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*E Agricultural .uepartmeirt. Never plant a pea for home use that isn’t, wrinkled. The buckshot varie ties may be had a few hours earlier, but they are only fit to sell. In setting out trees let them lean toward the South. This prevents sun scalding at first. The tree will gradually pull itself back upright. , -ft*? , ♦ Weeds are Robbers.—All farm ers should see to their extermination in field and meadows. One weed left to go-so seed will cause hundreds or others to spring up to the great inju ry of both. ‘ . Mr. Robt Ramsey of Lincoln county it is stated has 4 acres of cotton that will make six heavy hales. A hat s cropping with success. When the farmars make a bale to the acre mon ey troubles will be felt less. Corn for Planting.-We‘have noticed long since, that corn suitable for roasting ears would readily sprout but was not aware if that the unripe grains were planted for that pur pose they would produce ears of sound ripe corn. On the contrary we thought they would .soon rot in the ground. Strawberry Beds.—The fall is the time to prepare patches to fruit well the next season. Plants set out now, and well worked and manured, will yield an abundant supply of fruit next June. It is an easy matter to have an abundant supply of this de licious berry. v Dr. Sturtevant is credited- with saying that “careful experiments have show n that unripe tomato seed will grow' and give a gain of fifteen days in earliness over ripe seed from the same plants. Peas and corn fit for table use will grow and produce ear lier crops than ripe seed, but plants from immature seed are more feeble than those from ripe seed.'* Cotton and Corn.—In the pro duction of cotton Texas leads, Missis sippi being second and Georgia third. The largest crop ever made in the State was in 1882, being 942,000 bales In 1880 the corn crop was 23,200,000 bushels, an average of 9 bushels, per acre; wheat 3,160,000 bushels an av erage of 64 bushels per acre; oats 5,- 648.000 bushels, an average of 9 bush els per acre. THE VALUE OP GRASS. It is usually the case that the cow which gives a moderate quantity of milk throughout the season, and nearly up to the time of coming in again, is more profitable than those which give a large yield immediately after calving, but are nearly dry at the end of six months from that event, and quite so at the end of eight or nine months. The staying quality as valuable in cow-s as in horses. is ‘Blood will tell” in breeding stock of anv kind. It goes without saying Some writer has said that the annu al value of grass is greater than all the combined cereals of the world. When we read the statement, we deemed it to be an exaggerated error, but subsequently w r e held our doubts in check. It is estimated that the sheep husbandry of the world exceeds two hundred and sixty millions of sheep, whose food consists mainly of grass. There must be added its con sumption by hundreds of millions of cattle and horses with no small addi tion to its consumption by goats, hogs and the feathered tribe. What a bles sing to the world is this grass upon which so much abuse is heaped. There are perhaps a hundred varieties, some of which are suited to every climate and soil of the globe. What would the world do without them, and how cheaply are they obtained. A bountiful nature supplies them everywhere, and excites the gratitude of men to the Giver of all good, for this univer sal blessing. It covers the earth with verdure, as the trees are clothed with emerald foliage, but there is no equal to the fresh green of the grass and the waving fields of wheat, barley, rye, oats and corn; all of which at last are only the higher varieties of grass. Without the assistance of man, they are invaluable, but with it, an immense value is added to them. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are obtained from the sales of their seeds. Have you a nice piece of meadow land on your farm? That is the very place to grow the orchard grass, the Hungarian, the red clover and timo thy hay. If the meadow is a little too wet, ditch and drain it. It is not necessary to make it very dry, moist ure is acquired if not in excess. It may be well to state that orchard grass is suitable for meadow's, or upland past ure. It is characteristic of this grass that it does well on uplands and low lands. * The Kentucky blue, the the meadow fissure, the Italian iye, the tall oat grass, the Guinea and the millets, require moist and rich land. The best time to sow grass seed in Georgia is from the last of August to the middle of September. We doubt whether anything is gained by sow- ing anj' of these seeds together except for the purpose of making ornamental law'ns. APPLE CULTURE. Let any farmer compute the sum which a full annual crop of apples W'ould produce, even at a low rate per bushel, and he will be surprised to find how r much more valuable his ap ple orchard is than any part of the farm devoted to grain growing. With good management and manuring a full crop of apples may be grown every year, with as much certainty as any grain crop, and with less expense. This statement which we copy from the Courier Journal, is worthy of se- J rious consideration. • Properly attend- I ed to the apples would find home j markets, and save large sums that are j usually expended for Northern ap- ; pies. The Avriter rented, one year j Mixed Pickles.—Cut into thin slices half a peck of green tomatoes, one small, hard head of cabbage, si? green peppers, one dozen onions, one large root of horseradish. Put all in to ajar, sprinkle thoroughly with salt and let stand for twelve hours, then press the liquor from the mass, and add to the pickles black and white mustard seed, a little ginger root, one ounce of whole allspice, one table spoonful of ground mustard; pack in to a stofig jar, and add one quart of good cider vinegar. Ready for use in a week. ♦ # —. # Names and devices can be easily etehed upon knife blades and other steel surfaces. Clean thoroughly of grease, and then spread a thin coatr ing of beeswax or paraffine on the surface. With a sharp needle-point write through the wax to the steel. Paint over with a mixture of nitric and muriatic acid in the proportion of six to one respectively, and when bubbles cease to rise the work is done. Wash in strong soda water. Many Western farmers are substi tuting millet and Hungarian grass for oats, the latter crop being liable to in jury from severe drouths, or to fall down and be of little value on the black soils. Estimating the hay at a low price per ton it is more valuable than an oat crop, and leaves the soil in better condition for future crops. By putting the millet in the silo and feeding for winter milk and butter, the advantages of this substitution will be farther increased. The Farmer’s World says : It is bet ter not to graze pastures \ r ery closely at any season of the year. Pastures when bare are much more likely to suf fer from either drouth or cold than when covered with grass tAVO or three inches deep, and they grow much more slowly. All plants feed from the leaf as Avell as the root, and when cropped too closely the poAver of draAving nourishment and attracting moisture from the air is much lessened. Young turf requires specially careful grazing, yet it should be remembered that if allowed to get ahead of the early summer, it becomes overgroAvn and coarse, and is rejected by cattle and sheep. The aftergroAvth of grass is hindered throughout the year by the old dry grass remaining on the land. Planters •Attention! Tt hen you come to town, call on L.* H. WOOD <7 CO, [All trains of this system are run by Standard (90) Meridian time, which is 3« 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. b * v *™ ah v 7 -- D 8.40 a.m.. D 8JO p m Arrive No. 51. No. 53. mX S 3.45 pm... D C.15 a m AOanto 5 4.20 pm... D 3.20 am P 9-35 pm... D 7.32 a m Perry 150S D E S al? a m -• -D 215 P 1X1 FortGaines . 84 ° P m g|g“-gg “ Blakeley 7.7 §£5 Eufaula... .i.//. InSSS i^ lba °y £ 19.45pm.. D aJsES ! Montgomery.. D .. 7 95 „ ri, j MilledgevilleDE S 5.49 pm pm ! Eatonton —DES7.40 pm.77.7.. Connections at Terminal Points At Augusta-Trains 51 and 53 eon- nect with outgoing trains of Georgia Railroad, Columbia, Charlotte and Augtis- an d South Carolina Railroad, train 53 connects with outgoing train on Augusta and Knoxville Railroad. Train 51 S/S an <? East, and with all dL verging roads for local stations. COMING SOUTH. and see their stock and Leave—Nos. Augusta.. 18 D Macon 52 D Atlanta....52 D Columbus 20 D prices. tw Bire and dam bred true to a 'cer- ustmfter the war, a portion of the I tahi tvpe^or several generations will, P ablation of Col. Geo. McWhorter, without*much doubt, produce,off-1“bout_am,le as fine as much that is sent to our section from the North. We want a diversified indus try and the production of apples for springs true to their type also, and for J“Ma*«‘ed ? n , or ? hard t’his reason animals of well known | ftehuti of rvhich was breeding are much more a aluable in the breeding flocks and herds than those of doubtful breeding, although of equal merit otherwise, and the far- market would be a profitable one. mer and the breeder can afford to pay well for such blood. Harness during summer is apt to be j neglected and to be worn A r ery rapid- *ly by heat, rains and perspiration) from the horse. It is also injured byj the ammonia freely given off from) the stables even with the greatest) care. A little glycerine mixed Avith the oil used in blacking will keep the) harness flexible much better thanj the oil alone. Most preparations for oiling harness contain glycerine, and I owe to it most of their value. Bncklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. FOR SALE BY C. L. CASE. July 21st, 1885. 2 ly. A Bear Ridden Like a Horse. 10,000 lbs. Flour, different grades. 1,300 lbs. Rio Coffee, different grades. 4,500 lbs. Sugar, different grades. Hulk Meat, Hams, Lard, Rice, Canned Goods and Confectionery. 1,000 lbs. TOBACCO! Plugs, Twist, Fine Cut and Smoking. Also '.jt-, Fine Cigars. Special Figures Given to Large Buyers. * Respectfully, I. H. WOOD & CO., Mo. 18 S. Wayne Street, Milledgeville, Ga. Aug. 31, 1886. * • 31 ly COTTON. “Probably as large a yield of Avlieat as was ever reported was, says the Boston American Cultivator. w bv Jirah Blackman, of WheatlanTl, N. Y.. in 1843, for AV'liich he was a- warded a premium by the Monroe Countv Agricultural Society. On one measured acre he grew sixty-eight bushels and forty-three pounds. The acre was sown with little less than a bushel of seed, one-half White Flint and the other Red Chaff, two varie ties not now grown in this country.” Thp care of milk is not understood as Avell as it should be by many farm er-' families. Milk can not be expos ed to deleterious influences—such as ilm bad odors of tliestable, mouldy and impure milk-room, and many other things which could be mentioned— without being contaminated. The milk must be properly cooled and its temperature kept regular, either by natural or artificial means. In fact the milk is as a rule handled too carelessly for making the highest quality of butter. The Geographical centre of Geor gia. the centre of colored population of Georgia and the centre of colored population of the Uuited States are all near the same spot in TAviggs county, near Jeffersonville. The centre of aggregate population of Georgia and the centre of white poDulation are both near Forsyth. Fulton has the largest population of any county, 48,130, and Charlton the smallest 2,154. Decatur has the largest area. 1,160 square miles, and Glasscock the smallest, 100 square miles. _ * Cotton.—The national report of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange for the cotton belt makes the average for June, July and August as fol lows for the months in the order stated: Average for last year same months For 1884, Georgia for this year, Texas is the highest fo this year, Arkansas next, Florida, North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee are the three highest. The general con dition of thi’s years crop has improved and if no unfavorable influences shall occur the result Avill exceed previous anticipations. Many farmers in the cotton regions ( of the South, do not average more than an eighth of a bale to the acre. In such cases it takes 7 or 8 acres to make a bale. It will be seen, at once, that the expense, in working that number of acres to make a bale, is a very heavy loss and the little money obtained amounts almost to nothing in supporting his family. It is strange that any farmer, whose receipts are so small from groAving cotton, will continue it on such a scale and at such a loss, when he could so easily do better and make his crop remunera tive. At such a rate of production, it takes seven or eight acres to make a bale and the cost of making it is greater than the profit. It would be an easy matter to manure a single acre and make as much or more. Home farmers Avill adhere to this i wagon ruinous policy, seeming to derive no instruction from this losing business. 83.5 85.4 86.6 92 97 91 85 87 80 78 80 84 r 98 98 90 90 97 92 91 84 83 79 76 84 82 84 87 80 82 84 75 82 86 87 91 95 80 80 81 75 71 80 STOCK. To improve stock, great care should be taken to breed from animals of sound constitution with good physical developments. Raise only from strong, healthy and Avell formed parents. But little attention has heretofore been paid to this. But many are noAv alive to the importance of fine stock raising and personal pride, to say nothing of profit, will secure atten tion to this very important matter. The Carp.—The opinion is general that the German carp is the most cer tain and best fish tor farmers. They grow rapidly, and it is said, will live in ponds so warm in summer that a large' portion of other fish will die. Writers on the carp say that they will burrow in mud in the winter, but during that time they make but little growth. Some say a pond of foui* square rods will supply a family with fish. The females spaAvns in May and June. We noticed, some time since, that a writer on the carp asserted that one had been known to lay half a mil lion of eggs. It is certainly a great fish and is very tasteful though not equal to trout. Rye.—We notice a statement re cently, that more land is sown with rye, in Great Britain, for green crops, than for grain crops. In that coun try, it is sown in autumn at the rate of 2 or 3 bushels to an acre. This is intended for an early green crop to be cut and fed to stock. England is cele brated for its fine cattle of all kinds, and its roast beef and fine mutton. Great care is taken there in the small er crops of rye to have the seed full and heavy. People living in the neighborhood of neAv Chinatown witnessed a novel sight yesterday, when a Chinaman went galloping along the streets on the back of a monster bear, which Avas going at a pretty lively rate. Old Bruin Avas bridled and saddled in reg ular fashion, and his slant-eyed rider Avore a heaA’y pair of spurs. The rid er and his steed halted in the main street of the Chinese quarters, and the bear Avas led through one of the stores back into a little shed. Learn ing of the curious riding animal, a Chronicle representative went to neAv Chinatown to see it and the rider. The bear Avas found to be of the black species, and Avas a regular J umbo in size, standing nearly as high as a cow. In conversation with the owner, it was learned that he had captured his bear when it Avas a small cub: that lie carried it to his cabin, cared for it tenderly, and when it grew large enough he trained it to draw a small and to perform numerous tricks. The bear has always been well treated, and runs about as it pleases; but always returns to its mas ter when called t just as an intelligent dog would. When the bear became strong, the Chinaman began riding him, and sever had any trouble. He now rides him whenever he goes hunting and fishing, and finds the brute a better companion than a dog, for lie will go into Avater and bring out game, or carry to his owner ducks or quails he had killed. The China man lives near the Ten-mile House, on the Humboldt road, and yesterday was his first trip to Chico Avith his trick bear.—Chico (Cal.) Chronicle. Brick! Brick! Brick l 1,000,0.00 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 mat ing Brick with the latest ImproA T ed Machinery, on the celebrated Cara- ker yard. BRICK DELIVERED TO ANY *5-We take pleasure in referring to Maj. J. FUSS, temtent. FOSTER & McMILLAN, Contractors and Builders. Milledgeville, Ga., June 10th, 1885. 48 ly Nos. 9.30 am..20 D 9.30 pm 9.40 a m.. 54 .D 10.50 p m Q^ am "54 D 6.50 pm Ft T J^e^ ESi0 °* ] “ V S® SS Albany.... 4 D 4.10 a m.‘.26 D 1215 p £ Mili’dg’ve 25 D E S 6.37 a m 7.30 am Eatonton 25 D E S 5.15 am Arrive—No. ‘r 0 ' Savannah. 52 D 4.07 p m.. 54' D 5.55 a m Connecflons at Savannah with Savannah. in 1 Florida'* Western Kailwa y for ail points Local Sleeping Cars on ail Night Pas senger Trains between Savannah and Au- Savannah an d Macon, Savannah an *r- Atlanta, Macon and Columbus. , I i^ kets ^ or a h points and sleep.ng car on sa * e a * i tbe ticket office, No. 100- Mulberry street, and at the Union Depot, V ac °n, Ga 30 minutes prior to the leav mg of all trains, * WM. ROGERS, G. A. WHITEHEAD, k av » Gen. Pass. Agt. Sav. T. D. Kline, a. C. Knapp. bupt. Macon. Agt. Macon. &HELLMAN, Traffic Mang’r., Sav. D daily* ‘D E S,” daily except Sunday. PART OF TOWN. Architect and Building Superin- BEST IN THE WORLD. 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The bonds were sold, but almost immediately re-bouglit by the company and ietired. The proceeds of laud sales were largely put into improvements. Maj. Wallace has drawn over $100,- 000 in cash dividends on his £6,000 in vestment. He has drawn $17,000, or three times his Investment, in divi dends this year, with four months to hear from. * Besides paying such div idends the company has over $2,000,000 in cash assets, exclusive of its land, which has hardly been touched. The shares are now $4,000 each. Major Wallace received for his $6,000 cash 112,000 in stock, or 120 shares, worth now in open market $4,000 a share, or $480,000. He has distributed most of his stock among his children, and Mrs. Mynatt has just received and re fused an offer of $90,000 for her share. This reads like a fairy tale. An in vestment of $6,000 paying over $100,- 000 in dividends in 12 years and then being worth $480,000 cash! The Ely ton company on a paid in capital of $100,000, has paid over $1,500,000 in dividends, has $2,000,000 in assets, be sides its lands, and its stock is now worth $8,000,000. This stock was hawked about Atlanta a few years ago at 18 cents on the dollar. Pryor’s Pile Ointment Has been used extensively for more than 25 years with great relief by those suffering with Piles. It is the best remedy known for this trouble. Write The Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga., for information. FERE! FIRE! FIRE! The TAYLOR & COX Steam Fire Extin guisher for Cotton Gins ia the best protec tion against loss by Are. Beats insurance. Cheap, Instantaneous, effectual and relia ble. Send for circulars and full particulars. Agents Wanted. Good pay given. J. N. SUTHERLAND, Belton, S. C. GIN SAW FILING MACHINE. The TAYLOR GIN SAW FILER is one of the : best made. Anybody can file Gin Saws with it. j Requires no practice. Does its work as it j should be done and ten times faster than, by j hand. Every {machine warranted. Price $13.1 Pavs for .itself every seasoD. Order from J. N. ! SUTHERLAND, Belton, S; C. . YOU WANT TO BUYiffierf&K Working Machinery of any kind. Saw Mill, Ma- Jcliine Tools or Machinery of any kind for vrood or iron working, do not fail to consult the under signed, who has for sale all kinds of Engines and Boilers and Wood and Iron Working Machinery, both new and secondhand, at prices that simply defy competition. Let me know your wants, and prices will be named. If you want to sell Engine, Boiler or Machinery of any kind, describe it and address J. N. SUTHERLAND, Belton, S. C. July 26th, 1886. 4 4m. Georgia Railroad Company. STONE MOUNTAIN ROUTE OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER, Augusta, Ga., April 17th, 1886 Commencing Sunday, 18th instant, the follow- mgpassenger schedule will be operated Trains run by 90th Meridian timer N018—EAST (dally). Leave Macon 710 am LeayeMilledgeville 9 J9 a m Leave Sparta ’“"io-41am Leave Warrenton **i2<>onoon Arrive Camak 12-is n m Arrive Washington ArriveAthens 5’qorim Arrive Gainesville * Arrive Atlanta 5 "^0 n m Arrive August;.., """"l:::: f:£j £ r » —WEST (dailyu Leave Augusta 10-50 am Leave Gainesville l;::::""..;* a m Leave Athens 9 -oo a m Leave Washington 11-20 am Leave Camak Arrive Warrenton 7 1*50 Dm Arrive Sparta 3 io4 d m Arrive Milledgeville _ 4 -20 n m Arrive Macon 6. : l6pm NO 16—EAST (daily.) Leave Macon... 7:35 pm Leave Milledgeville 9-30 d m Leave Sparta *.‘.'.777.10:48 p m Leave Warrenton 19 . 01 „ m Arrive Augusta 7 ..7.7 1 I^° a “ NO 15—WEST (daily.) Leave Augusta * ' a-jnn™ Leave Camak Arrive Warrenton...7.7.7.’ , a Arrive Sparta „ a m Arrive Milledgeville..7.7.7 ^ a ® Arrive Macon7.. .. r«'\I a m Trains wm if ti d0e 1 D , ot stop at Camait. scheduled flag stitfon ’ St ° P at aDy regUlar East°and Sonth^TT 3 at , Au S^ta for all points in SouthwfS S’ anda iMacon for all points cnniM 1 Georgia and Florida. Ai?g?sta b . lmPr ° Vea Sleepers between Macon and aiS , ®nS Pr ° Vea S,eeper * between JNO. W. GREEN, General Manager. E. R. DORSEY. General Passenger Agent. „ JOE W. WHITE, General Traveling Passenger Agent. Spectacles and Eye-Glasses, I ADVERTISERS can learn the exact cost of any proposed line oi advertisingin American papers by addressing Geo. P. Rowell & Co., Newspaper Advertising Bureau, IO Spruce St, New York. Send lOcts. for lOO-Page P» m P hIet March 23, 1886. 37 ly DR. W. H. HALL US removed his otBce to1 the room formerly occupied by Mr. Mater ; nf Snnerior uourc. Paine, Clerk of Superior OLD EYES MADE NEW! A >< 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 Eye Glasses, in the State of Geor gia. We have studied to supply the need of every eye requiring aseista' ce, and with our large stock and long experience, we guarantee to fit the eye. Call and see them in prices ranging from 25c to $3 00 JOSEPH MILLEB, The Jeweler and Optician. Milledgeville. Ga„ Jan. 5,1886. 26 tf Machine Shop. HAVE REMOVED my Machine _ 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 or particular work in repairing would do well to call on me. My P. O. ad dress is Milledgeville, Ga. A. CORMANNI. March 2d, 1886. 84 tf I I Wool Carding. AM prepared to do Wool-Carding at my place, at Scottsboro. Wool 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 packa; so that no mistake can be made in turning carded wool. A. CORMA Milledgeville, Ga,, March 2, 1886