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About Conyers weekly. (Conyers, GA.) 1895-1901 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1899)
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, s -«*©•► c Love is the, highest word, jo tho synonym of art! me. The preser.ee of God the _ SOUlFenelou. ---- The cautious seldom Confucius . . LlAlA j ryrN < r LA « i-s U t t Lh r~i-r\ rp i t ccri 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 ’ Take this pa pm’. CotiCft yo 0cOC£ O > Rr L4P *?''?'OQ With The Atlanta Scr.il-Weekly Journal to everyone sending one dolL.r for a year’s subscription. -ucicson ... , s rffricani ..... . iJinpless . ,, r Gotton, b *°nmdi^e Tr- ‘ dolfh!c \'hA ciian’titv^f bj' lf - 1 de seed a ..re scarce, but bomi->v cci..y Journa has seci,r cd a Quantity and offers to any one subscription sending one dol or for a year s 50 c of these seed free. (jCl(T)7Cl(7<2, O/niryeon, 0 (7$ CCC/iCf » « A collection of wlec. sermons by these grent divines sent free to any sending on*-' di>!l.if Weekly «* yenr s subscriptiorj to The Semi* Journal. Sam ones p ^ S v'3 ‘ Sam Jones writes regularly for The Atlonto Journal, ;jnci his letters np peur ' n ff’.e Senv.-W cealy edition. , (7/P £l/Cl7ltGCl , t ^ SUCT'IJWi?tj / (?. A live agent wanted ,-it every town ;lnJ h-vniet in tbe south. Liberal S 2^s tiaSe ofVrS ivc pri/<-s to Uiescwho send large ** lists of nau.cs. { n Addition to Commissions In addition to liberal commissions agents who send us ion cash sub Scribers for •' > c lr Gffore next May Vh'.-'L" ffftles iiundrcd/kUhYsame a ,n™ ! f- of Extra or proportion. Send the subscribers along and keep account of them, TBp 1 Be Urmi.M’ppklv ^mi-A eeWy f F T (%»I N| / A J a 9 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, .' 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. 0 ’ 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. i spsn % i 9m ■ I y; 5 Jg The sonal supervision since it,u P T ’ Allow no ono to deceive All peri Counterfeits, meats trifle Imitations and Substitute 4 V’' tiis ‘ that with and endanger Infants and CMldrcn-Exoeriencc against cf What is CASTOR!A Castoria Soothin^Symps? is a S C |2^ and r °f contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Y-L L substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys w--* and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and n Colic. It relieves Teething * and Flatulency. Troubles, cures Constinati It assimilates the Food, regulate ti Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural s w The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. ' GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of * * m The Kind You Haye Always Boil In Use For Over 30 Years. TI1C CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. TO THE PEOPLE! -s- O ® O 'C>© If you want a good county paper—one thi ^ 1VeS _ 311 the neWS Week S iV8 US H name and we will send you THE CONYERS WEEKLY. Everything that happens in the county find its way into this office# Take your county paper andkesj ' ^ 00318(1 TO MERCKAN ITS. Advertise your business in this paper and reach the homes of tW best peope in the county. We do iob work Death promptly ana at re a son able prices. We do all kinds job work in good sty T e and at reason able prices. Come to see us w hen you neen anything ia this line, Conyers Weekly-
