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-.t'flli; WEEKLY 00RST1TDTI0N* ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY JANUARY 181887
FARMS AND FARMERS.
SHORT TALKS WITHIFARMERS ON
FARM TOPICS.
When Should F*rt»U«*r* b> Applledf-The Beat Far-
w tilicer forOnl-.oa/nnd Bow toCuUl»»*e Them
-Tk- Sl«k Lew uld It* WerMn*-
jCc.ter* of Inter**: to Former*.
IHirn Sliottld Fertilizers lie Applied?
If a fertilizer i* put in the soli Ion* in ml*
\itnce of planting tlmo. it there clangor of Its
I ring leached out And lost? That depends
upon the nature of the fertilizer. If it be
nitrate of soda, there Is great danger. It is a
Tety soluble substance, but solubility alone
floes not eaosc the leaching; there are other
rolublo substances which the soil holds very
tenaciously, and which rainwater cannot
leach ont of it, unless they ho present to super-
Kt turn t Ion. This point of supc restoration la
never reached practically in our heaviest
luanurings The property of the soil by which
it holds some fertilizers so strongly in Its
grasp, is a curious one not ns yet fully
explained. That it is a fact, however, esn bo
demonstrated by trial. If a soluble phosphate,
for instance, lie mixed with soil in anything
like the same ratio used in Held practice, say
1200 pounds to i he* so if of an acre to a depth of
six inches (««ip lit about J.feOO.OOO), or one »»f
phosphate ic* t* o of soil; If such mixture lx» put
jn a hopper hi.d water poured on it till the
water drips out below, no appreciable quantity
of the phosphate will bo found in tho water.
The soli hold* it fast. Tho same is truo
to a considerable degree if potash or
ammonia 1* mbdltuted for the phosphate
In the fxfxi'fneiit described. Phosphate,
potash and ammonia are tho three principal
substances in fertilizers, says tho render, nod
he atks, ile. y e.u mean to be understood as say
ing there is no danger of loss by leaching
when a fertilizer is put in the soil somo time
in advance of the: planting <»f a crop which if.
to appropriate 1 it. Our first answer is, that
with phosphatie’ and potaslc manures there i*
little or lie# danger of loss—with atnmoulated
gnu nos, there is some clanger of loss of the am
monia* Ne t tint ntuinoiiia itself is likely to
be leached out. I ut hccaiu-c ammonia ischangod
in the soil!»to nitrates (like the nitrate of
M ila) and Die* soil cannot hold any of tho
liitnitr*. Hut in most guanos ammonia
Itself Is not ne tually present—only something
which cgn ucncriitc ammonia—rot ton scod
meal, dried blood, elrlod flab, tankage, etc., do
not contain eppreeiabie quantltiea of aimnouit,
but elo contain substances out of which ammo
nia can be formed, when they nro pnt in the
noil. When gun new compounded of theso nro
put in the soil, ammonia has first to be formed,
nnel then the ammonia changed Into nitrate*, be-
fore the danger of lews becomes imminent. Now
Hiqh changes develop quite slowly when tho soil
is cold, ns it is in winter and early spring.
After tho weather and soil get warm such
changes are rapid, and thoro is decided danger
of loss from leaching, when manure put In tho
soil is not promptly appropriated by u growing
crop. Loss of manure often occurs from tho
nashing away of the soil itself and tho rnanuro
With it; otherwise fertilizers, iu clay and loamy
soils, may very safely bo put in tho ground,
early as February, for a corn or cotton crop.
Handy soils have less of the manure-holding
power, nml it in In tter to defer putting fertil
izers in them to a inter period.
(lighting the dauger of loss from leaching is
slight, Is it cU-airublo to apply fertilizers early
or late? The answer to this Involves other
consideration*. If, when tho fertilizer is dis
tributed in the drill, the land is to he bedded
’ at oner and subjected to heavy compacting
rains for some two months, with no subsequent
opportunity of freshening again, it Is vory
doubtful policy to fcrtlli/.oaud hod up so early.
Jf only a Muuli list is thrown on the tnuuuro
nt first, and tho bed completed just boforo
planting time, this objection falls to tho
ground, anil possibly some ndvautago
limy bo gained by giving tho solublo
portions of the fertiliser nu opportuuitv* to
ei itTr.ee I hem wives a littlo through tho soil in
stead of remaining concentrated in a little' nar-
low line along the el rill. Rut when a fertilizer
h applied late this ditTusion or sc titering
llitougli tho soil may be nccotnplllhcd by run
ning a small plow through the fertilizer before
it is I edited on, and thus mix it with tho aoil.
This ought to bo done in all e ases where con-
reutratcri chemical fe rtilizers nro used without
iielmlxture with any thing else. When such
luatiure is ml Muttered tho soil water in con
tact with it dissolves too much cf tho rnanuro
und make* too concentrated a solution of It
forJim health of plants. To sum up: lit sandy
roil* fertilize in lehotilel I>« put iu the grouuel
just before planting time: In city soils
they may be put in u month or two
in advutnc of that period
if coveted by u list only, and tho bed com
pleted just before plauting, or they may be
put in rlay soils just befooo plauting time,
provided they nro mixed with the soil, by
mrKing a (•!<<««* fhruugh them after (hey are
put in drill, a in I before they arc covored up.
IV. L. J.
Till, i a itn m i>rto.v nox.
itl eitliars Into
lUCtta prui'ltcal lUK’gestloiik
Hi.
. A. H., Noah
H. Railroad, Jcffenton
comity,»•«: I li*w twenty acres of Miff gray land
sou e«l 1 n * beat last a inter. I cut the wheat otr
ai d a heavy coat «*l crab gras* came up. 1 would
not glare It oft t hit king it would be best to turn it
muter and n ' *R tho vegetable matter I could iti
the rot!. Irt. llow mint 1 mttimxc this gmm soil
will not l#c In my way Iu cultivatin' the crop? 1
Want to put this Iwnd iu i-ottou and mutiure with
e cttcuKi d. tvl. What would be best to mix with
Use iced to make it most available for a good cot
ton trip:
Irt. Now that the grass has become tender
and brittle from hko ntul long exposure to tho
>v«athtr, yru* inu break it iu pieces, or line' it
t»v tunning a heavy brush o\or it. This will
so tear it Ir piece*, that It will not dog the
plow much, amt wiil la* much more uniformly
mixed with the soil when it te plowed. A
Bulky plow, with sharp revolving cutter, will
tUl’t! under a coat of rrabgrnss, but is the only
plow we ever fftw that roufd do that work
nicely. Buried by such a plow early in the
winter, it would become sufficiently rotted by
rpring to give little trouble.
•Ind* Avid piiiAphate, at the rate of 130
pt ttnda to ©v* ry 40 buahcV* of tmi, will make
a good niiuu r for tho land you spook of.
Made Into a compost now, the seed wilt ho
well rotted by the end of Marvh‘ in full time
for putting iu the drill and lidding the laud.
IC b. T„ rbnwWpHajr., Qstooai i ounty, Ua.: Will
k me on* Udl me '* ta lker guano is a ge»*I fertilizer
ft r otitama. If m*. how miu-U to t«ut on an acre. Tbo
Until!grey gravel, ntul very poor. Will make
i«lout leu bus) e * cccn to the acre. How m*uy
bushel* of ecu will U take to set an acre and, what
kind make* tlu largest yield. About (tow many
butbali ought e u acre to yield?
buna I* a gmd manure for onion* in com-
biLatUn with edlur things. Ootonx call for
full doses of nitn»gcu, phosphoric arid and pot-
nab. Guano supplies tho phosphoric acid', and
gome nitrogen, bat not enough of the Utter.
Tb? addition uf cotton reed meal will supply
the deficiency. Fur potash, ashes is Ike tad
article, if it can it had—if not kaiait may ha
substituted. The followingquaatitiaeare sag-
grated for an acre, to t* applied broadcast and
harrowed in well. Guano WO pounds; cotton
seed meal 600 pounds; ashes 20 bash sis, or
kainit 400 pounds. You can’t grow onioni on
)n**i land. Jt will take from six to twelve
bti*hrb of seb> to plant an acre, the amount
varying with tho rizo of the set*. Wethers
field red and Denver's yellow aro two of the best
yielding varieties. Three to five hundred
bushels jtr acre is a safe estimate on rich tend.
T. (•. Hickory, Newton county, kites.—I h ere
a ini ofp]ue atraw iu my stables and barn yard
tt at J wish to compovt v;lth bora* manure; it ha*
?ori* cow manure mixed with it. Would acid
phosphate alone mixed with it rot it sufficiently to
pi t up I he J.Mii of Match for cotton? How much
neld i );e*phatc would it lake per bushel of manure
and slraw mixed? Would you advise to incorpo
rate* any cr tton *ced meal, kitlnlt or any other
Chemical with it .* The land that I intend to ut
ti>if on Is h d«c black pine upland, gently rollibg.
with n close red clay foundation, yielding without
any manure, with good cultivation, one bale (590:
poundsi to two and n half acres. I desire a goo-i .
comport without having auy inert cbemicaU.
The ntnnl ratio of phosphate to stable man
ure is about six pounds of phosphate to one
bushel of manure. It is altogether probable
that that quantity of phosphate would rot. or
reduce one bushed of mixed manure and straw,
if it Is thoroughly mixed with it and the
whole properly dampened. Dampness is essen
tial. For sue h laud as you dcscribo tho mix
ture would be improved by tho addition of
cottou m i el me al, say one j ouud of the inoal
fe.r e very four pounds of phosphate used.
N. II. C„ Nstcbctochcs, La.,—As the fence
question l« being agitated In this* section of the
ee-untiy, I wl»h lo learn which is the mosteconotn-
I#el mexlcof(ondue-limr the farm; wJietiior fene-
.me out iliotrck or fene ing llu m iu, not iiile>wing
tlx ni to run nt !*rcc. I have heard that In por
tion* e 1 Georgia u lu re rail timber is snrre, it •*
in this Mote, they L ive adopted the mode of fone*
it g thoirsle c k In, instCHd of out. Doe s tills plnu
w#'knell.* Are the farmer* generally pleas-od
v i»h It*.* I* the i,eli.tz. gtCLfiilly adopted tlirough•
out I be Mate;.
1 iei.se give it* your view, on litis subject.
The stock law (fencing stea k in) as it is
called in Ge'orgia, 1* in fore:e through middle
(icorghi, f.oin the* AteLr.ma to tlio South
Carolina line. It is also in-force in tinny
•uiitioa in .South Carolina, and 1ms given very
i in ral satihfae'tioii. At iirstthcio is somo dis-
sfltisfaction, hut after eipjeortnuity isailoa’oel to
mtvi) it« wurkings, it rapidly wins its way
popular favor. In. f.tntiing, nsdistinguisheel
ju grazing elistricUi, there can be m# e,uo*-
tioti that it is cheaper to fe nce in xtoek thm
to fence iu cropa. Under its operation, also,
formers Jrccj# leas stock and give them batter
attention. Milk nnel butter iuercaso in quantity.
Better creipa result, because the best spots of
land are picked out find planted, whIM under
the old nrmngunent, fencing such spots might
•st more than they aro worth.
VV. fc. P., Marti!ng, Ala: I had wme tolerably
poor, loose, sundy laud, ou which vegotath
•11 kind*, and especially cotton, grows off
hmljr in vpilng. I havo n line quautity of lot,
stable and cow manure; which I nm mixing int<
nippost heap. Ivvfliittobu> some commercial
lertHirer to (ompost with it. J'lca*e tell mu vrliat
kind would pay best for corn or cotton on obove
tlihcriU-d land, and bow il should be proportioned
ami liow much should be put to the acre. I had
(den of letting my heap rctonln i»h it is until
planting time and then mixing. Douse tell mo
11 tlmt would do as well.
To every fifty bushelaof tho mixed manure
you have, add -ICO pounds of acid phosphate,
UMi pounds of kainit and 200 pounds of cotton
wed meal, ami apply one fourth of above quan
titles, after they are mixed, to one acre. Tho
plmsphato, kainit and meal may bo mixed
with the manure Just it* tho pile is cut down to
be hauled to the llelil, but the mixing should
bo very thorough. Tho cotton sood meal is
miygwtcd, because it will start tho yonng cot
toil off inure quickly than tho other substances,
and it and the kainit together, will tend to
miiko good sired stalk*.
IV. D. McN., ( omlitutlon, DeKalb, Cla.—I desire
tokuovv (ho best method of hrenking ordinary
rough sou pa: on© tend, which has laid out for one
year, and is very good upluud. 1 intend planting
il in cotton. Must I break it with one or two horeo
plows? And which would be best, scooters or turn
ers In breaking? When would bo the l#e*t tlmo of
year to break thl» class of land? Ami In what way
ought 1 to cultivate Mime to get best results?
Wo have no cxpcyicnco with sonpstono soils,
but ordinary rough tend which lias rested a
year, can be brought into good condition by
breuking with a two-horso scooter. 1'rocuro
one ot Ifslmnn’s two-horse plow stocks,and put
on it n four-inch Bcooter. With such a plow
and two good mules, you will have uo dilUetil-
ty iu breaking the soil from six to eight inch'*
deep the first yrnr. Tho vegetable matter on
the Mirflue, if such n plow H ireed, inste.id of
being buried in :i layer several inches bolow
tlic mu face, as it would la* if a tumor wosuaod,
will be fairly mixed with tho wiil ns it ought
to l e. If there is much vegetable unttor pres
ent. the land might bo broken at once; but na
n rule, the best time to break tend is just be
fore plauting it, if ouc ran do it at that tinio.
After tlic land is broken with a scooter, it
#diou!d be harrowed with oito of tho modern
in.proved barrows, that pulverize well, pre
vious to the bedding. Such thorough prepara
tion is specially ueceauiry where subsequent
cultivation is ver* shallow, us it ought to ho
with a cotton rrop. Deep and thorough pre
paration. good manuring, and shallow cultiv.i-
ten from the *tnrt, aro tho secrets of making
ottun.
b. \V. Y. Ilatiwbur.r. 3. ( '. 1st: I have soma forty
ir fifty ncic* of fallow lnml (sandy) that has rested
me arid two years, and wish to mltivate U this
year In corn r.ml cotton. An elaborate “modus
11" from “Alpha to Omega" of preparation,
icitllizalion, pl.iuHng aud distance* andcultlva-
t*on is eanirtliy sollciti 1. 2d. What are the eo n-
INuntlve value* of cotton seed meal and cotton
Med for manure? 1 have no cotton seed aud
ibought of snbatUutiiiK the cottou seed rural. :M.
Uoyuti favor Ihi double row system ot plsutlug
eoru?
1st. If flic toil U loose as well as sandy, deep
plowing is neither necessary nor desirable.
Fiu<di the laud nt once with tdiallow running
turn plow*. A mouth, before planting tiun lay
oil rows, put in rnanuro sud l*cd. The nnn iro
kb on Id beVimiKut ifpoiuUde. Furman'-* for
mula would make a good one. If yci h wo
ither stu’de lusnnro nor cotton seed, gatli *r
tip wootl* meld, muck. wotHlpUc ser.iping». etc.,
and make them the b**?» of e.impost. To every
UD bufehela of such fetutf, add 400 pounda of acid
phosphate '-.VO |*ounda of kainit aud 200 pounds
of cotton meal, mixing ail together
very thoroughly. From ouo fourth to one-third
of above quautitie* may be appUod to ouo
re in the drill. For cotton the distance *hould
In regulated by the size of weed usually pro
duct d ©n tho tend—three or fonr foet rows are
the limit. If weed is quite small, three feet
rows will bo best. If of fair site, we prefer
four feet row*. Tho latter decrease* the
amount of ho«iug om- fourth a* * ompau l w ith
three ftet ic#ws. and »a equal mnuher of stalks
may l*e had by crowding in the drill. Onestalk
every fittien im he* is a good distance for cot
ton, but in wide rows two stalk* may be loft
nt that distance. Fl int as early a> frost will
alhw, and begin cultivation with sweep or
scrape as hocn as the cotton shows ia
the rows. Run «i> ( next
the drill quiio fiat, so as to throw little dirt
and permit very closo aiding. Even if some of
the cotton U covered up, it will make bo differ
ence, enough will come up to Insure a stand, if
a bushel and a half or two bnshels of seed have
been planted to the acre. Keep plows going
during ©ady Stages of cultivation to promote
rapid growth* which la then very desirable
Using to a stand aa aaoa ae It cam be safely
itton will ao
stunted; one stalk robs its neighbor, just as
grass or weeds do Cultivote sliailowall the Way
through, find after cotton begins to fruit,
muko intervals between plowing* longer. Mod
erate growth only, is dwirabln then, frequent
plowing promotes growth too much.
2. Tea bushels ot seed and one 2m»dr.-d
pounds of cotton seed nual, are about of equal
value as manure.
3, The double row method of planting com
is n very good one on land that Vi very rich
nuturnliy, or from previous manuring, and t»
whh h manure is liberally supplied for the
growing crop. It is not at ull adapted to ordi-
nary, medium lands.
J. M. I. Haralson, f.«.: I have ft lot of rotton
seed and have no other manure to compost with
them. How would it do, say first of February, to
ftirrow off rows, put in a certain amount of seed
und arid phosphate, and bed? If It will make a
1 good manure, how much of each would you ad-
vbo per acre? Laud n medium gray.
Cotton sold aud arid phosphate put directly
in drill, without having been composted,makes
a very excellent manure. Somotbinkit quite
ns good as the compost, but it probably is
littlo inferior to it. Ten bushels of seed
ICO j»ouud.s of acid phosphate gives good re
feults on medium lands. If tho land is woll
prepared and not deficient in immus, twice tiic
above quantities rony be applied to an acre
drill. Rut if the land is old and devoid
humus, and shallow broken, ten bushel)
reed and 100 pounds of phosphate per aero
would be a safer application. It would be bet
ter also to list on the rnanuro when first ap
plied, and complete bed just before plautiug.
C. P. V., Ream'* Mills, S. C.—When blue t
ret. I* It them forever, «*r i? it to reset like clover?
Will it grow on any rich soil?
I* it easily killed out by dry weather?
How many pounds of seed required tos
acre?
Rluo grass is very permanent if the sail
nits it. Rut it requires a rich soil, and ono
with n plenty of lime in it. When it first conics
up it is very sniftli, aud sometime oue is tempt-
«d during the first year’s growth to consider
a failure. Rut give it time and manure, and
will thicken and make a flno sod. Wo have
reen patches of it forty years old. It prefers
riiff soil, and one containing lime. Where
can got what food it wants, it stands dry
weather well. Where it is enfeebled by star
vation, it Is often killed out by drought. Heavy
reeding is true economy. A bushel weighs
about thirteen pounds. Not less than three
buriiels should be sown on an acre; somo
so. much ns five bushels. The seed aro very
nnail and must he covered very lightly. If
the land hss team fresh harrowed, rolling will
rover tho seed suflleicntiy.
.1. T. J„ Enon, Ala.: In the fall I dissolved boues
v ith ashes, mixing in the projN»rtlon of one of
lot:©* tot woof ashes, and boiled the mixture,
had about 3 tons of the bones and ashes. Tho first
or Dmmi cr 1 mixed this with muck Aroma pond
(that had been drained off three years previous) in
the pro|K>rtion of threo-fourths of a ton of bones
and nriic* to two tons of the muck. Will It do to
rut the above down in the spring and mix stablo
manure and cotton seed with It. I hare about
ten tons of st aide immure and 2'<0 bushels of cotton
seed. * Is this enough or too much manure and
seed? 1 wisli to use the foregoing on fifty a<
cotton, llnd I host put all on at tho time of pre
paring the land, or would it be best to make one or
more applications after tho crop .commenced
growing?
Ashes mixed with rotted stable manure, it apt
drive off aoroo ammonia. Rut when mkced
with ao much uiuclf, as yours are, it would not
probably do this to nny appreciable extent.
We infer you propose to mix bones aud ashes
with manure aud seed just as they aro fo be
put in the drill, tho manure aud aecd having
been previously composted together. That
would bo a vory good plan, and tho final mix
ing should precede immediately the putting in
the drill—tho mixture should not stand long
before if is put in drill nnd listed on. Tho
proportion of bono and ashes to manure
and seed. Is n very good one. If-tho bones
havo boon well reduced by the ashes, the ad
dition of cotton seed nnd stable manure ought
to make a first class fertilizer. Let ushotr
from you on this point. Wore tho bones thor
oughly pulverized by the ashes.
Thu matter of fertilizing fully at first, or of
making successive applications (fractional for
tlii/ing), has not been tested enough to war-
runt an expression of opinion about it. Some
ry good results have been reported from
fractional fertilizing. Where very large quan
lilits of manure aro applied, it is probable that
fractional fertilizing is preferable. Rut as you
will apply only about 120 pounds of bones aud
ashes per acre, It would not bo oxtra heavy
manuring.
rori.Titv rAKMixo.
tic Eelflrii he don’t want the public to know it.
I think he wants to make his fortune before the
Georgia crackers find out how woll poultry
farming, with the aid of artificial hatchers aud
brooders will pay. While-it is difficult to ob
tain any information from Mr, Coo about his
< uUrprise, I will say that be deals on the
square with those who transact business with
him. Ry frequent visits to his farm, and
tho Roston market, dressed (the feathers ]
iug for the dresring), and
The FositiblllUca <#f the Industry Dl»nu<ied
by High Authority.
Savannah,
ath
n*
tanning, lie said:
”Jn Novt-mlier, 1885, Mr. Ezra Coe, of Mas-
facluisctt*. t ame to Chatham county and eaUb-
Ifriiidn poultry farm on the White Bluff road,
live miles south of this city. Ho brought with
him four incubators and seventy-four Pekin
(links. Tho incubators nro of the Monarch
intent and hnve n rapacity of (100 eggs each,
jp to December 1, 1H8U, during thirteon
months, Mr. Foe sold over 2,tM)0 ducks, nud all
the product of the seventy-live ducks and
drakes that ho brought from Massachusetts.
The lowest price for which bo sold them was
BO cents per head alive, but many were sold at
the rate of $5 i**r trio.
I'UU’KKNS WITHOUT MOTHER*.
Without a hen on Ilia form. Mr. Foe raiaod
nml sold during tho same i*eriod over 5.000
chickens. Roth tho ducks and chickens were
hntchid in the incubators. The eggs from
which the chickens were hat .'lied were bought
mainly of the grocery stores in Ssr.inuab.
Many of the eggs so procured were of course
not fertile and only about forty per cent of
them hatched. Of the duck eggs, all of which
were laid on Mr. Foe’s form, ubout 85 per cent
of the fertile ones hatched. As soon os tho
ducklings ami chicks are out of the shell they
ate placed in the lower part of the Incubator to
dry and are not fed until they are 3d hours
eld. During that tiiuo they are
nourifehid by absorption of the yolk of the
eggs with which they are well saturated when
they break through tho shell. After thirty-
six hours they are taken from the iticubiters
ami placed iu artificial brooders which are
heated Ivy kerosene temps, and for two days are
fe I upon the yolk of the infertile eggi boiled
exceedingly hard, then for a week fed
on brerd and rracker crumbs, with a little fine
grit mixrd iu. then scalded meal nnd meat
scraps ground tine with onions chopped tine
are given, and finally, small grain, and any
kind or coarser food, including such green stuff
as fowls will rat, are given, when at the age
of six weeks the larger chickens are ready for
matket. The ducks are ready for market at
tbc age of right weeks. After they are sov*
end week? old the ducks are given more soft
foed than the chick*. Roiled sweet potatoes
are liberally ftd to the dneks.
“In connection with tho brooders are small
runs or yards, in which the young fowls can
take ample exercise.
TIIR IXM’STBY ETNEWED.
"Dnrirg the past two years I have given a
goed many leisure hours to an investigation it
the poultry and egg industry of the United
States, which ucw amounts in dollars to more
than twice that of the cotton crop. This large
crop of poultry and eggs is not only consumed
at hoar, hot the United Steles imports($3,050.-
W0) three million dollars worth of eggs annu
ally. Paring the post year, while temporarily
timing in Savannah. I frequently visited Mr.
Coe's poultry form, and from what I have area
►m folly satisfied that poultry forming in
Georgia can be made to pay handsomely. Mr.
Coo has got a good thing or It, but being a lit-
Georgia. The Pekin ducks ol
farm is .stocked is a breed that wa* imported
from China in 1871. They aro uniform in col
or, !>eing snow white, ana when grown arc
nearly as large as geese. They can be made
profitable without giving them access to ponds
or water in which to swim aa has been demon-
stinted by Mr. Coo.
“While thoyare supplied with fine wings they
arc not flyers and can be cosily confined, as
liuy will not cross a fence fifteen inches high.
To riiow the possibilities of the Pekin
dock, I will relate tho experience of Mr.
James Rankin, of South Easton, Mass., in rais
ing them during the yenr 1835. By the way,
Jteukin is the inventor of the Monarch incu
bator, and is a brother-in-law of Mr. Coe, about
whose form we have been talking.
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL WOBK.
“During 1885, Mr. Rankin, on his poultry
farm nt South Easton, Mass., made a clear
profit of over &45 upon * . “
laying duck. He had thirty-five laying duck3
that laid an average of 140 egg3, making 1.900
egg?. From those eggs, which were set in hte
incubators, he raised 2,000ducklings to tho ago
of e ight and ten weeks, when he put them
.. . _ received Ft om
eighteen to thirty cents per pound. The duck
lings dressed weighed from three 1 ___ _1_*
to four pounds apiece. The average price per
pound was twenty-two cents. Patting tho
ducks at the lowest weight, threo and onc-half
pounds—then at the average prico
received, twenty-two cents, each duck brought
seventy-seven cents, which is not an unreason
able prico in a market where for several
months of the year chickens for broiling readi
ly command $1.60 per pair. But there were
3,000 ducks or ducklings sold at an average of
seventy-seven cents a piece, aggregating $2,310.
The expense Mr. Itaukin incurred in raising
and marketing thD crop of (lucks wss about
$700. Tho expenses deducted from the grow
receipts leaves him a clear profit of over $1,600,
or over $45 clear profit upon tho product of
each laying duck.
“Dining my investigation of the poultry in
dustry of the United States, I learned of Mr.
Rankin's success with tho Pekin duck about
the time Mr. Coe located his poultry form in
Georgia, and I determined to watch his enter
prise. I nm satisfied that Mr. Coc, during the
year 18c6, reaped a clear profit of at least thir
ty dollars upon the product of each of his lay
ing ducks.
“The fle sh of the Pekin ducks at the ago of
8, 10 and 12 weeks Is of course’tender, and
when fat is juicy, and being tender, fot and
juicy, makes a most palatable dish when roast.
THM POULTRY AND BENCH SHOW.
The National Poultry and Uenelt Association
Exhibition In Atlanta.
There wore chickens not dreamed of in
Georgia philosophy, in the chicken show on
yesterday. Express wagon after express wagon
rolled up nml discharged its freight at the
doors of the exhibition hall at tho corner of
Alabama and Forsyth streets. Queer looking
copps they were; resonent now and then with
the crow of some rooster whose defiant spirit
was not smothered by tho enveloping osna-
burg or cambric.
Inside of the hall everything was In activity.
Secretary Fisher, of Athens, Tennessee, was at
his desk with a force of clerks making out en
try papers, classifying chickens, and answer
ing dispatches. Superintendent A. II. Lind-
Icy was
tion
coops.
tors wore examining tho coons of
beauties as on*after another was opened and
put In the exhibition pens. The ‘whole hall
resounded with the shrill cries rof the game
cocks, and tho hoarse roars of tho Aslntics,
broken incessantly by the shrill trouble of the
little bantums. Superintendent Hulbort, of
tho express company, spent most of his morn
ing in the hall, teeing personally to the de
livery of the nrccious freight confided to his
company, and won golden opinions from the
exhibitor*. The show was dearly a success
from the start. Mr. Fisher took tlmo from
his work to say:
“As to tho exhibition, we shall havo the
cream of the chickens in this country in At
lanta by nextTueaday morning. The very
best breeders aro represented. Mr. Walter
Elliott, secretary of tho American Poultry
“ i, Ind., shows a
l yandottes that are as flno as can
seen in the United States. Mrs. B. A. Jody,
of Edwardsvillo, Ind., ha* n pen of Light
Bratuas that won the prizo nt the 6t. Louis
show, and her cockrol is said to be tho best
Light Brama cockrcl in America. There Is a
on of Plymouth Rocks from Willfomston. N.
that ore unusually fine. Mr. Fred E. Shield,
circuit court clerk of BolvRlo, 111., ha3 somo
fine pens of Bufi' Cochins. Ho has
one coop of Buff Cochins that alone is worth a
trip ot n hundred mules to too. They took the
second prizo at tho great St. Louis show, and
many thought they were entitled to the
“ • Messrs. Scnddcr A Tc \ *
Y., will have sovoral pens of vory
h Rocks that have taken prizes
at the iladton Square gardens in New York,
the greatest show in the north. These are sim
ply u few of the exhibitors, to show tho charac
ter of the exhibition.. The very finest chickons
in tlic country will he seen here. Tho Brown
* re the greatest egg producers in tho
tlioy will be particularly strong in
this exhibition. Wo already have a pen in po
sition containing five Brown Leghorns that a
hundred dollars would not buy. They are
southern bred chickens, coming from Mr. M. M.
Faiion, of Athens, Tesn. The competition be
tween Brown Leghorns will be very strong,
and the winners of first prizes here will be
priceless.’'
"What about the quantity?”
‘That will simply be limited by tho cap
of the hall. We will have chickens uutt
pcoplo are tired of looking at them,
and oil of fir*t quality. The snow of ducks
gucse aud turkeys will be very fine. There
are some very fine coops of pigeons from Lou
isville, fit. Louis and other poiuts. The entire
poultry exhibit will bo Hrst-cfoas, and will
compare favorably with any of the great ex
hibits in the country.”
A WALK AMONG THE COOK*.
inter*
i genre. Fe
people have an idea of what tine breeding
means in poultry. Here are scores of birds
that ate actually bred to the feather. A single
feather out of color, or oat of shape condoms
the bird. The form, style, weight, plumage
sud even the shape and color of ear lobes,
considered. The result is longrr-ws of wonder-
ful chickens, any one of which is a study.
Every variety is there. From the enormous
browu cochin, to the bantam, ridiculously
small. There aro clean breasted games and
massive Plymouth Rocks. Wyandottes with
rhite and black plumage, and white
crested black Polish, dashing looking fellows
with their nodding plumes. There are pigeons
of all torts, turkeys, gigantic ducks, geese, and
everything efiutereat that grows in foathors
and is tame. Besides this there are rabbits and
other pet stock.
TIIR DOO SHOW.
Secretary Fisher says:
“The dog show will be f „
entries from Philadelphia and Naw York, i
there will be tome very fine auimals on exhi
bition. Many southern breeders hare entered,
aud a fine ground has been secured for exer
cise. The dog shew will be creditable, and will
hold its own with the poultry show, which
will be first-class.
Catarrh Cured.
A clergyman, after years of suffering from
that lc»haomo disease, Oatarrh, and vainly
trying every known remedy, at last found a
prescription which completely c
OFFICIAL DRAWING
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY.
Single Number, Class “A.’
Drawn at New Orleans, Louisiana on Tues
day, January 11, 1887,
FULL PRIZES.
100WISH ....
4079 m „.. -100 31583......
200 31703
100 31713
1000 31779......
ftd disease rending a retf «
envelop* t» Dr. Lavrasc* 812 East 9th ctrost,
New York, will receive the redye free of
Prize, No. Prize. «£]
*071
•J812I
28813
108
108
100jM!83*.T t 108
3)0 !U!>0O...lS00OO
200 91977 ..... 108
60WVJ022 ... 508
lOOKWOM.... 188
300 92101...; 100
100! 1«321...... 208
100 92.RW ....; 108
10002082 288
200 92**1...... 208
200 92992,.^. 108
100 931*7...... 208
im
■ i
..9 87818mm.
70747... 10000 ft78K»
1000 87923
100187965
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80ri)l
S00 91603......
100-94685
100 91889
100 95314 .’
100 95*51;....,
100 95553
100 96563....M
200 95615.,,,,,
200 95636......
500 95737.mm.
500 9'>784.m.m
800-96013
100)9600.....
100 96130
100 96141 .....
100 96251. m
iOOO 90263.....
1000 96697...m,
200 96878...m.
208
3-38
209
81043
81212m„„
81113......
100 97227..mm
200 97239.....
100 97271.....
100 07303
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35289..
100 59916.....
35287.. ..m 800 59980
800 602*1
10U <<0210
100 60292m. «.
CO
IS. 500 60713
35744.. . 50000 60991.....
800 61I80....M
600 611&*
loo cisio.M...
200 01012... 5000
200 62011
SOU 62239......
63605.. ..
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63882.. ..
61218......
61276mm..
61513m....
6V.71
65689.. ....
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600 65013 «...
10)65911
100 66002
100 66098m....
66707...
66880
66*92....
K46M7......
100* (6683....»
10046716 ..M.
200, 16796m.'...
30C 46815....
500,46910
200! »«C».M...
190 47320
1O0]473k1. ...
100,17619
100 691*9
100 69269.....
100 69*50.....
300 691!!....«
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200489871....M
100 69765......
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200 09772.....
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100(70215.....
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308
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82885
83275
68299
83312
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200.97570 *
300 97722.,,...
100 97849 «...
100 97903....
200 9*116
100 9*187......
100 9*18*......
100 9*603..mm
100 9*635mmm
100 9*781 m.«.
100 9*91*
300 9*9*6...... M0
200 99009....,, 100
100 99161 100
200.>99247«.«. IM
100 993*3 108
100 9963* 108
800199601 ... 108
100 99706m.... 208
200 99929 600
lOOl90080... lOOOO
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
100 number*, from 91910 to 92010 inclusive, be
ing 60 number* on each *ldo of the num-
ber drawing the (topltAl Prize of 8L'<0.000.^4390
ICO numl>ers, from 35091 to 35791 inclusive, be-
imrr^ujnberRoneachfeideof the-number
ing tlie Capital lrixe of $50,000.208
f
<108
olast
figures of the number drawing the Capital
Trlzo of 8150,000. M
The subscribers having Supervised tho Single
Number Drawing, Class "A,” Louisiana State Lot
tery, hereby rertify that the above aro tho number*
w hic h were this day drawn from tho 100,000 placed
in the wheel, v.ith the prizes corresponding te
them. Witness our hands at New Orleans, La., this
Tuesday, January 11th. 1*«7.
No. P1CC0 draws capital prize, 5150000, sold In frac
tions in New Orleans. Washington. D. C.. St.
Louis, Mo.. Son Feaucleco ami Lw Angel--*;
Cal.. Houston. Texas, and North Muskeg-m,
ailcu. No. 35711 draws second capital prise,
5500C0, sold In New Orleans. La., aud Mem
phis, Tenn. No. 88637 draws third capital prize,
§20000, sold In Snti Jose, Costa Rica, G’.A. No. 79747
draw* 110000, soTd In New York. Washington;
J). C„ Ban Francisco, Sacramento City, SauU
Rosa. Cal.. Baltimore, McL, Maryville. Mo., and
Grcnola, Kans. No. 099*0 draws 110000, sold in
NcwYork, San Francisco, Memphis, Tenn.i
Savannah, Oa., Whitcville, N. C., uentonrillc,
Ark., Alien ton. l’n., nnd Fairfax^ L Nos. 324ft,
-15191,'61912,08759,.draw each IfiOOO, .sold in.Near
York. Boston, Chicago, New Orleans, San Fran
cisco, Memphis, Tenn, Thomvlllo and James
town, O., Thorp Spring*, Texas, aud Clyde,
Kansas. -
CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000.
“We do hereby certlfyCthat we supervise the ar*
ingements for all the monthly and seml-annuAl
houcsty.fi
tit*, and wo authorize the company to use
tlflratc, with rao-MmlJes of our ngnaturea
In its advertisements.”
SOU 17613 500 7021*
10DI7M7 100 70T^
COMMISSIONERS.
We, the undersigned banks and bankers will new
11 prizes drawuln the Louisiana Bute LotUtiea
rhlch may be presented at our oountera.
J. H. OOLXSBT, F “ ' “
J.W. Kiujbzth,
A. Baldwin, r
Unprecedented Attraction.
u ”o\tR llAlitf i tULMU.t UISTttlBOTSB)
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Incorporated In 1*68 for 25 yean by the legislature
for educational and charitable purposes—with a
capital of 11,000,000—to which a reserve fond of ovdk
I60O.OOO has since been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise
was made a part of the present State Constitution,
adopted December 2d. A. D. 1879.
The only Lottery ever voted on and indorsed by
the people of any state.
IT KITU SCALES OE FOSTPONte.
Its Grand Single Number Drawings Taka
place monthly, and the Heml-Annoat
Drawings regularly every six month*
(June aud December).
A8 1* I.KNDID OPPORTUNITY
TO WIN A FORTUNE. SECOND
GRAND DRAWING. CLASS II, IN TJIH ACA1I-
FMY OP MUSIC. kKW Olil.KANS. TUESDAY,
M0 l>t>ru.rj 8,1887--ltlit Monthlr Dmrla*.' -
Capital Prize, $150,000-
Ca Nptlre.— 1 Tickets are Ton Dollare only,
UrIvm, 83, Fifths, AS. Tenths, IL
IISTOVF&UXS.I
I CAPITAL VIUZE OS' $150,COO 91V),000
1 ('HAND PIU/.K OF W.OW...... 60,008
1 GRAND piuzk of
2 LARGE PRIZES OF
4 LARGE PRIZE* OF
20 PRIZES OF
10q7!0*T—.
100,71121
100 71182 mm**
690)71701. ..m*
100171726
3SM7WI2
IBliBIti
9:50001
aw”
2,179 Prize*, amounting to.*
\ppiicaUona for rate* to ciabe shouid be
lytotfo • “ *
only to the office of tho (
>anyin New Orleans,
Oompau; —
For further information write clearly, siring foil
address. Postal Notes, Kxvnm Money Or ient, ok
New York Exchange In ordinary letter, currency
by express (at our expense) addreawd
IX. A. DAUPHIN,
NevOrUaas,Lfc .
Or M. A. DAUPimr,
Washington, D. O.
•Take P. O. Money Orders payable and ad-
4r *‘Vcw OMEAKS NATIOViKt BASK,
N.w Orlauu, U.
u. Id charge of tb* dr*wlu^, U m KQinat*. *, M.