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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. U/L. TUESDAY MAY 10 1887
FARMS AND FARMERS.
SHOUT TALKS WITH FARMERS ON
FARM TOPICS.
M TIataHTIWMlIIrdm uHlWHUHmim
V.T.Va M.iora.au. Krak-SlM Cnltl..-
A Striuonwidnm Book.
Nothing contributes more to economy of Iv
lor and < IBelcnt work then order end method
Detag a thing at the proper time, li equally ao
Important aa doing It properly and well
farmer la liable In hla btulnem to do one of taro
thing!: either fall Into a regular Iroutlne, or
jump from one thing to another, acmrdlng aa
each aerma meat Imperatively to demand hla
attention. The roottnlat plant! at a certain
time, plena at regular Interval!, follow* with
hers, ate., no matter how seasons or clreom-
atari era vary. The Irregular, Jerky farmer
plants when he happen' to get reedy, then
piddles ubunt till grans threaten!
to tahe hla crop, then works
terribly hard, ar.d altera long straggle, comes
dot of the light with hla crape badly damaged,
neither course la the wired A goneral plan
of the ycer'e crapping should be mapped out at
the beginning, hut the details moat be dllcd
ent ae dmrmataneea aria*. A general may de-
t cide the cutlinea and promlseut feature! of on
approaching empafgn, but the movement! of
the enemy i.scicsilly rcaulate largely ho* Its
dctalla are executed. So with the farmer, the
' acaaona n.n't vary the carrying out of hll plana.
The hnay icae< n la now upon the farmer; ho
haaeowpernUvely little leirure to think and
plan. 1'rgmt work la upon him every hour,
no is very apt, tharatore, to
forget, rr overlook, eomo thing!
which rhcuTd re else attention. To moot thin
difficulty, It it aoggeated that ho carry atwaya
with hla a memorandum book and poncll, In
which he thill enter every thing to lie done, aa
he happens tu think of them, »r aa they era
brought to his nttentlon. A glance threngh Its
pagra from tlmo to tlmo will bring before hlut
nil the work that ought to be done on his
fkrna. Having the Itsme grouped before hla
Syga, ho tan mange the order In which they
ihould he looked alter and make them lit
properly Into each other. Ono who haa never
tiled inch a plan, doce nut raallao how much
time end labor can lie eared thereby. Let or
illustrate It a little.
Small grain harvest la approaching.
When the proper time arrlvea, the
grain moat ha ent—It will
welt. Btcrma may blow It down. Surveying
hie flelda the farmer Judgee that hla wheat will
he reedy to ent by tlmo, end hla oala by
time, lie make# a memorandum of thla.
Bo many daya, with ao many hnnda will bo
required. Will the condition of hla corn, cot*
tea and other crape admit of the withdrawal
•f ae many banda from them for eo mneh time.
If not, he moat harry and work up to that
point. Bring In the help of women end eh
dron, and any otbor available handa, and get
ready for harvegj. When It cornea, handa will
be In demand and hard to gat. Usually two
prices will be aikcd. Proper entries In hla
book will prompt him to do theso things.
Again, ho may desire to put bis grain lead
In pass, aa soon as the grain la harvested. Let
an entry be made of that. What will auoh
an entry aay to him. It will say this. If you
atop your plowa during harvest, by the time
the latter la over, your com and cotton will
need plowing badly, and how can yon atop
them to put In peas? Arrango, therefore, to
kespUw plowa gojp| abtadlly through harvett
to get in the paws. Bemamber, aim, that
acaran la rapidly passing, and that tho grain
ncoda to slay in the Held awhile to cans end
thla may canoe delay in plantlug the pear.
Wake >ruall shock', therefore, and act them up
In straight tows, and In Ilia directions yon
prefer to plow the land. Then you can plow
U'tsrccu tho line of ahooka, and plant poas at
ence without waiting to remove the grain. If
it happens to he dry everything ranit be ready
to take advantage of tho drat shower of ruin
that softens the ground. The hard-working,
busy farmer, lulent upon the job Immediately
before him. la not apt to look ahead and ar
range matters, weeks In advance, unless he Is
pn mpted In aomo way. A memorandum hook
la the prompter we suggest. It will take hot
a mlnnte at any time to make an entry -It
vain take but a few minutes at the dinner hour,
nr In the uvtalng, to glanoo over a fa w pages
of It and thna keep posted about tho proper
aadarofwork. Moreover, many a valuable
ohacrvatlun, made In this courts of dally work,
which might have pawed out of msmory and
be lout, may thus he recorded and kept for fti-
turn guidance.
Till r.tiisi uinwrioH box.
—.-.^ruaent. He solicits practical sug
gestions from fanners and ottisis Interested.
U. H. li. Florence Hist Ion. Totm.: Many pencils
la Tctmviaee have uever seen rice crowing, and.
auder the Dear order of ihlugw, waul more diver-
alflcd Industilea. 1 therefore venture to request
Alud woul
Instructions to lie »
K ch will a suitable
d that will produce
PeracreT 4tb. At whwl tins should It be sown,
end how much seed peracter bib Where own seed
loft rorur.it, and what thepdec? tlh. At what time
Is IU harem:
1. There are many varieties of rice, bnt two
haudt-liw gold rlca (qnlte yellow) and a
lighter colored variety known aa "upland rice"
—are moat ontanalvaly cultivated in tho aouth
8. It is thought that tho aoeond kind grows
bast on upland, but nalthcr are strictly upland
plants, though llto aecuud will grow vary wall
on fiat lands wear the Atlantic and gulf. Even
there, however, froth laud (new ground i Is
required to nuke good crape. You could cot
grow It to any advantage, probably, In your
bttltade. It It grown quite turcoasfully In
npptr Ueorglo,bot only on damp bottom lauds.
On apltnda dry- weather retanli growth ao
much it fhila usually lo mature seed before
3. Where It grows fairly well it will makeaa
many bushels per cere is ram.
4. Bow. about the usual time for planting
corn, in drllla a fool apart, io that It may ho
kail Half buahel of seed will tow aa atm
6. In Bavannah and CharUetea, sometimes
la Atlanta, price reties from one to two dollars
|if tc§ bcl.
& A* mob as tho bead* ton yellow It is cut;
la AigDilAud September, according to locality.
IX A It.. Fatal Quwella .V. i\: 1. I ridged a
piece of lend wcllumrvd with weed* audarem
Uw to* of January. I flndtha bed* full ofkrKul
molMioU rau luve planted It wlrti own the
aStwheVffiite. H **** uotvome up * plCA>0 toll
2. Abo. boa can I menace Irish potatoes to pro
fOBUhemruiUng wheauSJIn jjg«4i«5r
> —a . J* yoar getUag » good
» Stand of coin on raid land this seaim. Wo
alto a mode of klHiog mules and raw, wnt ue
rlaked lime, la one of tho beat methods of
keeping Irish potatoes. A correspondent of
the Southern Live Stock Journal gives the
following method, which Is somewhat similar:
“If 'Subscriber’ will subject his potatoes to
n shower bath of strong lime water, ho will
reduce his less from rot to a minimum.
A convenient plan ie to make a tight box,
cometbiug in tho shape of an old fashioned
count ry bee gum, only wider at top and con
tracting gradoally to the base; have a porous
fake bottom that the water may run through
freely; dash the water in on top.
it runs out at the bottom and
yenr box of potatoes are all whitewashed. The
box should rest on some temporary framework
with a vet**I beneath to catch the water that it
may be need again. Two men can then carry
the box wfccro deeired, remove the Mae bottom
and the potatoes will ran oat with leas danger
of being braised.
Tho potatoes, if placed on an opsu floor, may
be nut Id Urge piles without any lying oat
We have kept the earliest pot*t<*s through
all the summer months in an almost perfect
atate of preservation. After being housed a
few weeks the pota'oes preedit a soimwhat
shriveled, withered appearance, but when
cooked are dry and mealy and phenomenally
white.
J. F. Fable, Trxar, April 2t*t. 1W-I want to
know if ••Illrk»on.” the famous cotton ralMJr, over
published any book on the subject of “Cotton rais
ing," and If so, when* can It be had.
Ye#. Write to Frsnkling Printing House,
Atlanta, Ga.
F. B. P. J. nnalln. Beaufort county, N. G:-Like a
great many others I have become ao much Intere
csted In the fariiMjnotion box, I have concluded
lo nrk for Information loo. I nave some land that
I v l»h to put in gra»s and clover, it Is very old
land, well worn down, no vegetable matter In It
scarcely, ft In a gray loam with rjo*o marly subsoil
underlaid with a thin stratum of amall shell marl
four and a half or five L et from rurface. Is such
land good for the cron. If It is, what kind ,'of fer
tilizers would you advise bent to npply when seed
ing. Wl.cn and how much per acre would you
tuo.
Grans will not grow on poor land. Youra
will have to be cnrirlud very decidedly before
it will bring a good growth of grass. You
have, however, a g< od foundation to build on.
Jkf< ro sccdirg it down to graaa, it would bo
well to get a good growth or peas on It float
it np at tho first f.ivor-d/o opportunity, with a
two hone plow. A two horse scooter is treat
for the pnrpoeojaa it will not bring tho raw
sni.eoilto the hurfare. After breaking, apply
ftTsO pound#, per aerrjof Charleston ash element
and harrow in well. .Sow one and a half
bushels of pras and plow in lightly. About
the middle of August plow under the vinos,
with a two-hone turning plow, running not
rnoro thsn four inches deep, and the roll the
land thoroughly. About the middle of
ftcpf ember broadcast .300 pounds of cotton seed
u ral per acre and plow in very shallow, not
going In drep enough to disturb tbo buried
vine#. Then sow grass seed and roll the land.
Clover may be sown with tbo grass, or the
glare may be sown alone, and the clover food
sown upon It tbr latter part of the enduing
Fcbiuary.
T. ('. If. flhaipsbnrg.Gn.: I have a piece ofland,
n Miirli hill alee, (third year's laud) in corn; rows
five and a half feet wide, two feet In drill, manur-
nurrd with slxteeu «>r seventeen bushel* of con*
potter sere In drllla Would you ml v 1*0 more
fortllizeis, he tend working. If so whsi kind and
bnw much? Compost Is computed of ouo-lhlrd
r«d on seed and tuo third* stablo manure.
Anictint of tuanaro already applied la very
moderate, and if Ihe laud haa been well pre
pared, an additional quantity inMht be applli
with reasonable expectation of advantage. One
huudrtd pounds each of add pliosphato and
kalnit per acre is suggested. Apply It, rsthor
scattered, iu furrow on each aide of hill of ora.
Tho lidiug furrow which recolvea manure
aht nld bo as deep aa it can ho ran without cut
ting tho roots of tho corn. It is bettor, there
fore, as a rule, to mako tuch applications at tho
first Instead of tho second working of tho crop.
W. M. W„ Bynum, Ala.: f have threo or four
acre* of branch bottom laud that overflows occ4»
kloually during the spring aeason for about one day
at a time. Paid land Is made land aud very rich.
Will It make forty busbuUof corn per aero, whoa a
suitable Reason for cultivating such land occur*?
Paid land has been in cnltivatfon from five to eight
years- What kind of grass would bo moat suitable
to aow mi Mich l*nd for a pasture, and at what
time should it bo sown?
An ovot (low of one day will not forlornly
injuio any kind of grow, If a auioihoiiug de
posit of sand is not niado over it. Tho rich
tuud which settles from such ovorfiows would
be dtcWlidly beneficial. You'r.ro not limited
in t hoico of gnuscs, therefore, in consideration
of the ovorllow of water, provided it is well
drained at other Hints. If it in not—that L* if
it la not usually dry enough to pUnt in corn—
the beat giais to sow will be red top or herd
( rasa. This will thrive ou quite wot soils; Is
aid, well adapted to our climate, and bears
graaa and tali moadow oat would grew
wall and mako lino pasture. Sow two bushels
of each to one acre, betwoou the first and mid
dlo of September. That la tho boat time to
low grass sold.
•owe Information about the culture,
modi’ of »li!|>ment, price, anil when and how to
bleach teller)?
Laud for celery muat bo very highly manured
and abound In vegelablo matter. Well drained
muck soils scciu caps dally adapted to this
crop. Tho dwarf varieties are moat popular,
planted in early spring. I’npuc
nitcly, sow seed In very shallow drllla, proas
them iu with edgeof plank, sod then lay a
plank over each drill to retain moisture in dry
£
• rare—oadul from your jute, which h.
Jos lob. very, ffrotlu. W. thiah h. I,
staktnatoatllskliltec molrs-v.ry proha-
fiSrU^Ul kill mol. «u.'u>TVh«.' 'Z'r
•fun lb* authors of the mlachl.f aUrib iteS
ko the coir. It I, sa follows; " Rah. sac lift,
■nits of tons, non or lata, and pat them iu
—ter Mill the ails la toughened, then with a
Ft.-k.ir.Uk. .at th. hrsrt; btra rewij
Billed, put. of flour or OudUge and slrrch-
pat tench grata th. sfro cf aptetZl
•f U>. prate ud .hat th. .hla dowo tight »4
laafaw BLteutealtwtll b. tuL Tot U tea
teUrogwuthad haul, and rark-itwiUk.ra for
jean. To kill mole., slice . hole la his 'rim
EkTss* mwsj; izr,ss
weather avd keep off boating rains. Lot tho
planks remain till tho seed begin to sprout and
are ready to come up. Heme sot ont the plant i
in spriog, m early aa April and May. Others
wait till the last of July or first of August.
The ground being thoroughly manured
and prepared, mark off drills
four to five feet apart, and act plants ono foot
apart in tho drill. Tho old plan of putting in
deep trenches is now abandoned, they art set
ou level ground. Ueloct a cloudy damp day for
trassplanting, press earth very firmly to tho
roots, and water freely If weather la dry. Cul
tivate and keep clean till about middle of Bop*
tembrr, when »ome dirt la drawn up on evm
aide of tho plant, and pressed firmly to them to
mako tho leaves grow upward, instead of
spreading out. In October or later more dirt la
drawn up against tho plants to bleach them.
Ckto most bo taken not to let tho dirt got Into
tho toj a of tho leans. 1’uable to toll auythlng
about market, prices, Ae.
A. U. C., Mlnden, La: 1 have a vary valuahla
mare about 10 or 12 year* old. 8ho baa aomcthiuK
lilc celt founder. dropped a very Hue colt ou
'&lh ol last month: at that time, and soma time be
fore, she a ai very stiff; tor 1& or 20 days after, seem
ed to get better, nut Mure, has gotteu worse. Too
trouble teems lu bo in the small of the back or the
down can't get up
. u.r. butuajus uolltn
. hcrkMucjsdoDotactbraljr. Wo*l
t-aubedou. fur her
The ay tuple uis point aomowhat to partial pa
ralysis of tae Dct,co In th. loin and log. Yoa
might try gl.ipg h.r night and morning a half
■■ate ofttrychpinoand ono grain of iodido of
ion. Inert aw the dew of iltyrhalao Tory
giadually, ao that at tha and of ate weeks, It
may la ono and a half gralna. If thorn it aay
li (ItBmatlon InrolTiag tho kidaoyn thorn
should to aomo toudarncaa front preaaure on
lack, in that raw a blister orer U* Mat of
Ukdrtncaa might rcUcra It.
J. IV. N., I lira. Slits. Ea.loafel I send you a
a iclmenolwhat some call "Japan cloror." and
hrrs. • 1 1.isjh»!,ss ttriata.” To wltte ih. dispute,
will lou i.i iu hear your opinion as to wbirthro
there Is any tllRCrcnra letstru Japan clorer and
Le-i .tit ra* Tho spoctman I amid you haa arm,
spicarantn of Lwq^Usa. on. blooms in the
Bitiuc- hasayillow IJoom, th. other ialcr in th.
iunn.tr and haa a small vkiict bloom.
Lcrpcdtaa striata is tha botanical name for
Jayan clover. Tha, am ono and thoaamo
thirg. Tho Iwpedtaa blooma la fall, flower
rnrplc. Tha plant aant (yellow floworod) la
known at "hop clo,ar”—botanical name,
"tiifollnm procnmtma" The latter haa ns
tsIqc, the former furnlahat goad grating th#
latter [«it of aammar and np to (knot.
G. L 31.. mehmateba.au.: I hat
haa bad astute for neatly tw.tro m
need .hknraino Unlsaant and manyo
Slf'atd it haaUtfreBifltwF— _
asia^iaJiT&ssvKiiarK
rise of the lump acorns to gat smaller whoa 1 plou jh
her..
If the opening already made la not at the
lowest point where there la any pus. nmkeone
at that point, that the put may escape freely
and fully. Wash out tho pus by inaertlog tuo
nozzle of a syringe and gently forcing water
into the fistulous canals. After this drains
cut well, inject a half • tableapoonful of tinc
ture of udine into tho fistulous canals onco a
day, for three or four dava. In the meantime
keep tbo opening from healing up, by putting
and keeping in it, a plug of cotton, smeared
with tlmplo ointment.
Subscriber, Cuthbert, Oa.: Is there aay market
for bear-grtsa; how la it prepared for market and
w hat ia it worth?
Tho above !a inserted toollclt Information, If
any one can give it. The plant allndod t>,
sometimes called “silk gram,’ 7 baa a strong fi
bre in the leaf, sometimes like that of hemp,
and doubtless could bo used for similar purpo
R A. C., Glencoe, Kjr.: I have horse that Ind the
ditUmi-er in the winter, which loft him thick
nibried. What will relieve it?
Feed aa little grain as pomlble and as much
Isxativo food as he will bear. Avoid dtaten
Hon of stomach from bnlky food or drinking
too much water at one time. Dampen all food
with lime water. Do not drive him rapi Hr on
a full stomach. If the above does not reliove,
put a scion under thejaw near tho throat.
Tho Constitution and Tho Bonthsrn Farm
In renewing your aubocription to Tjir Con-
rtiti tion do not foil to add fifty cents to the
dollar you send The Constitution and have
The Soutukrm Farm sent you ono year. Thb
Southern Farm is Mr. Grady'a now agri
cultural magazine edited by Dr. W. L. Jones.
Tho first issue Is out this week and la worth a
year’s subscription. It only takes $160 to get
both The Constitution and Tun Southern
Farm when you subscribe to The Consti
tltion. If already a subscriber to The Con
stitution, seventy-five cents will get The
Southern Farm ono year.
Address, Southern Farm,
tfTHouth Broad 8t., Atlanta, Ga.
An AsRanlt on Southern Farmers.
From tho Southern Farm.
A corresi*ondent sends ns the following, for
which he auks tpare in Tho Southern Farm. Tho
wilier is a gentleman of great ability, high posi
tion, and haa been a close observer far many jean.
Indeed, hiaatandlDg Is such that we print his art!
cle w hl.'e wc do uot agree with hla assertions. Bui
hear him for hlmielf. lie writes:
Kt'iTcan Southern Farm:—I assert that tho
southern farmer ia iu a worse condition today than
h« was ten rears ago, and that his dldicaltlea
deepen year by year.
Gov. Fitr. Hugh Lee, said In a public speech two
months ago, that the farmer* of Virgtula were
poorer than they had been since tuo war.
A wboleaalo merchant told me he had Invest!-
ga'ed the condition of affairs lu Floyd, Hancock
and Brooks counties, or thla state, throe of tho
finest counties In Georgia, and was satisfied there
were not fifty farmers In either county who would
not he bankrupted If forced to settle their debts In
a week. Thla deplorable condition la not due to
our roll or climate. It Is dun to tho wrong-head-
idncMOf the farmer, their unsystematic met ho I*,
their wastc/uIncM, their devotion to ono crop, aud
debt for ell else they need. Let me atate another
cam for you. Let one thousand farmers from cen
tral Ohio be trau«ported to Georgia and put on one
thousand Georgia farms. L*t them take these
farms with their mortgages and Hen*, their poor
rtock, their rundown lands and tholr wretch, d
equipment. Now, take the thousand Georgia fann
ers who make place for them and put them on tho
ono thousand Ohio farina vacated. Let them tako
there farms wl'h their rich lands, thalr
freedom from the debt, their superb equipment,
the fat bank accounts or tbclr owners, their splen
did houses and barns aud their accumulated fat-
fieri hat would bo tho result? In ton years tbo
Ohio forma would be inn down by tho Georgians,
their lands and crops mortgaged and the Georgians
would protest that they could not mako a living
In a land whero there was only four montoa sum
mer. The Georgia forms would havo boon paid
out of debt by The Ohlana, rehabilitated, flatly
equipped, pot down to gram and ooverod with
stock. The debts would be paid, there would bo
balances In bank and the Ohlana bo delighted to
find how easy It was to mako money In a climate'
where (hero la uIho months Of summer.
This Is a hard thing to say of our southern fer
ine ra. but from the bottom of my heart 1 believe it
la truth.
Now. what will bo tho result of this? Northern
canltal will fluslly pomeaaour lands and northern
upy them. Hugo syndicates will be
made In the northern money centers to buy land
GEORGIA’S CROPS.
omclal Bcport From Ih. Department ol
ARVtcalturOo
Tho official crop report tor tbo month of
Hay, of JMi7, la out and contains many point,
ol Intersst.
The reported condition of tho crops Is de
cidedly better thsn that of last yaar at this
date, with the steflo exception of cotton,
which Is reported tho some. There la also an
increase in tho sereaflo of moat of tho provla-
ion and supply cropi. The area in corn, agree
ing with that of last year, Is two per cent
above tho arorago of tho last Are yearn That
of the oat trap, though still not equal to tho
average. Is Increased fourteen per cent above
the crop of last year.
The reported condition of stock of nil kinds,
and more particularly tho work stock. Is hotter
than that of any year slneo I8S3. The eases
of cholera mentioned by the correspondent* Is
restricted to a few Iccalltles, and the dlseaco
eeema to bo leu virnlent than at any time be
fore for the last three years.
CONDITION OF COEN.
The acreage ie reported, In North Georgia,
JO-1; In middle and southeaet Georgia, 101, and
iu southwest and cast Georgia, 102.
The prospect of the crop In comparison with
the average of live yean, is, In north Georgia,
101, iu middle Georgia, 01; In southwest and
mt Georgia, 03; in southeast Georgia, 09, and
in Ihe whole state, 03. The condition of the
ciop Is four points better than that of the crop
of last year at this dste.
TUB OAT OUTLOOK.
The acreage compared to an average, Is re-
ported f-9, and tho prospect bo. The propor
tion of the crop now standing, that was sown
in the fall, ir, In north Georgia, 11 per rant; in
middlo Georgia, 19; In southwest Georgia, -'J;
in eastGcorgla, 39, and in sontheast Georgia,
11. The condition snd prospect of the c
uino points bettor than waa the report ol
year at thla time.
WHEAT ACREAGE.
The acreage, compared to the averago acre
sge of this crop, Is reported 79 per cent, and
tho prospect IIZ
The acreage agrees with that of last year,
nnd tho prospect in north and middlo Georgia,
to which the crop is mainly confined, is
much higher than that ol last year nt
time.
COTTON PROSPECTS.
Cotton does not show such a (littering state
of affairs.
The acreage is, in north Georgia, 101, In
middle snd southwest Georgia, 91), in east
Georgia, 99, in southeast Georgia, 102, and in
the whole state, 100
The prospect of the crop Is reported In north
Georgia, 99, middle Georgia, 97, In southwo-l
Georgia and In eist Georgia, 93, and in aonth-
tast Georgia, 90.
In north Georgia 10 percent of tha crop waa
up on tho first of this month. In middle Geor
gia, 21, In southwest Georgia, 62, In oast
Georgia, 37, and In sontheast Georgia, 75 pir
cent, making about 40 pgr cent of the whole
crop of the elate.
There haa been little rain slneo tha plant-
log, and in consequence there ia only about
four-fifths of a good stand, In tho portion of
the crop now np.
Theprorpect, notwithstanding. Is reported
•• high u that of test yean at this date.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Theie it a decided Increase in thn acreage of
sugar cane, rice, clover and grasses over that
of last year. This amounts, with sugar cane,
to about 20 per cent, with rlcoto about 0 pci
cont, and with clover aed grasses to 7 per cent.
tuf. rutin chop,
Tho peach crop Is nearly an entlro failure lu
north end middlo Goorgia. In eouthern nnd
southwest Georgia there Is a prospect of about
a half crop, and in other southern seotioni
somewhat lets than n half crop. The proepool
of tho apple crop is reported about two-thirde
of an average; that of the pear abont one-third.
The prospect for th* grape crop is reported 95,
or nearly a full crop,
OUR KNOWLEDGE BOX-
This is the Season
Whan a good medicine is necessary. The Impure
state of th* blood, the deranged digestion, and the
weak condition of the body, all call for the purify-
log, regulating and strengthening Infiuences so
happily and sflhetlrely combined In Hood’s Sarsa
parilla. It overcomes that tired fooling, cutes
headache and dyspepsia, and expels every taint of
scrofula from Ue blood.
"Having been afflicted with a complication of
disorders, the result of Impure blood, I took Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, and tha result was perfectly satirise-
lory,"—Mss. J. Damon, Now Haven, CL
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
"Tor many months X suffered greatly. Hy whole
system seemed to ho entirely ran down, my am
bition was gone, had pains In my back, and a feel
ing of lassitude which I could not throw OS I was
treated unsnecsssfully for kidney trouble. One day
at my brother's I saw a bottle of Hood's Sarsapa
rilla and determined lo try It Before the first hop
tie was taken I can candidly say I was relieved. I
have used th* medicine off and on ever slneo nnd
recommended It for kidney or Uver complaints."
Uss. tv. H. STBANO, 937 Atlanllo Avenue, Brook
lyn, It. Y.
My daughter had been ailing eoma time with
debility- and Hood'a Sarsaparilla wan
recommended to na After she had taken three
bottles ah* was completely cured and built up. l|
Is with geest pleasure that I recommend Hood’a
Sarsaparilla.” Ben. U. M mm elves, SupL Cincin
nati A Louisville Mall Line Co„ Cincinnati.
"All I ask of any one Is to try a bottle of Hood'*
Sarsaparilla and see iu quirk effect II takes lam
time and quantity to show iu effect than any other
preparation I ever heard of." Man. a A. It. Hun.
naan. North ChlU, N. Y.
Purifies the Blood.
"Seven years ago, while my little hoy waa pity.’
login the yard, he was bitten by n spider. Tho
poison entered his blood, snd sores coon broke ont
about hla body; they Itehod terribly and cansei*
him Intent* suffering. Several tlmee we succeeded
In healing the sores up, bnt In spite of all we eo '*
do they would soon break out again. Finally wfl
tried Hood'a Sarsaparilla, and he took one botiio
and one-third of another, when th* sores disap.
peered. Ho has not a sore spot on him now, and 1
consider him perfectly cured.” Wk. XL B. WAXte
Downtngton, renn.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Bold hr all druggists, si; six IforSS. Prepared only I Bold hy all dniggista 11; six for 15, Prepared only
by C. L HOOD A C0„ Lowell, Maas. I hy C. I. HOOD A CO., Israeli,
100 Doses One Dollar. I 100 Doses One Dollar. *j
ait tic i a rccopj theta, lingo *yndlcstes will
made In the northern money center* to buy U.__
by tho ten thomtnd seres. The southern urmsr
nlll Dud that he haa lost hi* patrimony snd ha*
U( cnic a tenant ou tho pleasure of hi* alien land-
lends. 1 am not a bilious man. I state what I
earnestly l-clleve. deplore It as I may. Tho south
ern former Ir nlunclng toward bankruptcy and
ruin at a fearful rate, while all along our birder
arc ibrewd former capitalists looking for hotter
homes in the routb, and greedy syndicate* looking
Tor IsndH that they can buy under tho »horlQ *
hummer In wholesale quantity, and at
Uu Ir own prices. The movement has already be
gun. llow mtny thousands or seres In every coun
ty in Georgia Is already mortgaged to capitalUm?
llow many of these have any chance of paying the
mortgage when it becomes uuc? Already tho bor
rowers sre trying to postpone tbo evil day by
pleading UMiry. They cannot pay tho debt. They
must sacrifice their lands unless there 1* some gen
eral scheme of deliverance planned and executed
with promptness.
Now 1 may be mistaken. I may have been mis
led. If so, none shall be gladder to arknowlcdio
It thsn myself. 1 love the south; 1 fought for tt,
and 1 shall hold, at all hazard*, enough of its ss-
end soil to rest my bones w heu t am dead. Let us
discuss the matter wisely, patiently, aud truth-
folly. Let those who live cn the farms tell mu
through the columns of The Southern Farm If I
am right,or where lam wrong. If tho evil* I
have stated really exist there surely Is lo God'*
mercy some remedy against them. If they do not
exist, let that fact be mado plain, aud this re-
K naeh and suspicion against southern agriculture
lifted. Yours truly, • • •
We print oar correspondent’s letter while we dis
sent from hi* conclusion. The south Is certainly
grow lug more prosperous year by year. Now cities
are being built, old cities are being enlarged, and
a home market for our products provided with s
swiftness that has no parallel. A home market for
what we raise, a home market for every product of
the fonn. These are the two essentials to surocss
in southern agricultures and there arebc-
log built up every day. If a farmer in Lancaster
counly, Pennsylvania, had to ship his truck to
Georgia for a market, ss tbo Georgia farmer now
hsitoihlptoreansylvanla, his prosperity would
vanish.
As to the actual condition of southern formers,
It Is certainly better than It baa been. They sre
fteer Horn debt, their places are better equipped,
they are forming by better method#, and with
better Implements, In s better way. At least this
is our observation. We shall be glad to bear from
practical former* anywhere or Horn any one who
has watched the prosress of southern sgr culture,
cither In support or disproof of our correspondout's
exertions. Let every man who ha* anything to
say tsat is to the point, write It snd we shall find
lilht on this most Important subject to diffuse to
foepeoplethrough the pages of The Southern
Agony Is Courted
Ry persona who, attacked by a mild form of
rheumatism, neglect to seek prompt relief
Subsequent torture 1s prevented by an Im
mediate resort to Qoetettcr'e Stomach Bitten.
Slight exposure, an occasional draught, will
beget this painful malady, where there is a pre-
dlsposition to it in the blood. It is not difficult
to arrest the trouble at tha outset, but well
nlgb impossible to eradicate tt when matured*
Fo evidence in relation to this superb blood
depurmt is more positive than that which
csUblUhce its efficacy ss a preventive and
remedy for rheomattsm. Not only Is it
thoiongb, but safe, which the vegetable and
mineral poisons, often taken at curatives of the
disease, are not. Resides expelling the rheu
matic virus from the system, It overcomes
fsver and ague, biliousneee, constipation and
dyipc|tU.
A ( it17.in of San Francisco paid $7 50 for
ihxe seats at a performance by Kdwtn Booth, and
when he reached the thesu-r found that (hey were
movable chairs sn«t in different parts of the Roux*.
Fur this reparation he has sued Booth and his nun-
ifo.OOd plus the sum paid for the
Three unhappy persons who suffer from
nervousness and dyspepsia should tree Carter’s
Little Nerve Pills, which are made expressly
for sleepiem, nervous, dyspeptic sufferers.
Price ia cents, alldieggiste.
ua wAuui
cure the wen
Ss&'fii
corn known to tho ancient*?
fit mo writers assert that maize, or Indian com,
wss known In tho early hlrtory of the world to the
Chinese, founding their theory on drawings of a
similar grain In ancient Chinese manuscripts. If
this were true, tho culture of tho grain was wholly
lost in later year*. There has been much discus
sion on the cubjcct, but Alphonse do Candolle, who
rosy bo regarded ss sn authority on the subject,
In his valuable work, ‘'Origin of Cultivated Plants,'
says: "Maize I* of American origin, and was not
Introduced into the old world until after tho dis
covery of the new." It wss found by tho first ox
plorcri of tho w csternlhcmlsphere to be In cultiva
tion by Ihe natives, from New Eogland to Chill,
but It Is thought to hare originated in the high
lands of Peru snd Bolivia, as traces of It havo boon
found there In ancient tombs and In geological do-
posit* with the earliest traces of man in that locali
ty. As to the present existing varieties of corn it
may be noted that the maize plant Is affectod in a
remarkable degree by climate and soil, and a local
variety can be established at any time by thoselcc
Hon and continuous sowing for a few years, of seed
showing any striking peculiarity. All the varieties
In cultivation In the United Stats#, from the small
est kind of popcorn to tho enormous specimens of
maize grown In the western snd southern state*,
ate of but one specie*, snd owe their differences
to peculiarities of climate and soil and to contin
ued selection in cultivation.
Subscriber, Ban Sota, FIs.: Where wm
Hop la?
The word rtopla la from the Greek word on, not,
snd topos, s place, meaning, therefore, nowhere,
filr Thomas More gave the name to an Imaginary
Island on which he placed the scene of his ro
mance of the “Happy Republic.” Ho reorosenu
the Island as having been discovered by a compan
ion of Amerigo Vespucci. This UUnd he described
as the abode of a htppy society, * which by virtue
of Its wire organization and legislation was wholly
free from tho harrasslug cares, Inordinate snd
greedy desires, and attendant customary miseries
of mankind. All the property of this republic be
longed to the government, snd each inhabitant by
his labor conti ibutcd to increase the common store,
ard drew therefrom what he needed for hie own
wants; and when his necessities were provided lor
he desired no more. Merit wss the sole ground of
promotion In all departments of tho society, snd
wealth wss neither sought for nor desired. Fasilou,
malice, envy and hatred were unknown, and all
the numbers of the republic were coutcnted, free
Horn covetousness and ambition. The utmost tol
eration in religion existed, some members of the
republic worshipping the deity and the others the
sun and stars. Ho different wss the ideal picture
of society Horn anything that man, In hla natural
state, haa ever Iramed, that the name gavoanew
word to the language and all projects for tha Im
provement of soc iety which are obviously Imprac
ticable, have come to be called Utopian.
a It. a, Auburn, Ala.: Please give the poem
beginning "There is e time we know not when,"
snd state the author’s name.
The poem Is ftcm the pen of Dr. Addison Alex
ander, and It was a great favorite with a former
generation. The whole poem is as follows:
There Is a time we know not when,
A point we know not where.
That marks the destiny of men
To s lor> or despair.
There is a line by us unseen.
That crows every path;
The hidden boundary between
God's paucnce and Ilia wrath.
To pare that limit Is to die,
To die as if by stealth:
It decs not quench the beaming eye,
Or pale the glow of health.
The tonscieiue may be still at ease.
Bat on that forehead God has set
lzdelibly a mark.
Unseen by man. for man aa yet.
Is blind and In the dark.
Oh. where 1* this mysterious borne
By which oar path is cro—cd:
Beyond which God hi tore If hath sween
Thai
I he who goes la loss'
Sir may we go on in si
r long will God lorbea
nrutdort hope end, end w
The eonfises of despair T
An answer ftom the sake toe
Ye that ftom God depart.
^SSStSSfAUSSSS 1 -
GEORGIA RIVERS.
IIKFKECEOESTED A1TBACHONI
,* U 0v< r a Million Dlstribntol.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $300,000.
WaoniNCTOir, May 6.—[Special]—Th# offi
cer, ol tbo engineer department havo prepared
plana for carrying on tho work of nrer im
provement daring thla tenmn, nnd the follow
ing conciin account of the local project! will
be of interat:
For the improvement of tho Ocmalgee river
thin rcoion there li available $7,500, which will I ,
he expended In thn removal of gravel bare, I Dll) tljlnfl XluTF
rock reofr, overhanging tree!, and other ob- LUUIolnUn ulrllL
■traction! from tho itream. There bos boon
■pent In thin work (57,000, and It haa resulted
In seeming n good nnvigoble channel between
Hawklnsville and the junction of the Oconee,
white many of tho molt sorlons obstraotlons
havo boon removed. It will require an outlay
of $48,000 to complete tho improvement.
Thn Oconee river Improvement will be car-
rlcd on with $9,000. Thera baa boon used iu
work $23,499, snd It hu malted, tho engin
eer! my, in n condition of channel that enable i
•teamboata to ran on n stage of water four
feet lower than that at which navigation
waa pomlble before Improvement The moans
available will bn mod In cutting through tho
rock roof! whero neoeamry, nnd tha runovol of
channel obstructions, in order to carry forward
the project to obtain throe feet nt low inter
from the month of thn river to Millodgovilie.
It will tako $17,500 to complete tho srork.
The Flint river Improvement hao n pretty
n l sired ram to Its credit, nnd hone* a good
of work ran be done this season. The
•mount available ls$21,080. There hao been used
In this srork $94,919, and It hu reeultod in ob
taining n completed high water channel from
the month of the rivor np to Albany; a com
pteted low water channel of tho project*]
depth from tho month to Tea Cup »ho»l, also a
partially completed high water channel over
the river between Albany and Montezuma.
The money on hand la to he applied to the work
of catting through rock ahoui below Albany,
and In removing obstructions from th* channel
below Albany and Montesuma. It will re
quire $83,000 to complete tho Improvement,
The Improvement of tho Ooetanaute and
Coosawattee riven has been practically finished,
bnt there is etill on hand $1,113 to most any
sudden contingencies. The works have cost
$24 868.
There is available for tho sea ion's operations
on tho Coras river $42,987. The expenditure
of $4X7,898,08 on this river haa resulted, tho
engineer* my. In securing a fair, navigable
channel from Home to Groensport. Tho money
on hand will he tued in continuing tho con
struction of looks and damn below Groom-
put, and the removal of obi tractions from the
river channel between Home and thn Seims
aud Dalton railroad bridge. The primary ob
ject of this improvement is to open the river
from Borne to the Coost coal Holds,in tho vicin
ity of Broken Arrow, and thoreforo tho engi
neers give the work n future rather than a
present valao.
For tho Improvement of the Chattahoochee
river there Is $28,000 which will be oxponded
in continuing tho work of excavation upon the
rock reef between Eufauls and Columbus, and
In the employment of the new snug host for
the removal oflogsand other obstructions. Tho
limited appropriations available havooompellod
•low progress of tho work on this rlvsr, tho
engineers say, and have added the annnal
accumulation of obstructions to the amount of
work contemplated la th* original estimate.
This Improvement la at several points of a per
manent character, tha bottom of tho rivor be
ing rook, and tho bonks not subject to erosion.
At other point* thn rivor has a moveabl* bot
tom and raving banks, and th* Improvement
tween Chattahoochee and Earaula at all aeaeons
of the year, and between Entente nnd Colum
bus nt nil tlmss except daring theprovaleoea
of extreme low water. It will take $182,229
to complete the Improvement.
For tho Improvement of the Tallapoosa river
there la available $9,139. which will be used In
the removal of snags and logs from th* chin-
nel, the cutting of overhanging trace from the
hanks and the removal of bars by works of
contraction. Thors has been spent on th* river
$23,441.46. The improvement Is also consider
ed of great prospective value, ss It will, It is,
thought, lend to tho full development of the
water power atTallameo.
THB CROP PROSPECT.
li.SL
LOTTERY CO,
Incorporated by^tlielegislature in 1868 {<% educa
tional and charitable |>ur|K>ses, and its franchise
made a part of the present Bute Constitution, in
1879, by an overwhelming popular vote. AGI
ITS GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DR1WINGS
TAKE FLACK MONTHLY. AND THE GRAND
BKMI-ANM’AL DRAWINGS REGULARLY
EYEBY filX MONTHS (JUNE and DECEMBER.)
"Wc do hereby certify that we supervise jho ar
rangements for all the monthly aud semi annual
drawings of The Louisiana .state lottery Company*
and in person manngo nnd contra*, the drawing*
themselves, and that same are conducted with
honesty, fnlriur*, and in good faith toward all par-
tier, and we authorize the company to use this cer
tificate. with fac-simtlcs of our signatures attached,
lu its advertisements." .--rt
COMMISSIONERS.
We the undersigned banks and hankers will pay
all prizes drawn in the Ixniisiana State Lotteries,
which may l»c presented at our counters.
J. 11. OuI.E8BY, Fres't Ix>ui»lana XatT Rank.
Fikrrr Lanaux, Fres't Sato National Bank.
A. Baldwin, Fres't New Orleans Nat’l Bank.
Gael Kohn, Fres't Union National Bank,
Grand Semi-Annual Drawing
In the Academy ofMnsic, Now Orleans
Tuesday, June 14, 1887.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $300,000.
Tn.utl.th., -1.
IiWT or 1'RIUS.
l fkixk of ^loo.wofeiSXZreo'oS?
25 PRIZES OF Loeo.te
100 PRIZES OF 5110sr*.
200 l'RIZES OF 800 lire
tOO PRIZES OF ’.00 lire
APPROXIMATION Pltizr.,.
loo Pritrs or,rA0spprOAlmsUugtol3Q0,.
50,009
30.000
20.000
100,000
100,000
ue grata regions ot sue uort
panlivsly cold and dry; In t
to Ih* west of Georgia worn
In the cotton and ric* regies
Washington, May 8.—The signal office, la
u special weather bulletin Issued today, rays;
That tho trason, to date, In tho various sections
of tho country his boon about as follows: In
the grata regions of tho north It has boon com-
r; la the cotton nglocs
warm and araaltydry;
- regions of tho south At
lantic coast oold sad comparatively dry; in the
toNteco rations of Virginia and North Caro
lina cold sad dry; la th* tobacco regions of
Kentucky, Tennessee nnd Pennsylvania tho
woothtr has been wanner, with n rainfall
•lightly teas than nraal, except In thn north,
when th* rainfall waa slightly la excess.
From reports received It appears that the mete
.... o{ th# woe ^i UT#
1 renditions
epical ... ...
the affect of rapidly advancing the eeasou
in thoee sections wbon It bud bran previously
rstartd.
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