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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. Just What They All Say. Hon. D. D. 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It is strict ly a Vegetable Compound, the studied prescription of a learned physician whose specialty was female diseas es, and whose fame became enviable because of his success in the treat ment and cure of female complaints. Suffering woman, it will relieve you of nearly all complaints peculiar to your sex. For sale by druggists. Write for book, “Message to Woman,” mailed free. Brabfield Regulator Co., 5 cm. ly.] Atlanta, Ga. Harrison’s Combined Writing and Copy ing Fluid for sale at this office. Legal blanks for sale at this office. 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, L. H. WOOD & CO., Ho. 18 S. Wayne Street, Milledgeville, Ga. Aug. 31, 1886. 31 BEST IN THE, WADLD. x- Rifle. for l#rw or *m»U pane, •» «»"«. Tb« .hootl.r rifle md*. YkUc\ ir%ej guaranteed, and the only absolutely «af« nn« oft tha market. aocvracy guaranteed. RAT.r, » T ' T> GALLERY, S’ORTTVO ANU target RIFLES, w IUu.ir£P ' ittAKLIN FIUS ARMS CO world renowned. __ New Haven# Conn# September 1st 1886. [9 lm. R. L. Holloway, R. F. Ayant. 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. OLD EYES HUE HEW! A N astonishing announcement which will please the people, is that JOSEPH MILLER has the largest, and one of the bust select ed stocks of “King’s Combination” Specta cles and Eye Glasses, in the Statu of Geor gia. We have studied to supply the need of every eye requiring assistance, 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 MILLER, The Jeweler and Optician, Milledgeville. Ga., Jan. 5,1886. 26 tf 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 I 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. A. CORMANjSX Milledgeville, Ga., March 2, 1886. tf