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[s what every one should do, unti 1 they have examined our goods, for
it pnys the purchaser to get the best quality ol goods tor the least monej 7
and you will not do it, it you fail to hear our prices. We get shipments
daily, and we mark them in plain figures that do the country good
ana they please all. Goods do not stay in our house long, for those who
examine and buy, tell their friends and they come and buy and “so on,”
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011 an;\ purchase that is not satisfactory.
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GAILEY DRY GOODS COMPANY.
THE ONE PRICE BARGAIN HOUSE.
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!GE YIELD ON A GEORGIA FAR/VI AND HOW
IT WAS ACCOflPLISHED.
A nil nit convention called to meet at Macon, G last fall lo dis
wrs large number
p the subject of growing more wlieat and less cot ton-A
prominent fanners in attendance ami tlie field 1 ,ro11 ^ 1 •' 10
were Telegraph,
|er, Prizes for the largest yid Is v ere offered by the Macon
pichpaper instrumental in bringing the fanners toget ier. Mr. W.
[walker was since then
succeeded in winning the first prize and ie • l "’ t e
emI with letters inquiring ins method of cultivation, etc. He conse.i e
[fivehis views ;o the above paper, Walker and we has take accomplished pleasme in most reproc any ucing of
p for our leaders. What Mr.
"southern farmers do with some thought, study ana \\or<. u itof.
can
Having won the first, priz fo ■
s largest yield of wheat on
eacre,also on four acres of
id in middle Georgia, I have
wived many requests for in¬
flation in regard to my moth
of preparation, culture, etc.
iskspace in your columns to
rathe results of several years
ccessful wheat growing, hop
{thereby to present to
«iiy readers some ideas that
“‘be of benefit to them. I
writ© of the subject by
Bering the practit al ques¬
ts that usually askod me.
Question—When is the best
p to sow wheat?
Answer— Just after the first
s te or killing frost in Novero
[?■
py waiting until then many
" !8 that are so destructive
Vi heat are destroyed, To
■ in October wheat would
^or® spring. liable to get killed in
f As to the kind
land I suggest that you sow
J ir best upland. Nearly all
growers are partial to
*‘ ilan( l, but I that
must say
"Lhe poorest yields I ever
J wag Jour on red land. Tell me
f season will be next
aid May and I can tell
*‘tn ki&d of soil that will
L nebe *t results,
|| ■ *Heat P^red land is not especi
before sowing. I
at a Ler cotton that has
i , c «Uivated. If the
L r ^ ^ e ^ ar ^-1 usually drag
over them, ‘ after
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CONYERS, GA., SA TURDAY NOV A 1899.
which I let them remain where
they are.
q —What is the best manure
a i-,d how do you use it?
A—I use all manures broad¬
cast. Nothing better than sta
tfl e manure, Cow manure.
when obtained from cottonseed
meal and hulls, equals anything
you can use. Cotton seed are
fj ne for a rainy season, and will
not leach like other manures
As to commercial feitil zers, I
know nothing of them. But
you cau always rely on acid
phosphate and cotton seed meal
mixed two of acid to one of
meal. Though dryer the sea
son the better the result. Too
much meal will kill the seed
wheat at the time of germina
lion.
q—W hat variety of wheat
do you sow?
A.—It is purple straw.
Q,— How do you treat your
seed wheat ?
A.—I shake all the email
grains possible rut of the wheat
by passing some through a f-jn
over a 3 1G inch mesh sieve at
about 30 degrees incline. It you cannot
secure yonr seed in that way go to some
place in yonr field where you have only
ordinary wheat, and there cut off enough
for your seed. It i* perfectly natural
for wheat to have two grain* to the
mesh, and when you grow more than
two yon will find a great many small
grains. for
q -Why eelect the best grains
seed?
A.— Because it is the mother to the
little plant, The larger the grain the
more vitality it has, the more uniform is
its growth and all the plant! are more
able to withstand Injuries. To g«t tbs
growtn ana riponing more uniform In¬
crease the yield, and to increase the
yield improvos the seed.
Q.—How do you beep down smut?
A.—I have never seen any smut in
my wheat. Neither will you if y( t.
will annually put one quarter of a pound
of well pulverized bluestonc into 1 gal¬
lon of boiling water. When dissolved
pour it over 1 bushel of wheat while hot
aud stir until every grain is wet. After
yon have done this you should apply
slack lime jnst as much as will adhero
to each grain. You will find this to be
Very profitable. The wheat will grow a
little taller and will stand a much harder
winter than without this application. I
bow my wheat broadcast in the manure
■o ns to give the little plant all the
strength and vigor possible during the
winter mouths.
Q —How much wheat must wo sow
per acre in order to get the best result*?
A.—If you select your seed wheat as
you do your corn, I say sow nothing less
than one bushel per acre. An acre of
laud that will require two bnsbels to bo
well seeded can be sown with ono
bushel, and the yield will bo nearly as
goon, but not near so satisfaotors
Why? Because when it is thinly sown
the plant will spread, it shoots up irreg¬
ularly, is hot uniform in growth, does
not ripen evenly, has a coarse straw,
and the only good thing that can be said
about it is that it has a good head.
Q —How do you plow in your grain,
and how deep?
A.—I turn under with a common turn
plow, and I suppose the seed could be
found on an average of from 8 to 4
inches onder the top of the soil. I level
the ground with a harrow, brush or
anything that will put the ground iu
good shape for the harvesting machine
We have now six months to rest from
seed time till harvest.
q —At what time do you cut your
wheal?
A.—When yon see the heads begin to
turn down you can get yonr machine
ready for harvest
q — Why not ent on the green order
bo as to have better straw?
A —By bo doing you open up a chan¬
nel for mold and rust iu your next crop.
Give the little wheat germ all that na¬
ture calls for, and it will be more ablo to
j ward off the much dreaded diseases.
Now, if we can trust our wheat in
the hands of nature let’s do onr fields
likewise. Nature says to man, ditch
yonr laud. Man says to nature, I will
terrace. Aud we evidently see that
man will follow man, whether he be
right or wrong. But I will add for
safety—good seed, good soil and proper
i drainage is a successful road for all
wheat growers to travel. I have seen
wheat under water on terraced laud for
nearly a weak at a time. Wheat is not
rice. Neither is an excess of water
hemmed up on a hillside in keeping
with the law of nature.
I have been asked if the height of
wheat had anything to do With the
yield. That dopends on the seasons and
the amount of manure you used. Where
I raised 50 bushels of wheat to the acre
last year it grew to be 5 feet tall. I had
apotbvT Sieqe e<H»Uv as tall that rrew
33jiy 85 bushels to the acre. The former
was broadcast with barnyard manure,
about 16 loads per acre. Also acid phos¬
phate, two to one of cottonseed meal,
about 300 pounds per acre, The latter
piece had never been manured with any
barnyard manure, bat was broadcast
with cottonsoed, about 15 to 20 bushels
per acre, and acid phosphate two to one
of cottonseed meal, 300 pounds per acre.
This piece of land, an ordinary year,
will yield about 1,000 pounds of £eed
cotton per acre.
You can safoly use 100 pounds of acid
phosphate aud cottonseed meal as above
mentioned.
Q.—Will it pay to raiso wheat?
A.—Yes. I raised last year 850 bush¬
els of wheat, at $1.00 per bushel, $350;
12 tons of straw at 30 cents per 100, $72;
14 tous of hay, $140; total, $503. Leav¬
ing the land benefited 20 por cent. The
exponse of these seven acres: Seed
wheat, $J4; preparing land, $7; fertil¬
izers—cottonseed meal and acid, $l7 50;
barnyard maunro, $52 60; harvesting,
$10; threshing, $86; total expense, $130;
leaving $420 profit and 11 months to
play and one to work. If I had only
raised one-seventh of what I did I would
have had more profit than if I had raised
one bale of cotton per aoro at 5 coats
per pound. Yours truly,
W. P. Walker.
Why We Have Hard Times
in the South.
Mr. Editor —t am nearly 70
years old—I have gono all the
gaits—In all that time I can
honestly say 1 never wronged
a fellow-being intenti< u illy,
but always tried to help my
fellow men with my time, tal¬
ent and money and new possi¬
bly for the last time I want to
give my people a part of my
talent, (my time and money
have about played out,- so ad¬
vice is all my stock in nade
and few thank you for that if
free.
I want to say right here, if
the young people could get it in
their heads that old people
know where the stumps in the
road are, and want young peo¬
ple to miss them, times would
improve muchly.
Most young people get out of
a Chicago bead in the morning,
put on cloths, shoes and hat
made in Bostou or some othei
northern city, eat a breakfast of
meat atld bread raised in Ohio,
^yked OH a liucinnatti stove,
driuk cufiYe from South Arnei'l-
ca‘ sugar from Cuba, syrup
from Lonsiana, on a Chicago
table, out of Connecticut dishes
while sitting in Chicago chairs.
Hitch aa Ohio or Tennessee
mule, rigged up in a set of Chi¬
cago harness to a Wisconsin wa¬
gon, going to the store to buy a
Cincinnati! plow and outfit to
farm with made in Ohio, (all
at big time prices,) haul home
guano made in Baltimore to
raise G or 8 bales of 5c cotton
on rented land: going to church,
picnics or campnieetings in a
Cincinnafti buggy, wearing
store bought clothes, (all on
time) yet you bear them crying
“hard times.”
Have I overdrawn the pic¬
ture? Let’s look at it another
way.
How many men does that
poor farmer help to
Two in Chicago, three in Bos¬
ton, six iu Ohio, one in South
America, one in Cuba, one in
Louisiana, one in Baltimore, one
in Connecticut, one in Wiscon¬
sin, then one-fourth to hi* land
lord, tosay nothing of hie home
merchant. All ibis to come
out of 8 hales of 5c cetton.
My friends it can’t he did. I
don’t object to people dressing
well, and going in style, but, my
friends, don’t commence at the
wrong end. Make it before
you spend it.
Some other time I may give
you my ideas how to have good
times. If you will think of
what I have »'*ritteu you will
get on much better.
Dr. J. J. W. Glenn.
Don’t Borrow
New'spapera.
Here is a fearful warning to
those who won’t subscribe for
their home newspaper, hut de¬
pend upon borrowing their
neighbor’s paper.
It is the story of a man, out
,ii Missouri, who was too sting'
to subscribe for his county pa¬
per, and pay for it, but depend
ed upon borrowing his n igh
bor’s paper, and what happou-
NO. 43.
rdtohim and hia family in
consequence;
“A mtn out in Missouri, who
i« too stingy to buy a p»pet\
sent his boy to it neighbor to
borrow one. As the hoy Whs
jjoiug home ho fell down and
broke his leg; The ntighber
heard bis cries and ran out to
him hut slipped and fell, dislo¬
cating his knee aud toro the
bossom out of his ten dollar
pantaloon* 1 ]h wife ran to
his assistance, leaving t two
year-old baby,on the floor.The
baby crawled out and fell down
the well, and while the mother
was fishing for the child the
house caught fire aud was to¬
tally destroyed. ”
Moral; It never pays, besides
it’s dangerous, to borrow a
newspapei.”
TUB
Georgia
Railroad.
The following named Agents are pre¬
pared to furnish full and reliable
information regarding all sched¬
ules and rates to all points North,
South, East and West.
Information given regarding nil
routs both as to Passenger and
Freight.
Communicate with either ef the
Agents named and you will re¬
ceive prompt reply,
*JooWWKit«, AGJ nnkNon
T. 1*. A. a. k. & i>. a.
Frank W. Coffin. 8. F, & P. A,,
Augusta, Ga.
S. W. Wilks, M. It. Iludlson,
C.F &P.A., T. F. & P. A.,
Atl&ntR, Ga.
S. E. Magi 11, W. W. Hardwick,
C, A, 8. A, *
Macon, Ga.
C. D. Cox. G. A., Athena Ga.
Also Rg«nts at Washington, Madi¬
son, Milledgeriile, Union Point and
Covington,
It. E. Morgan, CA-,
Chattftnooga, Toon.,
Tim II Moore, C A-,
NasliTllle, Tenn
W W Lumpkin, TF A,
ColmAA*, s C-,
W. I, Cormier, C, A,
Charleston, S, C.
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FOR SALE.
Twenty-five bushels of seed
wheat and a splendid inilch cow.»
Call ou * W T Stanton i
