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Agricultural uepartmEiit,
About Land And Manures.
Thi6 is something that every farm
er has a constant interest in from year
to year. Every agricultural reader
sees, occasionally, a repetition of
what he had seen before, something
about manure, land and crops. It is
impossible for agricultural writers to
lind something new in every thing
they write about those interesting
matters. Every one has something
to be said about lands, meadows,
grass fields, and all the varied
crops. Without repetitions, the sub
jects would run out, and the writers
would beat a loss what to write about
at ail. With theae prefatory remarks
the agricultural editor will proceed to
say something about land and ma
nures, some portions of which he may
have said before. The "writer is some
what like the preacher, who in his
sermons, year after year, must go
over from time to time, what he has
said before. There must be “precept
upon precept” on the same subjects
and points often presented and eluci
dated year after year. We try, of
course, to introduce as much as possi
ble, something that is new but the
principles elucidated must be in many
instances a repetition of what he may
have at different times undertaken
to enforce. We think in what we
shall say now about lands, and ma
nures, we will present a few views
comparatively new, or at least pre
sented in comparatively a new form.
If a given piece of land is manured
this year, it follows, as a matter of
course, that a portion of the manure
is exhausted in making the crop. If
The crop has turned out well, and the
result has been satisfactory, we
know of no rule by which the culti
vator may know how much of the
manure may have been exhausted in
making the crop; but one thing is
certain, he may safely calculate that
a considerable quantity of it may not
have been exhausted in making the
crop. If he supposes that one half
was exhausted, and that view is cor
rect, he may safely look for as good a
crop the next year from the same
land by using upon it one half of the
same kind of manure that he used the
previous year. If two-thirds was ex
hausted then he must use two-thirds
the next year. This principle will
hold good for succeeding years in
making the same kind of crop, and
by pursuing this policy his land will,
all the time, be kept in good heart
and there will be no such thing as the
exhausting of its fertility. This ex
haustion is caused by repeated qjrop-
pings without the addition of manure
from year to year. Should more ma
nure be added than is lost, from year
to year, the land will constantly# in
crease in fertility and by this method
land that made 25 bushels of corn to
the acre, may by constant cultivation
be made to produce double that num
ber of bushels.
To accomplish that, it might be
better to use each year the same
kind of manure. Yet other kinds ap
propriated as described might accom
plish the same result.
We recently saw the following very
interesting article in the Athens Ban
ner-Watchman which we give in full
to our readers.
An Oconee Farmer.
BEAUTIFUL CULTIVATION OF CORN
AND COTTON.
A reporter of the Athens Banner-
Watchman had the pleasure, not long
since, of looking over the farm of that
veteran farmer and solid citizen, of
Oconee County, Mr. W. G. Elder.
We had heard considerable talk about
some extraordinary corn grown on
his farm this year and had a curiosity
to see it. After going through it and
carefully examining it, we are satis
fied that it will yield at least thirty
bushels per aere and will probably, go
as high as forty bushels. It is all
grown on upland that has been in
cultivation probably 5Q years; the
other an old pine field cleared up in
the last few years. The stalk bears
from 2 to 4 good ears each, rarely ever
less than two. The ears arp of good
average size, small cob, and the
grain as white as snow. We were
very much interested in listening to
Mr. Elder’s description of his mode of
culture im 1 were^convinced that there
were four reasons for the extra yield,
namely, good preparation, proper fer
tility, good culture and good seasons.
Here is his mode of culture. He first
laid off his rows 4 feet apart, then
plowed out the row with a large one
horse turner, followed in each furrow
by a subsoil plow as deep as a large
mule can carry it. This throws the
land in beds and leaves a deep water
furrow. In this water furrow he
S uts his compost consisting of a two
orse wagon of loose, rotted lot ma
nure mingled with Orr and Hunter's
Magnolia Acid. After the compost is
distributed he runs a subsoil deep in
to the water furrow thoroughly mix
ing the compost with the soil. Then
he reverses the bed back to the old
water furrow and leaves the compost
deep down in the centre of the bed.
When ready to plant, he opens out
the bed with a long scooter and puts
in the same quantity as before. It is
then ready for planting. Now he
drops the corn three feet apart and
thins down to one stalk in the hill.
He cultivates first with a harrow and
sweep every 10 days until the corn is
old enough to lay by, the last work
leaving the land level. Frequently
there were two stalks to the hill, and
in most instances the corn was of
equal size on both stalks. The yield
might have been nearly double if two
stalks had been left to every hill. Our
space makes us shorten the Banner
account. The Banner man also ex
amined Mr. Elder’s cotton and
thought the yield would be from 1000
to 1200 pounds to the acre. The cot
ton was manured with a. mixture of
200 pounds of Magnolia acid and 100
pounds of cotton seed meal, of which
125 pounds were used per acre. The
representative of the Banner-Watcli-
man partook of a dinner with his
host and his family, and took leave
impressed with the idea that no one
The following exceedingly instruc
tive paragraph has reference to the
management at “Saddleback” farm,
Baldwin, Me., and is from the pen of
Mr. Orestes Pierce: Our cows are
thoroughbred Jerseys, selected solely
as individually large performers, with
out regard to color or form, except
such points as one finds to be in com
mon with large butter-yielders. We
seek the most butter in a year—noth
ing else. Our barn is as warm, com
fortable and clean as it can be made;
the food, after much experimenting,
has become clover hay, sound corn-
meal and wheat middlings; the ration
per day is twelve pounds of hay,
eight pounds of middlings and four
pounds of corn-meal; water, with the
chill taken off, ad libitum. This ra
tion gives us the largest yield of but
ter at smallest cost. We use sawdust
and ground plaster for bedding,
which keeps the cows and tie-up clean
and sweet, and does not soil the ud
ders or stick to them.
A Story of the Harvest Field.
—A Parke county farmer says: “A
young lady who was watching my
binding harvester at work fell upon
the table and was carried up with the
grain. As the girl was of about the
size of a bundle, the machine did not
recognize the difference, and so she
came through with a neat little string
around her waist. One of the harvest
hands caught her as the machine sent
her out, and set her on the ground right
side up, when i.t was found that she
had been more frightened than hurt.”
—Indianapolis Journal.
The Editor of the Corsicana, Tex.
Observer, Mr. G. P. Miller, had a se
vere attack of rheumatism in his left
knee, which became so swollen and
painful that he could not walk up the
stairs. He writes that after a few ap
plications of St. Jacobs Oil, the pain
entirely disappeared, and the knee
assumed its normal properties.
Mr. W. S. Laney, of Holton, took
an old worn out acre, put on it thirty
bushels of cotton seed, 200 pounds of
guano and five loads of stable ma
nure, gave it four ploughings and
planted it in double rows. Without
this preparation it would yield only
five bushels at best. He gathered 46
bushels of corn and a thousand
pounds of fodder. This sustains what
we have been telling the farmers
about less land and good manuring.
It was his prize acre in corn.
My liver was so fearfully disordered
and I felt so feeble and languid that
I scarcely took interest in anything.
Tried all the so-called remedies with
out relief until I used Parker’s Tonic,
which effeoted a permanent cure.—
David Bash, Little Rock, Ark. [13 2t
Frank Graff, a hearty young citizen
of Rockville, Pa., bet that he could
eat a pint of ice cream in half a min
ute. He won, gulping down the
cream in huge swallows. Then he bet
that he could eat three large ginger
cakes, that together weighed half a
pound, in one minute. He devoured
two of them, and was on the third,
when he suddenly dropped to the
floor, dead.
What is more disagreeable to a lady
than to know that her hair has not only
lost its color, but is full of dandruff?
l et such was the' case with mine un
til I used Parker’s Hair Balsam. My
hair is now black and perfectly clean
and glossy.—Mrs. E, Sweeny, Chica
go. 13 2fc
more thoroughly understands his bus
iness or loves his calling more devot
edly than Mr. W. G. Elder.
Upland Rice.
Unquestionably twenty-five or thir
ty bushels of upland rice may be ob
tained from an acre of good upland.
The rice will sell from 75 to 80 cents a
bushel. But the same land which
produces that- much rice will produce
nearly as many bushels of corn and it
is the safer crop and made with less
danger of failure. While a severe
drouth is fatal to a rice crop, corn, if
properly \yorked and plowed can
withstand a drouth successfully that
will ruin rice. Still, if seasons are or
dinarily good a fair crop of rice may
be made on good upland. It is much
easier to handle a corn than a rice
crop on upland. Rice ©n upland may
be sowed or dropped in hills in rows
three feet apart, and the hills should
stand sufficiently apart to allow a hoe
to pass easily between them. It will
be immediately injured unless kept
free from grass. Two or three hoe-
ings and three or four plowings with
the cultivator or sweep will be requir
ed to make the crop. Half a bushel
of seed will answer for one acre and
it may be planted at any time before
the 10th of May. It is generally cut
about the last of September, but it is
essential to notice when it is ripe or
it will greatly waste.
Intensive farming might be prac
ticed more extensively without det
riment to the agricultural interests
of this country. There is too great a
tendency to farm too much land and
spread over two [acres the work and
manure for one. Such a system grad
ually deteriorates the soil and leads
to its impoverishment. Intensive
farming, on the other hand, seeks to
have each acre better, after each
crop is taken off, than it was before.
The one necessarily leads to small
farms well cultivated, which is the
index of flourishing agriculture, and
the other leads to large farms, broken
down fences and neglected land, and
is the bane of successful tillage of the
soil. Farmers need to learn to con
centrate their energies, time, intelli
gence, labor, etc., upon a few acres,
and make these produce more than
ever before, instead of spreading their
labor over so much surface that none
of it can be made to produce its full
quota. All these things have a ten
dency to tell upon the flourishing con
dition of this great industry. The
coming increase of population will
gradually make intensive farming
necessary, in order to support the
teeming millions who will try to
thrive upon our soil.—[National
Stockman and Farmer.]
A Texas Storm.
St. Louis, September 28.—Advices
from the southwestern coast of Texas,
particuiarlv in the region south of
the Rio Grande, ami from some inte
rior points, give accounts of a great
rain-storm and much destruction ol
propertv during the past week. I rom
the 21st to the 22d a tremendous rain
storm and hurricane swept over the
vicinity of Brownsville, Tex., includ
ing Matamoras, twenty-six inches of
rain fell on the night of the 23d, and
the wind is said to have reached the
velocity of nearly 100 miles per hour.
Over 200 houses in Brownsville were
blown down and a large number dam
aged, rendering homeless some 300
persons. In Matamoras over 300
houses were leveled and many people
injured. The entire rear part of the
city, embracing thirty blocks, was
flooded to the depth of from 3 to 8
feet, and the people living there were
rescued only with the greatest diffi
culty.
All telegraph lines are blown down
the Rio Grande and Matamoras and
Monterey railroads were washed out,
and traffic has not yet been restored
AH the surrounding country was inun
dated, many houses blown down and
crops destroyed. There is great suffer
ing in both Matamoras and Browns
ville. * In the latter place fully 150
houses are destroyed, and in the form
er 200 families are homeless and in
want.
Relief measures have been adopted
and a large amount of food and mon
ey has been raised, and is being dis
tributed.
At Point Isabel, the quarantine sta
tion was swept away and other dam
age done. A four masted steamer
was wrecked fifty miles south of the
mouth of the Rio Grande, and is said
to be a total loss. Her name is un
known, but she is thought to have
been an English vessel. Her captain
and crew were saved.
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of Coughs, Colds and Croup, and re
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Planters Attention!
When you come to town, call on
L H. WOOD A CO*
and see their stock and prices.
10,000 lbs. Flour, different grades.
1,300 lbs. Rio Coffee, different grades.
4,500 lbs. Sugar, different grades.
Bulk Meat, Hams, Lard, Rice, Canned
Goods and Confectionery.
1,000 lbs. TOBACCO!
Plugs, Twist, Fine Cut and Smoking. Also
Pine Cigars.
^‘Special Figures Given to Large Buyers.
Respectfully,
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Ho. 18 S. Wayne Street, Milledgeville, Ga.
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THE NEW YORK STORE.
We have painted our store on the outside. And we have used the
brush still more on the inside. We have made a big mark on our
past Low Prices. And have brushed prices down so low that com
petition can’t touch-them.
Our stock of Fancy
CUPS AND SAUCERS
Cannot be equalled in this market or anywhere else. In fact we can
and wffl sell you anything you need in the Crockery line cheaper
than you can get them anywhere else.
Bowls and Pitchers
For 75c. Steak Dishes, Flat Dishes, Baker’s Small Bowls, Water
Pitchers, Cream Pitchers, &c., at b'ottom prices.
TTTsT -W-AJEUBB-
We are now prepared to sell Tin Ware at Wholesale 8Jid Betail.
Bring along your prices and we will show you what we will do.
Special Inducements to Merchants.
Our stock now consists of 14 quart Dish Pans, 10 quart Dish Pans,
10 quart Buckets, 4 quart Buckets, 4 quart covered Buckets, 2 quart
covered Buckets, Kerosene Cans, Zinc Oilers, 6, 4 and 2 quart Dairy
Pans, Dippers of different kinds. One of our greatest bargains in
in this is onr Tin Setts for the small sum of $1.75.
GLASSWARE.
As has been our motto in the past we do not intend to be under
sold in this line of goods. Our stock consists of Crystal Glass
Castors, White and Colored Goblets, White and Colored Water
Pitchers, all colors, Ice Cream Plates, Cake Plates, Syrup Pitchers,
Sugar Dishes, Butter Dishes, &c.
LAMPS, LAMPS, LAMPS,
We are making Lamps one of our specialties this season and can
sell them to you cheaper than the cheapest.
Gents’ Furnishing Goods
Islour leading specialty this Fall. We have taken special pains in
selecting our stock and can furnish them to you almost at your own
price. Our 50c Shirt can’t, be beat. Our 50c Merino Undershirt
can’t be duplicated in the South.
All we ask is one visit to our store and we will convince you that
what we say to you is so. It is the only store in the town where
you have three thousand different articles to select from. It is the
only place you can get 3 pair of Hose for 25c. Yours Truly,
R. L. HOLLOWAY & CO.
No. 36 Wayne Street, Milledgeville, Ga.
Sept. 21st, 1886. 11
Georgia Railroad Cospaay#
STONE MOUNTAIN ROUTE
OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER,
_ Augusta, Ga., Sept. 18th, 1886.
Commencing Sunday. 19th instant, the follow-
inp passenger schedule will be operated.
Trains run by 90th Meridian timet
N018—EAST (daily).
Leave Macon
LeaveMilledgeviiie
Leave Sparta
Leave Warrenton i"-oonoen
ArriveCamak i°‘iApm
Arrive Washington ‘>-°n n m
Arrive Athens
Arrive Gainesville
Arrive Atlanta
Arrive Aucrnsta
NO 17—WEST (dally).
Leave Atlanta
Leave Athena
Lft&Vft Washington
Arrive Warrenton
Arrive Sparta
Arrive Milledgeville
Arrive Macon
.. 4:20 p m
NO 16—EAST(dally.)
Leave Macon 7:35 p m
Leave Milledgeville 9:30 pm
Leave Sparta 10:48 p m
Leave Warrenton 12:01 a m
ArriveCamak .12:10 a m
Arrive Augusta 5:00 am
NO 15—WEST (daily.)
Leave Augusta . 9:40 p m
Leave Camak i:is a m
Arrive Warrenton i:33 a m
Arrive Sparta 2:57 am
Arrive Milledgeville 4:27 am
Arrive Macon #6:46 a m
No connection for Gainesville on Sundays.
The Fast Trains do 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 Age*it.
Augusta D
Macon D
Atlanta D
Columbus... .D
Perry DES
Central and Southwestern 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.
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 p m D ES 12.05 p in
Fort Gaines DES 4.38 pm
Blakeley DES 7.10 p m
Eufaula D 4.06 p m
Albany D 10.45pm.. D 2.45pm
Montgomery..D 7.25pm
Milledgeville DES 5.49 pm
Eatonton —DES7.40 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.
Leave—Nos.
Augusta.. 18 D
Macon 52 D
Atlanta....52 D
Columbus 20 D
Nos.
9.30 am..20 D 9.30 pm
9.40 a m.. 54 D 10.50 p m
6.00am..54 D 6.50pm
9.00pm.. 6 D 11.10am
Perry 24DES6.00am. ,22DES3.00pm
Ft. Gaines 28 “ 10.05 am
Blakeley 26 “ 8.15 a m
Eufaula 2 D 10.56 am
Albany— 4 D 4.10 a m..26 D 12.15p m
Montg’ry 2 D 7.30 am
Mill’dg’ve 25 D E S 6.37 am
Eatonton 25D ES5.15am
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 sleep ng 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” dally* ‘D E S,” daily except Sunday.
Spectacles and Eye-Glasses.
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Machine Shop.
HAVE REMOVED my Machine
Shop from Milledgeville to Scotte-
boro, where I am prepared to do any
and ah 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. 34 tf
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Wool Carding.
T AM prepared to do Wool-Cardipg
X 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 package,
so that no mistake can be made in re
turning carded wool. I am also pre
pared to card batting for mattrf ises
and comforts.
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Milledgeville, Ga., March 2, 1886. tf