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8 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY JANUARY 12 1886 = SUCCESSFUL FARMERS. MEM WHO TICKLE THE SOIL FOR WEALTH. A aM4 aw®» »« W>. «m «u» »MI- UMtuoniif. rare*mm pin •» t*. MM EM* >J MVmt BUcreilan-Malma Ow. »HW nmn Thai nr* 1'nxparwu and U*Pl>y. Pparta. (In .’inmi; 4,198#.—In 1890 Han cock county wot filled with proaperooifarmen. Thera were no liana and mortgages. Smoke- honaea and criba were full. On any farm at any aeaaon a ham and leg of mutton, a roaat of beat poultry, tip, milk, could be had for din net. At ebureh Meetings the flnaat of homes were to be found, fat Uothaaa and Derona prosed oa erery hill. A gray-haired man of these times said: “If bearcat, as good a piece at aid Hancock vn. bodore the war 1 want to get than." Hoot of that I. changed. It la now tenant and part of tbo crop. It ia Ilona and mortgage. The n eg roc* were tickled with thii. To- bin for wage* wae to perpetuate alarery The farmers who proteated were forced into tbo system. Cotton wa. king and Co Bee waa hit profit. Ruin camo to the former fair land. The few farmers who adhered lo the old sys tem hare eared the country. Romo of these farmers I will note below: These gentlemen whom wo instance resldo in widely separated portions of tbo oounty— thcr lands embracing nil the (liferent mils, from the it if red clay to the white sand lands. Such a sameness in their gunoral mode of pitching, cultivating and routing crops ex ist* aa to write of the mecem of one ia but to describe the fnrtunee of all the rest. Though suceeaafnl, however great their dlrergence to or from the all-cotton system, all things being equal, the reautU of each individual effort, or that of ail coml'iucd da beyond eaval (ho f<ct that the most complete success ia achlovod through the policy of producing all homo sup plies and cotton as simply the surplus crop. Mr. John lory, of humble but worthy parentage—denied any part of an education, grew up as it were be tween the plow hentUee. When ho returned from the confederate service In IHIKi, ho was not the possessor of one dollar. For alx or seven years he hired for wage* and worked on nartaenffilp and accumulated $1,000 to #2,000. He bought a plantation, and alter providing stock and outdt for a four-borso farm was in debt for over half the valuo of bis place. He wisely incurred an additional expeaae In preparation fur housekeeping— doubling his stock of energy and economy, If adding nothing to his cash capital, by marry ing his wife. Thus equipped and spurrod by the biggest and only debt of his life, he began ' ‘ He ! corn , thitton that brought the mosey; hut he reasoned If he hod to pay out his cotton money for bone feed, broad and meat- nod betides every end all expenae,tbero would bo none left. All Ibut waa to be as ten could lie mired upon the place. With this convic tion his Ant crop was pitched with reference to a foil home supply, and then all the cotton he could possibly produce. The result of the year’s labor wae highly aatislkctory. Tbo tm- roatrleted liberty which an adequate supply of provisions in store permitted him to can eel obligation, with the procoeda of the cotton rrup, fully settled his conviction of the wisdom of the policy sCpoled. Preparations at each successive reason, aud at odd times, were be ing constantly pressed to enlarge and extend the policy at demands Increased' by way ul fc.uclng, clearing fresh and :eated lands, increasing pasturages, giving stock fttll betielt of harrow and pea fields each in their season, and not depriving him self the benefit of such pasturage by planting all crops in anuiu Held. Expensne* of a few! I years on this line led Mr. Iiary to adopt this general policy. The land aown to grain and planted In corn and peas should preponderate that planted in cotton. For Instance, apart ftom croppers and ranters, ho rattan four horse wages faint. To each homo ho plauta from twelve to filtci n acres in corn ami sows as ninny in grain—averaging at least thirty acres to the horse—aa often thirty-live. To each betas he planla twenty- tire acre* in cotton — never lean. A full potato crop always provided for. Thu* he hat from flfly-tvo to sixty seres to tho hone. Aa strict personal attention ia g vsn to stock, aa to the cleaning corn and cot- n of gram and weeds, and horses and mules fkt ana sleek are able to do a full day’s work tho year through. For tho twelvo or fourteen yean thus fanning he given, Including good and had season a, a general average of oats per acra fifteen to twenty-flv* bushels, oora twelve and a half to twenty bushels and from ton to fifteen h*lrs cotton lodhe plow. Tho surplusoorn bacon and lard sold yearly adds to the already net cotton surplus. Diversifying and alterna ting crops systematically enhances instead of- exhausting tie fertility of his lands. Tt stun up; His plantation of 1,M0 acres could not be bought for Icon than $111,000. La menting the lack of education, but not refin ing, with nothing but native pluck and energy to rater the straggle of life, discarding all was fond of fat stock, onst plenty of geode and fodder would make ana keep men. CMI waa the cron that brought tbs money; I if he hud to pay out his cotton mosey getting, Mr. Lary delved from the greoad oa lb* plain line of "hog and hominy,’’ the respectable route of (IfLOOU to $18,000, and today, nee from liens and mortgagu, la tho Independent possessor of hia uwn estate. lie. Hatuurl Lary. a brother of thn former gentleman, under circumstances similar In detail, with the excep tion of raising a largs family,and pnrsulag tho aclf-ssinmrting system of “hog and hominy," has been equally if not more suoroaaftil. While cotton waa ootuuuuidlng good prlcro he gavs prominence to small grain crops. For several yeaia be gave attention to sheep husbandry— utilising bennuda fields that had been aban doned — and not till ho found, he coaid morn profitably plant lo laid crepe, thereby lessening range for aheep did ho rahatilute them with raising ctll*. The pleasant and profit of raising 1m eolta without diminishing atepla Held crops nor th* hog crop, waa no ineoaaiderabla feature in tho ag gregate of a wironaftil form life A* cotton declined, stilt greater precedence waa given to the grain crape, and Inconsistent at It may ap pear, without diminishing the cotton crop. To aumnpa little, there wa* mem com, aura wheat and eats, mace haeoa—Jaat aa ranch or more cotton at leas coat, and net* Hen or mort gage. By th* simple Uw of accretion year by year, Mr. lary applying himself to diversified forming on old lands wall worn. Is tha easy r of the sung little cetate of $I3JN0 to ny * •skffi spractferoof homo _ forcing order and system in all that was done, keeping a place for everything and everything in iu puce. With a fair education and drilled in Urn onlrr <ha’ disciplined the old borne, he retained flam the war an heir of forty acres of poor land, without “the mule.” More am bitions of arrumuUliug than hia father, ho obtained advances at the then prevailing rates of twenty to iwrcty-tive per cent to launch out into agriculture. Though cotton com manded fabulous prices, the experience of two or three yesra convinced him the debit aide of hie account kept well apace with the credit, and rnisht at any time tern the crate* against him. IK- here called a halt, about faced, determined to make haite slowly, to live from hia own eat, kvhouse and corn crib, and wall for sack things as were not absolutely in- dispensable till he reuld pay cash for them. Frxaa theno* ho, «nttnucd to enlarge and de velop this plan, 11,creased acreage in wheal, oota and corn, t> cured ample home supplies of thehant quality, and the uet cotton surplus left for MW iuvsstii'rnt. Incident to the poa. session of hornett.|.p!Ico, the ability to com mand labor on u,-t advantageous terms, se cured more there ugh cultivation and mom remunerative ere i-v With fairaeaaona, twenty bushels of corn | • t acre and fifteen lialea of rot tea to the pi. » with grain In prepoetlao. U no aawnal crop. From mo auspicious begio- ning, Mr. Btyscld*, by applying himself strictly to fora.tr,; tu th* lino of "hog and ' "—“ Lav wrought for lumaalf aa asa of prosperity, , ncoanralated a hand toco rotate .,f $19,000 or #20.000 aad Is one of the easy bondholders of the oonnty- Mr. Ed E. Founds, a young man of fair education aad gtnsral intelligence, eoon after th* close of the war began farming on hi* own account, and at tbo footof the bill. Endowed with a will of hia own, ambitions ofaelf Independence and impressed with th* conviction hia Maker had heat fitted Mm for agricultural life, folthtally accepted bis mlmion, cautiously heeding thn maxim “that baste nAea makes waste.” Pore scared with the truth of tha old adage, ‘There’s aa much In the man as In the land,’’ and a purpose to make the beat of opportunity as it ottered, ho aecnrod a plantation of throe or four hundred aersa, poor at th* vary bate. H la plans were annually made with reference to means in band, and tha frail* of hia laker carefully husbanded. He somewhat singu larly profaned doing hia own work, and wait ing patiently for aura results to hiring freed labor encountering the annoyances or over seeing—work half done, and aoon with the questionable chances of more rapid acenmoU- dona In due time, with a amatf son to help along the plowing, the wife and daughters tarn- lug the waste of the kitchen and orchard Into pork, and helping on the lighter work of the former, increasing barns and a larger unokehouae, a note spacious and comfortable dwelling and surroundings gave evidence of a cheerful and thrifty home. A few acno are, planted In cotton, but each aero la expected to make its lisle. Renton such a* can supply themselves add their rentals to the surplua cotton income. To this la added the highest - cash prices for surplus seed wheat, oats, corn, fodder and liaron. Hogs are raised at tho nom inal coat of gathering for themselves tho Waste of the grain Bolds, pea fields and the potato patch, eorghntn seed and short corn mifficing to tide them tbrongh the two or three winter months requiring teed. Nearly every business trip to town la made a trip to market extra butter, chickens, egga, a pig for roaat or farm or garden produet. In one year, from this farms these little sums from this im mediate source over aud above home want* have aggregated some $200. This method may be slow in the matter of accumulating a for tune, but tho quiet and tho peace attending Mtrh labor, tho liberty one basin hia own time, freedom from tbc embarrassment of liens and mortgage* and a conscious sonso of depen dence. full barns ami smiling fields, the inevitable outgrowth of a farm sustained by a discreet method of diversified crops, contrasts most happily, to say tho least of it, with a farm •leveled almost exclusively to king cotton with her attendant lions, and lean stock. So Mr. Good Times In Mltrhrll Connty, Oa. Camilla, January 4.—[Special Correspond ence.]—Yuura of some days ago came dtily to hsml, and 1 have to say in excuse for my delay that professional engagements have been Inpart tno cause. To begin, I will write first: W. L. Bennett, of this coun ty, Isa native of North Carolina, Horn whence he moved to Arkansas and settled on the rich land of the Arkanaw river, where he lived for fifteen years overseeing and farming for himaelf. Fifteen yean ago he came to this county, and settled four mites treat of Camilla. He bought a plantation already improved par tially, for which ho paid cash $7,GOO, leaving in bis bands money eitough to stock, purchase sapplira for tho year, w that ha paid cash for the years’ txpease■. llo has oniarged his forming operations on the place purchased to doublelti original capacity, having now about a ten or twelve hone term. He Has wld corn and ante every year since he came here after tho first year, lie hw never foiled to raise m»L syrnp, potatoes, and In addition to earn sad onto, to supply the “hoauptece.” Ha has bought and paid cosh for some fifteen hundred seres of land, adjoining end In the set tlement of llomcplaee, of the samo grade and character, being of pine growth, level and of samly soil, which cost him 14,300, In sddition to the money paid fot im proving said purchased place*, having tenant* on some of them. He hu also paid for pur chases made in Florid* in the vray of orange interest tunic $0,000, which has begun the pres ent year to bring In on income. U* has the S resent year’s crop on hand, and owe* not * ellnr. Ho con sell tho present year and ca nning spring, outside of cotton crop, some five or six hundred dolten' wutth of produeo at low prices. Ho liss very much improved the original place. He has a Lcfontc pear orchard of six seres now beginning to hear fruit, and promises to he s soan-o of income. He pays special attention to gardening both in foil and tpring. He hiss hearing mulberry orchard of three acres, which Is now convenient and becoming more profitable. He lspaylagaome attention to raising colls, having several very and Ibrn cultivates mostly with swoops and gophers. Hia land is constantly improving front proper nilturr, compost, heap*, rotation and uoversifled forming, etc. Hu motto is provisions in plenty and to spare, after which all the cotton he can make, and thus you per- celvo has doubled his worth hora, in the same timo be lived in Arkansas. I. M. Keaton, a native of this county, liven tenor eleven mile* west of Camilla, bis plsntetlon bring on Flint river. Rome oeven- tren year* ago ho purchased the plantation on which ho lives, for which ho gave in certain installments, cn* hundred and slaty halos of cotton. Ho | (old the cotton according to con tract. He has since paid four thousand dollars for land purchased adjoining origins! purchase. Mr. Keaton la sn economical and energetic former. He has made cotton more of a spe cially. While he has not bought any corn dur ing Ike yean elnee his cotton trade, save thir ty bushels meal one year, he has net made as a general thing, any or but little com and oats for tale, but boing satisfied merely to make enough fur homo consumption, lie has mods meat enough usually for bis table and huuso servants, but nano for tenants or cropers. He has paid rash for supplies and Is not In dobt to any one, except for* recent purchase of* plan tation, Mr. Keaton and Mr. Bennett ran about the same nutabor of plows. Tho Mod* of cultivation is very much the same with all good former* In this county. Varwlas In ttis North Georgia Mountains, Claytujt, O*., January 4th, 188S.—Editors Constitution, Atlanta, U*.—Dear air: Your circular of tha 22nd Instant received request- log me to pick out a few suerossfol farmers of this county and give you their plan of forming, etc., which I will try to do, although I am now sixty years eld and have never attempted te write for the public. As you are aware this county »a poor muuntain county. Wo make no cotton, have no railroads, make our own lwg and hominy, and what surplus we have, have to haul it at a great expense to market, tVnsrqnently we feed a good deal of unr sur plus produce to stock, as It te much cheaper to transport. 1 will commence with my near neighbor, M. W. Swsfferd, who commenced fanning at tho close of the late war, with nothing hut a poor tract of land worth, at that time, probably $J00. Ho hat gradually lucreawd iu property, until now he on ns ss good a bottom farm as there is in tbc county to its site, worth some $3,000, and hat money ont at interest, and ill by his close attention to the form, lie has s fine orcliard of npplcs on whieh lie has housed near 400 bushels this foil, lie rales grain, wheat, corn, etc., and feeds to stock, mostly to hones and nudes, whieh he turns into cash. Soils very little on the form. Hit mod* of cultiva tion is to plow deep and early in the spring, lie dora very little foil plowing, except seed ing, His motto is to plant all crops early and stay with it until laved hy. lie makes from thirty to fifty bushels of corn per acre. 11c has to some extent tried raising hoes, raters some very fine hogs, has tho Essex and lturkshire mixed, which makes a very good errasdo not think it aprofiublobasinossowing to the cholera which attack them every few years and is very foul. W. I,. Arrendsle, one of oar successful far mers, who has risen since the war from nearly nothing to he among the first of the county. He also feeds his ampins to sleek, take* moro interest in, attic than Mr. Hwaffbcd. together with umlcs and hogs, has succeeded quit* well, and te new worth assne four or five thousand dol lars. He owns a bottom form near Clayton, which he has improved forty per cent in ten year*. 11s uses turnlms plows sad turns under, to sasa* extent, the stubble in the green state la the foil, and. manures with barnyard and stable manure—nsca no manufactured fertili sers. He has a fine yonng orchard of two or three hundred trees, the oldest lost commenc ing to hear, Mr, Arrendsle does not look aa clou after Ms farming interest as some of our termor*. H* reaches out ia other pur suits. H* hu in a few months past bought a good form near the month of Wild CM creek, with* good mill shoal on It. where ho Is erect ing a circular uwmilL He hu pluck aud energy. We need moro of such enterprising men. W. M. Pickett, another of our snccessful fanner* who ha* come np since the war,wu worth rametbing more than thou two spoken of, applies all bb tine to th* farm, except oc- raaionally when engage* in politic*. Ha Aims on a larger scale, has * terser farm, and does more tell plowing than thou spoken of, but cultivates pretty much In the same manner, plant* uriy aid plow* and hoc* thoroughly from three to four time*, uses double shovel* principally in cultivating, uses kb surplus feeding stock on the ton; In fact, nearly all the farmers In Ibis county who succeed fsed their surplus to stock and than ull them. Mr. Picket hu eome of the finest male* in thle county. He all u raises um* flu hogs bat the cholera hu been quit* fetal with them thle aeuon. He hu a fine yonng apple orchard of choice fruit coming on. He live* within the incorporation of Clayton, Is worth about 46,000, has Improved hi* land shout 331 par cut In the last ten years without any fertiliser* except turning bis land in the green state and barnyard and ■table manure. Andrew J. Martin, one of the oldest formers In this connty, lives in the Tennessee valley, near th* North Carolina line, eo Mod creek. He hu more good bottom land than thou epoken of, ralero grain altogether. He, u the other, rsterostock of ell kinds In larger quantities. He also haute a great deal of grain to the railroad, especially rye. U* makes more grain, probably, than any other former In this county. His mode of cul tivation ia to thorongMy prepare hi* lands In tbo fall and early spring with turning plows, and cultivate with double shovels and other improved plows. Ho is strictly a farmer in the true sense—applies bis whole time to it. lie hu Improved his land SO per cent aince the war. He Is now worth $S,000 or $6,000, and hu married off all hte children (save one) since the war, uven In numbor,mndgiven them each $600 In tend or money; te 70yean old, and makes a regular hand in the field. I could name several fanners that have bun equally sufeeasAil, bnt It would be a recapitu lation of tbo samo thing, u most of them farm upon the samo plan. Our beet and Urgost formere are In th* northern part of tha coun ty, In what te known os tho Tenneaae* valley, and there are several good formers there. to-wiL James M. and K.B. Richie, A. O. andJ. B. Dillard, Thorou Carter, John W. Scruggs, O. W. L. Kelly, (I. W. Greenwood and others. Our formers on the whole hsva Improved their lands at hut 28 par cent In the hut five years, by using the improved Implements, and they are alive to further improvements. Wu have no lady formers in this county. There te considerable attention paid hy tho faimera to orchards, more especially apples. For the last ton years peaches, pears, etc., Is an uncertain crop, consequently,*™ not cultivated to a great extant, Qrapca do quite well here, and some few farmers are growing a tew. Very few an cultivating grasses. The herd grass grow* fine here on low land. Clover does well on stiff clay if manured. W* have no truck patches here except for home consumption. Yours roepcctftilly, F, A. Bleckley. GEORGIA'S tivi: STOCK. Facts and figures Given la Captain It. J. Bedding'* Report. For some week* Captain B. J. Redding, chief clerk of the department of agriculture, hu been compiling a statement of too number and valuo of live stock owned in Georgia for the purpose of forwarding official Information upon this subject to Washington. Yesterday Captain Redding completed hie work and forwarded hte statement to Washington, which boars data January 1st, 1890. The following showing te made in tho report; ■■OKIES. Total number In tha state !0a t 009 Average price per head under 1 year old....31.00 Avonge price per head between 1 and 2 years old J 50.00 Avenge price per heed between 2 aud 3 varieties known for producing good chewing tobacco. He wilt get two more va- rl sties, one a smoking tobacco and the other a chewing variety. Commlseioner Henderson says Uut be wants two or threo dUfer- ent kinds, so that a former cen have Ms choice In what be wants Lo Ur. This tobacco, sssdwlll be on* of which will con repmwnmked Judge Hendereon nhat GW. irhetoouxhtthsUh^mnoSawuroniaintcrfere . can’t seo bow they con," said he. "We are asr aFgMSwr sr^” Northand SSS*CsreUna snS^ofeer states can MT8£«*i w i£ agMSSS the matter and when I send out. Information rela tive t* pteattai, cultivating and coring tobacco, I wlUacudoaltSe Uw upon the lubjectofiund- Uui pt^ product." Adjutant General Stephen*, talking to tha re porter upon the same subject, said; “Wnjr this to- Lucco business Is VO KlWTHino , _ . in Georgia. Many yean ago the suple products of Georgto^ were indigo, rice and tobacco* I remember an oldm an by Use name of Underwood who once lired Hancock county, who cultivated tobacco on a large Male. _ I have a pound of It fh>m him. Governor They paid him a dollar a* t sx foMPMMPIB that they never smoked a user tobacco than that raised by Underwood. During Use war Underwood In spcaklhg of sari- no country that depended ■oduct could be really pros- Avcragc price per head over a years old 9115.00 milch cows. Total number in the state ttO.OW Average price per head 9 15.00 OXKN AND OTHER CATTLE. Total number In tho state 65.1,000 Average price per head undent year old 9 4.25 Average price per head between 1 and 3 ycartold 9 0.75 Average price per head between 2 and 3 ycartold ...f 0.73 Average price per bead over 3 yean old .9 12.00 SHEET. Ibtal number in tho stale 500,000 Average price per bead under 1 year old 9 1.00 Average price per head over 1 year old. J 1.00 Number kUUdby dogs In 1m 15,000 Total numtier In the state 1,500.000 Average price per bead under 1 year old 3 1.75 Average price per head over 1 year old 3 3.75 Tint BKPOET REVIEWED. Commenting upon the nature and character of the report Captain Bedding says that dur ing the year 1865, which is covered by it. there wss no epidemic of a fetal character to horses or mules. Tho increase in tho number of bones and mules over the year provioos, is owing to the demand for work animals for Bums and for other purposes. Prices, he says, have been maintained up to the standard or one year ago. The farmers generally prefer mules to horses for all work. Cattle, be says, have barely maintained the natural increase. This fact is duo to two causes very nearly related to each other. One is the decreasing value of the range, and tho other the gradually extending adoptou of the local option “stock*’ or **no fence" law. Correspondents from counties which have this law generally reporta decrease in the numbers of all kinds of stock that are usually nonnltted to run at large, but eepeciallycattle. Notwithstanding tho general depression and redaction of prices in farm stock and supplies, the prices of milch cows have suffered but lit tle. This is owing to tho somewhat INCREASED INTEREST in improving the breeds and qnatity of cows. The rapid Introduction of Jerseys into the state has greatly aided In maintaining values. The decrease in the number of sheep is largely due to the waning interest in thla species of stock, on account of dogs and low prices. Hog cholera has prevailed extensively in some portions of son th Georgia during the year 18S1, thereby cattsiug a decrease in number. Tbis decrease is also augmented by tho fret that full crons of corn and other fitteuing crops ha* iudmed aud rendered possible the couveniou of Urge numbers of hogs into noth. On tho whole the decrease has been from ten to tl/tn n per cent. The general condition of the farmers U not good, except in the fact that they an* generally well supplied with provisions for the new year. The low price of cotton has caused much embarrassment aud comtequout discour agement. TOHACCO PLANTING Going to be Done Os» a Boom—What _ — This Year, Commissioner Henderson, of the state arri- cultural department. t| thoroughly enthused upon the subject of tobacco planting, and that he withes to boom it from the •tart to the flnfah. "What I want lo do." »ay« the cturnnhwloncr. "isto find a product that the farmer* of Georgia ran cultivate and sell for ready ca»b. Just as they do cotton, and make more money than the? now do on cotton. Boride* thl>, 1 want to asuikt them all 1 can In planting diversified crop*. 1 believe that this 1* the only way to make farming pay. A dependence upon one product to aell wllruot de; we want more than ona. so that If the cotton crop Calls tbs fanner baa something to take tts place, and make up the deficiency; ftb*ng that he can sell and make a profit upon in ready cash." Yesterday the rommlsdonet received s sack containing five pounds of tobacco seed, wbkh* I?comKraJ o«e sf tbo tnsst IN A SAUSAGE DULL, sold it. Underwood lived _ .... Zion, In Hancock, and,* Underwoods tmoklngl tobacco was popular everywhere, in that section. 1 remember many years ago, be fore railroad communication with Savannah was as good as it is these days,how they carried tobacco to Savannah to sell. They packed It In a hogs head, which had a wooden axle running through it, and then hitched a team to tho concern aud pulled it to Havana ah. I was struck with a remark that President Hayes mads to a speech In 1877 at an agricultural fair In Richmond. Vo. In culture he said that no ui»on one agricultural prodc. . . . jtcrous, ana 1 think tnat he hit the nail on the A largo number of applications bare already been filed at tho agricultural department for to- baccoseed. Colonel L. F. IAvlngnton, It Is stated, intends to plant flftcon acres to tobacco, and many other farmers have written to the department that they intended giving the cultivation of tobacco a good trial, as they believe that there is money to tobacco planting. I We will begin next week our scries of papers on tobacco planting, written for beginners.] How to Make a Compost Heap* A correspondent sends us the following: "Editor constitution: I very much desire the following information: The best formula to make good compost fertilizer with stable manure, cotton seed, pine straw (leaves), and phosphate. Please answer to your weekly, what proportion of each; tow to mix and about wbat length of tlmo to mix >cfore using: how high the pile should tie made, and about what quantity to put In a hill of com or cotton. 1 never made any, having been here not a year yet, but have been pretty lively while here. C. & Ingalls, Near Griffin, Georgia. Wc shall have on answer for this to next week’i Constitution. As it Is a very Important matter, wo would be glad if any of our farmer readers would givo us brief answers for Mr. Ingalls. Make them brief and practical, and we will print them for general benefit. Minor Notes About Good Farmers. From the Rome Go.,Bulletin. Mr. O. H. Miller is beginning the nursery business in good earnest He will plant this spring, probably in the month of February, 300,000 to 400^000 fruit trees, not including peaches. He will plant about 50 bushels of lwaeb seeds and a number of vines. He is now doing the preliminary plowing. Mr. Miller ssys that the formers bore are considerably U'hind In tho mstter of fruit growing, but think they have paid little attention to frait, simply because they know nothing about it. He says that commercial fruit growing on Mis sion Ridge near Chattanooga is only seven yean old: Seven years ago T. J. Dennett planted tho first orchard and five years ago Mr. Miller planted his orchard of 5,000 trees there. The present immense business there iu fruits is well known. Mr. Miller has found In this country, high ridges with soil very much like »f Mission Ridge. that ol . Mr. Miller is, to somo extent, a bellovor in the thermal of frost lines. There are bunches on the sides of mountains or ridges which seem to be entirely free from frost while vegetation above and below regularly suffers. In Ohio, he says, the farmers have “farmers institutes" in the winter, and there they meet regularly and discuss the problems of agriculture. Something of that sort would be a good thing for Floyd. Cutlibert Appeal: Wo would like to throw out a few hints to the citisensof Randolph county on the subject 0f colts. It is not gen erally know that the best and prettiest horses in this connty today are those raised within ita own border*, Many Kentucky horses have found good homes and kind masters here within the last ten yean, bnt where one good western horse] can bo found, three home raised ones can be pointed out to work by ita side. And when it comes to durability, wc are firmly convinced from observation that tho native will wear ont two of the Kentucky raised. There is a number of oolta in the county perhaps more than a hundred. Man jot them we have secn. and they are as pretty as any we ever saw in tne famous blue grass region. To encourage the raising of colts would it not be well to nave a colt show in the near future, when everybody can fetch their eolta to town and enter into a friendly contest with their friends for a few small premiums? Mr. Elihu Johnson, of East Dougherty, mode lost year a 500 pound bale of cotton on one and ono fourth acrcsjrianted after a heavy oat crop was taken off. The cotton was plant ed May 27. Mr. George W. Truitt, of Tronp county, has sent to this office somo fine samples of cotton snd cotton seed. Mr.. Truitt took the first prise at tne state fair for hU cotton. Somo of nis cotton had 156 bolls to the stalk, thirty to the pound. • Mr. Truitt raised Aftjr-five bales with two mules, and his other crops were in proportion. His postoffice is Loveless, Go. Mr. Martin W. Frey, of Cobb county, last year made eleven boles of cotton weighing 400 pounds each on thirteen acres off load, 330 bushels of corn, fifty bushels of sweet potatoes, forty bushels of Irish potatoes, eleven bushels of peas and other products, besides mado a good round sum soiling cord wood. Mr. George B. Gilbert, gave tbo Marietta Journal a statement of the success he hod in raising chickens last year. He commenced with 25 hens worth $5.23, and raised 165chick ens. Ho sold 67 for $15.45; he used 58, worth $12.20; he sold 30 dosen eggs for $0.05; he used 00 dozen eggs, worth $13. Total $19.70. He has on hand 25 hens, $6.25; he has on hand 40 chickens, $6; ho has fertiliser, $5; total 46605. Cost of feed, $33.95; 25 hens, $6,25; total, $40.20. Profit, $20.75. Our Great Com Crop, rrofrssor Dodge, the statistician of the depart ment of agriculture, has completed his estimates of tbc yield of the principal cereals during the post year. Of com the country produced 1,036,000,000 bushels—an aggregate so vast that the mind of man cannot comprehend U. of oata we made 029,000,- COO bushels, and of wheat 257,000,000 bushels. This state Is credited to Profeseor Dodge’s tables with 2,817,000 bushels of wheat, worth 93,070,M0: with (3,102,000 bushels of com. worth 9l8.fiW.fHD: and with 6,305,000 bushels of oats, worth fVWO.m A statt* that produce*, annually, cereals to the amount orra.COO.UOO Is not apt to be In a suflbring condi tion, especially w hen It has a cash crop iu the shape of nearly a million boles of a very marketa ble product. Georgia Is outranked among the cotton states as a com grower by only Texas, Tennessee and Arkau- »as, to the order named. Georgia holds fourth place, and is closely pressed by both Virginia and Ala- tiama. Illinois U the greater corn-producing state in tl*e union, ami Iowa Is next in rank. Georgia makes mop* oats thou Arkansas, hut is excelled by both Texas and Tennessee. Our wheat product is exceeded in Texas and Tennessee alone of the cot ton state*. In these states, to sum up the cereal po sition. Texas ts first, Tennessee second, Georgia third and Arkansas fourth. 4 The carbon points that are freely consumed to tbc arc lamp* that shed a powerful bluish light over the streets In the heart of the dty. arc made to Pittsburg or Cleveland, (tom a tarry-looking sub stance known in the oU trade es petroleum coke. 11 Is the final bi-product of the oil refineries. There ere feogfretoriee to Pittsburg dreoted te thfipee- ductlon of carbon points, and the largest one turn* oat 12,000 point* a day. These point* coit two yean ago 965 a thousand, but lately they have fallen to 915. As to nearly every other class of- manufactures to this country, on attempt has been mode to pool the entire product of the carbon-point factories, bat the attempt wa* frustrated by the refusal of one factory to Join the pool. Carbon points can there fore be bod at bottom prices, [Tbc list of “fiuccessfhl Farmers" will be con* iReek after week. We will be glad to have 1 py practical fanner write us briefly auything for tfis Separtment that will help bis brother farmers, or aDT>racti“'* •ain* ,h * t •* I rimed here.] We shall print during the next few weeks three important articles for fannera- 1. Our Papers on Tfobaooo Culture, by two practical tobacco raisers 2. “Fifteen Bales on rive Acres." Mr. Geo. W, Truitt’s explanation of how be made this ex traordinary cotton crop. 3. “A Northern Farmer’s First Year South." Mr. C. 8. Ingalls story of how he spent bis first year on a Georgia farm. These with tho view* 0/ auccemlW farmers now running, make the Constitution very valuable to farmers. It la the best? Take It at once. We Are Seven Thousand. From the Boston Globe. Out of about 50,000 fourth-close postmaster- ships in tbc country tbc democrats bold but 7,000. Ilad the conditions been reversed—hadorepublican administration succeeded a democratic one—there would not now be a democratic postmaster in office to tell the tale. Nor would that have been the end of it. Republican psalm-sitifera would have gone mound months ago in sackcloth and ashes asking forgiveness for not having been able to smite the wicked democrats even more expeditiously, Beady to Avenge Kiel. St. PauI January 9 —A special despatch rom Fargo, Dak., says that parties who have Just reached here from the northwest territory, the theatre of Riel’s rebellion, say that all Indian tribes arc making arrangemcuu fur an outbreak in the spring to avenge the death traders on tho United State* side of tne nue are re ported to belsupplying the reds with large nuantl- ties of amunition, the largo tribes generally par ticipating. It to believed that the dominion gov ernment will find It a serious matter. LEMON KUXUL An Old Gltlxln of Atlanta, Go. By the recommendation of Rer. C. C. Dari* lured Dr. Mozlcy’s Lemon Elixir for a severe case t of Indi gestion, palpitation of the heart, constipation and Diliousnem. I also suffered great It with gravel aud great pains to the bock ana kidneys, unable to stand alone. I was treated by many r — and used many remedies, but got no 1 Mosley’s Lemon Elixir alone has made cure or all these diseases. My wife has suffarefi greatly with constipation and sick headaches .from which the could get no n llefi Tbo Lemon Elixir hasxwnnanently cured her. A. C. Arnold, 22 Ella street, Atlanta, Go. Lemon Hot Drops. Da. H. Moclst.—Dear Sir: I have snlfared for fire yean with a severe cough and lung trouble, saw your advertisement of Lemon Hot Drop*, and procured a small bottle, having tried every cough syrup and lozenge that I could hear of with little benefit. I bad small faith to It. To my surprise, I derived benefit from the first dose. My cough left me, also the soreness of my lunn, by the use of four small bottles only. My cough was so severe u to produce slight hemorrhage at the time I began that I shall ever feel grateful to you for this great "V* <UKntTT - Ko . 4 oronn wf^ttentefta. Take Care of the Children. For children, Brandrcth’s Pills at* .Imply Invaluable. Ono or two Pills taken every night for ton days will core them of icarlot favor, diphtheria, whooping cough, cold*, diar rhoea or local pain,. Brandrcth’s Pills are purely vegetable—con tain no mercury, mineral or dangerous drag. They require no caro in diet or exposure, and are perfectly safe for old or yonng, male or fe male. Ono or two at nlght,*for a week, taken on an empty stomach, will cure tho wont cose of dyspepsia, liver complaint or rheumattem. A new novel Jmt tented te mid to have been written between tho hour* of 2 snd 0 o’clock In the morning. The orll* of Ute hour, aeem to It. accu- mutating.—Nontetown Henld. A. a Gargle In Scarlet Tovar Uk Darby’. Prophylactlo Fluid. 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I wss induced to try your preparation, Rosa, dalle, and I bars been greatly banelted. My hands and feat are still enlarged, bnt I feel ae much better that I want to oontlnn taking th* ROSADALIS. Rchoboth, V*. MRS. M. T. DANCE. T WOULD LIKE TO EXCHANGE ROOD, TO ROOD. 1 Stock In a manufacturing budne tn Atlanta for a stuck of goads orfsrm on ont of the railroads esdlui out sf Atlanta. A Hne chance for somo me who has talent for machinery and settee Troop Connty in tbe Lead. T HAVE ABOUT75 BUSHELSOF UV IMPROVED I cotton seed ftom the ■•Fifteen bales raised on ilve seres." tbs prcmtnm cropor urotgU. snd the largest crop ever known. Trice, A, per bushel. Tbc cash most accompany orders. Send all ordora u.j.«.T«m.*c<k.f!K mgtw TRUirr Mention this paper. d> - ftfl rut MONTH and a A3JI0 Oat. dtlLlMlV «» Tow* to Agents und Canvass ers.—The blaxcst thin* on earth, and a chance of a life-time. Our new anlaraed Electro Portraits are the tlneat In th* world. Adurra. W. H. 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Theodolites cost Eight Times a* much ana an expert to matti- _________ palate. Our Level with Patented Target 15.00, We placo It to the reach of all. Manufacturer* East and our Hardware firm* indorse It. &We« ‘SMil capital mtd tram make frxxnvfi to 9K) per day. THE UNIVERSAL gltAVj V EL cot. HOW TO SPECULATE AMD MAKE MONEY. J. EDWARDGOVE & C0„ BANKERS AND BROKERS, No. 1331 F. STREET, N. W„ Washington, D. C. Slocks, Grain, Provisions and Petroleum. IEE ESHfiliEBSltfoSsata* amff-ttwkjly thn mt to* i Instant nlteC Final core tn 10 dan , ^ dr Free, by add wing a J. MASON, 73 Noaran t, N. \. decaowkty MU GIVE AWAY IS MMjNratthf JKUhtag^ MatfolMo.^ yen Co.; ss Day want one *tnJ ui your n*ms, P. O. gwolBceateac*. Th* National Aug2S wky y*. NECESSITY TO THE FIRMER! By srblch the cost of fertiliser* may be reduced to SQ.50 Per ton. Its Introduction wflt mark a new era to agriculture. Ford for circular* to A. A. 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