000 for
her trotters in q •
1 furnish you a clipping which
will give your readers an idea
as - to 1 how I, w d„. -h French i - manage g
t !.f-ir horse affairs, and light
hero Wd dare say, they have the
, ' , i 3,
oof . Ui ti t » j
cate and develop then trotters,
8o why can’t Conyers have a
track. wa Come boys, J whoop up,
and let’s not be outdone , by
eve:i the French government,
• In lSIJo the French ,, govern
meilt donated upwards Of $300,
000 in purses for trotting races
while its donation to help the
improvement of the thorough—
K bred , Old , 1ifJ not nnt nIlit0 tjUtto rpach leacn ha lid. ic I
tba’ sum. The French people
argue that a good roadster Ol !
l,nr«a in m b more !
°
useful the State than .
to O ue j
that Call only gallop, hence the j
much greater measure of asms
t,he trotter. :
tame to
.
The French government main
taifia ; 7; 2800 stallions in the na
tional studs , foi f service. . r«, 1 he f fees
fange fr0UJ$ l 0 (50 fldUCS) down !
The legal service fee for a stal
ion in France is 100 francs ($20) |
If an owner charges more
than that lie cannot collect- the 1
amount of the service fee by law.
Last spring licenses were
withheld from several hundred j
Stallions because their owneie
wuuhl not stand them at the
legal fee or less.
There are 22 central stallion j
depots belonging to the govern—
meut in Franco. From these the
2800 stallions the State owns
ate tuSUlbuted ... out mound , the ,
VttUt us breeding districts during
the soring 1 fe earlv y summer ' and
concentrated . beiore the
again
beginning of winter.
Uice tilt) government in
Friuce buys a Stallion, thorough
breb, troUer or Percheron’ there
ia ia lie at. such suou iliimr t.iiug ua us gciilug iteUimi him ultn
irotu .. tho . public , , owneralup ,
away
until He . if t) lie
, 18 v-orn out, . proves
a gotd breeder be is uever dis
pesed , Of c for < reproductive . . P ul> "
puses/ J. O. M.
The average man never fully
realizes at midnight how very
Sleepy he ia going 10 beat 7 h,
m., tbe next morning.
Fmwihlv all tm-n h-ivn rnm
moil seust), t’Ut Lhe majority of
them seem to value it'too highly
to exhibit it to others.
The inau who ia punctual in
keeping bis appointments loses a
lot ol valuable tune—waiting
for the other fellow .
Fame never comes to man
until after the undertaker gets
thioug with huu. It’s a case of
getting w hat you want after
you ceased to want it •
A man likes to refer to him¬
self as an idiot at times, but it
iuatu-8 lutu mad if anybody
eteti UgrcOi) with him'
' ’ uU ' 1 ^ 11 " UH.S , k
* 8. iM.OYt , l to
. 10 average
him to get his laugh in at
rt* time when; a woman is
hug a fuuuy story.
TO A!Q FRUIT GROWERS
u i;A-rit k I’A'-ni) at iieckst
LEHI'LATIVK SESSION
IS AH.AN I A.
SIGNED AND NOW IN EFFECT
KJ1J p r0 Vi a M Kor a Commission to
Il)Sp ,. cr , t „ », s ,roy au
lent in.es*
For the benefit of the fruit growers of
Geor " ia - fb,: foMo lv,n * b ‘ U pa S8ed
at the recent session . of the legislature, , f
and has now become effective:
Be „ it . Enacted „ , , by ,, the General ,, , Assembly .
°
Tbaum act entitled “An act to re
quire the commissioner of agriculture to
establish a special department of horti
Cakure und P° mology ' to employ aD
entomologisti oto>< e tc.,’* approved Dec.
21 , 1897, be amended so as to read an
follows:
Section b Tbat from and after th ®
passage of this act, the commissioner oi
agriculture of the state of Georgia, the
president of the Georgia State Horti
cultural society and the president of the
Georgia State Agricultural society shall,
ex-officio, constitute a board to be known
« the state board of entomology, of
■ which the commissioner of agriJaltnw
shall be chairman, which board shall
have full power to enact such rules and
regulations governing the inspection,
certification, sale transportation and
introduction of trees, shrubs, cuttings,
buds vines, bulbs and roots, that they
may deem rn^sary to prevent the fur
ther introduction, increaseanddissemi
nation of insect pests aud plant diseases.
Boc. 2. That tho state entomologist
appointed by the commissioner of ugri- |
citod above, appioved Dec. 21, 189<,
sba ll act as an inspector under the pro
Visions of this act, and it shall bo the
duty of the sail board to promulgate
rules and regulations in accordance with
this act, for the government of said onto
mologist ill the duties devolving upon
him in the execution of tho provisions
i
Soa 3 That tho salary of tho said
entomologist shall not oxceod $1,500 |
P 0r annum, and that said salary shall be
paid out of tho funds in the agricultu-; !
ral department arising from tho in spec
tion of oils. In addition to the above
appmprauion the sum of $ 1,000 per
annum is hereby appropriated out of the |
funds in the agricultural department
mising from the inspection of oils, for
the purpose of defrayiug the expenses
Of tho execution of this act,-the equip
ment of a lnboratoryi the traveling aud
other expenses of the entomologist and
the issuing oi reportsand ortier publica
thins.
Bee. 4. The entomologist shall have
power under the regulations of tho
board of control, to visit any section of
the state where .such pests are supposed I
to exist, aud shall determine whether
any infected tro3s or plants are worthy
of remedial treatment or shall he de¬
stroyed. And he shall immediately re
port his findings i:i writing, giving rea¬
sons therefor, to the owner of the in
footed plantation, his agents or tenants,
and a copy of each roport shall also be
submitted to the said board, lu case of
objection to the findings of the iuspoc
tor, an appeal shall be mado to the said
board - wbo sba11 havo tl,e P ower t0
summon witnesses and hear testimony
on oath, and whoso decision shall be
Anal All appeal must be taken within
three days and shall act as a stay of pro
ceedings until it is heard and decided.
gec _ b- Upon tho findings of theiu
spector in any case of infected trees or
plants, the treatment-prescribed by him
shall ho executed at once (unless au ap
pflill ia taken), under his supervision;
cost of material and labor shall be borne
hy the c owner; provided, 1 however, that
in case tue trees or plants k shall be con
demued, . tfioy ... shall shall bo destroyed destrovcd bv Dy tho , ho
mspoctor, and the expenses of such ac
tion shall be borne by the owner. No
compensation p° t^ shall be allowed for any
'
an that shali be destroyed.
Sec. 0. In case any person or persons
refuao to execute the directions of theiu
spoctor or of the board after au appeal, shall!
the county judge, or ordinary
upon complaint filed by the inspector or
j r.ay freeholder, to appear before cite the him person within or three per
sons
days, notice being first sorvod», and that
tho said jndgo or ordinary niay hear and
determine all the cases ia vacation; and,
n u satisfactoi'y evidence, shall cause
the prescribed treatment to be executed,
and the expense thereof and costs of
court shall be collected from the owner
j or owners oC infested plants.
See. 7. It shall be unlawful to offer
for sale, sell, give away or transport
j plants, scions, buds, trees, shrubs, viner
or other plants, tubers roots, cuttings
bulbs known to be infested with dan
gerously injurious insects or plant dis¬
eases. Any person or persons violating
tins section shall upon conviction
thereof be guilty of a ntidemeanor.
Sec. 8. Tho said board of control, its
agents or employes, are hereby empow
ered with authority to enter upon any
premises in discharge of the duties
herein prescribed. Any person or per
sons who shall Obstruct or hinder them
or their agents in the discharge of these
du ( 4 es shall be deemed guilty of amis
delneaU or, and, upon conviction thereof,
s hall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
Sec. 9. Tne board shall hare power
to also adopt rules and regulations, uot
inconsistent with the laws and consti
tution of the state and the United States
for preventing the introduction of dan
geroualy injurious crop pests from with
out the state, and for the governing
common carriers in transporting plant. 1
liable to harbor such posts to and from
the state, and such regulations shall
have the force of iaws.
Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for anv
grower, nur-eryman or corporation tr
tm . a _ ghrubs cnttiugg , viues , bulbs '
roots, without having been previously
inspected by either a state or experiment
s,atloa entomologist or government oft
cer, within 12 months of the date of
said shipment, 1 and certificate of in spec
non to accompany each , , box or package .
10 a.ion of t is c ause wi e consi.
as sac j J j
S ee. L Bg it ftirt h c r enacted, thal
the members of the said board, any twe
of wUom 8hilll ooustinite a qa0 rum in
tbe absence of the third, shall, within
30 days from the passage of this act,
draw'up and promulgate through tho
of tbe state the rules and regula
tions aece t0 carry into full and
, ete effe J t t]ie provisioU3 of thij
act) c . are fully defining what disease
lnaladiQ8 ' ; both inaact and ' trees”or fungus sha 1 ]
COJ18t itut iufeBtatioa in plants
with in the meaning and purview hereof.
gec ]2 Bq u farther eaacted , tha
any 1>cr50n or po „ ons residing in
6tate of Qeorgia> daaIi in or handling
t et ghal] ^ lled tQ bave
,
.
JV C 0re °. V ’ 0 eac ^ ( " ar ’ ’ 11 f 011
, .
couforiu t0 the reqniromont3 of the boar j
of control the inspector shail furnish a
cerMcate to that effect. And , auy such
P “J S ^ ° r f P ^ g J “f such cMttficate with
shall be gnmy of a misdemeanor.
Sec - 13 - Eachaud eYef y P ers011 re3ld -
jng Georgia, in states .dealm or g counties m or handling of the state trees ol
plants, cutting, vines, shrubs, bulbs and
roots 1U tbis etate . sball register hid
»««•«» firm, and file a copy of his or ita
certificate of inspection furnished by
the entomologist, fruit inspector oi
duly authorized government official of
stat8 or county, with the chairman
°f the board of control. Upon failura
80 to ^o-said stock shall be liable to
confiscation under order of the in
sp ° ctOT '
U ' Whn vv Ucn „ twn tv ’ 0 rnnnfal reputable ,m ^ citizens lH7PTlS
of an > r ™ mlt y 111 Geor K ia 8 hall notify
tlie bo:ird - lr!,m bohef - tbat noxious in
sects or I ,lant disoa!5es exist in theil
county, tlio said inspector shali be di
reeled to ascertain as speedily as possi
bbi by personal investigation, and in
such other manner as he may deem ex¬
pedient, the extent of tho infection, and
shall act with all due diligence to sup
press and eradicate the said pests and
« lve lu ‘ tlcc t0 tbe owner, tenant or
a o eI1 ^ s tf ( -li premises to treat such in
^ estcd plants according to the methods
he may prescribe, or destroy them
within ten days from date of such no¬
tice, and if after the expiration of such
period of ten days the infested plants
have not been treated or the treatment
has not been properly applied or is not
effectual in ridding plants of the pests,
the inspector shall cause such plants to
be properly treated or destroyed as his
judgment warrants. The cost of the
work shall be covered by execution from
the owner of the premises.
See. 15. It shall be the duty of the in
spector to make a monthly report of his
work, both as entomologist and inspec
tor, to the board of control, as well as
the expenditure under this act, and said
board shall report annually to the gov
eruor of the state.
2. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage, aud all laws and
parts of laws in conflict with this act
are hereby repealed.
Approved n#.. Dec. *1 20, imis lalib.
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Refuse Salt on Compost.
q UES tion-I have a lot of refuse salt
on hand. Would you advise putting it
in my compost heap, and if so, in what
Proportion?
Answer Strictly speaking, salt is
! no6 a fertilizer, as an analysis shows it
to contain little or no plant food. From
anient times, however, down to the
present day it has been applied to land
generally with beneficial results, so that
experience, our best teacher, indorses
its use. Ou lands that are near enough
t0 tbe sea to receive the salt spray,
which storms often carry to a consider
! ab l e dis « auca mland, or on such lands
as contain chlorine and soda in any
form - salt would have no appreciable
j effect, but on soiJs of an opposite char
acter au application of salt is frequently
very beneficial. By some means its
j presence brings about a chemical change
in 1 he soil which renders available an
additional amount of plant food for the
j growing crops. Not only this, but the
great affinity it has for water causes it
t0 attract troIU *be dews and the vapors
of ,be atmos pbere au amount of mois¬
ture, which, iu a drouth, enables the
crops to resist to some extent, the effects
o f 'he dry weather. A liberal appfiea
tion of salt is svid also to prevent rust
1 in cotton, though this is not well es
tablished. Ah additional benefit to bo
derived from an application of salt is
that it kills the larvae of many noxious
insects, such as cutworms, etc. I would
advise yon to use it- in your compost
heap, iu such proportion as that from 5
to 10 bushels will be applied to the aexo.
j “State Agricultural Department
amounted tn 90 cars. Rome growers
ceivei poor returns on account of bad
handling, poor packing and rascally
commission merchants, but good fruit,
well handle! and properly shipped,
gave very satisfactory returns. I be
lieve there will never be an over pro
duction of choice peaches.—State Agri¬
cultural Department.
j Jlish-s Wiiii the SraprgPrs. mules have
Question.—T with wo of Is my there
died staggers. any rein
edy for it, and what causes it?
Axswbk.—T here are two varieties ol
^ kaowu generallv according as b i ind ,
and gl staggers> to the
, , , . , ,
JU I< wi u- s ls p.aye y si. amma.
In blind staggers the animal rushe.t
aronud recklessly , ruimi ng against or
f lling over any obstruction in his way.
In sleepy staggers the affected horse or
tank appears dull and stupid, standing
Q^etly Wlth lts with head iowered P ressin & head, agamst or a perhaps fence
or Jf a11 ;
The disease however , is the same in
both cases and being a brain disease, i,
very bard to relieve or control. Some
°f tbc horse books assert that it is cause!
over gorging, but from my own ex
P erience 1 a,u sure 13 brought on by
eanng damaged or rotten corn. It n
,he genera l sentiment among
that tbere is ; more damaged corn
ye f th “ the f ever knew bofore ' at '
no doubt to the continuous
tarns of last summer. Numerous com
plaints of this disease are coming to
department, and I fear that the loss on
this score will be heavy throughout the
-state. In feeding horses and mules
imaged ^eful corn, to or see you that are likely they to get meet
with losses from this very fatal disease.
Wheil th0 disease is fully developed lit
tle or notMh S cau be done to save the
proper treatment 13 resorted to many
cases can bo cured. The treatmentcon
] ^ ^ ^vffig a go^ddolt " o“s
Qr oil Jf the medicine does not act
; two aud a half or three hours the dose
should be repeated. Prevention, how
! ever, is better than cure, therefore you
should use every care to keep damaged
corn out of the horse stable.—State Ag¬
ricultural Department.
Whcnt Sowing In Georgia.
Question—I s it now too late to sow
wheat?
Answek —Good crops of wheat liavo
been raised in the middle ancl northern
sections of the state sowed as late as
tho middle of January. You should
have sowed about the middle of Novem¬
ber, provided the cold weather had by
that time destroyed the Hessian fly,
which is very apt to ruin a wheat crop
sowed before frost.
To hope for a fair crop, planted at
this late date, your ground must be
rich, either naturally or by the liberal
use of fertilizers. Prepare the land
with extra care for the reception of the
seed, and do not fail to broadcast from
50 to 100 pounds of nitrate of soda to
the acre when the spring growth eom
mences. Then with a favorable season
you may make a fair crop of wheat. Be
sure to follow your wheat crop with
peas sown oroadcast; they will not only
give you a splendid crop of hay, hue
will also enrich your soil with nitrogen,
the most costly of plant foods.
PEAR BLIGHT.
Southern Treatment For Le Conto
and Klefor I’ear Trees.
When n pear orchard is badly blight
ed, tho owner writes to everybody who
claims to know anything on the subject,
aaf I every one will write him to prune,
prune, prune, when really the truth is
that the more he prunos the worse will
batheblight. When an orchard is badly
blighted, the thing to do is to let it alone
M completely as possible Don’tprunea
limb, ’ don’t plow it or do anything r e else
to 11 tbat Wl11 stimulate the trees. The
trees are certainly in bad shape for two
years.
Let them alone till the trees make
| but-a small growth. Don’t cultivate the
land. Then fertilize with phosphoric
acid and potash (no nitrogen). Kainit
aud acid are good forms. Apply broad
cast 500 pounds of each to the acra
Less will do good ; more will do more
ru-“V*“|i 7 J f'7. tbree ° r
JainV^ M
whlter be tween Deo. 1 and If
doD0 oar Jie r , vegetation is too much in
the way. If doue later, there will be
danger of causing the trees to bloom too
eariy.
In May give the orchard another
cultivation, most advantageously done
with a cutaway harrow, plowing about
8 "if vf 6 fieaso Tre °
tfaQ 6ame p lowin«s the trees
rather vigorous, leave off the May p)ow
ing.
When you have starved out tbe blight
and have got the trees to where they
make but a email growth annually,
which will be just before you commence
the fertilizing and plowing described
above, then is the time to prune, prune,
prune. Don’t prune with a knife or
shears, but with a saw. Saw off the
worst blighted limbs, the straggling
limbs, tbo chafing limbs and ths very
tall limbs. Cut them half in two, re
ducing tbe tree neatly oue-half.
Apply kainit and acid annually; give
tbe orchard two plodrings; never plant
F eas> beggar weeds or tarn under a
heavy crop of any vegetable growth.
Then count blight a blessing, for yon
will have studied the requirements of
pear trees and supplied their needs Uarki sava
a W. Stone of Georgia in The
i Sew Yorker.
•?-oW
g era*
m S I
nr a I k
.0
The iu Kind for You Have 30 Always Bought, and whioi 7 l&S
use over years, lias borne the s'
r i JZ- and SOnal has su P been erv ision made since iindT^t PPt ° f ‘
. S./, Allow to its vn.!“ w fancy
no one deceive *
All periments Counterfeits, that trifle Imitations with and Substitutes a V" Ut Ex
and endanger the t * 7 '
Infants and Children—Experience against Ex th of
ifient.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a substitute ^ ^ for Castor Oil, Paregoric Dr
and Soothing- Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant i!
contains substance. neither Its age Opium, is its guarantee. Morphine nor It destroys other Xarcot!
and allays Feverishness. It Diarrhoea W orms
cures and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tb
Stomach and Bowels, giving- healthy and natural slet
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s n ^
Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
a
& m w
The KM You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THE CENTAUR COMPAN Y, TT MUR RAY OTRCCT. NEW YORK CITY.
The Kicker.
,
Txodblese the kickers the dear
old kickers—God b’ess them
every one. For they’ll kies when
you are in for fuu! They’ll
buck at improvements in full
estate; They’ll buck at booming
the town—and at everything
that'll work for good, some
kickers will frown and frown!
If this thing or that thing is
thought to be good—some other
they’ll say, will be better—and
if one could write them up as a
I “ mass.,— they’d knock off that
superfluous, letter! When the3e
self same kickers arrive at she
gates—the pearly gates of hea¬
ven—they’ll kick if offered a
nice small crown and pick out
a nnmber leven. On earth, in
heaven aG home OU the Street,
there afe wl)oarftbound t0 KicK
—until we declare there’s no
peace anywhere—’tis enough to
make a mati sick , So out ou
those kickera, those chronic old
kicKers—th3t blight that trust
on a town—aud when they kick
with their mulish ways, for heav¬
en sake frown them down.—Ex
TO THE PEOPLE!
1
Tf . y ou walll* , a gOOu. COuIlT.y papci nne g * that
-
i § 1VeS •... a11 , , the . , ^eWS every Week , give . USYOUF
xidUit; dna ,,rp wewlli. ,„jii S6na YOU
THE CONYERS WEEKLY.
Everything that happens in the county finds
it.S Way into this Office*
Take your county paper and keep
! posted.
TO MERCHANTS.
j Advertise your business in this
paper and reach the homes of the
best people in the county.
We do iob work neatly*
promptly ana at reason¬
able
The TiaGrauce News etiJ
that:
One of the worst thing,- ih a |
can befall a boy is to have ttJ
liberty to stay out late at nightjl
This is too often a fatal privilege,! wheil
for it is during the night
all mischief is plsnned and exe-1
cuted. The boys who are per-l
mitted the freedom of the sheen] tb]
t all hours of the night are
boys who fill the jails, wori-l
houses and penitentiaries, anij
bring sorrow to their relatives
and friends.
If the hairs of our head are
numbered, tbe bald headed con¬
tingent will bless the man who
can supply the back numbers.
CJk.& •S’OTiXAL.
Tio fac¬ It n
tions Ml
cigsators af { ViJ|«
Monopolies are like babies,
Most men are opposed to them
m general principals
they acquire a personal
in one.
A merry-go-round is a good
volver to kill time with,
