Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

r r: u 1 'll .i OULll * fj' 6 ®- B SIS - - r* T" w'A Ja M o WEE t\ 1 r \ -M a X4 i: © VOL. XIX % xY7 y ■ H 1 4 s 7 / wM m j m . ihh - P Are making prices that have never before been heard of in Oonyers in order to reduce their stock before February 1st next. PEOPL ti a on Alter Dec. 1st. we will gin three days in each week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. Fecond week Tuesday and Friday. Wi 11 gm remainder of season Friday in each week, Wi 1 ! pay highest price for good sound seed and will also buy yonr remrr nts of seed cotton. CON YERS GIN CO. Jno D. Scott, Mgr. EIRE REPAIR SHOP. If your Bicycle needs Repairing; If your Gun or Pistol needs Repairing ; If your watch or clock needs Repairing; If your Jewelry of any kind needs Repairing ; Bring it to Me. My work is guaranteed to give satisfaction’ Shop first door above Hudsons. c. b; I IRWIN. V7E FOR AND The Galley Drag’ Company. O - CLUB RATE MiS .*V *-*• s You get this paper and The Weekly Constitution 1 year for $1.25. You get this paper and The Serni-Weekly Journal 1 V6f J ^ * v for ’ $1 25. These rates require cash in ad- 7AHC9, -'■■m ■ y r-~a. r _ _ Jim I -V- .ISP 153555 . iik . , miL gPn CONYER l c O s i SATURDAY, JAN 12, 1901 QUARTERS SPECTACLES EYEGLASSES. INFESTED FROST TREES . STATU !i\ 105 K)l'. 0 (dsi SCO l i SUBMITS IliS liKl’OKT TO THE HOARD. THOUSAND" ° V/SHEBUIl’^ED 1 Tliej’ Were Shipped into the Mate From Tennessee In Vioatio.-i of the Laws of Georgia. j [This report is furnished to the press for the benefit of those interested. So much lias been published on the subject that it is due to the public to have a plain statement from the State Ento¬ mologist of his side of the question.— State Agricultural Department.] Orncs or ms State Ext. oiouckvst. Atlanta, Ga. Djc. HL. —1.900. To the Georgia States Hoard of En¬ tomology. Sms:—I beg leave to submit the fol¬ lowing report upon the eoiifi-cation of certain trees aud other plants by tills de¬ partment during the months of Novem¬ ber and December, 1900, the same bav¬ ail y- been snipped from another State in contravention of tho Guorgi i law aud regulations of the Board governing rlu inspection aud transportation of nursery stock. Under date of July )?, HOOD I received from Thomasvil’.e, Ga., sample, sped iiieiicsof a bill of about 10,000 Japan pear cuttings shipped to that place by Mr. A. W. Newson, proprietor of the Cum¬ berland Nurseries, Nashville, Term. These specimens were found to be badly infested with the San Jose scale and subsequently I inspected and diretroyed the entire lot of stock. At that time the Cumberland nurse¬ ries (also known as the Rosbauk nurse¬ ries, Grand View nurseries aud Paragon nurseries) were entitled to ship in to Georgia, having ’secured the required Georgia tags, which wore issued to them upon the authority of the Tennessee Experiment Station Entomologist’s cer¬ tificate. In due season again Mr. A. W. New- 30 >) proprietor of said Cumberland nurse¬ ries secured the cretifica.ee of the Ten¬ nessee Inspector aud filed the same in this office with application for official tags to cover t\io fall and spring ship¬ ping-season, 1000 01. With the appro¬ val cf your Chairman, Hon. O. R Stevens, I refusid to issue the tags upon the ground that infested stock hud been sent into the state last season from those nurseries, as noted above, and we had no assurance that it would not be this season. Mr. Newson was duly warned r.ot to make any shipments into Georgia until the Board could be sufficiently assured of the freedom from scale of his nurse¬ ries to warrant the issuing of the re¬ quired Georgia tags. Early in Novem¬ ber, however, he attempted to fill his Georgia orders in defiance of the law and the state authorities. Ou the ing of November ?th,I apprehended two bills of trees iu At.ama, one en.oute to Nor cross, Ga., and the other to Flowery Branch, Ga. Both shipments were vor of certificates tags and the consignor s name. I followed them up and upon iu S2H5S5S the trees aud found them baday infested with the San Jose scale. Acting under the regulations of the board I destroyed both shipments by burning. On Nov. lOdi I burned another ship meut of trees at Woodbury, Ga., from the same nursery firm unaer about the same conditions. A fourth shipment went to Duluth, Ga., and upon examination was found likewise infested with the San Jose scale. This I also destroyed. Mr. Newson protested against the con fiseationof his property and deciare-i that his trees were not infested with scale. Whereupon I proposed to him that we would submit specimens of in tested twigs, which I had cut in the pres* ence of witnesses from the trees that were destroyed, to any entomologist who is recognized as authority upon scale insects for identification of tho species of scale. Mr. Newson agreed to tills proposition and the specimens' were submited as No. 1 (plum) and No. :3 (pear) to Dr. L. O. Howard, Entomo legist, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. 0. Dr. Howard’s ro ply is given below: Nov. 19th, 1909. ! * * Mr. W. M. Scott, State E ltomologi-r, j 1 q j,.!if'sia — Y n ur letter of the 17 th 1 1 instant and accompanying specimens examined du lv received. Mr. Marlatt has the twigs represented by your No. 1 I scale (Aspidiotus p.trniciosus). truly, “Yours very “(Signed) L. O. II i w a HD, “Entomo <>gi.->t. After this correspondence Mr. Now son began writing me very courteous letters apd informed me that if his nur¬ series were really infested with scale no more tiv.es should be shipped out until he had rid his premises of the pest. I then thought the trouble was ended, but ro my surprise a few days later my attention was brought to a notice from the Cuniberlan 1 nurseries to one of their customers at Columbus, Ga., that a largo shipment of trees from these nurseries would be delivered at thal place on Djc. 8th. The tree, arrived late in the evenin') of the date mentioned aud the followin I day being fcnnday were held over until tiie tenth, when an investigation was made. I found that the trees had been shipped by Mr. VV. Y. O. Grant of Co¬ lumbia, Tenu., under the certificate Issued to him by tho Tennessee inspec¬ tor and under the Georgia tags issue I by the board. The trees were alleged to have been grown by Mr. Grant and shipped for Mr. Newson to fill the lat¬ ter’s order at Columbus. Notwithstanding the fact that the Shipment, having been properly labeled, was apparently made in full compliance with the law the trees, upon examina¬ tion, proved to be badly infested with the San Jose scale. I, therefore, burned the entire lot. The infestation in this ca s e was so pronounced chat a representative of The Cumberland Nnr-eries, who had come down from Nashville, T-m: , to witness the investigation, offered no objection to the destruction of the trees. Specimen? of this lot were also submitted to Dr. Howard, who again verified my determi¬ nation of the species. I immediately canceled the tags issued to Mr. Grant and ordered the return of all that had not berni used, bur having no means of enforcing me order the tag have not yet been returned. Mr. Newson was again notified not to make further .shipments into Georgia, cifcher in his own name or through the ngoncy of Mr. W. Y. C. Grant of Co lumbia, Teun. He persisted, however, and another shipment was made to Woodstock, Ga., through the same flgency ag was used in the Colurubu-: ghipm811t . q u >4 i examined the |j e f or e thev were taken from tha ‘ car and flndlug them wiQi:e(1 NV ith the ^ j ose Sca!e j performed the uupl .-as ant duty of burning them. I have made uo estimate of the nutn ni , nt aild tnere were p-rhaps Uier several thousaU(1 trees in each . Q f tte lots. The San Jose scale infestation was most pronounced ou pears, plums, peaches and English walnuts. Respect.ally submitted, \7. M. Scot r, State E. nomologist , VTtU'Z ng tla’tic B’o >d. Hon. O. B. Stevens, Atlanta, Ga.: I Dsau S:b—L have charge of a planta tlon ^roe . “wfwi beeves a week. Is tnere any way that I can gave the blood and freab Utter I from the butcher L .. without its smell in-' too had when placed in barrels? I Want to use it for fertilizer next spring. \ and I would like to know what to mix with it It' you can give mo i\uy advice I it will be appreciated. Answer.—Y our letter of the fifteenth j U 8 r„ received and noted. As you are not running a regular slaughter houso it would not ho practicable for you to gavo your blood an l other animal waste jy the way in which the large slaughter houses do it. They evaporate their blood down to dryness, and also thor oughly dry out with steam heat all of their other waste, which they grind and call tankage. Probably the best thing y 0a c , )U pi ,i,, would be to bay some very llr v Acid Ph-sphute, stipulating iu the - purchase that the acid shall not contain more than .1 to <> per cent of water. Acid Phosphate made some six or seven ditious. Then mix your blood with this dry Acid Phosphate. It will g0QU a i) SOr b the blood, and tlion j a ter ou you can pulverize and have a most excellent ammouiated fertilizer. You can also take the offal and other waste matter and cover it over with the acid phosphate m a pile, putting layers of offal and layers of acid phosphate, one upon the other. The acid phosphate will prevent the loss of ammonia, and Will absorb the extra wafer. Tills is the most practical receipt I can give yon for saving your waste animal matter. Of course, your pile of acid and blood, etc., should be protected by shelter from the weather.—Georgia State Chemist. sliieikl'- 1 orn. It may bo a ini'c Into to discuss this question, but in confirmation of \ylint was said in an address to tho dairymen of Georgia by Mr Redding to the effect that by the use of shredded corn 40 per cent of the value* of the Corn crop is saved we quote from The Farm and Ranch, published at Dallas, Tex.: It is claimed bv some fanners that cornstalks cannot bo saved in the south¬ west ns in tlic north and west; that they become too dry aud woody, and even if shredded will not bo eaten by cattle. They tell us that unless the corn stands in the fiell until rlio c >ru is hard that there will be great loss in grain. They have, or at least many of them have, the idea that the corn must be gathered and the stalks cut afterwards, because the universal custom has been to gather the corn from the stalks as they stand in the field. If they will wait until the kernels are well glazed, closely, and then cut and shock the corn the sun stauce remaining in the stalks will be sufficient to mature the corn and the. stalks themselves will not dry out as they would standing in the field, The corn may then be pulled from the stalks and the stalks hauled to the shredder and made into a nutritious hay, or they made may be put through a cutter and into silage, and if niix< d with pea vines will make a feed about equal in value to the whole corn silage. It is an enormous waste of feed to let the cornstalks dry up in the field. .More Biire-IJrccd Cattle Kor Georgia. In our last monthly talk mention was made of the instrumentality of the De¬ partment of Agriculture iu connection with other parties in bringing int-t Georgia 100 short-horns and Hereford? for the purpose of improving the breed of beef cattle. Since that time two more carloads of pure breeds have been shipped into the state and sold at fait prices. All of these, like the first lot, are young cattle. A short while ago the prison commissioners purchased f^=z*ass | , fo wh,ca f the 19 . l» risoa ° ,ie of thf3 1 ^ haad9 e * mm ° n,e9 *\ ' ever brought into tlie state, cost $ 100 . Judge Turner is negotiating for a herd of Hereford heifers for the purpose ol raising on the prison farm pure stock to sell to Georgia farmers for breeding purposes. Here It must be borne in mind that fords are raised for beef and not fox The cows of this breed lurnisj only enough n,Uk to sustain a calf. Oiw needs only to look at a Hereford, with bis short legs aud long body, to know 1 i 2 V O ro m thut ho will furnish abundance of the best beef. They are a well-marked broef i v distinguished from other cftttlo by their white heads, logs, bellies and tails and red sides. The bulls are very docile and easily managed. The live stock department is ono oi the best features of the state farm. It is the intention of tho commissioner ta raise on tho farm not only all tlm meat needed for the convicts, but also the best breeds of cattle and hogs to sell to the farmers and stock raisers of Georgia a( tho lowest possible price.—State Agri< cultural Department. He Jokt i .No More. “.lake,” Inquired cue of tbc younger of tin* knights of the road of tin old drummer, “wlmi t it: ’o you lame:" “OvorexiTtlou at practical joking." “Tell that to the lambs.” “That’s dead right sonny. Cracked one too many, and it left me lame for life. Ask any of the old hoys. That game of t-iuche came In when I was traveling to whet were then the new silver mining district!: In (’olorntla You call it pedro In this state, 1 guess. ••Well, 1 had a reputation for joking those (lays—sort of ail advertisement, you know. There was a good deal of ,shouting and shooting through the cell¬ ing that night, but i veryhody was good outlin'd and jolly until live bauds we re ■ployed without o pedro heUig caught. The bidders did uothing hut go lu the hole and were getting uglier every deal. myself ••At last 1 could contain with no longer, and uutiouneed tin up¬ roarious laugh that 1 hnd abstracted the five spots. The general stotvlteep or was a friend of mom mid promptly threw me from the rood story win dow. mu they ore great wing shots out there, aud two of them gpt ttu*. You’ll notice that the lobe of tn.v left cor Is gone, The other ballet wiis ex trocteil from my leg tinder tin? ntipei vision of tht- Ylgilitm-i' cmntnlttre.^ I have been flu ex Joker ever since. -* Detroit Free Press. The Story «it n t’lctiree, Benjamin Wests picture of the “Death of Nelson” Is t lowly et:t»l»wu‘<l with an a net-dole of the great sailor Just before lie went to sea for tin* last time lie was present at s> ilitnier. <!t)f ing which In- sat between i ln> artist and Sir William llutwimu Y'l.O ,V!ls expressing to Hamilton tils tegnt m-U be had not. Ill fils ymiili. acquire*!»«« taste for an and some <lls.-rlmiu«b'« In Judging It. "But,” said tie. tiirtiloj to West, “there Is one . fttikte power 1 do feel 1 never pass a sliup where your ’Dentil < f Wolfe’ Is la IW Window Without belli 1 : slopped I'.V I 1 - West llltldt* some g.iH-ioit* answer to the compliment »’>'l Nelson “Why have you puiuied no more • itr West “Beenuse. tn.v In,-,!" “there tire no more snhJeeK “All. “ -.nld the suitor, ”1 of that.” :nir.m<1 tiVd. “I “But. my lord.” <• trill M am afraid your im s-rem* furnish me with in -Le ' 1 «::rli 1 and if it alienld I -01 vet laiiilv I**' - n, -”#' 11 ^ “Uill you?” said Ndson Mr. West? Then 1 hope 1 s -"' 11 the next battle! Us A few days later he sn expressed aspiration was re" strangely lives "l’ ,J can* allzed, and the scene vas. im>v in, When Henry Naples- S. Watson. ^ t»«R“ “V t ’ or. landed at bail tnucii about European t! ie villas 1 ’* to isnke smm- sketelics In n<l •as pave about Naples. » far » filled him with r>el«oH tieli« «l lifetime. His lit" d< ft ' trl, ' d! rlllM* 1,1,1 w bit. At om* Samllord head to get it through tin- early in fi ! '’ that he was to lie rn 1 ,,rt liiiuselt - c morning. Hr >■' drew a picture understood. •’ \ i do himself ly-ng !„ |.,d the sun |S^Bi of i|g\V the clock at Ing tliroiigli the IV cluuuhertuaid the hour Of n a-' The ,K - na . n u was knocking at ' Tokt 1>ilu oU the. quite pin,?. u»G tL. J W , tick.—Scturria.v l-'" 1 - - kn ” what it is to he y «-qi nevrr f ou advice until you mck ai „j tired “ j SO year*- have run nm*' pat-' or Atchison Glo*i_. j