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Sri cultural Department.
The people should fight the bogus
butter now made and break up their
nauseous trade. The people and the
law should put a stop to the abomina
ble stulT stilll sold in many sections.
Every farmer should have a good
roller to pulverize clods and level un-
eaven surfaces. It gives tine tilth and
adds greatly to the production of the
grains. _
Lettuce seed being very small is
generally sown too thick. It should
be be mixed with a considerable quan
tity of line soil or wheat bran. Let
tuce sown too thick is of little value.
Keep up with the farm work if pos
sible; remember it is better to crowd
the work than to have the work crowd
you—andasa rule it is bettter to do
anv kind of work in season than out
of season.
The low price of flax seed is causing
it to be extensively used in feeding
stock. It should however, be moder
atelv used with cut straw. If too
freely used it will affect the bowels of
stock as it is somewhat laxative,. but
moderately used with straw, it is
found to be wholesome and nutricious.
Blackberry Wine.—As this pop
ular wild fruit is now appearing in
abundance in the market, here is a
good receipt for turning the surplus
into wine:
••Placeman earthen or tin vessel
any given quantity of ripe berries.
Pour over them boiling water till
barelv covered; let stand over night.
Next dav strain through thick yellow
homespun. To every gallon of juice
add two pounds of sugar: stir well.
Fill vour demijohn to overflowing, so
that as the liquid ferments it will
throw off all scum and sediments.
Have ready in another vessel extra
juice, which must be used to refill the
demijohn daily. At the end of six or
eight weeks all fermentation has ceas
ed. Strain through flannel: add to
each gallon two table-spoonsful of
pounded rock candy. Bottle for use;
always cork tight."
< >r*they may he fermented without
any water and wine made of pure
juice.
Dickson’s Agricultural Proverbs and
Observations.
Peach Borers.
Man\* farmers think they would be
happy* if they had peach orchards
which bore regularlyand abundantly.
And yet they can have such orchards
if thev are willing to take the little
trouble necessary. It is universally
conceded, we believe, that the only
great obstacle in the way is the peach
borer (Algeria exitiosa), a slender,
dark-blue moth insect which deposits
it* eggs around the collar of the peach
tree in spring and autumn, from which
the borers or grubs are hatched and
subsist upon the inner hark and sap
wood of t lie tree. As they grow larger
they bore deeper into the wood and
have sometimes to be destroyed by
probing with a wire; but generally
thev can be found just under the out
er bark where they remain, enlarging
their homestead areas of destruction
until they are half an inch or more in
length. Exuding gum from the tree
will always show tlieir locality near
the surface of the ground above and
below. This after they have-attained
considerable size, but sought for ear-1 as
lier they will he found small maggot-1 cro P be
looking worms underneath the little
clumps of gum brought out by the
parent moth for their special accom
modation. At this stage there is no
trouble about removing them without
cutting or probing, and this fact
shows that a little vigilance and in
dustry in the orchard at tlie right
season will effectually remove this
greatest, we may say, only obstacle
to the raising of fine peach crops on
every farm.
What farmer cannot find time or
recreation from other work for this
“mail amount of labor in the orchard?
< hie or two examinations of the trees
each week during warm weather will
be sufficient; but the examination
ought to he thorough. The earth
should be removed from the collars of
the tree and from any large roots near
the surface, and be restored after the
borers are destroyed. Remembering
that the eggs of the borers will lie de
posited invariably at the surface, let
this surface be kept clearly above all
ma-sts of roots that may increase the
labor of removing them.
A healthy, thrifty peach tree, as it
must lie in good soil and free of borers,
will have only to encounter a late
frost to fail of a crop of fruit, and this
will rarely happen in this climate.
We often hear that the peaches are
“ail kille.l by the frost," but we also
notice that the market refutes the
statement in due time. if we can
r&is • a >mali crop in spite of neglect,
ciimaie or insect disasters, we can
raise a large crop when we make up
our minds to give it proper attention.
We notice in the Sparta Islimae-
lite something over half a column of
the Agricultural sayings of the late
David Dickson, some of which we
copv as follows:
Annual manures are preferable,
thev ought to double the investment.
Soluble bones and Peruvian guano
will square up the accounts with 100
per cent profits.
Be vigilant to save all home-made
manure jiossible.
Manipulate your land with vegeta
ble mold.
Plow deep, rotate your crops and
rest vour lands.
Lay off cotton rows 4 feet apart
with a shovel-plow; double furrow;
put in the grain 8 inches deep.
Ridge with a long scooter 5 inches
wide: make the bed with turn-plows;
subsoil the turn-plows ; split out the
middles with shovel. Plant with a
cotton seed sower, and cover with a
board or harrow.
First plowing: Run 22-ineli sweep
with right winged turned down, hoe
out to two or three stalks to the hill
averaging 9 inches ten days after
plowing.
Second plowing: Use same sweep,
the right wing turned up a little more.
Third plowing: In the same way;
run a third furrow in the middle to
level.
Cotton only requires distance one
way.
Mr. Dickson has made on some
acres 0,000 pounds seed cotton per
acre. A 10—acre lot made 3,000
pounds average to the acre.
Be careful not cut the roots of cot
ton.
On level land run the rows north
and south.
Never put more than 100 stalks to
the bushel of corn the land fought to
make.
Two thousand stalks of corn to the
acres are enough for this county
(Hancock, Ga.)
1 have make 1 bushel of corn to ev
ery 52 stalks in the field.
Turn the weeds, grass, peas and
clover, and make the land mellow.
Plow deep and cultivate shallow,
and you will have no trouble in grow
ing crops.
Clay lands will bear the same treat-
Iment as sandy lands, and with less
| difficulty.
No matter the color of lands, or
whether sand or clay, keep up a full
supply of vegetable mold: break deep
before planting; cultivate lightly—
the result will he good.
In the distance I giye, 7 by 3 feet,
there are 21 square feet to each stalk
of corn. If there is enough soluble
matter in that space for two, or even
three ears, one stalk will take it up ;
but if there is only matter enough for
one ear of corn, and you put two
stalks, and water is scarce at earing
time, you will miss gathering even
that one ear. #
If it is a dry year, thin plantings
will always make the most.
Four distinct errors keep planters
from making good corn crops; first,
not keeping sufficient mold in the
land; second plowing too shallow in
preparing for the crop; third, plant
ing too thick; fourth, cultivating too
deep.
Keep your land in good heart.
To manure the land with peas, sow
the peas the 1st of July. Drop the
peas and guano in every third furrow,
you break the land. If a good
made, feed off with stock—
otherwise turn under.
The true polic}* is to secure the
greatest amount of vegetable mold
you can accumulate at the least cost.
Avoid permanent manures. Use
the kind that will come back to us the
first year, and bring a large interest
in the form of corn, cotton, wheat, etc.
the land, and it requires all the profit
on the cotton to purchase fertilizers,
leaving little or nothing, for other ex
penses.
Cotton farmers, like truck farmers,
think every year that the failure of
the special crops the previous year to
prove remunerative will drive many
farmers into diversified farming, and
that it is a wise thing for them, there
fore, to stick to the special crops, and
thus reap a harvest from big prices.
The fact that they always meet with
disappointment does not appear to
discourage them.
It is, "doubtless true that many
fanners continue the-one crop system
from a want of knowledge of any
other method of farming. They have
lost their slaves but stick to the slave
system because they don’t know how
to get rid of it. Mr. Tillman, in his
opening address at the Columbia con
vention said something of this sort,
and hinted that a good agricultural
college in South Carolina would dis
seminate information that would be
vastly beneficial to farmers.
There is no doubt that an agricultu
ral college, under the right kind of
management, is a good thing. It sets
farmers to thinking, and men who
think are apt to get out of the ruts.
Senator Brown points out that the
South is entering upon a great indus
trial period. The time is not distant
when the South will spin a large part
of her own cotton, which her fields
produce, and her mines and mills will
supply the iron and steel needed for
her railroads. Busy populations will
cluster about mills, mines and facto
ries, and the Southern farmers ought
to be ready to meet the demand for
food supplies which will be made upon
them. Southern farmers have no oc
casion to feel discouraged. Let them
produce what they eat and what their
stock eats and they will at once stop
the mortgages from eating up their
farms.
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
SOUTHERN FARMERS.
Grapes.
Mr. Bonham says graps3 are so uni
versally liked ami are so wholesome
and easily grown, it is a wonder every
white man does not have a fu^l sup
ply for his family. They are the best
of all small fruits. A grapevine is
good for your children and children’s
children. It will cost less to start
than an apple or peach tree, and will
last many times as long. If one lias a
lot only big enough for a small house,
he can edge in a grapevine or two,
and have a thing of beauty and profit.
There is one blessed thing about the
grapevine. It will stand all sorts of
abuse and neglect, and yet live on
and give a good crop. You may trim
it too much or not at all, and it will
Btll J bear grapes. You mav tie it to a
i'take, train it over the trellis, tack it
to the side of your house, or let it run
wild over your fences or trees and
yet it bears fruit. He lias seen grapes
on hills and gulches, on gravelly and
sandy soils, on rocky bluffs, and even
in swamps. Nevertheless, the grape
vine does best over a porous subsoil
with a sunny exposure and on an ele
vation above the bogs and frost line
of low lands.
Savannah News.
In the course of a speech in the Sen
ate last Friday, on the proposition to
appropriate $200,000 to the Central
and South American mail sex-vice, Sen
ator Brown took occasion to call at
tention to the fact that Southern
farmers were paying too much atten
tion to the production of cotton, and
too little to the production of food
crops. The position of the Senator
relative to this important matter is
the same as that which has been oc
cupied by the press of the South for
several years. The Morning News es
pecially has made it a point to urge
upon the farmers the importance of
planting less cotton and more corn,
oats, potatoes and other food crops.
They ought to give particular atten
tion to grasses and to the raising of
stock.
It is impossible for Southern farm
ers to get ahead in the world as long
as they buy all that is needed for
their stock, their field hands and their
families. There are very few of them
who follow the all-cotton system of
farming who do not find themselves
in debt at the end of the year.
On last Thursday a great conven
tion of farmers met at Columbia, S.
O. The purpose of the convention
was to givedlie farmers of that State
an opportunity to consult together
with the view of seeing if it were not
possible to find out some way by
which they could secure greater pros
perity. They are struggling under a
load of debt and they do not see any
prospect of improving their condition
that is at all encouraging. When
they have good cotton crops the price
of cotton is not remunerative, and
when the price of cotton is good the
crop is generally short. As a rule,
when their fertilizers are paid for and
their farm and family expenses settled
there isn’t any surplus—in fact, there
is generally a deficit. Of course this
sort of thing cannot continue. Dis
aster must come eventually. Debts
increase rapidly and the interest
which farmers have to pay on mort
gages quickly eats up the farms.
Farmers who pay almost exclusive
attention to cotton do not seem to re
alize th(it they pay 50 per cent, more
for their corn, hay anti bacon than it
would cost them to produce these
things at home, even though they
cannot produce them as cheaply as
the farmers of the West can. The con
tinued production of cotton exhausts
To apply a mustard plaster so as
not to blister the skin, mix the mus
tard with the white of an egg instead
of water. The plaster will draw
thoroughly without blistering the
most delicate skin.
For a cough, boil together a half
cup of molasses and butter the size of
a hickory nut; squeeze into this the
juice of one lemon. This is a simple
and often an efficient remedy for an
ordinary cough.
Toothache, caused by a cold in the
facial nerves, may often be relieved
by wringing a soft towel out of cold
water and sprinkling it with strong
vinegar. This should be laid on the face
like a poultice, and will often be fol
lowed by a refreshing sleep.
Pop Overs.—One egg, one pint
milk, one pint flour, not quite half
teaspoonful of salt, beat thoroughly.
Must be baked in a hot oven. Delici
ous for breakfast.
Fried Bread.—Bread fried in this
way is relished for breakfast or lunch:
Beat three eggs and season them with
salt and pepper; cut some bread in
thin slices and dip them in the beaten
egg and fry a delicate brown in hot
lard.
Potato Scallops.—Fill a nice pud
ding dish in this way: Butter the dish
well, then cut in thin slices raw pota
toes, over each layer sprinkle a little
flour, salt and very little pepper, I
use mostly red, and drop bits of but
ter when the dish is filled with pota
toes; shake a few cracker crumbs
over the top and fill with milk; bake
one hour in a moderate oven; if they
brown too soon cover with a tin.
They aVe so good you will want them
often.
Remember that eating between
meals is one of the most serious causes
of ill health in both old and young.
No one can eat regular hearty meals
if constantly nibbling at odd hours.
It is impossible to have good health
and strength without eating regularly
and heartily. Whatever mothers do,
let them educate their children to ab
solutely no indulgence in food be
tween meals.
The Pear Tree.—No family should
be without at least a few pear ti*ees.
Any good kind are good enough, but
! the LeConte should be grown if pos-
; sible. All the good kind bear fruit
l every year and will outlive the oldest
i inhabitant and yield delicious fruit
j every year.
Much time is lost on many farms
for want of suitable arrangements to
save labor. Stock, grain, hay and
I roots, with water, if not under the
same roof, should be close togethei*.
! It may cost a little to effect this, but
! the cost will be inconsiderable and
will soon be saved in the convenience
i that is secured.
CORDIAL
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BOWELS ^CHILDREN TEETHING
It is THE GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY
for the bowels. It is one of the most pleasant and
efficacious remedies for nil summer complaints.
At a season when violent attacks of the bowels are
so frequent, some speedy relief should he at hand.
The wearied mother, losing sleep in nursing the
little one teethintr. should use this medicine. 50
cts. a bottle. Send 2c. stamp to Walter A. Taylor,
Atlanta, Ga., for Kiddle Book.
Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gmn and Mullein will cure Coughs, Croup,
and Consumption. Price 25c. and 51 a bottle.
Dec. 15th, IS55. 23 ly
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of
purity, 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 Wall St.
New York. 15 llin
Georgia Railroad Company.
STONE MOUNTAIN ROUTE
OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER,
Augusta, Ga., April 17th, 1886.
Commencing Sunday, 18th instant, the follovr-
ingpassenger schedule will he operated .
Trains run by 90th Meridian timer
Mould have been written on the Waitzfelder Building ov#r
‘ L H. WOOD & CO.
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If they had not sold good goods cheap and worked hard to attn
business. Our extremely low prices and meritorious goods h ave r -
creased our business hundreds of dollars above what it wag lQ *
Spring, and profiting by our experience, we shall continue to
Bargains to Consumers!
k,l
^llino
Throughout the coming season. We invite attention to a
NEW ORLEANS SYRUPS, which we bought low and are
accordingly.
SUGAR IN BBLS. AND HALF BBLS., COFFEE BY
SACK OR DOLLAR’S WORTH AND TOBACCO BY THE
OR PLUG, are our specialties. . *
We have a few packages of Mackerel, Macaroni, Preserves, V[q\\
and Buckwheat to close out at greatly reduced prices.
We keep the celebrated FLOATING SOAP, 3 bars for 2oc.
Nu^Call and get our figures.
L. H. WOOD & C0„
No. 18 S. Wayne Street, Milledgeville
April 20, 1886.
Gv.
31 ly
N018—EAST (daily).
Leave Milledgeville
... 9:19 a m
Arrive Athens
Arrive Gainesville
Arrive Atlanta
.. 6:30 pm
... 8:25 p m
... 5:50 p m
NO 17—WEST (daily).
Leave Atlanta
.. 8:00 a in
Leave Athens
... 9:00 a ra
Leave Camak
Arrive Warrenton
Arrive Sparta
Arrive Milledgeville
.. 1:36 p m
.. 3:04 p in
.. 4:20 p m
NO 16—EAST (daily.) •
Leave Milledgeville
Leave Spaih a.
Leave Warrenton
Arrive Camak
Arrive Augusta
NO 15—WEST (daily.)
Leave Augusta
.. 9:30 p m
...10:48 p m
. .12:01 a m
..12:10 a m
.. 6:00 a m
.. 9:40 p m
Arrive Warrenton
Arrive Sparta
.. l :33 a m
.. 2:57 am
.. 4:27 a m
Arrive Macon 56:46 a in
Uriah! Bri ck! Mr i ch!
1,000,000 FIRST-CLASS BRICK for SALE,
P ARTIES intending to build on the line of the Georgia or Central Railroad* w™ 1
do well to consult us before making a contract. " ’ U-]
First-Class Paving Brick a Specialty,
We are making Brick with the latest Improved Machinery, on the celebrated Cm
ker vard.
BRICK DELIVERED TO ANY PART OF TOWN.
js®-We take pleasure in referring to Maj. J. FUSS, Architect and Building Superin.
FOSTER & McMILLAN,
Contractors and Builder?,
tendent.
Milledgeville, Ga., June 10th, 1885.
48 ly
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. E. DORSEY.
General Passenger Agent.
JOE W. WHITE,
General Traveling Passenger Agent.
Macon D
Atlanta D
Columbus D
Perry DES
Central and South western Railroads.
[All trains of this system are run by
Standard (90) Meridian time, which is 36
minutes slower than time kept by City.]
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 15, 1885.
O N AND AFTER THIS DATE, PAS
SENGER Trains on the Central and
Southwestern Railroads and branches will
run as follows:
GOING. NORTH.
Leave No. 51. No. 53.
Savannah D 8.40 a.m.. D 8.10 pm
Arrive No. 51. No. 53.
Augusta D 3.45 pm... D 6.15 am
4.20 p m... D 3.20 a m
9.35 pm... D 7.32 am
3.42 am... D 2.15 pm
8.45 pmDES 12.05 p m
Fort Gaines DES 4.38 p in
Blakeley D E S 7.10 pm
Eufaula. D 4.06 p in
Albany. D 10.45 p m.. D 2.45 p m
Montgomery.. 1> 7.25 p m
Milledgeville I) 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 all
points North and East, and with all di
verging roads for local stations.
COMING SOUTH.
LUMBER! LUMBER!
I have moved my Saw Mill into a fine lot of timber, six mils
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 on short
notice,
W. H. H. BARNES,
April 6th, 1886,
din
Leave—Nos.
Augusta.. 18 D
Macon 52 D
Atlanta 52 D
Columbus20 D
Nos.
9.30 am..20 D 9.30pm
9.40 a m.. 54 D 10.50 p m
6.00 a m. .54 D 6.50 p m
9.00 pm.. 6 D 11.10 am
Perry 24 D ES 6.00 am. .22 D ES3.00p m
Ft. Gaines 28 “ 10.05 am
Blakeley 26 “ 8.15 a m
Eufaula .... 2 D 10.55am
Albany 4 D 4.10 am..26 D 12.15 pm
Montg’ry 2 D 7.30 am
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 D 5.55am
Connecfions at Savannah with Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway for all points
in Florida.
Local Sleeping Cars on all Night Pas
senger Trains between Savannah and Au
gusta, Savannah and Macon, Savannah
and Atlanta, Macon and Columbus.
Tickets for all points and sleeping car
berths on sale at the ticket office, No. 100-
Mulberry street, and at the Union Depot,
Macon, Ga., 30 minutes prior to the leav
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.
Agricultural Implements
—AND—
C3-TT JkJST OE31
As tire prosperity of every country depends upon the success; oi
agriculture, and realizing the necessity of tliet 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 Harber, White’s Clipper, Meiklc’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 w r onld like to have a Pump put in their wells, 1
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 elsewhere.
HinsnEis.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 26th, 1886.
29 ly
-EH-IF- &c BRO.,
Midville, Ga., 9| C. R. R.,
—MANUFACTURE—
Yellow Pine Lumter,
Of Every Description, Rough and Dressed.
Framing Lumber, Ceiling, Flooring,
Weatherboarding, Staves, Shingles, Laths, Fence Pickets.
VEGETABLE AND FRUIT CRATES.
connected with
'HTSteam Saw and Planing Mills in Emanuel County,
Midville by Private Railroad and Telephone Lines.
April Gth, 1886.
39 Gw.
CAMPBELL'S ONE SPOON
Baking Powder!
For sale by
C. L. CASE. Druggist.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 26, ’86. 43 1
Machine Shop. Spectacles and Eye-Glasses,
T HAY E REMOY ED my Machine
I Shop from Milledgeville to Scotts-
boro, where I am prepared to do any
and all kinds of work in iron and
metal. Any person having intricate nr t* TiTTnn nr i Tvn ytttttti
or particular work in repairing would NT.]] FYES MAM NEW
do well to call on me. Mv P. O. ad- „ J'" 1 * Ai , A K V U » • . .
dress is Milledgeville, Ga.’ A wilfplease b?
A. CORMANNI. please tbepwple ls‘hat
March 3d, 1888. 34 tf JOSEPH MILLER
has the largest, and one of the best select
ed stocks of “King's Combination” Specta
cles and Eye Glasses, in the State of Geor-
w , gia. We have studied to supply the need
AM prepared to_do Wool-Carding
guarantee to fit the eye. Call and see
them in prices ranging from 25c to $3.00.
JOSEPH MILLER,
The Jeweler and Optician,
• Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 5,1886. 2bJf.
CH'OICE STQRY BOOKS,
Games, Toys, Ac., for the little one?-
YVool Carding.
at my place, at Scottsboro. YY r ool
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
THE “PEEPERS” “OUR BOOM'’
I “PRINCE EDYVARD,” all favorite
brands of Cigars, at 5 cts. at C. L.
CASE'S Drug Store.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 26,1886. 43 ly
Croquet
Hammocks, Fishing
Sots,
Tackle, nh
prices to suit the times.
C. L. CASE, Druggist-
Milledgeville, Jan. 26, ’86. 43 ljT
“'Harrison’s Combined Writing and Copy -
ing Fluid for sale at this office.