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FARMS AND FARMERS.
SHORT TALKS WITH FARMERS ON
FARM TOPICS.
A Pretest Against Cottoo-Stronf Arguments Oolng
■hew Why Fenners Bhoold Turn Their Attention
te Other Tloduete Interesting Quest*
lions as Ar.awnrsd by tbs £61 tor.
It may l:o nnhooded, hnt it is a duty wo owe
the farmers of the sooth to protest against the
extensive cultivation of cotton which ha* pro
Tailed during tho last twenty years. It is tin
wise, looking to the preservation or IncresM of
fertility of our lands; it is unwise, looking to
net profits at tho end of tho year. Theoreti
cally, cotton ia one of the least exhausting of
all crops. Tlio seed returned to tho land re
places molt of the eiemeuta of fertility with
drawn from the coil; the lint exported from
the farm carries with it littlo of manorial
Talue. Notwithstanding these strong points,
tho cotton crop has proved
most impoverishing one. The frequent
plowing of tho land from January until
August, the ridging in early sptng, which its
cultivation demands, both conspire to inako
the washing away of tho soil rapid and groat.
Ho other crop grown on our farms equals it in
ibis regard. Hat this is not ail. Frequent
plowing* dining tho summer months, admit,
ting air freely into the soil, induces rapid
tit rny of its vegetable matter, and cotton fields
rapidly become destitute of humus. No greater
di.mago can bo visited upon any soil. Humus
Is tho life, tho most important constituent of
tot's. To its absence, thousands upon thou
Sands of our acres owo their sterility. But
tho whole story is not yot told. Tho
Constant; plowing an 1 aeroatlon of tho
soil during summer promotes activo nitrifica
tion in the soil. That is, it brings tho nitrogon
Of tho roil into tho form of nitrates, aceurnu*
latc^these nitrates into tho soil towards tho
close of summer, and leaves them tbero to bo
leached entity winte£rain*. Soil cannot hold
nitrate*; they aiuk right down from tho sur
face with tho rain water and aro carried off
into springs and streams. Tho cotton crop,
thus indirectly rob* tho soil of it* nitrogen.
But wo aaid extenaivo culture was nnwise,
looking to uet piofi'.s at tho oiul of tho year.
Hi demand upon labor aro extraordinarily
heavy ns compared with othor crops, the
preparation of tho laud, tho cultivation
of the crop,, tho gathering of
the snme, tho preparation for inarkot,
all make unusually heavy demands upon tho
farmer's pocket. Where is tho crop that equals
U in these respects? Why tho more picking of
a cotton crop will cost from an eighth to one-
Sixth of the gross sales of said crop; tho labor
of hand i in plowing and hoeing, one-fourth, or
more; the manuring, one-sixth, and tho gin*
Ing and packing, one-twentiuth—in all, some
five-eighths of gross sales. Now, when wear
ltd tear of stock and of implements, wagons,
etc., interest on investment, and Injury to tho
toil, as described above, when all these are al
lowed for, or a proper discount made for
them, where is the margin for profit ?
W. L. J.
AsuVsnibor nt Katonton, On,, writes us in
r. p’y to iuqnliies heretofore mvlo,for prevent
ives of runt in cotton, that ho has used sue*
cttafuliy IMi pounds of Liverpool s«lt in con
nection with 50 pounds of guano por aero.
tiii: fa it .it gi'ixuoN nox.
Dr. W. L. Jonei, confessed tho highest and
Mft»i agricultural authority In the south, protldM
over this d< pMiTment. Ho solicit* practical rug-
rcttlon* front fanners and ethers interested
of the hole some distance below tho surface
the dirt removed and lire started at lower end
of hole, eo that a draft is established, pine
stumps can bo burned pretty readily.
T. II. Tabor, KHIJajr, Gilmer county, Ga : 1. In
gothjpltim suitable to put under clover fo set it, and
Jf to bow much per acre. The land has a red clay
foundation.
2. What commercial fertilizer Is best suited for
sweet pots tecs on clay laud and for watermelons
on sandy lauds?
3. Is there such a thing as a one horse mower?
4. I have a fan Hist will clean clover and grn-.a
seed. C'an i get at heap clover huQer without the
cleaning attachment?
J. Yes: three to five hundred pounds per
aero well manured in before the clover is sown.
2. (ioEsypium m good as any for both crop*
named.
Relievo thcro Is, but it will be cheaper And
better in tho end to buy a two boric machine.
4. Do not know.
T. K, finow J1JJ1, N. V.: A friend has given in
the following formula, and I have prepared
manure for cotton. What do you think of it, an
the quantity used? I would like your views in
fore applying it: Ten bushels cotton seed, ten
bushels stable manure, ten bushels woods mould,
one sack (200 pounds; common salt, ten boxei
concentrated lye dissolved and sprinkled on each
layer. This amount apply to fivo acres cotton
My friend *ny* he rinds better results from this
manure in |thi« quantity than he had from
guanos. Hupposc I add ten or twenty Imsbol*
ashes, and same quantity or marl, an I apply
two and a half acres, instead of live. 11 >w wo i
this manure do for corn?
Jf you add twenty bushel* of ashes to tho
compost, It would bo greatly improved,
larks phosphate —GOO pounds of phosphate
might bo added to ad vantage. Tho quantities
named would not be small if appliod to li/o
acres; they would not he large if applied to
two and a half acres. Tho compost would bo
good for coin.
DetnnpoJi* Hint Ion: i have some sand
n to fertilize. It nnw#rln{fl half bale cottoi
rrc. What fertilizer would.be beri to list
t the «
• Louisville, Miss.: I lmve n plocoof land,
slightly Mindy,, with red clay subsoil, that I wish
to plant In cotton with the view or getting premium
for 1st girt jleld rcr aero Thu land, under tavern
kit* tlrctunatancea, will product) l.ooo or 1,20) pounds
of seed cotton per nert without manure. 1 have
compost made us follows: Thirty-five bushels cot
ton Kid, fottyfrftrehcls stable, cow and barnyard
manure (mixed), 400 pounds dissolved bone and
potash aud ltO pounds kainct. Tho chemicals aro
put between layers of cotton seed and manure on
the Furman plan. Tho bone aud potash contain
«rcen
•nd two per cent potash. Have alsoau amtnont
•led goods that I must use in connection with
compost (or alone if you think best) The amount
•f guauo need decided by myself. Tho guano con
tains: Ammonia, three per rent; potash, two and
• half rer cent, aiul phosphoric add. tea to twelve
Per cent. J can alto get a quanUt> of decayed oak
leaves lu fence corners, and chip manure at woed
yard, Plcare tell tuo how much of each to use,
fcow t© apply it, how and when to plaut cotton,
etc., to get the very best powible yield,
trouble and expense not considered.
Apply per acre 5,000 pounds of compost
broadcast, 1,000 ponuds of H in drill, and what
ever amount of ammouiated guano yon decide
Upon, in furrow with need, having previously
mixed it with decayed leaves aud rotten chip
auanuic, ouc of guauo to thru) of tho leaves,
etc.
J. M., Harator, (ia.: I have about 20 acres of
l-cttciu land that i n Uh to plant m cotton thin
year: has teeu in cultivation from five to ten
liar*, most cf U iu corn every year. 1 have go*-
■ypinm guano ami acid phosphate; which will be
the Nat to use, and how much per acre?
Aaa rale acid phosphate ia better than sm-
tuoniated guauo* for bottom laud, if plauted in
cotton.
O. J. Bara ick, Rogers, Ga. There I* a small pond
aur my plantation. It is now covered about ouo
feet deep in water, but iu the summer dries up. 11
Is about four iiH-hea deep lu mow sad litter, bat
under that I* a lint* Kill with no grit In it. which
nrhui dry. w111, If you threw It in vinegar, boll over
like soda. * U hat is iu it that makes it do m, aud
would U be a good fertiliser?
Marl or cabouato of lime. It probably has
■cue waauiUl value.
J. M. Logan* Vi He, Ca. First, Is thcro any varl
ctyofih drain uw more profitable wuha * .»Kl
renire.vgg production being the principal object
than Htowu Leghorn?
2. When Is the best time to set to raise su vow.
fudy?
3. Give but plan for ravin : c«f manure.
). None.
if. Daily in spring.
3. Clean out stalls as eften as they bf.-c-ue
No filthy, mix with ouo*third hqn*: manure
iut in i't» U'ul.t Ihtltor. Mm.wu tho
Whole if dry. Cot manure doe* uot ft-t Aent
rtndily ; the horse manure will hasten the pro-
etas, and break up the close, elite*/ texture of
it is n mixed Mill, post onk, mud and llino.
It ia assumed that by fertilizer you moon
commercial fertilizer. If ho, any good urnruou-
iatc-d guano at tho rate of two hundred pounds
por acre.
William J. (jfmr'cs, Long Reach, Miss.: I have a
leceof swamp muck land, on which tho black
mid tnpelo gums were cut down about eight years
Tho water stood on It six or eight moot ha In
tho year, 1 suppose from time immemorial. La*t
fall, or rather summer, I put a ditch three to four
‘ ct around mid another through tho centor of it,
and have It very well drained. Have grubbed anil
plowed It thoroughly several tlmcf, burningHturups
and rootHOUl of the ground.
1. Would you recommend tho usoof limoon this
land thin spring? If so, how much per acre?
2. fan 1 raise a crop of corn and running beans
on it this year, beaus In particular, to plaut May l
to 16?
C'an I have strawberries on this land next
yem? They burn out here lu summer or fall ou.tho
high plno land.
4. i/o you think It u good place fornccauaud
Enylreh walnut*?
5. Do you think it a good plan (o mnlch fruit
trees lu summer; if so, which Ih tho bettur mulch
ing, plncitraw or old pine sawdust?
6. Is llnio worth anything a* a fertilizer on Handy
laud, such an wo havo on tho coast?
7. 1* lime better air-slaked or slaked with
water.
1* Lim*-Applied in spring will not have
much effect on this summer'* crop—it should
havo l.coii applied last fall. If applied now,
plow it in well, so an to mix thoroughly with
tho soil. Tt n bushels por ncro will nulfico.
2. Yes; especially if beau* aro raanursd
with ufchcs, at tho rato of five bushels per
acre.
3. Trial alone can decide this point
4. 1'ccan grows finely in rioh swamp land,
and would doubtless grow In yours, If tho
sell la rich; but that point is as yot unde
cided. Swamp land docs not sale tho Faglfoh
walnut.)
5. Dine straw is bottm-quite as good a* a
mutch,and decidedly hotter in the end as ma
nure. \
0. Not much, unhwi thcro Is a very largo
quantity of vegetable nut tor present; even
then, three to live hinhels per aero is enough.
7. Air slaked; rich marl hotter than either.
Trank Pmkett, Auunna, Texas: 1. llow much
common Gable ir.iuiurc In su file lent to muku good
black land produce two or more bales of cotton per
acic. when thedamc !* put iu drill?
A Deo*. It Injure manure te be exposed to rain*
for six or eight months ?
A J* common wood ashes good ns a ferllllzer?
1 have some pigs that havo a dry, hacking
ct ugh What will stop It? Digs havo been kept lu
pen nil winter: peu not dusty.
1. That ia n question agricultural science is
not prepared to answer. Would not risk more
than two wagon loads (two horse) to tho a< ro
in drill.
8. Yea, especially if spread out so that rain
water will leach through it. But up in pen
three or four fret high and kept moist, and
well packed wheu fiist put up, and covered
with a good layer of dirt, it will lose very little
by exooture to the wealatr.
.1. Very decided valae, especially when com
posted with vegetable mold.
I. Let them run in pasture where there if
good grazing and water, and give them a mix
tuie of equal paits of salt, powdered charcoal
and tnlphur. Pet in a revered trough wher
tLey can |tt it at with
J. H. n.. Hili.tr, Ca.; 1. I »s;.t in pUM
Ine land in w ale ra.*.-lens U will make a bale
cotton to four am*. How much »ta:. Sard r-c.
to the hill f 100 square feel* would be -r.:*
2 Whit Ido; melons need mo*t—ptcwpnatc *.-
moniaor potaeh?
: Would icraping* from tinder an oi-l fc5*»
good’
1. Three quarters of a pound, very thor
oughly mixed with Uio soil, in a hill three
feet screes.
1. Nerd all three: probably phosphate more
than any other.
Would be worth something—very good
to mix with guano, to dilute it.
1*. II. Wvlborn, Wllltauaton, s. r.: t. please toll
mo abut kind of grass pay«* U*k on Itottom Uul | ( > r
buy, uImioii upland, wbeu to sow, howto pro »m
and how much per acre?
2. llow docs hira grass thrive on bottom? How
much will tt yield pur acre*
1. For wet bottom, bent or red top is host:
for icb, well drained bottom timothy i* go,*d
— and so is orchard grass. Ou upland, tho
lsst i* iuo-t re liable. Break Uud two or throe
times, rolling aud kairow between each plow-
mg— thru low seed, harrow in lightly and
finish by re Iliug. Sow cither iu Soptomijor or
tally iu ttctola r, or agaiu, tho latter half of
Ftbiuaiy or during March, of herd grass sow
tno busliels,'of oichard tLo sumo, of timut jy a
extermination. It is add that close grazing
continuou.sly through the summer will destroy
it, aho putting hogs on it during winter. They
not up and eat the large underground stem*.
G. Ji. It., Tcwftlig*, Ga. 1. I have a field on
which I expect to apply 1,000 pounds of compost
wtde by Turman's formula to the aero. H*U1 laud
wa* in cotton last year, made between ten and
twelve hundred pounds of seed cotton per acre.
Will 1,(00pounds compost be.too much to apply In
drill per acre, and will it pay to put 60 j*ounda
guano will) the seed and 76 pounds on each side of
rows at second plowing?
2 J have a field which wss In corn last year;
when in cotton make *-00 pounds seed cotton per
acre with application of J00 pounds guano per
acre: land ail gray with red clay eubtofl. How
much guano can I safely use on thl» per acre?
m. Dli-are tell mo how best to prepare fertilizer
and cultluate new ground first year for cotton.
1. No, not too much. It would probably pay
to put guano with *ctd and in aiding furrow,
as described.
2. Two hundred pound* per aero, 100 pound*
in drill and CO pounds in each siding furrow.
.'J, Hard to manage. Ho difficult to cultivate,
it does not pay to spend money ou fertilizers
for it. Better let it produce wbat it will the
first, and trust to tho second an4 third years
for good returns, if any fertilizer is applied,
it ought to be pretty highly ammoniated, and
ksfnit be added to ft—say 100 pounds of guano
and 50 pounds of k&init per acre.
A. II. W., Chestnut Grove: 1. Dlea*c tell me how
many acres of corn it will take to fill a si!of.xl2
feet, The land will average ten bushels of corn
per acre.
2. At what stage can sorghum bo bed with
safety?
3. Will grubworms destroy corn when planted, if
ho, what cun 1 use as u preventive?
1. You do not give depth of silo. If ton
feet deep, it will hold ?20cubic feet of ensilage.
A cubic foot of eusilago weighs sixty pounds,
tho silo, therefore, would hold; 43,200pounds of
ensilage. The question then is, how m*ny
joujkJh of forage tho land described will pro
dure. At a venture, we would *ay from 4,00)
to G ftCO pounds—putting it at 5 000, it would
re quire something over eight acres to fill tire
silo.
When tho seed aro in the “dough.’'
•f. They may cat tho roots of com t» some
extent, but wo never saw any marked injury
from them. No prevention knowu.
A NEW FAItMJRIi.s’ MAGAZINE.
Mr. Henry XV, Grady aii«l l>r. W. I.. Jo nr*
ballad Ji) mii AgilculAiml Monthly
That the Farmer* Want*
A new agricultural magazine i» announced
which will undoubtedly achicro groat success.
Mr. Henry W. Grady, managing editor of Tin
Constitution, has bought from Mr. John It.
Wilkinson an interest in “Tho Georgia Stock
and Agricultural Journal,” and formed a stock
company (composed of these two gcntlomen
and Mr. Chnrlea S. Johnson) with $25,000 capi
tal. They have changed the naino of tho now
paper to
“tiik southebn farmer,”
which will bo issued on April 15.
Dr. W. L. Jones has hcon engaged a/s editor
of tho “Southern Form” for a period of fivj
years, and will doubtlces do tho best work of
hiH lifo in iti pages. Hu has been for fifteen
year* editor of tho Soutlrorn Cultivator, and
for a year a writer on Tiik Constitution.
Hi* now work will not interfero with hi*
work on The Constitution which will ciu-
tlnuoand improve.
Concerning the new magaxino Mr. Q. W.
Grady says : “Wo propose to make it an idoal
magazine for farmers. My tint step was tocn-
gago Dr. Jones ns editor for fivo
years at a higher salary than hni
ever been paid an agricultural writer. Ho
says lie Is bettor equipped for work uow than
ho ever lias bees, and tho noxt fivo years will
be tho best of his life. Wo shall back him up
with the best writors money can buy. Tho
April number of the ‘zfcmthorn Farm’ wilP be
• rich magazine of 50 pages full of splendid
articles!” t
“How can the Constitution rcadors get it?”
“In two ways. First, wo wo will send it and
TRk Constitution ono year for $1.50—tho
cheapest offer ever made. A farmer who haa
these two papers will need nothing else. To
persons who havo already subscribed to The
Constituton we will send tho ’Southern
Farm’one yoar for only 75 cent*. Think of
that—■ 50 page magazine a whole year for
75 cents. Third, to those who want to see tho
April number before subscribing we will send
it for four ceuts in stamps, enclosed to 'The
Southern Farm, Atlanta, Ga.’ Tnli is a re
markable offer, to send a 50 page nmgazino for
four cents. But wo know that every ono who
sees it once will subscribe.”
“Tbero are then three ways to got it?’*
“Yes. First, send $1.50 and get the 'Southern
Farm’ ai d The Constitution both ono year.
Second, if you have already paid for The
Cokfiitutiox tend -75 cents aud get tho
•Southern Farm’ a whole year. Third, if yon
want the April number alone (50 rich pages of
agricultural matter from the best writers),
at nd four cents in stamp* to *Tbe Southern
Farm. Atlanta, Ga.’ Orders should bo sent
c istmdUuiy, u tbs April number will bo
n i A )y t xhat tied. **
FOilE OF PUTNAM.
<«)|U ’
half bushel per acre.
V.’. Fit civ—will make from one to tvo tous
cu rich kdlvius.
Mr*. Ci. E. K., Lawson, Sullivan county, Eist
Tennewe- Nome years ago 1 u*eJ •‘Morses Indian
WfcCtuLiv Dili*. ' by sene'means i iuvolotiad
6ti»«o( taiue. ('an you give it?
To completely rid »uh k office, take Irish p.ita-
ct *. boll until perfectly done, then with a cloth,or
til) Ik Her, an old broom, apply (be water aud
t-u e ut potato, if desired, to the animal. My a low
a) plications the woret may t>« cleaned completely
Uet ret that we cannot give address asked
fur. Much obliged for recipe given.
the cow manure.
H. zs ebtw, <^uir.
Hast
Nothing. But winter oat* followed by cow
!■€** in summer iuay l*• profitably grown on
land iuftetid by uutfiraM.
J. Bronwood.Gi.: Can you give me the pro-
rtttlot turning stamps with tiltro or any other
protest that will work FueceasfUlly.
None of these dusting recommendation* of
horning stumps, by inserting nilro, kerosene,
etc., amount to auy thing. In fact, il is doubt
ful if there is any cheaper »ay than 4* dig
‘** ,a °P» or partly dig, and then remove with
* stump palter. If a hole can be bored through
► stti&p obliquely downward, th« lower tad
W.. Mauhope, N*. C : 1. Hoes.! give mo in-
I fi t matics .u regard to Johnson gras*, l. u mu
What will destroy nut f cilmate (oo far north fo» it, knowiag (t to ba a
I H>utb*rn Kr«»»- 2. What kiud ot *oil U boa
uiaptcd to tt? n. It* value a« a hay grax*. *tu!
aliether cr tot it is hard to exterminate when it
jets bold
1. It 1* not killed in Georgia when the
thenuemtter marks as low as tea to fifteen de
grees. Would r.ot p»ohably be killed with vou,
t hi ugh we reeit stated that it is killed iu Ktn-
ssa.
2 A rich, loamy bottom, but will grow ou
any h iud of «ll— is not choice.
3. It Is v try barely, aud yields a Ur re »putn-
lily of hay thu be cut as many aa throe tmtw
a year if rains abound But it has t»l>« cut
before the heads develop cot later, it is woody
Md makes very poor forage. Very didicaU of
wa*a With the Jerseys-A Trl-
V%*a (• Jertwys.
Tien I k.'wd bar' Eight on her heantiful
S.*/* I fttMd her. and said, • Know all
**n by tLet* prtsenu I ia a Jersey woman, from
bom, Usceforth ami to revet. UU death do us part.
Amt id ' The time of thb< evt-ni ua* Anno Doudui
1>76, and the occasion was churning Foale'a milk.
Who «u Poole?
M> first Jersey cow, and the first brought to mid
dle Georgia.
Why did I buy a Jersey cow?
1 had Ucu a auOcrcr from slccplesancss, and
many “aDo men" of the medical profes-iou had
U-eu tlnkeilng on my head, ex|«rimvutlug with
bromide* ai d blisters, fixing mo up In tho most ap
proved tcUmlfie style for tho cemetery or lunatic
toylum, when just before I reached either my hua-
bandmtIs “Jersey mau.”
He wsiu'ts “New Jersey matt.” Ho was an Old
Ji ttejmun. Ucwos cue of the first to bring Jer-
»cjhto America, aud tiiat suiUcientty lndlcatea hi a
Wi an advanced thinker aud practical reformer,
m.d l.e said:
• Why don’t you try butler for year wife iustcad
ot “Mromldt?”
The women love Jersey cow*. Get her one. Tell
her to stop taking 'Iromtdo.' Go to making butter.
You will tec the result.’’
The advice was so novel It struck my fancy, aud
our first Jersey cow was bought, tiho was an
Alphift,’ the granddaughter of the greatest cow
that had Uvcd at that lime, aud with all tho iu-
hi rhed beauty aud geutietCM of her race. After
she arrivid *outh, however, I was falu to confess
that If this Jersey cow *ai tube takcu aa me liclao
It must be lu honucopatldc don-*, rite was so
very small. Iu fact “Poale” w*v only
a pet, a silken coated, delicate limbed, fawn
o* U. rid little creature, my conwaut computiou in
walks and ramble through the woods, and when J
sat down to rest she would lie at my feet like a
di put Ik r dainty head In my lap and look lov-
It yly lu my face u 1th her finder eye*. Tho idea of
starting u dairy utid Dosle and 1 together had never
«crurted to either of us then, and had anybody
prcpcsed it, l don't know which of os would have
\ bew ildered. What should I know of
aud of what pertain* thereto ? Not
rgiaU.ru and bred, but had -towu
lie;-. and what greater ton-
ignorance la dairy mitten
butter making
only wu* I tfi
rahin" be«
could I
a stock law
living I y u
su res and i
he use fi n
rake
and the average town cow that gets !t*
cnchtsg dry good* boxes In front of
sekirg the nr.trlment onl o/ihe court-
wa* the only cow of my ac-iuaintancc,
d she was not strictly speaking an vxhtlcratlinr
cr teautiful object to coutcmpUite.
Iu m> childhood my GtLer owned several of
tl i?« tatl\c Georgia eowa It took a whole herd
to give mi.k enough for the tea aud coffee: *n«i u
vo* or.e of the most tragteal and exciting t* . u \ < ot
tfcc twcuty four hours msec thiv-e pow .-iiaai*
milked. First, down to the cuppea ^ . ;v!) ^
marched old black mammy, milk bucket on head,
followed by a procession of little negroes armed
a friz .-*i< kr, tteme, br-au pole.*, bludgeons and any
other available weapons, “ter keep de
de ccwp.” When the cows were let into the lot
where the poor, starved little cuhca were waiting
for them, there ensued at once a wild jumble of
little negroes, calve*, cows and blackmail
general mixture of horns, woolly heads,
h.oncs, yells and bleats that we* frightful. Every
little negro grabbed a calf by the ear* or t
every calf struggled and bleated frantically
reach Ifi mother, every mother kicked, hnokc I ft
bellowed to reach Its offspring, while old bla^k
rntBimy beat everything and everybody within h
reach—the cows, the calves, the little niggers wi
promiK-ooue impartiality, her voice rlningabore&ll
the din iiu*l uproar in blood curdling threats like
ibis, “Kf you niggers doan keep doc 0 ralfs otfi
derocows, I ’te gwlno ter bus de las’ oneuvy
wide oj * n wid de milk bucket.”
YVe did not know what “milk” was. We ha
never reeu a Jeroey row’. And this brings mo back
to “I a-ie.” After a time a little s’en-ey calf stoo*l
by Pot it's side and the llttJo mother
was as gentle aa ever, and, to my unutterable de
light, licked her calf a head and my hand with
equal affection. Put when ihe was mllkel, oh
then I wiiK encliantcd !
No little niggers choking the calf, or swinging to
it* tail; none of the cruel beating aud wild bleat
ing*, that had thoeked my childish Keoaibilities
The gentle little crcAture placidly ( hewed her cud
and teemed to enjoy the process, and then I knew
that the joets were right, ncro was a fitting
theme for inspiration; here an object to immortal
ize in tong or io put upon canvas. So wonder the
Egyptian* deified her. carved her in atone, ele
vated her In timplea, bent down and worshiped
her ! Friend and mother to man ! Hymbol of na
ture ! Tyj e of all that is grand, beautiful and
lovirg.
Potle’a milk was of a rich yellow color, like
no milk I have ever seen,and when it was churned
It turned to such a mass of solid gold that T
was unable longer to restrain my enthusiasm, and
throwing my arms around her neck “I kissed her,
ai hoi beautiful black velvet nose I kissed her,”
snd said what I said in the beginning of this arti
cle—“Know all men by these presents, I am a Jer-
icy woman, from now henceforth and forever, til!
death do us part, Amen.”
7 hk Constitution writes to know how
it is that “butter made In a littlo country town In
iUorgla, to mile* from anywhere, can hare such a
reputation that it is in demand nil over the state
ami Ju other states, and even us far ns New Y’ork
city”?
TV* 11, the 'oregoing will explain hTw I happened
> have “Polo,” my first Jersey, but where tho no-
i m came from of making butter to sell, or starting
dairy. I don’t know. Perhaps Posio thought of
It first, i was exceedingly intimate with her, and
we wed to have many conversations together,
a* I karned to know her language aud she
tend mine. I was so weak and worn from long
slceplmncjs that human society tired i
FoMe and I seemed nearer tho samo intellectual
level; at any rate we comprehended each other
fully, and wo spent many hours together,
quuitlyiu roaming over the old red hills and
through the scant pastures of Putnam county. I
apologized to Posle for bringing her away from h
native verdant sward and lush clover fields to such
barren wastes, and I told her that this shadelcss,
Fahara like region was owned by old “King Cot
ton.” a cruel old tyrant, who ruled this laud, all
its Inhabitants having long aj;o sworn allegiance
to Mm. Then he made them sw ear death and dc-
HmetJon to all living things; death to tho sweet
wandering gratae*, death to the wild (lowers, death
suffering and starvation to all poor animals; death
to tho grand old forest*, and
wayside ihado trees; death, ruin and
extuminatlon to every living thing whose exist
ence Imperiled his own. The only rebel in this
kingdom, 1 told 1'osle, is tho ' Hcrmuda grass,” aud
a brave fight has It been making for years!
Tho cotton planter ruus it out of the field and it
(Tampers over the old red hills aud hides In tho
gullies, aud when It grows strong again it comes
back and peeps at him through the fcnco ornors,
but he chares It again with a grub h ?o and turn
plough aud when exhausted and dying it lies upon
the ground In his vengeance ho bums it root and
branch, and thus literally—wlthlfiamo and sword
Im* king cotton derusted Georgia.
From the mountains to tho sea, where once
stood lordly forests, now only gnant blasted skele
tons lift their maimed charred limbs to heaven In
piteous protest. “What have I done to mau” walls
a »hm1deifug corpse that was once a stately oak,
brought down for him tho wished for showers,
I threw my cool shadows aero-s
burning path, with my giant strength I held the
tornado back, iafo In my arms I sheltered the
singing bird*. llow nature tolled "To perfect
her choicest work! She laid her sunshluo on my
head, her dews upon my feet for a hundred yeare,
till I became glorious In strength and beauty, and
then man, for whose protection and comfort vho
nurii red mo, girdled me with steel and blasted mu
with fire, for what? That five cents' worth or.cot
ton might grow where I stood ”
(This was the kind of thing I talked with
'Toale.” I wouldn't have said it to ono of my
middle Georgia friends. It would have given our
court of ordinary a ca?o of lunacy.)
To come back to tho butter making, I think I
some how got the idea some time from Posic that
as she was undoubtedly ouo of the finest cowa
in tho world it was due her that
her milk should be mado into
fiuut butter, and as i knew nothing practically on
the subject 1 begun gathering all the agricultural
works 1 could hear of and all tho books I could llud
and reading up. Thou for many summer* I trav
eled through the northern states and Canada with
my husband, visiting ait tho dairies accessible, and
constantly adding to my store of iuformatlon. My
one object was to lcaru, if possible, if perfect but
ter could be made iu our semi-tropical climate. We
pure hated many more Jerteys, as wc gradually be
come more Interested, (electing them with great
est care from the finest herds through the northern
statfft. We did this lu ignorance of the deadly
zymotic wave that sweeps through the south from
Texas to Virginia, causing such fearful loss among
all unnccMmatcd cattle, be they Jency, shorthorn,
Ayrshire or Devon. This wave of poison is as
fixed In tho southern atmosphere) as the gulf
stream in tho ocean, and let no southern mau buy
uuacclimated cattle trout northern slates, unions
he is willing and able to lose two out ot every five.
The bone* of many a beautiful Jersey lay whiten
ing ou the old red hillsides of l»utnam county, be
fore, by tho “survival of the fittest,” we succeeded
In cslablbhlng “Panola herd," and I state this for
the bem fit of other*. A Jersey cow once acclima
ted, or a Jcrsry calf born south, Is as isfo as a na
tive, but risk nothing north of the Potomai or
Tcune**ae rivers.
£o much l have learned about cow* from ten
year's experience. Now oa to dairying. Where
can 1 login ? llow can I end ? The subject is lim
itless.
Mack of It and Involved in it lies so much of
human thought, labor, snd research,and it la allied
to all science. Our own little experiment resulted
as our frieud the Jersey man foretold in my re»t->
rntW n to better sleeping, and thi* was primarily
our object. A* I have become more an l mors In
terested, however. 1 have gained much experience
and gathered together tome information that lie*
a little out of the path of the average southern
reader, and this may bo thrown together iu
another article. I have purposely avoid
ed ail dry statistical statement* la this,
and havo perhaps laid myself liable to the charge
of being more sentimental than practical, but au
examination of my dairy books ami recorded test*
will tell a ditlerout story. Pome bright woman ha*
said it take* •'patience and a thermometer" only
to make good butter. I contend, to mike perfect
butter, requires f*r more. One need* not only
“psticnce and a thermometer,” but the courage of
a reformer, the devotion of a scientist, the insight
of a roe*, the taste of au epicure—and a herd of
Jeiscy cowa Mas. M. W. Hint.
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New Yobk, April 1.—[8pccial.]—Dr. James
Cornu, tho staunch friend of Dr. McOlynu,
has been sent to a monastery in Hobokoa to do
penance because of his action inappoariug
upon the platform with Dr. McGlynn at tho
Academy ot Music on Tuesday night. At
Arch Episcopal residence it woe learned this
Afternoon that some time ago Dr. Curran was
sent to Ellcnvillo, in this state, to give him an
opportunity of reflecting upon hi* oohdact in
appearing with Dr. McGlynn at the St. Fat-
rick’s day celebration. When he subsequently
attended the mooting at the acaduny on Tues
day night, he was ordered by Archbishop Cor
rigan to tho Hoboken monastery to make a tea
itenoncing a
dun
pm
V retreat for countt
b suspended
church. This is the «pii ..
tho church pats into the hands of the bishop to
preserve ecclesiastical discipline. The arch
bishop hopes that this retirement of Dr. Curran
may serve os a warning to the disaffected par-
^-hloners of St. Stephen’s, who interfere with
priests of that church in the excrchoof their
ecclesiastical functions; as those who so inter
fere, directly or indirectly, with the exercise of
ecclesiastical jurisdiction may incur excom
munication. Du Curran has expressed his
willingness to go into the retreat for the period
named, and will commenco his penance to
night. Should he persevere in his contumacious
conduct after being released, more ssvero
measures will be resorted to. The discipline of
the chnrch will be preserved at all hazsrds.
The penance imposed upon Dr, Curran is a
severe one. no must remain for a period of
ten days in tho strictest seclusion, during
which time he must observe certain religious
exercises and fasts. The knowledgo of Dr.
Cumu’s subjection to tho archbishop’s disci
pline reached the parishioners in the form of
rumors only, yet the greatest excitement pre
vails among them. Just what tho outcome of
the affair will b© remains iu doubt. Tho arch
bishop has certululy shown hi* hAud,
and seems determined to quell tho insubordi
nate members of St. Stephen’s and briug about
harmony in tho parish at all hazard*. Dr.
McGlynn’s esse, under tho circumstances, as
sume* a hopeless aspect. The action of Arch
bishop Corrigan in suspending him from the
priesthood seems to have had tho pipe’s per
fect sanction, or he would not now bu so hasty
in correcting Dr. Curran. The hints of resort
ing to excommunication in cases of the disaf
fected parishioner* al*o tend to show that he is
in favor and authority with the powers at
Homo.
New Yobk, April 2.—[Special.]—Excommu-
— *-■- terrors for I)r. Me-
MS, WHITEHALL ST.J
■ATLANTA. GAS
Blotches, Pmplc% Dicers, Pain
Bones, Syphilitic Bore Throat, Ml
Blandnlar Enlargement of the N<x
JJRINARY «8S?W
frequency of urinating, Urine
sediment on standing, Gonorrl
(Promptlyand safelyeartd.
BUOMrTioobHa
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Glynn’s bold i
himiclf, so long In* they
____ «... Christians. This is a remarkable
stand for, Roman Catholics to take, and presages
a prolonged and bitter content. Dr. McDouuell
said today:
“I whh i . .
cation 1 referred to. It is the canonical law ot th<
•I with to explain tho natureof tbecxcommuni-
church, made aud promulgated by Foot Pm* IX.
in hla constitution known as apostolical sedts, and
reads.Sroughly translated: Thore who Impede or
ere, ulrec
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i excerel
uxcommunicu-
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"? to excommunicate for sufficient cause at any-
me.”
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ill over tho world Is looking ou. Only the other
day a prtfit from Brazil Raid to me that throughout
P< uth America the greatest interest wa* taken in
-e. and sympathy was all ou tho side of Dr.
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