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THE WEEKLY, CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY JANUARY 19 188 6 5 TOBACCO CULTURE. A Manual of Tobacco Culture for Beftnnar* Pro- pared Under the Direction of J. T. Hondo non, Commlaaloner of agriculture ofOoorgla Written Prcluaivcly for tbla Paper. 'The increasing appreciation of tlio importance of diversified crops and the demand of the commissioner of agriculture for information in regard to the culture and coring of tobacco, hat . induced the preparation of the following elc jtacutary manual. Its object is to enable the Georgia farmer to devote a portion of hfo farm to the culture of this staple with some confidence in the cor- redness of the first steps, and until he shall Imre gained wisdom and skill by actual expe rience- The manual does not claim to famish nil the infonnatien desirable or necessary, or to be free from imperfections. Hurriedly pre pared to meet a very sudden demand, it is sent forth to the formers of Georgia intho confident - hope that it will materially aid those who may determine to engage in the business of growing tobacco. The commissioner cheerfully acknowledges bis indebtedness to others who have written . instructive manuals or articles on the subject, hose names aro elsewhere mentioned. MANUAL OF TOBACCO CULTURE. The fanner who proposes to cultivate to bocco ns a money crop, should appreciate the importance of caro in nil tho details of tlio business from tho selection of the seed, to the , dual disposal of the product. Tobacco is very exnctiug ns to tho soil, culture, and handiiug —more so than cotton—and occupies fully as forge a part of the year. Tho first stage—tho preparation oftho seed bed, and the produc tion of the young plants—requires more care, nnd attention to minuto details than docs any , step in the cultnre and preparation of tho cot ton for the market, while the harvesting, and curing of the tobacco crop demand an expert- ness of skill and judgment not deemed acres* vary in tho handiiug of the cotton crop. With theeo preliminary remarks it is proposed to give a few plain and explicit directions in tended to guide the totally inexperienced cnl- tivator in performing tho ordinary operations connect id with the culture of tobacco THE PLANT BED. • Iii more northern climates tho character of the toil nnd its particular slope and exposure are dcuued of the utmost importance In the location of tho plant bod. A southern expos ure to the inn and protection bv timber oi other obstacle, against north and northwest winds. In Georgia such advantages, though desirable and to bo availed of if posslbio, arc not of vital importance. The soil should be a dark sandy loam virgin, if practicable, and perfectly drained. The first step in the pre paration it to thoroughly burn the ground in tended for the purpose. Cover the ground, (which should not be wet,) with brush, straw, cornstalks or anything that will maintain n brisk fire for about two hours. So soon as the ground cools off every thing should be raked off except the ashes, and the ground dng up deeply with a grubbing hoe' or spading fork—not inverting the soil—and rhoppul fine, removing with care all roots, clods, stones, etc. The effect of burning is to destroy all weed and grass seeds, a insects, and to prevent after-baking from hard rains. It is of the utmost import ance, in order to secure a good stand, that tho Roll l>e made absolutely fine, os if sifted through n sieve. If the soil Is not already very rich, before digging or spading it the surface should bo covered over with some good com post or fertiliser, which is to bo well iucorpO; rated in the soil THE PLANT BED CANNOT BE MADE TOO RICH. The bed should bo prepared and the seed , sown from January to March. After raking tho surface perfectly smooth and oven, lay it off in convenient lands by mere marks or lines, cut a guide to sowing. QUANTITY OF SEED. Ono heaping teaspoon Ail is enough to sow one hundred square feet of bed, or a place ton feet by ten foot less will be better if everything bo done with care. Such u bed will furnish about one thousand plants, or enough to sot one fourth of an acre, and supply plants for replanting. A beginner is apt to sow too thickly. Plants sufficient for an acre of land Will require about four teaspoonfuIs of soud, vawn on a 1»ed ten feet by forty feet or twenty feet by twenty feet. Tho seed should now he carefully measured nnd thoroughly mixed with » convenient quantity of dry ashes, or si/Ud soil, and divid ed into two or more equal portions. Proceed to sow tho bed as uniformly as possible, going over, forwards and backwards ns many times ns thin- are divided portions of the seed. This operation requires care, and it would be well for the beginner to practice sowing n few times oi. a plat similar to the plant bed, with . dry earth, without tho seed, and then g<> over the plant bed, when sowing seed, several times With corresponding portions of tho mixed seed v and as hi s, or soil. If sown early the seed will Tcquirc no covering other than that resulting from pressing tho soil smooth aud moderately fine by means of a roller. or by patting with n hoc or the back of n spade. If sown latc.it is well to rake over very lightly with a fine toothed rake before pressing or rolling. The next step is to cover the entire bed with some fine light brush, winch will vrotcct tho ’oiiug plants from any sudden cold or dry spell, log bristles are esteemed as the very best ma terial for this purpose. As loon as the plants begin to show thorn- selves “the fly” is apt to make its appearance. If proper precautions be neglected, and if once in possession, nothing yet discovered will drive him away. The bed should l>c inclosed ns soon as sown by twelve inch planks set up on edge, uml secured in that position, and a little soil pressed against the bottom edge. This will prevent insects entering from without. After early teediug tho plants will begin to Bhow themselves about the lust of Fobruary, and when. well up and growing the bed fihonld have a top dressing at the rate of about one pound of commercial fertilizer, mixod with moist earth, to 100 square feet, to be repeated before each rain, when the plants are not wet with dew or rain. If tho plants appear too S crowded, os will be likely in places, they shonld he thinned oat, and all weods removed by hand. 6EI.FCTIX(> AND PREPARING TUB LAND. ’ Soft deep gray, sandy, or gravelly soil is best. Poor exhausted soil will not unswor, unless thoroughly prepared and highly fertil ized. fomd recently cleared is best. In gen eral, any soil of light character that will pro duce a rrilf bale of cotton or more to the acre, Will yieId.good crops of tobacco. But tohneco is even more respousivc to a rich soil, nnd high culture, than cotton. The gray lands of north and middle Georgia are tielieved by good judges to be equal to any similar soils in North Carolina or Virginia. A farmer, however, who expects to realize good profits from growing tobacco on old worn out cotton fields, without liberal manuring, is doomed to disappointment and loss. Tobacco is not a poor land crop, though remunerative yields or good, light to bacco may lie secured fram comparatively thia lands, if planted while quite fresh from the otigicnl forests. The leaf of the tobacco cor responding to the lint of the cotton, varies ytTC-atly more in appearance and quality than Ihc latter, and is for more readily effected by differences of soil, climate and handling. The best seed leaf tobacco is always grown in soils Which al*»nnd in lime. As a rule, the darker the soil, the darker will be the color of tho to bacco grown on it. Light wrappers for cigars and plug tobacco <omcs from light, warm ridge lands. The ground should be carefully cleaned of all litter, and plowed and cross-plowed closely nnd deeply, but not turned over and harrowed Until brought into fine tilth: Lay iff Aimers 31 apart, deposit in them ftom 200 to300 pounds of a good nramoniated fertilH-r. or better, good stable manure, or a compost of stable manure and cotton seed and acid phosphate (with potash)—sufficient to preduce not kiss than 1200 pounds seed cotton per acre—if planted in cotton—and list on the aaue with two Airrow*. On level and low-ly ing lands it b better to check across these lists with a plow, making hills 3J by 21, and plant in the hill. In North Caroliua, aud Virginia, the best crop* are made by planting thus in hills, similar to the old fashioned potato hills. FERTILIZERS. As already intimated, tobacco requires either a rich or productive soil, or liberal ma nuring. Stable manure is certainly the best both for quantity and quality, especially tho latter; but iu the absence of a sufficient quan tity resort may be had—first, to compost made of stable mannro or rich scrapiufs.cottqn seed, (or meal), acid phosphate aud katnit; and next to standard ammoniated phosphates con taining potash in some form. Iu Pennsylvania it is claimed that the very best tobaco is made alone from stable manure, and that packers and manufacturors generally rate the product lower when informed that It is the result of artificial fertilizers. There is good reason to doubt the justice of such discrimination, but there is no doubt of the statement that stable manure is eqaui to any fertilizer. Any mauipul.itcd fertilizer in tended for tobacco must contain a liberal per centago of potash. Indeed, potash is what is called the dominant or leading clomout do* mantled by the tobacco crop. It may be remarked just hero that tobacco is a very exhausting crop. This is due to the fact that the entire plant above the surface being rich in potash and lime, is removed from the land. Tho leaves contain an unusual per centage of ash. It is frequently tho case that soils that produce the very lust quality of to bacco for two or tlirce crops fail to yield profit ably uAcrwnrds unless heavily fertilized. Next week’s issue will embrace tho proper method of plantiug. cultivating and curing to- baccy, aud tho next week after wo will print the commissioner's dose of tho matter, with a short summary of tho revenuo laws which affec t the growth aud sale of tobacco. Tobacco. Ono of the most successful and experienced tobacco growers in Virgiuia, in his retnarici on raising and curlug tobacco, says ontbo subject of manuring: “Unless the soil is naturally rich, aud such is not often the case with soils best adapted to yellow tobacco, it will be well' to apply some fertilizing material to hasten forward the plants aud mature them properly nnd early. Here, commercial fertilizers have dono, and nrc doing their l»est work. Bulky, coarse manures often do more harm than good on new and puffy soils. The smaller the bulk, and the more couccntrated tho fertilizing ele ments, tho more readily they arc appropriated nnd assimilated by the plants if of the right material nnd in the most available form. Nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potash, lime and soda, arc most nccessary.for tho tobacco plant, and a fertilizer which supplies tho relative quantity of each, and from tho proper sources will never foil to show good effects therefrom, if tho rainfall is sufficient to quicken their ac tion.” The Eddystono soluble guano meets all thc30 requirements fully. It is concentrated and it contains nitrogen phosphoric acid. ]»otiuih lime, and soda, from tho very best sources, in their most available forms and in their proper proportions, to act promptly, thoroughly aud lastingly, giving the plants an active start, a healthy growth and an early maturity. R. W. Kearney, Middleburg. N. G\, says: “I used one ton of Eddystono with sovon stand ard brands on tobacco, and like it better than any 1 used, and expect to uso it next season.” L. N. Kimball, Middleburg, N. G., says: “I used one ton of Eddystono with several differ ent brands of fertilizers, and did not sec any difference In the growing of tho tobacco, but find the toliacco after cured, a finer and richer quality aud do not expect to uso any other next season.” Rev. Geo. A. Rose, Masson, N. f!. t ssys: “I need ono ton Eddystono guano under tobacco, which gave mo perfect satisfaction. In fact, I can truly say it is tho best I over used.” W. J. Norwood, Warenton, N. C„ says: “Tlio Eddystono sold last season, for tobacco, has given universal satisfaction. Some planters say they havo never bad anything to act so well, will havo a good trade for it this year.” James V. and E. 8. Merritt, Chappell Hill, N. t\, says; “That the ten tons Eddystono fur nished them has given ontiro satisfaction, It was all used on tobacco, and it is tho tobacco fertilizer. It is ahead of three other reliable brands, and will use nono other this season. It yellows the tobacco on tho hill, and gives it a smooth silky texture—tho kind of tobacco that always cures and sells best. Wo heartily welcome it in the tobacco belt.” A. Anderson, Rigsboe’s store, N. C’., says: I have been raised in tho tobacco belt, and have used several different brands of fertilixors, bat I have never used any which oqnallcd tho Eddystonc. I tested it with other brands, nnd conld tell the Eddystono tol>acco in the dark from the other brands I used, it being fine nnd silky, and of a nice yellow color, uuil (tolls ut a good price.” T. G. Watkins Sc Co., Roysville,Virginia,say that their sales oftho Eddystono soluble guano havo given univcrscl satisfaction, and it has built up for itself a reputation thnt will in crease tho sale another year by double that of the past season. The fonnon s»y!that it push es a toliacco plant from tho start to tho cud, making it mature early, rich and heavy.” Mr. John M. Green, of Atlanta, Ga., has barge of the sale of this brand of guano, nnd will bo pleased to communicate with tbc read ers of this article, or havo them call upon the dealers throughout tho south for the Eddy stone soluble guano, ns tlicrois nothing better offered to the entire plantiug interest,not only for tobacco, but for everything raised from the soil, in this entire section. An Old TobaccoGnowr.n. WIIAT FA11ME1M CAN DO. The llrnmrkablo HcmuH* Achieved by Thimra» Kelly. Cuttsville, Ala., January J.—Editors. onstitution: Tho few formers that practice diversified formiug in this county aro much tiic more prosperous than those that are all cot ton planters. J. O. Kelly, the most successful fanner in f Inttsvillc, plants largely of whont, aits, coni, clover, grasses, peas. Irish potatoes, etc. He makes cotton a secondary crop and is not forced to sell ns soon os gathered, but holds until prices suit him. He raises a largo num ber of cattle, sheep, hogs and horses. Ho nearly always has something to sell. Wheat and oats, hay, beef cattle, mutton, wool, potatoes, im proved breed of hogs, bacon, or something also that will bring him money all through the year, therefore never has to draw on his cotton crop or go in debt for anything ho may have to buy. His mode of planting wheat is to break clover sod in August, or aa soon as tho land will do to plow—after a good wetting rain— with two hone chilled plows, No. 2 Oliver or No. 4 Booth Bend; then harrow with a two or three horae drag barrow. Bow tho grain the list of September or early in October. Plow in with two horse walking cultivators, harrow und roll afterwards. Oats are put in the samo way, only they are planted in February and March. He harvests bis crop of grain with the D. M. Osborn self binding reaper. His method of raising corn is to break up with two hones, plant In checks, four feet by four, cover with scooter, barrow crosswise, the way it was covered aud cultivate with two- horse and one-horse cultivators,going through ry two weeks until large enough to “lay by,” which is from the fifteenth of June to the first df July. His method of planting cotton is to lay off rows 3J feet with a two-hone scooter plow, deposit fertilizer iu furrow and list with two*horee scooter, split out middles with two*horse turn plow, and plant with a drum planter. He makes large quantities of manure at home, uses leaves, straw and littor of all kinds in his stalls and cow sheds. By using large quantities of manure and renovating with clover and peas and other judicious use of commercial fertiliz ers his land in the past fifteen years has doubled in productiveness and commercial value. He said to me the other day that his laud made better cotton than it did when it was fresh. He cultivates cotton after the first working—which is with a side harrow—with double shovels and cultivators. But permit me to say that the great secret of euccesi with him and others that I shall give you a history of. is this: that he labors six days iu the week, cats no idle bread, allows no grass to grow under his feet. He pays good wages, feeds well and work hi* laborers well. He is considered a hard worker, but he era get all tho labor ho needs by the day, month or year, from the fact that he always has the cash to pay them. If others would follow his example—work six days in tho week-r-thore would be leas croaking about hard times aud the low price of cotton and the scarcity of hog and hominy. But it is a sad foot that we have too many loafers at the little country groceries spending their hard-earned money for intoxi cating drink, instead of trying to make more to add to their little store. Thomac B. Kelly. How au Old Soldier Took Hold. Edwardsville, Ga., January 13.—Editors Constitntion: I would like to add one or two S I outers to your succcnfcl list of formers. ust after tho trying times of the late war. when provisions wero scarce and times the hardest tko- south ever experienced, Joseph Poes returned from the war penniless, and found felt wife and two small children in des titution. Ho was a brave soldier, and proved a brave man iu providing for those who were depending on him for support, etc. He com menced forming as a common tenant, and iu a few years he was able to bny a fifty acre form, which he improved by buildiug a nice threo room lionse nnd outhouses, etc. His orchard contains a variety of selected fruit trees; his fences aro stock proof; you don't see »ny?ga11cd spots or gullies to disflguro this model little farm. He takes care of his laud by rotating his crops; his land Improves every year. His form is worth four tlmos what ho paid for it. He don’t kuow anything n * western corn and meat ns ho maxes his supplies ai home. James Colley commenced farmiug fifteen years ago. Today ho is the happy proprietor of a two thousand dollar farm and provisions enough to run him a year. Ho lias horses, cattle, hogs, etc. I could men tion others who have made forming successful, but only mention the above two to show that farming can be uindo to pay. (.and iu this section is worth from $7 to $30 per acre—eight miles from Atlanta. J. W. Mayhon. An Old Georgian In Texas. January 3, 18dG.—Editors Constitution: As I am n subscriber to your paper aud a na tive of old Georgia, from Crawford couuty. where I am well known by a great many of tho old citizens, I give you a row notes under tho items of forming, ns I havo bcon trying to make a living in that direction, and would like to roport some of my results for the ben efit of my old Georgia friends. I left Crawford county, Ga., November 1G, and stopped iu Johnson county. Texas, whero I havo remained ever since. When I got to Toxas 1 went to work for wages aud have had a great deal of hard luck, but today feel thankful that 1 havo now a form of 0821 acres of good black land in six miles of Alvarado, Johnson county, Tex. 1 have been in this settlemout thirty years tho 7th day of next January. 1 have fifty acres of timber, and am out of debt and have a good lot of stock, twenty work mules, fifteen good sucking colts and ono horse colt t hat I refused $500 for last spring, ploutyof cows and hogs, and a good lot of cnildron. I will be fifty-three years old tho 23th of May, and am looking for twins at our house, as our first babes wero twins, and I feel like I will livo out my throe score years and ten. After reading the results of some of your best formers, I will give you a report of some portion of my farm, as I am not ns yet in a fix to givo a final rqiort, as wo arc not done gathering cotton and corn. On fifty- five acres of wheat I made 1,300 bushels; thir ty-five acres of oats. 2,100 bushels; tweuty-flve acres of Gcnuau millet, 300 bushels and eigh teen tons of good hsy; forty-five acres of cot ton, after planting too most of it ovor, I made thirty-three bales of cotton, weighing 320 pounds each, that I sold for 8 05-100 cents per !»ound; fifty acres] of corn, 3,000 bushols, and did not uso a pound of fer tilizer, killed a litter of hogs, tlio heaviest one 403 pounds, but a little ovor nine months old. I have a good stand of oats on tho thirty-fivo acres I sowed last year, and did not sow them nor plow thorn in. They are what we call volunteer oats. And I will add thnt I have made 100 bushels to the acre of voluntees oats. Benjamin Barnkh. [The list of “fluccettfal Farmers” will bo con tinued week after week. We will he glad to havo any practical former write in briefly anything for this department that will help his brother farmers, or any practical comment on anything that is printed here.] Making a Compost Heap. A correspondent latt week asked us the follow ing question: I very much desire the following information: weekly, what proportion of each; how to mix and about what length of time to mix before uslug; how high the pile should lie made, nnd about what illty to r>ul in a hill of com or cotton. I never _0Hiiy, having been hero not n year yot, but have been pretty lively while here. Through the kindness of Mr. It. J. Redding, as sist nnt state commissioner of agriculture, wo aro enabled to furnish our correspondent with the fol low ing answer: Pine straw Is not a desirable Ingredient of a com post heap, being too bulky and slow of decomposi tion, and performing no essential part In the changes which occur in the heap. It Is bet ter to put them In a heap to themselves, w ith a half bushel of common lime sprinkled between each laige wagon load of the straw, making the whole wet and well compacted. When sufficiently do- comiioscd to handle with fork or ahovel, haul to tl.e field and distribute directly from the .wagon into the farrows and bed on it. The following Isa giNNl formula for composing stable mAnutc, cotton iced and phuspatc: Ruble manure (not lot manure) GOO pounds. Cotton seed (green) ooo •• Phosphate too " ..._y l*- varied* aerording to the i of Inc material available. The Ingredients may he mixed cither by build ing up the heap by alternate layer*, or they may I* thoroughly mixed and tlion thrown Into a heap. In cither ease water should bo freely used on the coarrer mitt-rials whilo composing. Tho plan ot mlxinglall the Ingredients together Is better, though Involving more labor. A convenient height for the heap Is five feet and as broad and long ns may lx; ncccusry, not larger, however, than eight or ten feet square. Remember to wet the cotton seed and flublc manure thoroughly. Cover the heap with rich soil, three or four Inches deep, flrom adjacent fence corners or lot manure. Let the heap stand from three to four weeks, then cutdown wlih sharp spade or hoe, pulverize and ahovel into new heap, ll» bed; or If very large quantities are to besp- piled! 1,000to 2,000 pounds per acre), broaden* ihree fourths of It. One marked advantage of such u r-ompoet lie* In the fact that being well propor tioned In all the elements of plant food, very heavy r.j-plications may I* made to crops without danger or deficiency In someone clement, and with 1cm danger of Injury during severe drouths, than when large doses of ordinary commercial fertilizer nrc used. CARP CUI.TCHK. An 1 nterestlng Card from Commissioner Cary on the Subject. Ornce or Be peri ntrx dent of Fists- F.im>, LaGbanoe, Ga., January 14. irefo—Editors Constitution:—A few Mays ago I promised you a reply to Mr. Jolley's letter, of Den- \ cr. B. C. There seems to]bc foui^qucMlous to which he* desires explicit answers. 1. It best to put the different breeds or carp In the came pond?" I answer It Is not best. 2. “Which Is the best kind fiw table use." There are three kinds of carp, viz: the scale, ^mirror and leather varieties. I have frequently cstenof each variety and can see very little difference in their edible qualities. 3. “Which grows the fastest?’ It is a little haul to answer this question. I am Inclined to the opinion that there Is very little dif ference In weights up to any given time. While the scale carp grows somewhat the longest, the mirror is not so lengthy but more bulky, but I do not know at a given age as there is any particular difference In the weight of each kind “At what age do they spawn.” This will depend very much upon the latitude aud temperature of the water. While the German authorities*ver that they spawn at three yearn old. I know positively that they will spawn In Georgia at two yearn, and I am strongly of the belief tnnt under favorable rirrumstsncea, wben the water i» sufficiently warm and food abundant they will spaw ii at one year old. I will remark also that while In Germany with water at a lower tcmwrrature than here, the au- thorities say the egg* hatch in from twelve to six teen days. I bare demonstrated the fact by ac tual experiment that with water at a temperature f seventy-«va degree s the eggs will hatch la fifty- six hours. To make carp culture a wcoess there should Le at least two |«nd«-ouc for hatching sal ouefora stock or breeding pond. The breeders should be put in the hatching pond aud all other fish excluded. Every pond should have suitable means for complete drainage, as all carp ponds should bo completely drained once a veer to clear the ponds of the enemies to (he carp, which are numerous, such as frogs, turtles, snakes, etc. fcThc carp i* finely sustaining the reputation first acquired in this state as a fair table Osh. exceed ingly rapid In growth. From the best Information in my possetsion wo have over 5,000 carp ponds In the state, and under farorable circumstances the cam has taken on a growth of five pounds a year. \ cry respectfully, 1L II. Cary. Bupt. Georgia Fish Commission. All the Carp Gone. Friday Commissioner Henderson exhausted his supply of carp, by sending out the latt that he had In ills aquarium, and for the benefit of the people of the state who continue to write to the department for carp, tho commissioner reqoes'x The Constitution to state that he will have no more for some months, lie says that tho unfilled applications now Iu tho department will bo kept on file and will be attended to when he gets hla next supply. Any other applications for carp will be treated in the fame way. The demand for carp in Georgia is as great now as it has been at any time since the tirit were first introduced into the FARM KOTO, Mr. L. Smith, of Wilkee, has gathered twenty bushels of chufas from one-half acre of laud, beside* fattening a good many head of hogs thereon. Mr. D. C. mVt stock aud cattle in Wilkes county are now revelling on the hundred aud forty tons of splendid bermuda hay which bo harvested last summer. Mr. R-il’. Johnston, of Smithvillc, is now setting out a lot of2,000 fruit trees on his farm just outside of the incorporation. They aro LeConto pears, Kciffcr pears, wild goose plums, and peaches. Mr. Joliuson lias recent- Ip put out 40,000 pear cuttings. Mr. D. C. Goode, of Kockdato county, has killed the largest hog In the state, which weighed 372 pounds, netting SKI pounds, making fourteen and one-half gallons of lard. Mr. Goode is a progress!vo former, and has success in all his undertakings. Mr. M. J. Ray, of Crawford county, mado on eighteen acres twclvo bales of cotton, averag ing 32(1 pounds, and 223 bushols of corn on twelve acres) besides pens and plndcro enough to fatten his hogs. Ho killed five hogs aver aging 232 pounds each. All of this was on a one-horse farm. Mr. William E. Graham, of Telfair, mode last year on five acres'of piney woods land four bales of cotton, each weighing four hun dred aud thirty-seven pounds. Mr. D. M Btewart has made twenty-five hundred gallons of good syrup on three acres and three quar ters. A writer in the Ncwnau Herald, says of a Carroll county farmer: Mr. J. F. Culpepper has ono of tho finest nlantfltlons In Georgia, he hau^t bought a pound of flour for his family In seventeen years, has three hundred bushels of red rust proof oats for sale and fire or six hundred bushels of corn to sell; also meat and wheat. He lias one of tho best gluhousos in the state. Mr. Enoch Johns, of WHkcs county, has ac complished a feat in cano growing during the past year that gives him the blue ribbon jui a cane grower. On three-eighths of sn aero of land he raised enough ribbon cane to make four hundred nnd eighty gallons of syrup and hav* five thousand stalks left for seed and syrup is as fine <u finds ready sale place. Mr. J. M. Strickland, 8r., of Carrtll county, the father of Captain J. M. Htrlcklang, of Mer- iwether county, In conversation said that tlio year 1883 was tho fifty-first anniversary of his married life. That during this entire period he hgd not bought a pound of meat or a bushel of cotu, that he onco siicnt two dollars! for lard, which was tho only investment no [had ever tnado for home supplies, except for,; sugar and coffee. He is a well-to-do former, always has ph ut y around him, und is hearty aud well preserved for ono of hla years. Palton, Ga., January 11.—[Special.]—A dls- cunRoa arose hero in a company of .gentlemen upon 'the subject of “big hogs.” Mr. Wm. Smith told of a hog in East Tennessee which weighed 1,200 pounds; also of one raised by hti father which netted 585 pounds. Professor Janes spoke of ono raised by James Kuowlci, of Hancock county, exhibited at tho Mjtata fair, which weighed over 1,100 pounds.’? ra- fessor Schocllcr told of oue which traijfhod ,100 pounds, seen at Washington market, New When this hog was butchered and The southern farmer lx better off, Irt this, that he has his cotton crop: but hour much better off ho would be if, in addition, he had the profit* of * “•even acres.” FISH CULTURE. Foreign Fish—Tho Work oftho United State* Fish Hatchery, New York, Januanr 10.—[Spoclal.1— 1 The United States fish hatchery, at Gold Spring, Long Island, it proving a great success. They hare now In process of development for tho waters of this state 130,000 eggs of the brook trout, 1,000,000 eggs oftho wmte fish, 200,000 eggs of tho tom ood or frost fish, and 100,000 egga of the lake trout. For the United States waters at largo they are hatching out60,000 lake trout and 50,000 l’enobsoot salmon, which will be placed in the head waters of the Hudson. In a few days it is expected that 50,000 fry of thebroira trout will bo received from the German government. Next week they will repack and forward 5<V 000 eggs of the lake trout and 1,000,000 eggs of tho whltefish to the Swiss govcrumouMho samo quantity to the German Fishing association, and the same to the Fish Cultural association of England. This work of exchanging eggs of fish from foreign waters aud endeavoring to raise them iu the rivers aud lakes of other countries where they are scarce, is becoming more popular each year, and Professor Freder ick Mataer, who hoa charge oftho hatchery at Cold Spring, is placing himself in communica tion with nearly overy fish association of Europe and America for the purpoce of for warding. so far as possible, the original plan of interchange. _ By the recommendation of Rev. C. C. Davis I used Dr. Mosley's Ixmon Elixir for a severe case of Indl- gestlon, palpitation of the heart, constipation and biliousness. I also suffered greatly with gravel and great pains in tho back and kiaueyt. unable to Mozlcy’s Union Elixir alone has made a pcrrecc cure or all these til; cares. B!y wifo has suffered greatly with constipation and sick headaches. Rom which she could get no relief. The Lcmou EUxir has permanently cured her. A. C. Arnold, 22 Ella street, Atlanta, Ga. Lemon Hot Drops* Da. H. Mon.xr.—Dear Sir: I have suffered for five years with a severo cough and. lr ~ ** ‘ saw yZ! cleaned and hung up, tho butcher stood within the carcass. Other gentlemen told of big ones, hut Professor Schooner took the cako. The Demand fob Tobacco Seed.—-The do- tnand for tobacco seed is far exceeding tho ex pectations of Agricultural Commissioner Hen derson. Since announcing his determination to distribute seed to any ono who will givo the experiment a satisfactory trial the commUslon- er lias been flooded with applications for to bacco seed, lie has already sent ontjabout 800 packages of seed, or enough to plant 800 acres, as a package contains seed enough for an aero. Feeing that the demand was as great as ever commissioner yesterday ordered ten pounds e of yellow oriuoco, which he thinks is best adapted for general use. >n every packogo of seed, prlut- td directions for planting aro given. A Soul hern Viow of Eastern Fanning. From tho Providence, R. I.. Journal. The Atlanta, Ga., Constitution republishes tire figures given a few days since in tho Journal con cerning the production, 'and tlio valuo thereof, of seven acres of land in Uliodc Island, Upon these MatlMlc* Tin: Constitution bases an article which Is entitled to consideration because of the views it opeus up as to the relation of farming to matmfoe- tuicx and tire necessity for tire spread and success of manufacturer in behalf of lire farmer. Tin: Constitution considers the price paid for labor on the seven acres alluded to in Rhode Island to he obout twice wfiat it would have been in Georgia. This is an iui|>ortnnt feature in the problem, but by no means the most important. The point made by our southern contemporary wc put in its own words: “Suppose* that overy seven acres in Georgia Miould be as highly cultivated m were these seven acres in Rhode Maud, would the of the farmers? Not gives the reason. There would l«. speaking roundly, no market for the products. The one market upon which the southern farmer can rely Is the cotton market. Now the jjc*tern and eastern farmer has a market for his cHVyiVrgetablcx, his milk, his poultry, Ills fruit In thuvllliigesand cities because or tho manu- fAt-turinjfflhd indmtrial establishments that thrive in ibote sections of the country. It la the farmer who is near and caters to the demands of indus trial centers w ho makes money. All tbD Tun Constitution perceives and there fore it rays: “In the south the growth of those in dustrial enterprises has been slow, and h likely to l-e slower, ow ing to Uieenergy with which the net iradorxln congress and out of it are pushing their theories.” It goes further, and sees In the fature the free trade re having their way in congress, the dwindling and rontlnual disappearance or that In <lu>trlal development In the south which hoa al- ready made Its *jx>eanuiee. In a word, in behalf of ihc southern farmer,Tur. Constitution demands Unit the theories of tbc absolute free traders he re jected by tlie congTOMDcn from Uie south. Now, the doctrine tifTRB Constitution Is pro-, cirely that whlrh the Journal has always main- tailed. The principle of protection’sax carenti*! to the welfare of Uie former as It U to any other cU>.s in the community. We are speaking now of the principle. Its adjustment to the circumstances of the country, ned Its details as to time and •mount of protection for particular Industries nr* matter* of w bdow, good filth and slatennamblp. Had there been no manufacturing establishment within fifty milei of the Rhode Island seven acres the product thereof Instead of being worth over ten thousand dollars, would hare been worth.perhaps a tenth of that sum. Take the five hundred dol lars worth ot cabbages sold for that aum; they would have not. perhaps, trough ten dollar*. Take the two hundred and forty dollars worth of com fodder that was not sold: It was fed to the rows and the milk wo* hold; IhU had there not M en manufacturing villages In Use immediate vi cinity the milk conlil not have been sold and the corn fodder would not have been raised. It Is tra- m rcf-saryto fell back upon theory; everybody lit New England understand* that the real market value of a farm, other — “* ' “ upon Us being or not the city or village; and that lejpcet markets just D ?hcr» Kl.w unlverMl tnd trrtverMM.. «inr ; in, to (fa. advantage or tlio farrow, which UtuH ultlclthlljr mopilwl. Jtut M th» 4«uuo<u of the .ii:agc Inert.*'4tn>l are met fay the Carmen, u there the village garden and agru.-ultttral product die out. low. are trot kept; the h.nncrjr U ,fa«n- doood; no pork U railed, the vegetable garden fat given up, and th.dependence U pUced for th*>* thing, wholly npooUe Urmer, who we. «ul Ua- ptnve. hi*opportunities The Held, amell e* well etluge. ttgnenupto hla. Wipe out the Indue- c retro with . wvero cnuglt end lung trouble. —V your .dvrrtlaemerit of lemon Hot Drop*, end procured etnull bottle, having tiled event cough nymp end loeeng* tftet I could facer or with lull, hcurllt, 1 lied until fkllfa In It. To my enrprUe. I derived benefit from tbc Orot dote. My rough left roe, elaothe .orenemof mr lung*, by tho uw of four enroll bottle* only. Mrrongh .wme, eo wnrg ei to produce .light hemorrhage at the time I boron In t»c II, and tho roller wu eo great and eo .widen that 1 eli.ll aver feel gr*Mfhl to you for'thin grow medical dlKovcry. Mu. B. Sine, Ho. 4 Orange 8t, AtUate, Oe. Don't ml** neat Week'. Cniutltotlon. It will be one or the lie.f uuuibera ever l.aued- brimming over wltli good thing.* Hub.crlbc nt once* Why Jew. Live So hong. Tlie.New England Medical Monthly cont inents very favorably on the proverbial lone and healthful live, of the ■ Jowa. I)r. Pietrd hold, that this superiority Is doe to their stringent health laws. The Mottle, like the older Egyptian code, is Tory stringent regard ing the eating of flesh and other article* of food. Of the animals examined, a large pro portion are always condemned as unit for food. People who eat meat Indiscriminately are very prone to disorders of the blood end of tho kidneys, for meat Is composed of nitrogen, which the kidneys have to remove from tho blood, and of ronree they can’t do thia (nceoas- fully except by tho aid of Warner’s safe cure, the best kidney strengthened unless It Is tem perately partaken of and only the very best meat Is nsed. Jews also use alcoholic liquors very sparingly and thns keep np good diges tion, and then again they area hollday-tering aud Sabbath-observing class.—Housekeeper. She Will Steep Upside Down, Say. He. From the Chicago Intcftkxim. Ono of tho most novel salts for divorce luu lust been Instituted In tlie circuit court of Tippeca noe county, Ind. John III. O.fKIrehofr a*k* for s divorce from bu lawful wife on tho ground of her usMa In oleopingwilh a Klrchoff Is oppovvl f thing*, he has asked the court to Interfere, Thousands of our citizens hare adopted Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup as the Amity “stand-hy.’ A' Itabblt Fool's Fortune to Two t-adlos. Mrs. M. A. Neagle la a widow lady who re sides on South and Tcnnearoe streets, in South Memphis. Near her lives Mrs. Charles Knell, the wife of tn industrious Swede, now with the Memphis and Kansas City railroad. It haa been their custom to purchase together frac tional tickets In the Louisiana State Lottery. Mr. Knell said ho had in his pocket a rabbit- foot he had cut in Kansas, ana It woAld bring lurk if he was allowed to buy the tickets. They gave him 80 cents each, amt ho rmrehased a one-tenth ticket, and nailed the rabbit’s foot to the wall, and then wrote tho number of the ticket, which wns <iD,2.V,, and. it tlrow one- tenth of the capital nrlzo of $1.V),000. -Mem phis (Tenn.) Avsloncho, December IB. Farm Loans. TO LOAN, 5 years on Improved Farms in tlie counties of DeKalb, Cobb, Bartow, Floyd, Polk, Troup, Henry, Clayton, Newton, Mor- S m, Spalding, Coweta, Pike, onroe and Walton. C. P. N. Barker, 31# Peachtree St. fyONEY E. VAN WINKLE &CO ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MANUFACTURERS OF Circular Saw Hills, Cotton Gins, Cotton Seed Oil Hills, Presses SHAFTING, POLLEYS, MILL GEARING AND GENERAL IRONWORK. Wo Furnish Engines nnd Boilers of all Mizes, Either Portable or Stationary. Nos, 16,18 & 20 Foundry St. & 214 & 216 Marietta St„ ATLANTA, GEORGIA Mention this paper. aeo zj wk Hit CENT $3lS WORTH Of PRESENTS MrJU t. new ssMerlfaw.. BUND WOW, m Um of.r.wJJ|„b;, ®KS«“bdr.wro > CltT Mo- WILL BUY POSTAL AlbrsutSM worker iy> p*gt*. Cvlortd n*Us. at wee Tthmmlem. with tnalpil<m <* Ik. bat Flrom rod VtptAlo, pricro of SEEDS rod Flsm.eWkro s.pro mow (Imm. PrimdlaCrelbkudGwwM. Friro,whr*>crow,-fakkroyl-d-djctfU.m «nt order. I* tUh -Wt yon warn far Ik* garde, md kro re gtt It to* trod cf nrotogml*r gro-rry amelcM to buy *b*t *«*d* IropPcs b« kb evrr, nrtltog with diMppoir.tmtnt aAcr vrda of wvn.iv RVMSSa SEEDS, JAMES VICK, 8_EEDSMAH, Rochester, t Mr atom till paper. mmmmmmmtSm