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2 <Subrli>tloii Rale*. Tim (1 rowiu reiiraKiitlng anil mlvocat sSscsfeasa-sR? toe very class oi e fHcent and valuable advertis whero one of tne - . -ii <>l7oll bite in every ’ Stttt'o!Viul'win aout.tleM COU.6 u^ertHe eTt * hundred thousand persons. All interested •'BStSte-SStoSU-l--*- cut. and heavy let iu ?r*SS*\ e S5 1 v C .rtl*en t . ,nu. be paid In ad- Ta J w; regular advertisement®quarterly. Term* of Subscription. ** °® Address letters and communications to GEORGIA GRANGE PUBLISHING CO., P. o Drawer 24, Atlanta,Ga. To Our Correspondents.— Correspondence on all subjects within (ho province of The Georota Grange newspaper in solicited. All communications should bo accompanied by the name of the writer, postofllce, County, and State, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Write only on one Hide of the page. if® f|^^| XjTTQx Official Organ of the Patrons of Husbandry. ATLANTA. GEORGIA, JULY 14, 1877. To Subscriber* or Tlie Georgia Grange. Worthy Brothers— You will please read this carefully, aud give us an immediate reply. In April, 1873, an able and representative body of Georgia’s best planters, assembled in tho city of Macon, and organized “The Georgia Slate Grange." Many of tlie most ardent friends of the cause, felt the necessity for a paper devo ted OBpocially to tho interests of tho Order. Believing that to bo the most feasible and effec tive method of diffusing a knowledge of the in stitution and securing the progress of the noble brothorhood in thiß State, the conviotiou was made practically operative by the organization or “The Georgia Grange Publishing Company,” and tho publication of The Geoboia Grange. This paper, through tlie zeal and enterprise of its managers, soon attained a large circulation, and was formally recognized as the official or gan ef tlie r&trons of Husbandry in Georgia. It then entered with renewed zeal upon its legiti mate work, and has since and untir ingly battled for the cause, paper has been sent out to many who asked for it, on time, and we are now compelled “to rise and say,” that, in consequence of the indulgence extended to many of our brethren, wo find it necessary to make this appeal ; and we do directly, most urgently , and respectfully, appeal to you lo re spond by the paymatTTof your subscription due, and give us the furthedaid of one year’s subscrip tion in advance. J. 8- LAIN TON,^ Fon Georgia Gbange Pigilishing Cos. The wheat crop of California for ex port this year, it is estimated will be 200,000 tons. The Dismal Swamp Canal is to be sold at auction at Norfolk, Virginia, next August. The work cost over a million and a half, but it is not ex pected to bring more than one-fifth of that sum. lowa is the second State in the Union for corn, raising last year 155,000,000 bushels, Illinois alone exceeding her. The States next range in the following order: Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and Kansas. ♦ The United States produced last year a cotton crop worth about $250,- 000,000, and a corn crop worth about $583,000,000. Of a total agricultural product of $4,000,000,000, the corn crop forms the largest item. The little towD of Salem, North Carolina, with 2,000 inhabitants, has gathered and sent to market during the papt three years, more than three mil lion pounds of blackberries, for which the gatherers received nearly half a million dollars. . +■ • The Black Hills excitement has been so great that Dead wood City, the chief town, already has 15,000 people, but 5,000 of those would be out any day they could get money enough to leave. Many are in a starving condition. There is no worse place for a*man to go who has no capital. The quantity of American fruit which now finds a market in Europe, is somewhat surprising. For the year ending June 30th, 1867, the value of American fruit consumed in Europe reached $600,000. Since then this amount has more than quadrupled itself, having reached $2,500,000. Dried apples contribute largely to this amount, the country having exported over 12,000,000 pounds since June of last year against 622,000 pounds the previous year. —A number of hail storms have prevailed recently, inflicting some dam age to fruit and other crops. fiSORfiM ‘‘Hard Time*.” Alluding to the fact that thirty-two heavy mercantile failures were reported for the month of June, and that one of, the main causes of our trouble lies in the great rush for, and overcrowding of our cities, the Savannah News gives figures to show that while the propor tion of the rural population has de dined 10.5 per cent, in the last two decades, that of the cities has increased 10.5 per cent, in the same period, and this in spite of the fact that our general population in that time, has increased several millions. No wonder then there are so many out of employment, and such great difficulty in making a liveli hood is felt. Even in times of business prosperity, this would bo the case where cities are crowded beyond the possibility of utilizing their surplus population, and how much more general becomes the evil and consequent distress, in times like the present, when dullness and prostration of business is the gen eral rule. This is, then, the main cause of the trouble. Now, what is the remedy ? Simply to get out of the overcrowded city, where there is no opportunity for work, and go to the country. There are thousands and thousands of acres of land to be had almost for the asking. Opportunities which every man of any energy can make available, are offered right hero in Georgia for securing homesteads and making comfortable livings. No man who owns a house and farm, no matter how bumble it may bo, has any right to talk of hard times. Let him keep out of debt, and he is as independent as the wealthiest man in the United States. He has always a place where he may sleep, a roof to shelter him, and with reasonable industry he can obtain food to sustain life. He is, therefore, at all times independent, and wealth can bring no greater blessing than this. Let the idle and unemployed man, then, come South. If he is active and industrious he can soon acquire a home, and need never in his life again be out of work. Such an one will find all the blessings of nature waiting to be freely dispensed, and will have cause to bless the day when be exchanged city idle ness, want, and the humiliation always attendant thereon, for the country’s work, independence, and the feeling of true manliness which suet indepen dence always brings. The Recent Briin.wlck Pair. \ “It was the first fair attempted at Brunswick,” says the Thomasville Times, “and was, in many respects, a perfect success. The opening address was delivered by Col. Tom Hardeman, and, like all of his efEorts, was a most happy and felicitous'one. The Regatta was an interesting feature and attract ed a large crowd. The military prize drill, in which there were five contest ing companies, was a very exciting feature of the occasion. The prize was a magnificent silk banner beaming the inscription: “From the Ladies of Brunswick, Ga., June 14th, 1877.” It was noon by the Cadets, of Macon. Judge John L. Harris delivered it in an eloquent speech. The display of stock, farm products, etc., was good. The horticultural display was good in quality, but limited in quantity. The floral and fancy departments were ex ceptionally good. The ball was a grand affair; twenty-one sets whirl ing away at one time in the mazes of the dance. Wo congratulate our Glynn county friends on this their first exhibition, and trust that they may never look back, but push ahead in this, and all other efforts, to bring Glynn out of the woods. Farmers’ Clubs. —The Farmers’ Club of Greene county is flourishing, and is doing a threat deal of good. At a recent meeting the question was dis cussed : “ What should farmers do with their hands after crops are laid by?” and wo venture to say that every farmer present found the conversation pleasant and instructive. Tho Club proposes to hold its meet ings in different sections of tho county, so that all farmers can attend some of the meetings. The next meeting will be held at Union Point, on the 2d of of August. Every farmer who would see tho agricultural interest of the country prosper, is invited to join the Club. Grange Meetings. —The Grangers of Muscogee held a mass meeting at Columbus, and passed a resolution that they would establish a joint stock com pany to build, buy or lease a warehouse in that city. The ExecutijPyJimi*- \ tee will make application fßtyr Supe rior Court for a charter, Jiieir stock allowed is $25,000, and ffey ..are to commence when $3,000 subscribed. Y U* TUe Hog, We have received from HGflThomas P. Janes, Commissioner of .Jyiiculture for the State of Georgia, Manual on the Hog.” In this sprtial the Commissioner discusses of the hog as an element of foo; the food best suited to promote his gfcwth ; the diseases to which he is liablMpd their remedies; and the important of an increased production of in the South. __ Bt The United States census re ports 2,036,119 hogs in GeSia. In 1870, there were 988,566 —JLcrease of 1,047,551. Equally as much bacon to feed the people of as in 1860. Allowing for the average weight of a Com missioner finds a deficit of Forty-one per cent, of pondents report the BorkslflKmost profitable, twenty-nine per ot. the Guinea, twenty per cent, thellssex, and nine per cent, the common f ock. The average cost per pound pork, salted down in the smoke-lnmse, in 1875, was 8f cents. Some, wliP’give special attention to their hogs, anLplant crops forthem, report the cost asßw as five cents per pound, and a few * low as four cents. m- The average number of pigs, initial ly raised from each sow, is reported as ten. The average at which hogs are killed is eighteen months, ani^the average net weight 194 pounds. , Eighty-five per cent, of the ccfjfes pondents reported cholera the mostcres tructive disease. Seventeen per cent, of the hogs iu the State were reported Jost by disease, principally from choleri in 1875. Jr The Commissioner concludes as fm * W** lows: “ The restoration of prosperity in our State will not be achieved through the organic law, or legislation, but mfbst begin with the individual farmer. Our State is, strictly speaking, agriculture, and depends for aggregate prosptwjA upon that of the individual tiller soil. When the latter, by "a self-sustaining system of farm econo my, become prosperous, all other classes will participate in the beneficial results, and the aggregation of individuals — the Commonwealth —will prosper. Georgia farmers must produce their own meat and bread, and some to spare for the towns, before they can be prosperous and independent. Then, and not till then, will Georgia, as a State, take the proud position which, her magnificent domain, genial climate, productive soil, and varied resources entitles her to occupy.” Tlie Constitutional Convention. In this issue we give the first day’s proceedings of the Constitutional Con vention. The great pressure upon our columns crowds out an extended notice till next week. Suffice it to say, that this body is one of the noblest ever as sembled in the Empire State, and will make a Constitution worthy of the people. Our next issue will contain exceedingly interesting matter about the Convention and its proceedings. Poelry aud Cookery. There would seem, at first thought, some incongruity between the two. But how many a poet has received his in spiration from a savory sirloin, or a hearty feast on well baked pork and beans ! And if this be true, which it undoubtedly is, no one should be sur prised to find a poet in the proprietor of a popular eating house. Elsowhero we give a poem by Oliver L. Pease, him of the famous “ Pease’s Restaurant.” He sings of childhood’s home, and how many can exclaim with him : Boyhood ! wlmt a distance when wo count in miles, Wo havo wandered wayward from a mother’s smiles : How tho pulso will quicken, as Uoubo tops heave in view. As wo near tho liomestoad that sheltered me aud you. Horticultural Society. Rich mond county has organized a Horticul tural Society. At a meeting held in Augusta, the organization was com pleted by the election of tho following officers: President, J. P. H. Brown ; Vice President, Dr. R. C. Griffin ; Sec retary and Treasurer, L. A. Berck umns; Executive Committee, W. K. Nelson, Geo. Uhl, L. D. Duval. Georgia Farm Notes. —The Standard (Talbot county) has the following crop item : Rev. Jas. D. Wilson, from an acre patch', threshed forty-three bushels of good wheat. This is the largest product we have heard of from a single acre this season. To recapitu late the brag crops of Talbot, we have first the crop of Mr. Ed. Langford, 85 bushels fiom 3J acres; then the bra< crop of Dr. Searcy, 39 bushels; then the half acre of Dr. Wells, from which he obtained 18J bushels; then the 5} acres of Mr. L. A. Baldwin, which yielded 123 bushels, and last the patch of Mr. Wilson, 43 bushels from one acre. These are only a few of the many instances where good yields have been obtained in this county. —This is about the first displeasing paragraph about the crops that we have seen in a Georgia newspaper re cently—the Montezuma Weekly, of this week, says: While passing through a portion of this county last week, we took notice o f such cotton and corn crops as were visible from the pub lic road, and arrived at the conclusion that, with a few exceptions, we have never seen a poorer crop for the season of the year. —Much damage was done to the corn in portions of Macon county, by a recent severe wind and hail storm. —The crops of Oglethorpe are in a flourishing condition. —Ninety-four acres of improved land sold in Dooly county, on the first Tuesday, at Sheriff sale, for one hun dred dollars. Dooly county has the finest peach crop for many a year. —The Cuthbert Appeal makes the prediction that more wheat will be sown in Randolph county next fall, than baa been done in any five years since it has been a county. —Crop prospects in Burke county are said to be the best for years. —A storm, which recently passed over Middle Georgia, did no serious damage either to persons or crops. —ln reference to sheep raising, the Griffin News has the following from a correspondent: “ Judge A. A. Lemon, of McDonough, Henry county, Geor gia, sent to my wool factory, on the 16th ult., two hundred and fifty pounds of nice, clean wool, of his own raising, to be carded into rolls. About twelve months ago be sent me fifty pounds.” —The Grangers of Brooks county are seriously discussing a fence law, and at a meeting, recently held at Quitman, it was argued “ that it would be much more cheaper for every ■former to fenefc in his stock than it I —'lli Igßi'iir in hif'entire planta ~tion, and that it was nothing more than even-handed justice for every man to keek his stock on his own land, and ithat it was altogether unfair for a farm er to have t’o fence in his crop for the purpose of keeping the stock of others from destroying it. —The White Plains correspondent of the Greesboro Herald says : Dr. More’s hog, Cmmr, is rapidly increas ing in weight, and will doubtless, by next fall, outweigh any hog in the county, and perhaps jin the State. Several of our enterprising citizens have purchased some of the celebrated British Lion and Maicomb stock, which is doubtless the most useful breed of hogs in America. The Cracker’s Neck correspondent of the same paper reports that M. G. Copeland’s wheat crop averaged twenty two'bushels for every bushel sowed. This wheat was planted on thin land, and manured with cotton seed. H. P. Williams made about nineteen bushels fb?every bushel planted. —The Earlv county News reports a continuance of the drought, and crops “ suffering terribly.” —The Valdosta Times reports rain in that section, and now looks for a good corn and an average cotton crop. —A correspondent from Monroe county, writing to the Advertiser, says : The crop prospects in this section cannot be called flattering. The dry weather of May very much retarded the growth. However, the timely rains, now falling, willjhnsten the growth, and we hope to be able soon to chron icle the report of good crops. The yield of wheat is good, while the oat crop is poor, spring oats being a comparative failure. —A correspondent, writing from Oak Grove to tho Franklin Register, says the corn is hard to beat, aud crops generally very good. Mr. Jos. Jackson, of Talbot coun ty, has from his orchard a pear limb two feet long, having on it sixty-six well grown pears. —Fulton county crops never looked more promising. The river lands fairly smile, in plenty. The Quitman Reporter states that it has on exhibition in its office two Irish potatoes, grown at or near Thom asville, in a bed of the bitter nut grass. It says: “It is the first we ever saw. Tho grass roots have grown through and through the potatoes,aud resemble, in floxibleness, small wire, and we un derstand, is one of the most hateful products of tho earth, and it is with great difficulty ever gotten rid of, once I it gets set upon the land. It grows to a considerable deptb, and will not turn in its course for any ordinary root. Mr. W. E. Barnes, the gentle man who presented us with the pota toes, informs us that he has seen it grow through the roots of oak trees. It bears a small nut every few inches, aud it is so strong that it is with great difficulty the land can be plowed at all when it gets set upon it. —The wheat crop, just harvested in Cherokee county, is the best in thirteen years. —The Milledgeville Union and Re corder states that a colored man, living on Mr. Stetson’s land near town, ex hibited to the citizens, a bottle of worms taken from his cotton field. He says they are very numerous, and have destroyed about four acres of the plants in the past four days. The worm is similar to the cut worm, but crawls rapidly. They eat the cotton at night, and go into the ground in the day. Yes terday morning he went into his field before sunrise, and found these worms; he shook a few stalks and raked up about a gallon. They destroy stalks and leaves. —Summeiville Oat tie man rambled over the county recently, and says that he saw good land, and good crops of corn and cotton. The people were at work, and are well up with their crops. He heard some grumbling about the wheat spoiling with rain ; but farmers will grumble anyway. The oats were ripening very fast, aud look well, what there is of them. —The Summerville Gazette says: A. H. Neal, of West Armuchee, has read of the early bird, and the first woman, and taking a hint therefrom, concluded to catch the first cake bread of the season. So he had a load of wheat threshed out on Saturday, the 23d ult., which averaged over one half bushel per shock. He also placad in our editorial hat two heads of wheat, which are the longest we ever saw. One head of bearded wheat was seven inches long, one head of smooth wheat was five inches. This was from seed sent out by the Agricultural Department at Washington. News from tlie Granges. FROM CAIRO. Editors Georgia Grange— l don’t recollect of ever having seen any com munication from this place in your paper. This Grange has been organ ized some four years now, and has managed to keep its existence, to some extent, very well. The members in crease sb'wly but surety, and eo operatedto some extent, which has paid them very handsomely. They have commenced a work now, that 1 think will work good to them. A committee is appointed monthly to report on crops, stock, etc. The first committee made their re port the second Saturday in this month, and I assure you the report was well received, aud created an enthusiasm that will bring this Grange to its high est pitch. The crop reports were good with but few exceptions. The best crops were to be marked 100, the sorry ones 50, and the most of the crops went up to the 100, and very few as low as 50. The day the report was made the rains commenced, after a severe drought of eight or nine weeks. The crops are represented as being in fine condition and well worked. The oat crop was reported as being very good, and more in acreage than has ever been here before. One brother had a small patch of blue-stem wheat which was reported as excellent, and by good judges was thought would make fifty bushels to the acre, and the geueral report was, that there would be a surplus of provisions made by the members of this Grange. Nearly all the labor here is white labor, very few of tho newly made citizens are heie, and the majority are not considered very reliable. No stealing and pilfering going on in this section. I paid a visit to Ockloekonee Grange a few days ago, (third Saturday inst.,) and the members are in high spirits— they have fourteen or fifteen members contending for the best acre of corn ; the one that makes the most corn on his acre, gets one bushel from all the others. I saw four acres of this corn, belonging to four members, and it will be hard to beat in any country. With a good season, these brethren wiil be paid for their trouble, if all have to give away one bushel to the winner. Fraternally, Como. Cairo, Ga., June 20, 1877. FROM ACWORTH. Editors Georgia Grange— We are still alive and in good working order, and conferred degrees on six candidates last meeting. Our Grange is composed of the best material in the country— will therefore live in spite of hard times. We expect to have a picnic the sec ond Wednesday in August, next, and there display some of the products of our farms and award some premiums to the ladies. General Colquitt aud Colonel Lester used to visit us on such occasions; now would Governor Colquitt and Judge Lest rdo likewise, and favor us with some of their logic? We will welcome as many of our brethren as will come. Fraternally, D. D. B. Aoworth Grange No. 70, July 6, 1877. NOTES FROM SUBSCRIBERS. Cheering Words for our Paper. We append a few of the many letters reaching us from all parts of the State. The farmers seem determined to sup port their paper: Sun Hill, Ga., June 23d, 1877. Eds. Gbange —lnclosed please find postoffice order for seven dollars... Please credit the following names sub-- seribers to your paper, one dollar each.'. All take the paper at Sun Hill. Yours truly, W. J. H. ONE OF THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE. Gband Bay Gbange Hall, Bebkien Cos., Ga., June 20,1877. Eds. Geoeoia Gbange — l embrace the present opportunity of dropping you a line for the purpose of renewing my subscription to your most valuable paper, which I consider almost as one of the necessaries of life. Plenty of corn planted, and, generally, looking well; plenty of cotton also, not quite so good, perhaps, as the corn. Oat crops good and well saved. Respectfully, D. S. M. FROM QUITMAN. Quitman, Brooks Cos., June 23,1877. Eds. Georgia Grange —Enclosed please find one dollar ($1.00) for which you will send me your Georgia Grange for one year, and oblige yours, etc., R. B. FROM HARRIS COUNTY. Waverly Hall, Harris Cos., Ga., June 20,1877. Editors Grange— Enclosed I send SI.OO, my subscription for your paper on the new plan. Very respectfully, G. G. A ORANGE HEARD FROM. Raytown, Taliaferro Cos., Ga., June 23d, 1877. Ed3. Grange —Please find enclosed nine dollars and twenty-five cents. Eight dollars and twenty-five cents on account of subscription by .Raytown Grange, No. 115, to Georgia State Grange paper, and one dollar on my own account. lam yours fraternally, W. T. W. FROM ALBANY. Albany, Ga., June 2d, 1877. Eds. Grange— Enclosed please find $2.00 for subscription to your valuable paper. Yours, etc., E. E. W. FROM GORDON. Editors Grange— Enclosed find three dollars. Credit as follows W. R. THE FARMERS’ PAPER MUST BE SUP PORTED. Dawson, Georgia, June 4,1877. Eds. Grange— Enclosed vou will find SI.OO, my Subscription for this year. I thought I would have sent it before now. Excuse me for my negli gence. The paper must be supported ; we cannot do without it. Yours fra ternally, yp j aJrenewal. Black Creek, Ga., Jane 23,1877. Eds. Grange— Enclosed find SI.OO for which please renew my subscrip tion to The Granoe, and oblige. Fra ternally yours, M. L. B. GOOD CROPS, BUT SCARCE GREENBACKS. Thomasville, Thomas Cos., Ga. Eds. Grange —Enclosed please find one dollar for bill sent some time since, which should have been forwarded sooner. This pays for this year, 1877. Respectfully, R. H. B. a 5, S. —Crops are good, and copious rains at this time. Oat crops just harvested. Greenbacks scarce. R. H. B. the way to do it. Reedy Springs, Georgia. Editors Grange— Mr. L. H. Hud son has paid me $3 00 on account of subscription to The Georgia Grange. Give him credit, and oblige yours fra ternally, John T. R. STILL BETTER. Arlington, Ga., June 16,1877. Editors Grange— Enclosed please find five dollars, which you will please to place to my credit, and acknowledge receipt, and oblige J. S. A Baa Speculation. We commence in this issue a serial, which every man, woman and child, into whose hands The Grange may come, should read. It is by one of the first authors of the United States. It is one of the best, in every respect, ever printed in the English language. Notice. We were compelled to decline adver tisements for this issue, as we had re ceived all our space would allow. We offered six columns space to our busi ness men, and it was taken up in forty, eight hours. We shall try to accommo date all next week, if it necessitates an enlargement. This will explain the non-appearance of some matter intend ed for this issue. / TriE World appoara very beautiful when ypu are well, to remain well, healthy and istrong, tauc Dr. J. il. McLomj’h Cordial and Wood rojitter, the greatest tonic, in the World, it Htrongthenn the body and purifies the blood. Dr. J. 11. McLean’s ofllce, 14 Chestnut, Bt. Louis, Mo. IlKi.r for tho weak, nervous and debilitated. 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