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Agricultural EEpartmEut, Cotton. We have occasionally suggested to our agriculturists what we believe most of the papers and writers on the subject have done, the necessity of meeting all the wants of the farm in provisions for man and beast, and cul tivating less cotton, making it only a surplus crop. We believe more good can be accomplished in this way for the agriculturalists than in any other that the wit of man can devise, and all should be accomplished by the cul tivation of less land manured and worked well. We are so situated this week that we depend more on a series of straggling hints than any labored article on a special subject. We must not omit to say what every filanter, farmer and gardener ought to know, that it is of the first importance to give each crop a good start. This cannot be done if he undertakes to work more land than can be well done with the force at his command. If a man can do justice to only 85 acres and tries to cultivate 70, his crop will be a failure. If he could get over 50 every 8 or 10 days, and tries to work seventy his failure is foreordained, for at every step he will encounter grass and weeds until his crop for want of work at the proper time will be an ut ter failure. The notion common among farmers in some sections that all plants which are to grow' upward—like corn or wheat—must, in order to prosper, have their seeds put in when the moon is waxing ; while all that grow downward—like beets and parsnips— must have the seeds put down in the waning of the moon, has, according to Prof. C. A. Young, never been veri fied by science, though it has tried to do so. The common practice of plowing at The same depth every year is apt to make a hard pan by packing the soil below where the share scrapes over it. If this depth is varied occasional ly the hard pan will be broken up and this alone is good reason for deeper plowing than usual sometimes. This extra depth of furrow, however, should be made when the subsoil is dry. To plow deep in spring when The soil packs from being filled with water only makes the evil worse. In fact, heavy soil should not be plowed at all when water soaked, as this of ten results in permanent injury. It is said that oats and peas sown together make a splendid green feed for hogs, or when cured properly, an equally good fodder for sheep and milch cows. The black eye marrow' fat, or Canada pea, and some tall, stemmed variety of oats are the best for this purpose. One authority ad vises sowing two and a half bushels of peas to the acre; but this is likely too heavy seeding on strong ground. The seed should be covered with a cultiva tor, or some kind of a harrow with big, wide teeth or shovels. Such a crop is valuable either green or ripe, and the yield is often large enough to cause a surprise. Ten to twenty years ago the prices cf grapes were much higher than now and those who intelligently cultivat ed them then made large profits. It was thought that with the decline in >riees grape growers would be ruined hut such is not the fact. Profits are reduced, but even at low prices grapes nay better than most farm crops Three to four tons of grapes per acre s no uncommon yield. At even three cents per pound this gives a very com fortable sum of money, besides pay ing for the labor. Interesting Facta about Beets. At the New York Experiment Sta tion were tested eleven so-called vari eties of garden beet, one of chard fourteen of mangel wurtzel and eleven of sugar beet- The seeds were plant ed April 24. in row's ten feet long; two rows each of the garden beets and chards and one of the mangel and su gar beets. The soil w'as manured with a mod erate application of stable manure. The rows of garden beets and chards w'ere tw'enty-one inches apart and those of the mangels and sugar beet twice that distance, or three and a half feet apart. The plants were thinned to six inches apart in the row. A table noting the results given in the report of this experiment, show's that the average height of roots is decided ly less in the garden beet than in the sugar beet or mangel, and that in the Vilmorin’s improved sugar beet, which is noted for its sugar, the root averages less in weight than in the other varieties of sugar beet. In the beet in flavor and in richness, sugar accompanies small size; hence in choosing for table use, one should not necessarily select the most productive variety. It was noted that the more depress ed the root, or in other wmrds the flat ter it is, the more rapid is its develop ment. This rule seemed also to apply to other garden roots as well as to on ions. By planting several samples of seed grown in the station’s garden a prev ious season, was learned the fact that the varieties of this vegetable cross- fertilize by natural agencies, and hence cannot be kept pure except when grown separated some distance from each other.—New Y^ork World. When eggs are sent from a distance for hatching they should never be roughly handled; but it is important where the journey requires several days that the eggs be turned occa sionally. If the yolk settles down on one side and becomes fastened to the shell the vitality of the egg is quickly destroyed. Diversified farming means fields of grain, meadows and pasture; a kitch en garden and orchard; a lawn w T ith trees and flowers; breeding mares and milch cows; sheep, swine and poultry. Live stock is the ground work, and w'ill hold the soil fertile. Get that which is superior in all the departments. From the best is where the profit comes in. The instinct of a fowl leads it to scratch even in feeding on a heap of whole grain. This causes it to stop eating long enough to swallow. We give fowls too much at a time, and this causes them to stuff themselves so as to injure their crops if fed damp ened meal. A little whole grain scat tered among straw' will make poultry scratch for what they get and conduce to their healthfulness. He Cured Them. A St. Louis County, Missouri, man gives his experience with the so-called hog-cholera, as follows : My hogs became infected through a boar I borrow r ed from a neighbor. He sickened, died, and was buried. Then one after the other of my sow's, sliotes, and pigs took sick, and not knowing w Ti at to do, I consulted my old doctor. He advised me to dig up some mayapple roots, pokeberry and mullein roots, clean them, chop them up, put them into a large kettle with plenty of water, and boil them for several hours. I gave the hogs noth ing to eat for half a day and then gave them about a pint of the decoc tion in a pail of warm slops with a little bran. I repeated this three times a day for a week or longer, gradually adding more bran to the slops. All recovered but one who could not be induced to drink the slops. My neighbor, of w hom I had borrowed the boar, lost 40 head, and another neighbor who took a shote home from my farm w'here it had straggled and mixed with my hogs, lost over 20 head. Neither of them tried my remedy. I have not had a case of hog cholera on my place since. This remedy is so simple and has proven so effective in my case that I hope you will give it to your readers that others may try it, and if it should prove itself to be a remedy against that fearful scourge, hog cholera, it should be made known throughout the whole country.—Country Home. The friends of agricultural progress all over the world will be glad to know that the good work done by Sir J. B. Lawes and Gilbert on the Rotham- stead Farm is not likely to suffer any interruption. Sir John w r as born in 1814, and is now upward of 71 years old. But he has provided by will for the continuance of the experiments which have made his name know'n wherever agricultural science is stud ied. He has devoted £100,000 and several acres of land to continue after his death the experiments which have been so fruitful of instruction to farm ers everywhere. The oleomargarine manufacturers are ransacking the earth for grease with which to compound tlieir vile mixtures. The methods pursued at a large phosphate factory near the Cleveland, Ohio, stock yards sliow r what swindlers will do who are get ting rich by foisting upon an innocent public noxious, greasy compounds under the guise of genuine dairy but ter. Many of the cattle, hogs and sheep die in transit before reaching the stock-yards. Their carcasses are turned over to the phosphate factory, where they are placed in huge ovens and heated. The fatty substances w'hich flow from these dead animals are divided into four grades, of which one is sold to the makers of bogus butter. Who would buy and con sume these vile fats in the place of genuine butter, were they fully aw'are of their nauseous constituents?—Amer ican Cultivator. Farm Implements. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purltv, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans, Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wail St. New York. 15 11m Money Makes the Mare Go! —AND— Money Buys Groceries Cheap! —AT THE— GREEN STORE! to go We buy for Cash and sell the same way. If you want your money a long ways, be sure to go to WHITE & TREMOR'S. If your cow is hungry send to WHITE & TREANOR for Bran. If y 0u have no cow, send to them for the finest Butter in the city. Nice Hajn« Shoulders and white Meat cheap as the cheapest. Lard in 3, 5, 10, 20 and so lb. Buckets; also in Tierces, at bottom prices. Nothing but water ground Meal sold at WHITE & TREANOR’S. Nice lot smoked Pork Sausage, ju st received. White Swan Flour the best ever brought to this city. We algo sell the celebrated Wade Hampton Flour. In Fancy Flour, Tube Rose and Cadet, we will suit you. Extra Family, Odd Trump and Moss Rose are hard to beat. Coffee from 10c to 35c per lb. Fresh Rice, New Grits. The nicest lot of Buckwheat in the city and Maple Syrup that will make your mouth water. Chow Chow Pickles, loose, any quantity; also, in bottles. We sell only the best Teas, green and black. Full line Spices and Extracts. Cigars and To bacco our specialty. Canned Goods, Candy, Crackers and Cheese. In fact you can get anything nice you may want at the GREEN STORE, All goods delivered promptly and free of charge to any part of the city. Feb. 9th, 1886. WHITE & TREANOR, No. 17 South Wayne Street, Milledgeyille, Ga. 31 ly. It is held that “no two things are more essential to success on the farm than thorough tillage and good stock well cared for. He who observes these conditions is well established on the road to success. Thus the aim of i everv farmer should be to make the greatest profit possible from ills oper ations. and in the light of the present times it seems that this can best be done by increasing tli soil in every possible way, and raising •>ig crops and feeding them in a judi cious manner to well-bred and growthy animals. In this way the products of the farm are consumed upon it, and the manure i- saved to .ncrease its fertility." All kinds of stock eat and seem to reiish their feed better when it is slightlv salted, and it is a good plan to scaVon the feed for the stock just the same n> for human use. This method has several advantages to recommend it. among which may he reckoned the regularity of the salting thus secured. There is no danger of any animal over growing itself with salt, and it will rel ish its teed better and eat it up clean er. and will as a consequence do bet ter.—National Stockman and Farmer. A barrel of fine flour of 196 pounds is made from an average of 2SG pounds wheat, the remaining eighty-four pounds being bran, middlings and low grade flour. The amount of flour made from sixty pounds of wheat varies a little with different varieties of wheat, soft wheat yielding more flour than hard wheat. The excessive feeding of hogs is less common than it "was twenty or thirty vears ago. Few people now relish pork made from hogs which have been fattened until blinded and only killed when the animals were unable to walk to their troughs and eat. Such masses of lard are not healthful eating, while to most tastes excessive ly fat pork is not palatable. Few farmers know how much feed for fowls can be grown from a small patch of sun flowers. The seed needs to be planted on rich soil, as its rapid and enormous growth is very exhaust ive. If given to any other stock than fowls, sunflower seed should be "•round and its hull sifted from the meal, as it is very injurious to animals not having very'strong digestive or gans. An experiment in France, for the purpose of testing the relative egg- producing capacity of three ducks and an equal number of hens, all of the same age, resulted in 017 eggs from the ducks during one year, and but 257 from the hens. We have some observations of in terest from Wright, the well-known writer on poultry subjects, regarding Aylesbury, the home of the Aylesbu ry duck. “It is” he states, “nothing unusual to see around one cottage 2,000 ducklings, and that it is estimat ed that the annual income of the town from their sale amounts to .$100,- 000, it not being uncommon for a ton of ducks to be sent to the London market in a single night. A former very successful breeder of this variety with reference to the flesh colored! bills so perfect in the Aylesbury duck, , f ,, at its native place, says that “the tertinty oi tne / p> eaiJ tiftil tint is obtained by giving the ducks in their troughs of water a peculiar kind of white gravel, found only in the neighborhood of Ayles bury, in appearance resembling pum ice stone. In this gravel they con stantly shove their bills, and this keeps them white. Birds intended; for exhibition are seldom allowed out in the sun, as this tans their bills.” Here is an instance which illus trates the importance of taking care of farm implements. One season each of two neighbors bought mowing machines of the same style and make. One gave his machine good care at all times, and at the end of twenty- five years it was fit to do good work in the field. The other used his ma chine in the haying season; for the est of the year he left it to rust and rot in the field; at the end of five years he had to buy a new one. The instance is not singular, for there can hardly be a doubt that with the proper care of the wood and iron work of one machine it may be made to last five times longer than one that is exposed to all the weathers of the year. As a lesson in economy, every farmer will readily seethe force of the instance given.—Rural Canadian. It will not disappoint you. Ir is the best article known for purifying the blood and building up the health and strength. For 25 years erysipelas broke out in blotches' on my face. I found no cure until I used Parker’s Tonic two years ago. It is the medi cine for me.—E. C. H. 39 lmo. Georgia Railroad Company. STONE MOUNTAIN ROUTE OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER, Augusta, Ga., April 17th, 1886. Commencing Sunday, IStli instant, thefoliow- ingpassenger schedule will be operated. Trains run by 90th Meridian time: SOI8—EAST (daily). Leave Macon 7:10 a m LeaveMiiledgeville'. 9:19 am Leave Sparta 10:41 a m Leave Warrenton 12:00noon Arrive Carnak - 12:15 p m Arrive Washington 2:20 p m Arrive Athens 5:30 p m Arrive Gainesville 8:25 p m Arrive Atlanta 5:50 p m Arrive Augusts 3:35 p m NO 17—WEST (daily). LeaveAugusta 10:50 a m Leave Atlanta 8:00 a m Leave Gainesville i 5:55 a m Leave Athens 9:00 a m Leave Washington 11:20 a m Leave Carnak 1:36 pm Arrive Warrenton 1:50 p m Arrive Sparta 3:04 p m Arrive Milledgeville 4:20 p m Arrive Macon 0:15 p m NO 16—EAST ((laily.) Leave Macon 7:35 p m LeaveMiiledgeville 9:30 p m Leave Sparta 10:48 p m Leave Warrenton 12:01 a m ArriveCamak 12:10 a m Arrive Augusta 6:00 am NO 15—WEST (daily.) Leave Augusta 0:40 p m Leave Carnak 1:18 am Arrive Warrenton 1:33 am Arrive Sparta 2:57 am Arrive Milledgeville 4:27 a m Arrive Macon f«:46 a m No connection for Gainesville on Sundays. The Fast Trains does not stop at Camak. Trains will, if signaled, stop at any regular scheduled flag station. Close connections at Augusta for all points East, and Southeast, and at Macon for all points in Southwest Georgia and Florida. Superb improved Sleepers between Macon and Augusta. Superb Improved Sleepers between Augusta and Atlanta. JNO. W. GREEN, General Manager. E. R. DORSEY. General Passenger Agent. JOE W. WHITE. General Traveling Passenger Agent. Central and (southwestern Ilal I mails. Brick! Brick! Brick! 1,000,000 FIRST-CLASS BRICK for SALE. P ARTIES intending; to build on the line of the Georgia or Central Railroads, would do well to consult us before making; a contract. First-Class Paving Brick a Specialty. We are making; Brick with the latest Improved ker yard. BRICK DELIVERED TO ANY Machinery, on the celebrated Cara* PART OF TOWN. Kir We take pleasure in referring; to Maj. J. FUSS, Architect and Building Superin tendent. foster & McMillan, , „ Contractors and Builders. M Illedgevllle, Ga., June 10th, 1885. 48 ly LUMBER! LUMBER!! I have moved my Saw Mill into a fine lot of timber, six miles south of Milledgeville, and am prepared to fill orders promptly for any and All kinds of Lumber at the Lowest Prices, in any quantity. Will fill orders and deliver lumber oh short notice. W. H. H. BARNES, April 6th, 1886. 39 3 m •Agricultural Implements —AND— [All trains of this system are run by Standard (93) Meridian time, which is 06 minutes slower than time kept by City.J Savannah, Ga., Nov. 15, 1885. N AND AFTER THIS DATE, PAS SENGER Trains on the Central and Southwestern Railroads and branches will run as follows: GOING NORTH. O 1 Leave No. 51. Savannah D Arrive No. 51. Augusta D Macon D Atlanta D Columbus ,D Perry DE S 8.40 a. m. 3.45 p m.. 4.20 pm.. 9.35 pm.. 3 42 a m.. No. 53. D 8.10 p m No. 53. D 6.15 a m . D 3.20 a m D 7.32 a in D 2.15 p m CORDIAL The use of dried Lima Beans for food is increasing;, and would be great - I er if the demand for seed did not al- i ways make the price so high in winter I end toward spring. They are very j rich, and much superior to common j beans. It is a surprise that the Lima bean is not more extensively grown for j market. It needs rich land and a , long, warm season, but under favora- I ble conditions will yield twenty to j thirtv bushels per acre. One of the ! the difficulties in growing Lima beans i At a season when violent attacks of the bowels are J 0 _ c - _ . ao frfidn on r rnm ex rnand \r foli/af ennn In hn n * FOF. THE is in harvesting and threshing them. They have to be hand shelled, but at even lower than the average prices this will pay. • When potash is used as a fertilizer, it is important to get the supply as cheaply as possible. Wood ashes make the best fertilizer, as they con tain besides potash some percentage of phospate of lime; but there are few places now w here wood ashes can be obtained in quantity. German potash salts are a low-grade potash fertilizer, and though nominally cheap, contain only 12 to 20 per cent of their bulk of any fertilizing value. The muriate of potash is a high-grade fer tilizer containing 83 per cent of pure potash, while 14 per cent of the re mainder is common salt, which on many soils has considerable manurial value. BOWELS&CHILDREN TEETHING It is.THE GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY for the bowels. Itisono of the most pleasant and efficacious remedies for nil summer complaints. Ata season when violent attacks of the bowels are ho frequent, some speedy relief should he at hand. The wearied mother, losing sleep in nursing the little one teething, should use this modieino. 50 cts. a bottle. Semi 2c. stamp to Walter A. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga., for Riddle Book. 8.45 p m D ES 12.05 p m Fort Gaines DES 4.38 p m Blakeley DES 7.10pm Eufaula D 4.06 p in Albany D 10.45 pm.. D 2.45 p m Montgomery.. D 7.25 p m Milledgeville D E S 5.49 pm Eatonton —DES 7.40 pm Connections at Terminal Points. At Augusta—Trains 51 and 53 con nect with outgoing trains of Georgia Railroad, Columbia, Charlotte and Augus ta Railroad, and South Carolina Railroad. Train 53 connects with outgoing train on Augusta and Knoxville Railroad. Train 51 connects with trains for Sylvania, Wrights- ville and Louisville. At Atlanta—Trains 51 and 53 connect with Air Line and Kennesaw routes to ail points North and East, and with all di verging roads for local stations. COMING SOUTH. As the prosperity of every cotmtry depends upon tlie success] of agriculture, and realizing tlie necessity of tbet borough breaking of land and cultivation of the crop, I‘have supplied myself with a large lot of two and one horse Plows of the best makes, consisting of the Syracuse, Benton A Harber, White’s Clipper, Meikle’s Blue Pony and the Boss, and I also have a large lot of Steel Plows, Haiman and Southern Plow Stocks, single and double, and farming implements generally. To all who use Guano, I would recommend the Chesapeake or Pendleton Goods! And to all who would like to have a Pump put in their wells, I would recommend the Buckeye Force Pump, which myself and many others have been using with perfect satisfaction for some time. All who wish to supply themselves with any of the above articles will do well to call and examine my stock and get my prices before buying elsewdiere. J 1 IMI- miNTES- Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 26th, 1886. 29 ly Yellow Midville, Ga., 9| C. R. R., —MANUFACTURE— Pine Lumier, Leave—Nos. Augusta.. 18 D Macon 52 D Atlanta 52 D Columbus 20 D Nos. 9.30 am..20 D 9.30pm 9.40 am..54 D 10.50 p m 6.00 am.. 54 D 6.50 pm 9.00 pm.. 6 D 11.10am Perry 24DES6.00am..22DES3.00pm Taylor’* Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein will cure Coughs, Croup, and Consumption. Price 25c. and 81 a bottle. Dec. 15th, 1885. 23 lv LADIES! LEVERING’S Milk and Bread for Children. —Milk fresh from the cow, with a very little loaf sugar, is good and safe food for young children. From three years old to seven, pure milk into which is crumbled stale br. ad is the best breakfast and supper for a child? ble? If you do not, then be sure to try it at once, and you will have no more complaints from any one in the house. lK5”Send 10c. in stamps for 3 complete set of Levering’s New Cards (60 original designs). E. LEVERING & CQ„ BALTIMORE, MD. April 13tli, 1886. 40 3t. 10.05 a m “ 8.15 a m D 10.55 am D 12.15 p m D 7.30 a m D 5.55 a m Ft. Gaines 28 Blakeley 26 Eufauia 2 Albany— 4 D 4.10 a m. .26 Montg’ry 2 Mill’dg’ve 25 D E S 6.37 am Eatonton 25 D E S 5.15 am Arrive—No. No. Savannah.52 D 4.07 pm..54 Connections at Savannah with Savannah* Florida and Western Railway for all points in Florida. Local Sleeping Cara on ail Night Pas senger Trains between Savannah and Au gusta, Savannah and Macon, Savannah and Atlanta, Macon and Columbus. Tickets for all points and sleep ng car berths on sale at the ticket office, No. 100- ^ Of Every Description, Hough and Dressed. Framing Lumber, Ceiling, Flooring, Weatherboarding Staves, Shingles, Laths, Fence Pickets. VEGETABLE AND FRUIT CRATES ^rsteam Saw and Planing Mills in Emanuel Midville by Private Railroad and Telephone Line* April 6th, 1886. H County, connected with 39 6ni. LANDRETH’S Seed Potatoes! EARLY ROSE, PEERLESS, GOODRICH, at the Drug Store of C. L, CASE. Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 23, 1886. Wool Carding. perms on saie at me ticuer omce, jno. 100- y AMnrpnared to do Wunl r OK i,v„ Mulberry street, and at the Union Depot, I ^ Macon, Ga., 30 minutes prior to the ieav Rt iny-place, at fecottsboro. Wool Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. ing of all trains, WM. ROGERS, G. A. WHITEHEAD, Gen.Supt., Sav. Gen. Pass. Agt. Sav. T. D. Kline, A. C. Knapp. Supt. Macon. Agt. Macon. W. F. Shellman, Traffic Mang’r., Sav. “D” daily* *D E S,” daily except Sunday. CAMPBELL'S ONE SPOON Baking Powder! . For sale by C. L. CASE, Druggist. Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 26, ’86. 43 1 sent to my address at Milledgeville, Ga., will be promptly carded and re turned. All persons shipping wool to me should, also, mark plainly their own name and address on the package, so that no mistake can be made in re turning carded wool. A. CORMANNI. Milledgeville, Ga., March 2, 1885. tf OLD EYES MADE NEW! A N astonishing announcement which will please the people, is that JOSEPH MILLER has the largest, and one of the best select ed stocks of “King's Combination” Specta cles and EyeGlasses, in the State of Geor- gia. We have studied to supply the need 01 e\ ery eye requiring assistance, and with oui large stock and long experience, we guarantee to fit the eve. Call and see them m prices ranging from 25c to $3.00. JOSEPH MILLER, The Jeweler and Optician, . no To r, 5,1S8G.' 26 tf Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. THE “PEEPERS” “OUR BOOM'’ 1 “PRINCE EDWARD,” all favorite brands of Cigars, at 5 cts. at C. L CASE'S Drug Store. Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 26,1886. 43 ly Loans 011 ID LSPONSIBLE par-ties wishing to borrow money on real estate in Baldwin countv, can apply to WHITFIELD & ALLEN, Attorneys-af-Law. Milledgeville, March 29, ’86. 38 lm