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8 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION". ATLANTA, GA* TUESDAY MARCH 2 1886 SUCCESSFUL FARMERS. SHORT TALKS WITH FARMERS ON FARM TOPICS. Tlif Vine Farming Ml ilnN <■*"'1111 “ d lii. Or..t Iww or IM riroin - wool . Kcrthcrn Iimil Boo Bono oa Oooctlo HanT'ERSvillf, Oa, Febrntry *7.— Wall, sir, If yon will git in my baggy I'll *how you some of our best ftnoinf country and tome of onr tuccrasfn! farmer,; and tomorrow I'll take yon to Louisville or bring yon back to Davit' loro." Tho opeaker waa a man of 45 yean, medium tire, a pleaiant voice and n mild blue eye. Ula OaLiO vm Thomai Hardeman. It la hardly needfbl to any that the invitation was thankfbUy accepted. We were soon be hind a spirited little sorrel hone that span along with credit to himself and master. Tbe road waa smooth and level and seven miles long, ao that I had some opportunity of getting In aomo work while on the way. What work? Solving tbe problem of "Does firming In Georgia pay)" Now, It may be stated here that the average Georgia farmer Is ao mod eat as to his own merits and the merits of his country that the stranger la generally led at once to cooclude 'that the country la a bad one for the farmer. Hr. Hardeman once labored nnder the same trouble, but baa come to look upon all such re* S ired communications as matters of business, it require his attention. So on the way he pointed out the good and bad features of his country, telling of the aneceea of this man and the Ikllnreof that—each time living tho rea sons for success or failure. Some of these farms were well Improved, while othera were just as they were, or worse than they were, twrnly yearn ago. , , A little after nooa we turned through a gate, drove np an avenue of forest trees and alighted before the door of a beautiful cottage. "This Is our home,” said mine host, “and to It my family and myself am glad to welcome you." And now, as an example of what a Georgia farmer may accomplish, I want to give a brief history and description of this farm and Ita owner. It will require only a few minutes to read what I was two days in learning from Hr. II. and bis neighbors. Thomas Hardeman Isason of Judge Robert Hardeman, of Jones county, connael for Hrs. Loftier, defendant In the celebrated "Ticb- borne case of GeorglA” Hr. Hardeman came to Jcflrrson county, less than twenty years ago. Fifteen years ago he bought, on a credit, 720 acres of what was known as the Alexander Telfair plantation, ten miles from I<ovllelsu,l on tbe Davisboro road. The place had only a log cabin for a dwelling house and only two or three hovels for his laborers. For this land ha gave his note bearing ir> par cent. Interest, for lie had only a horse and fifty dollars, lie- fore he got thin paid for an adjoining place was put on the market and be bought It at the same price—*10 per acre—and on the same teller. Soon he bought other lands nntll his plantation contained 2,400 acres. . Speaking of those days he said: "I worked very bard, and my wire helped mo to econo- mlse, but we always lived comfortably and I si*nt my evenings with my Dually. Our house waa a small logbouse, but Itwaawoll Airnlsbod, and my wife always had a carriage and hone*.* Tlilt sras said with a degree of nride that was creditable to his refined manhood. After a good dinner and an hour with his family Hr. Hardeman proposed to show ns over his place. Ileally wo walked over only cue-half of Ills plantation, but we put In tbe entire afternoon. Hla land had just been prepared for planting, and bus entire lurto had taken that afternoon to plow their gardens and patches. We walked among his herd of cattle, his sheep, goats and hogs, of which he baa a bountiful supply; through bis cane bottoms, where the cattle grase In winter, and through five hun dred acres at “wild swamp” for rammer grax Ing. Hammock lands of the most productive kind lie heavily wooded on the banks of tbe Ogccche and Dead riven. Before wa returned I had seen much of Ills 9,400 acres of land, for which he bad paid *10 K rarre besides having added elegant real- nee, good harna,outhouaes and cabins. I had aeon hla sixty bead of cattle, sixty goats, large fleck or sheep and numerous swine, a and he had assured me that ha had never done anything aside from legitimate farming. Then 1 asked him to give me the figureeso that the reader could see Just where the money was made. bitting down on a lag the farmer began; "lly land rapt me teu dollars per acre, but U would not bring half that If put on tho mar ket; but I can show any reasonable man that It la worth more than ton, I run twenty plows, of forty aeres to tbe plow. We will tike one plow as a basis. Now, on an average In this country, fbr every forty aeres of cultivat ed land there at* sixty acres of uncultivated land. Of course tbe w hole 100 aeres must be couulcd as an luvostuont. Then, on this forty pete fatm we have as a permanent Investment One hundred acre* at tlo per acre ... One mule and the fuicrr.i he lepremi Wacom, Implements, pre-1 uder, etc. Total. . 4l,aoo Then, as an annual Investment: 2 Ions fertiliser- *» lilacttmlihlng, tool*, etc 10 Total CO Now. for ret nine wo have 7 bales cotton, *2M1, 150 bushels corn, and 1,500 bundles fbd- der. Tlih gives to tho landlord 75 bushola corn ond 750 bundles of fodder, which will cany tbe mule through neat year. This leaves him with two-thirds of tSHO, or*18(1 cotton money. Out of this must como *30 ex- pcnic,leaving him *150 interest ou his Invest ment of $1,300. That glvos a return of 111 per cent. Now, 1 have allowed tho maximum of outlay and the minimum of re turns For instance, If I count my land at *t per acre, which la about Its market value, the return would he twenty, two and two-seveuth a cent. Then, seven hales to tbe plow it iw the avenge on my plantation; my fet- till ten never coat me (ato to the plow. I buy one ton of acid with which I make five tons of good manure, bettor that! a commer cial fetUlUer that costa *35 per ton. Forty dollars par kale for cotton la a low price. I never sold mine that low until this year. 8o you see, these figures might be made much larger. But, aa they are, 1 have an Income of *3,120. Then, too, unlike tke merchant or the lawyer, I do not have to eount my livingont of that. That which I consider worth not lorn thee *1,500 has cost me practically nothing. Hy garden and track patches, rattle, hogs, sheep and goats give me ample living, end they cost me nothing. Hy garden Is cultivated by tbe wages, of Made who cultivate their forty acres brslda Itiacettala to my mind that Hr. Hardeman's annual living is not worth I cm than *1.800, for ha lives In absolute east—tot to say luxury. His table la loaded with good thlago-atl except sugar, cofiac. tea and oy stela—the product of hie own Cum. Ills bouse la a quern Anne cottage, wraith slant *4.000, elegantly finished end furnished. Books and pepeisnreinnbnndaacA His fhmlly, consisting of s wife and lire chil dren, tints well, and hit child ran are being Cdaraled. it goes without saying that they are refined. , Aft” ieklng this sU in I aakod the rarmer, Mr. Hardeman, to what do you at tribute the 1st,, si degree of yossr success?” Hie answer surprised mo—sail would have ■ttprtied almost soy other man. I rather ex- * oiwfUUim on “industry,” “econo* ” *?“• kindred fresh and interesting h * Uml)r Nft It this way: bJuemaUc Btanagement of my labor." sec^!^ naked for part leutars hr continued: "When l ame here the cabins were ell like £5£* 10 * ,ow - ><>* h «» with a "stick P°L" on the roof tobnidtbadtpbeanU. "Than was no labor h * |J ***’ “ "«M*I could not get any. 1,0 > * 0 ** *• I ®e«*d I began building nest frame bouses like that.” pointing (o a comfortable frame house of two rooms, with a brick chimney. “And tho first oc«roe4 I got on my place are with me yet. They have good homes, with two acre* of land Tor patches, rent free, and* mule to plow it, and plenty of wood with a team to haul it. Vet I keep them entirely under my co ^trol. I say when they plow their patches and haul their wood I allow each family to keep three bead of cattle and as many hogs and aheep as they want and charge nothing for pahturage. Lvery family on my place u accumulating property; and two negroes on my place can lend money any day they want to do ao. I furniah those who have to buy meat, flour and corn at caih price. and never allow them to go in debt at a atore. J»very negro on my place, under thirty years of age, can read and write, and I think almo*t every family takes a paper. I never refuse a favor that I can grant, and never make unreason able demands of them. They trust mo as a friend.” Mr. Hardeman'* books, sinco W7Sr, show but very few changes of laborers. Ho will not keen a tenant that doe* not save some thing from his year's work. Another commendable feature of Mr. H.s system Is that he keeps his accounts so that he can, in five minutes, tell joat how he stands with his tenants or his bankers. Yes, ho has “bank account”—one I’d like to bavo. Mr. Hardeman is only one of a num ber of successful farmors I’vo recently met; and he has accomplished nothing that other men cannot accomplish. - His land Is not above the average In point of fertility, though it is in point of productiveness. After spending a conplo of days in his charming household I came away impressed with tbe Idea that “farming pays.” Clay. What a Northern Farmer Did. Vinyabik Oa., February 20.—Editors Con stitution: Yours of the .id instant, in which you request me to briefly write up what a northern farmer did tbo first year In Georgia, etc., came properly to hand. I will try to meet your request In my plain, common man ner on a small scale. On the 20th of January, Ihfcf*, I bought seven and a quarter aeres of James Beaty, about one mile south of tbe city of Griffin, in Bpaldiog coun ty, Go., and the same day I went to the city and got lumber for a small house. In three weeks I moved into it and commenced keep ing bachelor’s hall and went to work at it and rainy days and evenings preparing grape cutting* and grafting pegch and plums. In February 1 hired my land all turned as deep as I could with two mules and grubbed out the sassafras, wild plum and chinabcrry and briers and a plenty of them, there was as ray land was mostly an old turned out lot. I set out 100 peach and .305 wild goose plum trees and 42.5 grape vines and about a quarter of an acre to strawberries and put out a small nursery of 1,500 peach aod plum and about 04,000 grape cuttings in March. I slso sowed over an acre of oats. Tbe ?th of April, I planted all to corn but where oats and strawberries and nursery were. On the 21st I went homo to Michigan and re turned on the 2 of July tnutingjothert to tend the land during my absence. My daughter re turned with mo and stayed two months. We dried .'Ktyounds of peaches and put np (i0or .70 ran* of all kinds of fruit which Is just as nlco now as when fresh—so you •eo there is no trouble to keen canned fruit good hero if properly managed, i put mino in my cellar—only ono can hurt and that sprung a leap. In Juno I had peas planted among the corn. In September I built a snug little barn 10x24 end a hen house 0x10. In October 1 gathered sixteen one huise wagon double box heaped up loads of coni and three loads of. peas in the pod, and ono big load of oats in July. I fat tod a nlco pig which dressed the first of December 128 pounds of fine meat, and I think I have enough corn, oats, peas and fodder to keep my hone, cow aod 60 fowls through and to eat myself. I sowed the oats ground to rye whloh looks fhlr for being sewed too early. By tho way, in July. 1 built a rook room to tho houso 10X12 foot. I bought 14 hens and a rooster in the fall and* have sold and got on hand of my own raising forty-one chickens. This fall 1 have enlarged my strawberry patch to liaif an acre, aud this winter have enlarged the peach orchard to 250 trees, the plum orchard to 500 and the grape vineyard to «45. 1 have tho grapovlncs aud plum orchard trimmed. ■ Aside from cultivating uiy laud while north, 1 have paid out for work, excluding tho first breaking, $10.00, only about $20, doing all tho rest of the work anu cooking my own grub. The building I did all of myself, but about $3 negro help on them. When setting trees I put stable manure in every pit, and also manure or guano in every hill of corn, which I planted three and a half feet apart each way. In December the strawberry patch looked nicely when I mulched it with pine leaves. The dry weather in May hurt the nursery so that I shall have only about thirty peach, two hundred wild goose plum trees, ami eight hundred grspo vines to sell, after using what I want myself. I have a snug cellar under my house, which la a great convenience. When the corn be comes bard I cut off the tops close store the cars and cured it aud stripped the blades which made a nice quantity of fodder. I bed myjiorse and cow heavily with the refuse fodder and pine straw to catch the urine and manure and every day put it on a pile, and thereby am getting a nice compost heap with cottou seed aud phos phate, every forkful of which 1 look upon as gold. 1 clean tho hen house once a wook aud barrel It for liquid application small fruits and garden. Home of my land is slightly inclined [and wor- by washing, which I am anxious- rlcs mo some l by deprive me of the butter. Fanning here differs very much from north ern forming. 1. I think the “No stock or no feucc law” is a very great rune, for no fence uo fields, no fields oo cattle; no cattlo uo compost heaps, no compost heaps no - corn or cotton without expensive fer tilisers, and no corn or cotton no gold. I would toon expect to plow a hoi so hard every day without good feed, and have him thrive as to plant my land every year without abundant and appropriate food, aud expect gt m1 crops. It genus to me there is far too much cotton aud two little corn, oats* wheat, rye and hsy giown, and too ftw cattlo, liogs and horses raised here for home use at least. Second. Northern fenuers practice rotation of crops and a mixed farming, aud raise cattle and stock of all kinds, aiming to product auf ficicut home supplies of every thing possible, and then as much surplus of the best cash product as they can. My exiwrlrnrc anJ obrarvxtion I, th.it to ranted In farming, It it *11 Important to rail* aa much of the .upplira consumed on the farm aa la tnartirabla and poasible. Aud In coaclu- alon I would aa,: “He that Ire the plow would thrive, must hinuetf either hold or drive.'” I am contented and happy here, ami the Ioni cs 1 «tay the better I like the country and cfl- lion.ton County Farm.no Uacoh, Ga, February 21.—[Special.] —A good turner, who Uvee near Byron, wa* in the city today. Knowing him to bo one of the representative fanners of Houston county, your correspondent loet no timo in battouhol- ing him and putting the stereotyped question "What do you know?” "I know,” replied tho gentleman, “that Hymn farmers are starting off more bravely this season then for years before. We nae two-horse plows to brink with, yon know, and to oorlande are about all real, prepored, and the boys are determined to win this year.” “I feared last season's experience would dis courage you,” remarked the scribe. “Fbr from it. Whatever tms.'alcnlatlous and failures vro made lost year have but stim ulated the farmers of my sectiou to greater exertions. They will put in a good coin crop and a heavy cotton crop, which will bo more highly fertilised and more rareftilly cultivated than over before. Wo bavo decided that the more bolls wo can make to tho stalk meant the most pounds lotho acrj and that, again, means more money with a less expense to the planter. Our farmers were never more hopeful of success than in the planning of the present year's crop.” “Sugar cane seed all lost, of courset” “No: I was most agreeably surprised when I opened my bonks to begin planting. I thought sure that the blixzard Had ruined it, tbe banka being but lightly covered, hot I found that, with the exception of a little near the surface, my seed was safe.'' “Potatoes were ruined, though?” “No; my seed potatoes kept remarkably well, and I have a plenty, and shall plant a lsrgi cron. Oats and wheat are killed—that* if, thi early planting—bat I still bellevo there will be a better avenge crop made than was made last year.” “How la that?” asked the reporter. “Well, when the fanners found that the early crop waa killed they set in and sowed a second crop, and they put in plenty of manure, and the result is going to bo os fino a yield on a much smaller acreage. Speaking of nunu re, there is more home raised fertilizers In my. neighborhood this spring than I ever saw bo- fore, and it is going to tell in next fall's har vest.” % “How have voor stock stood the winter?” ••Remarkably well. Our cattlo are all fat, and our hogs doing well. But perhaps you don't know that we have tho stock law in active operation. That law has been an un qualified blessing for us. You see, wc are a community of amsll farms, and under the old order of things we were put to a great deal of expense keeping up fences. How, each man has only at much stock os ho can caro for, and the result la a marked improvement in our stock. Men who, three years ago, vehemently opposed tho 'no fence* law, would not do away with it for any consideration now. When a neighbor's cow or hog gets ont and does any damage, the injured party takes the animal up and sends for tho owner, the damage, if any, U easily adjusted and it works like a charm in Houston county.” The scribe let up here, and went away con vinced that that little strip of fertile lands be tween tbe Echecoonee and Moss creeks, on tbe upper lino of Ilounton county, must be a good plsco to live. Tobacco Culture. Bonsack, Vo., February 4.—Editors Con stitution: One of tbe chief pleasures I have, and especially during this unpleasant weather Is Tub CoNhTiTt’Tiorr, and among the articles which excites my interest are those on tobacco culture, which It seem# Is claiming the atten tion or the farmers of Georgia. How, as a farmer and tobacco planter I feel itmy duty to give yon a full and impartial description or the work ncceerary to the culture of a crop of to bacco. First it is necessary to bavo now ground for the production of aflrst*class article Now, for the “modus operand!.” Situation of land if hill side must hare a southern ex posure. Supposing tho timber to have boon cleared away, tbe ground must bo thoroughly broken with the colter, then harrow, collect all roots, etc., pile and burn thorn. Next lay off in hills with' hoe, then tho land Is ready for the plant i. Plant bed, having selected* damp situation it roust bo thoroughly burned off. The seed must bo sown about February. Tho plants are ready to transplant about tho first of June. Tho transplanting must ho don® during a rainy spell, no cthor time will answer. Abont three weeks later work with lioe; watch rarcfully and keen clear of worms; this is very Important. At the tint budding E ritnc, (i e) take ofTnil defective loavos at tho ottomof stalk and top tho plant, leaving about' nino or ten leaves. Hoxt build houioa in which to cure. Thcso may bo mado of log or weather boards, but must bo tight. Com menco tier poles aboqt nine feet from floor tiers two aud one*half feet apart; poles four feet apart. Next burn coal pits. It will re quire one hundred bushels of charcoal to ono thousand pounds of tobacco. Abcnt September 20th tho tobacco is ready to cut, which Ixdonoin this ways. 8j*'**^‘ •talk down tho middle to within six inc the ground, cut tho plant off bolow tho split and hang on tobacco sticks which aro ono inch thick and fonr feet long, put so von stalks on each stick, which must to taken immediately to the house and bung on tier poles, having ex cavated holes about four inches deep by ono foot across and' six feet apart all ovar tho ground floor. Fill thcso with coal, though at first nut only about ono quart in each and start the fire. Keep thermometer at eighty until leaf is half yellow; then rsiso about ton de grees every six hour* until tho thermometer stand* at one hundred ami fifty (150), hold tho heat at that for forty eight hours; the tobacco is theu cured. Then come* tho classing, strip ping and packing. Lynchburg is our market and surh tobacco as I bave disertbed brings from eight to twenty dollars per hundred pounds. With this letter I send you a sample of threo thousand five hundred pounds raised by my self this past year. I am now getting it ready for market. With an apology for such a long letter. I am respectfully James K. Smith, Bonrack P. O., Roanoko county, Virginia. The Jersey Cow. Editors Constitution: Leaving unmen- tioned the obligation of Georgia to Tan Con stitution, the Jersey breeders and farmers in J 'tncral of the stato are deeply indobted to you or your unswerving and' perhaps poorly re quited friendship. But, sir, the cause is a noble one, and though many of the first etfoits may fell, finally the dairyman will bo tho most inde pendent of all formers. Recently Mr. J. C. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, In a long address to hla fellow-citixons, praised tho Jersey and expressed himself cheerfully and hopefully of her fbturc. He showed that there weio only about 17,000 breeding fcmals Jerseys now iu tho United State*, and to keep pace with the demand and in creasing population it would be necessary for these 17,000 to increoao to 8,000,000 by 1005. He said: “While prices on Jerseys may not rule fobulouslj high, yet |we confidently bclievo that for the next twenty-fivo years the business of thoir breeding and development will prove both a pleasant and lucrative branch of agriculture. I believe in tho lloroford and short born for beef, and in the scrub to holp us on to poverty, but os tho choicest morsel to the eye of all tne bovine kind, for milk for children and invalids, delicious butter and cheese for tb»table, aod for money in my jwcket the Jersey cow first, last and all the When men like Mr. 8tbley praise her as a profitable investment, when men like M^ior t'smpbell Brown are willing to publicly declare her the healthiest thoroughbred, and when you observe the fact that one animal intro duced iuto a community is sure to be tho cause of many more getting there, there is no quo#- tlon as to her faturc. There is more merit in a Jerrcy cow thsn any other animal we have had introduced Into the southern part of the United States. Matilda 4th In nino months bos made over 13,000 pounds milk. Landseer's Fancy has just finished a public record of over 105 pounds butter in ono year. It required less than one-half gallon of her milk to mako one pound of butter. A Jersey heifer with first calf will produce more butter thsn aud aa much milk in a year •s the ordinary family cow of the country. The Jersey is going to get Into the hands of tho iutclligf ut (aimers. They are now cheap, la tcu yean, the scrub will be unknown tu the best fanning districts of this state. Butlxb Woodward. Human Life greatly depends upon the purity of air and water, and most Infectious diseases reach us through the medium of one or the other. Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid will take oat of a rcctu every atom of poisonous gas aud noxious effinvis aud recharge It with ozone (nature' purifier). Sprinkled over any putrescent mat ter it not only destroys the odor but kills the disease germs. A few drops of the Fluid will purity a large quantity of water. targe rhecks for skirts end boys' kills bave solid colored bodice* and waists ‘ Two hearts that beet as one,”—St . J scobs Oil and Red Star Cough Cure,—the conqueror of rheumatism and healer of coughs. Life would be too smooth If it had no rubs ta It BEWAREOF CgTTOW SHARKS. An Appeal for Less Cotton and More Corn. Memphis, Tenn., February 26.—The inter- state agricultural convention, which ha# been In »cMion at Jackson, Tcnn., since Wednesday, ad journed this evening. Tbe following resolutions were adopted with amendments to include bread- stuffs and hog products, as well as cotton: Tbe manipulation by speculator! of the cotton forces upon ine planters ch toe aouiii me hwc-hij of relieving themselves, as far as In their power lie. from the Influence of so ruinous a sys tem as that which now controls the chief exportable products of the country, and with this end in view the representative# or the agriculture interests of Tennessee, In convention assembled, call upon our brother planters of all tbe southern states to protect themselves by united action. Em boldened by post successes, the speculator has already fixed the standard prices for the cotton crcp of 1880-87. This be has done before the reed has been put in tbe ground, or even a plough bave been started. Cotton futures for the months of October. November and December, lm, and January, l&*>7, are today quoted in New York at from 8-CO to 8-75,75 according to months. This means not exceeding W cents for middling cotton in New York, or6% cents — — “ shipping points or the 8ou„, as New Orleans. Charleston, i at the principal cotton Mobil" ”” Galveston — _ Middling cotton at these cities — for 8% cents means not more than cents to tbe planter, who must pay freight, insurance aod reg ular commission charges, w*-'** 1 * rom % to 1 cent per pound, condition*, so ruinous of our interests, we appeal [pound. The answer is already given in the nega tive. The next question following upon this is what Is the remedy? We answer diversified crops Plant one-third less cotton and morsdHjjMg| k-rsHCN. Italic hogs and hominy, lie a surplus crop. Instead ofHIMP six and a half million bales, msks only four and a half million bales. By this moons wo may realize i the long price of our labor, and at the same time mm Independently of tbe sharks, who profit by I losses. In addition to this, the legislature of each southern stats should be petitioned toi make dealings for future delivery, unless Mttpal Is actaslly on hand to sell, and b actually deliv| ered to contracting purchaser, a felony, punish blc by fine and imprisonment, not less than «1 JX)e and two years in the penitentiary. ThO time (snow propitious for united action, and we | ratio, to Apply It. M. M. Msecs, i sprcsl. which we (cel esnnot hut remit benencist* 11 io the planter If promptly acted upon and llred np to honestly. _ HOIMFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE, Assists Mental Labor. Frofutor Adolph Ott, New York, mja ot the Acid Phosphate: “I hare been enabled to de vote myself to hard mental labor, from shortly after breakout till a late hoar In the evoning without experiencing the slightest relaxation, and I would not now at any rata dlspenso with It’’ Don’t yield to rhenmatiam till yon have tried Salvation OU. Twenty-live cento a bot- THF. COTTON CONSTITUTION OPTION, Atlanta. February 27* 18ML NEW YORK, February 26-The ftlkflVtag If thf comparative cotton statement far the weekending today: Net receipts at all United 8tatcs porta... 97.867 Same time lost year 60,272 * 42.G95 .4,506,796 ra.mwt.858,514 .........2,880,451 ......mm3,079,941 199,489 -4,025,290 802,225 ....ram. 222.0M 26,000 Total recelL 8smo tlmo last year...- _ Showing an Increase........... Exports for tho week Some tlmo last year 1 bowing an Increase........ Total exports to dote feme tlmo last year Fhowlng a decrease Block at all United States ports... Same time last year. Showing an lncresae......m....m. StOCk at lntCriOr tOWnS.....mm.......m.....mmm Same time lost year.... Showing an increase Stock at Liverpool Same time last year * Showing a decrease —...—..~~m. American cotton afloat for Great Britain.., £amo time last year.... Showing a decrease- New York -There was a little improvement lu the cotton market today. Futures closed firm. Spots, middlings 1.8-1 Cc. Net receipt, today 13,479 tales, aralnit 7,393 balm last year; export. 6,744 balm; law year 7,KM balm; ■lock 1,029,660 balm; last year 797,183 balsa Below we glra the opening and cloatng quotation. f llAlInn fnl.lvn. In Vnu, Vnab .nAan, 8.67 8.76 A 86 June July August....... September October..... November.. Closed firm:sales 113.200bfiitt Local—Cotton steady: prices marked a shade lower. Wo quota: Good middling We; middling IJaC; strict low middling 6V0; low middling 7^o; strict good ordinary ?Het good ordinary 7%c; mid dling stains 7J*o; tinges 7Ha NEW YORK. February 27—The total visible sup ply of cotton (tor tha world Is 8,619,407 boles, of whloh 2,623,907 bales are American, against 2,863,897 boles and 2,I7«J>t» respectively last yoar. Receipts stall Interior towns 49,677 baks. Receipts from planta tion! 87,203. Crop in sight 6,686,802 balm. PROVISIONS, GRAIN, ETC, CONSTITUTION OFFICE, ^Atlanta. February 27,1668. Th* following quotations Indicate tho fluctastioM on tht Chicago board of trad# today: WHEAT. Opening. hihIwhl Lowest gaming, February ....™7f& 795* 79% tSR February 10 70 10 70 10 70 10 70 CLSAH bib non* February....am., 5 40 5 40 6 40 5 40 8.75« ATLANTA. February 28—Tbe market active, especially for mules. Tho supply of mules to equal to the demand at the follow itgprices: Multi-14 to U',; hands •90#tll9; 14K to UH hands tJlWH25. ttorscs-Maiket quid; suypfy; plug «66««Wdrivt I100#fl40. BUsceUjraeoas. timothy, large bale) 91.00; choice tlmo bales. 11.06; No, L Ions boles, small bales, 91.00. Peas—Red 91.00; red 8l.ro. Wheat Bran |1.00*91.05.Grltl thy, 96c; clay fl.CO.mixed •3.75 pbbl. Oo_ .... meut Java 2fa. Bugare—fcuuxlard A 6*40; granu lated 7Sc; white extra G 4?qC. Syrup-Now Orleans choice 48c; prime 50033c. Teas-Black SI »-:6Cr; green 36tfti0c. Mackerel—No. L >tfbbU,96.8i; No. 8, VM.. ga.r-o: s bbls £3.50; kite60e;pallsSOASSCl srsswi'jiVOT ham?, largo average, lO^c; small average, lia Lard—Tk-rres, refined, 7c; choice leaf. Lcmons-FJ.7MMB.75 p box. Horse shoes jUg mule rboes 9&.00; hont shoe nails 12M920C. Iron- bound homes 64.00. Trace chains N*§70. Ames' ihoTels 19.80; spades 90.60*918. Axes 97.00fefl0.00 w dozen. Cotton cards l&OOfef&OOi Well buckets M.C0. Cotton rope 16a Bwede iron 5c: rolled, or merchant bar, 2Hnte. Cost stool 18c. Nalls 92.65. (Hidden barbed wire, galvanized, 7o P A; painted fo. Powder—Riflu 14.00; blasting 9170. Bar lead 7c; shot 91.85. Lest her-G. D. P. 1). 210 2tc; best 23C»c; white oak sote ttto; harness toother IMS aro: black upper 396140c Butter — Htrtctty choice Jersey choice Tennessee 1bc#M; otbes l aific. Poultry—Voting chtekea* ifkAJOo; ■S-SSfr r»*dcs l.aico. DR. JOHN BULL’S Sol's Tonic Sm FOR THE OURE OF FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER, AND AU MALARIAL DISEASES. Th. pnsri.tar of thli etlthraUd n.dteln. !nitty claims for It a superiority over all nm* ediei.var offered to tha public forth* BATE, CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PERMANENT enr* of An. and Pav.r.or Chill, and r.ver.wh.tt. «r of thort or long atanding. H. raftr. t# th. antlra Weitern and Southern country to brar him tutimony to tho truth of thaatrarUon that In no caie whatavar will it foil to euro U tho direction, arartrictlyfonowedandcarriod ont In a gnat many cama a .Ingle dee> ha. bran .nfflelent for a enr., and wbolo fomille. have bran eurad tar a ringlo bottle, with ap«> foot roitoratlon of the general health. Itlr, how.ver, prudent, and fit every eara mor. cer tain to enro, If iti uu la continued in .mailer dee. for a wa.k or two after tha diaeau haa Zra'hx: cock. arc. Sweet; Dried Fruit—Keogh practice Cc: rough dried owing to quality. Prannt Omflna 4*- VlttMaMo FREEiasasiiVE I ■■«■■■ Nf «ark,>LJ. fend suit pa f.»r po«i’* Mcntioa this paps-. fohJJ-wkyfl 11" on 2n\u JiiKEEP BEES? ltd Trice List or Simplicity HItm, noucr Extrac tor.. Seerion., Comb Foundation. Smohera, Bee- Rooke and every thin, needed in Modern Bra Cut- tun. Nothing Patented. I. M. Jusut* Wotntn- la, Elmore Co., Ala Mention thli paper- wh. good order, thonlftho paUonLhowovor.ro. qnlr«*eath*rUemedieIn.,aftcrhavlngtaktn three or four dotaa of tha Tonlo, a tingle dote of KENTS VEGETABLE TAMILY POLS trill bo aufflolant Die no other. SR. JOHN BULL'S SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP, BUU’S SARSAPARILLA, BULL'S WORM DESTROYEB, The Popular Romedl** of tha Day. Frliclpal Office, SSI Mala St, MUISTII.LF.HT. tori —.Ota ut mon tbnr A why top cot n tin KAFFIR_C0RN. The seed grown by Dr. J. H. Watkins, ot Camp bell county, Georgia; price 91.25 per pound. His directions for planting accompany each pack- o^e^By midi, post paid, 1 pound IL42, K pound GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS, Grasses and ill Seeds of Forage Crops. Nearly everything desirable; both old and new. Priced list on application J. H. ALEXANDER. ■■ BMa,tore -»&a Mention thi. paper. in Cotton Seed. FORTY PER CENT OF NET LINT. [PEN GROWING, PROLIFIC UPLAND COT- 1 ton, yields abundantly, bears drought hotter „jm other sorts, large bolls, easy to gather. Small seed well tinted, staple equal to best uplands, and 1,250 to 1,800 pounds yields 600 pounds net lint Many excellent planters have sold it is tho ONLY REALLY IMPROVED COTTON. Letters from nearly every southern state report uniformly in favor of every clahn made for this seed, many over 40 per cent of lint, none less thsn 87 to 88, SEND FOR THE CIRCULAR and see the statements of yield per acre, and yield of lint, made by men who bave tried It. Every sack bears the brand of J. A. Petcrkln and his ship ping agent, R. E. Clark. TAKlf NO OTIUSR* Price, ti.60 perbulhol. J. H. ALEXANDER. Augusts, O*. General Agent for Gconrts and all Points West N. B. TpYunplr more distant points, agencies will be established in some principal cities in the several states, of which notice will bo given on ap plication. pMention this paper.doc!7 wkyM AUCTION SALE1 70 Head Choice A, J, C C, JERSEY CATTLE, ■JJNDER THE AUSPICES OF T1IE GEORGIA Jersey Breeden’ Amoclstion, st Atlanta, as., on ,, 10th day March next. Drafts from tne herds of Rlcnsrd Peters, John L. Hopkins, J. B. Wsde end Woodward, McClellan A Oo., consisting of many valuable animals, strong In tbe blood of Coomasois, Stoke Pogls, Signal Alpha, Mercury, St. Heller, Rex and Duke 76. Cattle eligible to the association sales are cither bom in this state or havo been thoroughly acclimated. Catalogues will be ready for distribu tion about; 20th of February. Applications for same must be addressed to GEO. M. HOPE, Secretary and Treasurer, Atlanta, Go. Mention this paper. fob 9 wky 4t GRASS SEEDS! We have just received a large quantity oi the following grass seeds: Orchard grass, blue grass, herd* grass, red clover, white clo ver, lucerne or alfalfa, timothy, German millet, red and white onion •ets, seed potatoes and all kinds of field and garden seed.. Write for quo f ations. j. c McMillan & co., No. 25 Marietta St. Mention this paper.marJ—wkylm sfmp ACME HARROW. TTTE HAVE IN STORE A LARGE LOT “ ootebntedHarrows. Nofluma — -oae. Price# (brons horse F. O. A* VM; two horse F O. B. 627.50. Bend for droolers. MARK W. JOHNSON A OO., wkyly 27 Marietta HL, Atlanta. Gs. SSYRACUSE SWIVEL PLOW. THE BEST SWIVEL PLOW IN USE. Equally food on level land. No farmer ahould be Without on*. Mend for free IllsstrstodCota* Iosco aud Almanac* SYRACUSE CHILLED PLOW CO. 8YRACUSE, NEW YORK. Mention this paper. febiC-wkyst A tine Farm Free. T OFFER TO GIVE TO ACTUAL SETTLKR3 OF J good moral character and Industrious habit*, one hundred and sixty eight thousand acres of fine agricultural lands In the Panhandle of Texas, with in half a day's ride of Fort Worth, divided Into forms of ICO acre* each. Comfortable houses ex ccllent u ater,fine climate andhcalthtalneMuasur- ported in the world- fell from twelve Inches to ten *rct deep. Free rang* for cattle-forms fenced. Alto six hundred thousand acres for isle. Wettest a L. MAN GUM, THE GREAT COTTON AND CORN FERTILIZER MANUFACTURED BY GEO. W. SCOTT & CO. ATLANTA, GA. rr IB FOR Bits AT MOST OP THE PROMT- 1 nent towns In Georgia, Alabama and Booth Carolina. If no agent at your depot, write far cir culars containing analysis, results of contests (hr premium# In 1884 and 1*85, and LIST or PREMIUMS rOR 1886, nts. Go. —wkytet TheG lobe Cotton and Corn Planter Fertilizer Distributor. Hlchnt twtrd *t!n- teraalion*! Cotton ex- Sttte fair, tho Nt- tlonal Cotton Flu. ten-uwdauoo, th* IR&R -was failed In tnjr eon tret, hu been «UU further lmprov- ed. ind 1< no* fhlljr udaptod to any character ot aoU and th. moat tuukUled labor, two atylaa and tl/.cv beinenow mndc. It la th* mo«l durable planter mad., and will Save its Cost Three Times Over —IN A— SINGLE SEASON . “Tin* TWO HANDS AND ONE TEAM. The price hu been reduced to lult the tlmee, Bend for circular string full deacriptlon and GLOBE PLANTER M’FO. CO.. 320 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Ga. Mentlln this paper. i-AnoKST SEED HOUSE « nnii naniiT.t Kirn.OFUlWBB SEEDSIOPUNTS •^i°;ss , .s , ji.«. e si5 , t?WFaa£ a * T. W. WOOD & SONS, Wholesale and Retail Seed*man. Richmond. Vto Mention this paper.JanlD—wkylm Plants for the Garden I Plants for the House I Blooming Bulba I Flower Seeds S ] END FOR DESCRIPTIVE AND ILLUSTRATED “ catalogue. Free to oil, to EDWARD WACHENDORFF. Awirnnu nAvaaiMri/ltrf , , Prop. Atlan ta Floral Bazar, Atlanta, Go. fcb23wy4t Mention this paper. ENGINES, SAW MILLS, WATER-WHEELS, MILL STONES, CllUBUER HILLS. T)E SURE TO GET OUR PRICES BEFORE YOU EUfDIKICEDTHAT Mention this paper. ffigSSGt Mention this paper mart—wky!3t GEM ink SOUTH ' IRON AND tJTREL FRAME. «CH Straub Machinery Co., CUelassif, O. Mention this paper. fcbis—wkniSi e o w 1 Ain? Pack Fun Cards MBfUg ,w,a * 4 oeats. __ seplwCm eomnoa AN ACTIVE MAN OR ft POWILL ft M V, 160 Kola It, 1 FQr Stockings and Csocitxnico, gSJKK&S ’ ATLANTA SAW WORKS. | BAWSI! And dealer. In $ SAW MILL -4 SUPPLIES dt. i give F«fcct «U-vh,«a Atlanta, Ga.