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VOL. IV
VVe live by our blood,and on
it. We thrive or starve, as
our blood is rich or poor.
There is nothing else to live
on or by.
When strength is full and
spirits high, we are being i'e-
freshed, hone muscle and brain,
in body and mind, with eon-
tmui flow Of rich blood.
’ Ills is health
Adieu weak, in low spirits
cheer, spring, , when
DO no rest
■s not rest and sleep is not
L.-ep, we are starved ; our blood
is poor - there is little nutri
nent in it.
Back of the blood, is food
1 O keep the blood rich. W hen
it fails, take Scott’s Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil. It sets the
whole body going again—man
woman and child.
I von have not tried it, send for free sample.
As agreeable taste will surprise you.
SCOTT & 13OWNE, Chemists
T -LJ Pearl Street, New York.
50c. and $1.00; all druggists.
SEASON OF PROSPERITY
BEST THE KAKMEItS OK C.EOR.
OlA HAVE KNOWN KOlt
MAN Y \ E
:
HOUSES SPEAK PLAIITLY
Barge Increases In Various Crop —-Mate
Stauiis .11 rout. Itaak ol Ail
Bines of industry.
The season of 1899 and 1900 was the I
best that the. farmers of Georgia have
known in many years. Tue cause of
i
this prosperity 1 1 is known to ail. A large ,!
ot : all supplies , were raised . , at |
percentage
home and the comparatively short crop !
of cottou brougirt good prices. The I
United States statistician estimates the |
crops of Georgia for 1900 as follows:
Corn, 34,1.19,530 bushels; wheat, 5,011,-
133 bushels; oats, 7,010,040 bushels, aud
hay, 190,337 tons. The cotton crop was
something over 1,200,000 bales. The
average prices for these crops were:
Corn, 57 cents a bushel; wheat, 95 cents;
oats, 49 cents, aud hay, $12.75 a ton.
The average price for the cotton was 9
cents a pound; but this does not include
the good profit made on cotton seed. It
is sincerely to be hoped that the acreage
of cotton will not be increased, and that
those who seek to run down the price of j
our great staple will be foiled in their
attempt. With a cottou crop not larger
than that of last year, and with good
seasons and a full crop of corn and the
small grains, the prosperity which a
year ago began to dawn upon the agri¬
culturists ot Georgia will mount still
higher toward the zenith.
-Vlake Kvery Acre Productive.
The effort of the farmer should be to
make every acre under cultivation pro¬
ductive To rhis end he should plant
no more than he cau well cultivate. By
just so much as the cost of production is
diminished, by so much is the net gain
Increased.
If some men have by the best meth-
9ds produced 50 or more bushels of
wheat to the acre, why cannot others
with as good land be just as- successful?
Our farmers are making wonderful pro¬
gress in the improvement of their lands
aud the beautifying of their homes, and
they are doing much toward confirming
the proud title “Empire State of the
South,” conferred upon Georgia before
the civil war on account of her being
far in the van of all the south in the
construction of railways and in the va¬
riety and excent of her various manu¬
facturing enterprises, and still more de¬
served by the fact that even iu the
gloomy period of “reconstruction” she
maintained over almost all her territo¬
ry white supremacy, and w r as among
the foremost in throwing off the oppres¬
sor’s yoke.
1 gc increase ot the Hay Crop.
One of the most gratifying signs of
agricultural progress in Georgia is the
fact that the 69,769 tons of hay harvest¬
ed in 1890 had increased to 190,337 tons
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RUCIiANAN, GA,. FRIDAY, APRIL ig, 1901.
in 1900, valued at $13. 75 a tou, or $3,-
425,02). , it) „ lor the entire This
crop.
gives promise of more and better breeds
of both dairy and beef cattle. There is
no reason why Georgia should not raise
just as good beef, aud have just as rich
milk and cream and as delicious butter
as are furnished by the groat grass
growing states of the west and north¬
west. We have lands on which alfalfa,
Timothy, clover aud even blue grass
respond to the farmer’s labors with
abundant harvests. At the same time
there is no more uulritious food for cat-
tie than that furnished by our own na-
tive-grasses, crowfoot, crab and Bermu-
da, aud that marvelous restorer of ex-
austor soi s, the peavine. A gentle-
man who spent his youth in Baldwin
county, often noticed ou his father’s
farm that when sheep were turned in to
faze, the Timothy to which they had
free ac ® ess remained untouched so long
a ^he Bermuda lasted. This is a strong
witness to the superiority of Georgia’s
favorito grass in flavor and nutritious
power.
Increase your acreage for grass
and raise both beet aud dairy catrlo,
but be careful to keep the breeds dis¬
tinct.
Hayproduclag Counties Have the
Best stock.
While maintaining her high rank as
a cotton producing state, Georgia can
aud should press to the front in the
growing of grasses and all forage plants.
Already there is a marked difference
between the cattle, hogs and horses of
the hay producing counties of Georgia
and those of other sections of the state'
Kentucky, whose farms are covered
with a rich carpet of blue grass, has
loug been noted for her beautiful horses
and cattle. One of the friends of
this department who two summers ago
several weeks in the far-famed
blue glass section of Kentucky tells us
that while his eyes were feasted 011
many sleek e-attle, and horses marked
by beauty of form aud grace of move-
men t, he had seen just as tine animals
ou some of the model farms and also in
several Georgia cities and towns.
More Huy -Means More and Better
Beef, Milk and Butter,
Much has already been , accomplished ,. , ,
by our most progressive farmers. The
hay product of Georgia increased during
the past decade almost three-fold. If
during the next decade we could have a
ten-fold increase 011 this lino, it would
mean an almost inestimable advance in
prosperity. It would mean abundance
of the best beef on our farms aud iu our
towns at cheaper rates than ever before,
milk aud butter rivaling the best im-
portations from northern dairies and
creameries, and an independence of for¬
eign iood supplies that would make the
farmers independent of the price of cot¬
ton, which would then he a pure money
crop. No people have been more l.chly
blessed by the bounty of the Almighty.
The best way to show our gratitude to
the giver o.f all good is to improve the
opportunities presented with such lav¬
ish hand.
“Onward!” Is the Word.
Wbeu Georgia iu her hour of need
summoned her sons to defend her rignts
and honor, the offering of property and
life was spontaneous and general. When
the heel of the oppressor was upon her,
her sons, amid appalling adversities,
wrought by the blessing oi God her re¬
demption. Will they prove laggards ,
now, when fortune smiles and points
the way to greatness and wehlth? No.
Already the onward march has begun,
aud it wiil continue until Georgia
stands in the front rank ou all lines of
industry, inferior iu no particular to
any star of our grand constellation of
sovereign states.
Cotton.
So many of the farmers of Georgia
understand the cultivation of cotton,
that the principal thing to be said on
this subject is to give a note of warning
against an increase of the acreage, with
a consequent increase of the supply
over the demand and the reduction of
the price of the staple below the point
of reasonable profit to the planter.
Many of our most progressive farmers
have, by intelligent use of the best
methods, restored exhausted lands and
caused them to show a production
almost equal to that of the original
virgin soil. In fact, such has been the
advance of Georgia on this line as to
elicit, years ago, from the compilers of
the United States oensus the compli¬
mentary statement that “the high posi¬
tion of Georgia is due, not to natural
i advantages, but to better cultivation of
the soil, the use of fertilizers, and the
! thrift ol an industrious population.”
The one thing that, the Georgia cot-
ton growers need to learn is, how to
j avoid overproduction with its aocompa-
nying low prices.
If, however, tney will raise such food
supplies as may be counted among the
necessities of life, aud thus make cotton
a surplus money crop, low prices will
never again be as disastrous as they
have been in the past.
But if, in spite of all warning and in
j erf^t ifaHi'creaTof the^Tago
iu cotton, we may look for a crop much
larger than that of last year and of ne-
cessity a decrease ill the price.
While at the same time the produc¬
tion of that crop will cost them more
than it has in many years, 0 n account
I of the increased cost of food supplies,
mules , fertilizers, labor and other
things.
Combination to Reduce tlie Price.
There appears even now strong evi-
dence of a combination among cotton
mills, domestic aud foreign, cotton fac-
tors and cotton manipulators, that will
prove disastrous to farmers in case of
too large a crop. For .then the setting
of the price of cotton will not be with
the farmer, as it was last year.
W hat, then, farmers of Georgia, is
our duty to ourselves aud at the same
time the P rotectlou of our S reat moue T
cro P? ^ * s more coru dlu * P eas i uiore
su F ar cane aut * Potatoes, more food
suppiies ’ more beef cattle and more
cbur ^ P r °ducts, and after these tilings
as muoh cottou as we cau raise - Tb ea
we oau stl ^ uamo P rice oi our sta-
p ^ e '
The warnin " has alread ” been sound-
ed irom Liverpool to New York and
* r0IU New York to New Orleans, from
large buyers to small, mat they will not
R,10f uer .V'^ar pay the prices that have
ra nged during tnis season. They say
tb is because they believe that the farm-
ers "’Ll greatly increase the crop of this
year. O. B. Steve xs,
Commissioner.
ISest Ilrmrdj For Klu-umalism.
QUICK RKI.IKF FROM PAIN,
A'l who use Chamberlain’s p a m
B 'm for rheumatism are delighted
with tt\ • 'pro relief from, pain which
it affords. When speaking of this Mr,
I) A’ Sinks, ot Troy Ohio, says: ‘Some
time ago 1 had a severe attack of rheu-
mat ism in my arm and shoulder, I
tried numerous remedies but got no
reliet u til I was recommended by
Messrs Geo F Parsons & Co, dru ggists
of this place, to try Chamberlain’s Pain
Bairn They recommended it so high-
ly t hat 1 bought a bottle. I was soon
re ieved of alt pain- I have since rec¬
ommended this Liniment to man 0 f
my friends, who agree with me that
it is the best remedy for muscular
rheumatism in tlie market.” For sale
by Cope'an 1 Bros, Bremen; S Gauld¬
ing & Co. W. co.
Should Use Improved Methods.
Proper preparation and cultivation
of soil are impossible with the anti-
auated tools used by our grandfathers.
Improved plows, rollers, harrows, plant¬
ers, weeders and cultivators are abso¬
lute essentials of success i 11 these days.
-
who persists . , . the , of „
The man in use old
time tools , and , methods , , will soon be , left „
behind in the race by his more progres-
sive neighbor. While he finds the old-
fashioned , tools , unfitted ~ , for » proper pm-
veriziug of his soil, leaving many clods
unbroken, or to be broken one at a time,
his neighbor with improved implements
plows the land to the necessary depth,
and then crushes the clods on a strip ?
or 8 feet wide each trip across the field.
With the same implement that fines
the surface the weeds may be killed
without allowing one to reach a height
of even 1 inch.
The old rule of 1 acre a day will not
do for these progressive times. Ten
times that muck can be done bv a many
toothed instrument made for the pur¬
pose.—State Agricultural Department.
Two million tons of sugar are annual¬
ly imported for the sweet tooth of
America.
Porto Rico is a country of farms, 93
per cent of them worked by their own-
trs.
It is money to you to trade
with the merchants who advertise
Hi The Tribune.
Caught a l>r<‘it«S!'iiIC<»l<!.
Marion Hooke, manager for T. M.
I’ixmip.'on, a large importer of line
mi ll.nnry at 103lS Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, says: “During the l-te sc¬
vere vveather , caug i it a dreadful cold
which kept me awake at night and
ma de me unlit to attend to uiv work
during (tlP (lav 0ne of my milliners
was taking Chamberlain’s Cough Rem
edv for a severe cold at tlut time.
which seemed to relieve her so quit klv
that 1 bought some i irmyself. It aci
e( l 1 J l' f * magic and 1 began to improve
at once, lam now entirely well and
, '^>Vs^ Oa.ildingY t bV r.meu! !>. "dBro^ ’’
Bremen- S < Waco.
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Gi<0 //! N G SWEtl PO 1 ATOEo
Some imp;,nact Points All ut This
Yh i uab.p < i oi>.
It is not too late to bed sweet potatoes,
of which every farmer should have a
good supply for his family aud stock;
for there is uothiug grown which is a
more general favorite for the table,
while bores, cows, hogs aud chickens
can be fed on nothing more fattening or
more relished by them. An acre that
will produce 30 bushels of corn will
readily afford -00 bushels of sweet po-
tatoes. Yields of 500 bushels to the
acre on some Georgia lands have been
reported by the Experiment Station at
Griffin.
Plants for setting out may be pur-
chased from those who keep them for
sale or they may be grown lor that pur-
pose. The beds should be prepared by
putting stable manure at the bottom to
the depth of 2 or 3 inches aud then cov-
eriug it over with 3 or 3 inches of sand,
After the seed potatoes have been cut
lengthwise they should be placed iu the
soil with the cut side down, aud having
been laid cb e to each other without
touching should be covered to the depth
of 2 or 3 inches. While they should be
kept reasonably warm and moist, care
must be tuk< a to avoid any excess of
either heat or moisture.
When me sprouts have attained a
height of 1 cur or five inches, they may
be careiully separated from the tubers,
one at a cim:\ with the thumb and liu-
ger, so as not to disturb the potato, for
if this be uninjured, it will in a short
time send up other shoots.
Select Carefully.
No diseased tubers should be selected
for planting, for if thrifty slips are se-
cured, they w ill grow very rapidly.
If weeds sp-iug up, it is better to re-
move them by hand, since the use of the
bee may injure such tubers as lie near
the surface. The cultivator can be used
between the rows to exterminate the
weeds, which should be kept out of the
field. I
The tendency of the vines, as soon as
they are two or three feet long, to take
root at many of the joints and thus
propagate new tubers is well known.
This should be prevented by carefully
loosening these vines from the soil
either by hand or with a wide fork.
But in doing this every precaution
should be used to avoid bruising the
vines.—State Agricultural Department,
A Tcstimouial Frwiti old England
“I consider Chathberlain’s Cough
Remedy the best in the world for bron
c.hitis,” . ,, says Mr. William 0 Savory, oi
Warrington, ... . England. ,, . , , “It „ has . saved
my wjfVs , sl) , havi been a luar .
, r t0 bron , hitls for „ v , r slx lvars ,
, being the .. most; , of ... the tun . * confined f t«i
})er ^ ^ - s , mv ite well » H . M
by CopeUn „ Bros. Bremen ; S Gauld-
& (Jo., Waco.
Has <■ N t to Hot. U ell.
Let our larmers shun carefully the
mad haste to get, rich, which has seiz'd
upon so many people of all classes.
Careful attention to legitimate business
methods will not perhaps build up im-
fortuues 111 a short time, but it will
bring competence and peace of mind,
aud the farmer who has built up pros¬
perous estates for liis old age aud for
his heirs, living in the fear of God, can
in bis declinihg years enjoy his “ease
with dignity,” while with undisturbed
mind he calmly waits for the inevitable
sunset of life.—State Agricultural De¬
partment.
Wholesale tea planting on 6,001 acres
of land near Charleston has been begun
by a company that expects eventually
to put 300,000 pounds of tea a year on
the market.
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N O 20
lie ei« Si lllooil J'uriifi r.
The blood is const ant I j being 1 11 rill -
ed by the lungs, liver and kidneys,
Keep these organs in a healthy condi¬
tion and he bowels regular and you
" ill have no need of a blood purilier.
For t,hi-purposethere is nothing equal
to CI 1.1 mberlain’s Stomach and Liver
tablets, one dose oi them will do you
nore good I ban a dollar bottle of the
) s t bleed purifier. 1'riee 25 cents at
’opelatid Bros, Bremen; S Gaulding
y r 0 . Waco.
_
ABOUT CORN CULTIVATION
Some Valuable I’raoticul Hints to the
I’lunler.
Corn is the special crop for this Maroh
and April. The rich, loamy soils, espe¬
cially along the creeks aud river bot*
turns, are best adapted for this crop, for
corll noec js a moisture returning soil, so
that it may be better able to withstand
a droutn at the critical period of tasseling
and silking. After the soil has been
deeply broken and thoroughly pulver-
ized with harrow and roller, furrows
3 to 5 feet apart, according to richness
of soil, should be opened with a scooter
or shovel and the grain dropped into the
well prepared soil. Then ou each side
of the grains—not over them—should
be placed the amount of compost or
barnyard manure deemed necessary, if
such is used. Then cover them over
witn a doublo foot planter. If, how-
ever, the regular commercial fertilizer
is used, we would prefer to disribute it
all along the furrow and then follow it
with a plow, so that it may bethor-
oughly mixed with the soil before drop*
ping the gram,
Heat Time Kor Planting.
When we consider all sections of
Georgia, the best average time for
planting com is about March 10 or 16; a
little earlier in the southern counties, a
little later in the extreme northern sec-
tion, in some parts as late as April 5 or
6. As fur as we cau control such mat*
ters, we should secure the most favor*
able condition possible for the quick
germination of the seed, and for the
vigorous and rapid development of the
stalk.
The corn must be rapidly worked, and
every effort must be made to prevent
the springing up of grass or weeds,
which, if they do appear iu spite of the
best endeavors of the farmers, must not
be allowed to remain for any length of
time. The cultivation of corn, like
hat of other crops, should be largely
done before planting; and, after 2 first
plowing, shallow surface cultivation
only should be used, and for this pur*
pose improved harrows or cultivators
are needed.-State Agricultural Depart-
ment.
Headache often results from a disor
ilered cndition of the stomach and
constipation of the bowels. A dose
or two of Chamberlain’s Stomach and
Liver ' ablets will correct these disor¬
ders and cure the headache. Sold by
opeland Bros., Bremen 8 Gaulding &
< ,n -> " aco.
Notice, Tax Payers.
I will t'e at the following places on the dates
named foi the purpose of reseiving the tax re¬
turns fo7 the year 1901:—
hut hanau, April 1 to C aud 25,
Tallapoosa, April 13and 23.
Waco, Apr'l 15 and 29, a. m.
Bremen, April 15 and 29, p. m.
7tli Court (Around, April 16 and 30, a. m.
1585th Court Ground, Head’s store, April 1*
and 30 p. rn.
20th Court Ground, liloekvihe, April 17 and
May 1, a. nr.
Mt. View, April 17 and May 1, p. m.
Holton, Apiil 18 ana May 2,a. m.
Wild Cat. April 18 and M*v 2, p. m.
sti adman, April 19 and May 3, a. m.
1512 Court Ground, Berea, April 1^ May 3 p na.
Buncombe, April 20 and May 4, p. m.
Buchanan, May 7 and 25, and Juuu 4,
Tallapoosa, May 9 and 24 and June 5 and 6.
Waco, May 13. 14 and June 10.
Bremen May
7th Court Ground, May 15 a. in.
1585th Court Ground, May 15 p, m..
29th Court Ground. Blockvilie, May 16, a. cl.
Mt. View May 16, p. 111.
Felton, May 17,
wildcat, May 18 a. m.
Steadman, May 18, p.ro.
131:;, 'oust Ground. May 21, p. m.
Buncombe, May 22, p. in.
JOHN W. BENTLEY. R. T. R.
for Haralson County Ga.
Toe onli nourishing laxative spring
tone 1 bats guaranteed to increase
your weiir'. t. Dr. Erskiri^’s Cactus
Compound. For sale by H D Lasscter