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meet to 1 *■ . Atlanta. <>a.
Farm and Farmers llnpt.l
* J. G««rK<a » l>»‘ry s ““ ef
jf the above to De
by figuring out t - J >ts l of the state
ments of da : l .\ or ‘j\ is not a dairying state.
Bbroad, then Georg that the
We m.ght «o father and pro _
Ge” S dairymen, and sold and
duced bj b< s borders, is not
consumed v.th n. our iy entitle
ot such a a dairying state. But
D' r J to i ou k at the question is
the propet way , )OSS ibiiitieS of Georgia
to inqmre into the . mtter of dairy pro-
T‘ il t and ln the first place let us consider the
ducts. In th. in 1 2 ,w0,t0t) ot people
home demand. "<- ’ aU . rate o£ con .
withm our border. . - other states
gumption—compa t o consume not
north and west-we ougm. » us
•-» T.FWS and oS. S Vlue.n» ot .
a pound oi bu t head of population,
> ■, ideat . . .. i ;? produt tion. Such
1 V ..1 consumption cannot be consider, d
ara .m ar etept m comparison with
At the rate
'' 'in" 1 it‘would require lor one day s
supply ot our own population, P OU “ d3
O£ io The° S ew Sid amount
5
■.-...w0w pounds ot I’UU'I, • .v > ;
milk and 45,t0(Wt0 \\ u
usmg ‘“' aia ‘‘“"‘m inllK u would amount
wao.e to gallms gallons ot milk
to upvaius a » gafion, s to,toV ( toO! >-
possibilities ot a home de
much lot IM I d cheese. TH'
mand t toexc . te m
J and estimate th
neo Rets outside our own borders, the lig
k iuto comparative ii
kets lor but
mid Cheese and ' anned milk, that ma
be the result ot pos-me commel hd 1 k
tl on with central and south Arne 1 a lo
.. ... ..<.iul conclusion ot the Ai
lowing tilt --uc.'-js 01 re. It tonal ei
lai.ta Cotton stales and j.L.inational
position. . . t<
But what of our natural advantagis 1
the production ot the- “ a ‘
been abundantly proven tnal we
uo JU ? “ b J? oh ‘produces abu
valuable dairy lorag 1
nil. lie Georgia can produce as &w<et
, lucerne grass viol, l lorget Berm
. ci oota toes, in fact, <
dairy cow. W« nav
> nnaut supply ot spring and well wat<
<.nr soils aie l«gu and i »vU u.ui.y
1 '..a ■.< v eiopniviit. The dairyman at tl
• Mr. j .1. Wing, :
td Ohio cheese and butter expel
says that middle Georgia (he hi
i t bvtn t’.irth r south) is fully equal i
'• j • .i•• 111 - to the best districts of
t>hio oi Wisconsin, and that northwest
l ' yia is very much superior in these le
spe< is to any country he has seen. Wis
con.~m, twenty-five years age, did not have
a creamery or cheese factory within her
borders. Today she has 2.5ut) creameries
and 'heese factories. She exports s2,ijOt',uw
vv oi th of cheese to I'higland alom*, and the
v. i i Kly domestic sales of dairy produ ts
during the summer months are not lies
than can't we stir up the people
of Georgia on this subject? We are go.ng
to try to do it. li. J. REDDING.
?Ait M AN D <> U I STJ <»>’ BOX.
Various Subjects on Which the Farmer*
A.k Information.
. F ’> -7 oxap f- er - Miss.—One of my
1 ■ ' ha< i a colt about ten weeks old
o "!'i"" k d .'"TV übout a min.h
” 11 stood about with its head towards
trees a.l its life. About a week ago it
tooK a. whe zing in its throat which made
To \v k i 11 i ' a ' J . ! -'f lll 'I'G‘ing 1 'G‘ing down its wmd
} ‘ " 1 11 1 about a quai t of a vel
low, foamy fluid ran out of its nostrils I
cut it open ft nd found its windpipe full of
m'ortll ""i r U " L i V. S lUJ ‘ KS " e; ’ e ol ' a 'Dirk,
irt tn Jot. '“ ;d U?’ top p irt lhv! ’i Was I
■ o h 011 ! 11 ' Jlv l ,, ''i« ! <udium was of I
.. color. What was the matter
vv th it. and what treatment should have '
The'colt vras'very large |
' Hptfon of the symptoms and '
fl ’ ° 1!1 ' dl-'-ase is so in omplete that
“ ’ ' diagnosis ean be .uade. The
' l:: ’“‘'T-had pneumonia (lung fever)
oi imlirnza, or bronchitis, or troneho
i ■ .*■.arii.i.ia, or possibly it was a case of
c* iHipiion* which is exceedingly rare
wh rJ 1 ? can 1 "’; 1 .?’? V lf i' ou <■*" I’ ll me
• ..... , th 2 or pamphlets <lp
- b Hirt-ent kin.ls <>f improved
ibuim-’ »i •' \ \ S v 1 Hulsteins,
lows I uni I v ,‘J 11 pictures of the
mat.on ' J thankful for ihe Infor-
i *that was tiie price when we bought our
J. D. J., TUrin7~Ga.—l hav-A « c t v .
that I . annot d ei,<|. w-h H k ; siekmule
aas apparently in gJi hT-i ik -A 1
■ rm when I b.-an u7.rk 1-ktU, • " t ? 1 1-
about th.- middle of March P' 1 /
to eat. and : ometiim s would fal
in- nos. while Plowing, »„ (J rJ,s2
■fell-ten. Stm al> , ■
INSTANT RELIEF
for all
afflicted with
torturing
SKIN DISEASES
hi a Single
Application of
Qtlcura
mors are simply marvelous. 111 s hu '
• e °>d thronghout the world. Price CuTirmt*
50c.; hoAf,2>c.; Resolvent, $1
.'.'k”- k 0 ’?: - ti ° le nriltoZVloitzk, U °
■6A lluw to t uro ivery jjUu f ree .
know whether she has fever or not. ®
i!“.
colts that hiivi. been running with h< r an
the time. Please give the name Ot the dis
tlThea case i'^somewhat suspicious of glan
<l. rs, as bleeding from the nose is one ot the
symptoms of this disease. Better have her
examined bv a competent veterinary sur
geon Write to Hon. B. T. Nesbitt, com
missioner of agriculture. Atlanta, about it
In the meantime keep the other amn a■.
away from the affected one.
w it H Harperville, Miss.—Please in
[° r T
land to cleai it up in . . savs it was
believe it injures it. 1 least answ
Constitution. it t« bet-
Theoretirally we would say that it is I
ter to clear land in the winter, but the
difference in favor of winter c^
probably so small that it would not amount
to "a row of pins.” So we would consult
mere convenience.
W IT T Inglewood, Ga. —I have a Held
oomii"ng: Stow »'»« •
clay soil. Tn the center of iat is
place, containing about oen ;V n ie ’ id '.i Cre
w'hat some call dead land. O ■ •
the cotton is about six inches high- >
balance of the field is eighteen °rtw
four inches high. I lease „ive n ‘ b it
plan to improve \he poor acie to make
the same as the balance of the tiel .
If the acre of land lies lower than th .
remainder of the field it probably needs
underdraining. If it is high and diy,
it in peas and fertilize the peas with -'0
pounds of acid phosphate per acre. Yot
might commence by sowing it in oats m
October, fertilizing it well, and sow in
peas next June, after the oats shall have
been harvested.
J. L. H.. Spring Hill. Miss.—What is the
matter with my wheat? I sow on clay
land after clover, cotton or corn. Ihe la ml
will make oiTe-half bale cotton per acre
ami frequently more, and I can omy gev
about ten bushels of wheat to the a< ..
The heads arc too short. Can make -is
fine straw as in any- country, but cannot
make heads long enough. It is good gram.
It is something lacking in the soil or variety
of wheat? 1 sow what is called red May
wheat.
We have no doubt the short heads are
due to the variety’ sown. The early .May
wheat generally produces short heads. But
what objection can there be to short heads
if you secure a good grain ami a good yield .’
Try a few plots in some other variety, say
fulcaster, or fultz, or purple straw. These
are heavier yielders and produce longer
heads, but are not so certain as the red
May.
A. C. G., Bluff Springs, Fla.—Where can
T buy bermuda grass seed; when is the time
to sow it; how ought ground be prepan u
and cost per bushel; also quantity per acie
best to sow?
You can get Bermuda seed of J. H. Aiox-
I ander Drug and Seed Company, Augusta,
Ga , or Mark W. Johnson Seed Company,
Atlanta, Ga. It is usually sold at about
$1 ’,O per pound—forty’ pounds to the bushel.
Four to six pounds of seed are required per
acre. February or March is the time to
sow it in your climate, but you might sow
it in fall provided your are below the frost
lin<» Prepare the ground by plowing and
harrowing until, fine and smooth. Sow the
seed mixed with ashes or silted soil and let
the next rain do the covering. In this state
we prefer sowing the root stems, of vv Im i
one or two'barrels are sufficient for an
acre. •
N Ti. H-. Tzivvrenceville, Ala —M 'll y (, h
be kind enough to give in ethe b'-’- 1 ‘
of saving seedb cans clear ot '-'V'. >
i r i t1.... In this part of the sou.h v. i.i i
' save our setd in any way only to. cover nj.
I ‘the bean with tallow, without the hatoi
i little insect almost complctel> H
p... bran. An answer thr<nl^ I r< t’lv
i Constitution will be very grea . <1
I oiciLvd-. _ , •v.if *hpvn
tight. Another way is to subject the bean
seed, as soon as gathered, to a tempera
ture ot 11., degrees Fahrenheit for an hour.
J. M. D., Harlan, Ala.—Please answer the
! following questions; 1. Should cor- that is
ontrn?. d l °? Vn . be S ;‘J -■ H ”W I. tie should
* < K .V 'r i 1° How should potatoes
(sweet) bo plowed the last time? -1 When
, is the time to sow turnips, ami should they
i be sown m drills or broadcast?
1. If the corn has not been layed by and
, should be blown down, we would set it up.
I not otl erwise. 2. We advise that cotton be
plowed shallow until the limbs commence to
across the middles. Plow with shovel
j or scooter, and heel scrape, or with a winged
■ sweep, or anything that will clean out the
| tow without plowing deep near the roots of
the vines. 4. Sow turnips in the drill, ou
old land; sow broadcast on rough new land.
J. M. TV., Deary, Ga.—l. Will you kindle
furnish me with a good receipt for mak
ing whitewash;
1. See F. and F. department, in issue of
July 9th, article “Cheap Paints of Milk and
Dime.”
To S. C. V., Cabot, Fla. TVe <
answer your questions in regard to making
bri< k, the character of the clay, etc. (>f
course, briekmaking is a profitable business
in the right locality’, else people w-ould not
engage in it. These are not agricultural
questions.
tkk ?’■ Verbena, Ala.-I have a mare
that has blood spavin in hind leg. She h is
been latm- about six months. Please giv.-
remedy and say whether it will injure her
to use her.
Blood spavin seldom does any harm.
G.-ntle rubbing down of the enlargement
with the hand should be first tried, and if
frequently done may remove the enlarge
ment. Otherwise you will have to resort
to blistering, using % ounce of powdered
cantharides and 2 ounces of lard. The ani
mal should not be used while lame.
It. H. A., Red Land, La.—(l.) Do glanders
cauw.- a discharge continually and from
b..th nostrils? <_'.i Are the;,- a<--ompani.-.i
by a cough? (3.) How long do horses jive
usually with glanders? (4.) A description
bf the dtsea.se will be appreciated.
There are two forms of glanders, acute
and chronic. There is a constant and in
creasing discharge of very offensive matter
from both nostrils, and this matter will
sink when dropped in water. There will
be <t staring coat, red, weeping eyes, loss
of appetite, quick pulse, high temperature,
quick breathing, more or less cough a
grayish-purple color of the lining of ’ihe
nostrils. The discharge is at first thin
and watery’, but soon becomes yellowish and
sticky and looks like melted butter. The
portion between the nostrils becomes ul
cerated, and small yellow points with pur
ple bases come up and burst, making the
discharge bloody’ for the time, etc. In a
'bad attack the animal will die in a week
or two, but the course of the disease is
variable. Sometimes a horse, or mule, will
appear to recover from an acute attack
and lie.- for years; but he is always liable
to relapse and is able to communicate the
disease to others.
T. J. G., Reems Station, Ga.—(l.) I have
a mulu colt three months old which has a
stiffness in the lower pastern joint and
causes the hoof to stand in a vertical po
sition, the upper front part of the hoof
seems to have bulged out while it tapers
otl as it approaches the lower end. The
trouble is confined to the front feet and
does not cause lameness- Please give
remedy. lam constructing a stock farm
and wish to feed hay from second floor ■
Is there not a better contrivance than a’
rack? Something that would prevent so
much dust. If so, please state how it is
made.
(1.) This is called knuckling, or cocked
ankles and is generally caused by some
disease in the foot, such as corns, bruises
on the heel, nail in the foot. Carefully ex
amine the foot and remove the cause if
found. "Very likely there is a corn in the
foot. In long standing cases the tendons
become so contracted that a return of the
ankle to a natural position will be impos
sible, without resorting to the operation of
tenotomy, or cutting of the tendons in
the rear between the ankle and the hnee
1 his operation requires some skill, and it
would bq .well to call a veterinary surgeon.
,Y CONSTITUTION I ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. JULY 30, 1894.
THE WEEKL'
(2.) A rack overhead is a poor contrivance,
at least, for feeding a horse. A manger is
better. Il should be built from about IS
inches high above the floor, IS inenes wide
at the bottom, 30 inches wide at the top,
about 30 inches deep, and as long as the
stall is xvide. Make a square box at one
end in which to feed grain ana cut teed.
I, TV., Fitzpatrick, Ala.—l have a nine
vear-old horse which lias always
lectly healthy up to six w A ek _ s nd t\ty
1 noticed that the frequency and quantity
of his urine was very much increased and
of a clear watery character. He commenc
ed to lose flesh notwlstanding his apiietite
continues good. Can >ou
rt This y is probably a case of diabetes in
sipius, or profuse staling. Musty hay, or
fodder, will sometimes cause it. Give the
following: 1 dram of iodine and ’i of
iodine of potash; powder and mix with
linseed meal, to make a ball, and give as
one dose. Repeat the dose once a day lor
two or three days. Then give one teaspoon
ful of common soda in a bran mash, morn
ing and night, for a week. Then give the
following: Four ounces hpsom salts, 2
ounces of saltpeter, 4 ounces of ’ nseed
meal. Give a tablespoon!ul twice a day in
soft feed. Det there be an entire change
in his food, and run in the pasture for a
week or two.
J S IT., Pineview, Ala., I have a young
mare ’ that got hurt on her breast last
spring. I thought she did it while jump
ing a fence and had the place probed but
found no splinter, the place healed up but
swelled up after several days. I opened it
and it ran bloody matter tor a lew days
and then healed up, since that time■ I have
had to open it several times with the same
effect. Please tell me, if you can,
The Constitution what 1 may do lor it that
will cure it entirely. .
Open the wound and examine very care
fully for any splinter, or other foreign ma -
ter If any such remain the wound will
often iieal up ami afterwards burst open
a-ain, discharging a thin, gluey matter
that is characteristic of the presence of
foreign matter. Then cleanse the wound
thoroughly with warm wat \ e \. „ nd f Vj
and then wash out with a iotion ofha f
ounce carbolic acid in one pint of vvaUl.
Keep the wound bandaged as well 1
w,l,i, applying over it a greased cloth. Af
ter four or live days change the lotion to
one drachm of sulphate of zine ane
■ oune.- of sugar of lead in one pint of wati 1.
1 Dress the wound once a day applying the
' mion ea h time. Keep the lower part of
the wound open so that the pus can escape
fr cly.
best plan?
1. It is probably due to the fact that the
fertilizer used on the melons contained
toj large a proportion o£ ammonia and too
little phosphoric acid, or the soil itself is
too rich.
2. W'e know of no way to keep melons
fresh for several weeks, or longer, except to
put them in cold storage.
Dr. D. D. Benson, of Mountain Grove,
Mo., has thoroughbred foxhound pups
to exchange for bloodhound pups or other
things of equal value. Write first.
Those unhappy persons who suffer from
nervousness and dyspepsia should use Car
ter’s Little Nerve Dills, which are made
expressly for sleepless, nervous, dyspectic
sufferers. Price 25 cents.
In North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C., July 26. (Special'.)—The
state commissioner of agriculture takes
issue with the cotton dealers as to their
statement that there is a 10 per cent in
crease in the cotton acreage in North Car
olina, and says there is no increase, though
the crop is, of course, much better.
The leading organ of the populists in
North Carolina today attacks Chairman
Eaves, of the republican state committee,
saying that his attempt to prevent a fusion
ol populists and republicans will fail this
year, and charging that two years ago he
sold out his party to the democrats, but
that this year he cannot deliver the goods.
N ( >rt v i Carolina’s coal mines, of Egypt
< hat ham county, are now fully opened,
i tie new machinery hoists 100 tons an hour,
and the company will contract to furnish
the Seaboard Air-Line its entire require
ment—at least 300 tons daily.
1 lie Dry Goods Market,
J- rr.ni The Wall Street Journal.
i he spot demand for fall staples is good
and the mails are bringing orders which
will absorb a considerable quantity of gen
eral merchandise, as well as bleached cot
tons. Importers, however, are- doing very’
1 tie, and withdrawals arg only made at
tn<‘ instance of purchasers.
i lices rule a trifle steadier, but the great
iJ-.<V nC r ,tai, ’ ty ot tarlff legislation confines
,'.l 1 'cirrow limits. Southern buyers
are the most active today, and they are
to SI «. oo,|s lils 1 ils f <ast as they are secured
the advance in freights on August
. r ?. P °r ,ant aments for spring
viirolens have been refused, because agents
n •icJwhi a,, * ui ’ e, ’ s unwilling to make
tain th pendin S' tar iff 's so uncer-
Wlieie to Find Pllre De m Ocrac y.
From The Sparta, Ga., Ishmaelite
found fn itsnee’lisL 5 ' ° f any tariff bUI Is
w?,
FAIR
AWARDS
■ A • A Ur»<le. M-’.. TWO MEDALS
30,’rn of these vehicles have
a WWM’ivnN been sold direct to the pe () J’•
nt once for cur coniph te
cat aloe ue ' Ixof every kind of
V vehicled lini-nr<v».also book
-a J t>r>d.. (H3C ot they- arc ftee
ALLIANCE CARRIAGE CO.. CINCINNATI. U.
wiention The Constitution.
~ ... -xt .1 have a small
h. jTi J’J ’oTan; ten
m.mths old, is tldl > d " is the’trouble and
v-h l ,t‘ a ! an Jdo J him, or is there any
r be smne organic in the
anim il, but it may. la tffiit h on
and lazy •„ . f ood . Turn him into
C °Jd °SJpasure and feed on wheat,
Un and oats’or cowpeas and no corn.
S. E. F.. Chappell Jap^r‘"and’ I
scriber to > u ur most "Hn stion3 an-
see a great lnai y k ' s one; How <0 ap
sw.r,.d. lb nee 1 ask Ms o ducking to
nlv lirweed oil to cany i. prevent
m ike it "aterproc . an' • « togel her for
sticking togvthH ''hen kin i _ , e
columns of your valu
puri>ose but you t ,an buy the pre-
it is sate to say than you cal.
■ :r"'V7'T , jihu’ '.■'Ab’-ff nir<
weeks ago lightning struck my barn and
rendered a valuable mare entirely deaf.
Will she recover her hearing? Ought she
to have any treatment?
2. There is a crowd of lightning rod agents
putting up rods around here, not using
any insulators, using metal staples; rod:
an-1 staples come right i’> contact with the
house. Would you eon: or them sjffe?
1. \ cry likely her hearing is permanently
destroyed. We know of no treatment that
would be effective.
2. Os late years it is generally agreed
that lightning rods do not require insula
tion from she building they are designed to
protect. On the contrary it is advised to
connect the rods with 'the metal roofing
when the building is covered with metal.
1 J. 11. M., Villa Rica, Ga.—Please tell me
through your columns what will stop the
re 1 or black rust on cotton.
We know of no specific treatment for i
rust on cotton. It is often recommended
to use potash freely, but we believe the
proper treatment is general and involves
regular rotation of crops, including a crop
of small grain and <"W peas every third
or fourth year ami liberal manuring with
a “complete” fertilizer or a fertilizer that
contains the three leading elements of plant
food in proper proportion.
W. M., Edith, N. C.—l. Why is it that
watermel m vines run ten, twelve and four
tec n feet before putting on fruit? Is there
no way of improving them so as to get
them nearer the root of vine?
2. Suppose j want to keep melons several
weeks after being pulled. What is the
CORN AND COTTON.
ANTLY ’ll! an eyer.
Corn All that Could be Expected but Cotton
Has Been Forced into a Weedy State,
Injuring the Prospective Yield.
“The change In the condition of the crops
during the last three weeks y° nde *’ fU ?’ .
remarked Commissioner Nesbitt, ot tne
state agricultural department Thursday.
“Corn is better than it has ever been
known to be before. Especially s i
true of north Georgia. The rains have
come just in the right time, and the crop,
from a condition of wilted despair, Has
bloomed up into one of unusual in omt e.
The other day 1 passed through Cherok
county, on my return from Tennessee. The
corn which I saw there reminded me of the
most fertile sections of Illinois. I-roin othe
parts of Georgia come reports of abund
promise, which show that out o a
condition of affairs providence is leading
us to a season of plenty.
“As for cotton, the reports are good, but
the rains, which are doing so much for
corn and other crops, are having an 'op
posite effect on cotton. The immense im
petus which has been given to the grow
of the plant is at the expense of the fruit.
The rains have already encouraged the
growth of weed, and the longer this con
tinues the worse will be the effect on
cott’on crop.”
The Tenant System.
Commissioner Nesbitt talked interestingly
on farmers and farming. He found it
difficult to answer the question as to
whether the farming interest was improv-
“Seventy-flve per cent of our population
is agricultural,” said he. “Os that 40 p< r
cent are tenant farmers. Now, no one can
dlspu'te the statement that a tenant works
merely for the present season—he has no
interest in the future years of the la ”' i ’
It follows that he is not interested in the
permanent improvement, and as a conse
quence he does not attempt it. The close
daily care and vigilance which an owner
gives to property is not to be expected
from a mere tenant of a year. Now, where
so large a percentage of the farms are in
the hands of men with no motive in ditch
ing, terracing or other work looking for its
return in the crops of future years, the
right kind of improvements cannot be ex-
Pe “Tht great work we have to do,” said the
commissioner, “is to induce these tenant
farmers to become the owners of tncir
farms. Take a man who owns fifty acres
—he busies himself in the repairing o
fences, digging ditches, terracing his land,
planting fruit trees and otherwise improv
ing his place permanently. As a tenant he
never thinks of such work as this. Le
over 40 per cent of tenant farmers be
come land owners and their ambition am
sense of thrift will be largely increased
It is noticeable that the first effort of th<
European emigrant, when he lands in th(
west, is to become a landed proprietor, fioi
some reason our Georgia tenant farme
is not so ambitious, and the result is tna
he continues poor. Our lands are cheai
and there is no reason why eveiy ma
should not own his farm.”
The commissioner told of several farmer
who had made money by utilizing ail thei
resources, instead of concentrating they
all on one crop. There is 'one farmer 1
Cobb county who makes it a point neve
to go to town without something to se
It may lie a dozen eggs, or half a doze
sticks of wood, but whatever it is, h
makes out to bring some money back wit
him from the trip. This man’s cottu
crop is absolutely surplus—a state ot a
fairs which every farmer in the sta>
should emulate. Around him may be tour
neighbors who complain that a
1 1 ■' ’IS superior i
Georgia for stock raising, but here agaw
too much reliance Is placed upon the mil
weather, and the few cold days which d
come find no preparation made for resisl
anee. In Miller, Mitchell and Coffee com
ties large flocks of sheep go from on
year’s end to another with hardly'the at
tention of identification. In some place
there will be found flocks of 3,500, upoi
which not 1 cent has been spent for shelte
or food. They yield an annual clip of thr<»
pounds of wool each, for which the marke
is as certain as that for cotton.
1 .'armed for years in Early county,’
said Commissioner Nesbitt, “and got int
the habit of leaving my stock to the cart
of nature. When I moved up to Cobb coun
tj', twelve years ago, I clung to the habit
of not feeding the hogs in the morning, but
leaving them until night, when 1 would call
them up and they would answer ravenous
ly. 1 lie frost came and I lost numbers
of them as a consequence. Ever since that
time 1 have housed and fed my live stock
with a success which tells me how far
wrong 1 had been before.
Farmer.* liiijing Food.
“What a commentary it was that during
the late strike it should have been reported
that the wholesale houses ran short of
meat; that there was no corn in the land,
and that we were even threatened with a
famine in cow feed. All this in a state
where everything possible for man or
j beast to eat may be grown in profusion.
We are today sending west as much money
for Hour, corn and meat as we get for our
entire cotton crop.
“The policy of a farmer buying anything
that he can raise is suicidal. There is
money in the farm, but it cannot be ex
tracted by being Confined to one crop, and
exchanging the money obtained for’that
crop for the products of another section.
In Tifton, for instance, there is a canning
factory. All around, as a consequence,
people are raising tomatoes, fruits, etcj
and taking them to the factory where the
money is obtained for them. This little
enterprise is an object lesson, showing
what can be done. In every neighborhood
there should be an effort made at diversi
fication—it means money in pocket and suc
cess in farming.”
Is It n. Case of Root Rot?
A letter was received at the department
yesterday from Colonel Peacock, of Snow,
in Dooly county. It narrated that some
strange disease had attacked the cotton
plant in that section. First the leaves took
on a yellowish hue, withered and died
This continued until at last the entire stalk
gave way. The writer was desirous of
knowledge as to what it was. The disease
was in existence last year, and the year
before, but this year it had assumed large
proportions.
The commissioner is of opinion, from the
description, that it is root rot, a disease
REMEMBER there arc hundreds of brands
of \\ bite Lead (so called) on the market that arc not White
Lead, composed largely of Barytes and other materials-
But the number of brands of genuine
Strictly Pure White Lead
is limited. The following brands arc standard “Old Dutch ”
and just as good as they were when you or your father were boys- ’
“ANCHOR" (Cincinnati). "R F Jr 4 ,„, cl y *
” ECKSTEIN ” (Cincinnati). .. RENTHC Jv ■/ r L l ° U,S) ’
” SOUTHERN ” (St. Louis and Chicago). ■• ATIInTIC •• Jn ° v J
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sell them, the best painters use them. ° F *eaa. flic best merchants
A good many thousand dollars have been «v«l .
painting and color-card. Send us a postal card and J both free? ""* haVl " S ° UF b °° k on
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heretofore local to Texas. Being a root
disease it cannot be reached, but may
extirpated by planting the grou^ d „.
ment in the grains and grasses
from want of food.
Au Excellent Movement.
An important movement has been inaug
urated by Colonel R. J- Redding, of the
state experiment farm. rh eese
He has been studying out e-itis-
problem. After experiments which
tied him that Georgia cheese taken
” q u«l or any >n ll>« I * e h “ “h"
B ’ t , s to trios th. dairy o 2
Is now sending out a circular la “® r ln
the dairymen whose names he c time
lling them to name a convenient time
nincp for the holding ot a conv
« ooon a» M S.U a
answers he will meet the wis
majority by calling such a convent! J
most likely b. bold at th. exper.m.ntal
station.
Ojr INTEREST TO EARNERS
Vervous Horse ß *
On many! terms colts are >
„i.o
things that tnghten t of rea-
l-.oise is an anll nal o£ a ® dicloub ' Kl ndness
soiling sense and y £nghlene u
in cases where tney ~e l. i ri d there is
11,ey ean be made '„ut.r band,
no cause lor be
a brutal slashing ot ti nn lv adds to
happened to be frignteiied
the animal’s fear, ihe hoi-c el (?y
memory, and it has been trig
any certain object and shipped
an object should be treated g el ‘^ w
kindness gradually taught t
is no cause for fear. . cavs a
Horses, above all other animaD, say S
New Jersey paper, are conscious ot M
and subject to the pangs mfiuence
sufferings of some through the
of fear would awaken pity in the
callcus driver. This su3eept . lbl * J sit D en ess
indicates consciousness and s - organi .
and shows the remarkable nervous
zation of the animal, rende 111„ 1
to the human in his sensibilities and sei
S The first thing to do with a horse strange
t, city scenes is to place him
to notice what is going on which
without forcing him electric
he c-enecially dreads, lake me
cars, ’lor insiance; if your horse »h“\ B he J nlt
usual uneasiness with reby ;-ot 1
'y y .,t% d "i“b’ n uS”t“ .tnx»;y.
rcaskurc and soo'-h. ""XSD.d’i'?
The next time drive a little iS
peat the soothing assurances. . * jf rm ,
L quieting and reassuring as Hie m., j
yet gentle tones ot the to a
horse In a very shirt time you .
able to approach an electric car '"th - •
het without apprehension, ihe
learned that the object will not hurt
a And‘so object wffiehjx
amA? seemffig word more
hor‘-e for being afraid. A man it wdl
whip a horse excited by 1 e!l . r r sb ,' ] ' horsi .
forever debarred from handling • h •
in any wav. Whips are undoubtedly g o
•’things 7 in their places They come in well
with a constitutionally lazy he-- • -
are very effective sometimes yhen horsts
are mischievous. A horse had . -
soon as his bedding was put unm-r h m
of scraping It all out of the stall behml
him. He was watched, and at e ver.
was thoroughly broken of the tr'ck. If tn
personal safety of the occupants of a v
hide is endangered through a horse b-u k
lug or turning around use the vvinp vig.'.
ouslv; it wbl divert..’vs.. A
hp unmanageable when
he meets the object he dreads.
Silos and Silage.
These wooden silos can be built upon
rrl ery man S ,nnn by himself at littlo cost
Ihe only requisition is simply an air-tight
wooden box. They should be made this
summer before the busy fall work com
mences. Lse narrow one-inch ceiling lum
ber, none of it over four inches wide. You
can build them in your present barns, or
as lean-to additions to sides of barns or
independent buildings, using lumber not
wutn ‘ , yss e asoned - because when filled
' th wet ensilage they will soon soak up
t e silos air-tight. If the lumber D too
hi o shTrn ,n J’o “ Wi,1 1 SWell a,!d huff up
\ 1 rid Bes, and not make smooth
sides to your silos so that ensila-,/I
« f-’eely ami pack air-tight in the fit
as it soon should do after it beo-lns t . n »
UJ> and cook soft in the silo heat
ty.PT , corn , stalks ,’ if made into ensilage
must be wet freely with water, sprinkled
on evenly as tne finely-pm stacks in
’ the pit. Feed cutters' with now
I made m abundam-e all over the coi’mtrv
can be used by any kind of horse power- n-
steam engine-power. With this latter kind
I put seventy-live to lw tons of erisih e
into my silos every dav at a cost not , v
reeding 50 cents per ton. You can e?evate
it twenty to thirty feet high if you choose
and drop it into the top of the silos ’
Be catreful not to make silos too lar-e
Have more 111 number and less capa.div
for each because when feeding from the n
you need to feed evenly from he t. ,
down to the bottom, and take e-vffi f .1
out fresh and warm from the Gl o
moulds badly if you dig it up with a ma
LT’m Hr n r ? OSen it l,p in any mann.
lot in ait, or dry out its moisture, or mike
the escape of heat possible mane
Please don’t ask how many quarts of
water to put on freshly cut. dr/corn% t alks
but be sure to wet it as thoroughly as the
greenest of corn stalks will make whJn
you put An green corn stalks. If j.
time also wet that down with some water
Ensilage was never hurt with water but
lots of it has been injured with drv mom I
through the pit, because the ensilage wT I
air-tight? en ° Ugh to cook up soft “nd pack I
Fifty cubic feet of eusilage Is the aver
age amount for a ton. and we calculate
capacity of silos on that basis. A lOxlO-foot
silo is about the right size for fifteen to
twenty head of cattle. I had four silos fif
teen feet square, and needed forty to fiftv
hfad of catlie. The studding for silos and
for partitions should be as wide as the
timber of the barn, and if eighteen to txxem
t> four feet deep, they should be close to- ■
gethei, not over one foot from center to I
enGla-e lhere 18 BTeat lateral I’ ress m’e to
Nud ceiling of silo on horizontal, tongue
side up. 1 ack well when filling the pit es I
pecially around the edges and cori’iers I
and the silos you do not feed from at fir«r 1
put a hay, chaff or straw covering from on?
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