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TAX NOTICE.
I will be at the following plucee
on the days and dates named be j
low f<>r purpose of receiving tax
returna fur the year 1890.
Menlo April 1 and 15, May 21.
Chelsea April 10 a. in.
Sunny Hale April 10 p. m.
Aip ’io April 17 a. in.
Fosters Store April 2 and 20,
M ay 22.
Fire Her Mountain April 21 a.
m.
Seminole April 3 and 22, May 25.
Prices Bridge April 21 p. m.
lh-nley Mill April 7 and 20,May
27.
Holland Store April 23.
N<*w Hope church April 21 p. m.
Withers shop April 24 a. m.
Taliaferro April 28.
Lynrly April 0 and 27, May 20.
Karl ah April 8. May 1 and 28.
Undo Jimmy Herndon April 30
a. ni.
Tidings April 30 p. m,
< lore May la. m.
Farmersville May ! ]). m.
J H. Johnston’s store May 11.
Haywood April 0, May 0 and 29.
i’eul en Johnson May 5.
Swbligna April 10, May 8, June 1.
('. I>. Atkins May 7.
'1 i ion April 13, May 13, Juno 2.
1 1.ill'.- mill May 12 a. in.
Clements & Hall storo May 12
p. m.
'1 log a April 11, May 15, June 3.
(Illreath’s Mill May 18 a. m.
Valley Store May 1 ! a. in.
Mc\\ hurti l s .‘■■tore May 14 p. in.
Clemmons’ mill May it) a. m.
Kuceuon mills May 20.
1 will be in Summerville every
Saturday m April, May and June.
My books will close the 30th of
Jinio. I’loasi observe the days
and dates above ami s- vo trouble.
11. WYATT,
Tax ID cciver G. C.
NOTICE.
I WANT every man ami woman in (ho United
eeU' S interested in Llie Oginm uml Whisky
li.ilnu to have one of my h o! ■. on these ilia-
J ees. address It. M. (Voollev, AUnnta, U;u.
liox BHZ, and one will bo Sent you free.
Registration Notice.
I will bn at the plan \s named
belmv for tlm purpose of register
ing thVvoters of the county.
Chelsea May -4
Menlo “ 5
A 1 pi no “ 0
Sunny Dale “ 7
Clemmons’ mill u 8
Raccoon mills mtyl 1, Jum 28
Fosters’ storo “ 12
Dirtsollor mountain “ 15
Lyerly “ 14
Seminole “ 18
Prices’ Bridge “ 19
Holland storo n 20
Weathers’ shop “ 21
Holland station “ 22
Coldwater “ 25
Taliaferro “ 26
Silver Hill *• 27
Gore “ 28
JCarlah “ 29
Trion Jnno 1 and 22
Hall’s store “ 2
Hall’s mill “ 8
Subligna “ 4
C. B. Atkins “ 5
Reuben Johnson 8
Haywood “ 9
Johnson’s storo “ 10
Tidings “ 12
Gilreath’s storo “ 15
Hammonds’ mill “ 10
Teloga “ 17
Mcwhortor’s storo “ 18
Sawmill, Lookout mountain “ 19
H will bo in Summerville every
Saturday from the first of May to
the fust of September.
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GOIN’ TO THE CIRCUS.
. The Old Man Took it Into His
Head to Throw the Camel.
There was a circus and a menag
erie in a small town 011 the North
; Carolina line and among the people
who had traveled ten or twelve
’ miles to behold the wonders of
earth and witness the perform*nee
was an old man, with gray hair
hanging down on his shoulders,
and his son, Jim, a young man of
20. After wand' ring around Ft
awhile they sold four coon skins
at a grocery for casli enough t <
let them into the tent. The first
tiling they came across was a drove j
of camels, a half dozen or more,
land ns they paused to look them
over the okPman said .
“Durn my buttons’ Jim, but I
| never seed a mewl got up in that
I shape bofo’!”
“That’s a camel dad,” was the
reply. “That critter can go 10C
miles a day and he don’t haft to
drink but once a week.”
“Shoo! Js that in the books,
Jim?” ,
“Yes.”
“Then I'll have to swallerit,but
it’s a powerful tough yarn. What
does ho want to go dry a hul week
fur?”
“Dunn*.”
“What's tho pertickler object of
that hump?”
“Dunno. Some camels have
one hump and some liavo two,”
answered Jim, as if reading from
j the book.
“Durn the onory critter, Jim,
but I've took a dislikq to him. lie
hain’t neither boss nor a mewl.
You kin tell by the looks of him
that lie’s most too lazy to eat.
Whoop! Fm goin’to upset him.
I've got ter Jim—got to upsot tintl
dT'Vy critter—or 1 kin never look
another decent mewl in the face. ’
“You’ll git into a muss if yo’
do. Put on yo’r coat and cum and
see tho hyenas.”
“Not a blamed hyena, Jim, bill
j that crook-necked, hump-backed,
long-nosed critter has been upsot.
No use to nrgy with yo’ dad. if 1 |
treed a coon and set down to chop
him down Pd stay thar fo’ weeks
but whut I'd git ’im. Whoopee! j
1 I wish ho was big as a hill.”
Jim was holding on to him, but
110 wrenched himself loose, cracked j
his heels and whooped and the
next minute he was mixed up with
the camel. A cloud of dust and
hay and hair half-blinded the spec
tators, but the old man suddenly
shot out of it, rolling over and
over under the cago of the Bengal
t igor and finally brought up against
a sacred bull of India and was
badly stepped on beforo two circus
men picked him up and chucked
him outdoors. Jim followed and
got him jinder the band wagon
and fanned him with his hat. In
about ton minutes the old man
opened his eyes and asked :
“Jim whar was I at when I quit
j bizness?”
j “Tryin’ to upsot the camel, dad.”
“Yes, I remember Jim. Was
that a ore-humped camel?”
j “Yes.”
“And I've been pulverized, par
i alyzod and laid up for six months?”
“Yo’ hov.”
“Great Scott! my son, but what
a narrer eseane yo’r old dad has '
! made of it! S'posin’ I’d pitched
i into a t wo-luimped critter instead?’ i
—Detroit Free Press.
SWEPT BY A TORNADO.
, Wyeth, Ala., in the Track of a
I Storm—Two Killed and Many
Injured.
Chattanooga, Term.. June 11.—
Tho small manufacturing town of
Wyeth City, Ala., in tho suburbs
jof Guntersville, in northern Ala
j bama, was mowed down like grass
!by a tornado, which struck the
place about noon today.
Thirteen houses were razed,
many barns aiul outbuildings
swept away, trees uprooted, and
fences and other obstructions lifted
! inti' the air and set down hundreds
of yards away.
Perhaps eighty persons resided
j in the track of the storm, but by w
miracle only two ware killed out
! right and these were struck by
lightning. Tho dead are Ed Long
, and an unidentified man, both
i white. A score or more were in
jured more or less severely.
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The Memphis Herald recently
said: Col. “Jim" Coleman ishead
and iront of the Taylor forces, and
I the selection is a good one. Col.
Jim can brew a mint toddy that
wotild jam a republican loose from
I his idol and make him vote the
democratic ticket earlv and often.
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SUMMARY OF CHOPS.
Condition of Cotton Favorable—Corn Not
Doinj; so Well—Wheat Deinjj Harvested-
COTTON’.
The condition of cotton on the whole
is favorable. The long continued dry j
weather has caused in many instances, j
a poor stand in late planted cotton, but j
the very much larger portion of thecrop
is up, with a perfect stand. The drouth
that has la-ted f».r two mouths, over'
most of the state, has at last been bro
ken by partial rains.
4 lie unusually hot and dry weather
of May has not been an injury to cot-j
ton where there was moisture 0:1 ugh
in the ground to cause the seed to ger
minate and conic up. On the contrary
tho young plants are unusually healthy,
there being an entire absence of “lice” .
and “sore shin,” both cf which are very ,
hurtful to the “stand” in wet, cold j
springs. 111 most of the state, cotton has
been put to a stand and the fields are j
beautifully clean and free of weeds and j
grass. At this time the praspect for a
fine crop in this state is most excellent, !
though as yet it is entirely too early to ;
make any predictions as to the proba- j
Ke outcome. July and August are the
cottonmaking months and any esti- |
mat -s made before then, must be purely .
guess work.
CORN.
The wonderfully dry spring has re
tarded the growth of corn, and, except
on well prepared land, has given it a
backset. Where the land was thor
oughly and deeply broken corn was not
in tho slightest degree injured by the j
j drouth, continuing to grow’ and looking
green and vigorous the whole time.
! Too much corn is planted, (particularly
by tenants and renters) in this state on
land poorly prepared. Two furrow’s are
thrown together on an opening furrow
usually with a small, shallow running
turnplow, then this lishus opened and
the corn planted, tho middles being left
I unbroken for a more convenient season.
Corn thus planted lias suffered from the
drouth; of course the middles soon be
came so hard that they could not be
plowed tnd could only grow a vigorous
crop of weeds which appropriated to
themselves what little moisture the -i!
contained, Having the corn to twist up
and turn yellow. Now that rains have
; fallen, this poorly prepared land will be
plowed, the middles will be well broken
and tho corn wg.l cultivated fronijtfhis
011. But the damage has been wone ai d
now it is irrepprable. The crop has
1 -'on given a backset from which it can
never recover, and though with abund
ant rams, such lands may make a fair
crop, they < mnot now, by any atten
tion, be made to produce ns they would
! have dono had the land been well pre
! pared before planting. In South and
1 Southwest Georgia, the forward plaut
j ers are beginning to lay by corn and the
prospect is good for a bountiful crop.
Should we 1 ave plenty of rain in June,
tlie large acreage planted will insure
an abundant supply for tlie state at
large.
WHEAT.
The wheat crop is now being har
vested and is better than usual, there
being no complaints of rust or mildew.
; While tho grain might have been a lit
j tie heavier, but for the long drouth, on
j tlie whole the yield will be good and
: satisfactory to tho farmers.
OATS.
This important crop has been seri
j ously injured in every section of the
j state, by the unprecedented dry weather
lof the last eight weeks. Particularly
in the southern and southwest portions
of the state has this crop suffered. 111
many cases the oats planted in the fall
did not get high enough to cut. and tlie
spring oats, where the drouth has been
at its worst, will fare but little better.
Tho yield of this crop for tho state will
not exceed 50 per cent of a good crop.
OTHER CROPS.
The minor crops, such as rice, ground
peas, sugarcane, etc., ni-e holding their
own in spite of the dry weather, and
with good seasons ahead, promise an
abundant yield. Not many sweet pota
toes have been set out yes, but there is
plenty of time still to plant a full crop,
which I trust will be clone.
FRUIT.
While the dry weather has cut off tho
strawberry and raspberry crops, and lias
caused tho falling off of a good many
poaches and apples, tlie state will still
have a bountiful supply of fruits of va
rious kinds. The shipping of the earlier
varieties of peaches has commenced in
South Georgia and will soon be in full
blast. This is from ten days to two
weeks earlier than usual, the warm,
early spring hastening the maturity of
all fruits.
In our last monthly report, we placed
the acreage of watermelons at 00 per '
cent as compared with last year. This I
estimate, though based upon tlie reports
of correspondents, we are satisffM was j
too high, and upon later information, we I
are convinced that 00 per cent of l ist I
years’ acreage is a more correct esti
mate.
STOCK.
The condition of stock throughout the
' state is good, except in a few cases!
where there have been serious losses of
cattle from Texas fever—one dairy herd
, in Green county alone, having lost 27
head of registered Jerseys. There have |
also been some few ca-cs of glanders
among horses, and cholera among hogs
reported to the department.
Should any diseases of stock be reported
by farmers to this department, it will
afford me pleasure to assist them br
suggesting remedies, and in contagious
and malignant diseases, to send to their
assistance a veterinary surgeon.
Eradicating Nut Grass.
From College Stati.u, Tex., comes
this advice : Do not let the seed ma
ture. Stir the soil frequently during
the growing period. The best time to
fight both is between midsummer and
frost during a dry time. Choke it out
with a vigorous growing crop. After
one crop is harvested in the summer
prepare the land immediately for an
other vigorous growing crop. Cowpeas
. and sorghum are g Hid crops for south
ern localities to choke out these pests.
Guard Ajjainst 1105 Cholera*
Proper sanitation, food and good care
may ward off the cholera. 111 localities
where cholera apt oared last summer and
fall now li ; lots ought to be provide!,
and the animals sir mid not be allowed
to run in pastures which were fre
quented by diseased stock. Lots can
usually be moved at comparatively
small expense. Unless precautions >f
this kind . e taken, another outbreak
may occur at any time.
Euoklen's Arnica Salve.
Ihe Best Salve in the world fur
| Cuts. Bruis-s. Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever. Sores, Tetter
C happed Hands, Cliilbins. Corns
and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively euros Pin. s or no pay re
iquirod It is guaranteed to give
p r! ct satisfaction, or money re
funded. Price 25eents per i>ox
for sale by H. H. Arrington.
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QUESTIONS -
AND ANSWERS
Commissioner Nesbitt’s In
quiry Box For the Month.
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much infoehA.TloN fitukhsd
How to I’ropare Hand For a Crop of Hipj
A Simple Remedy For the llag Worm.
The Effect of Wood A“ie< on Lnrm not
Crass I ields—Live Stoclv 111 the United
States, Etc.
Question. —I ward to raise my own
rice if possible, as my faniilv is largo
and ail of us like rice.' 1) > v.ia think I
can raise ir cheaper than I Van buy it ? ;
Answer.— There is no question that
: you can raise your rice cheaper than
' you can buy it, and everv farmer in ;
j Georgia should by all m -ans do so. ;
Any land that will make cotton i.r corn -
will make rice, but it is preferable to
plant it in new ground as tlie cultiva
tiou will then be easier. Break your
| laud thoroughly, use 200 pounds of any j
j good standard fertilizer, bed in three !
feet rows as yon would for cotton, open
a shallow furrow, plant your rice and
cover with a board. You can either
plant tho seed in a continuous row. or
drop them—eight or ten grains in a
place—every 12 to 15 inches. Cultivate
as yon would cotton, keeping it fx - ee
from grass and weeds, and with ordi
nary seasons you should make from 15
to 20 bushels to the acre. The great
trouble is hulling the rice after it is
made, and unless there is a mill in your
vicinity, you must either ship your
grain to the coast cities to have it
hulled, or beat it out at home in a
wooden mortar —a very tedious process.
Small rice mills can be put up for from
£3OO to £4OO, and there should be one
or more in every county in the state.
I know of one in Southwest Georgia I
that cleaned or hulled over 1,000 bush
els of rice last year, where before it was
: farted there was very little raised. |
There is no better food for ail kinds of j
stock as wed as poultry, and our farm- :
ers should rive more attention to it. I
State Agricultural Department.
Glanders an Incurable Uisoase.
Question. —Is glanders an incurable
disease? Some of my neighbors contend
that it is, while others say it can be j
cured.
Answer. —Glanders is a contagious,
incurable disease, known in every coun
try, and equally as fatal to man as to
horses and mules. Several cases have !
been reported to this department during
the past month, and whenever tho
symptoms described seemed to indicate I
glanders, I have sent a veterinary sur
geon to make a diagnosis, that the dis
ease might be stamped out promptly. I
would here caution tho farmers against
trading horses or mules with the
bands of Gypsies that- pass through
tlie state. Some cases reported this
spring may be traced to one of those
roving bauds of unprincipled horse trad
ers, who, 110 doubt, scattered the disease :
along their entire route through the
state. I append the report of one case
to which I sent a veterinary surgeon.—
State Agricultural Department.
Atlanta, May 20.
Commissioner Nesbitt —On a visit to
Sugar Valley I found one gray mare
mule, 4 years old, suffering with glan- -
ders in the acute form. At my sugges- j
tion said mule was killed and burned , !
also Mr. T. W. Dobson consented to
burn his barn where the mule had been
kept. Respectfully,
H. G. Carnes, Y. S.
llow to Destroy tho llag Worm.
Question. —I have in my flower gar
den a fine tree, the Cedru.s Deodara, or
Indian cedar. Last year it was invaded
by a small caterpillar that killed one of
its branches, and then webbed up into
cocoons. I had frequently seen such
cocoons before and did not pay any at
tention to them until about two weeks
ago, after the butterfly had left the
cocoon, and was depositing its eggs over
the tree. Now the tree is being de
voured by little caterpillars. They are
also eating up iny rose bushes, adjoin
ing tho Indian cedar. I send you some
of the bisects, with the hope that you
will tell me what they are and how I
may destroy them.
Answer.—The insect that is destroy- !
ing your cedar and rose bushes is tlie
bag worm, which feeds upon the foliage
of both tlie deciduous and coniferous
trees, but seem to prefer tlie latter where
they have a choice. Its ravages are
sometimes very destructive on shade
trees in city streets and parks. Tho
simplest remedy for this insect is spray -
j ing with London purple or Paris green.
| This should be done in the early sum
| mer, when the worms are young.—State
| Agricultural Department.
j The Proper Time to Sow Durr Clover.
Question. —When should Burr clo
ver be sown ? Please give some inform
i ation about the crop.
Answer. —Tho germ of Burr clover
! seed being surrounded by the tough
burrs, they require a longer time to
germinate than other seeds; they should
therefore bo sown earlier-—in July, or if
conditions are favorable, even previous
to that time. They germinate very
slowly, tho plants not usually appear
ing before September. During the fall
and early winter tliev cover tlie gr >und.
; The crop generally blooms in April and
attains full maturity, perfecting its seed
in May. It then dies down.—State Ag
ricultural Department.
Fine Ashes a Good Fertilizer.
Question*. —What percentage of pot
ash lias pine ashes, and what are they
worth for manure?
Answer.— The ashes from pine, pop
lar and other light woods are practically
as good for fertilizing purposes, contain
ing about as much potash, weight for
ashes, as the ashes from the hard
woods. They are very light, however,
easily scattered by the wind and hard to
accumulate. They are worth from $4
to $8 per ton as manure.—State Agri
cultural Department.
Planting Late Cabbages.
Question. —Please tell me when and
exactly how to manage late cabbages?
I have been successful in raising spring
and summer cabbages, but failed last
year with the later planting?. Many
of the plants seemed te wither and fad
over, the stem did not seem str nig
enough to support the weight of the
leaves, anil others failed to h*-ad.
Answer. —Presupposing that you
have your land thoroughly and deeply
prepared and heavily manured with
some highly amm- niated fertilizer, we
would advise that yon delay setting out
the plants until the latter part of Juiy,
if the crop is intended for winter cab- <
bages—if for fall cabbages, the plant
ings of course must be earlier. Lay off
the beds from 2 A to 3 feet and set the
plants about IS iuches or 2 seer in the ;
row. Judging from your question, we ;
suppose your mistake was in n t set
ting deep ■no-.; :h. No mat
ter how 1 >ug the stem may be, the
plants should be buried up to the first
leaf and the soil formed around them.
If everything else is in readiness and
the ground is not unusually dry, we j
have succeeded very well iu starting the j
r’-'.iits with at a rain by opening the
i hblcs with a pointed stick, pouring in
| wafer, patting the plants in up to the
lear. pres.-iug tiie wet dirt to the roots
and c. voting with the dry. In previ*
: ous articles on this subject, wo have
! call 'd attention to the fact that cab
bages cstna t be raised profitably on
pi.»'*r bind, nor can. such land be put in
I pr per couditi >-i for such a crop in or i
I >*' time. Well decomposed .-table
manure, broadcast heavily and thor
• c-r.yhiy mix- .1 with the s il. i- a good
■ aci •::: a li ~y crop of cow peas
•- ■ ■ - >r. The cul
j tivati"u >••:-: mid be rapid and complete.
■ —State A* :. ruitural 1. apartment.
I hi' “» ;isl WcbiTonn."
Qr tion.—Tier a is a multitude of
caterp ‘ ; vert'd with yellowish hair,
vr.th Keck heads and two rows of black
murks on their bodies, now eating the
b :.v s. n • fmy shade trees. C.a
y. u t'd mo what they are Called, and
give seme lemedy for getting rid of
A nsv-.:r—From y.-ur description, tiie
• in- t i ti;c “Fall WeliNVcrm,” found in
fates. The worms
. . in eggs of a white moth,
which ti pi sits them in the early sum
mer on the loaves of various trees. As
soon us hatch; i t iie worms begin to eat
the foliage, and at the same time com
mence t i spin a pr -tectiv ■ web. • They
gi r.v quite rapidly, eating all of the fol
iage, except the, network of veins in the
I waves, and as they grow they enlarge
I tho web. By the time they are full
i grown, the caterpillars are over an inch
long and cover :d with yellowish hairs.
Yv hen grown tiiey crawl to the ground,
where in soma sheltered nook, or just
; under the surface of the ground, they
enclose themselves in a slight cocoon, in
which they chan go to the chrysalis state,
I and from which, later on, they emerge
as pretty white moths, which begin at
j once to lay eggs as already mentioned
I above. A g od way to get rid of this
pest is to cut tho webs from the tree and
burn them up. This is easily done be
cause the webs can be ro plainly seen.
They may also bo effectually destroyed
I by spraying with Paris green and Lon
don purple.—State Agricultural Depart
| meat.
Cottonseed Failing: to <ome Up.
Question*.—Can you explain to me
i why I failed to get a good stand from
i cottonseed that I know to be good—as
; seed from tho same lot germinated ail
right at other places? I was very care
ful in the preparation and planting of
i my land and thoroughly rolled the seed
| in as much guano and kainit as would
i stick to them, then put them in with a
! planter allowing a full amount of seed
i to secure a good stand?
Answer.—ls you examined your seed,
! as you probably did, when they failed
to come up, you doubtless discovered
that they had xprouteil, but that the
sprouts were destroyed after starting
into growth, and wo attribute this to
the seed, of which the kainit is largely
composed. As long as tho seed were in
the hull the germ was protected against
the effects of the salt, but n,s soon as the
sprout burst forth, it came in contact
with the salt, which caused it to wither
and die. If you had rolled your seed in
) the fertilizer without the additional
kainit, their vigorous germination
would have been assisted. The seed
themselves contain a small store of each
principal element of plant food, enough
to start them into healthy growth, and
if when this is exhausted another sup
ply is at hand ready for immediate use,
j the tiny plants take it up, and are thus
| more rapidly pushed forward. We have
j often rolled the seed with marked ben
; ciit, and if you had left off the kainit
you would doubtless have secured a
good “stand” of strong, vigorous plants
—State Agricultural Department.
How to Keep Irish Potatoes*
Quest 1 on.—Can I keep my Irish pota
toes that I will dig in June until next
winter ? If so, tell how to do it.
Answer.—ls you have a good, dry cel
lar there is no trouble to keep all that
you can spread upon the floor. I am
now, June 1, eating potatoes that I dug
nearly a year ago. I simply spread
them on the cellar floor, and scattered
lightly over them a littie air slacked
lime. I have had to rub the sprouts off
; twice, but they are still sound, and good
j to eat; I also planted my crop from
j them the past spring, and I think they
1 are doing as well as any of the slipped
! potatoes. When I lived iu southwest
Georgia, my house being about two and
! a half feet from the ground, it was my
I custom to spread the potatoes under the
| house, out of reach of any splashing of
rainwater on them, and they kept just
as well as they do in a cellar in North
Georgia. In keeping them by either
plan, it is will to look over them ccca
| sionally and pick out any that may be
spoiling. In digging the crop keep tl )
potatoes as much out of the sunshine :
possible. —State Agricultural Depar.
ment.
Effect of Wood Ashes on lawns.
Question. —What effect has wood
ashes upon lawns or grass fields ?
Answer. —Ashes from wood are rich
| in potash, which is essential to the
j vigorous g'owth of grass. Potash
j strengthens the roots and stems and
i gives a deeper green color to the grass.
| In the production of leaves and seeds,
| ashes do not have so great an effect as
j nitrogenous manures. The phosphoric
J acid and lime contained in ashes are
j also very beneficial to the grasses.
Ashes should be put upon lawns only in
winter, when the fertilizing pi-operties
| may ho gradually absorbed by the earth,
i to be furnished through the following
, spring and summer to the hungry grass
! roots. —State Agricultural Department.
Not a Complete Fertilizer.
Question. —I have a 20-acre field,
gray soil, with red clay subsoil. It was
planted iu cotton last year. Would it
j do to put acid phosphate and cotton
| seed on it for corn this year ?
Answer. —Your acid and meal would
not he a complete fertilizer for corn;
corn, like most other plants, needing
potash. If your 20 acres is abundantly
supplied with potash, then the acid and
meal would be sufficient, but in any
event it will be safer to supply some
potash. A good mixture would be 450
pounds acid phosphate, 450 pounds cot
tonseed meii 1 and 100 pounds kainit.
Iu place of tho kainit, you could use 25
pounds muriate of p • h. From 100
to 200 pounds to the acre.
Cottonseed IluiD a- a I’rrtillz r.
] Question. —About h;w many pounds
j of ashes will a t a <-f cottonseed hu:l3
produce? How would it do to fake hulls
and put in furrow in good fresh new
land, five to six years under cultivation
pud put on ten of then. say. 100 pounds
of acid phosphate? What is the value
of cottonseed hul s as a fertilizer?
Answer.—A ton of cottonseed hulls
will make about 57 pounds of ashes.
It would be of very little benefit to pur
hulls and 100 pounds of acid phosphate
to the rAe. Qf course the phosphate
would produce some good results, and if
the s »il were very stiff, the me'-hani’al
effect of the hulls won! i b»‘ go- d. Tiie
• hulls decay ? < slowly, that the effort on
the crop would hardly be perceptible.
C ttonseed hulls have but little value
as a fertilizer, containing only »he fol
lowing am- nuts of plant food: Nitrogen
S 4 of 1 per-c-cut, or 15 p u:ids per ton.
I Potash, 1.10 per rent, <-:■ 22 p .uuds per
, t>>n. Phosphoric arid .2percent or f nr
pounds per ton. —State Agricultural De
] nartmeut.
Nttmljrrof Five St->c!i In t!i#Uuited St»tp%
Question. —Will you kindly give me
the number of tho various kinds of live
stork in the United States?
Answer.—The Department of Agri
culture at Washington give the number
of horses at 14.000.000; mules, 2.300.000;
oxen and beef cattle, 37,000,000; milch
cows, 16.000,000; sheep. 45,000,000, and
lvags. 52,000,000. Total value, $2,420,-
O'- Y DO.—Stato Agricultural Depart
ment.
When to C nt iVa Vines For Ilay.
Qu-stion. —What time should pea
vines be cut for hay?
Answer. —When they are iu full
bl ■ m.—State Agricultural Depart
ment.
Fomplele Fertilizer For Cotton.
Question. —I have a field that has
been sawn in cats and peas for four
years. I want to plant in cotton. Have
already put 10 bushels of cottonseed
per acre au.l we.at t> put about 3)0
p. voids fertilizer p>r acre. P.caso let
me hear from you ou the subject.
Answer.-— lloplyiug to your question,
I take it f r granted that you have
In - '>iulciisted ‘he 16 bushels cotton seed
p acre, an l thoroughly and deeply
brokou the hind withe plowing them
under. If you intend now to apply a
complete fertilizer—viz , one containing
nitrogen, p dash and phosphoric acid, I
would advise you not to put the entire
: 800 pounds per acre directly under the
cotton. A better plan would be to put,
say 150 pounds in the furrow upon
| which you ; ro going to bed; then after
i listing up m this, put the other 150
pounds iu the siding furrows, 75 pounds
|in each. This plan, while requiring a
little more labor, is very much prefer
! able to putting the whole quantity in
: one furrow. Get your fertilizer iu each
case well in the ground, and before cov
ering run a long scooter iu the bottom
of furrow, thus breaking the stiff sub
soil and thoroughly incorporating tho
fertilizer with the soil. You may be
inclined to say, “This will be too much
trouble and won’t pay,” but I assure
you that the increased yield will amply
repay for the increased labor. There is
no truer saying in connection with the
farm than “A crop well planto 1 is half
made.’’--State Agricultural Department.
How to Get Kid of l*eeU«*s.
Question. —There are some striped
bugs eating up my Irish potato crop.
They did the same thing last year, and
I tried everything I knew to get rid of
them, but without success. If yon cau
tell me a remedy for them, it will be
much appreciated by myself and neigh
bors.
Answer. —There have been many let
ters received by this department this
spring of like tenor 'o the above, and it
i is evident that the formers and garden
ers of this state will hereafter have to
i protect their Irish potato crop as they
now do at tho north and west. Tiie
striped bugs you speak of are either tho
I Colorado or the Blister Beetle, both of
which have become plentiful and per
! manently domiciled in Georgia. Tho
best remedy for these pests is spraying
or dusting the plants, with either Paris
green or London purple. For dusting,
use one pound of the poison mixed with
five pounds of wheat flour aud two
i pounds of fine ashes, dry dust or air
i slacked lime. Sift this mixture on the
| plants when the dew is on them. In
| sprinkling use a teaspoonful of Paris
J green or London purple to two aud a
j half gallons of water. Use the poisons
j upon the first appearance of the beetles,
j before they get a good foothold. Some
potato growers resort to handpicking to
get rid of the beetles, but it is neither
so cheap nor effectual as the use of the
arsenites. Always be very careful in
handling Paris green or London purple,
as they are peadly poison.—State Agri
cultural Department-
X Kays In Agriculture.
What is probably the first application
| of Roentgen’s rays to tho elucidation of
I an agricultural problem has been ef
i footed at Munich by Dr. Graetz, who has
i obtained by the agency of the x rays
| the “photograph” of a pig one day old.
| The outline of the skeleton system is
I clearly Shown. An examination of the
j image of the skeleton of this young pig
makes much more intelligible than
| would a loug dissertation the necessity
| of a diet rich in phosphatic matter, and
j its effect upon the perfect development
of the osseous system. The young ani
j mal, of which the bony tissues are so
imperfectly constituted at the time of
birth, finds in the maternal milk the
j nitrogenous and phosphatic ingredients
essential to tho formation of bone. As
! ter it is weaned snch food as is afforded
j in cereal grains furnishes it with the
phosphoric acid, the lime and the mag
! nesia required for the completion of its
osseous structures.
Cotton Fangom Enemies*
Cotton is attacked by many fungous
enemis, among them yellow leaf blight,
frenching, damping off, or “sore shin,”
anthracuose, shedding, angular spot,
j mildew, leaf blight and root gall. No \
practical remedy has been found for
these diseases. There are some effective
j remedies, but they are not expensive.
Grow cotton in rotation with other crops,
I so that the same land will not be planted
in cotton oftener than once iu four
years. This will starve out fungous
enemies. The same practice has like
advantages for other crops.—Bulletin
Alabama Station.
The Faria Cabby.
Should an accident befall the vehicle
of a Paris cabman during your occu
j pancy, ho will abandon himself to a
paroxysm of grief, compute the loss and
tell in moving accents cf his wife and
children, whose bread will be taken from
j their mouths by this mishap.
But if your fingers thereupon make
i instinctively for your pocket, restrain
them. Ho is insured. He pays a small
monthly premium to a cab insurance
| company, aud in the case of a smash up
! only the company suffers. A playful
intimation that you are aware of this
; circumstance will do wonders to console
him. There was in days gone by a cab
man who made such a good thing out
of accidents that he ended by adopting
j them as a specialty.
He confined his labors to those quar
ters of the town chiefly affected by the
English, and his system was to pick up
a benevolent English tourist, by prefc-r
--| euce a lady, and break a shaft. He
l knew a method cf turning a corner
| which no shaft could resist.
Then he would beat his breast and ■
shake his fist at heaven, call the uni- j
i verse to witness that he was a poor
man, who would be ruined by tiie sum
it must cost to get liis cab repaired, ;
bring in his wife and children—though ;
the unprincipled creature was a bache- j
lor—and what could a benevolent look
ing English tourist do but help him out?
—Paris Letter.
No More Kissing There.
It has hitherto been the custom of the
children attending the public schools of ■
Austria and Hungary to kiss the hands
of the teacher on arrival and departure.
This has now been forbidden by an or
der from the imperial board of education,
which bases its action on the fact that
sanitary investigation has shown That
kissing is unhealthy and should not be |
practiced when absolutely unnecessary, j
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