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Corn Boer. POWDER Absolutely Pure. Thl6 powder never vArles. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesoinenesB. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold In competition with tho multitude of low tests, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. KOTAI, BAKING POWDKII Co., 10* Wall Ht. New York. 19 ly Agriculture! mEpartmEnt, WHAT IS NEEDED. The Abbeville Press nntl Danner ev idently believes that the salvation of the South is in farming. However that may be there is as much common sense in this paragraph as was ever crowded into like space: Much has been said of late about the necessity for the establishment of factories of all sorts, from fruit-can ning to cotton mills and National banks. A friend recently suggested that there is u greater need, and one within the range of possibility, and that is prosperous farms. If we could have the same energy infused into the farms, and the same amount of constant and systematic inteligent labor applied to our farms that is re quired to make the factories, cotton mills, and banks a success, the coun try would prosper beyond any reason able expectation. What good will en ure to you, my friend, of capitalists building magnificent factories, if ye stand here idle all the day! How is it with you! Are you applying all your energies to make the farm a success! We need successful farmers. They are not to be found among the lieners, who spend one day in the week with their teams going to town to buy corn, at double price, which they should raise at home. It is seldom found among that class of men who go to the mule dealers and buy West ern mules, instead of raising them. The prosperous man is seldom found without a pasture and some gopd cat tle. The trouble about the all-cotton plan is, that the people begin to work on the crop in March and finish early in November—with a month's rest af ter laying bv. We need prolitable employment for the whole year. We need pastures in which our cattle may graze. Raising Horses on the Farm As to the cost of raising colts, any one who is at all observing will have not iced that a horse appropriates witli n relish portions of grass while at. pas ture that the cattle shun as though it were poison, and that a lot capable of supporting 15 or 20 cows a certain number of days eaeti week has no less capacity when a horse or a pair of them are kept there. If a horse is reared each year one can be sold each yearandif more than 1 regularly, then the same ratio, and the farmer who does thus, while he scarcely notices tin* cost, Will lind the money so obtained very opportune at tax time. In win ter feeding it used to be the custom 00 years ago to give the family horse or horses (oxen being employed for the work) the best timothv the farm afforded. Hut to-day the horses which are now compelled to do the work also are fed on the poorer grades or never get a mouthful of hav, being given only the straw on which they were formerly bedded, Intelligent farmers have learned that a horse's digestive capacity is such that with bis usual grain ration, only a bulk is necessary to keep him well and sleek, and that this bulk can as well be straw as more valuable provender. Indeed, the French, who are celebra ted as horsemen, have proved with their cavalry horses that this animal will keep in excellent condition and perform severe labor on nothing but bis grain, mixed with aquantitvof sawdust to malee sufficient bulk.— Right here 1 would observe that, by poor grades of hay I would not be un derstood to mean dusty or musty piovender. Shun such as though it were poison and never allow it to be fed with a false view to economy. It is better economy to see it rot.— H. W. Parker, Putnam county, N. Y. We gave a recipte for making corn beer, recently, in which there was an error in tho quantity of corn to be used. We republish the receipt cor rectly as follows: Take one pint of corn and boil it until it is soft; add to it a pint of mo lasses and one gallon of water: shake them well togetlier, and in cold weath er. set it bv the lire and in 24 hours tlit> beer will be excellent. When all the beer in the jug is used just add more molasses and water. The same corn will answer for 0 months ami the beer will be lit for use in 12 hours by keeping the jug where it is warm. In this way the ingredients used in making a gallon of beer, will not cost over six cents, and it is better and more wholesome than cider. A little yeast greatly forwards the working of the beer. Delaware and Maryland peach growers are now sanguine that there will be a Jarge crop, and the indica tions are that peaches will be cheaper than they were last year. Enormous quantities are produced almost every year, which are not marketed, and the canning factories are to be reviv ed. The strawberry and blackberry crops also promise fairly well. In central Connecticut there will be some peaches in spite of the severe weather in January. The Halo broth ers, of Glastonbury, extensive grow ers, anticipate a big yield this year. D. YV. H.: As long as your fowls are perfectly health and lay well, we should net worry ubout the droppings being dark in color and thin. It, is best for them to be loose, and the dark color is better than white; yel low is certainly dangerous. The color is probably caused by some part of their food or something they pick up. If you give sulphur once a week, u tablespoonful to 20 fowls, in soft feed, and use a tonic in the water twice a week, it may answer your purpose. For the tonic dissolve 1 oz of sulphuric acid and 1 lb of copperas in seven gal lons of water, using a teaspoonful to each pint of drinking water. A good ration for butter is 4 lbs of wheat bran, (1 lbs of corn-and-cob meal, 14 lbs of hay and 4 lbs of linseed meal per day to each cow weighing 1,000 lbs; more hay and 2 lbs less of linseed meal might be as well, and if good corn stalks are available, less corn meal will be required. If the cows are heavier or lighter they must have more or less feed accordingly. An other good ration consists of 10 lbs of oat straw cut in the milk, 25 lbs of corn ensilage, 5 lbs, of crushed oat and 4 lbs of good cottonseed meal. 1 formerly had trouble with butter that refused to come in winter. 1 now churn every day in a half gallon self-sealing glass fruit jar. I usually get about a quart of cream a day, and it is as much as can be churned in the jar. I skim the cream into the jar and let it stand about 24 hours in a moderately warm place, shaking it occasionally. When the time for churning arrives I shake it vigorously till the butter conies. The milk often gets very thick just before the butter comes, but continued shaking separ ates the butter.—[Mrs. J. YV., Mur freesbaro, Tonn. I mix my meal with the corn ensi lage before feeding it to cattle; the silugc being moist, the bran, oil 01- corn meal will adhere to it so all is eRten together. My experience tells me that the sume amount of grain fed with silage will produce more satisfac tory results than when fed witli en tirely dry fodder. I never make an entire ration of silage, as no one ar tide of food is a satisfactory ration only for a short time, however good it may be.- -[K! B. Marsh, Rock countv, YVis. Farmers frequently ridicule fancy poultry, but if they will recollect that there is money in fancy poultry, or even in common poultry improved by cross breeding, their ridicule will be changed to admiration and earnest endeavor. It, is about time we quit laughing at those who are making money out of specialties in farming, and begin to catch on to these money making specialties ourselves. A lady says turkey hens will lay from 20 to 30 eggs in a season. I have one turkey lien that brought her re cord up to 150 last year; another laid 118, and then from' some cause died. The hens did not want to sit at all; the eggs hatched exceedingly well. 1 once gave soda to . a hen for cholera (that is the only disease we have here), which cured her; she was so near gone that she could not stand. [M. Tay lor. Earth Storage of Potatoes. 1 have a sand ridge next to the bay, a portion of which 1 use for potatoes. As an experiment last season, I plant ed a lew potatoes in December, January, February and March, man uring in the hill above instead of below the seed. I fully demonstrated that February is tho best month of the year in which to plant potatoes here, and that placing the fertilizer above the seed, with little earth between, is atgreat improvement over the old way of below. In spading on the same ground the first week in this year 1 dug up about half a bushel of fine potatoes without a blemish. 1 don't believe in leaving potatoes in the ground, but this discovery will lead me to experiment with a few rows next fall, as these are liner than any 1 have in the root house.—[R. JL, A., Bay City, "Wash. Ter, A Great Battle SWIFT’S SPECIFIC, k Vegetable Blood Purifier. Its Claims Sustains! BY THE TESTIMONY OF Willing Witnesses THE GOLDEN HARVEST —of— HEALTH REAPED From this Prolific Remedy SUCCESS THE TEST OF MERIT. A REMEDY NOT FOR A DAY But for a Half a Century. Interesting Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed FfUUBto all wlio apply. It should he carefully read by everybody. Address THE SWIFT 8PECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ca. 8. Barrett, June 22,188tf. BOcwly. ^STEVENS’+POTTERY,^ Near Milledgeville, Georgia, Manufacture* STEAM-PRESSED DOUBLED-GLAZED VITRIFIED DRAIN, SEWER and WATER PIPES, SMOKE AND HOT-AIR FLUE PIPE, Flower Pots, Greenhouse Tile, and Other Ware, Etc. A SPB STEVENS BROTHERS & CO. March 1, 1887. PROPRIETORS. 34 tf GEO. It. LOMBARD & GO., Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works, . TX «onw lUotni* Tnwor Above Passenger Depot, near Water Tower, AUGUSTA, GA., Sell the Best anil Cheapest Engines and Boilers. Complete Gin and Mill Outfits, A SPECIALTY. Mill and Engineer'9 Supplies, Cotton, Grain, Sawmill ami Labor-saving Machinery, Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, Sawg, Emery YV'heels, Governors, Pumps, Inspiiators, Injectors, etc. Large stock to select from. Prices low, good* guaranteed. Write for circulars. Castings of every kind, and new work (light and heavy) prompt ly done. Best outfit South. JL^GIN WORK, New and Repairs, promptly and well done, at AUGUSTA GIN WORKS. .GEO. R. LOMBARD. April 19th, 1887. 41 ly- SAVE M:02sTE31TI BY BUYING YOUR Furniture, Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Saddles, Harness Leather, Children Carriages, Wall Paper, Window Shades, Mixed Paints, White Lead, Linseed Oil, Etc., from Us! Invites his friends to call and examine his new and ,• of Groceries. He lias endeavored to opot °hipleto si First-Class Grocery Store, in MilledgoviUe, and intends, so long as he continues in Up keep up a full and complete stock of FRESH GOODS -ill! 8 just as LOW as the same goods can be sold in this or n to market. He does not propose to cut under his Brother but it will be a “cold day in August” when ho is run out ?' Brother who proposes to undersell him. His advantage* : better than any other man, BUT JUST AS GOOD and hi afford to meet their prices. He ’ caD Makes a Small Profit on all he Sel and “Don’t you forget it.” He does not sell at COST he W., the best houses, pays cash, gets the benefit of cash discoun therefore can and will uni > SeU Goods as Low as Any One! To mention the articles would be useless, suffice it to sav nearly all the goods usually kept in a First-Class Grocery St! cities of any size. He will endeavor, by STRICT HONEST pohte attention to merit a full share of the public patrons if successful in business will promise to do all ho can to bu the interest of the city that has so kindly received him. S. BAREETT N °- Bee.* mCissr 1 - T. C. HENDRIX. O. P. WILLINGHWl, HENDRIX t WILLMHAI MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldii Newels, Rough and Dressed Lumber, AND ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIAL. Lime, Plaster, Cement, Hair, Laths, Paint Oils, Glass and Builder’s Hardware, BXXXS WOMBS, Foot of Cherry It. March 8,1887. MAC0ZT,« 35 a I am here to Supply a Long Felt Want. MILLEDGEVILLE Marble and Granite Work M Y Y’ARD is open and everybody is cordially invited to . and see my work and how it is done. I am prepared to f ' ob f: ” ” ish any size job from a small Headstone to tho finest elabon carved Tablet or Monument. I have as good a selection of o nal Designs and Photographs as can be found anywhere in United States. Satisfaction Guaranteed We need money and for the CASH wo will duplicate prices of any house in Georgia. Also, COFFINS AND CASKETS, All Styles and Prices. in every instance. Prices, Designs and Estimates sent by mail application. Correspondence solicited. E. P. LUGAND Lock Box, No. 1,, Jan. 11. 1887. . Millcdgeville, fi 27 tf W. &c J. CAAJR-A-IKIIEGIR,, 32 South Wavne Street, Milledgevillc, Ga. March 1, 1887. 34 4m. CTTTST RECEIVED -AT- la continually going on in the human system. The demon of impure blood strives to gain victory over the con stitutiou, to ruin health, to drag vic tims to the grave. 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My trade in the past has been all that I desired, and with better facilities, lower prices, larger stock and a motto of “Honest Dealing,” I shall try' and increase it. I solicit the patronage of my friends and the public generally. W. H. HALL, Jr. No. 5 E. Hancock, St., Milledgeville, Ga. March 7th, 1887. 35 ly. CROCKETT’S IRON WORKS. I BUILD and repair ENGINES for Steamboats, Locomotives and Stationary,—for SAW, Grist, Stave and Lathe Mills, also Bolting Machinery, Piping and its Fittings, Shaftings, Boxes, Pulleys and Gearing, am prepared to do any job the country calls for. Make tho best Water Wheel, call on or send fur price list E, CROCKETT. MACON, GA. April, Oth, 1857. [39 ly. It rich'. Brick! Brickl 1,000,000 FIRST-CLASS BRICK for SA1 P ARTIES intending to build on the lino of the Georgia or Central Railroad- 1 , do well to consult us before making a contract. First-Class Paving Brick a Special Weare making Brick with thelatest Improved Machinery,on the celebrate ker yard. BRICK DELIVERED TO ANY PART OF TOWY *s-We take pleasure In referring to Maj.J. FUSS, Architect and Building» tendent. foster & mcmillan Milledgeville Ga.,June 10th, 1880. Contractors and Bu;- A. B. FARQUHAR M MACON. GA., —Southern Branch of— Pennsylvania Agricultural Woi -Manufacturers of- Steam Engines, Boile Saw Mills, Grist JfiiH 1 AND MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY- JOBBERS OF Hardware, Belting, Iron Pine,Brass‘Fitt HANCOCK INSPIRATORS, El March 8th, 1887.