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WARNING TO
A G It 1 CU I/TTT It A h COMMISSIONER
SI EVENS ON Till: nice ENT
UISE I N c o r I ON.
ONLY Dn.XS.CN AND
Pawn of Better Times In Sight If
Farriers Will but Stand Finn
and Diversify Cr ;ps.
Atlanta, Fed). 1.
It is to be regretted that many of our
farmers are almost in despair at tho
entioc.k ahead of them, an;l numbers of
tuem (particularly of tho tenant class)
are talking of abandoning tho farms
end seeking employment in the cities,
'plus would be a fatal move to the great
majority of those who might try it. Tho
cities are already overcrowded with pco
ldo who cannot obtain regular work,
and ami auuiuoiia additional numbers i.uu. would only ag
gravate this already bad condition. .. . u lie
member how your fathers acted at the
close of the war, 31 years ago. Return
in* ingns flS they mey did ui« to iu mined homes, with
credit, ot ,
out money, wnnout many
them broken down in health, they went
to work with the same resolution and
1 raverv that had enabled them for four
yoars to resist ,he ,, overwhelming aimi-s ,.vrr,iria
of the north, and out of that rum they
built un a great state, and in a measure
restored their shattered fortunes. Yon
- -"■*- »“
not be daunted by difficulties nogrea^r
than they met and overcame. Industry
and economy are bound to win now, as
they did after tho war.
While the re.,Hits of last ... opera
year s
tious have in very many cases been dis
corn-aging, let us not lose heart, but
•» «***« energy and with «•
Hewed hope let us strive for better re
suite this year. “Where there is a, will,
there is a way,” aud if we earnestly de¬
sire to ha rid of the despotic rule of
“king cotton,” wo can certainly find a
way to do so. I think lean seethe
dawn of bettor times coming for our
farmeia. f mners With With the the reports reDorts of or largely largely
increased seeding of small grain; of
many flour mills being erected in the
state . (the /a iHour largest in the south, now
about completed iu Atlanta, which will
consumo 5,000 bushels of wheat and
0,000 bushels of coni daily, and will fur
nish a cash market at railroad stations
for grain); of packing houses being es
tablished, that stand ready to purchaso
euuy fat hog and beef that wo v.id
raise, I flni sure tliero is reason for tho .
“faith- within me” that Georgia has
reached the last milestone on the
downward road to poverty, and will from
this point, steadily, and I hope rapidly,
advance towards the goal * of prosperity * *
end , independence. . , . Do not . , be deceived .
if as planting time approaches the men
who control the prices of cotton, permit
it to advance a little in value. They
v.-ant a large crop planted aud are even
now ’getting anxious, because of the
prospective decrease in acreage. You
lnve been caught by this attractive bait
iu former years, and , experience . should ,
teach you to recognize and avoid it now.
Don’t forgot the caution that I gave in tho
torcpalthethooslit,
tua. because youi neighbors will p-ant
less cotton you will plant more in hope
of better prices. This is most dangor
ous ground to take, ’ for if generally J
adopted, , . » tae .. ■, logical * , result , would ,, , be an
enormous crop, with still lower prices,
I know that advice on this lino is sol
dom ftnnrpcinind ’ imi i„>i„tT f' ' '
'
. . I deem duty
ong experience, it my , to
put the mattef plainly before my brother
farmers, hoping that good may result
*'■«-v •«
has been followed, tho fences on our
farms have been repaired; new terraces
run off and old ones mended ! where ! nee
esrarv- estuo , many nnnv compost heaps have been
made; aa the weather permitted, much
grain has been seeded, and the prepara
.ion of the ground for other crops is
wLLTr' \N huo the season for , wheat , . sowing is .
past, there is still time to plant oats,
this being probably the best spring
mouth for that purpose. As the period
for rooting and growth of the crop be¬
comes shorter as tho the season advances,
it necessarily follows that the land
seeded to oats during this month should
terror. ta „„
pared, than laud seeded iu tho fall. The
toot growth of the spring sown oats will
tiot be as great as when seeded in the
fall, therefore if a good crop is expected
from the spring planting, there must be
move available plant food in tbe soil,
You also need a variety of oats that will
mature quickly, and I known of none
better than tho "Burt.” Whilo they
do not yield as heavily ns some other
varieties, they mature very early and
good S^lin acxeago in 00 oats r while r, 1 ? there PDt is still iU “
time to do so, for yon are likely to need
them badly next summer, and you could
have no better feed for your work stock.
In the southern part of tho state corn
planting should commence beforo this
month expires, particularly on the red
lands of that section. These lands warm
ca«Sr!fo-bf°i 10 planted ,he Ktay from laQd8 ten ’ days Rnd
t umiak* . 60 ' 5 * S °° tter Dot make th
’ i t 3
aut ivutx ) y of planting c ’ 01 n n >on among negro ten
corn very cWo. I
with-\f 0 ' ^ T5 r ” nnd ' Ud 3 * n ,bo drill,
In the main' Peas or field peas
or more lS oo-'n SS « Ln llbem L ,ln atU * ’faanty plan aa mact ’,,
v'uu piauan^, and c scr
a crop of f peas also. What-
over fertilir.nr is used for the corn should
i be strawn along the planting furrow
no fear but that tho corn roots will find
it. In planting ground peas in the corn
m id ales, I advise the use of the whole
ground pea. dropping one every 15 to 18
inches. Planted with the hull nn
broken they will take longer to come
Sr?
this way immediately after planting
corn . Many, however, prefer ench.ng
the peas, and in that care the planting
should be done two to three weeks later.
Some good farmers will doubtless
differ with me in regard to such esriy
planting of the above mentioned crops,
but from long observation ol results l
am satisfied that early planting of any
crop gives the heaviest j-iohi. Great
care should be used in the selection of
seed corn, aa there is such a large
amount of damaged corn tki 3 season,
much of w hich is hard to detect with
out careful examination. Many perfect
looking ears have a rotten cob with
the germ of the grant discolored and
deftd Y ou cannot bo too careful in
this matter of selecting seed, as the en*
tire success of your crop depends on it.
In the middle and upper portions of tho
state the same general directions for
planting wj!1 app ] yi save that the time
, or p] ant i n g gets later and later as wo
go np the country, until there is fully a
month’s difference between the two ex
tremes of the state. When the monu
t;(m section is reacbed ground peas and
WO uld hardly bo a profitable crop,
field peas should be substituted for
them. The advice ns to 7 feet rows for
much closer planting. shouj,f be anted ti
Sugar cane a so p e
last of this month. The giound should
be deeply broken and well fertilized for
tills crop. Il the stalks are long cut
them in several pieces, and in planting
lot the pieces or me wholo stelas np,
for *£££&*&>!!££ one-third of their length. Sflw, Ly tuis
to
gU g ar c ane, as stable manure dark heavily
applied gives tho syrup a color and
ail unpleasant taste. Thero is very lit
tie profit in making syrup to sell
at 15 to 18 cents a gallon, as at
present; but if greater care were used,
resulting in a fine article of syrup, and
the same should be put up in half-gal
lou nud K allon cans > attractively la
beIcdi ! belleve cane-growing coukl be
made very profltab ) 0 . The maple this syrup
from the north is put up in way,
mid a,ld rp.iidilv readily kpIIr sells for for hi&rh high mdcos. prices, tboncrh though
llot a whlt b0ttor thaa our best cau0
syrup. There is great room for im
provemeut hero. Irish potatoes should
be planted this month, also all hardy
garden vegetables. Should a cold snap
threaten after they are up, cover lightly
ample'protooticMB.^DoiiT^fai'^to^nako (
every effort to have a good garden, for
ug otber ground on tiio farm \.i 1 pay
o^e-feurthas much oil the investment as
It i s to be°hoped VaTyou 1 havc^Wcn
ample care to your stock of various
kinds during the severe weather through
which we have pasaod. A good thick
bed of straw or leavos, under shelter, is
RS mucb appreciated by your stock dur
ing cold and wet winter nights as your
own comfortable bed u by yomself. A
oui' improvident farmers' will permit
their cows to stand all night in a wet lot,
drawn up in fence coiners, shiveimg
'virh co!d and hunger while their hogs
run annum squealing for warnnh and
belter, which they perhaps timvUv find
in tho dust under some old outhouse.
This picture is not overdrawn. but can
ment of stock, aud if you can take no
better care of your animals, you had
host sell them to some neighbor who
w/U care for them. This
of stock is only one of the many curses
brought upon as by the all-cotton craze,
and will quickly disappear, when our
people learn that there are many farm
products Tho that pay better than cotton.
excessive amount of wet weather
that wo have had during tho past three
months has very much delayed the
work of the plow, but we must not on
x, would rruTa almost certainly rts* fatal
be to the
crop that follows and might diminish
‘he productiveness of such land for sev
eral years. Tho energetic Lork farmer will
aUvay , flnd plonty of on his place
requiring his attention, whether it be
wet or dry, and nothing is gained by
£ 34 <he laud wbeu uot in P r ^ r
”“
P pii. s .o.o„i r , n «»t.p. 011 ,
but the subsoil as well. The passage of
the plow through either, when wet,
‘root^of
the growing crop). O. B. Stevkxs,
Oommissioner of Agriculture
KIse of Foam In Churns.
• Q[' ESTI , ON -—^ b F it that sometimes
“come?’.’
Answer. -One of the best authorities
on the subject gives the following rea
sons for the condition you mention:
1 . The temperature is not right—us
nallv the cream is too cold in the churn.
~. Tho cream may have been kept too
long.
8 . The cream of a “farrow” or “strip
per” cow may be causing the trouble.
4. The cream may be too thin—get
'
rW ° f t° me 0f the Skim Uli!k -
5. The T cream may be too thick—add a
little skim-milk or water.
6 . The churn is too full.
To make good butter the cream when
churned should hare a temperature of
between 55 and 75 degrees. If the tern
perature is below 55 degrees the butter
will not “come” readily, aud if above 75
degrees the product is apt to be a white,
spongy butter. Overchurning is also
to be guarded against, and care must be
taken to stop the churning at the point
where the butter separates itself from
the milk. Otherwise the granular ap
pearance aud character of the butter
wil1 lost . aIui you will have a smooth,
fatty product.-Bt.ta Agricultural De
partuicm.
Cl A >?** E KI^ r
.
Tho woman ’-vhogocs out in
tb middle of a pasture
W inilk-bucket ...... <ind , Bite down ,
r— boulder to wait for the cow
ac j, n! ,j 0 ], :i - is t]»e
act of the m^hant
store and doc.i not, aclveriir-e
,. aUS0 j, e ], a , . . ;?o!i< d that
purchasing imbiic will back
iu lib place of business when
NVap q g something,
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Love is the, highest word,
jo tho synonym of
art! me.
The preser.ee of God
the _ SOUlFenelou.
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The cautious seldom
Confucius .
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V
MENTS
Dismission.
Gc „ reia ^ Comity .
To whom aclminlstratirix: it mnv concern:—Mrs
C Wilson, with
anue >:e(l, 0 f [ li0 estate of Jno D
( , t . eeaBed< has duiy filed her
, ]oft*»rc ■!) tlimnissinn SSSto fr-fMM
j s tsu and
%viU pass upon \,;aroh, the same on the 1
j n 1899. Given
wtajlgJ.W Jcu ‘ 8 ’’ ,l8,
A , 1,1 w 11 1 , '
GEORGIA, ROCKDALE County,
To whom it may concern:
J. S. Graaade Administrator of
jaman Gramwle late of said county,
has, ill clue form, made his final
andappli-cl for letters ’ of ......
from his said administration, and I
pass upon same on the first Monday
April it/nr-i next. Witness my hand and
tieial eimm signature this Jan. 11th 1899.
A. M. Helms Ord.
Georgia Rockdale county.
To whom it may concern;—A.
having in due form applied
estate
late of said county deceased, and
w jjj r>nss upon tho same on tho
Alonc’ay in Marc!), 1899. Given unde
° lliC!:U S! 8 ' nature ’
1
A 4 M M Hehrs BelmB.Oid. Onl
Georgia . Rockdale T , , county,
bo ^ , •. V ay conf . rrn fon'n .—John
M;tdd() bavill j n due
fol . permanent letters of
,iou ’ 011 th e estate of Mrs. E S
“^"rwlfl ^J q} nSsSnin 4i
M ay ‘ M a lSt9. Given
^ b ..p. ^ .;. d si'-n-iture °
A \ ar M Helms T-rm,v,= rn-a UUU
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SUCT'IJWi?tj / (?.
A live agent wanted ,-it every town
;lnJ h-vniet in tbe south. Liberal
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ivc pri/<-s to Uiescwho send large **
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Atlanta, Georgia.
An exchange says: “Wo will
fax 1 ? any tiling raided on the
farm unsubscription except dog
cats. rats and children. >; We
are not c“ rtain about the
part, br giber, A farmer car
tied a bale of cotton to Macon
a few weeks ago, and, as usual
his dog trotted along behind the
wagon He suld the bale of cot
ton for $23 50 and a gentle
man offered him $25 for Isis
dog and he sold it too: and
went back home studying
whether or not it would pay to
quit raising cotton and go to
raising dogs. Of course this is
an exceptional case, but
times dogs command a very
good price, you know .
Words of Henry Grady,
“When every farmer in the
South shall eat bread from his
field and meat from Ins own
pastures, and is disturbed by no
creditor and enslavened by no
debt, shall sit amidst bis teem
ing gardens and orchards and
vineyards and dairy and barn
yards, J pitching ° his Crops ! ill his
OWD Wisdom, and . growing them
in • independence, , making . . COttOU
bis clear surplus, and selling it
in his own time and iu his cho¬
sen market: and not at a mas
ter’s bidding—getting his pay
in cash, and not in a receipted
mortgage that discharges bis
dehfij ~ but does J " not " resforo ' hG
freedom—then shall be the
, breaking , - ot the fullness of
OUl’
day. Great is King Cotfon. But
to lie ai his feet while the usur¬
er and grain raises bind us in
is to invite the con
tempt of Ilian and the reproach
f But to stand up before
him amid the crops and smoke
6
houses, wrest from him . the mag
lia charta of Otir independence
and and to to establish establish in m bis lliS nnmfl name -m 011
ample and diversified agriculture
that shall honor him while it
enriches US this is to Carry us
far , m . the way of happiness .
and ind ‘H K V.QmCQ as the farmer
working in the fullest wisdom
and in the richest fe d, can car
any people ) 1
Old Saji.lgS,
As poor as a church mouse,
^Ihi.ias As thin a i nil l.ul.
As tat _
as a porpoise,
A; » Ugn x a :i gate,
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As sprv as a cat,
bi iglit as a sixpence,
As weak as a rat.
As proud as a peacock,
As s, r -»^
-
As mad as a March hare,
As . Sluing
as an OX,
As f ttirag a RW
As empty as ail,
As rich as CrocsUS,
As cross us a bear.
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As neat as a pin,
As smart as U steet trap,
Asufiflvassin,
As dead as a door nai.,
As white as a sheet,
As fiat as a pancake,
As rtd as a beet.
As round as an apple,
As round as your hat,
As brown as a berry,
As blind as a tat,
As mean as a miser,
As full as a tick,
As plump as a pastridge.
As sharb as a stick,
As clean as a penny,
As dark as a pall,
As hard as a milJ-stone,
As bitter as a gall,
As fine as a tfddle,
As clear as a bell,
As dry as a herring,
As deep as a well.
As light as a feather,
As hard as a rock.
As stiff as a poker,
As calm as a clock,
As green as a gosling,
As brisk as a bee,
And now let me stop,
Lest you weary of me.
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